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Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It’s always nice to see my collection in bookshops, but it’s particularly lovely to know that it’s stocked in my local bookshop! Thank you to @waterstones.bsky.social in Worcester for inviting me to sign some copies today 💙

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Phil Vernon @philvernon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Bayeux Tapestry is in the news today. Here’s a poem - “Tapestry” - from my book Guerrilla Country

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Phil Vernon @philvernon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Bayeux Tapestry is in the news today. Here’s a poem - “Tapestry” - from my book Guerrilla Country

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allegropoetry.bsky.social @allegropoetry.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Allegro 37 - 'Music' now online.

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 26/08/2026

A few months back, hundreds of people were approached by ‘recruiters’ at Salt offering new editorial positions. Now hundreds of our authors are being affected by offers of US editions, translations, film & TV deals and more… www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/house-... #BookSky #SaltPublishing

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A very flattering email

by Chris Hamilton-Emery Someone wrote to me a few days ago to say that my poems have an abrasive musicality, and that they were struck by the tension between spectacle and reality in my work. They sai...

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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

For poets (and their unpublished ace poems) who might be at a loose end on a Sunday night...!

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Phil Vernon @philvernon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

After the forest fire, a poem philvernon.net/2026/07/28/a...

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Phil Vernon @philvernon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

After the forest fire, a poem philvernon.net/2026/07/28/a...

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 27/07/2026

‘Nolan has read at least the first line of my translation of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺 into iambic pentameter. In one interview, he cited my version of it: “Tell me about a complicated man.” But I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script.’ New, by Emily Wilson www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Maggie O'Farrell might now be best known as an acclaimed novelist. However, back in the 1990s, she started off as a poet. And she was terrific...

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Phil Vernon @philvernon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

‘It has become something of a cliché to refer to Sudan as a forgotten war. But it is better thought of as a neglected war. One forgets things by mistake; to neglect is a deliberate decision.’ Analysing Africa newsletter: Another looming atrocity in Sudan economist.com/middle-east-...

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Analysing Africa newsletter: Another looming atrocity in Sudan

John McDermott, our chief Africa correspondent, argues that the conflict is not “forgotten” but “neglected”

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John Looker @johnlooker.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

There’s a lot of interest in Homer’s Odyssey at present, isn’t there, with Christopher Nolan’s film. I’m looking forward to seeing it. I wrote 8 poems retelling highlights of the story but with a woman, Odyssea, in a modern setting. If anyone is curious, here’s the final poem. #Odyssey #poetry

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Phil Vernon @philvernon.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

inksweatandtears.co.uk/phil-vernon-2/ Something (almost) understood

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Phil Vernon | Ink Sweat and Tears

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Ink Sweat & Tears @inksweatandtears.co.uk · 11/07/2026

Phil Vernon takes us back to poetry's pastoral roots with a reflection around the Firle Beacon in 'Something (almost) Understood'. @philvernon.bsky.social Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/phil-vernon-2/ #Firlebeacon #Poetry #Inksweatandtears #InkSweatAndTears

Image: hills in the distance surrounded by a green border. Text: Something (almost) understood/ These hills that look towards both weald and waves/ hold – in their homesteads, fenced and open land,/ trackways and contours – all that’s happened here,/ but hide their mysteries in riddles: how/ whole flints were wrapped – by nature’s sleight of hand –/
in chalk laid down as plankton long ago,/ Phil Vernon

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Phil Vernon @philvernon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I started a series of poems a while ago, drawing on links with films I’d watched in the past. This one refers to ‘Blue Sky‘, a 1994 Tony Richardson film for which Jessica Lange won an Oscar. It was published in Bindweed’s ‘Midsummer Madness’ anthology in 2023. philvernon.net/2026/07/01/b...

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‘Blue Sky’, a poem

I started a series of poems a while ago, which drew on apparent links between my own experiences and films I’d watched in the past – often the distant past. The idea seemed promising bu…

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Phil Vernon @philvernon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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‘Blue Sky’, a poem

I started a series of poems a while ago, which drew on apparent links between my own experiences and films I’d watched in the past – often the distant past. The idea seemed promising bu…

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Bad Lilies @badlilies.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

📣 News alert! We are opening submissions up for the month of July. More info soon at badlilies.uk/submit

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Submission FAQ — Bad Lilies

Guidelines to submit to Bad Lilies

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Bad Lilies @badlilies.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

OUT NOW: Issue twenty-four: 'Hopes Unspool' badlilies.uk/issue-twenty-four

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Issue twenty-four — Bad Lilies

Issue twenty-four of Bad Lilies

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/06/2026

Summer arrives with its usual swagger: everything loud and bright and hot. For something cooler, dive into the latest wave of @iamb.uk. You'll find 45 poems by 15 poets – written and read by their authors. Enough to see you through the driest season. iamb.uk/index/wave/26

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wave twenty-six | summer 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear the poets of wave 26 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for summer 2026 .

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

You can find us (next to @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social) at the Free Verse Poetry Book Fair in the basement of St Columbas Church, Pont St, Knightsbridge, London, til 6.30pm

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Phil Vernon @philvernon.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Loving the irony of the USA - a settler colony - questioning UK sovereignty of Falklands (whatever the actual rights and wrongs and different views of the case). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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No 10 say Falkland sovereignty rests with UK after report of US 'review'

An internal Pentagon document reportedly raised the prospect of a change in position in retaliation for the UK not joining the Iran war.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

🧵 Democracy feels like it's in a rough state at the moment across the globe, and we hear various explanations, like polarisation, extremism, disinformation, and loss of trust. But what if those explanations are mainly symptoms and we've been trying to treat them rather than the underlying causes?

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Broken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

We've won Small Press of the Year for Wales! It's great to be recognised for our work degentrifying the arts, platforming low socio-economic writers, & without grants or institutional support! To celebrate, everything is 10% off on our website with code 'WINNERS2026' www.brokensleepbooks.com/books

The British Book Awards
Small press of the year
Regional & Country Winner
Wales
Broken Sleep Books

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Phil Vernon @philvernon.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Who knew the royals supported Man City?

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