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Rushika Wick
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Writer. Poet. Books - Afterlife as Trash (Verve 2021) Highly Commended in Forward prizes, Horse (Broken Sleep 2024).
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DJs Jimmy Two Shoes and Dr Aditi will provide some sweet tunes at our next MUSHAIRA — a night of poetry, music, and food 🎶

June 14 2025 7:30pm ‪@cafeotodalston.bsky.social

We’ll be joined by poets✨
@sarahali.bsky.social
@sabadilla15.bsky.social
@susanpoet.bsky.social
@rushikawick.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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the87press.bsky.social
Rushika Wick (@rushikawick.bsky.social) will be joining us at our next MUSHAIRA — a night of poetry, music, and food.

June 25 2025, 7:30pm ‪@cafeotodalston.bsky.social‬
Tickets at the link in bio!

DJs Jimmy Two Shoes & Dr Aditi will provide tunes, while Chef Yogi sells delicious Sri Lankan food ✨
May 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Sale at @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social - my pamphlet Vital Capacity now £5.25, and so much else to explore. Have just picked up recent work by @danielghinds.bsky.social & @rushikawick.bsky.social & Rhian Elizabeth 📚

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May 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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the87press.bsky.social
A special summer edition of MUSHAIRA — a night of poetry, music, and food.

We’ll be joined by poets
@sarahali.bsky.social
@sabadilla15.bsky.social
@susanpoet.bsky.social
@rushikawick.bsky.social

DJs Jimmy Two Shoes & Dr Aditi will provide tunes, while Chef Yogi sells delicious Sri Lankan food ✨
May 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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outspokenpress.bsky.social
💫 We’re delighted that Boiled Owls by @azad-ashim.bsky.social is shortlisted for the 2025 Jhalak Prize for Poetry 💫

❤️‍🔥 to see Gboyega Odubanjo’s Adam there, & alongside titles by @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social @rushikawick.bsky.social

🙏 to the judging panel & congrats to all the shortlisted poets
Jhalak Prize 2025 Poetry Shortlist Gboyega Odubanjo’s, Adam Azad Ashim Sharma, Boiled Owls Mimi Khalvati, Collected pOems Amaan Hydar, Self-Portrait with Family Rushika Wick, Horse Karen McCarthy Woolf, Top Doll
April 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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PREORDER (28.02.2025): Opening Line is a £3.99 poetry anthology built on the principle that access to the arts should not be a privilege. This anthology dismantles economic barriers that too often limit audiences from engaging with contemporary poetry.

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Book cover for Opening Line, edited by Aaron Kent. The background features a wavy, abstract pattern in orange and beige. The title 'OPENING LINE' is in large, bold black serif letters at the top. Below, in smaller serif font, it reads 'Edited by Aaron Kent.' A thin black horizontal line separates the title from the subtitle, which states, 'An affordable anthology of contemporary poetry' in an italic serif font. At the bottom, the publisher's name, 'Broken Sleep Books,' is displayed in black serif text, followed by another thin black horizontal line. The price, '£3.99,' is in black serif font at the bottom.
January 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
rushikawick.bsky.social
Excited for this curated by the super-talented and equally just lovely human being @hannahcopley.bsky.social
hannahcopley.bsky.social Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · Jan 20
This is going to be fantastic - so excited to be hosting @aanaxagorou.bsky.social @rushikawick.bsky.social Oluwaseun Olayiwola and Anita Pati at @thesohopoly.bsky.social on Thurs 6th Feb. Get your ticket 🎟️ ⬇️
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January 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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I’ve come up with a new quarterly event series called @writeback.bsky.social at the British Library.

The format is each writer presents for 20 min on a subject of their choice, then in the second half the writers interview each other. It’ll be hosted by @helenmort.bsky.social.
January 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Join us! Dark times, let’s be together and be lit by creation and community
January 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
rushikawick.bsky.social
How lovely! Thank you @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social
fullhouselitmag.bsky.social Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · Nov 30
What better way to come back than with Pushcart nominations woohoo. Best Microfiction to follow this post. A huge congrats to @noranadj.bsky.social, @zollizen.bsky.social, @michaelimossan.bsky.social, DC Restaino, @rushikawick.bsky.social and Ally Fowler! 🎉
Black background with faded confetti print. White text reads 'Pushcart nominations'. The pieces nominated are 'Two truths and a lie by Nora Nadjarian, One "am" in the Bathroom by Alina Zollfrank, How I Choose To Begin the Story by Michael Imossan, Everyone Becomes a Crab by DC Restaino, Mise en abyme by Rushika Wick and the pause between breaths by Ally Fowler'.
December 1, 2024 at 10:53 AM
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Horse is being shared tomorrow night 7 pm at Morocco Bound Books - there’s a film, music and guest readers - free, you are invited!
November 28, 2024 at 8:57 AM
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Congratulations to the winners of the #JamesBerryPoetryPrize 2024:

Clementine Ewokolo Burnley

Nadine El-Enany

Roshni Gallagher

All three will have their first full-length collections published by Bloodaxe in 2026. Find out more about the poets and the prize: bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
November 21, 2024 at 7:35 AM
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TRY TO FIND ME, the latest collection by Tessa Foley is available to order from LIVE CANON.

Read endorsements from Fran Lock & Glyn Maxwell if you need to be convinced!

Buy here now! www.livecanon.co.uk/store/produc...
November 19, 2024 at 12:09 PM