Alex Woodcock
@beakheads.bsky.social
Writer, artist, and former cathedral stonemason. King of Dust published by Little Toller Books out now.
MD ANT.
www.alexwoodcock.co.uk
MD ANT.
www.alexwoodcock.co.uk
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I'd like to inject this summer scene directly into my veins.
Medium Format - Kodak Ektar 100
#Photography #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #MediumFormat #Kodak #Nature #Scotland #Flowers #Film #Perthshire #FilmIsNotDead
Medium Format - Kodak Ektar 100
#Photography #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #MediumFormat #Kodak #Nature #Scotland #Flowers #Film #Perthshire #FilmIsNotDead
November 21, 2024 at 6:48 PM
I'd like to inject this summer scene directly into my veins.
Medium Format - Kodak Ektar 100
#Photography #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #MediumFormat #Kodak #Nature #Scotland #Flowers #Film #Perthshire #FilmIsNotDead
Medium Format - Kodak Ektar 100
#Photography #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #MediumFormat #Kodak #Nature #Scotland #Flowers #Film #Perthshire #FilmIsNotDead
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Tonight, the Woodcock Moon rises. 🌕
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas and arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them—riding on their backs!
Look up for the final Supermoon of the year.
Moonrise: 15:29*
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas and arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them—riding on their backs!
Look up for the final Supermoon of the year.
Moonrise: 15:29*
November 15, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Tonight, the Woodcock Moon rises. 🌕
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas and arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them—riding on their backs!
Look up for the final Supermoon of the year.
Moonrise: 15:29*
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas and arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them—riding on their backs!
Look up for the final Supermoon of the year.
Moonrise: 15:29*
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IT’S ALIVE! If you are interested in folklore, folk horror, magic and the occult in Britain, HELLEBORE has come to Bluesky:
@helleborezine.bsky.social
@helleborezine.bsky.social
November 12, 2024 at 11:23 AM
IT’S ALIVE! If you are interested in folklore, folk horror, magic and the occult in Britain, HELLEBORE has come to Bluesky:
@helleborezine.bsky.social
@helleborezine.bsky.social
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It’s me! Talking with a lovely guy about things dear to me.
'Trees A Crowd' (my favourite podcast) celebrates #nature and the stories of those who care deeply for it.
Artist, actor & #Wildlife ambassador David Oakes' recent interview with the fab children's author M.G. Leonard @mglnrd.bsky.social is wonderful! 🪲
open.spotify.com/episode/0pvm... #beetles
Artist, actor & #Wildlife ambassador David Oakes' recent interview with the fab children's author M.G. Leonard @mglnrd.bsky.social is wonderful! 🪲
open.spotify.com/episode/0pvm... #beetles
M G Leonard: Storytelling and the power of Beetles! “Elytra Literature” from Shakespeare to Starship Troopers.
Trees A Crowd · Episode
open.spotify.com
November 12, 2024 at 7:48 AM
It’s me! Talking with a lovely guy about things dear to me.
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My next in-person book event is this Tuesday coming, November 12th, at Cakes and Ale / Bookends Carlisle. Tell owl your friends, your workmates, even your natural predators and come join The Company Of Owls. Booking details here:
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Polly Atkin in Conversation | Books Cumbria
Join Bookends on Tuesday 12th November at 7:30pm at Cakes and Ale cafe in Bookends, Carlisle for an evening with bestselling local author Polly Atkin. Polly will talk about her latest book, ‘The Compa...
www.bookscumbria.com
November 8, 2024 at 3:08 PM
My next in-person book event is this Tuesday coming, November 12th, at Cakes and Ale / Bookends Carlisle. Tell owl your friends, your workmates, even your natural predators and come join The Company Of Owls. Booking details here:
www.bookscumbria.com/product/uk-b...
www.bookscumbria.com/product/uk-b...
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Morning. I've just set up a starter pack on life writing. Please, please share around so I can develop the life writing community & add to the 25 writers on the list. Thank you!
go.bsky.app/27hdHdG
go.bsky.app/27hdHdG
November 9, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Morning. I've just set up a starter pack on life writing. Please, please share around so I can develop the life writing community & add to the 25 writers on the list. Thank you!
go.bsky.app/27hdHdG
go.bsky.app/27hdHdG
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From mythical beasts to legendary creatures—join our Monsters in the Middle Ages course! https://medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/monsters #Education #monsters #history
Monsters!!
This class studies some of the earliest human-form monsters in world literature, tracing the evolution of them in literature through the advent of the Gothic horror novel. Surveys monstrous figures…
medievalstudies.thinkific.com
November 8, 2024 at 9:10 AM
From mythical beasts to legendary creatures—join our Monsters in the Middle Ages course! https://medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/monsters #Education #monsters #history
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It is TODAY!! MOVING MOUNTAINS IS ALIVE...
🏔️🌿🍃
& you can join me & guest contributors in celebrating this new anthology of 'exquisite' nature writing TONIGHT ONLINE with the Centre for Place Writing @drdavidcooper.bsky.social & Manchester Poetry Library
🏔️🌿🍃
I cannot wait to see you!
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Publication day launch event with @drdavidcooper.bsky.social at Manchester Poetry Library!
This free & online event is open to all. I'd love you to join me, @mailbykite.bsky.social Sally Huband & @marbledmayhem.bsky.social to celebrate this wonderful anthology!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/moving-mou...
This free & online event is open to all. I'd love you to join me, @mailbykite.bsky.social Sally Huband & @marbledmayhem.bsky.social to celebrate this wonderful anthology!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/moving-mou...
'Moving Mountains' Launch Event
Join the online launch event for 'Moving Mountains' by Centre for Place Writing and Manchester Poetry Library on Thursday 26th October.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 26, 2023 at 8:03 AM
It is TODAY!! MOVING MOUNTAINS IS ALIVE...
🏔️🌿🍃
& you can join me & guest contributors in celebrating this new anthology of 'exquisite' nature writing TONIGHT ONLINE with the Centre for Place Writing @drdavidcooper.bsky.social & Manchester Poetry Library
🏔️🌿🍃
I cannot wait to see you!
📚💙🐌🦋🌱
Parrots in a scrolling leaf pattern, from an early 1300s wall-painting at Rochester Cathedral (watercolour, 2021).
October 14, 2023 at 8:51 AM
Parrots in a scrolling leaf pattern, from an early 1300s wall-painting at Rochester Cathedral (watercolour, 2021).
World-weary since the early 1300s, this grotesque from the church at Winchelsea seems a suitable image with which to start my new account!
October 12, 2023 at 7:39 PM
World-weary since the early 1300s, this grotesque from the church at Winchelsea seems a suitable image with which to start my new account!