J. R. Carpenter
@jrcarpenter.bsky.social
artist, writer, researcher, fossil hunter, PLA licensed mudlarker, and lecturer in the School of English at University of Leeds https://luckysoap.com
it’s arrived! first sighting of my new poetry collection p a u s e, written in Treaty 6 Territory, published by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social available for order here: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 AM
it’s arrived! first sighting of my new poetry collection p a u s e, written in Treaty 6 Territory, published by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social available for order here: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
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LEEDS! I am coming at you. #BookSky
Talking BAD LANGUAGE in conversation with Jake Hall & answering all ur questions about queer resistance, difficult conversations & dragons @thebookishtype.bsky.social
Weds 14th Jan, 7pm
Book now!
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Talking BAD LANGUAGE in conversation with Jake Hall & answering all ur questions about queer resistance, difficult conversations & dragons @thebookishtype.bsky.social
Weds 14th Jan, 7pm
Book now!
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Bad Language: In Conversation with So Mayer
Join So Mayer and Jake Hall for an evening of conversation about So’s new book Bad Language, a memoir and manifesto on language and power. How do we forge solidarity when language is used against us? ...
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January 8, 2026 at 5:13 PM
LEEDS! I am coming at you. #BookSky
Talking BAD LANGUAGE in conversation with Jake Hall & answering all ur questions about queer resistance, difficult conversations & dragons @thebookishtype.bsky.social
Weds 14th Jan, 7pm
Book now!
thebookishtype.co.uk/products/bad...
Talking BAD LANGUAGE in conversation with Jake Hall & answering all ur questions about queer resistance, difficult conversations & dragons @thebookishtype.bsky.social
Weds 14th Jan, 7pm
Book now!
thebookishtype.co.uk/products/bad...
The contents of the future are the contents of a cloud.
So begins translator David Larsen’s introduction for the Book of Rain, the earliest known catalogue of Arabic weather-words, by 9th-century Arabic linguist Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī. www.wavepoetry.com/products/the...
So begins translator David Larsen’s introduction for the Book of Rain, the earliest known catalogue of Arabic weather-words, by 9th-century Arabic linguist Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī. www.wavepoetry.com/products/the...
The Book of Rain, translated by David Larsen
Translated by David Larsen Description Reviews The contents of the future are the contents of a cloud. So begins translator David Larsen’s introduction for the Book of Rain, the earliest known catalog...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
The contents of the future are the contents of a cloud.
So begins translator David Larsen’s introduction for the Book of Rain, the earliest known catalogue of Arabic weather-words, by 9th-century Arabic linguist Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī. www.wavepoetry.com/products/the...
So begins translator David Larsen’s introduction for the Book of Rain, the earliest known catalogue of Arabic weather-words, by 9th-century Arabic linguist Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī. www.wavepoetry.com/products/the...
did I mention, in the blur that was autumn, that Julie Johnstone has produced this beautiful publication of my work, called ‘cobble’ available in open edition from @essencepress.bsky.social www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...
JR Carpenter - Julie Johnstone
J. R. Carpenter Essence Press has published two publications with J. R. Carpenter. cobble cobble | J. R. Carpenter | two hand cut cobble shapes drawn from real cobbles, with a tracing paper insert, in...
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January 14, 2026 at 10:37 AM
did I mention, in the blur that was autumn, that Julie Johnstone has produced this beautiful publication of my work, called ‘cobble’ available in open edition from @essencepress.bsky.social www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...
“People interested in climate change want us to speak about the rain, but we want to speak about social relations.” The Weathering Collective. weatheringstation.net
W E A T H E R I N G
A collaborative research project
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January 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
“People interested in climate change want us to speak about the rain, but we want to speak about social relations.” The Weathering Collective. weatheringstation.net
wildfires and logging have shifted the groundwater elevation in northern quebec and now whole lakes are on the move www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Quebec’s Lake Rouge vanished – but was it a freak natural event or caused by human actions?
Experts and community trying to untangle mystery of outburst that saw water travel almost 10km overland into a bigger lake
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January 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
wildfires and logging have shifted the groundwater elevation in northern quebec and now whole lakes are on the move www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
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A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
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Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
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January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
I’ll be reading from my new poetry collection p a u s e in the @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social January launch event 30 January 8pm (UK) online, along with Jake Wild Hall, Andrew McDonnell, Annie Muir, Simon Barraclough & Aaron Kent, and Sneha Subramanian Kanta: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-sle...
Broken Sleep Books January 2026 Launch
Readers: Jake Wild Hall, J. R. Carpenter, Simon Barraclough, Aaron Kent, Andrew McDonnell, Annie Muir, and Sneha Subramanian Kanta
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January 7, 2026 at 10:42 AM
I’ll be reading from my new poetry collection p a u s e in the @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social January launch event 30 January 8pm (UK) online, along with Jake Wild Hall, Andrew McDonnell, Annie Muir, Simon Barraclough & Aaron Kent, and Sneha Subramanian Kanta: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-sle...
James Joyce's short story The Dead, from his collection Dubliners, takes place on 6 January 1904, the feast day of the Epiphany, 122 years ago today: www.gutenberg.org/files/2814/2...
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Dubliners, by James Joyce
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January 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
James Joyce's short story The Dead, from his collection Dubliners, takes place on 6 January 1904, the feast day of the Epiphany, 122 years ago today: www.gutenberg.org/files/2814/2...
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newly posted: J.R. Carpenter : How does a poem begin? / @jrcarpenter.bsky.social @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social ;
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J.R. Carpenter : How does a poem begin?
How does a poem begin? My mother told me I’d never get anywhere in life because I am a poor speller. I went to art school because ...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:11 PM
newly posted: J.R. Carpenter : How does a poem begin? / @jrcarpenter.bsky.social @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social ;
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last call for submissions to @MinorLits ...
fiction, essays & experimental
info and deadlines here:
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fiction, essays & experimental
info and deadlines here:
oleada.io/publication/...
Oleada - A Submission Platform
A submission platform for small presses and magazines.
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January 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
last call for submissions to @MinorLits ...
fiction, essays & experimental
info and deadlines here:
oleada.io/publication/...
fiction, essays & experimental
info and deadlines here:
oleada.io/publication/...
in which, @robmclennan.bsky.social asks me, how does a poem begin ? periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/jr-c...
J.R. Carpenter : How does a poem begin?
How does a poem begin? My mother told me I’d never get anywhere in life because I am a poor speller. I went to art school because ...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:06 PM
in which, @robmclennan.bsky.social asks me, how does a poem begin ? periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/jr-c...
2025. the year of Measures of Weather. thanks to @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social for publishing, Jade Cuttle and others for reviewing, Doug Parker for meteorological discussion, the judges of the Laurel Prize and the Forward Prize, all the sky watchers, and everyone who read poetry this tough old year.
December 31, 2025 at 6:58 AM
2025. the year of Measures of Weather. thanks to @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social for publishing, Jade Cuttle and others for reviewing, Doug Parker for meteorological discussion, the judges of the Laurel Prize and the Forward Prize, all the sky watchers, and everyone who read poetry this tough old year.
it’s not just Reform voters who think you have to be born in the UK to be British. it’s also every British person who asks me where I’m from the minute I open my mouth. after 16.5 years in this country. accent racism is also racism. please stop www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
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December 30, 2025 at 6:12 AM
it’s not just Reform voters who think you have to be born in the UK to be British. it’s also every British person who asks me where I’m from the minute I open my mouth. after 16.5 years in this country. accent racism is also racism. please stop www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
coral carried to London in a sailing ship’s ballast eroding out of the Thames foreshore, with two Tudor dress pins for scale #mudlarking
December 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
coral carried to London in a sailing ship’s ballast eroding out of the Thames foreshore, with two Tudor dress pins for scale #mudlarking
ever wonder why they call a dick a cock though? well. this is a cockspur. a small yet horny protuberance that grows on the inner side of the lower leg bone of a cock. short for cockerel. a doggerel. for rooster. #mudlarking
December 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
ever wonder why they call a dick a cock though? well. this is a cockspur. a small yet horny protuberance that grows on the inner side of the lower leg bone of a cock. short for cockerel. a doggerel. for rooster. #mudlarking
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In p a u s e. J. R. Carpenter (@jrcarpenter.bsky.social) turns the simple act of going for a walk into a radical practice of attention. Written over a year of daily encounters with kisiskâciwanisîpiy (the North Saskatchewan River) as it runs through
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December 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In p a u s e. J. R. Carpenter (@jrcarpenter.bsky.social) turns the simple act of going for a walk into a radical practice of attention. Written over a year of daily encounters with kisiskâciwanisîpiy (the North Saskatchewan River) as it runs through
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happy solstice from near the prime meridian in Greenwich, London. mudlarking in the dark this morning, my headlamp found pleasure in the placement of this piece banded chert in half a smashed oyster shell.
December 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
happy solstice from near the prime meridian in Greenwich, London. mudlarking in the dark this morning, my headlamp found pleasure in the placement of this piece banded chert in half a smashed oyster shell.
I have two new poems in this issue of @manchesterreview.bsky.social — many thanks to the editors
Dear all,
Please find issue 28 of the Manchester Review at the link below. Thank you to our wonder writers and readers who continue to support the review.
The Editors
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Please find issue 28 of the Manchester Review at the link below. Thank you to our wonder writers and readers who continue to support the review.
The Editors
www.themanchesterreview.co.uk
Issue 28 - The Manchester Review
Image: © Courtesy of Manchester City Galleries Editorial Luke Buffini, ‘Damilola’ Joe Bedford, ‘Mating Habits’ Lillith Pollock, ‘On Wanting’ Lavanya Arora, 3 poems Thomas Storey, ‘Windwatt’ Gary Dunca...
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December 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I have two new poems in this issue of @manchesterreview.bsky.social — many thanks to the editors
London, 20 December 2025. 7:13 AM. #mudlarking
December 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
London, 20 December 2025. 7:13 AM. #mudlarking
Robert Boyle’s to do list is really something: royalsociety.org/blog/2010/08...
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Robert Boyle’s to do list is really something: royalsociety.org/blog/2010/08...
a rare pink fog blankets the nation www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Rare pink fog blankets parts of UK with warning issued over poor visibility
The unusual phenomenon is caused by sunlight passing through layers of fog
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December 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
a rare pink fog blankets the nation www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
the thing about whitby jet is, you know it when you see it. but that doesn’t stop you (or me, anyway) from picking up not jet not jet not jet for days. picked up this piece this afternoon in low light on a falling tide in an area that had already been well searched and immediately knew it was jet.
December 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
the thing about whitby jet is, you know it when you see it. but that doesn’t stop you (or me, anyway) from picking up not jet not jet not jet for days. picked up this piece this afternoon in low light on a falling tide in an area that had already been well searched and immediately knew it was jet.
Caedmon’s Cross, erected in honour of the earliest English poet whose name is known, in the graveyard of St Mary’s Church in Whitby in 1898. Cædmon (657–684) cared for the animals at the double monastery of Streonæshalch (now known as Whitby Abbey) during the abbacy of St. Hilda (657–680).
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Caedmon’s Cross, erected in honour of the earliest English poet whose name is known, in the graveyard of St Mary’s Church in Whitby in 1898. Cædmon (657–684) cared for the animals at the double monastery of Streonæshalch (now known as Whitby Abbey) during the abbacy of St. Hilda (657–680).
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🕰️ With the year coming to an end, we asked a selection of our contributors to give us their favourite poetry books and pamphlets of 2025.
Next is Fiona Larkin's pick: Measures of Weather by J.R. Carpenter (Shearsman). Thank you, Fiona!
Next is Fiona Larkin's pick: Measures of Weather by J.R. Carpenter (Shearsman). Thank you, Fiona!
December 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🕰️ With the year coming to an end, we asked a selection of our contributors to give us their favourite poetry books and pamphlets of 2025.
Next is Fiona Larkin's pick: Measures of Weather by J.R. Carpenter (Shearsman). Thank you, Fiona!
Next is Fiona Larkin's pick: Measures of Weather by J.R. Carpenter (Shearsman). Thank you, Fiona!