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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈

@grizonne.bsky.social
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Queer, neurodivergent Manchester poet, performer, zine-maker, and workshop facilitator 🐝 Poems in Atrium, Banshee, Butcher's Dog, Dust, Magma, The North, Under the Radar. First collection, 'A love the weight of an animal', out now with Confingo 😊

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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Really proud to have my poem 'Winter blazer' in this Christmas audio anthology from @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social! 🎄 My poem is about buying and wearing my first suit for a work Christmas do and the sheer joy that I felt ☺️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
So happy to be bringing my poetry collection to my hometown of Wigan 😊 www.waterstones.com/events/local...
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Local Poet Signing and Reading | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Local Poet Signing and Reading today.
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Really lovely to be asked to contribute a poem for the inside cover of the autumn edition of @oxrdmcr.bsky.social ☺️ This poem was inspired by my love for Manchester, Christmas party shenanigans, and finding community and confidence 🐝 @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social ✨
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Lovely to be part of another issue of Changeling with a poem inspired by, and shaped like, my cat! 🐱 This magazine showcases writing and art for children by neurodivergent creatives and is always beautifully curated ✨
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
An amazing feeling to see my poem about mental health and geese in this beautiful hardback anthology from @panmacmillan.bsky.social with so many brilliant poets past and present ☺️🪿
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Really happy to have two poems in Issue 35 of Under the Radar from @ninearchespress.bsky.social, including this one 😊 This is my third time being part of this excellent magazine, and it is always a lovely publishing experience ❤️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Overjoyed to be part of @channel-lit.bsky.social with my poem 'The hill with the frogs', about living with polycystic ovaries and finding comfort and awe in nature ☺️🐸
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The Writing Squad @thewritingsquad.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
The launch of Elizabeth Gibson's collection 'A love the weight of an animal' will take place at SEESAW Manchester on 6th August!
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Book Launch – A love the weight of an animal by Elizabeth Gibson - The Writing Squad
The launch of Elizabeth Gibson’s first collection of poems, A love the weight of an animal, published by Carmenta Poetry, will take place at Seesaw space.
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Very happy to have two poems in here 😊
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
So excited for a brilliant night of poetry and fun - it would be amazing to see you there 😊 www.confingopublishing.uk/event-detail...
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
'Cinnabar grubs are officially here: skinny tiger sausages, vast tiger-sausages, curling or dangling from ragwort, clinging on with iron-hook feet...' Really happy to have this poem in my book! 🐯🐛 Huge thanks to @modronmagazine.bsky.social for first publishing it ☺️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Super-excited to be launching my collection with a fabulous evening of poetry at Seesaw, Manchester, on 6th August ☺️ Do come along! 🦊 www.confingopublishing.uk/event-detail...
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Book Launch - A love the weight of an animal by Elizabeth Gibson | confingo
Come and join us at Seesaw to celebrate the launch of Elizabeth Gibson's A love the weight of an animal, the first publication from Carmenta Poetry
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Overjoyed to have a poem accepted for Anthropocene - a dream publication ☺️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
A genuinely transformative week representing @thewritingsquad.bsky.social and @mcrlitfest.bsky.social in the ReWrite exchange in Aarhus 🇩🇰 I worked with a brilliant group of writers, performed at the Literature Exchange festival, and explored beaches, forests, and river trails. It was wonderful ☺️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Excited to have quite a personal poem about Manchester accepted for Ey Up 4 from @writtenoffbooks.bsky.social and to see that so many friends and fab writers are also going to be in it 😊
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I really enjoyed being interviewed by @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social for the Festival of Libraries about accessibility, mental health, and neurodivergence ☺️ www.manchestercityofliterature.com/news/festiva...
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Festival of Libraries named second most inclusive book festival in the UK, with Guest Interview with Elizabeth Gibson - Manchester City of Literature
Festival of Libraries has been named the second most inclusive book festival by Inclusive Books for Children. Sometimes it can feel that words like accessibility and mental health are terms bandied ab...
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
It's really special to be part of the out.skirts anthology with my poem 'Fusion' 🌈 Sharing it feels quite vulnerable, but Romina Ramos and @sunshinedaisybaby.bsky.social being the Editors meant a lot to me, as they are both brilliant poets and people. I hope you enjoy my poem ❤️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
It's June, and less than a month until my book comes out! 🦊 You can pre-order it at the link below for a special price ✨ This poem was first published by lovely @sinkmagazine.bsky.social, and I'm really happy to have it in the collection ☺️ www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page... 🌿
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Excited to have a poem in this anthology! 🌈
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
A fabulous evening performing at Verbose with this lovely lot 😊
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Last week, I had my second, and hopefully final, ulnar (elbow) nerve surgery, and I'm now in the Lake District (with my sling) for some rest 🌿 I wanted to share my poem 'Ulnar', which I wrote back before my first surgery, exploring the word. It was published by lovely @howlwriting.bsky.social ❤️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Look at this beautiful cover! 😍 Very happy to have a poem in this upcoming issue of Channel ❤️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Really happy to have a poem about queer love and self-discovery in Ambient Receiver 🌈 There are so many fabulous people I know in this issue - can't wait to explore it ☺️ www.ambientreceiver.org/elizabeth-gi...
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. Ambient Receiver | Journal of Creative Ecologies
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Very excited to have two poems, including this satsuma moment, in There Are Only So Many Ways You Can Write About Fruit, an anthology of words and art beautifully curated by Tallulah Howarth 😊🍊
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Lovely to receive my copy of Ten Poets Travel to the Dark Side of the Moon ☺️ It means a lot to me to share this poem about my experience of PCOS and changes in my body and trying to see them as neutral and not negative. I hope you enjoy it ❤️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Such an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime moment to hold my first book in my hands! ☺️ It is so gorgeous, with its cover flaps and beautiful illustrations by Michelle Freeman. It is out in July, but you can preorder it now for the special price of £7! 🦊 www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page... ✨
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Super-excited that my debut collection is available to pre-order for the special price of £7! 😊 Do have a look, especially if you are interested in foxes, geese, queer joy, and/or neurodivergent urban exploring 🦊 www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page...
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A LOVE THE WEIGHT OF AN ANIMAL | confingo
A love the weight of an animal - Elizabeth Gibson's first full-length collection of poems - is a love song to Manchester life. Encounters with urban animals – a cormorant, a dead squirrel, caterpillar...
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A very special evening at @royalholloway.bsky.social launching Ten Poets Travel to the Dark Side of the Moon with @sidekickbooks.bsky.social and @brihughespoet.bsky.social ☺️ It was lovely to meet my fellow contributors, chat a lot, and share our space-themed poems 🪐
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Really lovely to see this poem published in The Cormorant, a Sligo literary broadsheet ☘️ I love cormorants and Sligo, and the quality of work in this issue is incredible ❤️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I am very honoured and moved to have a poem in this anthology on grief from @sidhepress.bsky.social ❤️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Very excited to launch Ten Poets Travel to the Dark Side of the Moon with @sidekickbooks.bsky.social next Tuesday! 😊 It will be lovely to share my poem and meet some of my fellow lunar adventurers 🌒
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
It is amazing to be part of Crannóg with my poem about learning to play the tin whistle and connecting to my Irish heritage in a new way ☺️ This has been a dream publication for years, and I'm still in awe ☘️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
So excited to announce that my debut poetry collection is coming out in July and is available to pre-order now! ☺️ It is full of urban wildlife 🦊, neurodivergent joy ✨, and queer love and community 🌈 www.confingopublishing.uk/product-page...
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A LOVE THE WEIGHT OF AN ANIMAL | confingo
A love the weight of an animal - Elizabeth Gibson's first full-length collection of poems - is a love song to Manchester life. Encounters with urban animals – a cormorant, a dead squirrel, caterpillar...
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
So magical to meet one of my favourite writers, @clarakiyoko.bsky.social, at @cuirtfestival.bsky.social, and to be introduced to the work of @shirleyannemcm.bsky.social and @pforde123.bsky.social, which I am really enjoying reading ❤️ Very glad I was in Galway when the Festival was on ☘️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Honoured to have a poem in this anthology on grief from @sidhepress.bsky.social ❤️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
A lovely evening launching Crannóg at The Crane Bar in Galway and performing my poem 'Whistle' 😊 A warm and supportive atmosphere, excellent readings, and fab conversation - was great to catch up with @martinadalton.bsky.social! Really glad I made the journey here ☘️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Very excited to have a poem about playing the tin whistle, the body, nature, and identity published in Crannóg! 🎶 It has been a dream publication for me for years, so this was lovely news ❤️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I've completed the first residency in the ReWrite project, which was in Aalborg! 🇩🇰 I still can't quite believe I get to be part of this amazing collaboration with a brilliant group of writers from Denmark and the UK. We will also be working together in Aarhus in June and in Manchester in October ✨
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I had a fascinating and rewarding time attending Manchester Translation Series at @manmetuni.bsky.social, with workshops with Jeffrey Yang, on Chinese poetry, and A. E. Stallings, on Latin and Greek poems. It is so helpful for these events to be available and accessible, and I have learnt a lot ✨
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Lovely to have a poem about queer love and self-discovery accepted for the next issue of Ambient Receiver ❤️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
So happy and proud to have been chosen to represent @thewritingsquad.bsky.social and @mcrlitfest.bsky.social in ReWrite, an exchange between writers in Manchester, Aalborg, and Aarhus! 😊 Really excited to head to Denmark this weekend for the first stage 🇩🇰 www.writingsquad.com/project/rewr...
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ReWrite - The Writing Squad
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I was excited to be approached to create course materials for a new unit, 'On Creativity', for UCIL at @officialuom.bsky.social. I was filmed delivering a zine-making tutorial and discussing zines, neurodivergence, and creativity, and I created written guidance. I hope I inspire some zine-making! 😊
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Honoured to have a poem chosen for the upcoming @sidhepress.bsky.social anthology on the theme of Grief. It was lovely being part of Glisk and Glimmer, and this is such an important theme ❤️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Really excited to be part of the Neurodivergent Zine from the brilliant @coinoppress.bsky.social with my collaboration with Explorer NJ, in which we explore neurodivergence through language and experiences in nature 😊
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Lovely to have three poems on the @litfest.bsky.social Poetry Map! 🌍 You can find them in Galway and Cobh, Ireland, and Vienna, Austria 😊 worldintowords.humap.site/map/browse
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The World Into Words – Poetry Map
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
It was lovely to be invited to perform at Burnage Library 😊 It was a very rainy evening, but inside, we were cosy and inspired. I enjoyed hearing a wide variety of work and meeting some new people ✨
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Exciting to receive my copies of The Tree Poets: Flames of Ice from @hedgehogpress.co.uk, which showcases poems by myself, Kay Channon, and Kate Garrett 😊 My set of poems was inspired by my time living in the south of France, and revisiting the sea and the peach blossom has been nice 🌸
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Really excited to be travelling to the dark side of the moon with @sidekickbooks.bsky.social in their upcoming anthology! 😊 My poem explores experiences of polycystic ovaries and body image, with self-love running through it ❤️
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
An honour to be Commended in the @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social Competition for the second year running, this time judged by the brilliant Hannah Lowe ☺️ I enjoyed performing my poem 'Candle people', about the power of body-positive shaped candles, at the Festival, and am happy to be in the anthology ✨
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Elizabeth Gibson (they/them) 🌈 @grizonne.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Lovely and a bit surreal to see quite a few books and journals that I'm a part of for sale in the @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social bookshop, including @magmapoetry.bsky.social, Joy//Us from @arachnepress.bsky.social, last year's Verve anthology, and He, She, They, Us from @panmacmillan.bsky.social ☺️🌈
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