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Vicki Husband @vichusband.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Many thanks to Craig Lamont for this thoughtful review

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Join us on Tuesday 29 September, 7pm (UK time) for our online launch event for the winners of the James Berry Poetry Prize and the Mslexia Women's Pamphlet Competition. www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic... @roshnigallagher.bsky.social @mslexia.bsky.social

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Vicki Husband @vichusband.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Looking forward to this reading with fellow Vagabond poet Sharon Black in September. Sharon’s new poetry collection -Things that Fruit in Darkness-is wonderful, tickets now available

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Vicky MacKenzie @vickymackenzie.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My guided book group for writers, ‘Reading Like a Writer’, will be running again from September 2026. We’ll read 6 books (fiction/essays/memoir) over 6 months, discussing what we can learn from them as writers. Fee: £125. Dates on my website. victoriamackenzie.net/teaching/ Do join us!

Pile of books:
Rebecca Solnit – A Field Guide to Getting Lost (non-fiction)
Nussaibah Younis – Fundamentally (novel)
Ian Maleney – Minor Monuments (essays/memoir)
Geraldine Brooks – Year of Wonders (novel)
M. John Harrison – Wish I Was Here: An Anti- Memoir (memoir/anti-memoir??)
Toni Morrison – Jazz (novel)

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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Whatever it does, would your organisation and the people it works with benefit from a visit by a real-life author? Live Literature part-funds writer visits for not-for-profits, schools, libraries, writer groups, care homes and more. Apply today! ✍️

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About Live Literature

Live Literature is a Scotland-wide programme that helps fund and support author events in communities all over the country.

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

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Screenshot of the headline from the independent article linked above that reads: “here’s why I’m one of the hundred thousand women who have signed a petition in support of trans people”

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Vicki Husband @vichusband.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Many thanks to Khadija Rouf for this thoughtful review

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Around #BurnsNight our website is the most popular poetry website in the world. 100,000+ hits on Address To A Haggis page alone. (Extra bandwidth required). Our website has resources for anyone planning a haggis, whisky & poetry happening + much more. www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/burns-night/

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Robert Burns by Greg Moodie

A page dedicated to Burns Night, Robert Burns's poems and contemporary responses to the life and work of Scotland's national poet.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 21/12/2025

He has gone down into darkness at the wrecked end of the year And is lying, gaberlunzie, in the needled nest of frost… —Gerry Cambridge, “Processional at the Winter Solstice” from Notes for Lighting a Fire (HappenStance Press 2012) #poem #poetry #midwinter happenstancepress.com/index.php/sh...

Processional at the Winter Solstice
by Gerry Cambridge

He has gone down into darkness at the wrecked end of the year
And is lying, gaberlunzie, in the needled nest of frost.
The arctic thrushes call for him although he cannot hear,

And the worm too understands him in the chilled grip of its dark,
And the ptarmigan in blizzards where no thought is worth a crumb,
And treecreepers in shivering puffs in Wellingtonias’ bark.

Shop windows glint in city lights like ice and sky, but still
No tinsel gifts can touch him, freed to silence like a stone’s;
His face is white as paper’s white in miles-high midnight chill.

He lies as plain as frost-dust where those starving thrushes call,
And his lime and ray-struck armoury could hardly be less small
On the anvil of beginnings in the sun’s gate on the wall.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 18/12/2025

We are deeply concerned for the health of Qesser Zuhrah, who has been on hunger strike for 46 days. We join those calling on the government to act now, and address the serious concerns raised by lawyers acting for the prisoners.

We are deeply concerned for the health of Qesser Zuhrah, who has been on hunger strike for 46 days, and we join those calling on the government to act now, and address the serious concerns raised by lawyers acting for the prisoners.

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Vicki Husband @vichusband.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Edinburgh launch of Glasgoscopy @lighthousebks.bsky.social 28/01/26 7pm, with brilliant poets: Julie Laing and Eloise Birtwhistle, tickets from Lighthouse bookshop events page

Book cover of Glasgoscopy with a medical X-ray style image in Blues that could be read as city roads and a river

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

A day and a bit left, would be lovely to raise as much as possible for this wonderful cause, one very close to my heart

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Eleanor Livingstone @eleanorl.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Here's a great offer - a poem a day delivered to your inbox for a donation (£1 or more) to Médecins Sans Frontières - link in the comment below:

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Vicki Husband @vichusband.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

New launch date for Glasgoscopy: Wednesday 3rd December 7pm at the Alchemy Experiment, Byres Road Glasgow, in conversation with add Gillean McDougall, come along!

Image of stylised river and roads illuminated in pink against a dark blue background with map like /medical overtones

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Vicki Husband @vichusband.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Glasgoscopy launch event tonight is postponed, apologies for any inconvenience

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Caroline Bird @carolinebirduk.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Tonight at 7.15 on Radio 3. Writer’s block, dry spell, fallow period, worrisome silence, that terrifying, lonely time when you *cannot* write a poem. I speak to Liz Berry, Oliver Carmichael, Hannah Copley, Marie Howe, Vanessa Kisuule and Jack Underwood! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, When the Words Leave

The poet Caroline Bird explores the silences when it feels like the words have left you.

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

AYE WRITE FESTIVAL starts today in Glasgow with lots of fine poetry events to check out. eg tonight at 6pm: Mirrorball Gaelic Showcase with Peter Mackay (Makar), Shane Johnstone, Petra Poncarova, Babs Nicgriogair, Robbie Anndra Macleòid & Martin MacIntyre. www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/mirr...

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Mirrorball Gaelic Showcase with Peter Mackay with Jim Carruth - Glasgow Life

Aye Write 2025 presents Mirrorball Gaelic Showcase with Peter Mackay with Jim Carruth

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Vicki Husband @vichusband.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Thanks to Stuart Kelly for the review in #ScotlandonSunday today

Newspaper Page of poetry review with photo of Karen Solie and Vicki Husband

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Vicki Husband @vichusband.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

stmungosmirrorball.wordpress.com Gaelic poetry showcase 6th November at Aye Write -not to be missed

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St Mungo's Mirrorball

The Glasgow network of poets and poetry lovers

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BooksfromScotland.com @booksfromscotland.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

It's time to Celebrate the latest BooksfromScotland issue! Read it here: booksfromscotland.com/issue/celebr... Thanks for your contributions @birlinn.bsky.social @mcnidderandgrace.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @bwpublishing.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @florisbooks.bsky.social & more!

A tile effect of book covers including Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley, Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet, The Story of the Christmas No. 1 by Marc Burrows, Poor Creatures by Mairi Kidd, The Little Book of Christmas and Hogmanay by Anna Marshall, The North Sea by Alistair Moffat, Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales by Lari Don, Our Secrets are the Same by Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and Graeme Thomson, Barrowland by Alison Irvine, Wild Edinburgh by Keith Broomfield, The Salvage by Anbara Salam, On Friendship by Andrew O' Hagan, La Lucha edited by Carolina orloff and White Raven by Maggie Ritchie.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Gentle reminder to add alt text to photos! It’s an important feature to ensure this place is inclusive and accessible If you need help remembering, you can change your settings to prompt you to add it before you post I’m seeing a lot of disability content lacking alt text which is disappointing

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

CALLING ALL YOUNG POETS The deadline for entries to the Eric Gregory Awards is 31 October. It is awarded for a collection by poets under the age of 30. Winners of the Eric Gregory Awards are invited to a free solo week residency at Thomas Cottage.

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Vicki Husband @vichusband.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Book launch! The Glasgow launch of Glasgoscopy will on Wed 12th November 7pm @ The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Road, G12 8TS. I’ll be reading from the book and talking with Dr Gillean McDougall about the process of writing it. Books available to buy with *free zine poster* Come along!

Poster for book launch of, text as in caption, book cover of Glasgoscopy with blue map-like/xray-like design

Exterior photo of The Alchemy Experiment shop from with green woodwork big, big windows and illuminated neon sign

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Vicki Husband @vichusband.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Glasgoscopy is published by Vagabond Voices on 14th October www.vagabondvoices.co.uk/poetry/glasg... review copies and pre-orders now available. Details of Glasgow launch on 12th November to follow. #booksky #booksfromscotland #poetry

front cover of a book, entitled Glasgoscopy by Vicki Husband. Cover has a white background with X-ray style image in dark blue with illuminated lines like a map of roads and a river in brighter blues

Inside cover of book opened out to reveal dark blue black background with map-like lines of river-like in pinks and blues, more abstract than the front cover

Back cover of book in white with book blurb and commendations

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William Bonar Poetry Prize @wbonarpoetryprize.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Submissions will open for the 2025 annual poetry prize on National Poetry Day, Thursday 2 October for Scottish-based poets in memory of William Bonar. See posts below for details 👇

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Angela T. Carr @angelatcarrpoetry.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Over 160 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in October 2025. Please share & best of luck! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

Background image shows an open notebook and pen on a wooden table. The text reads: Publishing Your Work - October 2025, Poetry & Writing Submissions - Journals, Competitions, Bursaries, Residencies. www.thisiswordbox.com

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Our friend, poet and activist @sarahmaintains.bsky.social has been illegally detained by the IDF and is being held in an Israeli jail. There are reports of mistreatment and human rights violations. Please keep pressure on the Irish government and embassy to secure the release of Sarah and others. 🇵🇸🇮🇪

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

📢 POETS WANTED! Nominations now open for the Scottish Poetry Library's ONLINE GUIDE TO SCOTTISH POETS. Any poet can be nominated born in Scotland, lives/works in Scotland, or is Scottish by inclination. Closing date is 2/11/25. #NationalPoetryDay www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/09/nomi...

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Nominations are now open for the SPL's online guide to Scottish poets

Who would you like to see added to the Scottish Poetry Library’s online guide to Scottish poets? The biennial nomination process is open until Sunday 2nd November 2025.

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

🖋️ Langside Library Poetry Project The exterior of Langside Library is to be transformed into a spectacular display of poetry. Submission prompts: The Battle of Langside Knowledge and Learning Community Access Mary, Queen of Scots Refuge / Haven opportunities.creativescotland.com/opportunity/...

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Langside Library Poetry Project

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I think we should share this a lot today.

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Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Join poet Julie McNeill & historians Fiona Skillen & Karen Fraser as they uncover the powerful, little-known history of women’s football in Scotland — a story of passion, resistance & perseverance, spanning hundreds of years. ➡️ Book your free spot: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/story-...

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Story Café Special: A Most Unsuitable Game | Glasgow Women's Library

Women have been playing football in Scotland for over a century and its roots can be traced back hundreds of years.

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Vicki Husband @vichusband.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Coming soon to a bookshelf near you, Glasgoscopy will be published by Vagabond Voices in October 2025. Thanks to Mark Mechan for the cover design (Red Axe design). vickihusband.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/g...

Book cover of Glasgoscopy by Vicki Husband showing an x-ray style image against a white background. The x-ray appears like a map of a city with brightly illuminated roads and a river and lung-like organic shapes against a darker blockish shapes.

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Mark Russell @markruss.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

It Was the End of the World and All That Was Left Were Three Million Bowls of Porridge and a Lonely Dolphin 90 x 75 cm Acrylic on canvas @outerspaces.scotland #abstractart #abstractartist #abstractexpressionism #artistofbluesky #contemporaryabstractpainting #scottishabstract #scottishabstractart

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating "I support Palestine. Action must be taken." My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?

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Nature Beyond Cure: Disabled Perspectives

Books that explore nature and living with disability and illness from disability perspectives. No magical cures here!

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Someone needs to start a literary prize for short story collections. It seems really odd to me that we don’t have one in Ireland or the UK. Before everyone shouts about the Edgehill Prize, it doesn’t seem to be happening this year.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

This 83-year-old priest has just been arrested for holding a sign which read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” According to Starmer’s new law, this puts her in the same category as an ISIS or Al-Qaeda terrorist, with a prison sentence of up to 14 years.

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

If you've found yourself taking the narrative of the tragic illness the helpless homelessness and the walking cure encrusted with inspiration porn with a pinch of salt over the years, this is *quite* the read. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...

Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 03/07/2025

If you want to stop funding everything Amazon does and stands for, you’ve come to the right place. We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative for buying books online. Every single purchase financially supports independent bookstores, allowing them to continue serving their communities.

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Ben Wilkinson @benwilko85.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Is it practically impossible to be an honest poet-critic today? A new essay of mine on the decline of reviewing culture, the rise of the poetry prizes, artistic standards and integrity. Over at the @northseapoets.bsky.social Substack: northseapoets.substack.com/p/winners-an...

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Winners and Losers: The Death of the Poetry Critic

Ben Wilkinson on the current state of reviewing culture

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Cáit O'Neill McCullagh @kittyjomac.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Join us, five Highlands & Islands originated/oriented poets for an evening of live #poetry readings & music at @atandmt.bsky.social #Tobermory #Mull Thursday 10 July, 7pm. We'd love to see you there. Click 👇 for details. @asls.org.uk www.antobarandmulltheatre.co.uk/whats-on/ec2...

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SHIPS: Live Poetry & Music — An Tobar and Mull Theatre

Join five acclaimed poets—Sharon Black, Leonie Charlton, Juliet Antill, Jon Miller, and Cait O'Neill McCullagh—for a special evening of live poetry.

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Samuel Tongue @samueltongue.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Thanks to Niall Campbell for including a poem in the latest Irish Pages, Scotland special

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