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Sidekick Books @sidekickbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sidekick will have a stall on Saturday *and* Sunday at the local publishers' fair as part of Cambridge Poetry Festival. See you there! www.cambridgepoetryfestival.org

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Cambridge Poetry Festival

Cambridge Poetry Festival - October 10th & 11th 2026 A community-focused celebration of poetry in the beautiful city of Cambridge

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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️

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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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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just a few sale days left. Grab a #poetry book bargain now ⬇️ Ends midnight Monday 21st.

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There are still some places left on my Online Nature & Environmental course at @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social - we will read work by a variety of authors, workshop pieces of writing, discuss technical issues as well as approaches to writing about place. Open to all! www.arts.ac.uk/subjects/jou...

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Introduction to Nature and Environmental Writing Online Short Course

Learn how writing connects us to nature. Develop nature writing skills through practical exercises and discussions. Explore the genre and refine your process.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/09/2026

Lady in Blue by Tschabalala Self takes pride of place on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth this month. A powerful symbol of optimism for London.

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🔵 ANNIVERSARY SALE: 40 PER CENT OFF 🔵 To celebrate twelve years since we published our first book, we are running a sale with 40 per cent off across our site 🎈 Use the code 2026ANNIVERSARY at checkout. The sale ends at 11.59 p.m. BST on 30 September. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/shop/?utm_so...

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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:

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Dr Carrie Etter @carrieetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The National Association of Writers in Education has launched its first flash fiction competition in conjunction with its annual conference, details: bit.ly/4gS0OTZ

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Dr Amy Jane Barnes @amyjanebarnes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Interested in women's political and trade unionist history? have a look at the Statue for Ada campaign and please share with anyone you think might be interested: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/anK25JY...

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A Statue for Ada

We want a statue in memory of Ada Nield Chew in Crewe: local factory girl, political campaigner, trade union organiser and suffragist.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026

This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.

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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Circulating this news on the copyright to John Clare's works again, because it doesn't seem to be as well known among Romantic-period scholars, editors and anthologisers, as it should. The copyright claim is dead.

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 12/08/2026

My university (Manchester Met) is inviting expressions of interest for Leverhulme postdocs. If you have an innovative early modern European and/or public history project to put forward, please get in touch. Deadline for completed EOIs is 9 October.

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Early Career Fellowships | The Leverhulme Trust

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Long shot, but are there any Literature academics out there who would be willing to part with their print copy of the journal English from Spring 2025? It's the special issue I edited on poetry archives, but it is proving very difficult to obtain an extra copy from the publisher...

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I wrote about how Donna Tartt didn’t email me about The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry (but Bob Dylan might have thought about it)

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"The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry stopped me"

An unexpected endorsement from a best-selling novelist

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Parents love to hear about the ‘sector environment’

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 18/05/2026

Congratulations to everyone shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize! ⭐ Isabelle Baafi ⭐ Dean Browne ⭐ Sasha Debvec-McKenny ⭐ Catherine-Esther Cowie ⭐ Laura Wainwright www.qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews...

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Queen's announces shortlist for the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2026

The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's has announced the shortlist for the 2026 Poetry Prize for a First Collection.

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Les Fugitives @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Delighted to announce we will be at Offprint London next week. Come say hi, grab yourself a book!

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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Our friends at @globalsouthshub.bsky.social have recently launched the Decolonising Access podcast, hosted by Bethlehem Attfield. Through powerful personal stories, the series exposes how knowledge systems continue to marginalise, and how they can be transformed.

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Global Souths Hub Podcast - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB Global Souths Hub Podcast

Global Souths Hub Podcast Series One: Decolonising Access Host: Bethlehem Attfield, Community Engagement Coordinator & Contributing Writer Series one of the Global Souths Hub podcast focuses on…

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

There's a great new Senior Research Associate role being advertised in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at University of East Anglia this month, working on an AHRC-funded project on creative-critical teaching in English studies. Please share! vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/21...

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Senior Research Associate (RA2392) in University of East Anglia | UEA

View details and apply for this Senior Research Associate (RA2392) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Arts and Humanities (HUM) School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing (L...

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Meryl Pugh @merylpugh.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

So sad that Carol Rumens has died. Such a generous, encouraging mentor to me at the start of my poetry writing. Thank you Carol xx

Jerwood Arvon Young Poet Apprentices and their mentors outside the Cochrane Theatre, London, 2004.

Opening of Carol's sonnet sequence she workshopped with James Marlow and I, from Blind Spots, 2008, Seren.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 26/04/2026

‘The five poems of 𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘮𝘴 were like essays in their apparent substance, but they had a manner, a rhythm and a music, as well as a density of thought that shifted my idea of what poetry was and what it could be and do.’ Ian Patterson on J.H. Prynne. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...

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Ian Patterson | Gospel Furbelow Dastard

J.H. Prynne was not a name to conjure with when I was a first-year English student at Cambridge in 1966. As far as I...

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I wrote about what it's like to read the poetry of J.H. Prynne

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In Darkness by Day

Reading J.H. Prynne (1936-2026)

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We can't wait to welcome you this Saturday to the Northern Publishers' Fair - we kick off at 11am at Manchester Central Library. Drop in and natter until 3.30pm! fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/93203...

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We’re pleased to announce that The Conversation Prize, in partnership with Curtis Brown, is open for entry until 5 July 2026. theconversation.com/entries-now-...

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Entries now open! The Conversation Prize for writers 2026 – in partnership with Faber and Curtis Brown

The Conversation Prize is back in 2026.

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We'll be among the 60+ poetry publishers at the Free Verse Poetry Book Fair this Saturday (25 April): hope to see you there. St Columba’s Hall, Pont Street, London, SW1X 0BD (near Knightsbridge & South Kensington tubes). 12pm-6.30pm. Free entry. Further info: poetrysociety.org.uk/event/free-v...

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Meryl Pugh @merylpugh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

After 3 hugely rewarding years, I'm stepping down as Core Tutor for the @poetryschool.bsky.social MA in Writing Poetry! Bit less teaching, bit more writing... I'll miss my lovely colleagues and students but 📝📓📚📖😍❤️🥳

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Join Isabel Galleymore, Caleb Parkin and Jean Sprackland at 'Poetry for the Planet', an evening of eco-poetry and solar-inspired art. Wednesday April 15th, 18:00 The Exchange #Birmingham www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/poetr... @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social is the author of This Fruiting Body and Mingle

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

We have some fascinating archives @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social: contemporary literature (including poetry), film, visual arts, history, rare books. We also have Visiting Fellowships for writers to use them for research. Deadline to apply is 17th April: please share! www.uea.ac.uk/research/res...

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 01/04/2026

We're open for MULTIGENRE FULL-LENGTH MANUSCRIPTS!!! April 1 - June 1, send your multigenre books to our SUPER EXCITED brand new multigenre reading team, headed by our SUPER EXCITED multigenre editor, @erinvachon.bsky.social! Link for full details + to submit: splitlippress.submittable.com/submit

purple background with jellyfish and the message OPEN CALL FOR MULTIGENRE MANUSCRIPTS, reading period April 1 through June 1, submit at splitlippress.submittable.com

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Today marks one hundred years since the poet Frank O’Hara was born. His manifesto, ‘Personism’, is for me one of the most brilliant things written in the twentieth century about the nature of poetry. Here is a key passage: 1/6

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Meryl Pugh @merylpugh.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Such a fascinating issue of @magmapoetry.bsky.social THANK YOU editors @cloudscholar.bsky.social @williekinardiii.bsky.social and Lola Oh for including my 'Menstruating Cento' in the #Remix xxx

Cover of magma poetry journal no.94 on a red background

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I love my publisher.

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Diva @diva007.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

YES! 👇🏾

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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Are you a poet with a developing national and/or international profile for whom a poetry fellowship would make a significant artistic and professional difference? apply for the Caster Cultural Fellow in Poetry at University of Leeds by 1 April jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Caster Cultural Fellow in Poetry

**Interviews will be held on 08 May 2026**Are you a poet with a developing national and/or international profile for whom a poetry fellowship would make a significant artistic and professional differe...

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Diva @diva007.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

#DailyDivaRating ☀️☀️☀️ Whenever the US-Israel war with Iran ends, 47 should be indicted as a war criminal and an international arrest warrant should issue.

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

"The poem moves through the world. The world moves through the poem." Last 2 days for our special offer: any 3 hardbacks for £32. Includes collections by Steve Ely, Angelina D'Roza, Peter Riley, Nancy Gaffield, Mark Goodwin, Matthew Clegg, Fay Musselwhite and more longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, arranged diagonally, spines facing outwards.

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

#TheDeeperRead 8 features "Palace" by @poetryschool.bsky.social MA tutor @merylpugh.bsky.social, paired with my poem "Bushfires" from the @mindsshinebright.bsky.social anthology Light and Shadow, edited by @wattlelight.bsky.social. suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com/p/the-deeper... free to subscribe.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 05/03/2026

⚠️ Important London air pollution update for Friday 6 March. ⚠️ I’ve triggered a high pollution alert due to a forecast of particulate levels mainly caused by Saharan dust. ⚠️ Protect the most vulnerable by avoiding unnecessary car trips, engine idling and burning garden waste.

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Meryl Pugh @merylpugh.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

So grateful for this attention, thank you Suzanna!

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Dropping tomorrow, #TheDeeperRead 8 features "Palace" by @poetryschool.bsky.social MA tutor @merylpugh.bsky.social from her Laurel Prize-longlisted book Natural Phenomena from Penned in the Margins. A perfect example of how to own the sonnet form in the C21st.

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

For anyone who is UK-based and interested, SOAS has a PhD scholarship for ‘Queer Meaning-Making in South Asian Literature: New Comparative Perspectives’. Scholarship application deadline: 27 March 2026. www.soas.ac.uk/study/studen... @saltatchicago.bsky.social @wasafirimag.bsky.social

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Most of the roses for sale in the US are raised in hideous labor and environmental conditions in Colombia and Ecuador before they're loaded onto 747s to fly here. I know because I visited one of the rose plantations/sweatshops for my book Orwell's Roses. Give your love a book or something.

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‘Workers get the thorns’: the moral ugliness of rose factories | Rebecca Solnit

A rose is beautiful but a greenhouse with thousands upon thousands of roses, a place producing millions a year, is not

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Just going to leave this here

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Someone has just said something so incredibly kind about Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak that I almost burst into tears. Yes, I'm fragile, but also, tell your writers when you like what they write.

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