Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If you enjoy atmospheric radio. All credit to producer Victoria Ferran. 0161
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"This is not a collection of occasional pieces, such as a writer brings out to supplement his real work; instead this is my real work, such as it is" I learned so much from Annie Dillard. 3528
Reposted by Kathleen JamieJohn Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 06/09/2026northseapoets.substack.com/p/writing-wi...northseapoets.substack.com‘Writing With...’ is back for a new autumn course! Plus other North Sea Poets news …A Weekend Update from North Sea Poets - 6th September 2026 053
Reposted by Kathleen JamieNorth Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Applications are now open for Studio 5 with John Glenday 🌊 Get all the details & apply at northseapoets.com/studios #NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySkybuff.lyStudios | North Sea PoetsWant to develop your practice through workshops and feedback from the experts? Apply to be part of the Studios and 1-Day Workshops. 033
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Wildfires. A poem in the Observer. observer.co.uk/culture/book...observer.co.ukIn the Cairngorms by Kathleen JamieA new poem about the wildfires in the Highlands by Scotland’s makar 15922
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Noh Theatre at EIBF! Tickets selling fast! Noh Reimagined are bringing 'Song of Rona Island' to Greyfriars Kirk. Based on my essay 'On Rona', with musicians Aidan ORourke and Brighde Chaimbeul. Extraordinary. www.edbookfest.co.uk/.../nonomiya.... (Photos of London premiere by Sumire Tamure.) 061
Reposted by Kathleen JamieJohn Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 26/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/northsea...open.substack.comWhat We're Reading This SummerThe books waiting to be read 042
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 16/06/2026A Noh interpretation of my 'On Rona'. Japanese tradition meets the outermost Hebrides. This is what the Edinburgh festivals are for! Thank you EIBF. 1114
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026In the Shade of Les Murray substack.com/@northseapoe... We age, we change our minds. A lovely tribute by Lisa Brockwell to her fellow Australian.substack.comIn the Shade of Les MurrayLisa Brockwell on her changing opinion of the poet 1110
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 12/04/2026observer.co.uk/culture/book...observer.co.ukThe Sunday Poem: Rowan by Kathleen Jamie | The ObserverKathleen Jamie is a former makar (poet laureate) of Scotland. Her most recent collection is The Keelie Hawk: Poems in ScotsIllustration by Chris Riddell 0145
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 03/04/2026substack.com/home/post/p-... I wrote about Spain's Civil War soldier poet, over on Substack.substack.comBefore HatredKathleen Jamie discovers the poetry of Miguel Hernández 1143
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 20/03/2026observer.co.uk/culture/book... In the Observer this Spring equinox: my review of Rebecca Solnit’s new book.observer.co.ukRebecca Solnit and the audacity of hope | The ObserverThe Beginning Comes After the End makes the case for the power of activism in a world defined by authoritarianism and climate disaster 0122
Reposted by Kathleen JamieJohn Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 13/03/2026open.substack.com/pub/northsea...open.substack.comPoets are in the News AgainDon Paterson on why that’s never good 0125
Reposted by Kathleen JamieJohn Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 02/03/2026www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...toppingbooks.co.ukPeter Mackay, Don Paterson, Kathleen Jamie and Brian Holton for Irish Pages: Scotland at Pilrig St. Paul's / LARCH 012
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Yes Kirrie is landlocked but North Sea Poets will be there, live, in a kirk on Good Friday. Poetry and music - join us! Details below. 084
Reposted by Kathleen JamieNorth Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · 16/02/2026New post 📰 South of my Days – Lisa Brockwell longs for the light while hiding from the glare Read here: buff.ly/0jexV9x #NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky 041
Reposted by Kathleen JamieThe Edwin Morgan Trust @edmorgantrust.bsky.social · 30/01/2026The 2026 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award is officially open for submissions 🎉🎉 If you’re a poet under 30 born, raised or currently living in Scotland and you have not yet published a full-length collection, we want to read your work! Deadline: Monday 30 March edwinmorgantrust.com/2021/11/15/a... 089
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Huge congratulations to Karen Solie. Wellwater is a brilliant book. 070
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Good to see the Observer featuring new poetry. Today it's my 'Mineral'. 08620
Reposted by Kathleen JamieJohn Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 09/01/2026‘You Who Wronged’ by Czesław Milosz. For some reason or other this poem came to mind this morning. Written in a time of tyrants: #Poetry 524389
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Only six places left! If you’d like yo join us, be quick. 064
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Writing With: Beasts, Work, Windows, Mirrors, Music, Jack Gilbert and Mis-placed things, our North Sea Poets 2026 spring course is now available. For all details, and to book, please click below. www.northseapoets.com/coursesnorthseapoets.comCourses | North Sea PoetsWant to learn creative poetry techniques from the best? Explore our upcoming courses. 02312
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 14/12/2025It's midwinter, but here is John Glenday with some wonderful light... 0102
Reposted by Kathleen JamieDon Paterson @dharmabam.bsky.social · 28/11/2025essay on Heaney over at the northseapoets substack … open.substack.com/pub/northsea...open.substack.comHeaney on the UndergroundDon Paterson on Seamus Heaney's choice of words 3155
Reposted by Kathleen JamieNorth Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · 24/11/2025New guest post 📰 Glacier – Garry MacKenzie writes on his new long poem Read the full post: buff.ly/VdmjNVJ #NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky 0137
Reposted by Kathleen JamieNorth Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · 10/11/2025New post 📰 Everything I have not written Lesley Harrison on the silent poem behind the poem Read the full post: buff.ly/fNdsENG #NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky 084
Reposted by Kathleen JamieJohn Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 07/11/2025open.substack.com/pub/northsea...open.substack.comEverything I have not writtenLesley Harrison on the silent poem behind the poem 042
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 01/11/2025North Sea Poetry Weekend Bulletin - ballads, birds, new classes open.substack.com/pub/northsea...open.substack.comNorth Sea Poetry Weekend Bulletin - ballads, birds, new classesA Weekend Update from North Sea Poets - 1st November 2025 0238
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 30/10/2025A one-day North Sea Poets workshop with myself, if you fancy it? Details at www.northseapoets.com/studios1dayw... 0128
Reposted by Kathleen JamieDon Paterson @dharmabam.bsky.social · 24/10/2025just posted some fluff on fluff, deadlines and how to kiss on the radio open.substack.com/pub/northsea...open.substack.comNorth Sea Line Caught, #2: ‘Kissing on the Radio’Don Paterson on a short history of fluff 072
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 03/10/2025open.substack.com/pub/northsea...open.substack.comTony Harrison's 'Study'Don Paterson on the best room 053
Reposted by Kathleen JamieJohn Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 26/09/2025open.substack.com/pub/northsea...open.substack.comNorth Sea Line Caught #1An occasional series, featuring new work from North Sea Poets 0146
Reposted by Kathleen JamieNorth Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · 25/08/2025New from @niallpoetry.bsky.social on #Substack 📰 On the World That Calls Back – Niall Campbell on Jack Gilbert and the world's response Read the full post: buff.ly/SIc5VAk #NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky 052
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Where Have All the Great Poets Gone? My North Sea Poets substack... open.substack.com/pub/northsea...open.substack.comWhere Have All the Great Poets Gone?Kathleen Jamie on the Giant Tortoises 1147
Reposted by Kathleen JamieNorth Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Tickets are going fast for our autumn course on Saturdays 🍂 'Writing With ...' is a series of seven classes, delivered weekly by the #NorthSeaPoets. The course will cover everything from landscapes to ghosts, from Heaney to Plath. Get all the details at northseapoets.com 🌊 #PoetrySky 075
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Arresting the poets are we? Not a good look. 10497152
Reposted by Kathleen JamieNorth Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Applications are still open for Studio 2 with Niall Campbell @niallpoetry.bsky.social ✍️ Get all the details: buff.ly/TBILVRi Only eight places available! #NorthSeaPoets #PoetryWorkshops #PoetrySky 065
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 02/08/2025If you missed out we're running the same course, this time on Saturdays. 091
Reposted by Kathleen JamieDon Paterson @dharmabam.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Just posted a thing on misreadings, facepalms, iron, milk and spiders, and my most brutal encounter with Robert Frost yet … open.substack.com/pub/northsea...open.substack.comThe Long GameDon Paterson on the truth about iron, spiders and milk 1117
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Love this. Longbarrow Press, keeping it real. Inventory open.substack.com/pub/longbarr...open.substack.comInventoryOn 19 years of Longbarrow Press 1297
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Landscape. Death. Bishop. Ghosts. Plath. Artists. Heaney: “Writing With” begins in September. Details at www.northseapoets.com/events/north...northseapoets.comNorth Sea Poets Autumn Course - 'Writing With ...' | North Sea PoetsA series of seven classes, each one delivered weekly by a different member of North Sea Poets, with a Q&A at the end of each session. 0134
Reposted by Kathleen JamieNorth Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · 20/06/2025New guest post from poet, editor and critic Ben Wilkinson 📰 Winners and Losers: The Death of the Poetry Critic – Ben Wilkinson on the current state of reviewing culture Read the full post here: buff.ly/JIQIGvf #NorthSeaPoets #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity 262
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Poetry. Community. Learning from each other (and two North Sea Poet tutors). Poetry Studios start this September. Applications open now. 052
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Stone speaks in poetry. This was such a fun day, and quite the honour. The sun shone, tourist buses passed, and the Canongate Wall, which wreathes the Scottish Parliament with lines of poetry, now has three new plaques, craved by Gillian Forbes. Jackie Kay, Liz Lochead and me - sisters in verse. 3316
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Cheese Dreams: Don Paterson writing about what he knows, the poetry anthology. 082
Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · 23/05/2025On Not Writing - my new substack for North Sea Poets. Now, back to my dwam* Dwam: Scots for daydream or waking trance. open.substack.com/pub/northsea...open.substack.comOn Not WritingKathleen Jamie considers the fallow times 13611