angela readman
angelareadman.bsky.social
angela readman
@angelareadman.bsky.social
Writer, autistic, daydreamer, greyhound owner. Poetry collection Bunny Girls published by Nine Arches. Short Story collection The Girls are Pretty Crocodiles & other fairy tales published by Valley Press.
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Day 2 of @smokelong.bsky.social #ArchiveChallenge

'Let's Make Sounds Like Water' from @angelareadman.bsky.social. Love how she finds a perfect balance of funny, surreal, and profound.
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Let’s Make Sounds like Water by Angela Readman
I carry the china to the kitchen and find my mother at six sitting under the table. Cross-legged, she picks at a bowl of pickled onions and cheese, sucking her fingers.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Lovely surprise for one of my poems, Sexing the Rabbits, to be included on BBC Radio 3's Words & Music Show. Never had a poem on the radio before, so exciting! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Words and Music - Hares and Rabbits - BBC Sounds
Welcome in spring with music and readings inspired by rabbits, hares, kits and cottontails
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April 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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March 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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‘Liam gave me his mother's head. I guess he was sick of carrying it around.’

It’s deadline day! The final choice is the very first winner of the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social competition, this dark, funny gem from @angelareadman.bsky.social 🗣️

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2012 Microfiction Results
And the winners are… FIRST PRIZE The Worst Head In The World by Angela Readman Liam gave me his mother’s head. I guess he was sick of carrying it around. ‘It’s just for a wh…
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February 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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With trepidation (what if no one signs up) & anticipation (I want to run these courses & I know they’re needed!) I’ve launched two online neurodiversity & creative writing courses.

Beginning & established writers welcome -I run a warm space…

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December 17, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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In today’s free Notes from the Margin substack post, a sensory writing prompt. Save it for when the chaos of Christmas abates, or use it this weekend to connect to the solstice. #writingprompt

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A Winter Walk
Writing prompts fo winter
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December 17, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Currently reading Catherine Ayres Janus. These are poems that contain what can't be contained. A serenade to streetlights like snowdrops, cow pats, solitude, life and love. A luminous collection, I can't recommend it enough.
December 4, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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November 23, 2024 at 12:25 PM
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Remaining copies of Each of Us a Petal down to single figures now! There'll be no 2nd print run as the publisher has sadly closed, so if you want a copy then please follow this link to my blog: troutiemcfishtales.blogspot.com
Thanks, everyone, for your support, I'm amazed it's sold out so quickly!!
July 22, 2024 at 2:53 PM