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Imogen Reid @imogenreid.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A great evening at the V&A Museum last night with @vikshirley.bsky.social and @andreamason.bsky.social Vik's pamphlet, Persona Digitalia, is on display at the museum as part of David Solo’s Photo Poetry browsing library for the next two weeks, go and see it if you can ❤️

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

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One thousand tiny Laura Palmers wrapped in plastic are hanging off strands of David Lynch’s hair and the Guardian of the Chrysalides is walking around with a stick tending to them, writing observational notes on a flipboard, grumbling. After a couple of hours, the Laura Palmers begin to emerge from their plastic pods and when they do I can see that their interiors are like The Red Room, with the same heavy drapes and zig-zag flooring. Then 1000 of these Laura Palmers start screaming—blood curdling screams that vibrate and reverberate through me—bringing me to my knees on David Lynch’s scalp. The Guardian of the Chrysalides says this is to be expected. He inhales an unspecified substance from a medical mask hooked up to a canister and turns into a blue velvet cocoon as the Laura Palmer butterflies take flight.

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

our newest addition to Poem + Prompt is a previously unreleased prose poem by @vikshirley.bsky.social who turns a cinematic universe into a surrealist fever dream complete with a free writing prompt neonpajamas.substack.com/p/087-poem-p...

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Thank you Greg Thomas for including my Blossom Blanket photo poems in his Oo Press poem postcard series! Me and my boy back at the scene of the crime yesterday, Canongate Kirkyard, where the original pic was taken in spring 2025, the image I worked with for these. oo-press.com/postcard-poe...

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Sam Godfrey @skgodfrey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just received this through the post and it's incredible!

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I participated in an art sonnet chain and wrote a poem inspired by Tanaka Atsuko’s Electric Dress!💡⚡️ 🌈 ♥️

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Thank you, dear Imogen! 💜💙💜💙xx

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

…The picture to the left is a double-exposure photograph of a young Daphne Oram on a family holiday c.1930, from her 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics', with which my sequence of poems and paintings works closely. intergraphia.cargo.site/Vik-Shirley-...

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Vik Shirley Amorous Electrons — Intergraphia Books

Vik Shirley Amorous Electrons This sequence of images and poetry is a tribute to the hugely influential composer and...

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My pamphlet 'Amorous Electrons', which draws on the music & writing of Daphne Oram (1925-2003), co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop & first woman to design & construct an electronic musical instrument, is published today & is now available to buy from the @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social site…

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The Barbellion Prize @barbellionprize.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The books pictured are all by writers who could have entered The Barbellion Prize, inc. The Journal of a Disappointed Man by the author this award is named after: W.N.P. Barbellion! LAST CHANCE TO ENTER SUBS CLOSE 1ST SEPT! TBP celebrates writing that reps experience of chronic illness & disability.

Spread of books by authors including Virginia Woolf, Hilary Mantel, James Joyce and WNP Barbellion.

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The Barbellion Prize @barbellionprize.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Barbellion Prize is a cross-genre award for literature published in the English language. Information about eligibility can be found in Terms & Conditions section of our site. We are activity seeking donations too, so please head over to our website if you can help! https:// barbellionprize.org/

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The Barbellion Prize | A prize recognising literary representation of chronically disabled lives.

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Bill Herbert @billherbert.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

@vikshirley.bsky.social’s sonnet figuratively/literally electrifies the #ArtSonnetChain as we approach its end with a tribute to #TanakaAtsuko: Bulb on bulb, light-tier wrapped in fluorescent tubes: stripped lacquered circuit, a neon kimono. I blink in sparks; breathe in particles.

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I participated in an art sonnet chain and wrote a poem inspired by Tanaka Atsuko’s Electric Dress!💡⚡️ 🌈 ♥️

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Thank you, dear Imogen! 💜💙💜💙xx

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Ben Blench @benblench.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Instant impulse buy!

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intergraphia @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Available now! intergraphia.cargo.site/Vik-Shirley-...

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intergraphia @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Out now! The first title in Series 5: 'Amorous Electrons' by @vikshirley.bsky.social, a sequence of images & poetry that draws on electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram’s 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics'. Buy the pamphlet + poster here: intergraphia.cargo.site/Vik-Shirley-...

The cover of Vik Shirley's 'Amorous Electrons' pamphlet

Vik Shirley's 'Amorous Electrons' pamphlet and poster

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I have a new pamphlet out on Wednesday with the amazing @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social! 'Amorous Electrons' is a sequence of images & poetry that draws on composer & electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram's 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound & Electronics'. Each copy comes with accompanying poster! 💙

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Tickets for this year’s @poetryinaldeburgh.bsky.social 5-8th November are now live! I'm so excited to be part of this programme! Throughout the weekend I'll be reading poems, taking people on a MR James inspired Ghost Walk & running my Dark Matter workshop.🖤 www.poetryinaldeburgh.org/programme-2026

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Friends, I have some big news! @creativescots.bsky.social have awarded me funding to finish writing my next book, Inside David Lynch's Hair! Thanks, Creative Scotland! The book will be collection of 78 (one for every yr of his life) v.short surreal narratives all based in the landscape of DL’s hair.

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intergraphia @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Cover reveal! We're delighted to announce the first title in intergraphia Series 5: 'Amorous Electrons' by @vikshirley.bsky.social, a sequence of images and poetry that draws on electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram’s 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics'. On sale from Wednesday.

Unboxing of Vik Shirley's 'Amorous Electrons' pamphlet

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Ruins of Despair @ruinsofdespair.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

In their spirit photography in the 1920s and '30s, the Scottish-born brothers Craig and George Falconer specialised in ectoplasm. The results are rather artistic. #PhantomsFriday

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The Barbellion Prize @barbellionprize.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Huge thanks to comedian, author & all round legend, Robin Ince, for just giving W.N.P. Barbellion & The Barbellion Prize a shout out on his Instagram! Subs are open until 1st September for writers living with disability or chronic illness. Please support in anyway you can! 🙏 barbellionprize.org

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Imogen Reid @imogenreid.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Had a fabulous time @andreamason.bsky.social Waste Exchange. Got lost, arrived late, missed @susiecampbell.bsky.social et al. Saw the amazing, Colin J Herd, @vikshirley.bsky.social and Nicky Melville, Wow! @joannapocock.bsky.social Came home with these beauties by SJ Fowler & Pepe Mason-Bradshaw 🔥🔥🔥

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 03/06/2026

Book launch coming up in the Poetry Cafe!

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I’m performing a music set (under the name Strangers Wave) at this brilliant day of events in London on Sunday! Incredible line-up of writers musicians and artists. All curated by one of my best friends in the world, Andrea Mason. 💖 The Waste Exchange is at Avalon Cafe, Juno Way, London, SE14 5RZ.

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This Friday 5th June at The Poetry Society in London - double launch - Aquafaba by Colin Herd (Spite Press) Get Tae by Nicky Melville (Blue Diode Press) - 18:00 - 20:00. Full line-up in poster. I’m looking forward to reading new poems! We’ll see you there! 🥳 Link to book here: bit.ly/4oapjPM

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

LONDON PEOPLE: I am taking part in this creative extravaganza Sunday June 7. Come on down to Cafe Avalon in Bermondsey for a day of art and writing and performance as part of @waste_exchange_ Curated by the incredible @andreamason.bsky.social, the day will be fun & basically uncategorisable. (1/3)

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I have printed out some photos from 'Greyhound' (a first for me) & will be showing (& selling!) them. I will also be reading alongside a host of super wonderful writers including @vikshirley.bsky.social . There will be food, music, words, wool, textiles, sculptures & so much more. (2/3)

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Tickets start at £3.00... They can be purchased here: ra.co/events/2433304 or by going to the Cafe Avalon website. Cafe Avalon: Juno Way, London SE14 5RW. (3/3) #art #happenings #waste #writing #poetry #textiles #sculpture #cafeavalon #wasteexchange #photography #greyhound

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Order Colin Herd’s book here: spitepress.co.uk/product/aqua... “Like meringue, Colin Herd’s collection is sweet & buoyant. With ingredients pushed beyond their assigned function, Colin is doing what he does best, proving that anything can make a poem & a poem can make you delighted” —Hasib Hourani

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AQUAFABA | Spite Press

Aquafaba is the sappy gluey liquid that beans or chickpeas float about in, cushioning their collisions with one another in tins or jars.

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Dont miss this double book launch at the Fruitmarket in Edinburgh on Saturday! Lila Matsumoto launches her new work Talk a Blue Streak published by Monitor Books and Colin Herd launches Aquafaba, published by mine and Nicky Melville’s press, Spite Press.

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Split / Game of Little Deaths by Réka Nyitrai is out in two weeks! We’re honored to have these four masterful poets blurb this strange & surreal 2-in-1 book. @noahfalck.bsky.social / @vikshirley.bsky.social / @johannesg.bsky.social / Mikko Harvey

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The Barbellion Prize @barbellionprize.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Thanks to Fiona O'Connor for her piece on the return of The Barbellion Prize in The Morning Star online! “Founded by writer Jake Goldsmith & relaunched this year following a hiatus, the prize has built a reputation for promoting talented writing.” Read here: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/good...

Morning Star headline ‘Good news for disabled writers’ and picture of WNP Barbellion.

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Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

There is a strong gale blowing in David Lynch’s hair. I am trying to make my way through his tresses, but it is near-on impossible and there is freezing cold sea spray blowing in my face. - @vikshirley.bsky.social andotherpoems.com/2026/04/07/f...

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from ‘Inside David Lynch’s Hair’

Vik Shirley Squall There is a strong gale blowing in David Lynch’s hair. I am trying to make my way through his tresses, but it is near-on impossible and there is freezing cold sea spra…

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Ben Blench @benblench.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I like this poem a lot!

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Stack™️ is hefty but The Stack™️ is strong

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

What a book! An insane masterpiece.

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Disrupted Blue Indie Press Publicity @disruptedblue.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Great piece on David Kinloch’s prose poem ‘Paris-Forfar’ by @jntod.bsky.social here: Poem pictured. Although Paris-Forfar collection, published in 1994, is now out of print, the poem can be found in Kinloch’s Greengown: New & Selected Poems @carcanet.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/someflow...

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Every *year* not day. 😂 Thanks Dave.

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

My poem 'Squall' from my book-length work-in-progress, Inside David Lynch's Hair, has been published in @andotherpoems.bsky.social Issue 9. David Lynch's Hair is the ultimate surrealist landscape to me. Seventeen poems written, another sixty-one to go. I'm writing one for every day of his life…

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Vik Shirley @vikshirley.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

My @photoworks-uk.bsky.social pamphlet, Persona Digitalia, is on display at the V&A South Kensington as part of David Solo’s PhotoPoetry exhibition and reading room on until 20th September. Read more about the exhibition here: www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/... photoworks.org.uk/shop/p5-vik-...

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Every *year* not day. 😂 Thanks Dave.

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