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Tim Tim Cheng @timtimtmi.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Join award-winning poet Joshua Ip to explore formal poetry from the sonnet to the haiku to liwuli. The @asiancha.bsky.social workshop is open to all at a sliding scale. Tickets: bit.ly/writewithjoshua

Join award-winning poet Joshua Ip to explore formal poetry from the sonnet to the haiku to liwuli. The workshop is open to all.

Workshop details:
Award-winning poet Joshua Ip introduces you to the intricate world of formal poetry, and why poets from Shakespeare to Li Bai write in form. You will be exposed to rarely-seen formal poems. You will then progressively experience how writing in form can loosen up poetic muscles not usually exercised; from the haiku to more complex forms like the liwuli and the sonnet. You will also have opportunity to receive feedback on your newly-written drafts. The workshop will enable people new to writing poetry to try out formal poetry writing. They will be equipped with the skills to identify and apply literary techniques in formal poetry. The workshop is also open to more experienced poets who wish to learn the techniques associated with formal poetry.

Workshop facilitator's bio:
Dr Joshua Ip is a Singaporean poet, editor, and literary organiser. He won the Singapore Literature Prize for his debut, sonnets from the singlish (Math Paper Press, 2012), placed in three different categories of the Golden Point Award, and received Singapore’s Young Artist Award in 2017.His latest book, ownself say ownself (Landmark Books, 2024) gathers new and selected poems from his six-ish collections of rude poetry, and won Book of the Year at the Singapore Book Awards 2025. He is the Executive Director of Sing Lit Station, an overactive literary charity that runs initiatives including SingPoWriMo, and poetry.sg. He still wants to be a writer when he grows up. www.joshuaip.com

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

A series of refusals reflects and refracts notions of family, spirituality, and belongingness in Hong Kong writer Ka Yee Lee’s poem (tr. @timtimtmi.bsky.social ). Read “They Leave to Reach Likeness” here: buff.ly/5Gn82UH

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They Leave to Reach Likeness - Words Without Borders

A series of refusals reflects and refracts notions of family, spirituality, and belongingness in Hong Kong writer Ka Yee Lee’s poem.

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Today we’re sharing Ka Yee Lee’s poem “They Leave to Reach Likeness,” (tr. @timtimtmi.bsky.social ). This poem floats through the familial and spiritual bonds that tie us to our pasts. Find the full poem (and a reading in Chinese) here wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

An painting of fruit in a bowl, overlaid in white text it reads: Poetry,They Leave to
Reach Likeness By Ka Yee Lee, translated from Chinese by Tim Tim Cheng, He says: “Pain is a pair of different shoes.” The rain will never fall.

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Tim Tim Cheng @timtimtmi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Only learned about Public Lending Right (PLR) today & thought I'd share the reg link here: "Are you a published author, illustrator, editor, translator or audiobook narrator? You could receive up to £6,600 per year from public library loans." www.bl.uk/services/plr (Ty for showing yr £21 invoices 🔥)

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Public Lending Right (PLR) - authors, illustrators - British Library

Published authors, illustrators, editors, translators or audiobook narrators could could receive up to £6,600 per year from public library loans.

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

trying to think of good UK-Based Nature Phenomena. so far I got: - starling murmurations in Somerset - bluefin tuna jumping in Cornwall - salmon jumping in NE England what else. more ideas pls. ideally ones which aren't jumping fish

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Magma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Join Magma contributors and editors to celebrate the online launch of Magma 93: Liberation! Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social look forward to seeing you there! Thu 13th Nov, 7-8pm Reserve your free spot here: www.eventbrite.hk/e/magma-93-l...

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Magma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

We're absolutely delighted to announce Magma 93 'Liberation' is now published and available to buy on our website. Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social #liberation #magma93 Get your hands on a copy now! magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...

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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 16/09/2025

It's here. BAD LANGUAGE 13/11/25 "made with love and horror, & a guidebook for our time" — @adamzmith.bsky.social "Mayer's words & a gift and a gateway" — @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social "incantation & spell distil a complex argument" — Lola Olufemi Pre-order: peninsulapress.co.uk/products/bad...

Cover of Bad Language by So Mayer: hand-drawn illustration of an illuminated capital B, which is a grey dragon wrapped around a blue tree. The dragon has a red eye and smoke rising from its nostrils. The author's name and book title are written in a simple, non-joined-up cursive, as if on a chalkboard.

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

ANNAH, INFINITE comes out AUG 19. Terima Kasih Byk kl sdh pesan. Pre-orders mean a lot to authors, so I’m v thankful for all yr support. Enormously grateful for this blurb from Preti Taneja. (Blurbers are part of this book, readers are part of this book 🙏🏼) www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...

‘A major work on language and translation, art-reading and writing, race, femininity and, above all, on pain. It has a definitive and reclamatory power, combining elegy with research and personal experience in a way that is scholarly, expressive, and immensely readable.’ —Preti Taneja

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Post from the great Padraig Kenny over on IG

IG post from writer Padraig Kenny dismantling claims that ai could ever translate books as well as a human

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 07/07/2025

New Cambridge Element 'Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies' by Amy C. Alexander & @gefjonoff.bsky.social is free access until the 16th of July, 2025 - cup.org/4eF9Z8U #cambridgeelements #politics

Cover of Cambridge Elements "Gender and Politics, Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies" by Amy C. Alexander and Gëfjon Off. The background features a vibrant pink and orange texture.

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Francesca L Rolle @francesca-laura.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I've been enjoying this poetry collection from @timtimtmi.bsky.social published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social and a shout out to the beautiful cover art by Au Wah Yan ❤️ #LiftToTheSky #PoetryCommunity

The cover of 'The Tattoo Collector' by Tim Tim Cheng. The cover are depicts forearms and hands reaching down with illustrations of ferns, flowers, and butterflies emerging from and wrapping around the arms.

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The book of my life (so far), ANNAH, INFINITE is an escape story. A translation of a painting, in speculative nonfic, poetry & art. Took 14 yrs, &I’m inviting you to love it as I do. Aug 19 UK, Nov 11 US. For reviews/i’views/events: tramy@tiltedaxispress.com www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...

On a pink background with a dark red slash on the cover, book shows title, ‘Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka’, and ‘Tilted Axis Press’.

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

UNCOMMON - a book launch & #poetry reading with Theophilus Kwek, Cynthia Miller, @timtimtmi.bsky.social & Shze-Hui Tjoa Sunday 15th June 7pm Typewronger Books, Edinburgh @typewronger.bsky.social Grab your FREE ticket www.eventbrite.com/e/uncommon-a...

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Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · 28/05/2025

We stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling & EHRC update. Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life. Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.

Black text on background of Trans Solidarity Flag: Fossil Free Books stands in solidarity with our trans siblings. We are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling and EHRC update.

Rather than providing “clarity”, this ruling and the EHRC interim update are causing confusion, uncertainty and fear.

They have also given strength to the authoritarian, sexist campaign for the persecution and ostracism of trans women.

Trans, non-binary and intersex people – including bookworkers – are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.

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Dr husam family 🍉 @hosaaam.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Before the war I was a professor, a provider, and a builder of dreams. Now I lost my jop and My dream😓💔 Above that we have little chance to survive, and any help can make a huge difference in Our life. No one care about us, You are our only hope.. 🙏♥️ gofund.me/ed0a66c6

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I take no pleasure from pointing it out, but the wealthiest 10% group is wider than you might think: "The researchers found that about 65% of that increase could be attributed to emissions from the global richest 10%, a group they defined as including all those earning more than £36,472 a year."

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Thank you Poetry Review @poetrysociety.bsky.social and Erica Hesketh for reviewing The Tattoo Collector by @timtimtmi.bsky.social in the latest Issue, for finding these poems "exhilarating reading". poetrysociety.org.uk/publications... ninearchespress.com/publications...

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Magma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS! Just a few days left to get your poems in! ***Deadline is Sat 5th April, 2025*** Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue. magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

One of my favourite poets, Anthony V. Capildeo, is also a brilliant essayist. Here I made a small selection of passages that illuminate their own work someflowerssoon.substack.com/p/pinks-30-a...

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Pinks #30: A Poetics of Reverberation

On the prose of Anthony V. Capildeo

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Magma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

We have extended the deadline for submissions to the Liberation issue to 5th April.

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Magma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS! Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue. What does ‘liberation’ mean to you? 📷 Sanni Sahil / Unsplash magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

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Magma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS! Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue. What does ‘liberation’ mean to you? 📷 Luizph/Pexels More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

A person rides a bicycle down a long, straight road bordered by green fields and a blue sky with fluffy clouds.

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Delighted to offer our THREE #JhalakPrize Poetry Longlist titles together as a book bundle, for just £19.99. Enjoy these brilliant books by @mailbykite.bsky.social @timtimtmi.bsky.social and Amaan Hyder: ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Jhala...

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

We are over the moon to have THREE poetry books in excellent company on the #JhalakPrize Poetry Longlist - congratulations @mailbykite.bsky.social @timtimtmi.bsky.social & Amaan Hyder - and all the other brilliant poets & writers recognised by the Jhalak prize longlist! 🥳📚

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Magma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS! Editors @isabellebaafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social can't wait to receive your submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue. What does ‘liberation’ mean to you? More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub... 📷Yasuyoshi Chiba

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Tim Tim Cheng @timtimtmi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

reading a poetry collection about the friendship between mothers and daughters and i couldnt stop welling up every 2 pages

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Pratyusha (she/her) @pairedaeza.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Please submit to our anthology!! You will be paid, retain rights to your work, and you can be based anywhere in the world!

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Jeda Pearl @jedapearl.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Breaking the doomscroll with this turtle that is perfectly capturing the current mood of so many of us right now...

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Tim Tim Cheng @timtimtmi.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

i'm writing an essay in chinese & translating some english poems for it. i felt nauseous when i started and really joyous as the momentum picked up. it's been 14 years since i last wrote a chinese essay & this time i'm not doing it for school! will work on grammar later but let me be excited for now

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

CALL FOR POETRY SUBMISSIONS! Seed/Spore/Rhizome: Ecopoetics of Community and Justice - a new anthology with fieldnotes collective, edited by @pairedaeza.bsky.social, Jessica J. Lee, @alycia.bsky.social & Nina Mingya Powles. Deadline 30/04/25. Guidelines here: www.silverpress.org/blogs/news/c...

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Sohini Basak @sohinibasak.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

🍃 Call for Submissions 🍃 Magma Poetry #93 Looking forward very much to editing this issue on the theme of "liberation" with Isabelle Baafi & Tim Tim Cheng @timtimtmi.bsky.social Details: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub... 📩 Get your poems ready! 📅 Deadline: March 31 RT & spread the word!

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Magma Poetry @magmapoetry.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS! Editors Isabelle Baafi, Sohini Basak and Tim Tim Cheng are excited to invite submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue. What does ‘liberation’ mean to you? More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

A poem of mine is in the antho BRING ME GOLD: 50 POEMS FOR PALESTINE, now avail for pre-order. 100% of the proceeds from this book will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians. Pls consider buying it, wld make a great early Eid gift. 🙏🏼 🤍#DisabilityJustice www.dahliapublishing.co.uk/product/poem...

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Bring Me Gold: Fifty Poems for Palestine Anthology – Dahlia Books

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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

PREORDERS OPEN! Our Spring issue, Wasafiri 121, is now available for preorder –– and explores the concept of the periphery from various perspectives: www.wasafiri.org/issues/wasaf...

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Our spring issue explores the concept of the periphery from various perspectives.

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Dr Durre Shahwar @durreshahwar.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Feels like a risky take, but in a world of AI and generic copywriting, seeing 'improper' or intentionally deconstructive use of language, grammar, or syntax feels exciting. Give me repetition, colloquialisms, Emily Dickinson dashes.

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Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Here are the gorgeous books and pamphlets I used in my first ‘Working with the Words of Others’ class. By Atef Alshaer Maggie Nelson @victoriachang.bsky.social Nina Mingya Powles @pairedaeza.bsky.social @alycia.bsky.social @jessicajlee.bsky.social 📚

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Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Thinking about our media @timtimtmi.bsky.social on the closure of Apple Daily in Hong Kong We saved interviews and unphotogenic snaps, the mean, low-cost animations too. We mourn every day. We are good at it now Another Indie Press poetry publisher: @ninearchespress.bsky.social

Tim Tim Cheng The Tattoo Collector, book cover, drawing of two outstretched arms with overlaid images of leaves and ferns

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Introvirtuous represent

Hell's Bells (@LaurenCoker99) says: What's it called when you're introverted but have taken on numerous leadership and outgoing roles your whole life?

Ella Callow (@callow_ella) says: introvirtuous: I'm here to help. But I'd rather not be

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Tim Tim Cheng @timtimtmi.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

walking in glasgow feels like ice-skating today :S

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Tim Tim Cheng @timtimtmi.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

realised the only people who actively want my yearend reviews are arts council england n hm revenue & customs (mom n granny too but u know what I mean)

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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal @asiancha.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

[𝗡𝗘𝗪 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪] Tim Tim Cheng @timtimtmi.bsky.social reviews Sawako Nakayasu’s 𝑃𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑊𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 (Omnidawn, 2022): "... a book-length poem that defies easy categorisation with its 'structured improvisation', hybridity, and intertextuality." chajournal.blog/2024/12/23/p... 。。。。。

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

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[REVIEW] “She Was Elegylight: Sawako Nakayasu’s 𝑃𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑊𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠” by Tim Tim Cheng

📁RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Sawako Nakayasu, Pink Waves, Omnidawn, 2022. 90 pgs. When I received Sawako Nakayasu’s Pink Waves, I was drawn to its cove…

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