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Join me for our upcoming close reading sessions with @litcamb.bsky.social 2-4pm GMT on Sundays via Zoom. This winter we'll be repeating our sold out Keats class, looking at winter poetry and getting to grips with all those dashes in Emily Dickinson's miniatures:
mariahwhelan.com/2025/11/03/w...
mariahwhelan.com/2025/11/03/w...
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Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
Join me for our upcoming close reading sessions with @litcamb.bsky.social 2-4pm GMT on Sundays via Zoom. This winter we'll be repeating our sold out Keats class, looking at winter poetry and getting to grips with all those dashes in Emily Dickinson's miniatures:
mariahwhelan.com/2025/11/03/w...
mariahwhelan.com/2025/11/03/w...
November 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Join me for our upcoming close reading sessions with @litcamb.bsky.social 2-4pm GMT on Sundays via Zoom. This winter we'll be repeating our sold out Keats class, looking at winter poetry and getting to grips with all those dashes in Emily Dickinson's miniatures:
mariahwhelan.com/2025/11/03/w...
mariahwhelan.com/2025/11/03/w...
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Bodleian Library, Sassoon Visiting Fellowship in South Asian and Black History for the 2026-2027 academic year.
It's a great scheme, with a deadline of 28 November 2025. Check it and Bodley's other visiting fellowships out here.
It's a great scheme, with a deadline of 28 November 2025. Check it and Bodley's other visiting fellowships out here.
Bodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Bodleian Library, Sassoon Visiting Fellowship in South Asian and Black History for the 2026-2027 academic year.
It's a great scheme, with a deadline of 28 November 2025. Check it and Bodley's other visiting fellowships out here.
It's a great scheme, with a deadline of 28 November 2025. Check it and Bodley's other visiting fellowships out here.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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October 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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St. Thomas Aquinas argued that poets and philosophers “are alike in being big with wonder.” Lucille Clifton remarked that “poems come out of wonder, not out of knowing.”
Part of what drives us to the page as poets is the pleasure of capturing in language what seems bent on eluding it.
Part of what drives us to the page as poets is the pleasure of capturing in language what seems bent on eluding it.
July 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
St. Thomas Aquinas argued that poets and philosophers “are alike in being big with wonder.” Lucille Clifton remarked that “poems come out of wonder, not out of knowing.”
Part of what drives us to the page as poets is the pleasure of capturing in language what seems bent on eluding it.
Part of what drives us to the page as poets is the pleasure of capturing in language what seems bent on eluding it.
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It seems that the only relief I can find from the current political nightmare is to post rude songs from #18thc children's books & let my Bluesky friends make the applications as they choose.
Not just sure this one, also from Tommy Thumb's Pretty Songbook, will get past the moderators, but I'll try:
Not just sure this one, also from Tommy Thumb's Pretty Songbook, will get past the moderators, but I'll try:
June 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It seems that the only relief I can find from the current political nightmare is to post rude songs from #18thc children's books & let my Bluesky friends make the applications as they choose.
Not just sure this one, also from Tommy Thumb's Pretty Songbook, will get past the moderators, but I'll try:
Not just sure this one, also from Tommy Thumb's Pretty Songbook, will get past the moderators, but I'll try:
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🌟🥳 Meet our new Fellows, nominated by their peers, they represent excellence in the teaching & learning of English, & have an active role in the EA’s mission. Stay tuned over this week, to find out the distinguished scholars & teachers awarded Fellowships this year! Here are some of them ⬇️🌟🥳
June 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🌟🥳 Meet our new Fellows, nominated by their peers, they represent excellence in the teaching & learning of English, & have an active role in the EA’s mission. Stay tuned over this week, to find out the distinguished scholars & teachers awarded Fellowships this year! Here are some of them ⬇️🌟🥳
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Happy National Writing Day! Today is a day dedicated to celebrating the power of writing creatively ✍️ This year's theme is #ShareYourVoice, check out @firststory.bsky.social for great resources to get people started with writing: firststory.org.uk/writeday/ #NationalWritingDay
June 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Happy National Writing Day! Today is a day dedicated to celebrating the power of writing creatively ✍️ This year's theme is #ShareYourVoice, check out @firststory.bsky.social for great resources to get people started with writing: firststory.org.uk/writeday/ #NationalWritingDay
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We're opening up submissions for translations in June and July! And we've even got a snazzy new email for you to send
'em to: translations@atlengthmag.com.
Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work!
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
'em to: translations@atlengthmag.com.
Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work!
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
Submissions
atlengthmag.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We're opening up submissions for translations in June and July! And we've even got a snazzy new email for you to send
'em to: translations@atlengthmag.com.
Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work!
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
'em to: translations@atlengthmag.com.
Submission guidelines below. @affisher.bsky.social is excited to read your work!
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
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On the topic of digital mags and hearing poets read their own work, did you know @BathMagg's @MWhelanWriter was part of the inaugural wave of @iambapoet back in February 2020? You can check out her contribution here.
http://iambapoet.com/mariah-whelan
http://iambapoet.com/mariah-whelan
Mariah Whelan | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Mariah Whelan read three poems at iamb.
iambapoet.com
December 11, 2024 at 2:16 PM
On the topic of digital mags and hearing poets read their own work, did you know @BathMagg's @MWhelanWriter was part of the inaugural wave of @iambapoet back in February 2020? You can check out her contribution here.
http://iambapoet.com/mariah-whelan
http://iambapoet.com/mariah-whelan
Can't believe it's been 8 years. Thinking of all those who lost their lives x
Eight years on, we remember. St Ann’s Square became a sea of flowers. Mariah Whelan / @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social walks the edges of grief and remembrance, where language falters and petals speak.
Read here
inksweatandtears.co.uk/mariah-whelan/
#ManchesterBombing #InkSweatandTears #PoetryCommunity
Read here
inksweatandtears.co.uk/mariah-whelan/
#ManchesterBombing #InkSweatandTears #PoetryCommunity
May 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Can't believe it's been 8 years. Thinking of all those who lost their lives x
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“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
~The Great Gatsby
~The Great Gatsby
April 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
~The Great Gatsby
~The Great Gatsby
A poetry giveaway from Poetry By Heart! Re-tweets appreciated, pals. We've got x2 sets of the latest titles from the fab @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social to giveaway :)
Thanks to our friends at Macmillan, we have two sets of the next two titles in The Poetry Pharmacy series, Wild Remedy and Becoming, to give away. Drop us an email to info[at]poetrybyheart[dot]org[dot]uk by 5pm Friday 4th April to be entered into the draw.
April 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A poetry giveaway from Poetry By Heart! Re-tweets appreciated, pals. We've got x2 sets of the latest titles from the fab @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social to giveaway :)
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Come on, folks--I know a lot of you believe in restoring the A Level in Creative Writing in England--sign and share now!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@poetrysociety.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @kitdewaal.bsky.social
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@poetrysociety.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @kitdewaal.bsky.social
Let's Bring Back the Creative Writing A Level!
If you support bringing back the Creative Writing A Level, please complete the form. Any questions, please contact Dr Carrie Etter at carrie.etter@bristol.ac.uk. Let's go!
docs.google.com
March 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Come on, folks--I know a lot of you believe in restoring the A Level in Creative Writing in England--sign and share now!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@poetrysociety.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @kitdewaal.bsky.social
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@poetrysociety.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @kitdewaal.bsky.social
It's #GCSE revision time! I wrote an article about how you can use the Poetry By Heart website to support your #EnglishLiterature students with oodles of free resources.
RTs appreciated to spread the word :)
RTs appreciated to spread the word :)
Do you teach #GCSE English Literature? The #PoetryByHeart website timeline anthology is dedicated to GCSE poems. Here Poetry Editor @mwhelanwrites.bsky.social explains how it can support your teaching practice and your students’ learning. #EduSky #Poetry #English
poetrybyheart.org.uk/news/poetry-...
poetrybyheart.org.uk/news/poetry-...
March 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
It's #GCSE revision time! I wrote an article about how you can use the Poetry By Heart website to support your #EnglishLiterature students with oodles of free resources.
RTs appreciated to spread the word :)
RTs appreciated to spread the word :)
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Got a spare moment on your lunch break? What better way to spend it than by telling the Government to respect the rights of creators.
Submit a response to their AI and copyright consultation. It doesn't need to take long. Guidance below 👇
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
Submit a response to their AI and copyright consultation. It doesn't need to take long. Guidance below 👇
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
Your rights are under threat from AI. It’s time to have your say!
The Government recently launched a consultation on AI and copyright. Now is the time to have your say and make sure that legislators hear the concerns of creators.
www.alcs.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Got a spare moment on your lunch break? What better way to spend it than by telling the Government to respect the rights of creators.
Submit a response to their AI and copyright consultation. It doesn't need to take long. Guidance below 👇
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
Submit a response to their AI and copyright consultation. It doesn't need to take long. Guidance below 👇
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
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Two steps back to yourself with poetry
1. Get comfortable.
2. Click this link: https://buff.ly/4gk8X2c
#poetrypause #mindfulmondays
1. Get comfortable.
2. Click this link: https://buff.ly/4gk8X2c
#poetrypause #mindfulmondays
February 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Two steps back to yourself with poetry
1. Get comfortable.
2. Click this link: https://buff.ly/4gk8X2c
#poetrypause #mindfulmondays
1. Get comfortable.
2. Click this link: https://buff.ly/4gk8X2c
#poetrypause #mindfulmondays
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Happy Monday! Happy NEW #PoetryByHeart Poem of the Week! Explore 'Answer to a child's question' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge then use our activities to lift the poem off the page so that it can be spoken, heard & enjoyed. #EduSky #Poetry
https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/answer-to-a-childs-question
https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/answer-to-a-childs-question
February 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Happy Monday! Happy NEW #PoetryByHeart Poem of the Week! Explore 'Answer to a child's question' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge then use our activities to lift the poem off the page so that it can be spoken, heard & enjoyed. #EduSky #Poetry
https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/answer-to-a-childs-question
https://poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/answer-to-a-childs-question
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Poet in Residence wanted for the National Memorial Arboretum for two years to use the Arboretum's landscape and memorials for a series of original poems to share stories with brand new audiences. Details in link.
Please share :)
www.thenma.org.uk/about-us/wor...
Please share :)
www.thenma.org.uk/about-us/wor...
Work at the Arboretum | About Us | National Memorial Arboretum
There are lots of ways to get involved with the National Memorial Arboretum, from volunteer roles to paid positions.
www.thenma.org.uk
February 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Poet in Residence wanted for the National Memorial Arboretum for two years to use the Arboretum's landscape and memorials for a series of original poems to share stories with brand new audiences. Details in link.
Please share :)
www.thenma.org.uk/about-us/wor...
Please share :)
www.thenma.org.uk/about-us/wor...
The looks of J O Y on these pupils' faces 😍
If you're an English teacher, don't miss this report by teacher Gareth Ellis on 'Poetry By Heart: Beat by Beat', the regional celebration of #Poetry hosted by Whitley Bay High School for local schools & with poet Lewis Buxton #EduSky
poetrybyheart.org.uk/news/beat-by...
poetrybyheart.org.uk/news/beat-by...
February 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The looks of J O Y on these pupils' faces 😍
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Want to know why #Poetry is so bloomin' good? Listen to Whitley Bay High School's very own Gareth Ellis chatting to Anna Foster (2hrs 40 mins in) about why poetry is in our DNA and why he loves #PoetryByHeart - with shout outs to Tennyson, Elizabeth Bishop & Kate Fox ❤️
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Anna Foster - 17/02/2025 - BBC Sounds
Stories, Music, Life, including Time Of Our Lives from 1pm to 2pm with Anna.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Want to know why #Poetry is so bloomin' good? Listen to Whitley Bay High School's very own Gareth Ellis chatting to Anna Foster (2hrs 40 mins in) about why poetry is in our DNA and why he loves #PoetryByHeart - with shout outs to Tennyson, Elizabeth Bishop & Kate Fox ❤️
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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I wrote an article about judging the splendid Caterpillar Prize for children’s poetry (by adults) this year. Have a look – and send me your poems! ✨🐛🌱
childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/02/13/k...
@cpsummit.bsky.social
childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/02/13/k...
@cpsummit.bsky.social
Kate Wakeling: Send Me Your Poems! (Thoughts on Judging the Caterpillar Prize)
I confess I made a strange noise when I opened the email from Rebecca at the Caterpillar Prize, asking if I might judge this year’s competition. It’s such a good prize! So many poets I admire have …
childrenspoetrysummit.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I wrote an article about judging the splendid Caterpillar Prize for children’s poetry (by adults) this year. Have a look – and send me your poems! ✨🐛🌱
childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/02/13/k...
@cpsummit.bsky.social
childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/02/13/k...
@cpsummit.bsky.social
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What I love about love is its diagnosis
What I hate about love is its prognosis
Sharing our February poem choices again today for obvious reasons. Here's Love's Dog by JenHadfield thanks @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social ❤️#ValentinesDay poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/love-s...
What I hate about love is its prognosis
Sharing our February poem choices again today for obvious reasons. Here's Love's Dog by JenHadfield thanks @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social ❤️#ValentinesDay poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/love-s...
February 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
What I love about love is its diagnosis
What I hate about love is its prognosis
Sharing our February poem choices again today for obvious reasons. Here's Love's Dog by JenHadfield thanks @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social ❤️#ValentinesDay poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/love-s...
What I hate about love is its prognosis
Sharing our February poem choices again today for obvious reasons. Here's Love's Dog by JenHadfield thanks @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social ❤️#ValentinesDay poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/love-s...