Disrupted Blue Indie Press Publicity
@disruptedblue.bsky.social
Working with (or have worked with) indie presses including KERNPUNKT, Black Herald, Shearsman, Carcanet, PN Review, Sublunary Editions, CB editions, Stone Corpse, Hanuman, Vanguard & more!
Founding Director: Vik Shirley
@vikshirley.bsky.social
Founding Director: Vik Shirley
@vikshirley.bsky.social
NOW AVAILABLE: Jane Frank - Gardening on Mars (Shearsman)
This is Australian poet Jane Frank's third collection of poems but her first in the UK. It transcends terrestrial boundaries, exploring profound connections between the natural world and human experience….
This is Australian poet Jane Frank's third collection of poems but her first in the UK. It transcends terrestrial boundaries, exploring profound connections between the natural world and human experience….
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
NOW AVAILABLE: Jane Frank - Gardening on Mars (Shearsman)
This is Australian poet Jane Frank's third collection of poems but her first in the UK. It transcends terrestrial boundaries, exploring profound connections between the natural world and human experience….
This is Australian poet Jane Frank's third collection of poems but her first in the UK. It transcends terrestrial boundaries, exploring profound connections between the natural world and human experience….
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On Friday (14th November) 18:30 it is the Edinburgh Tapsalteerie double-launch of Stewart Sanderson’s Weathershaker & Taylor Strickland’s Dwell Time, chaired by Medha Singh.
Join us for gorgeous evening of poetry & books at the Fruitmarket!
Link to book here:
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
Join us for gorgeous evening of poetry & books at the Fruitmarket!
Link to book here:
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
On Friday (14th November) 18:30 it is the Edinburgh Tapsalteerie double-launch of Stewart Sanderson’s Weathershaker & Taylor Strickland’s Dwell Time, chaired by Medha Singh.
Join us for gorgeous evening of poetry & books at the Fruitmarket!
Link to book here:
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
Join us for gorgeous evening of poetry & books at the Fruitmarket!
Link to book here:
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
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@tapsalteerie.bsky.social are hosting an exciting launch for the publication of Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson and Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland in Glasgow: 28th October at 7pm at The Alchemy Experiment. Here's the link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-boo...
October 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
@tapsalteerie.bsky.social are hosting an exciting launch for the publication of Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson and Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland in Glasgow: 28th October at 7pm at The Alchemy Experiment. Here's the link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-boo...
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Edinburgh Double Book Launch: Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson & Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland.
Celebrate the publication of Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson & Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland, hosted by Medha Singh & featuring readings from the poets. 🥳
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
Celebrate the publication of Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson & Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland, hosted by Medha Singh & featuring readings from the poets. 🥳
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
October 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Edinburgh Double Book Launch: Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson & Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland.
Celebrate the publication of Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson & Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland, hosted by Medha Singh & featuring readings from the poets. 🥳
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
Celebrate the publication of Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson & Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland, hosted by Medha Singh & featuring readings from the poets. 🥳
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/event/book-l...
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Our Glasgow double-launch details here! 🥳
@tapsalteerie.bsky.social are hosting an exciting launch for the publication of Weathershaker by Stewart Sanderson and Dwell Time by Taylor Strickland in Glasgow: 28th October at 7pm at The Alchemy Experiment. Here's the link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-boo...
October 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Our Glasgow double-launch details here! 🥳
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An extended review by David Vichnar on some of Ansgar Allen's recents www.erratumpress.com/ansgar-allen...
Ansgar Allen’s Experimental Fiction as Meta-Critique
Notes on The Wake and the Manuscript (2022); Plague Theatre (2022); Midden Hill (2025); Jonathan Martin (2025)
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September 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
An extended review by David Vichnar on some of Ansgar Allen's recents www.erratumpress.com/ansgar-allen...
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…carefully pulling us through the magic of queer kin-making and towards a sense of reciprocity and belonging.
Read more and pick up yours here:
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Read more and pick up yours here:
stewedrhubarb.org/product/all-...
All the plants I have half-grown by Linden K McMahon
“Poems full of play and song and mourning.” – Miriam Nash
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September 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
…carefully pulling us through the magic of queer kin-making and towards a sense of reciprocity and belonging.
Read more and pick up yours here:
stewedrhubarb.org/product/all-...
Read more and pick up yours here:
stewedrhubarb.org/product/all-...
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All the plants I have half-grown by Linden K McMahon (Stewed Rhubarb, 2024)
From the inevitable anxiety of ecological crisis, the ecopoems in All the plants I have half-grown follow the strange, uncomfortable, glorious, glittering threads that link us to our ecologies, …
From the inevitable anxiety of ecological crisis, the ecopoems in All the plants I have half-grown follow the strange, uncomfortable, glorious, glittering threads that link us to our ecologies, …
September 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
All the plants I have half-grown by Linden K McMahon (Stewed Rhubarb, 2024)
From the inevitable anxiety of ecological crisis, the ecopoems in All the plants I have half-grown follow the strange, uncomfortable, glorious, glittering threads that link us to our ecologies, …
From the inevitable anxiety of ecological crisis, the ecopoems in All the plants I have half-grown follow the strange, uncomfortable, glorious, glittering threads that link us to our ecologies, …
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Glad to have a short poem in this anthology for John Maclean, edited by Henry Bell and Joey Simons.
Now's The Day, Now's The Hour: Poems for John Maclean (2023)
Edited by Henry Bell & Joey Simons, this anthology collects poems & songs in tribute to the revolutionary life and legacy of John Maclean (1879-1923) on the centenary of his death.
Maclean's legacy, & the tragedy of his martyrdom…
Edited by Henry Bell & Joey Simons, this anthology collects poems & songs in tribute to the revolutionary life and legacy of John Maclean (1879-1923) on the centenary of his death.
Maclean's legacy, & the tragedy of his martyrdom…
September 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Glad to have a short poem in this anthology for John Maclean, edited by Henry Bell and Joey Simons.
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Richard Berengarten—Imagems 3 (Shearsman)
“The age both of present-day poetry & of poetry-to-come is irreducibly & inevitably transcultural, multilingual, international.” Together w/his Imagems 1 & 2, Richard Berengarten’s third collation of statements on poetics reaffirms poetry as imaginational…
“The age both of present-day poetry & of poetry-to-come is irreducibly & inevitably transcultural, multilingual, international.” Together w/his Imagems 1 & 2, Richard Berengarten’s third collation of statements on poetics reaffirms poetry as imaginational…
September 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Richard Berengarten—Imagems 3 (Shearsman)
“The age both of present-day poetry & of poetry-to-come is irreducibly & inevitably transcultural, multilingual, international.” Together w/his Imagems 1 & 2, Richard Berengarten’s third collation of statements on poetics reaffirms poetry as imaginational…
“The age both of present-day poetry & of poetry-to-come is irreducibly & inevitably transcultural, multilingual, international.” Together w/his Imagems 1 & 2, Richard Berengarten’s third collation of statements on poetics reaffirms poetry as imaginational…
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Now's The Day, Now's The Hour: Poems for John Maclean (2023)
Edited by Henry Bell & Joey Simons, this anthology collects poems & songs in tribute to the revolutionary life and legacy of John Maclean (1879-1923) on the centenary of his death.
Maclean's legacy, & the tragedy of his martyrdom…
Edited by Henry Bell & Joey Simons, this anthology collects poems & songs in tribute to the revolutionary life and legacy of John Maclean (1879-1923) on the centenary of his death.
Maclean's legacy, & the tragedy of his martyrdom…
September 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Now's The Day, Now's The Hour: Poems for John Maclean (2023)
Edited by Henry Bell & Joey Simons, this anthology collects poems & songs in tribute to the revolutionary life and legacy of John Maclean (1879-1923) on the centenary of his death.
Maclean's legacy, & the tragedy of his martyrdom…
Edited by Henry Bell & Joey Simons, this anthology collects poems & songs in tribute to the revolutionary life and legacy of John Maclean (1879-1923) on the centenary of his death.
Maclean's legacy, & the tragedy of his martyrdom…
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…has long inspired Scotland’s greatest poets and songwriters. Featuring new work from Jackie Kay, Juana Adcock, William Letford, Josie Giles and others, alongside the classic songs and poems of Hamish Henderson, Hugh MacDiarmid, Edwin Morgan, Sorley Maclean and Mary Brooksbank…
September 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
…has long inspired Scotland’s greatest poets and songwriters. Featuring new work from Jackie Kay, Juana Adcock, William Letford, Josie Giles and others, alongside the classic songs and poems of Hamish Henderson, Hugh MacDiarmid, Edwin Morgan, Sorley Maclean and Mary Brooksbank…
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…this book is a celebration of Maclean, and a call to arms to keep fighting for a world held in common.
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/nows...
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/nows...
Now's The Day, Now's The Hour: Poems for John Maclean - Tapsalteerie
Edited by Henry Bell & Joey Simons, Now’s The Day, Now’s The Hour collects together poems and songs in tribute to the revolutionary life and legacy of John Maclean (1879–1923) on the centenary of his ...
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
…this book is a celebration of Maclean, and a call to arms to keep fighting for a world held in common.
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/nows...
www.tapsalteerie.co.uk/product/nows...
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…It is a love letter to Black women, all of us whose identities face marginalisation and those who bear witness and speak up, as we continue to collectively raise our voices for liberation.
Pick up yours here: stewedrhubarb.org/product/in-w...
Pick up yours here: stewedrhubarb.org/product/in-w...
In Wolf’s Skin by Titilayo Farukuoye
A memorandum of strength, fierceness and love, speaking to the importance of standing for a world you want to live in…
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September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
…It is a love letter to Black women, all of us whose identities face marginalisation and those who bear witness and speak up, as we continue to collectively raise our voices for liberation.
Pick up yours here: stewedrhubarb.org/product/in-w...
Pick up yours here: stewedrhubarb.org/product/in-w...
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In Wolf's Skin (2024) by Titilayo Farukuoye
Contemplating power & heritage, In Wolf's Skin offers a means to articulate some realities of our colonial legacies. This pamphlet is a memorandum of strength, fierceness & love, speaking to the importance of standing for a world you want to live in…
Contemplating power & heritage, In Wolf's Skin offers a means to articulate some realities of our colonial legacies. This pamphlet is a memorandum of strength, fierceness & love, speaking to the importance of standing for a world you want to live in…
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In Wolf's Skin (2024) by Titilayo Farukuoye
Contemplating power & heritage, In Wolf's Skin offers a means to articulate some realities of our colonial legacies. This pamphlet is a memorandum of strength, fierceness & love, speaking to the importance of standing for a world you want to live in…
Contemplating power & heritage, In Wolf's Skin offers a means to articulate some realities of our colonial legacies. This pamphlet is a memorandum of strength, fierceness & love, speaking to the importance of standing for a world you want to live in…
That’s a wrap! @mayeroflondon.bsky.social’s Scottish Time/Life @renardpress.com mini-tour is complete! Book signing @ Waterstones Glasgow & Uni of Glasgow’s Creative Conversations in convo w/Nicky Melville. Edinburgh leg: @typewronger.bsky.social chatting & time-travelling w/wonderful Joanna Baker…
September 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
That’s a wrap! @mayeroflondon.bsky.social’s Scottish Time/Life @renardpress.com mini-tour is complete! Book signing @ Waterstones Glasgow & Uni of Glasgow’s Creative Conversations in convo w/Nicky Melville. Edinburgh leg: @typewronger.bsky.social chatting & time-travelling w/wonderful Joanna Baker…
Richard Berengarten—Imagems 3 (Shearsman)
“The age both of present-day poetry & of poetry-to-come is irreducibly & inevitably transcultural, multilingual, international.” Together w/his Imagems 1 & 2, Richard Berengarten’s third collation of statements on poetics reaffirms poetry as imaginational…
“The age both of present-day poetry & of poetry-to-come is irreducibly & inevitably transcultural, multilingual, international.” Together w/his Imagems 1 & 2, Richard Berengarten’s third collation of statements on poetics reaffirms poetry as imaginational…
September 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Richard Berengarten—Imagems 3 (Shearsman)
“The age both of present-day poetry & of poetry-to-come is irreducibly & inevitably transcultural, multilingual, international.” Together w/his Imagems 1 & 2, Richard Berengarten’s third collation of statements on poetics reaffirms poetry as imaginational…
“The age both of present-day poetry & of poetry-to-come is irreducibly & inevitably transcultural, multilingual, international.” Together w/his Imagems 1 & 2, Richard Berengarten’s third collation of statements on poetics reaffirms poetry as imaginational…
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Review time, with two Shearsman titles:
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Two from Shearsman: A Review
Clio’s Ground: New and Selected Poems, Fergal Gaynor, Shearsman Books, 2025, ISBN: 9781848619654, £10.95 Buying the Farm (a georgics of sorts), Eliza O’Toole, Shearsman Books, 2025, ISB…
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September 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Review time, with two Shearsman titles:
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#poetry
@shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @disruptedblue.bsky.social
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#poetry
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Never entered a poetry competition before so THRILLED to be on the longlist. 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼 Check out full longlist and preorder the anthology.
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September 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Never entered a poetry competition before so THRILLED to be on the longlist. 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼 Check out full longlist and preorder the anthology.
renardpress.com/interwoven-a... @renardpress.com
renardpress.com/interwoven-a... @renardpress.com
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Really delighted to spot @alysdragon.bsky.social on this long list, a lovely press and a great poem.
Delighted to announce the Interwoven #poetrycompetition longlist today, with huge thanks to the judges, who whittled down a phenomenal 700 entries to a longlist of 100 extraordinary poems. Huge congrats to all poets on the list, and thanks to all who entered!
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September 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Really delighted to spot @alysdragon.bsky.social on this long list, a lovely press and a great poem.
One week today! Next Monday 22nd September, @mayeroflondon.bsky.social is in Scotland for two events! 1pm Glasgow, in conversation w/Nicky Melville @ Uni of Glasgow Creative Conversations, University Chapel. 7.30pm Edinburgh at Typewronger Books, in conversation w/Joanna Baker. Both events are FREE.
September 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
One week today! Next Monday 22nd September, @mayeroflondon.bsky.social is in Scotland for two events! 1pm Glasgow, in conversation w/Nicky Melville @ Uni of Glasgow Creative Conversations, University Chapel. 7.30pm Edinburgh at Typewronger Books, in conversation w/Joanna Baker. Both events are FREE.
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Really looking forward to talking to Miranda Ward (author of the wonderful 'Adrift') at
@dauntbooks.bsky.social
in Summertown, Oxford tomorrow evening (September 16). Our conversation will, no doubt, be pretty wide-ranging. Come on down!
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...
@dauntbooks.bsky.social
in Summertown, Oxford tomorrow evening (September 16). Our conversation will, no doubt, be pretty wide-ranging. Come on down!
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...
Joanna Pocock in conversation with Miranda Ward
Buy tickets for the event with Joanna Pocock in conversation with Miranda Ward at Daunt Books Summertown from Daunt Books today.
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September 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Really looking forward to talking to Miranda Ward (author of the wonderful 'Adrift') at
@dauntbooks.bsky.social
in Summertown, Oxford tomorrow evening (September 16). Our conversation will, no doubt, be pretty wide-ranging. Come on down!
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...
@dauntbooks.bsky.social
in Summertown, Oxford tomorrow evening (September 16). Our conversation will, no doubt, be pretty wide-ranging. Come on down!
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...
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virtual event next Saturday for Lit Balm!
going to be reading some surrealist poems alongside my Mercurius Magazine editors
DM me if you'd like a link ❤️
@vikshirley.bsky.social / @postpran.bsky.social
going to be reading some surrealist poems alongside my Mercurius Magazine editors
DM me if you'd like a link ❤️
@vikshirley.bsky.social / @postpran.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
virtual event next Saturday for Lit Balm!
going to be reading some surrealist poems alongside my Mercurius Magazine editors
DM me if you'd like a link ❤️
@vikshirley.bsky.social / @postpran.bsky.social
going to be reading some surrealist poems alongside my Mercurius Magazine editors
DM me if you'd like a link ❤️
@vikshirley.bsky.social / @postpran.bsky.social