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Alan Parry He/Him
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
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Independent Writer
Spoken-Word Artist
EiC @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Workshop Facilitator
Podcast & Events Host
Lecturer in SEND #PromoteIndieLit
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Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · May 24
My debut novella #PeelingApples is out now with @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social
A tender, unflinching bildungsroman tracing boyhood, loss, and becoming—
Order your copy: amzn.eu/d/angSgVq
I’d love to hear what it stirs in you.
Cover of Peeling Apples by Alan Parry. The title is handwritten in black on a textured pale blue background, partially torn to reveal layered photographs underneath. Images include red apples on a wooden board, a cracked mug holding a cactus, a netted bowl of marbles on a lace doily, and a vintage photo of a young boy holding a football. The author’s name appears at the bottom in the same handwritten font.
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rburrows.bsky.social
Love an acceptance email on a Monday evening! 🥳
A poem I wrote for #PoemsAbout will be on #BBC #Upload Thursday night.
Thank you so much @adamcrowther.bsky.social for choosing it and @alanparrywriter.co.uk for prompting it! ❤️ #poetry #writing
February 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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whenever someone talks about line breaks online someone always shows up and says something like LINE BREAKS ARE ONLY THERE FOR BREATHS and I just can't imagine saying you love poetry while hating it so much
February 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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palimpsest22.bsky.social
Thrilled to have a dark little poem in this upcoming anthology. Some cracking company and oh how I love naming the grim on occasion. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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My #LiftToTheSky today goes to the amazing @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social, a place I go when I feel the need to discover and read stunning poets and poems and know I'll never be let down! 🙏💜
@thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

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February 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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As editor + founder, I’m tired of presses cosplaying “community” while using prizes as sales funnels. It’s nefarious, it’s cynical, and everyone knows it. We just don’t say it out loud.
#TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky
thebrokenspine.co.uk The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 5d
We know prizes are bullshit! They’re just taste cosplaying as authority. So we stripped away the lie & left the contradiction standing. No prestige. Just cash. We'll pick our favourite poems & won't pretend we're doing anything else!
#TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky
Black-and-white graphic of a vintage typewriter seen from above. Torn paper strips sit in the typewriter reading “£1200 RAISED” and “WIN CASH” in bold lettering. Below, the hashtags “#TheBrokenSpineAward” and “#ByPoetsForPoets” are printed. The overall style is gritty, high-contrast, and zine-like.
February 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Hey @robinince.bsky.social, thanks for the follow!
January 14, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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January 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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#NewYear brings new beginnings? Anyone else stepping into their #crone era? Leaving something behind? Starting a #ThirdAct? Send me links to your work! Here’s mine: www.amazon.co.uk/Trilogy-wido...

Sent into the world thanks to the fabulous @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social
Can’t wait!
January 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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Family day out at the tattooist’s 🖤 Three of us. One studio. No overthinking, rather meaning made permanent. At Amethyst Ink, tattooed by Z. Clean lines. Solid trust. No bullshit. Memory. Mischief. Love. Ink well spent.
Close-up of a fresh red tattoo on Mrs P showing two interlinked, hand-drawn hearts on skin. The ink is glossy and slightly raised. A tattoo artist’s purple-gloved hands are visible below, resting on protective paper marked with red and purple ink. The heart design is inspired by Vivienne Westwood’s heart-shaped handbag. Close-up of my left ankle showing a matching black linework gravestone tattoo engraved with the words “IN HELL.” The gravestone appears cracked and weathered, with grass drawn at the base. My ankle sits above a black sock and a black Dr. Martens boot with yellow stitching, completing the complementary tattoo pair. Close-up of my daughter’s left ankle resting on a black tattoo chair. A small black linework tattoo shows a gravestone engraved with the words “SEE YOU,” surrounded by simple grass lines. She is wearing leopard-print Dr. Martens boots, patterned socks, and brown corduroy trousers slightly rolled up.
January 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Also featuring @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social!!!
thebrokenspine.co.uk The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk · Jan 1
Poetry. Pints. No fluff.
The Broken Spine Live hits Southport.
📍The Grasshopper
📅 Sat 31 Jan | 7–9pm
🎤 @jayrafferty.bsky.social
🎤 @martinkennedyyates.bsky.social
🎤 Hosted by @alanparrywriter.co.uk
#PoetryAndPints #NorthWestWriters
Green poetry night flyer for The Broken Spine Live at The Grasshopper, Southport. Event date is Saturday 31.01.26, 19:00–21:00. Free entry. Featuring Jay Rafferty and Martin Kennedy Yates, hosted by Alan Parry. Open mic slots available. Bold white text on a deep green background with golden illustrations of a rose and a hand holding a pint glass.
January 2, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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appetizerwritez.bsky.social
Submit your work 🫶🏼
January 1, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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I have opened this with immediate effect, submit people! Those waiting on responses ought to get them this week, for past calls.
December 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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So, just read that there are other An American Tail movies that were straight to video releases, and I am now desperate to see them!

Also, kind of fancy a Fievel tattoo 😂😂😂
a cartoon mouse is laying on a blanket with the words there are no cats in america
ALT: a cartoon mouse is laying on a blanket with the words there are no cats in america
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December 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Didn’t expect to be swooning over Kelly Jones in leather or adding Geronimo to the shag playlist — but here we are.
Came for the nostalgia, left a sweaty, grinning mess.
My review’s live at The Broken Spine:
🔗 thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/12/17/s...
Stereophonics Live in Liverpool: Killer Setlist, Hot Frontman and One Hell of a Night - The Broken Spine
Gig Review: Stereophonics at M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool – 16 December 2025
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December 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Gig review:

Still Crazee After All These Years: Slade, Dave Hill, and the Politics of Joy

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Dave Hill's Slade 2025 line-up
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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'Everyday when I′m away
And there's been a few
Every land I need a hand
To help me come through.'

Slade were a lot of fun, review incoming.

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TikTok - Make Your Day
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December 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Tonight’s writing session spat this out, With a Lover (after Joan Armatrading). A poem about saying anything, doing anything, & meaning it.

Dropping it here before I overthink it.
A black background displays a white serif-font poem titled “With a Lover (after Love And Affection – Joan Armatrading).” The poem is arranged in short, staggered lines with large vertical spacing. It reads: “we could say anything do anything start a war or a religion with our hands play with firebugs small mercies dress shop in shared heat & borrowed fabrics with Charlie’s girls anything really rock really roll really reel i am open to persuasion”
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Guestlist for Slade tomorrow, & Stereophonics on Tuesday sorted! #Exciting

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Everyday
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December 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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lozzawriting.bsky.social
Thank you so much. I think I've just about taken it in! Been on cloud 9! Still am.
December 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Email saying I've had a poem accepted by Purple Ink Press, I don't even recall sending it out. Good times!
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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belrimmer.bsky.social
Thank you so much to @alanparrywriter.co.uk, @thebrokenspine.co.uk, for choosing my novella-in-flash as one of the three winners in the Summer 2025 Competition. I've been working on The Knack of Gaining Entry for years and have never given up on it. Now it has found a perfect home. I'm thrilled.
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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rburrows.bsky.social
🥳🥳🥳
December 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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ronanmurphymusic.com
Still taking this in! Thrilled and honoured beyond belief. Congratulations to @lozzawriting.bsky.social and @belrimmer.bsky.social , and massive thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk . It's an absolute privilege, and a dream come true. So grateful 🙏 #poetry #poetrycommunity
December 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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This is the kind of stuff that excites sad lil editors like me! It's why I continue doing what I do. Wait till y'all read this work!
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM