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Jennifer Wong
@jennywcreative.bsky.social
Poet, writer, editor / author of Letters Home & Light Year (Nine Arches Press) & Writing Identity, Home & Elsewhere (Bloomsbury)
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Delighted to share 'Tending' a #poem from LIGHT YEAR, our first book of the New Year.
Written and read by @jennywcreative.bsky.social
Line up your copy of this "luminous, intimate" #poetry collection now: ninearchespress.com/publications...
January 26, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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Congratulations to Karen Solie on winning the TS Eliot Prize for her most recent collection Wellwater, published by @picadorbooks.bsky.social

Karen Solie teaches for half the year at St Andrews University and lives the rest of her time in Canada. Karen is part of @northseapoets.bsky.social group.
January 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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Looking for a last minute gift you don't have to post?
We're hosting a POETRY SPA at Bantock House #Wolverhampton
Sat 21 February 2026
With guest @lkiew.bsky.social & host Roz Goddard
Ticket includes mindful reading, workshop, #poetry discussion, book & cake!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-spa...
Poetry Spa: an immersive day of reading & writing: Saturday 21 Feb 2026
Enjoy a Poetry Spa at Bantock House, Wolverhampton, an inspiring day devoted to reading & writing with Roz Goddard & L.Kiew
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Join the PBS Spring Showcase featuring @jennywcreative.bsky.social and Karen McCarthy Woolf in conversation about their new #poetry books with Sinéad Morrissey.
Jennifer Wong will be launching LIGHT YEAR, out that week.
Tuesday 17th February, 18.30
FREE but please book:
www.ncl.ac.uk/university-e...
January 20, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Our first book of 2026 is LIGHT YEAR by @jennywcreative.bsky.social, a meditation on the journeys of a migrant and a mother, on time, memories and healing.

Thank you Denise Saul for these beautiful words about the book.
Pre-order your copy here: ninearchespress.com/publications...
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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SPOTLIGHT #poetry book - The Apothecary of Flight by @janeburn.bsky.social, poems for understanding & translating the self.

‘What Jane Burn does with words, with spaces, with breath, is unlike anyone else' @taniahershman.bsky.social

Now in our seasonal sale, just £7.99 ninearchespress.com/shop
December 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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🥁Thrilled to share our 2026 #poetry list.

Full details and tantalising glimpses into these new titles are here: ninearchespress.com/about-us/news

Including books by @jennywcreative.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @kymdeyn.bsky.social @marymulholland.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Don’t miss this amazing @redbeanpoetry.bsky.social line-up ❄️❄️❄️ @metapheric.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social Nina Mingya Powles, Erica Hesketh on 3 Dec, 8pm at National Poetry Library to share their new poems and reflect on art-making and transformations! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/spe...
Special Edition: Red Bean Poetry | Southbank Centre
www.southbankcentre.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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
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.
www.eventbrite.com
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
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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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