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Jennifer Wong
@jennywcreative.bsky.social
Poet, writer, editor / author of Letters Home (Nine Arches Press) & Writing Identity, Home & Elsewhere (Bloomsbury)
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Running a new online poetry course on writing #kinships and #emotionallandscapes at @poetryschool.bsky.social for spring 2026 ✍️🗻🌴 on the personal, social, cultural
ties that matter a lot to us. check out their full programme and here’s more info on it! poetryschool.com/courses/writ...
Writing Kinships & Emotional Landscapes • Poetry School
Kinships can shape us as people and the emotional landscapes in which we live; join as we explore those rich relationships and notions of belonging in your writing.
poetryschool.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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📢 Big news: The national curriculum review is here!

We're proud to have contributed to Professor Becky Francis’ report, which recognises the vital role of creativity in every child’s education. 🎨
A great day for the next generation of creative talent in England
A response to Curriculum and Assessment Review
www.artscouncil.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Looking forward to joining the amazing Laurie Bolger, author of Lady (Nine Arches Press) and founder of the Creative Writing Breakfast Club on 10 Nov for an online reading in collaboration with @FoundationSwift. Stay in to spend the evening with us! Rsvp www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
Poetry in Pyjamas: an evening of poems with Laurie Bolger & Jennifer Wong
Snuggle up & listen to some great poetry from the comfort of your own space via zoom. In association with Rebecca Swift Foundation.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
October 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Looking forward to the reading and conversation with #SarahHowe from #Foretokens at HK Gathering Leaves community library London on 18 Oct. Also photographer Jane Lam and author of #SpeakStill #TongWingLam will share work as HK artists! Don’t miss it! Rsvp: www.eventbrite.com/e/between-st...
Between Stillness and Language
A dialogue with creatives from Hong Kong exploring what lies between language, media, identities and memories.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Don't miss the last two days to submit to the first-ever @foundationswift.bsky.social Woman, Mapped anthology (forthcoming from @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social 2026)! Deadline 12 Oct, 11.59pm, open call for works by UK-based women poets. Here's more: www.youtube.com/shorts/_HVes...
Rebecca Swift Foundation - 'Woman, Mapped' Anthology
YouTube video by Rebecca Swift Foundation
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October 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
it’s not easy thinking up a book cover. But when you come across the right one you’ll know.
September 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Winchester Poetry Festival is approaching. online events are so important for accessibility, but they’re also costly to run & we haven’t sold many online tickets yet. Just wanted to shout that our headline events are
live-streamed and BSL interpreted! 1/3 www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/what-s-on
What's on - Winchester Poetry Festival events in 2025
Details of our forthcoming events and collaborations. Winchester Poetry Festival runs 2-12th October
www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org
September 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Looking forward to running this workshop on found poetry and metaphors for Tsaa on 27 oct! Please check out the upcoming sessions by Charlotte Shevchenko Knight and Romalyn herself on haunting and joy 👍✍️

@romalynante3.bsky.social

www.romalynante.com/event-list
September 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Looking forward to running this workshop on found poetry and metaphors for Tsaa on 27 oct! Please check out the upcoming sessions by Charlotte Sharvenko Knight and Romalyn herself on haunting and joy 👍✍️

@romalynante3.bsky.social

www.romalynante.com/event-list
September 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Do you want to be part of something special?

We're recruiting for a new Chair and two new Trustees to support our national work advocating for and championing UK-based women poets.

Find out more here: www.rebeccaswiftfoundation.org/about/work-w...

#Governance #womenpoets
August 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thank you!
September 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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‘Shapero leaves a huge dent in oblivion to show us that it’s real.’
—Jack Underwood

STAY DEAD by Natalie Shapero OUT NOW

In her fourth collection, Shapero examines performance, power, comedy and despair through the lenses of method acting and abstract expressionism.

outspokenldn.com/shop/staydead
September 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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📣 Orders are now open for our latest issue, Wasafiri 123!

Find interviews with Andre Bagoo, Cato Pedder, and Christina Sharpe, three translated Tamil poets, a poem by Devika Rege, and more fiction, reviews, articles, and poems.

www.wasafiri.org/issues/wasaf...
Wasafiri 123
Inside Wasafiri 123, you'll find interviews with Andre Bagoo and Christina Sharpe, a lead feature poem by Devika Rege, our 2024 Essay Prize winning articles…
www.wasafiri.org
September 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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I'll be reading from my @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social book, The Point Is You Are Alive, alongside @marymulholland.bsky.social Wendy Allen and @alicehiller.bsky.social, at The Poetry Cafe, Tuesday 28th October, 7pm-9pm!

Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outrageous...
September 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Join @csmithpoet.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of BYCATCH at Wembley Library, alongside poet Erica Hesketh.
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
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September 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
was away from this side of social media for a while but so glad to learn from @jenniferfeeley.bsky.social her process of translating and editing
September 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The first hour of the day 💕
July 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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helping with a writing contest makes me think back on beginnings, the way good writing matters and grows on you. 🌱🌱
July 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I’ve been sending out some copies of ‘Snap!’ It’s so lovely to have the book out in the world and the reactions so far have been really lovely. If you want a copy, it’s available here in parperback or hardback: shorturl.at/V3bGH
July 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
‘No matter how hard they try, Hai, Grazina, and his friends find America falling short of what it promises, simply and especially because they are immigrants or children of the immigrants.’ theadroitjournal.org/2025/07/03/a...
A Review of Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness - The Adroit Journal
Ocean Vuong’s latest novel, The Emperor of Gladness, is a bold and remarkable novel that captures the hopes and disillusionments of people living in today’s America. The story begins in the fictional ...
theadroitjournal.org
July 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I’ve read a very different review on Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness recently but I hope to share my own reflections on the novel with you. Thanks a lot to The Adroit Journal for including it theadroitjournal.org/2025/07/03/a...
A Review of Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness - The Adroit Journal
Ocean Vuong’s latest novel, The Emperor of Gladness, is a bold and remarkable novel that captures the hopes and disillusionments of people living in today’s America. The story begins in the fictional ...
theadroitjournal.org
July 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Wasafiri has three panels in the English Shared Futures conference taking place in York, 3-5 July, incl. our Associate Editors @mayacaspari.bsky.social @jennywcreative.bsky.social

Magazines will be on sale on Sat, 5 July in the Publishers Hall.

Full programme: buff.ly/MGibRzm

See you there!
June 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM