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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 29/09/2026

Reading somewhere new tonight: a guest-and-open-mic event called Elephant in the Room. Not sure if reading slots are still available, but co-organiser @internetofwords.com tells me you can sign up for access to the Zoom room as an audience member by using this link before 6:30pm BST. bit.ly/4iQwHPD

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The Elephant in the Room September Signup Form

This event is being hosted on Zoom on Tuesday, September 29th, from 7.30pm. Our featured reader for September is Maria Jastrzębska. Maria was born in Warsaw, Poland and came to the U.K as a child. S...

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The Bridport Prize @bridportprize.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just 1 day left. The Bridport Prize Memoir Award closes tomorrow at 11.59pm UK time. If your entry is nearly ready, now is the time to finish those final checks and submit. Deadline: 30 September 2026, 11.59pm UK time Enter now: bit.ly/memoir-award

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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Introducing Red River Valley by Ian McMillan! The new collection from one of Britain’s most treasured living poets. A Poetry Book Society Recommendation, coming 29th October 2026: www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017586...

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Check out the Contributors' Curio: buff.ly/KmtaSIr! Our curio houses info on our contributors' creative projects. Our #spotlight is on Amanda Fields @literarymama.bsky.social!

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Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh yay, one of the new flash fiction stories accepted (record time 😅)!

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@davehaslam.bsky.social's latest book features intimate and unguarded interviews with trailblazers and misfits from the worlds of music, literature, film and art. From politics and performance, to fame and addiction, interviewees speak with honesty about their creative journeys. Out in October.

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Leigh Lucas is the author of Splashed Things, winner of the 2024 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. Winners of the Poulin Prize will have their manuscript published by Boa Editions as well as win a $1,000 prize. To enter and view submission guidelines, visit our website at boaeditions.org/submissions.

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Here is Vik Shirley reading her poem from PERVERSE issue 10 at the Betsey Trotwood on September 16th 2026.

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The second poem in PERVERSE 10A is 'Opening an Orange Blindfolded' by Hélène Demetriades. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-10a

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Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Great book. And she’s a wonderful speaker

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Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Reading and discussing this in my courses today with the author. The church of divine electricity by Emily Mitchell

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Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

804 in DC on October 10th at 7p www.eventbrite.com/e/804-lit-sa...

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Catch us at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social in November! Author @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social and editor @jesstraynor.bsky.social talk girlhood remixed, and editor @eimearryan.bsky.social speaks on the future of publishing ✨️ dublinbookfestival.com/event/girlho... dublinbookfestival.com/event/the-fu...

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Girlhood Remixed - Dublin Book Festival

Join us at Dublin Book Festival 2026 for an event with poets looking at experiences of girlhood and womanhood

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Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🎬 Courtney Darby reads ‘info-dumping as a form of intimacy in the Anthropocene’ 🎬 📕Catch her, Eoin Kelly, Pauline Flynn, Mai Ishikawa, Joshua Beatty, Eoin P. Ó Murchú & Orlaith Ní Icí at @poetryireland.bsky.social Introductions @dublinbookfest.bsky.social📕 booksirelandmagazine.com/poetry-happe...

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Poetry Happening—Courtney Darby - Books Ireland

Courtney Darby will be taking part in Poetry Ireland Introductions at the Dublin Book Festival.

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Rattle Poetry @rattlepoetry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Donna Spector from Issue 29, Summer 2008 Read the full poem here: www.rattle.com/john-berryma... #poetry

or lean into a corner when he read Yeats / and Cummings. He still suffered / from malaria, he said, but he could dissect our dreams ... / Donna Spector from "John Berryman Used to Sway" Issue 29 Summer 2008

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Mary Mackey, author @marymackeyauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Creativity: Where Poems Begin In our daily lives we tend to live on the surface, unaware of the complexity and richness of what lies below. rebrand.ly/eb1b45 #creativity

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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Get 15% off My Destination by Daisy Fried with the code SEPBOOKS15. Click here to get your own copy: www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017578...

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New arrival. Heth reading Light Across the Plains by @sharonduggal.bsky.social It looks absolutely stunning. @waterstones.bsky.social

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We truly appreciate all of you who came in the spirit of connecting, learning and sharing—it’s you who make the salon what it is. At Friday night’s open mic, we came together over drinks and then watched an incredible lineup of readings, including

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Going through photos and video after this weekend’s dreamy Annual Salon in Madrid, and I am still amazed by all the wonderful readings, panels and new friendships.

A seated crowd of people in an industrial space

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Isn’t this beautiful. Thank you @luluallison.bsky.social A Bluemoose Bell celebrating 20 years of Indie publishing. Magic.

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

An Branán mór - The large seastack at the Cliffs of Moher. Almost 200ft in height and home to over 5,000 nesting seabirds during the summer months - mostly Guillemots (Uria aalge) and Kittiwakes. Each summer they paint it white with their droppings and each winter, Atlantic storms wash it clean.

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Jason Arthur @jasonarthur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

‘Memoir & essay, cultural history & family chronicle: Ben Masters’ artful, charming hybrid explores literary influence & paternal love with wit, insight & depth...A delight to read, & laced with affecting & lasting insights’ Sylvia Brownrigg on Ben Masters' The Lit Pack

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So looking forward to this - come join us!

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My brother Niall showing Fiadh and myself around a stunning section of coastal walk on the Antrim shore. County Antrim, Ireland.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

After two fantastic evenings in Winchester and Guildford, the first leg of my autumn tour is at an end. Thank you to everyone who came along, despite all the poetry. A mere forty more shows to go.

A billboard created by Jeremy Deller declaring ‘More poetry is needed’.

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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This week, read an article by Ian McMillan, introducing his new collection Red River Valley: carcanet.substack.com/p/red-river-...

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Red River Valley: Ian McMillan

Ian McMillan introduces his new collection

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Mari Ellis Dunning 🖋️ @mariellisdunning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🍂 Upcoming talks this autumn 🍂 · More info on my website (link in bio). · #Witches #Witchcraft #Wales #Folklore #Feminism #Barry #Aberystwyth

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Imogen Forster @imogenforster.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@billherbert.bsky.social This just in. Poems by an old friend and workmate, in the surrealist vein, from Broken Sleep. And a curious thing to find unattended in Great King Street, Edinburgh. I hadn't the heart to take it from its presumed absent owner.

The front cover of Remora, a book of poems by Stuart Inman, published by Broken Sleep. The design is an image of the fish called 'remora'.

A toy pram made of mauve wicker work, standing on a pavement in the New Town, Edinburgh.

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Steve Eely @steveeely.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From 20th October to 15th December, I’m running a five workshop online creative writing (poetry) short course, ‘Creating Bespoke & Organic Forms: Shaping Poems in the Act of Composition’. More information and booking details can be found here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-b...

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Creating Bespoke & Organic Forms: Shaping Poems in the Act of Composition

A creative writing (poetry) course of 5 workshops in which participants will devise their own bespoke forms for poems and sequences.

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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Monthly Dispatch #38 goes out tomorrow, ft. @katewagner.wehwalt.net @lucykulwiec.bsky.social @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social Nate Lippens, Dragan Aleksić (tr. David Vichnar) Susan Finlay, Adrian Duncan, Denise Rose Hansen & more ... sign up here: minorlits.substack.com

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minor literature[s] | Substack

minor literatures ; stuttering cultures. Click to read minor literature[s], a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Sue Ibrahim @sueimnw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For #BirdOfTheDay theme #EFG with thanks to Rob/Alan, a few distant Great White Egrets.

Distant shot of Great White Egrets (among others)

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Munster Literature Centre https://munsterlit.ie/ @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Limerick Writers’ Centre announced the winner of the Gerald Griffin Competition for First Adult Fiction 2026. Joan Cronin, a Kerry-born writer now living in East Cork, was named the winner for her novel A Haircut in September. The announcement was made by guest external judge Vivienne McKechnie

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

PERVERSE 10A is out today! The first section of this issue! This week features five poems by Meredith MacLeod Davidson, Hélène Demetriades, Soledad Santana, Ian D Smith and Sophie Herxheimer. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-10a

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PERVERSE 10A

“release the dogs...”

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The first poem in PERVERSE 10A is 'Girl on a White Horse (1933)' by Meredith MacLeod Davidson @mairmacleod.bsky.social. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-10a

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Gm to Samuel Beckett at the Schlosspark Theatre Berlin, 1965 👋 ☕️

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Peter McDonald @pmcdthisandthat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pindar, in a way. (Only last line is a direct translation , of fr.36a. The rest half-imitation, half something else.) From my book The House of Clay (2007).

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David Wheatley @nemoloris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Soon to teach Dante Gabriel Rossetti, I thought I might give my students this to chew on too, by @pmcdthisandthat.bsky.social (opening page of four).

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Bad Lilies @badlilies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One for the New Englanders...our co-florist @andrewjamesneilson.bsky.social is reading on Tuesday 17 November at Bank Street Books in Mystic, CT. More info here: www.jamesmerrillhouse.org/event-detail...

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Merrill Fellow, Andrew Neilson to read at Bank Square Books | James Merrill House

Andrew Neilson will read at Bank Square Books.

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gbclarkson.bsky.social @gbclarkson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A euphonic & distinctive contemporary translation by @kathrynmaris.bsky.social of 'Ta matoklada sou lampoun’ (Your eyelashes are glowing') by Markos Vamvakaris (1905-1972), a "pioneer of the musical style rebetiko, sometimes called 'Greek blues'..." The Little Review No. 4 @kathrynmaris.bsky.social

Song:

‘Your eyelashes
are glowing’

Girl, your lashes are aglow
Like flowers in the meadow
Girl, like flowers in the meadow
Your lashes are all glow
Your cute little eyes, doll
Break my fragile heart
They break my aching heart
Your little eyes, dear heart
When you flutter them, coquette
You make me lose my head
I lose my head, coquette
When you lower your lids, my pet
Sure, look around, sweet pea
There’s no one else like me, see?
You’ll find no one better than me
If you look elsewhere, sweetie

MV, translated by KM

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Saint Vespaluus @saint-vespaluus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Liverpool Fringe 2026 - The Dreaming at The Bookbinder, Lark Lane:

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The Bridport Prize @bridportprize.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Only 3 days left to enter the Bridport Prize Memoir Award. £1,500 first prize plus a mentoring package Open internationally to writers aged 16+ writing in English Deadline: Wednesday 30 September, 11.59pm (UK time). Enter today: bit.ly/memoir-award

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poets and prattlers @pandemonialists.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One week today! Get in touch if you want an open-mic spot. 😊

A pink-and-yellow poster, with an image of a woman with sunglasses on top of her head, and another of a man wearing a yellow t-shirt and dark jacket. Text reads: Yes, We Cant. Liz Lefroy & Ciarán Hodgers. Lych Gate Tavern, Wolverhampton. PAYF event. Sunday 4th October, 7.30pm.

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

PERVERSE is back with issue 10 on Monday - an email of five strange and unusual poems every week, and each poem posted here too. Sign up free at perverse.substack.com

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here is Fiona Moore reading her poem from PERVERSE issue 10 at the Betsey Trotwood on September 16th 2026.

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