Emma Purshouse
@emmapurshouse.bsky.social
Freelance writer, novelist, performance poet and lover of all things Black Country. Editor of The Blackcountryman magazine. One third of Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists.
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Arena Nights returns tomorrow evening, and it's going to be magnificent! Come and join us. 😊
One week today, we bring Arena Nights back to Wolverhampton's Arena Theatre. You'll find all the info about this PAYF night here: wlv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Arena Nights returns tomorrow evening, and it's going to be magnificent! Come and join us. 😊
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And while we're here... a reminder that this year's #WolvesLitFest poetry competition is now open. Judges @helenivory.bsky.social and @martinfigura.bsky.social. £400 first prize. All the info you need is here: pandemonialists.co.uk/wolves-lit-f...
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
And while we're here... a reminder that this year's #WolvesLitFest poetry competition is now open. Judges @helenivory.bsky.social and @martinfigura.bsky.social. £400 first prize. All the info you need is here: pandemonialists.co.uk/wolves-lit-f...
It was such a lovely afternoon. It was so wonderful how many people turned out! My publishers are very happy with the book sales too.
Huge thanks to everyone who packed out KTeas Cakes in Wolverhampton earlier to listen to poems from @emmapurshouse.bsky.social and myself, and queued up to buy copies of our books at the end of the event. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It was such a lovely afternoon. It was so wonderful how many people turned out! My publishers are very happy with the book sales too.
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If you're around in Wolves on Saturday come along to this. We'll be performing from 3 til 4. FREE event. Get in early, buy yourself a cuppa and some cake and settle into the comfy seats. K Teas Cakes is a splendid place. I love it there.
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you're around in Wolves on Saturday come along to this. We'll be performing from 3 til 4. FREE event. Get in early, buy yourself a cuppa and some cake and settle into the comfy seats. K Teas Cakes is a splendid place. I love it there.
If you're around in Wolves on Saturday come along to this. We'll be performing from 3 til 4. FREE event. Get in early, buy yourself a cuppa and some cake and settle into the comfy seats. K Teas Cakes is a splendid place. I love it there.
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you're around in Wolves on Saturday come along to this. We'll be performing from 3 til 4. FREE event. Get in early, buy yourself a cuppa and some cake and settle into the comfy seats. K Teas Cakes is a splendid place. I love it there.
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If anybody would like to sign latest petition to show their upset about the proposed sale of Walsall Leather Museum and lack of consultation around said sale... here's the link
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Sign the Petition
Stop the Closure of Walsall Leather Museum
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November 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
If anybody would like to sign latest petition to show their upset about the proposed sale of Walsall Leather Museum and lack of consultation around said sale... here's the link
c.org/4qsc5XvQHF
c.org/4qsc5XvQHF
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Thanks to everyone who came along to Yes We Cant last night. Great open-mic poems, and two storming sets from our feature poets @martinkennedyyates.bsky.social and Emilie Lauren Jones. Thanks, too, to the Great Western pub for being such a wonderful venue. 😊
November 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Thanks to everyone who came along to Yes We Cant last night. Great open-mic poems, and two storming sets from our feature poets @martinkennedyyates.bsky.social and Emilie Lauren Jones. Thanks, too, to the Great Western pub for being such a wonderful venue. 😊
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One week today, we bring Arena Nights back to Wolverhampton's Arena Theatre. You'll find all the info about this PAYF night here: wlv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
One week today, we bring Arena Nights back to Wolverhampton's Arena Theatre. You'll find all the info about this PAYF night here: wlv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
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This Saturday afternoon, I'm gigging with @emmapurshouse.bsky.social in Wolverhampton city centre. A free gig celebrating the launch of Emma's fantastic new collection 'Unsung' and the 2nd print run of my book 'snapshots'. Great coffee and cake available too! Come along if you're in the area. 😊
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This Saturday afternoon, I'm gigging with @emmapurshouse.bsky.social in Wolverhampton city centre. A free gig celebrating the launch of Emma's fantastic new collection 'Unsung' and the 2nd print run of my book 'snapshots'. Great coffee and cake available too! Come along if you're in the area. 😊
If anybody would like to sign latest petition to show their upset about the proposed sale of Walsall Leather Museum and lack of consultation around said sale... here's the link
c.org/4qsc5XvQHF
c.org/4qsc5XvQHF
Sign the Petition
Stop the Closure of Walsall Leather Museum
c.org
November 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
If anybody would like to sign latest petition to show their upset about the proposed sale of Walsall Leather Museum and lack of consultation around said sale... here's the link
c.org/4qsc5XvQHF
c.org/4qsc5XvQHF
Thanks to everyone that came along, listened, asked questions, and bought books. What a lovely audience.
If anybody is in the Penn area of Wolverhampton on Friday then I'm reading at the library. It'd be great to see you if you can make it...
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Thanks to everyone that came along, listened, asked questions, and bought books. What a lovely audience.
Went up Wolves today to get my dad some jeans. Couldn't find any, so I thought I'd go to the Art Gallery, but two rooms were closed and to go in two of the other rooms you had to pay, so that was all a bit of a fail 😂. But on the plus side I had some cake at K-Teas Cakes. Yum.
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Went up Wolves today to get my dad some jeans. Couldn't find any, so I thought I'd go to the Art Gallery, but two rooms were closed and to go in two of the other rooms you had to pay, so that was all a bit of a fail 😂. But on the plus side I had some cake at K-Teas Cakes. Yum.
Looking forward to this one already. K-Teas Cakes do fantastic cakes...yum!
October 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Looking forward to this one already. K-Teas Cakes do fantastic cakes...yum!
If anybody is in the Penn area of Wolverhampton on Friday then I'm reading at the library. It'd be great to see you if you can make it...
October 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If anybody is in the Penn area of Wolverhampton on Friday then I'm reading at the library. It'd be great to see you if you can make it...
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Thoroughly enjoyed reading @emmapurshouse.bsky.social new #poetry collection which includes this prizewinning piece vimeo.com/695494894 I love Emma’s performance of it. The book cover artwork by Keith Turley is stunning too. @poetrysociety.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed reading @emmapurshouse.bsky.social new #poetry collection which includes this prizewinning piece vimeo.com/695494894 I love Emma’s performance of it. The book cover artwork by Keith Turley is stunning too. @poetrysociety.org.uk
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Black Country Society History Day 8/11/2025. After Agenoria: Aspects of the Railway Revolution in the Black Country. Organised in cooperation with the Black Country Living Museum. The programme for the day and booking details can be downloaded from tickets.bclm.com/127979/127980
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Black Country Society History Day 8/11/2025. After Agenoria: Aspects of the Railway Revolution in the Black Country. Organised in cooperation with the Black Country Living Museum. The programme for the day and booking details can be downloaded from tickets.bclm.com/127979/127980
I'm still reading 'Lonesome Dove' and it's still brilliant. What are you reading that's good?
October 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I'm still reading 'Lonesome Dove' and it's still brilliant. What are you reading that's good?
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The Blackcountryman is out and about in all of its usual retail outlets...
Black Country Living Museum, Red House Cone, Dudley Canal Trust, RS News in Willenhall, New Art Gallery Walsall, Framers Gallery in Wolverhampton, Ashwoods, Black Country Hub at the Merry Hill Centre.
Black Country Living Museum, Red House Cone, Dudley Canal Trust, RS News in Willenhall, New Art Gallery Walsall, Framers Gallery in Wolverhampton, Ashwoods, Black Country Hub at the Merry Hill Centre.
September 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Blackcountryman is out and about in all of its usual retail outlets...
Black Country Living Museum, Red House Cone, Dudley Canal Trust, RS News in Willenhall, New Art Gallery Walsall, Framers Gallery in Wolverhampton, Ashwoods, Black Country Hub at the Merry Hill Centre.
Black Country Living Museum, Red House Cone, Dudley Canal Trust, RS News in Willenhall, New Art Gallery Walsall, Framers Gallery in Wolverhampton, Ashwoods, Black Country Hub at the Merry Hill Centre.
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Buy a copy of ‘Unsung’, folks. It’s an incredible volume of poetry. Really.
I'm in the top ten again at Waterstones in Wolverhampton! How lovely.
Out latest Waterstones #Wolverhampton best-sellers, with Richard Osman and SenLinYu again out in front, a good week for #Twilight fans, and weekend events for @emmapurshouse.bsky.social's Unsung and Jake Perry's Nights in Gold Satin help keep them in the Top 10!
October 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Buy a copy of ‘Unsung’, folks. It’s an incredible volume of poetry. Really.
I'm in the top ten again at Waterstones in Wolverhampton! How lovely.
Out latest Waterstones #Wolverhampton best-sellers, with Richard Osman and SenLinYu again out in front, a good week for #Twilight fans, and weekend events for @emmapurshouse.bsky.social's Unsung and Jake Perry's Nights in Gold Satin help keep them in the Top 10!
October 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I'm in the top ten again at Waterstones in Wolverhampton! How lovely.
Had a ball last night @waterstoneswton.bsky.social reading from my new poetry collection 'Unsung', then today I was writing 'poetry on demand' for children at Whitchurch Blackberry Fair. Tomorrow it's online Yes, We Cant. If you'd like to be in the Zoom Room for YWC shout up. Poetry filled weekend.
October 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Had a ball last night @waterstoneswton.bsky.social reading from my new poetry collection 'Unsung', then today I was writing 'poetry on demand' for children at Whitchurch Blackberry Fair. Tomorrow it's online Yes, We Cant. If you'd like to be in the Zoom Room for YWC shout up. Poetry filled weekend.
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Huge thanks to the fantastic @emmapurshouse.bsky.social for a wonderful performance in store yesterday, and to our lovely audience!
Do come and grab a copy of Emma's brilliant new collection, Unsung, and you'll see why we're so enthusiastic about this book and poet! #Wolverhampton #poetry
Do come and grab a copy of Emma's brilliant new collection, Unsung, and you'll see why we're so enthusiastic about this book and poet! #Wolverhampton #poetry
October 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Huge thanks to the fantastic @emmapurshouse.bsky.social for a wonderful performance in store yesterday, and to our lovely audience!
Do come and grab a copy of Emma's brilliant new collection, Unsung, and you'll see why we're so enthusiastic about this book and poet! #Wolverhampton #poetry
Do come and grab a copy of Emma's brilliant new collection, Unsung, and you'll see why we're so enthusiastic about this book and poet! #Wolverhampton #poetry
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September 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM