Kate Davis
@katedavispoet.bsky.social
Poet. Books- collection - The Girl Who Forgets How to Walk and new verse novel - Flow published by Verve.
Also maker of stories, cake, chutney and interesting things to wear - wild swimmer - very fond of a limestone landscape.
Also maker of stories, cake, chutney and interesting things to wear - wild swimmer - very fond of a limestone landscape.
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Kate Davis
@katedavispoet.bsky.social
· Aug 31
“FLOW doesn’t want your applause — it wants your bones.” A no-bullshit review of Kate Davis’s tidal, lyrical novel-in-verse. Grief, myth, survival — and the sea that swallows everything.
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"I said yes, it would be nice to have a space where people could sit and spend time with the books, to browse one book and then another, without an obligation to spend money, without a word spoken. We then realised that we were talking about a library."
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
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December 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"I said yes, it would be nice to have a space where people could sit and spend time with the books, to browse one book and then another, without an obligation to spend money, without a word spoken. We then realised that we were talking about a library."
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New design available on my Redbubble: Autumn leaves in digital watercolour drawn in Procreate. Sales on various items at the moment including 25% off the cushion.
www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pill...
#DisabledArtist #Redbubble
#GiftIdeas #ShopIndie #Illustration
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#DisabledArtist #Redbubble
#GiftIdeas #ShopIndie #Illustration
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
New design available on my Redbubble: Autumn leaves in digital watercolour drawn in Procreate. Sales on various items at the moment including 25% off the cushion.
www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pill...
#DisabledArtist #Redbubble
#GiftIdeas #ShopIndie #Illustration
www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pill...
#DisabledArtist #Redbubble
#GiftIdeas #ShopIndie #Illustration
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THIS WEDNESDAY I'm reading #SpeakUpSpeakOut (#poems abt #SocialInjustice). Includes some of my #poemsabout offerings. #OpenMic register when #SacredGrounds zoom opens). Hope you can join me! 7-9PM PST. DM for link. #Sexism #Racism #Abuse #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetsSupportPoets #NeverADullMoment
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
THIS WEDNESDAY I'm reading #SpeakUpSpeakOut (#poems abt #SocialInjustice). Includes some of my #poemsabout offerings. #OpenMic register when #SacredGrounds zoom opens). Hope you can join me! 7-9PM PST. DM for link. #Sexism #Racism #Abuse #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetsSupportPoets #NeverADullMoment
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Wes Streeting insists that NHS health records are not for sale.
But handing them to a company like Palantir shatters any chance of public trust ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
But handing them to a company like Palantir shatters any chance of public trust ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS - No to Palantir
goodlaw.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Wes Streeting insists that NHS health records are not for sale.
But handing them to a company like Palantir shatters any chance of public trust ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
But handing them to a company like Palantir shatters any chance of public trust ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
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COP30 in Brazil was billed as the “implementation summit”, when hot air turned to action. But Edelman, the PR firm that won the contract to promote the climate summit, was pulling in two directions.
🧵1/2
🧵1/2
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
COP30 in Brazil was billed as the “implementation summit”, when hot air turned to action. But Edelman, the PR firm that won the contract to promote the climate summit, was pulling in two directions.
🧵1/2
🧵1/2
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I think that's Terry, third from the left next to the seagull.
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I think that's Terry, third from the left next to the seagull.
Been for a bike ride - tide was coming in, on that slow thoughtful way it occasionally does. This is Piel Island - we're lucky to live in Barrow
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Been for a bike ride - tide was coming in, on that slow thoughtful way it occasionally does. This is Piel Island - we're lucky to live in Barrow
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There's been a flurry of verse novels recently, which is exciting. If anyone would like to read mine it's here🔽It's a book about women, the sea and the inadequacy of language. i think it's a good enough book but I'm not sure tbh
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#poetry
#novel
# I'm not good with #s
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#poetry
#novel
# I'm not good with #s
“FLOW doesn’t want your applause — it wants your bones.” A no-bullshit review of Kate Davis’s tidal, lyrical novel-in-verse. Grief, myth, survival — and the sea that swallows everything.
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
There's been a flurry of verse novels recently, which is exciting. If anyone would like to read mine it's here🔽It's a book about women, the sea and the inadequacy of language. i think it's a good enough book but I'm not sure tbh
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#poetry
#novel
# I'm not good with #s
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#poetry
#novel
# I'm not good with #s
There's been a flurry of verse novels recently, which is exciting. If anyone would like to read mine it's here🔽It's a book about women, the sea and the inadequacy of language. i think it's a good enough book but I'm not sure tbh
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#poetry
#novel
# I'm not good with #s
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#poetry
#novel
# I'm not good with #s
“FLOW doesn’t want your applause — it wants your bones.” A no-bullshit review of Kate Davis’s tidal, lyrical novel-in-verse. Grief, myth, survival — and the sea that swallows everything.
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
There's been a flurry of verse novels recently, which is exciting. If anyone would like to read mine it's here🔽It's a book about women, the sea and the inadequacy of language. i think it's a good enough book but I'm not sure tbh
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#poetry
#novel
# I'm not good with #s
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#poetry
#novel
# I'm not good with #s
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In honour of Delia Derbyshire Day, a little post about her collaboration at the BBC with the poet Rosemary Tonks @deliaderbyshireday.bsky.social someflowerssoon.substack.com/p/i-stop-bei...
"I Stop Being Human"
Rosemary Tonks, Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
someflowerssoon.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In honour of Delia Derbyshire Day, a little post about her collaboration at the BBC with the poet Rosemary Tonks @deliaderbyshireday.bsky.social someflowerssoon.substack.com/p/i-stop-bei...
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
www.thebookseller.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
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I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
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Only a few days left to enter the Cafe Writers poetry competition. Our sole judge is Jessica Mookherjee. First prize is £1000 and there are other prizes too. #poetry www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...
Poetry Competition | Cafe Writers
www.cafewriters.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Only a few days left to enter the Cafe Writers poetry competition. Our sole judge is Jessica Mookherjee. First prize is £1000 and there are other prizes too. #poetry www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...
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Another great article from the brilliant work of @catherinehale.bsky.social & Chronic Illness Inclusion - paper from Catherine, Ana Bê & Anna Ruddock.
#DisabilitySky International Journal of Disability & Social Justice.
www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
#DisabilitySky International Journal of Disability & Social Justice.
www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
Introducing “Energy Limiting Conditions”: The Emergence and Evolution of a New Impairment Concept
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d1540804e129">The terms “energy limiting condition” (ELC) and “energy impairment”locate the embodied
e...
www.scienceopen.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Another great article from the brilliant work of @catherinehale.bsky.social & Chronic Illness Inclusion - paper from Catherine, Ana Bê & Anna Ruddock.
#DisabilitySky International Journal of Disability & Social Justice.
www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
#DisabilitySky International Journal of Disability & Social Justice.
www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
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Survivor. This solitary Scots pine on the hillside shows how much many upland areas in the British Isles have been depleted - and what they could be again.
#Scotland #ThickTrunkTuesday #trees #mountains #landscape #photography
#Scotland #ThickTrunkTuesday #trees #mountains #landscape #photography
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Survivor. This solitary Scots pine on the hillside shows how much many upland areas in the British Isles have been depleted - and what they could be again.
#Scotland #ThickTrunkTuesday #trees #mountains #landscape #photography
#Scotland #ThickTrunkTuesday #trees #mountains #landscape #photography
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B u y s o m e b o o k s
A seasonal reminder that you can order our titles from our website; orders are despatched within 24 hours. Recent hardbacks include Steve Ely's 'Eely' and Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour' (you'll also receive a free 'Inventory' pamphlet). Order here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
B u y s o m e b o o k s
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The first issue of the Chartist newspaper, the Northern Star, appeared #OnThisDay 18 November 1837. Without it, Chartism would have been a far weaker thing.
www.chartistancestors.co.uk/northern-sta...
www.chartistancestors.co.uk/northern-sta...
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The first issue of the Chartist newspaper, the Northern Star, appeared #OnThisDay 18 November 1837. Without it, Chartism would have been a far weaker thing.
www.chartistancestors.co.uk/northern-sta...
www.chartistancestors.co.uk/northern-sta...
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Discover a poem by each of these ten PRIMERS shortlisted poets at our blog: ninearchespress.blogspot.com
Stay tuned, we'll be announcing the Finalists tomorrow (Wednesday).
Stay tuned, we'll be announcing the Finalists tomorrow (Wednesday).
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Discover a poem by each of these ten PRIMERS shortlisted poets at our blog: ninearchespress.blogspot.com
Stay tuned, we'll be announcing the Finalists tomorrow (Wednesday).
Stay tuned, we'll be announcing the Finalists tomorrow (Wednesday).
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Write the line they didn’t teach you. The one you weren’t meant to survive.
#SpineEdicts #ExileTheObvious #OutlawPoetics #ChooseTuesdays
#SpineEdicts #ExileTheObvious #OutlawPoetics #ChooseTuesdays
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Write the line they didn’t teach you. The one you weren’t meant to survive.
#SpineEdicts #ExileTheObvious #OutlawPoetics #ChooseTuesdays
#SpineEdicts #ExileTheObvious #OutlawPoetics #ChooseTuesdays
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The amazing @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social's #Trilogy #WifeWidowWitch is a devastatingly beautiful study of womanhood — of inheritance, grief, and transformation.
It’s one of the most arresting poetry debuts of the year.
#PoetryCommunity #IndiePoetry
shorturl.at/IbEp2
It’s one of the most arresting poetry debuts of the year.
#PoetryCommunity #IndiePoetry
shorturl.at/IbEp2
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The amazing @katiejenkinspoet.bsky.social's #Trilogy #WifeWidowWitch is a devastatingly beautiful study of womanhood — of inheritance, grief, and transformation.
It’s one of the most arresting poetry debuts of the year.
#PoetryCommunity #IndiePoetry
shorturl.at/IbEp2
It’s one of the most arresting poetry debuts of the year.
#PoetryCommunity #IndiePoetry
shorturl.at/IbEp2
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I'm doing an in person workshop, 'Experimental Ekphrasis: audio guide as poetry', as part of the upcoming exhibition (feat. me and 7 other amazing artists) Another Way of Seeing. Booking essential. Limited places so only book if your'e gonna come: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/experiment...
Experimental Ekphrasis: audio guide as poetry workshop with Emma Bolland
Exploring poetic methods for communicating experiences of artworks in the exhibition Another Way of Seeing.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I'm doing an in person workshop, 'Experimental Ekphrasis: audio guide as poetry', as part of the upcoming exhibition (feat. me and 7 other amazing artists) Another Way of Seeing. Booking essential. Limited places so only book if your'e gonna come: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/experiment...
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Whoopers cruise the Dutch Barn’s shadow, pen and cob,
a litter of half-grown cygnets, upending in the algal soup,
plucking out pondweed, diving beetles, the monstrous
Palaeozoic nymphs of Anax imperator.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
A symphony in four movements
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
a litter of half-grown cygnets, upending in the algal soup,
plucking out pondweed, diving beetles, the monstrous
Palaeozoic nymphs of Anax imperator.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
A symphony in four movements
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Whoopers cruise the Dutch Barn’s shadow, pen and cob,
a litter of half-grown cygnets, upending in the algal soup,
plucking out pondweed, diving beetles, the monstrous
Palaeozoic nymphs of Anax imperator.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
A symphony in four movements
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
a litter of half-grown cygnets, upending in the algal soup,
plucking out pondweed, diving beetles, the monstrous
Palaeozoic nymphs of Anax imperator.
'Eely'
Steve Ely
A symphony in four movements
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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No sales in 10 days, which makes this a particularly good day to buy a book from us
A seasonal reminder that you can order our titles from our website; orders are despatched within 24 hours. Recent hardbacks include Steve Ely's 'Eely' and Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour' (you'll also receive a free 'Inventory' pamphlet). Order here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
No sales in 10 days, which makes this a particularly good day to buy a book from us