Jane Thomas
@janethomas.bsky.social
Writing with a slow pencil in Jericho.
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So excited to have been shortlisted by the wonderful @livecanon.bsky.social and can’t wait to hear my poem ‘The Final Foley Session’ being performed by the ensemble tonight - & you can too :) free tix here : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1688432339...
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Nice one, Zadie Smith.
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Nice one, Zadie Smith.
So excited to have been shortlisted by the wonderful @livecanon.bsky.social and can’t wait to hear my poem ‘The Final Foley Session’ being performed by the ensemble tonight - & you can too :) free tix here : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1688432339...
October 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
So excited to have been shortlisted by the wonderful @livecanon.bsky.social and can’t wait to hear my poem ‘The Final Foley Session’ being performed by the ensemble tonight - & you can too :) free tix here : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1688432339...
Just put my order in for this fabulous new collection from Martyn Crucefix // can’t wait to read it daregale.com/product/walk... @mcrucefix.bsky.social
Walking Away - Dare-Gale Press
Walking Away, the new poetry pamphlet by Martyn Crucefix, is a tender, heart-breaking farewell to the poet’s mother and father.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Just put my order in for this fabulous new collection from Martyn Crucefix // can’t wait to read it daregale.com/product/walk... @mcrucefix.bsky.social
Just back from a great literary festival in Wexford after being placed in the poetry comp, such a joy to be back in Ireland 🇮🇪 & to spend time with Claire Keegan & hear the wonderful @kitdewaal.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Just back from a great literary festival in Wexford after being placed in the poetry comp, such a joy to be back in Ireland 🇮🇪 & to spend time with Claire Keegan & hear the wonderful @kitdewaal.com
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Denmark eliminates 25% book tax to combat declining reading
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Denmark eliminates 25% book tax to combat declining reading skills
Denmark is eliminating its 25% book tax after finding reading skills in steep decline. Culture Minister Engel-Schmidt: "The gift of reading is something we should give to younger generations."
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August 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Denmark eliminates 25% book tax to combat declining reading
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Very much enjoyed ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ such true & well crafted work including powerful poems on Alzheimer’s from @alisonbinney.bsky.social (& good luck with Gladstone!)
August 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Very much enjoyed ‘The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning’ such true & well crafted work including powerful poems on Alzheimer’s from @alisonbinney.bsky.social (& good luck with Gladstone!)
Fantastic performance 🎭 from @creationtheatre.bsky.social last night - no summer should be without - only a week left tix creationtheatre.co.uk/show/midsumm...
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Creation Theatre %
“Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream.”– Demetrius“The course of true love never did run smooth.”– Lysandr It isn’t summer until you’ve seen Creation’s summer Sha...
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August 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Fantastic performance 🎭 from @creationtheatre.bsky.social last night - no summer should be without - only a week left tix creationtheatre.co.uk/show/midsumm...
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This looks excellent
Happy 101st Birthday #JamesBaldwin!
We’re celebrating by announcing the launch of our new series: Thinking with James Baldwin
The series explores new approaches to Baldwin’s work, incl his fiction, essays, poetry, short stories, interviews & activism manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/think...
We’re celebrating by announcing the launch of our new series: Thinking with James Baldwin
The series explores new approaches to Baldwin’s work, incl his fiction, essays, poetry, short stories, interviews & activism manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/think...
August 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This looks excellent
A perfectly poetic cafe in Copenhagen : )
July 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A perfectly poetic cafe in Copenhagen : )
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why are we doing age verification? we're all 38
July 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
why are we doing age verification? we're all 38
Soooo excited to be on the Alpine Fellowship Shortlist for 2025 : 0
July 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Soooo excited to be on the Alpine Fellowship Shortlist for 2025 : 0
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Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
July 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
We have just seen this in London it was fabulous can’t wait to see it again Oxford next week #creationtheatre #dalloway100 #woolf #oxfordtheatre #mrsdalloway
We invite you to take tea with Clarissa Dalloway, walk the streets by her side, hear her innermost thoughts & explore the richly layered world of post-war London.
Mrs Dalloway
📅The London Library 11-15 June
📅Oxford 19-22 June
🎟️https://bit.ly/43AIsl5
#Mrsdalloway #Oxford #Immersivetheatre
Mrs Dalloway
📅The London Library 11-15 June
📅Oxford 19-22 June
🎟️https://bit.ly/43AIsl5
#Mrsdalloway #Oxford #Immersivetheatre
June 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We have just seen this in London it was fabulous can’t wait to see it again Oxford next week #creationtheatre #dalloway100 #woolf #oxfordtheatre #mrsdalloway
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Looking forward to reading at Creation on Monday in Summertown, Oxford, see you there ! creationtheatre.co.uk/show/poetryr...
Poetry Readings - Creation Theatre
Poetry readings by Creation Theatre at United Reformed Church, Summertown
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May 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Looking forward to reading at Creation on Monday in Summertown, Oxford, see you there ! creationtheatre.co.uk/show/poetryr...
Looking forward to reading at Creation on Monday in Summertown, Oxford, see you there ! creationtheatre.co.uk/show/poetryr...
Poetry Readings - Creation Theatre
Poetry readings by Creation Theatre at United Reformed Church, Summertown
creationtheatre.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Looking forward to reading at Creation on Monday in Summertown, Oxford, see you there ! creationtheatre.co.uk/show/poetryr...
“There is reason, after all, that some people wish to colonize the moon, and others dance before it as an ancient friend.” ― James Baldwin, No Name in the Street
April 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
“There is reason, after all, that some people wish to colonize the moon, and others dance before it as an ancient friend.” ― James Baldwin, No Name in the Street
Exciting Icelandic Activity Bókmenntahátíð í Reykjavík / The Reykjavik International Literary Festival & Arts Council England - Anne Carson / Claire Keenan / Andrev Walden, volcanoes 🌋, stone stories & double rainbows.
April 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Exciting Icelandic Activity Bókmenntahátíð í Reykjavík / The Reykjavik International Literary Festival & Arts Council England - Anne Carson / Claire Keenan / Andrev Walden, volcanoes 🌋, stone stories & double rainbows.
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Sign of the day…
April 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sign of the day…
Seems like a good time to repost (admittedly probably to the converted) :) X
April 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Seems like a good time to repost (admittedly probably to the converted) :) X
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UK contemporary sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow #womensart
March 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
UK contemporary sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow #womensart
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Picked this up on the way out of my local bookstore today and was happy to hear it's been flying out the door.
March 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Picked this up on the way out of my local bookstore today and was happy to hear it's been flying out the door.
Enjoying first @rialtopoetry.bsky.social and daff of the season - great sequence from @lorrainemariner.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Enjoying first @rialtopoetry.bsky.social and daff of the season - great sequence from @lorrainemariner.bsky.social
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“It seems to me that I have wanted to write for the whole of my life. The intensity of this insistence, despite its implausibility, suggests an emotional, rather than literal, accuracy. I think my life didn’t seem my life until I started to write,” Louise Glück writes.
Writing as Transformation
Words and phrases came from nowhere; I rarely had any sense of what they meant or to what context they belonged.
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January 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“It seems to me that I have wanted to write for the whole of my life. The intensity of this insistence, despite its implausibility, suggests an emotional, rather than literal, accuracy. I think my life didn’t seem my life until I started to write,” Louise Glück writes.