Leia Butler
@leiabutler.bsky.social
Writer from London. Tear and Share (brokensleep) - Thoughts I lost in the Laundry (stanchionzine) - make up my mind (steelincisors) other work in Streetcake magazine - she/her
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Leia Butler
@leiabutler.bsky.social
· Feb 17
ANNOUNCEMENT! Our first book of 2025 will be MAKE UP MY MIND by @leiabutler.bsky.social, out 22 March.
I am so excited about this. The collection is super visual and incorporates scans of swatches of different make up materials.
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Poems out this month with @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social & @dustpoetry.bsky.social & an acceptance just in from another favourite for publication in Feb, all while on residency in Sweden - that shooting star I saw on my way to the airport is working flat out! #skara trip
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Poems out this month with @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social & @dustpoetry.bsky.social & an acceptance just in from another favourite for publication in Feb, all while on residency in Sweden - that shooting star I saw on my way to the airport is working flat out! #skara trip
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So excited to have my poem ‘Bird Women’ featured in @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social ! ❤️ www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/bird-...
Bird Women by Molly Knox — Full House Literary
www.fullhouseliterary.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
So excited to have my poem ‘Bird Women’ featured in @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social ! ❤️ www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/bird-...
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Today's wonderful Featured Creator piece is 'Bird Women' by @mollykmoon28.bsky.social 👏
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/bird-...
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/bird-...
Bird Women by Molly Knox — Full House Literary
www.fullhouseliterary.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Today's wonderful Featured Creator piece is 'Bird Women' by @mollykmoon28.bsky.social 👏
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/bird-...
www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/bird-...
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From each day up until mid December, the Featured Creator section of FH will feature a brand new piece! Exciting stuff.
The piece for today is Richard’s Plea by @plewellan.bsky.social 👏
www.fullhouseliterary.com/prose-script...
The piece for today is Richard’s Plea by @plewellan.bsky.social 👏
www.fullhouseliterary.com/prose-script...
Richard’s Plea by Paul Lewellan — Full House Literary
www.fullhouseliterary.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
From each day up until mid December, the Featured Creator section of FH will feature a brand new piece! Exciting stuff.
The piece for today is Richard’s Plea by @plewellan.bsky.social 👏
www.fullhouseliterary.com/prose-script...
The piece for today is Richard’s Plea by @plewellan.bsky.social 👏
www.fullhouseliterary.com/prose-script...
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Thank you to all who made tonight’s first Book Bag Open Mic Session. Absolutely stellar poetry throughout with incredible support and encouragement 🙏.
@gillbarr.bsky.social
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@helenlaycock.bsky.social
@jahshabby.bsky.social
@markantonyowen.com
@victoriaspires.bsky.social
@gillbarr.bsky.social
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@helenlaycock.bsky.social
@jahshabby.bsky.social
@markantonyowen.com
@victoriaspires.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Thank you to all who made tonight’s first Book Bag Open Mic Session. Absolutely stellar poetry throughout with incredible support and encouragement 🙏.
@gillbarr.bsky.social
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@helenlaycock.bsky.social
@jahshabby.bsky.social
@markantonyowen.com
@victoriaspires.bsky.social
@gillbarr.bsky.social
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@helenlaycock.bsky.social
@jahshabby.bsky.social
@markantonyowen.com
@victoriaspires.bsky.social
Great issue ⬇️⬇️⬇️
NEW ISSUE 🥳
Please head over to our website to read some amazing work by a range of talented writers!
www.streetcakemagazine.com
#LitMags #WritingCommunity
Please head over to our website to read some amazing work by a range of talented writers!
www.streetcakemagazine.com
#LitMags #WritingCommunity
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Great issue ⬇️⬇️⬇️
I picked up these wonderful books a few weeks ago at the small publishers fair and can confirm @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social books are beautiful. Highly recommend supporting them ⬇️
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I picked up these wonderful books a few weeks ago at the small publishers fair and can confirm @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social books are beautiful. Highly recommend supporting them ⬇️
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Lovely Scribblers, you know we like to be positive, but naturally selling books is tough - indeed website sales for the last few months have been slim.
We keep almost 100% of the income when you buy direct - and we can therefore give more % to our authors too!
Check out www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
We keep almost 100% of the income when you buy direct - and we can therefore give more % to our authors too!
Check out www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Lovely Scribblers, you know we like to be positive, but naturally selling books is tough - indeed website sales for the last few months have been slim.
We keep almost 100% of the income when you buy direct - and we can therefore give more % to our authors too!
Check out www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
We keep almost 100% of the income when you buy direct - and we can therefore give more % to our authors too!
Check out www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
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It's issue day! A huge thank you to all the contributors for your amazing work ✨
The art on our cover was created by Kathy Bruce.
This issue is wonderful and I hope you enjoy checking it out: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue2-2025
The art on our cover was created by Kathy Bruce.
This issue is wonderful and I hope you enjoy checking it out: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue2-2025
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It's issue day! A huge thank you to all the contributors for your amazing work ✨
The art on our cover was created by Kathy Bruce.
This issue is wonderful and I hope you enjoy checking it out: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue2-2025
The art on our cover was created by Kathy Bruce.
This issue is wonderful and I hope you enjoy checking it out: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue2-2025
This looks amazing!
Here's the front + back of Issue 20, which is at the printer now + will be published on Nov 25th.
Running a independent print lit mag that doesn't rely on donations, grants, or fees is getting so much harder.
Please consider pre-ordering a copy. Just a tenner.
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Running a independent print lit mag that doesn't rely on donations, grants, or fees is getting so much harder.
Please consider pre-ordering a copy. Just a tenner.
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This looks amazing!
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Many thanks to @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for giving my poem "popcorn bowl" another chance at being read after Skink Beat Rev (where it 1st appeared) went defunct.
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Read it here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-2-2025...
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Read it here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-2-2025...
November 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Many thanks to @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for giving my poem "popcorn bowl" another chance at being read after Skink Beat Rev (where it 1st appeared) went defunct.
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Read it here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-2-2025...
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Read it here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-2-2025...
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Absolutely buzzing to be in this excellent issue 🤩
It's issue day! A huge thank you to all the contributors for your amazing work ✨
The art on our cover was created by Kathy Bruce.
This issue is wonderful and I hope you enjoy checking it out: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue2-2025
The art on our cover was created by Kathy Bruce.
This issue is wonderful and I hope you enjoy checking it out: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue2-2025
November 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Absolutely buzzing to be in this excellent issue 🤩
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Happy Publication Day @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social delighted to have a poem with you the day before I'm off on an adventure to start my residency at Skara Bibliotek! 🇸🇪https://www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-2-2025-online-pieces/phaeton-by-sarah-wallis
Phaeton by Sarah Wallis — Full House Literary
www.fullhouseliterary.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Happy Publication Day @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social delighted to have a poem with you the day before I'm off on an adventure to start my residency at Skara Bibliotek! 🇸🇪https://www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-2-2025-online-pieces/phaeton-by-sarah-wallis
New issue of FH out today!!! This has so much exciting and brilliant work in and was such a pleasure to put together ❤️
It's issue day! A huge thank you to all the contributors for your amazing work ✨
The art on our cover was created by Kathy Bruce.
This issue is wonderful and I hope you enjoy checking it out: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue2-2025
The art on our cover was created by Kathy Bruce.
This issue is wonderful and I hope you enjoy checking it out: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue2-2025
November 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New issue of FH out today!!! This has so much exciting and brilliant work in and was such a pleasure to put together ❤️
Had such a lovely day today at the @smallpublishers.bsky.social fair. Was lovely to have my little collection of spider stickers as part of the Royal Holloway table. I’ll be around tomorrow also! Book haul pending
October 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Had such a lovely day today at the @smallpublishers.bsky.social fair. Was lovely to have my little collection of spider stickers as part of the Royal Holloway table. I’ll be around tomorrow also! Book haul pending
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Wednesday is not a regular day for boosting.
Frazzled are departing from the norm. Join us, follow these top places!
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@fromoneline.bsky.social
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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@underbellypress.bsky.social
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@fullhouselitmag.bsky.social
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@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Wednesday is not a regular day for boosting.
Frazzled are departing from the norm. Join us, follow these top places!
@underbellypress.bsky.social
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@trashcatlit.bsky.social
@fullhouselitmag.bsky.social
@fromoneline.bsky.social
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
Frazzled are departing from the norm. Join us, follow these top places!
@underbellypress.bsky.social
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@trashcatlit.bsky.social
@fullhouselitmag.bsky.social
@fromoneline.bsky.social
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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It’s here. The Book Bag with @gillbarr.bsky.social collection A Wide River Divides Us published by Cinnamon Press
Plus news & opps including;
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
@eatthestorms.com
Plus news & opps including;
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
@eatthestorms.com
The Book Bag is here. This week we cross A Wide River Divides by Gill Barr, published by Cinnamon Press.
One of the top ten books I've read this year.
Read my thoughts here.
Also news, opps and the regular playlist.
One of the top ten books I've read this year.
Read my thoughts here.
Also news, opps and the regular playlist.
The Book Bag: A Wide River Divides Us By Gill Barr
Welcome back to The Book Bag. I hope you’ve had a poetic week. It’s been a productive week in the allotment with strawberry runners being planted, the fruit cage being finalised and the cold frame started. Things are taking shape. Last Sunday we went to Wallington, a National Trust property not far from Morpeth. It was a perfect day for a long autumn walk. We also got to take in the photography exhibition dotted throughout the East Wood. I may write an ekphrastic piece about one of the images. The below, I took on my phone.
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October 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It’s here. The Book Bag with @gillbarr.bsky.social collection A Wide River Divides Us published by Cinnamon Press
Plus news & opps including;
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
@eatthestorms.com
Plus news & opps including;
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
@eatthestorms.com
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Not every draft is final. Some are waiting for transformation. 🔄
Join Nikki Dudley to reinvent your poems in playful and surprising ways.
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Join Nikki Dudley to reinvent your poems in playful and surprising ways.
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October 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Not every draft is final. Some are waiting for transformation. 🔄
Join Nikki Dudley to reinvent your poems in playful and surprising ways.
Sign up: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit/30888...
Join Nikki Dudley to reinvent your poems in playful and surprising ways.
Sign up: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit/30888...
This is incredible! Such a celebration of some really exciting work. I’ve got a subscription and can’t wait for the next one 👏 @thepoetrykiosk.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is incredible! Such a celebration of some really exciting work. I’ve got a subscription and can’t wait for the next one 👏 @thepoetrykiosk.bsky.social
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As I look forward to 'Wastelands' @guillemotpress.bsky.social at @smallpublishers.bsky.social (reading at 12.30 Saturday 25th Oct), lovely to see the book making its way out to readers! (in this case, wonderful poet @leiabutler.bsky.social)
So excited so start reading this STUNNING book! Huge congrats @susiecampbell.bsky.social on your beautiful collection ❤️🎉
October 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
As I look forward to 'Wastelands' @guillemotpress.bsky.social at @smallpublishers.bsky.social (reading at 12.30 Saturday 25th Oct), lovely to see the book making its way out to readers! (in this case, wonderful poet @leiabutler.bsky.social)
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It’s here! The first issue of The Visual Poetry Times now lives in our shop and is up for grabs for £4 per copy. Inside you will find visual poems, reviews, writing prompts, poetry quizzes, interviews and more! www.thepoetrykiosk.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
It’s here! The first issue of The Visual Poetry Times now lives in our shop and is up for grabs for £4 per copy. Inside you will find visual poems, reviews, writing prompts, poetry quizzes, interviews and more! www.thepoetrykiosk.com
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You really should read Shouldn't We Dance? to experience male friendship, grief and love in a way you never have before. It's elegant, masterful and deserves a spot in your library and life.
Tip of the cap to author @donnacwrites.com for this tender novellette
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Tip of the cap to author @donnacwrites.com for this tender novellette
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
You really should read Shouldn't We Dance? to experience male friendship, grief and love in a way you never have before. It's elegant, masterful and deserves a spot in your library and life.
Tip of the cap to author @donnacwrites.com for this tender novellette
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Tip of the cap to author @donnacwrites.com for this tender novellette
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
So excited so start reading this STUNNING book! Huge congrats @susiecampbell.bsky.social on your beautiful collection ❤️🎉
October 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
So excited so start reading this STUNNING book! Huge congrats @susiecampbell.bsky.social on your beautiful collection ❤️🎉
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Excellent @leiabutler.bsky.social 👏👏👏
October 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Excellent @leiabutler.bsky.social 👏👏👏
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Love this piece. Something I find utterly engaging in Leia's work is her ability to use words like glob and wobble.
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Love this piece. Something I find utterly engaging in Leia's work is her ability to use words like glob and wobble.