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Karan Chambers
@karanchambers.bsky.social
Order my pamphlet ‘woman | folk’ from @SaloPress now!

Highly Commended Cheltenham Comp ‘23. Poems: The London Mag, Under the Radar, Butcher’s Dog, Gutter, Mslexia, Propel.
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My debut pamphlet is available now for pre-order from the amazing @SaloPress — link is in my bio.

I’m so excited to share these poems with you!

#PublishedPoet #DebutPamphlet #IndependentPublisher #SaloPress #Folklore #Feminism #FuckThePatriarchy #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Poet #Poetry
Thank you so much to @okaydonkeymag.com for nominating me for Best of the Net! You can read my poem ‘i have an existential crisis on realising my reading list is finite’ at okaydonkeymag.com/2024/07/06/i...
September 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
So happy to be included in the latest wave of Iamb from @markantonyowen.com — a gorgeously curated repository of poetry, it’s an incredible resource & you should definitely check out the amazing poets on there (which now also includes me! 😱) I’ll pop the link in my bio, check it out!
September 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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I'm thrilled these three poems are out in the world, so beautifully presented by @markantonyowen.com

Give them a read and a listen?

While you're there, check out @jahshabby.bsky.social , @helenlaycock.bsky.social , @wordweave.bsky.social & @karanchambers.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Stunning evening of #poetry last night from @salopress.bsky.social poets @victoriaspires.bsky.social, @wendycaitlin.bsky.social, @galiamelon.bsky.social, @karanchambers.bsky.social and Laia Sales Merino – superbly hosted by @moette.bsky.social. If you missed it, you missed something powerful.
July 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Thank you for a beautiful evening of poetry 🩷

Readers: @wendycaitlin.bsky.social @galiamelon.bsky.social @karanchambers.bsky.social & Laia

Host: @moette.bsky.social

Made possible by: @salopress.bsky.social

Audience: superb! (thank you all)
July 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Kicking off the weekend in style with a @salopress.bsky.social poets showcase hosted by @moette.bsky.social 🤩! Fabulously experimental work mining female experience from @karanchambers.bsky.social, Laia Sales Merino, @wendycaitlin.bsky.social, @galiamelon.bsky.social & @victoriaspires.bsky.social 👏🏻
July 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Have you got your copy yet? It’s such a beautiful magazine! 😍
Have you seen the new Under the Radar Issue?
Brimming with a wealth of new writing to be discovered, with #poetry, short fiction and reviews.
Print or digital copies available now:
ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Under...
Or take out a 4-copy subscription?
Thanks to all our contributors🖊️
July 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Ooh! Thanks @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social! 🙏🏼

Shameless plug: you can hear me read from this book FRIDAY 7pm on Zoom, with a bevvy of other @salopress.bsky.social poets

@wendycaitlin.bsky.social @galiamelon.bsky.social @karanchambers.bsky.social & Laia Sales Merino

Hosted by @moette.bsky.social
@victoriaspires.bsky.social doing what she does sooo well. Love this, from ‘Soi-même’ at @salopress.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Our thanks to the writers who appear in the latest Under the Radar (35), our flagship magazine, published twice a year.
Now ready to order as a physical or digital copy, or as a subscription:
ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Under...
What will you discover?..
July 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
So thrilled to have a poem in this alongside such amazing writers!
Under the Radar Issue 35 is printing as I type, so line up your 'hot off the press' copy now: ninearchespress.com/shop#!/Under...
A digital copy straight to your inbox is also available.
Or consider taking out a subscription?

Thanks to all our contributors, reviewers and readers.
July 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
So thrilled with this review from @victoriaspires.bsky.social thank you so much! ❤️
📚 My latest review: three books from @salopress.bsky.social

@wendycaitlin.bsky.social @galiamelon.bsky.social @karanchambers.bsky.social & Laia Sales Merino.

Can't wait to read with these poets in July.

Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/victoria...
June 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Really excited to be a part of this!
📅 Save the date
Friday 25 July | 7pm

An online evening of poetry from me, @wendycaitlin.bsky.social @galiamelon.bsky.social, @karanchambers.bsky.social, & Laia Sales Merino

Full details soon!

@salopress.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Can’t wait to get my copy of @wendycaitlin.bsky.social and @galiamelon.bsky.social new pamphlet! Plus this gorgeous looking debut from @victoriaspires.bsky.social 😍 @salopress.bsky.social really do create the most incredible pamphlets!
They are here 🩷 available @salopress.bsky.social. Check out this wonderful independent press, you can find some of my favourite women poets there as well, including @zoebrigley.bsky.social, Charley Barnes, and the breathtaking debut by @karanchambers.bsky.social.
Our three newest poetry chapbooks are heading out into the world 😍

You can find further information via our website: salopress.com
May 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Rewriting my post I was being way too polite: fuck off to this fascism, fuck this bigotry, fuck this ignorance and hatred. I stand with Love, I stand with freedom, I stand with choice and autonomy and human rights, I stand in solidarity with all of my trans friends and family 🏳️‍⚧️
April 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Featured voices (so far) include:

--WRITING FOR ADULTS--

In Time I Will Be Spring Again
@clairemtaylor.com

woman : free
@karanchambers.bsky.social

Univers(al)
@clintsmithiii.bsky.social

We Lived Happily During the War
@ilyakaminsky.bsky.social

🧵 📚
April 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
One of my poems has made it to this lovely display in America 😊
Happy to #LiftToTheSky many amazing #poets this month w/ this #poetry display at my library... 🧵 📚
April 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In ‘A Dress With Deep Pockets’ @jenferoze.bsky.social creates an ode to friendship — fierce, tender, honest, these poems shine with love & understanding of how it feels to move through the world as a mother, a friend, as someone who’s gotten to middle-age without working out who they want to be!
April 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
It’s such an incredible feeling to see people buying my book! 😍
April 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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I totally agree. @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social and @karanchambers.bsky.social and @louloumach.bsky.social are all doing this in a most spectacular way. And we need this.
For this week’s #LiftToTheSky I’d say @jitterbugwrites.bsky.social is one of the most beguiling and unsettling British women poets writing atm. This poem does what she does SO well.
March 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It was amazing to watch Wendy and Galia do their thing — incredible collaborative writing!
Congratulations @karanchambers.bsky.social on the launch of your @salopress.bsky.social book woman | folk - you were wonderful 🩷
March 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Thank you so much for such a beautiful review Catherine! ❤️❤️
Very pleased to finally get my hands on this pamphlet. I love Karan Chambers’ work, and this doesn’t disappoint. Featuring stark, often violent, landscapes and radical reframings, these unapologetically angry poems give a voice to women who have suffered at the hands of men.
March 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
So excited for this! I hope to see you there!
Tomorrow night @galiamelon.bsky.social and myself are reading from our Salo book at the launch of @karanchambers.bsky.social’s Salo book. Thank you @brihughespoet.bsky.social for arranging. Thank you @salopress.bsky.social for being gorgeous.
March 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM