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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 16/07/2026

The 2026 Forward Prize for Poetry shortlists have been announced and include 20 poets 👇

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

And @sophiedumont.bsky.social’s Sculling is on the Forward Prize Shortlist for a First Collection. Congratulations 👏👏👏

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Over the poet’s moon! My debut, Sculling, has been shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection! So incredibly grateful to the judges & to the #ForwardPrizes for their championing of poetry. Congrats to all shortlisted poets! 💙 #booksky #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I’m poeming tomorrow night at The Bell in Bath as part of the Curious Minds Festival. 🧠 Would be lush to see you there. 💙 Sign up for that open mic 🎤 we wanna hear it! Tickets: tinyurl.com/yv4w2n4n

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Happy Valentine’s Day to Station Books in Tunbridge Wells who have ‘Sculling’ on its own little plinth atm! 🫀 No, that ‘A Little Life’ cover isn’t James Franco (in my mind it always was) ~ it’s a photo taken in the 60s by Peter Hujar titled “Orgasmic Man.” Perfect valentine’s positioning. #BookSky

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Popped into my gorgeous local (Storysmith, Bristol) and signed some fresh Scullings yesterday. 💙🦦 A blue book ready to gift as we exit the blue month. Hasn’t January alone felt like a year!? #BookSky #poetry

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Brave New World: Justice for creators in the age of GenAI In our ongoing commitment to campaign for author rights and interests, we have joined forces with other creator-led organisations to co-launch a ground-breaking report showing the onset of a creative jobs crisis in the UK. buff.ly/wThFNtu

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Delighted to be invited to eARTh Spotlight, chaired by @bathspauni.bsky.social Professors @penahay.bsky.social and @lucyenglish.bsky.social 💚 Online, free, 12-1pm, Jan 27th Bring a cuppa. Wear your slippers. Tickets and info: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/onl...

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

The quiet, elderly and slightly incontinent cheerleaders of my 2025. ✨ Huge thanks to poetry pal Marius Grose for capturing this family portrait at my desk. 🐾 #booksky #writingcommunity

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Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

So thrilled to be sharing a third piece in this month’s Book Bag: Poetic Voices feature from @sophiedumont.bsky.social exquisite debut collection Sculling instinct of a glass eel is one of my favourites in the book Link 🔗 shorturl.at/zHPMn 📸credit Jae Frederick #bookSky

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

So looking forward to chatting about my debut collection ‘Sculling’, my connection to the River Avon and sharing poems. 12noon, Jan 27th, online and free! Thank you to @bathspauni.bsky.social’s @penahay.bsky.social and @lucyenglish.bsky.social for the invite. 💙

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Thank you, Paul, for sharing my poem about the little bright yellow stars that are celandine flowers. Thoughts of spring are helping me move through the dark weeks. 🌼🌼🌼 #booksky #poem #poetrycommunity

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

A very lovely woman has requested a signed copy of Sculling to gift for a 100th birthday! Thank you, champions of poetry. 💙 I’m so honoured that this mighty, muddy work of living will be marked by my little blue book. To Inga’s good health and joy! 🥂 #ScullingBook #poetrycommunity #booksky #poet

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Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

So happy to announce this month’s Poetic Voice is @sophiedumont.bsky.social #thebookbag #poetryfeature

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

It’s Narnia season and my nephew’s grip on reality is still firmer than mine. 🚪🕳️🌲⏸️ Jam Toast from my debut, SCULLING, available to buy in your local indie! ☺️ storysmithbooks.com/product/scul... #ScullingBook #BookSky #Poet #Writer

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

A delicious crisp, sunny morning meeting Emma from @bookhaus.bsky.social, signing copies of Sculling and popping satisfying little stickers on the cover. Bookhaus is such a beacon in Bristol’s bookish community and tirelessly champions local, radical writing. 🌞 #shopindie #booksky #scullingbook

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

G Rd Bks! An absolute gem of #Bristol. Floorboards to die for. Thank you for having me round to sign copies of Sculling and for wrapping them in your lovely little ‘signed copy’ paper scarves.🧣🍂 #booksky 💙 @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social 💙

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Come and join the Poetry and Spoken Word Committee at SoA. We’re a lovely bunch. 👋 Help us champion our craft.

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I loved visiting The Small City Bookshop #Bristol to sign copies of Sculling, have a natter, smell pages and pick up a copy of the latest Maggie Nelson. A beautiful space. They have a 3rd birthday party on Nov 20th, 6-8pm. 10% off books and a free cocktail/mocktail. 🍹 What’s not to love? #booksky

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Late night signing postcards to post to a dear family friend who will then slip them into all the Scullings she’s bought for her pals. I’m told she’s making ripples and that her friends are buying it for their friends for Christmas. So very lucky to know such sweetness. 💙 #booksky #poetry

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Sculling’s been reviewed in this week’s @financialtimes.com poetry round-up❕ Thank you, Suzi Feay💙 Read the full poetry review of brilliant collections from Sarah Howe, Simon Armitage, Matthew Francis, Tom Paulin and Stav Poleg: www.ft.com/content/6236... #booksky #poetrycommunity

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Baby’s first Amazon review 💫 and for the Kindle edition! #BookSky

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I’ve written an article for @thetimes.com exploring my experience of grief, my wrestling with guilt and the phenomenon of “chimerism”, which means that recipients of donated organs have two sets of DNA. Find it online or in print in today’s Sunday Times Style. 💙 www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

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Knowing who received my ex’s heart changed the way I grieved

When Sophie Dumont’s first love died in a car crash, his organs were donated. She writes about how the experience affected her

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Over the poet’s moon to have a review of my debut poetry collection Sculling in @theguardian.com today! 🫠💙 Thank you, Philip Terry. ✨ Have a read of the brilliant roundup with a fab pic of @ursulakleguin.com: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o... Pick up a copy before my mum buys them all.

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The best recent poetry – review roundup

So Far So Good by Ursula K Le Guin; Thrums by Thomas A Clark; Sculling by Sophie Dumont; Magadh by Shrikant Verma

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Publication week!📘 💙Pre-order for delivery or collect in stores on Thurs, #NationalPoetryDay 💙 Tag me in (or send me) a pic of my book put in the wild. Let me know where in the world you are! 🌍 💙I’ll be signing in #Bath & #Bristol bookshops this week www.hachette.co.uk/titles/sophi... #BookSky

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

#Bristol folk, this is tonight! Delighted to be supporting @citizen-chris.bsky.social with the launch of his new poetry book. ✨🚀

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

SCULLING is out with #Corsair on Oct 2nd 💙🛶💚 LinkTree: linktr.ee/sophie_dumont 📷: My amazing pal Jae Frederick #BookSky #Poetry #PoetryCommunity

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Words from a hero of mine. 💚💙 Thank you, Philip Gross. @vaikuspg.bsky.social My debut collection Sculling is out on Thursday October 2nd, National Poetry Day! Pre-order: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/books/sophie... #ScullingBook #NationalPoetryDay #PhilipGross

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Delicious post dayy 💌 ‘Poetry and fiction with a cerulean hue’ @mslexia.bsky.social giving the fans what they want. 🤝 …and a peek at the colour I recently painted my kitchen cupboards. 💙🧵

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

My poetry debut SCULLING is now available to pre-order while climbing Arthur’s Seat! Made this t-shirt and didn’t put any deets about the book on it so that I can reuse it for book number 2! Being my own accountability buddy. 🤝 👉 tinyurl.com/2s42bxzu #ScullingBook #BookSky #WritingCommunity

Image of Sophie Dumont smiling in a white t-shirt stating PRE-ORDER MY BOOK in black font. Edinburgh’s Arthur’s seat is in the background.

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Sophie Dumont @sophiedumont.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Grateful to have a #FathersDay poem on picking yarrow and dementia in the latest of Dust Poetry Magazine. This is a gorgeous online mag full of ideas of mythology, memory and oscillating relationships. Read my #poem here: www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/yarrow-...

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