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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 10h

Delighted to be Highly Commended by John Challis in the Yeovil Literary Prize. Congrats all! I wrote 2 Antarctic poems this sweltering summer; "The British Antarctic Survey is a Menopause Friendly Employer" is out soon in @magmapoetry.bsky.social 96. www.yeovilprize.co.uk/P2026_Result...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It was #BiVisibilityDay on Weds 23 Sept. This is why it's important, and why it's important for everyone to have the right to take up their own space. Poem from The Aftershock Review pocket aftershock DIRTY LAUNDRY, ed. Gerry Potter and @maxwallis.bsky.social www.aftershockreview.com/product-page...

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poets and prattlers @pandemonialists.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This poetry Substack from @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social dives beautifully into contemporary poems for a deeper read....

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#TheDeeperRead 38 features "When You Brother Dies You Want" by @cloudscholar.bsky.social from his @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social pamphlet Cathedral, twinned with "Endgame XX" from my Red Squirrel Press collection Crippled. suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com/p/the-deeper...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thrilled my poem "The dunnock has no need of social media" is Editor's Pick in @consilience.bsky.social issue 26 "Birds". Thanks Sam Illingworth, and great working with Rachel David. www.consilience-journal.com/issue-26-the... I get the irony, back to looking for birds out of the train window now.

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#TheDeeperRead 37 features "Load" from Caroline Davies' Elements of Water from @greenbottlepress.bsky.social , twinned with my poem "Flood" from The Bournemouth Journal 2. suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com/p/the-deeper...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’m delighted to be judging this year’s Waltham Forest Poetry Competition on the theme of “Music”. There are categories for adults, young writers and for funny poems. It closes at midnight UK time on Monday 19 October. Full details here: pctothepowerof2.wordpress.com/enter/

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#TheDeeperRead 36 is here, featuring "Radiolaria" from Claire Walker's How to Shape Our Mouths from The Black Cat Poetry Press, twinned with my poem "Tardigrade Waltz", first published by @chrissywilliams.bsky.social in Perverse issue 8I: suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com/p/the-deeper...

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The Deeper Read 36

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Off to read at Third Table with other @poetryschool.bsky.social MA students and staff past and present including @merylpugh.bsky.social Glyn Maxwell @tessafoley.bsky.social. FAFO pendant by the fabulous Sarah Day of Wear and Resist, who donates to women's charities for every piece. #persisterhood

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Very excited to be on such a great shortlist for the Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year 2026, thanks to judges Luigi Marchini, Lucy Crispin and Gillian Laker. I'll be reading at the online awards evening on 1 October, free to attend: us05web.zoom.us/j/8681424660...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Love @ellecordova.bsky.social's work, and this is genius. I have just wrestled, cajoled and slashed a 47-line draft to 36 lines, and it's the better for it (many darlings murdered etc) but will probably still be tweaked #poetlife. youtube.com/shorts/YqPPy...

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Rough Draft vs Final Draft

YouTube video by Elle Cordova

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...

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Sign the petition to hold politicians to account

Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#TheDeeperRead 35 features @tamsinhopkins.bsky.social's Live Canon pamphlet Once We Get Past Poker Night, twinned with a poem I wrote for Glyn Maxwell whilst on the @poetryschool.bsky.social MA which was shortlisted for Verve's Poem of the Month. suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com/p/the-deeper...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/09/2026

This iconic 1971 photo of Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes has always said so much without saying a word. Two women. Two raised fists. One shared fight for equality. Dorothy passed in 2022. Now Gloria is gone too. Two giants who helped change America. Rest in power, Gloria. ✊🏼✊🏾

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Delighted to be on the shortlist for this year's Yeovil Literary Prize, thanks John Challis! Fingers crossed. Full list here: www.yeovilprize.co.uk/P2026_Result...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#TheDeeperRead 34 is here: @patrickcotterpoet.bsky.social's "Crow, My Friend" from his Dedalus Press collection Quality Control at the Miracle Factory, twinned with my poem "A cat and a crow face off" from Spelt magazine ed. @wendypratt.bsky.social: suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com/p/the-deeper...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#TheDeeperRead 34 drops Fri: @patrickcotterpoet.bsky.social's "Crow, My Friend" from his Dedalus Press collection Quality Control at the Miracle Factory, twinned with my poem "A cat and a crow face off" from Spelt magazine ed. @wendypratt.bsky.social: suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com/p/the-deeper...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#TheDeeperRead 33 is here, featuring "tentacles" from Gillie Robic's I Think I Could Be Wrong from @livecanon.bsky.social, paired with my poem "Ocean" from Daughters of Violence issue 2. Free to read and subscribe: suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com/p/the-deeper...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm thrilled - I started The Deeper Read this Jan and have posted every week. It’s a delight to explore the contemporary poetry scene and geek out about how poems tick and the random associations they set off in my ADHD brain. Kinda chic how talented you all are ;) substack.com/@suzannafitz...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The @foundationswift.bsky.social and their Women Poets' Network do amazing work supporting and promoting women writers. Please support them if you can. If you're a woman poet and not yet a member, I highly recommend joining; membership starts at £25 a year: www.justgiving.com/campaign/wom...

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Putting Women Poets on the Map

Help keep a national home for women poets open

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

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Stop Big Chicken Choking our Rivers

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

#TheDeeperRead 32 is out, featuring "Household Gods" from @burnedthumb.bsky.social's Comrades of Dark Night from Red Squirrel Press, twinned with my poem “Vulnerability” from London Grip New Poetry #60, Summer 2026, edited by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs: suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com/p/the-deeper...

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bin Day cometh.

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Thrilled to have a poem in @magmapoetry.bsky.social 96: Antarctica (not the current issue pictured, which is also a banger!). Huge thanks to @cherylmoskowitz.bsky.social Elizabeth Lewis Williams & Branwell Roberts for choosing "The British Antarctic Survey is a Menopause Friendly Employer".

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Midlands Fringe @midlandsfringe.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We took a much-needed breather when this year's #MidlandsFringe finished, but these last few days we've been going through feedback from audience *and* performers, and... well... it's really rather good. Thank you. Thank you for all your support and your incredibly wonderful performances.

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Leonardo DiCaprio Raising Glass

Alt: Leonardo DiCaprio is holding a glass of champagne and raising it towards the camera. Or you, if you prefer.

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

So proud to have been part of this with my poetry burlesque show #ficklepuck.

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#TheDeeperRead 31 features “My Heart in a Glass Case” from Lauren Thomas' Tiny Glories @greenbottlepress.bsky.social & my poem "Playdough Heart", from Obsessed with Pipework 102. Lauren's other pamphlet, Lavender Hill, is with @thebraag.bsky.social. suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com/p/the-deeper...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#TheDeeperRead 31 drops Fri & features “My Heart in a Glass Case” by Lauren Thomas from Tiny Glories @greenbottlepress.bsky.social & my poem "Playdough Heart", first in Obsessed with Pipework 102. Lauren's other pamphlet, Lavender Hill, is with @thebraag.bsky.social. suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#TheDeeperRead 30 features Ellen McAteer's My Deep and Gorgeous Thirst from @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social paired with my poem "Travel Light" from Finished Creatures issue 9. Free to read and subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/suzannaf...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

See, it's funny because it's true. #Sad

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A hobby of mine is suggesting you get my and many other brilliant books for less in the Broken Sleep flash sale: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Lovely review of my show #ficklepuck at @midlandsfringe.bsky.social. Thanks Anne Ryan-Thomas, @pandemonialists.bsky.social & @artscouncilengland.bsky.social. Now to think where else I can take it, do comment if you have any ideas! Photo: Erica Longfellow. www.midlandsfringe.co.uk/reviews2026/...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#TheDeeperRead has somehow got to 30 and drops tomorrow! Featuring Ellen McAteer's My Deep and Gorgeous Thirst from @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social paired with my poem "Travel Light" from Finished Creatures issue 9. Free to read and subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/suzannaf...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The Edward Cawston Thomas Prize anthology is available: edward-thomas-fellowship.org.uk/poetry-compe.... It features my poems "If I sit in a parked car listening to an owl", Highly Commended by Jane Draycott, and "This spring", awarded First Prize by Daljit Nagra, among excellent bedfellows.

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Poetry Competition Anthologies - The Edward Thomas Fellowship

Anthologies of poems from The Edward Thomas Fellowship Poetry Competitions Since 2019 the Edward Thomas Fellowship has published a continuing series of anthologies containing the winning and highly ...

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Midlands Fringe @midlandsfringe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

All of this. 🙏

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poets and prattlers @pandemonialists.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Well, that's #MidlandsFringe done and dusted for another year. Thank you from us to everyone who came along, to all our artists, to the venues, the hundreds of people who filled in feedback forms (so we can make the festival even better), and to every single member of the team who made it happen. 🙏

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You Are Stars

Alt: A man in a blue shirt is clenching his fists and saying You Are Stars

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Midlands Fringe @midlandsfringe.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

More brilliant shows from Alex Vann, Emma Clowsley, and Imrpov Wolves to finish off the festival yesterday 🎉

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

#TheDeeperRead 29 posted Fri but was too busy rehearsing my @midlandsfringe.bsky.social show to share! Featuring Roger Bloor's Mapping Broken Roads twinned with my poem "Dose" from Crippled, out from Red Squirrel Press. Free to read and subscribe: suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com/p/the-deeper...

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The Deeper Read 29

Roger Bloor

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Thanks Sally Long for this generous review of my collection Crippled in Allegro Poetry: www.allegropoetry.org/p/reviews.ht... Copies available from www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page... or DM me to buy a signed one.

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Midlands Fringe @midlandsfringe.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A lovely reading of Cherry Doyle's Wolverhampton Wagtails from Jane Salmons as part of the Black Country Women show last weekend - beautiful poems from great female writers in the Midlands is exactly what we like to see at #MidlandFringe 💪 This brilliant video was shot by Graham Stubbs 🎥

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Midlands Fringe @midlandsfringe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A sublime show from storyteller Janet Crouch for her hour of Stories From Staffordshire, including tales of love, loss, trees, shillings, and more, taking on us an emotional journey. @pandemonialists.bsky.social

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poets and prattlers @pandemonialists.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Nothing to add. Tina was immense.

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Midlands Fringe @midlandsfringe.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

He's hilarious, proudly black country, and owns the best shirts... It's Brendan Hawthorne with a one man show this afternoon in The Wheatsheaf 🎭 @pandemonialists.bsky.social

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

TODAY! Fickle Puck, Sat 25 July, 5.45pm, The Pack (Perfect Ale, Cask and Keg), 25-26 Queen Square, Mander Centre, WV1 1TQ. Wolverhampton, are you ready? 😘 @pandemonialists.bsky.social @midlandsfringe.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social www.midlandsfringe.co.uk/shows/25thju...

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Suzanna Fitzpatrick @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Come and see Fickle Puck! 5m45pm Sat 25 July at The Pack.

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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This afternoon at Battersea Power Station! A galaxy of stars! And me! Come through! www.archeslanetheatre.com/voicesofwand...

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Voices of Wandsworth | Arches Lane Theatre

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