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January - Grief with @no1emily.bsky.social & @pascalepetit.bsky.social

February - Parents with @carolinebirduk.bsky.social & Jack Underwood

March: Eros with @kimaddonizio.bsky.social & Oluwaseun Olayiwola

April: Resistance with Joelle Taylor & @aanaxagorou.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!

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Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
www.thebookseller.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Our final #ConsciousWritingMonth Masterclass is tomorrow, 18 Nov at 7pm GMT

Just Write It with Anthony Anaxagorou @aanaxagorou.bsky.social navigates the literary world while staying true to yourself, and helping your writing voice hold fast

🍂 Free for Being a Writer members
🍂 £15 tickets available
Conscious Writing Month - The Literary Consultancy
Welcome to Conscious Writing Month 2025
literaryconsultancy.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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🍂Just Write It, with Anthony Anaxagorou @aanaxagorou.bsky.social

Find the full programme & tickets on our website ▶️ bit.ly/CWM-2025
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Our Spring Term is now live & we’ve got a whole host of brilliant tutors & poetry courses lined up, so be sure to book promptly to avoid disappointment. Our handy Quick Course Guide is linked in bio, where you’ll find everything you’ll need to know…

poetryschool.com/new-courses/... 🪻🌜
Spring 2026 – Quick Course Guide • Poetry School
Check out our Quick Course Guide for the Spring 2026 term which will help you pick a course to take at the Poetry School.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
November’s lineup for @writeback.bsky.social at the British Library ✨

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November 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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🍂Changing the Canon, with Penny Batchelor @pennyauthor.bsky.social, Maxine Mei-Fung Chung & Natasha Carthew, chaired by Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social
🍂Just Write It, with Anthony Anaxagorou @aanaxagorou.bsky.social

Find the full programme & tickets on our website🔽
Conscious Writing Month - The Literary Consultancy
Welcome to Conscious Writing Month 2025
literaryconsultancy.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Take a moment with Anthony Anaxagorou @aanaxagorou.bsky.social in our masterclass, Just Write It.

This moment navigates the literary world while staying true to yourself, helping your writing voice hold fast when faced with ‘being a writer’.

🍂 Tue 18 Nov, 7pm GMT

#ConsciousWritingMonth
Conscious Writing Month - The Literary Consultancy
Welcome to Conscious Writing Month 2025
literaryconsultancy.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Ondaatje-prize-winning poet and tutor of our six-week Writing Poetry course @aanaxagorou.bsky.social shares five ways for poets to find inspiration and conquer writer’s block 💭

Read the full advice blog:
How to write a poem: 5 ways to find inspiration
Award-winning poet and tutor of our six-week online Writing Poetry course, Anthony Anaxagorou, shares 5 ways for poets to find inspiration and conquer writer’s block.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
According to Skewering History: The Odious Politics of Counting Gaza's Dead by Dr Richard Hil and Dr Gideon Polya, they say that as of April 2025 there are 680,000 dead in Gaza, this includes an estimated 380,000 children under the age of 5. This is based on all the data collected.
October 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Big news. Big. Huge. 🌝

Delighted that Stay Dead by Natalie Shapero is shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize 2025

🙏 to the judging panel & congratulations to all shortlisted poets. We hope this recognition can bring her work to more UK readers 🙏
October 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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"Tonight, holding a stranger in my arms—
Suddenly a downpour, a late
Summer storm."

Larry Levis was born #OnThisDay in 1946. Here, @aanaxagorou.bsky.social reads Levis's poem "After the Blue Note Closes."
Anthony Anaxagorou reads "After the Blue Note Closes" by Larry Levis
Tonight, holding a stranger in my arms—
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Registration is open for October’s Poetry Room with an option to purchase a playback link for those who can’t make the hours.

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September 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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TONIGHT! Join us at 7pm UK for the online launch of Natalie Shapero’s STAY DEAD - with Prageeta Sharma & hosted by @aanaxagorou.bsky.social

Free | register to join the zoom: shaperostaydead.eventbrite.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Positive news but everything is uncertain. No confirmation of who will be allowed to leave & when.

And worse “Israel must agree that each student can leave the territory.”

We continue to urge the UK gov to act urgently w full diplomatic weight

www.bbc.com/news/article...
August 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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The Mentoring Scheme has upgraded its offer for poets! 📈

We're thrilled to be partnering with @outspokenpress.bsky.social this year, promising two out of our eight places to East Mids poets with guaranteed mentorship from the one and only @aanaxagorou.bsky.social! 😱

More info 👉 bit.ly/WEMMENTOR
August 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Comma Press and Out-Spoken Press have spoken out about two Gazan writers who are currently unable to take up full-scholarship awards at the University of Edinburgh and Goldsmiths, University of London due to government red tape 👇 #BookSky
Publishers urge government to defer biometric requirements for Gazan writers
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August 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
‘Some poets get rounded up for protesting state violence. Some sip champagne with those who enable it.

Same as it ever was.’

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Award-winning poet Alice Oswald was arrested for supporting Palestine Action.
Alice Oswald, one of Britain’s most acclaimed poets, was arrested at a mass sit-down demonstration outside the houses of Parliament in London on Saturday for holding up a sign in support of d…
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August 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Alice Oswald arrested this afternoon for supporting Palestine Action.
August 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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On 8/18, join us at the Edinburgh Book Festival for Poets on Film!

Featuring readings by @aanaxagorou.bsky.social, @joclement.co.uk & @marjorielotfi.bsky.social and screenings of poem films by Rob Akin and Savannah Acquah created with @writersmosaic.bsky.social.

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Poets on Film
From Mon 18 Aug - Witness the fusion of poetry and film, through a collaboration between WritersMosaic and the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation. This live event features readings and screenings, showcasing the…
www.edbookfest.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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💐!!10th ANNIVERSARY!!💐

Sept 2025 marks a decade of publishing for Out-Spoken Press, founded by @aanaxagorou.bsky.social in 2015. Come and celebrate with us and a host of Out-Spoken poets at a special event:

Tuesday 16 September, 7–10pm
Star of Kings, London N1 0AX
OSPanniversary.eventbrite.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I wrote about purity politics after a discussion I had with a friend over dinner. Here to read on Substack.

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On Purity Politics
Purity politics can be thought of as a schema which looks to establish for itself a rigid precedence over social and political phenomena.
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July 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Unfortunately Nuar Alsadir will no longer be joining us tomorrow for @writeback.bsky.social, however the wonderful @amykey.bsky.social will be stepping in to join Nikesh Shukla and Claire-Louise Bennett for what's set to be a brilliant night @britishlibrary.bsky.social

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June 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Got your tickets yet for the next @writeback.bsky.social on June 26th at @britishlibrary.bsky.social ? Writers talk about themes and issues that preoccupy, inform, haunt & change their creative work. It’s a unique format from the ace brains of @aanaxagorou.bsky.social and Tom Macandrew and it WORKS.
June 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Here is Haia in Gaza holding a copy of her poetry pamphlet despite it all.

A massive thank you to the team at MAP who helped get it into her hands and to @outspokenpress.bsky.social for all the labour that went in to putting Haia’s words together.

I can’t tell you how seeing this made me feel.
June 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM