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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The bog is calling. Two more sleeps until the next Writing Bogwise, ‘Deep Peat: The Bog as a Living Archive’. Click here to book your place at what will be a fabulously fun, peaty, generative writing workshop. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/chronic-co...

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Chronic conditions and altered forms

on hypermobility, poetry, and nature.

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Wild Writing with Clare Shaw and Miriam Darlington: a different wild topic every day in June. Book now, here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing-

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the-writingschool.bsky.social @the-writingschool.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

We have had some great feedback on the "Read the Room" workshop that @carrieetter.bsky.social will be running on the 30th May from 10.30am to 2.30pm. Link for info and booking thewritingschool.co.uk/read-the-room

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Dr Carrie Etter @carrieetter.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Emerging poets interested in upping your publishing game? Join me for this online workshop: thewritingschool.co.uk/read-the-room. Please share!

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olivergolding.bsky.social @olivergolding.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Hello poetry friends. Does anybody want the use of a house on the outskirts of Winchester between the middle of July and the first week of August? It comes with this gorgeous cat (Maurice) who needs feeding and the odd stroke. The house has two double bedrooms and a writing shed in the garden Ollie

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olivergolding.bsky.social @olivergolding.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The Writing School Online have been asked to host Wild Writing 2026 by Clare Shaw and Miriam Darlington. Start each day of June with an hour long writing workshop. Link for details thewritingschool.co.uk/writing-

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olivergolding.bsky.social @olivergolding.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

This amazing workshop is happening tomorrow. A two hour workshop looking at Kathryn Bevis’s poems with Jonathan Edwards and Dillon Jaxx. All of the ticket money goes to the local charities that supported Kathryn and I. It would be great to see you there. thewritingschool.co.uk/meet-at-the-...

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Caroline Bird @carolinebirduk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Join me and Rachel Long for a week of ‘love and terror’, a week long online course for The Writing School, May 11th-15th. JOIN US (she said in terrifying yet lovely voice) thewritingschool.co.uk/love-and-ter...

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Love and Terror

LOVE AND TERROR ‘The poem carries love and terror, or it carries nothing’ - Jane Hirshfield. What makes a poem haunt us long after its read?Join poets Caroline Bird and Rachel Long for a week-long wri...

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olivergolding.bsky.social @olivergolding.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

@carolinebirduk.bsky.social and Rachel Long are teaming up to run a week long online writing retreat for The Writing School Online. It will be an amazing week writing about Love and Terror. Link for info and booking thewritingschool.co.uk/love-and-ter...

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Chris Sewart @chriswriting.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Great to have kick-started the 2026 festival. Lots of wonderful writing from the enthusiastic workshoppers! Thanks to @dislaney.bsky.social & @candlestickpress.bsky.social for the supply of 'Ten Poems about Music'. A fantastic book that eased all participants into the poetry writing groove. ✍️

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olivergolding.bsky.social @olivergolding.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I’m really pleased to share that Dillon Jaxx and I are now looking after The Writing school. We can’t thank Ewan Monaghan enough for supporting the school. Dillon and I are hoping to build on what Kathryn started. Please follow the link to have a look thewritingschool.co.uk

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Online Poetry Tuition UK | Learn Poetry with Expert Tutors

Discover The Writing School for online poetry tuition in the UK, offering flexible courses for all levels. Learn from award-winning tutors and enhance your poetry writing skills from the comfort of ho...

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Isabel Rogers @isabelrogers.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Utterly right that there is now a poetry competition in Kathryn Bevis' name. Open now, closing date 30 April. All rules in the link.

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Kathryn Bevis Memorial Poetry Competition single entry £4

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Carole Bromley @carolebromley.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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olivergolding.bsky.social @olivergolding.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I have been going to this group since Josh Hallam started leading it. Josh has created a friendly and encouraging group to read, discuss, write and share poetry. Link for tickets thewritingschool.co.uk/winter-schoo...

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 27/07/2025

Actually the World’s Most Wuthering Heights Day Why 500 people will dance today in celebration and in protest in Haworth, home to Wuthering Heights By Clare Shaw @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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Actually the World’s Most Wuthering Heights Day

Why 500 people will dance on Sunday in celebration and in protest in Haworth, home to Wuthering Heights

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Isabel Rogers @isabelrogers.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

My poem for Kathryn Bevis is up now on the Poetry Wales site. I'm grateful to them for giving it a home in a place where Kathryn's work meant so much. I know acrostics are old-fashioned, but I also know Kathryn would have appreciated one. I am speaking her name. poetrywales.co.uk/the-oath-a-t...

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'The Oath' - a Tribute Poem for Kathryn Bevis - Poetry Wales

By Isabel Rogers.

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Jo Bell @jobellwriter.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Delighted with this glowing review and accurate interview in Waterways World. Though I giggled at 'Apart from some poetry volumes, this is Jo's first book.' It's book no.6 and poetry counts too!

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Jo Bell @jobellwriter.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

In Leeds this Sunday? Please join me on the famous floating bookshop, Holdfast Books at 5pm to hear from my book BOATER and share a midsummer hour on the water www.facebook.com/share/r/1Aq7...

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

"What can you do? You have to laugh, you have to play, be a living example. You have to find the path the Green Man found, find your real place in the world. At any point in your life, you can become green again" from “The Wildest Dream: an imagined history of the Green Man”, David Gee.

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30 Days Wild Writing

Clare Shaw (Bloodaxe) and Miriam Darlington (Guardian Faber) have joined forces to offer daily online wild writing workshops through June.

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olivergolding.bsky.social @olivergolding.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

This arrived today, so it’s made it as far south as Winchester! I’m really looking forward to ‘Boater’ by @jobellwriter.sky.social

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patwelshpoolpoetry.bsky.social @patwelshpoolpoetry.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Everyone who joins us for evening readings at Welshpool Poetry Festival gets one of these made by the Pretender to the Throne ceramicist! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎉

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patwelshpoolpoetry.bsky.social @patwelshpoolpoetry.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Every Welshpool Poetry Festival workshopper will get one of these lovely bags gifted by Angi Holden 🙏🏼

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patwelshpoolpoetry.bsky.social @patwelshpoolpoetry.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Great contemporary poetry to brighten your weekend 6/7 June

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Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Tonight's "Nothing More Beautiful" online poetry workshop was a thing of wonder. Love and tears and fruit and loads of money raised for the Good Law Project's fight for trans rights.

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Dillon Jaxx @jaxxi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The Kathryn Bevis Memorial Poetry Competition (1)
11 judges and 370 wonderful poems and many difficult decisions later we have chosen our winners and highly commended poems. First though, we would like to thank everyone who submitted and supported this project to remember our friend and poet Kathryn Bevis. We were delighted with the response. We would also like to thank The Writing School Online and The Alchemy Spoon for their support. Our four winners will be published in the next edition of The Alchemy Spoon and there will be an online event with readings from the winners. We are also pleased to have been able to donate £300 each to Jane Scarth House and Victoria's promise, two charities that supported Kathryn.

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Dillon Jaxx @jaxxi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Here are our highly commended poets in no particular order

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Dillon Jaxx @jaxxi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

And our fantastic winners 🎉🎉😎

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I'm giddy and overjoyed to have won 1st prize in the Kathryn Bevis Memorial Prize. It was a privilege to be included on a shortlist packed with incredible writers, and I hope I get to read all of those poems at some point. Sincere thanks to the judges, I'm feeling very grateful.

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patwelshpoolpoetry.bsky.social @patwelshpoolpoetry.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Poetry Comp? Less than a month now to enter welshpoolpoetryfestival.org.uk Win some £ and these 6 lovely Candlestick titles!

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Following her memorial celebration earlier this week, today’s Friday Poem is ‘The Darkening’ by Kathryn Bevis from her collection ‘The Butterfly House’ www.serenbooks.com/2025/04/frid...

Photo of a dark sky with a few stars shining through the clouds.

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Jo Bell @jobellwriter.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Today, with a big grin, I announce my new book. BOATER is out in June with HarperNorth. It's a memoir of my twenty years afloat; joyful, sad and a little wise. History, heartbreak and adventure on the low seas - pre-order now if you can, and spread the word? www.amazon.co.uk/Boater-excit...

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Isabel Rogers @isabelrogers.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This is full (sold out in 24 hours - wish I'd seen this yesterday!) but they are working on adding more tickets. There is a waitlist we can join.

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olivergolding.bsky.social @olivergolding.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Seren and Poetry Wales have put this together to celebrate Kathryn’s work. Huge thanks to them and to all the wonderful poets who will be reading. Eventbrite link is www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebratin...

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Dr Hannah Fluck @hannahfluck.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Something for the budding female and non-binary poets out there. This competition in the name of my friend Kathryn Bevis, a wonderful and inspiring poet who died last year, is now live. Please spread the word! thewritingschool.co.uk/entry-x-3-fo...

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Entry x 3 for The Kathryn Bevis Memorial Poetry Competition (£10 option)

Circle Writers in collaboration with The Writing School are proud to launch THE KATHRYN BEVIS MEMORIAL POETRY COMPETITION1st Priz...

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marymulholland.bsky.social @marymulholland.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Kathryn Bevis Memorial Prize for Poetry being run by Circle Writers in conjunction with The Writing School Online . Submissions until 31 March. www.facebook.com/share/p/14qc...

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Juliet@Blood Lines @blood-lines.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Difficult... but the book I read and read the most this past year has been The Butterfly House by Kathryn Bevis. I like poetry books because you can dip in and out, read and re-read a particular poem, etc. So works well for me.

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Dillon Jaxx @jaxxi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

@twicelost.bsky.social thanks for repost!

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Dillon Jaxx @jaxxi.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I'd love to fill the last few places in my next workshop. The first week is all about starting new work and getting ideas down, in the second week we'll meet up again, listen to each other's poems and give and offer constructive feedback within a supportive space.

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Dillon Jaxx @jaxxi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Please share 🍀🙏

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Dillon Jaxx @jaxxi.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

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Di Slaney @dislaney.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Sharing more of Jane Burn’s gorgeous artwork for my new book - the Zoom launch is this Sunday 5th Jan, the date three years ago when I started writing the notes that became the poems. It’s free but you need to book to get the Zoom details - come join us! www.tickettailor.com/events/disla...

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Isabel Rogers @isabelrogers.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I'm marking the end of the year in which the poet Kathryn Bevis died, far too young. I wrote a poem for her, which she knew I was doing but never saw. It's going to be published on Poetry Wales' site (they were early supporters of her work) – not sure when. Wanted to say, before this year turns.

Kathryn Bevis, who died in May 2024, looking directly at us. The picture was taken outside, and she wears a blue woollen hat and purple scarf. She has long brown hair and is smiling broadly.

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Jo Bell @jobellwriter.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

What does the poet in your life want for Christmas? Two hours of expert mentoring with me, to help them assess their writing (whatever level they are at), focus on how to develop it further and make a plan for the year ahead. Tell Santa (or treat yourself). Several slots available in Jan and Feb.

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Poetry events

Poetry events with Jo Bell of The Poetic Licence. Real-world workshops, online sessions, mentoring and seminars to help you get the best out of your writing, in good company and with plenty of food fo...

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Di Slaney @dislaney.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I’m excited about my new book! January conversations, with dogs is an illustrated pamphlet with artwork by the fabulous Jane Burn alongside my poems of winter walks, companionship and community. You can find out more in the Valley Press bookshop: www.valleypressuk.com/shop/p/janua...

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January conversations, with dogs – Valley Press – Independent Publishing

Published January 2025 In this tender, observational journey through the rhythms of winter walks and quiet companionship, Di Slaney captures the feeling of crisp air, frosted fields, and the warmth...

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 08/12/2024

Very cool. Dream gig!

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

My poetry books of the year for @theguardian.com; it was v tricky to get it down to this selection. But a rich year all told: www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

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The best poetry books of 2024

The joy of house parties, an email to an estate agent, tales from a billionaire’s dolls and more

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olivergolding.bsky.social @olivergolding.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

It was really great to see Kathryn’s ‘The Butterfly House’ get a mention in Rishi Dastidar’s The Best Poetry Books of 2024 www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

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The best poetry books of 2024

The joy of house parties, an email to an estate agent, tales from a billionaire’s dolls and more

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