Shash Trevett
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
Poet & Tr | ‘The Naming of Names’ (Smith|Doorstop 2024) | ‘Out of Sri Lanka’ (Bloodaxe 2023)| Ledbury Critic | Trustee Modern Poetry in Translation
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Great reviews in the Poetry Book Society Autumn Bulletin of @poetclare.bsky.social's sixth collection Lives of the Female Poets and @jesstraynor.bsky.social's fourth collection #NewArcana, both out this month from Bloodaxe.
Many thanks to reviewers @shashtrevett.bsky.social and Nasim Rebecca Asl.
Many thanks to reviewers @shashtrevett.bsky.social and Nasim Rebecca Asl.
September 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Great reviews in the Poetry Book Society Autumn Bulletin of @poetclare.bsky.social's sixth collection Lives of the Female Poets and @jesstraynor.bsky.social's fourth collection #NewArcana, both out this month from Bloodaxe.
Many thanks to reviewers @shashtrevett.bsky.social and Nasim Rebecca Asl.
Many thanks to reviewers @shashtrevett.bsky.social and Nasim Rebecca Asl.
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In honour of her recent Walcott Prize shortlisting, we've re-published Shash Trevett reading her amazing poem 'These Were Their Names' on the Poetry Bites podcast:
open.spotify.com/episode/5j2J...
Next week hear a poem from Alan Payne, who is also on the shortlist!
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/5j2J...
Next week hear a poem from Alan Payne, who is also on the shortlist!
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In honour of her recent Walcott Prize shortlisting, we've re-published Shash Trevett reading her amazing poem 'These Were Their Names' on the Poetry Bites podcast:
open.spotify.com/episode/5j2J...
Next week hear a poem from Alan Payne, who is also on the shortlist!
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/5j2J...
Next week hear a poem from Alan Payne, who is also on the shortlist!
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
So thrilled to be on this long list. Thank you @englishassociation.bsky.social and judges and congratulations to all the wonderful poets on this list 🙏🏽💖🙏🏽
We are delighted to announce the longlist for our Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp...
@carcanet.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social
@carcanet.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
So thrilled to be on this long list. Thank you @englishassociation.bsky.social and judges and congratulations to all the wonderful poets on this list 🙏🏽💖🙏🏽
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More lovely Shash Trevett news! Shash's debut collection The Naming of Names is on the longlist for the 2025 Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize!
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August 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
More lovely Shash Trevett news! Shash's debut collection The Naming of Names is on the longlist for the 2025 Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize!
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@shashtrevett.bsky.social
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@shashtrevett.bsky.social
Excavation of a mass grave at Chemmani in Sri Lanka.
Phase 2, Day 17
A total of 80 skeletons have now been unearthed, including those of children, school bags buried alongside their bodies.
x.com/kumanan93/st...
Phase 2, Day 17
A total of 80 skeletons have now been unearthed, including those of children, school bags buried alongside their bodies.
x.com/kumanan93/st...
Kumanan on X: "Chemmani Mass Grave Excavation – Phase 2, Day 17 A total of 8 more human skeletons were identified today at the Chemmani mass grave site. Among the remains, 6 to 7 are suspected to belong to children and infants. A feeding bottle and several pieces of clothing were also https://t.co/W0a5n2wqWC" / X
Chemmani Mass Grave Excavation – Phase 2, Day 17 A total of 8 more human skeletons were identified today at the Chemmani mass grave site. Among the remains, 6 to 7 are suspected to belong to children and infants. A feeding bottle and several pieces of clothing were also https://t.co/W0a5n2wqWC
x.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Excavation of a mass grave at Chemmani in Sri Lanka.
Phase 2, Day 17
A total of 80 skeletons have now been unearthed, including those of children, school bags buried alongside their bodies.
x.com/kumanan93/st...
Phase 2, Day 17
A total of 80 skeletons have now been unearthed, including those of children, school bags buried alongside their bodies.
x.com/kumanan93/st...
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As a storyteller and translator, Trevett demonstrates a remarkable ability to choose her words with precision, ensuring that each one serves the larger purpose of the poem
– Thembe Mvula, Poetry London
poetrylondon.co.uk/they-were-he...
@poetrylondon.bsky.social
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
– Thembe Mvula, Poetry London
poetrylondon.co.uk/they-were-he...
@poetrylondon.bsky.social
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
As a storyteller and translator, Trevett demonstrates a remarkable ability to choose her words with precision, ensuring that each one serves the larger purpose of the poem
– Thembe Mvula, Poetry London
poetrylondon.co.uk/they-were-he...
@poetrylondon.bsky.social
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
– Thembe Mvula, Poetry London
poetrylondon.co.uk/they-were-he...
@poetrylondon.bsky.social
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
As an excavation of a mass grave in the North of Sri Lanka continues, here is an update from a journalist at the scene. #warcrimes #TamilLives
x.com/kumanan93/st...
x.com/kumanan93/st...
Kumanan on X: "Chemmani Mass Grave Excavation – Phase 2, Day 12 As of today, a total of 52 human skeletons have been identified, with 47 fully exhumed. Excavation continues, and several more skeletons were located today. Clothing and other items were also identified from the grave. https://t.co/Smatw1CW3h" / X
Chemmani Mass Grave Excavation – Phase 2, Day 12 As of today, a total of 52 human skeletons have been identified, with 47 fully exhumed. Excavation continues, and several more skeletons were located today. Clothing and other items were also identified from the grave. https://t.co/Smatw1CW3h
x.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
As an excavation of a mass grave in the North of Sri Lanka continues, here is an update from a journalist at the scene. #warcrimes #TamilLives
x.com/kumanan93/st...
x.com/kumanan93/st...
Only one place remaining. Workshop - this morning - 11am. I have a lovely set of exercises. Come join us to have some fun with words!
The wonderful poet and translator Shash Trevett joins us again next week for an online workshop on 'Making the Ordinary Extraordinary'
The Archive of the Mundane: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
Wednesday 4 June, 11am
www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo...
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
The Archive of the Mundane: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
Wednesday 4 June, 11am
www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo...
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Only one place remaining. Workshop - this morning - 11am. I have a lovely set of exercises. Come join us to have some fun with words!
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Really enjoyed attending the launch of Ilisha Thiru Purcell's @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social pamphlet What She Said at Northern Stage this weekend. A clever combination of forms from Tamil poetry and north east landscapes. Great to hear @shashtrevett.bsky.social read her work too!
June 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Really enjoyed attending the launch of Ilisha Thiru Purcell's @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social pamphlet What She Said at Northern Stage this weekend. A clever combination of forms from Tamil poetry and north east landscapes. Great to hear @shashtrevett.bsky.social read her work too!
Had a wonderful morning recording my poems for @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social with the lovely #PaulBaily at Re:Sound Studios resounduk.co.uk Paul was amazing and so good at what he does. I am thrilled to have my poems recorded: thank you Paul and The Poetry Archive 🙏🏽🙏🏽 @poetrybusiness.bsky.social
Re:Sound - music production - Re:Sound UK
Re:Sound music production company. The founder, Paul Baily, graduated in Music at both Newcastle and Durham - 15 years as Abbey Road sound engineer
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May 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Had a wonderful morning recording my poems for @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social with the lovely #PaulBaily at Re:Sound Studios resounduk.co.uk Paul was amazing and so good at what he does. I am thrilled to have my poems recorded: thank you Paul and The Poetry Archive 🙏🏽🙏🏽 @poetrybusiness.bsky.social
So looking forward to leading this workshop next week. The @poetrybusiness.bsky.social runs so many fantastic workshops at affordable prices. Please check them out 🌺
The wonderful poet and translator Shash Trevett joins us again next week for an online workshop on 'Making the Ordinary Extraordinary'
The Archive of the Mundane: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
Wednesday 4 June, 11am
www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo...
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
The Archive of the Mundane: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
Wednesday 4 June, 11am
www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo...
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So looking forward to leading this workshop next week. The @poetrybusiness.bsky.social runs so many fantastic workshops at affordable prices. Please check them out 🌺
Remembering today the immense loss of civilian life at the end of the 26 year civil war in Sri Lanka. By the shores of Nanthikadal Lagoon our dreams came to rot. My poem of Remembrance from ‘The Naming of Names’ (2024 #poetrybusiness) #May18 #TamilLives. There can be no end to the grief.
May 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Remembering today the immense loss of civilian life at the end of the 26 year civil war in Sri Lanka. By the shores of Nanthikadal Lagoon our dreams came to rot. My poem of Remembrance from ‘The Naming of Names’ (2024 #poetrybusiness) #May18 #TamilLives. There can be no end to the grief.
So looking forward to reading alongside the wonderful #YusifMQasmiyeh at Ledbury in June!
Very excited for Shash Trevett, Freya Bantiff and Sarah Wimbush to be at this year's Ledbury Poetry Festival!
Head to the Ledbury Poetry website for more details and ticket booking: ledburypoetry.org.uk/home/whats-on/
@sarahwimbush.bsky.social
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
Head to the Ledbury Poetry website for more details and ticket booking: ledburypoetry.org.uk/home/whats-on/
@sarahwimbush.bsky.social
@shashtrevett.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
So looking forward to reading alongside the wonderful #YusifMQasmiyeh at Ledbury in June!
I’m so looking forward to attending (where pos) and reading alongside #YusifQasmiyeh & #AnthonyVahniCapildeo at this conference on Displacement, organised by the Univs of Hyderabad, Dartmouth & UCL. It’s Hybrid - with amazing panelists. Please join in if you can.
April 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I’m so looking forward to attending (where pos) and reading alongside #YusifQasmiyeh & #AnthonyVahniCapildeo at this conference on Displacement, organised by the Univs of Hyderabad, Dartmouth & UCL. It’s Hybrid - with amazing panelists. Please join in if you can.
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Here's a precise and perceptive review of upcoming Life expectancy begins to fall by @tomsastry.bsky.social
Thank you @shashtrevett.bsky.social and PBS
Find out more: buff.ly/Hy4ZiMM
Line up your copy of Tom's book: buff.ly/7yYecNI
Thank you @shashtrevett.bsky.social and PBS
Find out more: buff.ly/Hy4ZiMM
Line up your copy of Tom's book: buff.ly/7yYecNI
March 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Here's a precise and perceptive review of upcoming Life expectancy begins to fall by @tomsastry.bsky.social
Thank you @shashtrevett.bsky.social and PBS
Find out more: buff.ly/Hy4ZiMM
Line up your copy of Tom's book: buff.ly/7yYecNI
Thank you @shashtrevett.bsky.social and PBS
Find out more: buff.ly/Hy4ZiMM
Line up your copy of Tom's book: buff.ly/7yYecNI
For International Mother Language Day, it’s lovely to see this again from the @mptmagazine.bsky.social archive. Thank you! @poetrybusiness.bsky.social
@shashtrevett.bsky.social writes, ‘I have used both English and Tamil when writing about this case of glottophagy (or ‘linguicide’)
It seems inconceivable when writing about the threatened loss of my mother tongue, not to draw on the beauty of its cadences.'
Read the full poem: rb.gy/r72v3f
It seems inconceivable when writing about the threatened loss of my mother tongue, not to draw on the beauty of its cadences.'
Read the full poem: rb.gy/r72v3f
February 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
For International Mother Language Day, it’s lovely to see this again from the @mptmagazine.bsky.social archive. Thank you! @poetrybusiness.bsky.social
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I am proud to join over 350 rabbis and cantors, plus a long list (and growing) of Jewish creatives to sign on to an ad in the @nytimes.com crying out against the president’s (ימ"ש) call for the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza.
#SayNoToEthnicCleansing #GazaIsNotForSale
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#SayNoToEthnicCleansing #GazaIsNotForSale
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February 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I am proud to join over 350 rabbis and cantors, plus a long list (and growing) of Jewish creatives to sign on to an ad in the @nytimes.com crying out against the president’s (ימ"ש) call for the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza.
#SayNoToEthnicCleansing #GazaIsNotForSale
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#SayNoToEthnicCleansing #GazaIsNotForSale
1/
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#BREAKING All five artistic teams shortlisted for the 61st Venice Biennale have released a joint statement in support of winning duo Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino who were dumped by Creative Australia following media and political pressure.
The group calls for them to be reinstated.
The group calls for them to be reinstated.
February 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
#BREAKING All five artistic teams shortlisted for the 61st Venice Biennale have released a joint statement in support of winning duo Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino who were dumped by Creative Australia following media and political pressure.
The group calls for them to be reinstated.
The group calls for them to be reinstated.
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Ghosts do not come to gulp blood in the battlefields of our era, nor demons to consume flesh.
The ghosts and demons that consume us from afar have faces like yours and mine.
S. Sivasegaram, one of many poets I discovered in @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social extraordinary collection Out of Sri Lanka
The ghosts and demons that consume us from afar have faces like yours and mine.
S. Sivasegaram, one of many poets I discovered in @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social extraordinary collection Out of Sri Lanka
February 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Ghosts do not come to gulp blood in the battlefields of our era, nor demons to consume flesh.
The ghosts and demons that consume us from afar have faces like yours and mine.
S. Sivasegaram, one of many poets I discovered in @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social extraordinary collection Out of Sri Lanka
The ghosts and demons that consume us from afar have faces like yours and mine.
S. Sivasegaram, one of many poets I discovered in @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social extraordinary collection Out of Sri Lanka
Ghosts do not come to gulp blood in the battlefields of our era, nor demons to consume flesh.
The ghosts and demons that consume us from afar have faces like yours and mine.
S. Sivasegaram, one of many poets I discovered in @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social extraordinary collection Out of Sri Lanka
The ghosts and demons that consume us from afar have faces like yours and mine.
S. Sivasegaram, one of many poets I discovered in @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social extraordinary collection Out of Sri Lanka
February 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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One of the world’s greatest book stores - I learned so much from Ahmed & Mahmoud & many of my books (which I couldn’t find in the US) are from their shop. Please amplify- telling Palestinian stories, esp from Palestinian perspectives, is one of the greatest threats to the Zionist entity.
Reports on the seizure of books at Educational Bookshop & arrest of owner Mahmoud Muna and his nephew Ahmed Muna for "disturbing public order".
“They took every book that had the Palestinian flag on it":
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
“They took every book that had the Palestinian flag on it":
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
February 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
One of the world’s greatest book stores - I learned so much from Ahmed & Mahmoud & many of my books (which I couldn’t find in the US) are from their shop. Please amplify- telling Palestinian stories, esp from Palestinian perspectives, is one of the greatest threats to the Zionist entity.
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We are alarmed and shocked by the arrest and detainment of our author and colleague Mahmoud Muna, along with his nephew Ahmad Muna, owners and booksellers of Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop.
Please share our statement below widely.
Please share our statement below widely.
February 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We are alarmed and shocked by the arrest and detainment of our author and colleague Mahmoud Muna, along with his nephew Ahmad Muna, owners and booksellers of Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop.
Please share our statement below widely.
Please share our statement below widely.
youtu.be/kxTyV_cBz7o Absolutely glorious.
Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Official Audio)
YouTube video by BessieSmithVEVO
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February 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
youtu.be/kxTyV_cBz7o Absolutely glorious.
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We are now accepting submissions for The North 71 until the end of February! You can send us up to 6 poems for consideration via the form on our website.
More details: poetrybusiness.co.uk/about-the-po...
More details: poetrybusiness.co.uk/about-the-po...
February 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
We are now accepting submissions for The North 71 until the end of February! You can send us up to 6 poems for consideration via the form on our website.
More details: poetrybusiness.co.uk/about-the-po...
More details: poetrybusiness.co.uk/about-the-po...