Sarah Persson
@sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social
Author 🐺 Poet. English teacher ♥️ Writing for pleasure. Folklore of Sweden 🇸🇪 and Wales. 🏴 Host of ‘First Draft’ at Bro Radio 📻 Co-founder of These3Streams arts festival ✍️ MA in creative writing from Swansea. www.sarahpersson.com
Great to have @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social at Poetry and pints on Sunday!!
Poet travels to the Old Swan Inn in Llantwit Major for a feature and Bardic Vintage bookshop on Sunday.
Thank you Sarah and Kath for making me feel so welcome. 💫 🏴
@sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social
Thank you Sarah and Kath for making me feel so welcome. 💫 🏴
@sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Great to have @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social at Poetry and pints on Sunday!!
I’m delighted too! Such an honour to be amongst such great writers!!
Delighted to reveal the shortlisted writers and poets in the New Welsh Writing Awards! The winners (announced on the 3/7) for both The Rheidol Prize & The Borzello Trust Poetry Prize will receive a development publishing contract with @parthianbooks.bsky.social!
newwelshreview.com/new-welsh-wr...
newwelshreview.com/new-welsh-wr...
April 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I’m delighted too! Such an honour to be amongst such great writers!!
One of the best things about festivals, is meeting other writers. Wanted to write about Louise’s visit to Wales with her ‘benching’ project. We met at Tranås Fringe last summer. nation.cymru/culture/swed...
Swedish poet visits Anglesey for Benching Project
Sarah Persson Swedish poet Louise Halvardsson visited Wales this February to continue with her poetry project ‘Benching’. Louise began the ‘Benching’ project to mark her 40th birthday as a protest aga...
nation.cymru
March 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
One of the best things about festivals, is meeting other writers. Wanted to write about Louise’s visit to Wales with her ‘benching’ project. We met at Tranås Fringe last summer. nation.cymru/culture/swed...
March 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
@marcellenewbold.bsky.social doing lots of great things!!
And here she is, fresh off the @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social press🔥
Read all the poems here: fullhouseliterary.com/issue1-2025
Read all the poems here: fullhouseliterary.com/issue1-2025
March 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
@marcellenewbold.bsky.social doing lots of great things!!
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This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Whisper It’ by @emilycotterill.bsky.social from her collection ‘Significant Wow’ www.serenbooks.com/2025/02/frid...
February 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Whisper It’ by @emilycotterill.bsky.social from her collection ‘Significant Wow’ www.serenbooks.com/2025/02/frid...
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Exciting news! A free-to-attend summer school in September in Oxford on fantasy with publishers, authors and experts, generously sponsored by Bloomsbury. All the details here:
fantasyliteratureschool.web.ox.ac.uk/home
fantasyliteratureschool.web.ox.ac.uk/home
Oxford–Bloomsbury Fantasy Summer School 2025
fantasyliteratureschool.web.ox.ac.uk
February 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Exciting news! A free-to-attend summer school in September in Oxford on fantasy with publishers, authors and experts, generously sponsored by Bloomsbury. All the details here:
fantasyliteratureschool.web.ox.ac.uk/home
fantasyliteratureschool.web.ox.ac.uk/home
So delighted to be in amongst such amazing writers in the new. Thank you @poetrywales.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
So delighted to be in amongst such amazing writers in the new. Thank you @poetrywales.bsky.social
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Take this week-long Digital Detox to unplug on a fully catered retreat led by a certified yoga practitioner and find space to disconnect from the online and reconnect with your writing in a tranquil, supportive, and safe environment.
Please share :)
Please share :)
Digital Detox Retreat: Reconnect with yourself and your writing - Canolfan Ysgrifennu Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre
tynewydd.wales
February 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Take this week-long Digital Detox to unplug on a fully catered retreat led by a certified yoga practitioner and find space to disconnect from the online and reconnect with your writing in a tranquil, supportive, and safe environment.
Please share :)
Please share :)
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new from @lucentdreaming.bsky.social ming
'Beyond/Tu Hwnt'
Anthology of Welsh Deaf and Disabled Writers
📖 sample to peek inside and share
www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...
'Beyond/Tu Hwnt'
Anthology of Welsh Deaf and Disabled Writers
📖 sample to peek inside and share
www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...
Sample of "Beyond/Tu Hwnt"
Peek inside this book and discover another great read.
www.jellybooks.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
new from @lucentdreaming.bsky.social ming
'Beyond/Tu Hwnt'
Anthology of Welsh Deaf and Disabled Writers
📖 sample to peek inside and share
www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...
'Beyond/Tu Hwnt'
Anthology of Welsh Deaf and Disabled Writers
📖 sample to peek inside and share
www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...
Handwritten note with @newwelshreview.bsky.social. What a totally lovely touch.
February 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Handwritten note with @newwelshreview.bsky.social. What a totally lovely touch.
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The Heroines Anthology is open for submissions of poems & short fiction on the theme of witches, witch trials, medicine women, mystics, herbalists, spells, enchantments, shapeshifters, familiars, covens, hags, crones and sabbats. Deadline June 2025
Please share :)
www.writingtheheroine.com
Please share :)
www.writingtheheroine.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Heroines Anthology is open for submissions of poems & short fiction on the theme of witches, witch trials, medicine women, mystics, herbalists, spells, enchantments, shapeshifters, familiars, covens, hags, crones and sabbats. Deadline June 2025
Please share :)
www.writingtheheroine.com
Please share :)
www.writingtheheroine.com
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The Open University/Institute of English Studies are delivering a series of 3 Seminars on Creative Writing and Neurodivergence
Tue 18 Feb 2025 to Tue 4 Mar 2025. The seminars are free, but booking is essential.
Details in the link.
Please share :)
Tue 18 Feb 2025 to Tue 4 Mar 2025. The seminars are free, but booking is essential.
Details in the link.
Please share :)
Contemporary Cultures of Writing
This seminar series looks at the ways in which neurodivergence intersects with creative writing, providing an opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and teachers to explore linkages, disconnects ...
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February 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Open University/Institute of English Studies are delivering a series of 3 Seminars on Creative Writing and Neurodivergence
Tue 18 Feb 2025 to Tue 4 Mar 2025. The seminars are free, but booking is essential.
Details in the link.
Please share :)
Tue 18 Feb 2025 to Tue 4 Mar 2025. The seminars are free, but booking is essential.
Details in the link.
Please share :)
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The beautiful London Library offers emerging writers one year’s free membership including masterclasses, networking opportunities, peer support, access to all the Library’s resources and publication in an anthology. Details below.
Please share :)
www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/ll-...
Please share :)
www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/ll-...
February 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The beautiful London Library offers emerging writers one year’s free membership including masterclasses, networking opportunities, peer support, access to all the Library’s resources and publication in an anthology. Details below.
Please share :)
www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/ll-...
Please share :)
www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/ll-...
Beginning to research Welsh standing stones, and stone circles for a collaboration project with some fantastic artists. Makes my brain very excited!
February 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Beginning to research Welsh standing stones, and stone circles for a collaboration project with some fantastic artists. Makes my brain very excited!
This is the loveliest of books. Welsh and English versions of each story, and gorgeous, bright, inviting illustrations. Great for schools!
The Mab is now out in paperback - available instore or online
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The Mab
Eleven stories from the Welsh classic The Mabinogion, being some of the oldest stories ever written down, retold by contemporary authors, in a beautifully illustrated dual language edition. The Mab is...
storyvillebooks.myshopify.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This is the loveliest of books. Welsh and English versions of each story, and gorgeous, bright, inviting illustrations. Great for schools!
Thanks to @mslexia.bsky.social for their ‘Agent Extravaganza’!!
February 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Thanks to @mslexia.bsky.social for their ‘Agent Extravaganza’!!
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Two weeks left to enter your poems to the @poetrywales.bsky.social Award 2025. Worldwide submissions are open until 17 February 2025.
poetrywales.co.uk/award/?fbcli...
poetrywales.co.uk/award/?fbcli...
February 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Two weeks left to enter your poems to the @poetrywales.bsky.social Award 2025. Worldwide submissions are open until 17 February 2025.
poetrywales.co.uk/award/?fbcli...
poetrywales.co.uk/award/?fbcli...
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social lift to the sky is @marcellenewbold.bsky.social - great poet and also supportive of the poetry community.
A new poem from me, published today by @atriumpoetry.bsky.social, many thanks to the lovely @clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social and @hollyannepoet.bsky.social. Love to all those missing someone/home during this festive season 🕯️
Instructions for coming home – Marcelle Newbold @marcellenewbold.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
@brokenspinearts.bsky.social lift to the sky is @marcellenewbold.bsky.social - great poet and also supportive of the poetry community.
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In person tickets for @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social are now live. Thanks to @annasaund.bsky.social & team for organising another great programme. I'm on Sat 17th May with Barry Hollow and Shakquille. Tickets for all events here:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampoetryfestival?eventref=May25
February 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In person tickets for @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social are now live. Thanks to @annasaund.bsky.social & team for organising another great programme. I'm on Sat 17th May with Barry Hollow and Shakquille. Tickets for all events here:https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampoetryfestival?eventref=May25
Reading lots of pitches @mslexia.bsky.social YA/ children’s agent event, and I’ve learnt loads! Will be redrafting mine as a result.. and changing the title of the book. I didn’t realise what I’d be drawn to. Great event. Good luck everyone for tomorrow when the agents come looking.
February 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Reading lots of pitches @mslexia.bsky.social YA/ children’s agent event, and I’ve learnt loads! Will be redrafting mine as a result.. and changing the title of the book. I didn’t realise what I’d be drawn to. Great event. Good luck everyone for tomorrow when the agents come looking.
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To reflect changes to AQA GCSE English Lang P2 for 2026 onwards, here’s a folder of 10 specimen papers. Help yourself and please re-post to reach a wider audience. Thanks 😊 #teamenglish
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/egpxh...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/egpxh...
Dropbox
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January 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
To reflect changes to AQA GCSE English Lang P2 for 2026 onwards, here’s a folder of 10 specimen papers. Help yourself and please re-post to reach a wider audience. Thanks 😊 #teamenglish
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/egpxh...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/egpxh...
Writing for pleasure for KS3: write about your favourite thing and bring it to life with sounds- alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance, rhythm. Write something you couldn’t have written last year.
February 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Writing for pleasure for KS3: write about your favourite thing and bring it to life with sounds- alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance, rhythm. Write something you couldn’t have written last year.