Alan Parry He/Him
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
Independent Writer
Spoken-Word Artist
EiC @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Workshop Facilitator
Podcast & Events Host
Lecturer in SEND #PromoteIndieLit
https://shorturl.at/gxRbM
Spoken-Word Artist
EiC @thebrokenspine.co.uk
Workshop Facilitator
Podcast & Events Host
Lecturer in SEND #PromoteIndieLit
https://shorturl.at/gxRbM
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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.
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.
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 😂😂😂
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
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 😂😂😂
Also, kind of fancy a Fievel tattoo 😂😂😂
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...
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
thebrokenspine.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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...
Came for the nostalgia, left a sweaty, grinning mess.
My review’s live at The Broken Spine:
🔗 thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/12/17/s...
Gig review:
Still Crazee After All These Years: Slade, Dave Hill, and the Politics of Joy
thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/12/15/s...
Still Crazee After All These Years: Slade, Dave Hill, and the Politics of Joy
thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/12/15/s...
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Gig review:
Still Crazee After All These Years: Slade, Dave Hill, and the Politics of Joy
thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/12/15/s...
Still Crazee After All These Years: Slade, Dave Hill, and the Politics of Joy
thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/12/15/s...
'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.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNRFLrDPB/
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.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNRFLrDPB/
TikTok - Make Your Day
vm.tiktok.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'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.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNRFLrDPB/
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.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNRFLrDPB/
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.
Dropping it here before I overthink it.
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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.
Dropping it here before I overthink it.
Guestlist for Slade tomorrow, & Stereophonics on Tuesday sorted! #Exciting
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Everyday
open.spotify.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Guestlist for Slade tomorrow, & Stereophonics on Tuesday sorted! #Exciting
open.spotify.com/track/3ODxqN...
open.spotify.com/track/3ODxqN...
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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
Thank you so much. I think I've just about taken it in! Been on cloud 9! Still am.
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
Email saying I've had a poem accepted by Purple Ink Press, I don't even recall sending it out. Good times!
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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
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.
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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
We made final decisions on our Summer 2025 #Competition & notified all entrants today.
In 2026, we'll publish work by
@ronanmurphymusic.com
@lozzakidwriting.bsky.social
@belrimmer.bsky.social
The standard was phenomenal across the board, but these three truly stood out. Congratulations to all!
In 2026, we'll publish work by
@ronanmurphymusic.com
@lozzakidwriting.bsky.social
@belrimmer.bsky.social
The standard was phenomenal across the board, but these three truly stood out. Congratulations to all!
kermit the frog is leaning against a railing with the words `` we proud of you '' written on it .
ALT: kermit the frog is leaning against a railing with the words `` we proud of you '' written on it .
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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
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!
We made final decisions on our Summer 2025 #Competition & notified all entrants today.
In 2026, we'll publish work by
@ronanmurphymusic.com
@lozzakidwriting.bsky.social
@belrimmer.bsky.social
The standard was phenomenal across the board, but these three truly stood out. Congratulations to all!
In 2026, we'll publish work by
@ronanmurphymusic.com
@lozzakidwriting.bsky.social
@belrimmer.bsky.social
The standard was phenomenal across the board, but these three truly stood out. Congratulations to all!
kermit the frog is leaning against a railing with the words `` we proud of you '' written on it .
ALT: kermit the frog is leaning against a railing with the words `` we proud of you '' written on it .
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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!
Nile Rogers is playing the pub two minutes from my workplace next August! Of course I'm going to that! #LetsDance #CestChic
a man in a suit stands on a stage in front of a sign that says nine o'clock
Alt: a man in a suit stands on a stage in front of a sign that says nine o'clock
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Nile Rogers is playing the pub two minutes from my workplace next August! Of course I'm going to that! #LetsDance #CestChic
BBC investigation into abuse of footballers online found that 'managers were targeted more than players, with 82% of abusive posts made on X' - the place is a shithole - but yeah, stay & be a cog in the wheel! Or leave & do something great? I celebrated 12 months gone on 13.11.25. Take a stand!
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
BBC investigation into abuse of footballers online found that 'managers were targeted more than players, with 82% of abusive posts made on X' - the place is a shithole - but yeah, stay & be a cog in the wheel! Or leave & do something great? I celebrated 12 months gone on 13.11.25. Take a stand!
Well, this is almost too much!
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Well, this is almost too much!
Speaking plainly, my biggest lie... 'I'm fine.' I'm really not. I'm trying to carry on, but feel like I am losing grip of any progress I'd made. This cannot end too soon.
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Speaking plainly, my biggest lie... 'I'm fine.' I'm really not. I'm trying to carry on, but feel like I am losing grip of any progress I'd made. This cannot end too soon.
"Baby, I Love Your Way" (Lisa Bonet) High Fidelity
YouTube video by Rich Mullinax
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I'm kinda sickened by voyeurism dressed up as virtue. Please, FFS, don't borrow other people's trauma for your own ends.
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I'm kinda sickened by voyeurism dressed up as virtue. Please, FFS, don't borrow other people's trauma for your own ends.
Finally giving in today and seeking medical help. En route to A & E with latest MH crisis.
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Finally giving in today and seeking medical help. En route to A & E with latest MH crisis.
Today marks a dozen years since I heard of my Mother's passing. Gee whizz!
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today marks a dozen years since I heard of my Mother's passing. Gee whizz!
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Last week was fire. This week? Ashes. #PoemsAbout #NoFuture starts Friday. Write ruin, hopelessness, rage. The end of days or just Tuesday. Don’t post early—fade into the feed. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text. Sign up for Saturday prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Last week was fire. This week? Ashes. #PoemsAbout #NoFuture starts Friday. Write ruin, hopelessness, rage. The end of days or just Tuesday. Don’t post early—fade into the feed. Tag #PoemsAbout. Use Alt Text. Sign up for Saturday prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
Here's Louie, pre and post trim this week.
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Here's Louie, pre and post trim this week.
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Reasons to write happier poetry: editing wouldn't be so goddamn harrowing.
#ThisPoeticLife #poetry #writing
#ThisPoeticLife #poetry #writing
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Reasons to write happier poetry: editing wouldn't be so goddamn harrowing.
#ThisPoeticLife #poetry #writing
#ThisPoeticLife #poetry #writing
On Thursday, one of my trickiest students spent her break singing this while I strummed it on guitar. A small moment, but it cut through all the noise and reminded me why the work matters.
#MagicTeachingMoment
youtu.be/vf4ZXBzbAio?...
#MagicTeachingMoment
youtu.be/vf4ZXBzbAio?...
Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by DarleneLoveVEVO
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
On Thursday, one of my trickiest students spent her break singing this while I strummed it on guitar. A small moment, but it cut through all the noise and reminded me why the work matters.
#MagicTeachingMoment
youtu.be/vf4ZXBzbAio?...
#MagicTeachingMoment
youtu.be/vf4ZXBzbAio?...