Reposted by Mariah WhelanJoshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! @joshuaseigal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Just updated my WEBSITE, where you'll find lots of fun stuff, including FREE poems & info about performances, school visits, etc. Have a look around, & feel free to share: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social #BookSky #poetry #teachingjoshuaseigal.co.ukJoshua Seigal | Official WebsiteWebsite of award-winning poet, author, performer and educator Joshua Seigal. Contains free poetry, and lots of information. 11810
Reposted by Mariah WhelanPoetry By Heart @poetrybyheart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026📣MFL, EAL, English teachers!Bring creative translation into the classroom with @stephenspender.bsky.social Translate into English ANY poem from ANY language or a Polish poem for the Polish Spotlight. Free entry UK & Irish schools, for pupils of all ages www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize/ 065
Reposted by Mariah WhelanGeorge Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such. 21169702244
Reposted by Mariah WhelanPascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social · 19/06/2026After a rejection, even a considered kind one, comes the will to improve & try again, the inevitable depression during which you must keep balance and faith – being a poet is a constant negotiation with equilibrium, keeping a core of self belief so one day the next good poem will come out of nowhere 0163
Mariah Whelan @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Tax-free childcare: great idea but the reality is every month I waste HOURS doing 2FA, emailing the school office & approving transactions to access it. It's such a waste of my time and staff time. Just give the money to the school or better yet, fund it & make it all free at the point of use. 000
Reposted by Mariah WhelanJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 05/06/2026UK publishing generated £7.4 billion in revenue last year. Compare that to: Premier League football: £6.6 billion Home entertainment: £5.6 billion UK film industry: 2.8 billion Now tell me again why authors don't deserve fair contracts and better pay. 432138620
Reposted by Mariah WhelanNine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Are you signed up to our newsletter? Never miss out on book news, special offers, events and opportunities. Join us for regular 'Adventures in Poetry': ninearchespress.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... 011
Reposted by Mariah WhelanClare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social · 02/06/2026A little blog I wrote for @booktrust.org.uk is now up! 🏛️🏺🏛️https://www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recommendations/booklists/6-awesome-retellings-of-greek-myths/booktrust.org.uk6 awesome retellings of Greek mythsAuthor Clare Pollard recommends her favourite retold Ancient Greek myths and legends 11810
Mariah Whelan @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026What a blooming gorgeous poem from Zaro Weil to start the new month. Taken from the June pages of the calendar from @poetrybyheart.bsky.social 021
Mariah Whelan @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Some absolutely brilliant books recommended here! 032
Reposted by Mariah WhelanJen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Giving a talk and workshop this Thursday at UCL East around literary translation as a creative-critical practice. Sign up here: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...: 1168
Reposted by Mariah WhelanThe Stephen Spender Trust @stephenspender.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Calling ALL teachers! Whether you teach languages or not, try translating a poem from any language for the Teacher Laureate Prize! 🏆 The winner will receive an annual print and digital subscription to the wonderful Modern Poetry in Translation! More info 👉 www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...stephen-spender.orgTeacher Laureate Prize 021
Mariah Whelan @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social · 11/05/2026🗣️ 10 Books to Build Confident Poetry Voices 🗣️ My colleagues & I have a piece in the latest edition of 'Teach Reading & Writing' all about getting younger pupils performing poems. Learn about our 10 fave poetry & rhyming picture books plus lots of activities for lifting them off the page! 110
Reposted by Mariah WhelanKaren Goodwin @mssgoodwin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Excited to be part of this! 021
Reposted by Mariah WhelanKaren Goodwin @mssgoodwin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Lovely to get a mention in @poetrysociety.bsky.social anthology Foyle Young Poets of the Year. Some excellent poems in here! 195
Mariah Whelan @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Such a pleasure to publish Barbara's poem on the 7+ Timeline. Looking forward to seeing what pupils and teachers do with it :) 122
Reposted by Mariah WhelanThe Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 05/05/2026THURSDAY THURSDAY only two days away because of the bank holiday (this overly rhyming post doesn't scan, but we'd love to see you Thursday anyway!) 021
Mariah Whelan @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social · 01/05/2026When I was a little girl we used to go into the Magdalen quod to listen to my godbrother sing at the top of the tower. No livestreams back then. Now I watch it in bed. Oxford looks so magical it doesn't even seem real ✨️ 020
Reposted by Mariah WhelanSalt Books @saltpublishing.com · 30/04/2026‘Living the Fairy-Tale Life: Paula Rego, Psychoanalysis, Taking Flight’ by Christiana Spens – new in 3:AM Magazine.3ammagazine.comLiving the Fairy-Tale Life: Paula Rego, Psychoanalysis, Taking Flight – 3:AM MagazineWhether we go to therapy or art or other ritualistic practices that prise open the dark stories dancing around in us all, we end up in the same strange place, I think, with versions of these character... 051
Reposted by Mariah WhelanDeryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Pavilion launch tonight and there are three tickets left! Join us! www.ticketsource.com/school-of-th... @livunienglish.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.socialticketsource.com 0129
Reposted by Mariah WhelanCLPE @theclpe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Poetry is a powerful gateway to literacy, helping children build vocabulary, fluency, inference, imagination & a love of reading. Reading, re-reading & performing poems also boosts confidence, phonics and spelling. Explore more: clpe.org.uk/research/poetry-primary… 011
Reposted by Mariah WhelanRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Did I open up PowerPoint intending to chat with it??? I did not????? 61128106
Reposted by Mariah WhelanCLPE @theclpe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026How can poetry take a bigger place in the classroom? When children are immersed in poetry and given time to listen, read, discuss and perform, the impact is clear. Poetry builds writing confidence, voice and creativity, and brings learning to life across the curriculum. More: clpe.org.uk/poetry 011
Reposted by Mariah WhelanAndrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Great feedback from students who can be very proud of their work! @stephenspender.bsky.social 022
Reposted by Mariah WhelanClare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Just to be absolutely clear, an editor who uses AI to assess manuscripts is talentless, and probably only got into publishing through their wealth and/or contacts. Get rid. 173
Reposted by Mariah Whelanrobinrvw.bsky.social @robinrvw.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Join us at Art & Talking in #ChippingNorton on Sun 8 Mar with @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social & @zoebrooks.bsky.social for more words that make you feel something / or at least sound like they mean something. 4–6pm, £5 on the door. Bios at www.instagram.com/p/DVWFQrCiFXH/ #poetry #openmic 031
Reposted by Mariah WhelanBarbara Bleiman @barbarableiman.bsky.social · 09/02/2026More KS2 teachers have been filling this in. THANK YOU! We're keeping the survey open as we'd love to have even more. Just 2 mins of your time to tick a few boxes! 088
Reposted by Mariah WhelanSheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Mamdani got a humanities degree. His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful. 6695218
Mariah Whelan @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Join me for our upcoming close reading sessions with @litcamb.bsky.social 2-4pm GMT on Sundays via Zoom. This winter we'll be repeating our sold out Keats class, looking at winter poetry and getting to grips with all those dashes in Emily Dickinson's miniatures: mariahwhelan.com/2025/11/03/w... 010
Reposted by Mariah WhelanMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Bodleian Library, Sassoon Visiting Fellowship in South Asian and Black History for the 2026-2027 academic year. It's a great scheme, with a deadline of 28 November 2025. Check it and Bodley's other visiting fellowships out here.bodleian.ox.ac.ukBodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections 03741
Reposted by Mariah WhelanThe English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Join us !😊 englishassociation.ac.uk 01010
Reposted by Mariah WhelanGita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Today’s #poemsontheunderground @poemsonthetube.bsky.social 114460
Reposted by Mariah WhelanMaya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 17/07/2025St. Thomas Aquinas argued that poets and philosophers “are alike in being big with wonder.” Lucille Clifton remarked that “poems come out of wonder, not out of knowing.” Part of what drives us to the page as poets is the pleasure of capturing in language what seems bent on eluding it. 16018
Reposted by Mariah WhelanDeidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 27/06/2025It seems that the only relief I can find from the current political nightmare is to post rude songs from #18thc children's books & let my Bluesky friends make the applications as they choose. Not just sure this one, also from Tommy Thumb's Pretty Songbook, will get past the moderators, but I'll try: 1516738
Reposted by Mariah WhelanThe English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 26/06/2025🌟🥳 Meet our new Fellows, nominated by their peers, they represent excellence in the teaching & learning of English, & have an active role in the EA’s mission. Stay tuned over this week, to find out the distinguished scholars & teachers awarded Fellowships this year! Here are some of them ⬇️🌟🥳 041
Reposted by Mariah WhelanALCS @alcs.co.uk · 25/06/2025Happy National Writing Day! Today is a day dedicated to celebrating the power of writing creatively ✍️ This year's theme is #ShareYourVoice, check out @firststory.bsky.social for great resources to get people started with writing: firststory.org.uk/writeday/ #NationalWritingDay 0135
Reposted by Mariah WhelanAt Length @atlengthmag.bsky.social · 02/06/2025We're opening up submissions for translations in June and July! And we've even got a snazzy new email for you to send 'em to: translations@atlengthmag.com. Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work! atlengthmag.com/submissions/atlengthmag.comSubmissions 064
Reposted by Mariah Whelan𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 28/08/2021On the topic of digital mags and hearing poets read their own work, did you know @BathMagg's @MWhelanWriter was part of the inaugural wave of @iambapoet back in February 2020? You can check out her contribution here. iambapoet.com/mariah-whelaniambapoet.comMariah Whelan | iamb ~ poetry seen and heardHear poet Mariah Whelan read three poems at iamb. 011
Mariah Whelan @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Can't believe it's been 8 years. Thinking of all those who lost their lives x 021
Reposted by Mariah WhelanJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 07/04/2025“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” ~The Great Gatsby 18395132493
Mariah Whelan @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025A poetry giveaway from Poetry By Heart! Re-tweets appreciated, pals. We've got x2 sets of the latest titles from the fab @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social to giveaway :) 041
Reposted by Mariah WhelanDr Carrie Etter @carrieetter.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Come on, folks--I know a lot of you believe in restoring the A Level in Creative Writing in England--sign and share now! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @poetrysociety.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @kitdewaal.bsky.socialdocs.google.comLet's Bring Back the Creative Writing A Level!If you support bringing back the Creative Writing A Level, please complete the form. Any questions, please contact Dr Carrie Etter at carrie.etter@bristol.ac.uk. Let's go! 16535
Mariah Whelan @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social · 05/03/2025It's #GCSE revision time! I wrote an article about how you can use the Poetry By Heart website to support your #EnglishLiterature students with oodles of free resources. RTs appreciated to spread the word :) 032
