Tyne & Esk Writers
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Tyne and Esk Writers is an organisation that champions creative writing in groups across Midlothian and East Lothian.
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Are you a writer based in East or Mid Lothian? #TyneandEskWriters have writing groups #onyourdoorstep in Dalkeith, Dunbar, Haddington, Musselburgh, North Berwick, Penicuik and a Poetry Group. Interested? Find out more here -
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Are you interested in writing in Scots? We’re holding a workshop on 15 November- details in the original post.
Sign up still open!
Sign up still open!
"Dinnae be feart!" - Tyne & Esk Writers Workshop
Are you interested in writing in Scots but not sure where to start? Come and have fun building your confidence in writing, and speaking Scots
Free to Tyne & Esk members, £5 for non members.
Details here - tyneandeskwriters.org.uk/sign-up-for-...
Are you interested in writing in Scots but not sure where to start? Come and have fun building your confidence in writing, and speaking Scots
Free to Tyne & Esk members, £5 for non members.
Details here - tyneandeskwriters.org.uk/sign-up-for-...
Sign up for our writing in Scots workshop, 15 November 2025 - Tyne & Esk Writers
Find out about our ‘Dinnae be feart!’ workshop, who will be running it, when and where it will be, and how to sign up. What […]
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November 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Are you interested in writing in Scots? We’re holding a workshop on 15 November- details in the original post.
Sign up still open!
Sign up still open!
"Dinnae be feart!" - Tyne & Esk Writers Workshop
Are you interested in writing in Scots but not sure where to start? Come and have fun building your confidence in writing, and speaking Scots
Free to Tyne & Esk members, £5 for non members.
Details here - tyneandeskwriters.org.uk/sign-up-for-...
Are you interested in writing in Scots but not sure where to start? Come and have fun building your confidence in writing, and speaking Scots
Free to Tyne & Esk members, £5 for non members.
Details here - tyneandeskwriters.org.uk/sign-up-for-...
Sign up for our writing in Scots workshop, 15 November 2025 - Tyne & Esk Writers
Find out about our ‘Dinnae be feart!’ workshop, who will be running it, when and where it will be, and how to sign up. What […]
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October 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Dinnae be feart!" - Tyne & Esk Writers Workshop
Are you interested in writing in Scots but not sure where to start? Come and have fun building your confidence in writing, and speaking Scots
Free to Tyne & Esk members, £5 for non members.
Details here - tyneandeskwriters.org.uk/sign-up-for-...
Are you interested in writing in Scots but not sure where to start? Come and have fun building your confidence in writing, and speaking Scots
Free to Tyne & Esk members, £5 for non members.
Details here - tyneandeskwriters.org.uk/sign-up-for-...
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#WritingCommunity!
Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!
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Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!
Submit free via Submittable 👇
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New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination. Prose (fiction and nonfiction); poetry; drama; screenplays; and graphic artwork (mon...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#WritingCommunity!
Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!
Submit free via Submittable 👇
nws.submittable.com/submit
Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!
Submit free via Submittable 👇
nws.submittable.com/submit
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RIP Tony Harrison, playwright & poet. Among other things, he translated the York Mystery Plays into modern English
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Tony Harrison: Plays One
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September 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
RIP Tony Harrison, playwright & poet. Among other things, he translated the York Mystery Plays into modern English
www.amazon.com/Tony-Harrison-Plays-Contemporary-Classics/dp/0571197078/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=forgottengrou-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=e08dd08d96054252cb54ff89f773805e&camp=1789&creative=9325
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Tyne &Esk poets Jock Stein and John Killick are launching their East Lothian inspired poetry pamphlet this weekend. Come along and hear them - details in the attached poster.
#poetry
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September 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Tyne &Esk poets Jock Stein and John Killick are launching their East Lothian inspired poetry pamphlet this weekend. Come along and hear them - details in the attached poster.
#poetry
#poetry
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A Good Day Out
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If you like your poems light hearted and up beat, narrated in a Scottish Highlands voice, filled with nature photography of forests and Scottish Lochs, then this one just might be for you.
#poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #Scotland #Photography
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If you like your poems light hearted and up beat, narrated in a Scottish Highlands voice, filled with nature photography of forests and Scottish Lochs, then this one just might be for you.
#poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #Scotland #Photography
September 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A Good Day Out
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If you like your poems light hearted and up beat, narrated in a Scottish Highlands voice, filled with nature photography of forests and Scottish Lochs, then this one just might be for you.
#poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #Scotland #Photography
youtube.com/shorts/FAk21...
If you like your poems light hearted and up beat, narrated in a Scottish Highlands voice, filled with nature photography of forests and Scottish Lochs, then this one just might be for you.
#poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #Scotland #Photography
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SCOTTISH POETRY CHOIR
is a community project seeking new members which meets during school term times.
Members are guided through a collaborative process of developing group spoken word performances that incorporate movement, music & soundscapes to enhance the narrative of selected poetry pieces.
is a community project seeking new members which meets during school term times.
Members are guided through a collaborative process of developing group spoken word performances that incorporate movement, music & soundscapes to enhance the narrative of selected poetry pieces.
September 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
SCOTTISH POETRY CHOIR
is a community project seeking new members which meets during school term times.
Members are guided through a collaborative process of developing group spoken word performances that incorporate movement, music & soundscapes to enhance the narrative of selected poetry pieces.
is a community project seeking new members which meets during school term times.
Members are guided through a collaborative process of developing group spoken word performances that incorporate movement, music & soundscapes to enhance the narrative of selected poetry pieces.
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Our 2025 Poetry Competition is ✨ OPEN FOR ENTRIES ✨
Prizes: 1st: £2,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250; Unpublished Poet Prize: £250
Judge: Liz Berry
Entry Fee: £10
Closes: 8 December 2025
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Prizes: 1st: £2,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250; Unpublished Poet Prize: £250
Judge: Liz Berry
Entry Fee: £10
Closes: 8 December 2025
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
Women's Poetry Competition 2025 - Poetry (Single Poem) - Competitions : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.
Women's Poetry Competition 2025 - Poetry (Single Poem) - Competitions : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Our 2025 Poetry Competition is ✨ OPEN FOR ENTRIES ✨
Prizes: 1st: £2,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250; Unpublished Poet Prize: £250
Judge: Liz Berry
Entry Fee: £10
Closes: 8 December 2025
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
Prizes: 1st: £2,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250; Unpublished Poet Prize: £250
Judge: Liz Berry
Entry Fee: £10
Closes: 8 December 2025
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Poetry #PoetryCommunity
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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
September 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
Have you wondered how each of the Tyne & Esk groups are doing? Here are a few updates from each of the groups:
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Reps share group highlights from the past year - Tyne & Esk Writers
Our next annual general meeting (AGM) will take place on Monday 27 October at 7pm at the Victoria Inn in Haddington. Ahead of the meeting, we […]
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September 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Have you wondered how each of the Tyne & Esk groups are doing? Here are a few updates from each of the groups:
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#amwriting #Tyne&Eskwriters #writinggroups #writingcommunity #writing
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Join our Q&A with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social happening TODAY, where they'll share some top tips and answer your questions about applying for the New Writers Award! BSL is available: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/qa-applying-...
Q&A: Applying to the New Writers Award 2026: Scottish BPOC Writers Network x Scottish Book Trust - 15th September 2025 - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
Join Scottish Book Trust for top tips on applying to the New Writers Awards and an opportunity to ask any questions about the process!
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September 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Join our Q&A with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social happening TODAY, where they'll share some top tips and answer your questions about applying for the New Writers Award! BSL is available: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/qa-applying-...
This looks really helpful! Off to have a wee look ...
.@naomieah.bsky.social has done a brilliant job compiling a handy list of writing open mics across Scotland! In a quickly-evolving scene, that's no easy feat. Read it (and consider supporting her work) here: thegoodeggproject.substack.com/p/scotland-o...
Scotland open mics round-up 2025/26
A non-exhaustive list of Scottish open mics for writers of all kinds
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September 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This looks really helpful! Off to have a wee look ...
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Meet our Scots Language Publication Grant Awardees 2025! ✍️
Congratulations to all the brilliant publishers who will receive funding this year, and thanks to the funders that make this grant possible.
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Congratulations to all the brilliant publishers who will receive funding this year, and thanks to the funders that make this grant possible.
www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
Scots Language Publication Grant Awardees 2025
The Scots Language Publication Grant supports Scots publishers and encourages Scots writers.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Meet our Scots Language Publication Grant Awardees 2025! ✍️
Congratulations to all the brilliant publishers who will receive funding this year, and thanks to the funders that make this grant possible.
www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
Congratulations to all the brilliant publishers who will receive funding this year, and thanks to the funders that make this grant possible.
www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
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We're thrilled to be collaborating with the Leeuwarden UNESCO City of Literature to present our latest online poetry writing workshop with Preston Losack, host of Preston's Poetry Podcast. Join us on Wed 17 Sept as we dive into active reading for poetry writing: www.citizenticket.com/events/push-...
Active reading for poetry writing - Buy tickets
A poetry workshop with Preston Losack
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August 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We're thrilled to be collaborating with the Leeuwarden UNESCO City of Literature to present our latest online poetry writing workshop with Preston Losack, host of Preston's Poetry Podcast. Join us on Wed 17 Sept as we dive into active reading for poetry writing: www.citizenticket.com/events/push-...
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Save the Date! Push the Boat Out is back from 21-23 November 2025. We’re busy behind the scenes crafting an exciting, thought-provoking programme full of poetry, performance, and plenty of surprises.
Stay tuned! We can’t wait to share our plans with you 🚤✨
Stay tuned! We can’t wait to share our plans with you 🚤✨
April 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Save the Date! Push the Boat Out is back from 21-23 November 2025. We’re busy behind the scenes crafting an exciting, thought-provoking programme full of poetry, performance, and plenty of surprises.
Stay tuned! We can’t wait to share our plans with you 🚤✨
Stay tuned! We can’t wait to share our plans with you 🚤✨
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📖Upcoming Carcanet Online Book Launches!
Please join us online to celebrate the launches of Alice Meynell, Billy-Ray Belcourt and Steve Malmude! ✨ All online launches are £2, redeemable against the cost of the book, and will feature readings, discussion, and audience Q&A.
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/
Please join us online to celebrate the launches of Alice Meynell, Billy-Ray Belcourt and Steve Malmude! ✨ All online launches are £2, redeemable against the cost of the book, and will feature readings, discussion, and audience Q&A.
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/
September 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📖Upcoming Carcanet Online Book Launches!
Please join us online to celebrate the launches of Alice Meynell, Billy-Ray Belcourt and Steve Malmude! ✨ All online launches are £2, redeemable against the cost of the book, and will feature readings, discussion, and audience Q&A.
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/
Please join us online to celebrate the launches of Alice Meynell, Billy-Ray Belcourt and Steve Malmude! ✨ All online launches are £2, redeemable against the cost of the book, and will feature readings, discussion, and audience Q&A.
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/
Summer steps aside for autumn’s arrival, a good time to coorie in and write as the evenings lengthen. Lots of opportunities for poets to learn and develop as winter approaches.
We're back from summer break and thrilled for the first #NorthSeaPoets Studio tonight!
Want to join us for a course instead? There are still a few tickets left for 'Writing With ...' on Saturdays 🍂
Get all the details and book at buff.ly/74mQTxi 🌊
#Poetry #PoetrySky #PoetryWorkshop
Want to join us for a course instead? There are still a few tickets left for 'Writing With ...' on Saturdays 🍂
Get all the details and book at buff.ly/74mQTxi 🌊
#Poetry #PoetrySky #PoetryWorkshop
Courses | North Sea Poets
Want to learn creative poetry techniques from the best? Explore our upcoming courses.
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September 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Summer steps aside for autumn’s arrival, a good time to coorie in and write as the evenings lengthen. Lots of opportunities for poets to learn and develop as winter approaches.
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We are honoured to be able to offer you the chance to win a copy of The Empire of Forgetting by the late John Burnside, thanks to our friends at @jonathancape.bsky.social.
Enter by 30 September for the chance to win a copy.
Enter by 30 September for the chance to win a copy.
Book of the Month: The Empire of Forgetting by John Burnside
We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We are honoured to be able to offer you the chance to win a copy of The Empire of Forgetting by the late John Burnside, thanks to our friends at @jonathancape.bsky.social.
Enter by 30 September for the chance to win a copy.
Enter by 30 September for the chance to win a copy.
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As part of
ArtWalkPorty, launching on an incoming tide, a multi-artist, multi-artform publication, featuring my new 40-pg poetry sequence, BRAID. 12 Sept 4pm, mouth of Figgate Burn, Portobello beach, Edinburgh - be lovely to see anyone who can make it!
www.artwalkporty.co.uk/event/braid-...
ArtWalkPorty, launching on an incoming tide, a multi-artist, multi-artform publication, featuring my new 40-pg poetry sequence, BRAID. 12 Sept 4pm, mouth of Figgate Burn, Portobello beach, Edinburgh - be lovely to see anyone who can make it!
www.artwalkporty.co.uk/event/braid-...
Braid Walk Publication Launch - Art Walk Projects
Join us for the launch of the Braid Walk publication, a collection of writings and visual images inspired by walking the Figgate-Braid-Bonaly watercourse, with readings by Helen Boden (poetry), James […]
www.artwalkporty.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
As part of
ArtWalkPorty, launching on an incoming tide, a multi-artist, multi-artform publication, featuring my new 40-pg poetry sequence, BRAID. 12 Sept 4pm, mouth of Figgate Burn, Portobello beach, Edinburgh - be lovely to see anyone who can make it!
www.artwalkporty.co.uk/event/braid-...
ArtWalkPorty, launching on an incoming tide, a multi-artist, multi-artform publication, featuring my new 40-pg poetry sequence, BRAID. 12 Sept 4pm, mouth of Figgate Burn, Portobello beach, Edinburgh - be lovely to see anyone who can make it!
www.artwalkporty.co.uk/event/braid-...
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Looked at this cracker by @niallpoetry.bsky.social at Marjorie’s Table today - stunning. It’s here, with a couple of others: www.badlilies.uk/niall-campbell
September 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Looked at this cracker by @niallpoetry.bsky.social at Marjorie’s Table today - stunning. It’s here, with a couple of others: www.badlilies.uk/niall-campbell
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The Scots Whay Hae! podcast speaks to the 5 authors shortlisted for this year’s @bloodyscotland.bsky.social Scottish Crime Writing Debut of the Year award
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The SWH! Bloody Scotland Podcasts: The Scottish Crime Debut Prize Shortlist 2025...
For the first of our Bloody Scotland podcasts - Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival - Ali spoke to the five shortlisted authors for this year's Scottish Crime Debut of the Year. They inclu...
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July 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Scots Whay Hae! podcast speaks to the 5 authors shortlisted for this year’s @bloodyscotland.bsky.social Scottish Crime Writing Debut of the Year award
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www.scotswhayhae.com/post/the-swh...
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John Buchan: the master storyteller
4 Sept @natlibscot.bsky.social Edinburgh
Free
2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of John Buchan. Ursula Buchan, John Buchan’s granddaughter & biographer, will talk about the range of his fiction & its subject matter
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4 Sept @natlibscot.bsky.social Edinburgh
Free
2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of John Buchan. Ursula Buchan, John Buchan’s granddaughter & biographer, will talk about the range of his fiction & its subject matter
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-bucha...
John Buchan: the master storyteller
In this illustrated talk Ursula Buchan, John Buchan’s granddaughter, will reflect on the enduring appeal of his fiction.
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July 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
John Buchan: the master storyteller
4 Sept @natlibscot.bsky.social Edinburgh
Free
2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of John Buchan. Ursula Buchan, John Buchan’s granddaughter & biographer, will talk about the range of his fiction & its subject matter
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-bucha...
4 Sept @natlibscot.bsky.social Edinburgh
Free
2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of John Buchan. Ursula Buchan, John Buchan’s granddaughter & biographer, will talk about the range of his fiction & its subject matter
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-bucha...
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“To anyone reading this who is just starting out or feeling unsure, I want to say: keep going. Poetry needs your voice”
Nazaret Ranea on going from being one of the @byleaveswelive.bsky.social Young Makars to publishing her first poetry collection
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/07/my-j...
Nazaret Ranea on going from being one of the @byleaveswelive.bsky.social Young Makars to publishing her first poetry collection
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/07/my-j...
My Journey from Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar to Published Poet
Nazaret Ranea writes of her journey from being one of the Scottish Poetry Library's Young Makars to having her first poetry collection published by Drunk Muse Press. %
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July 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“To anyone reading this who is just starting out or feeling unsure, I want to say: keep going. Poetry needs your voice”
Nazaret Ranea on going from being one of the @byleaveswelive.bsky.social Young Makars to publishing her first poetry collection
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/07/my-j...
Nazaret Ranea on going from being one of the @byleaveswelive.bsky.social Young Makars to publishing her first poetry collection
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/07/my-j...
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“To read his poetry is to feel, just for a moment, as if the world’s edges have been pushed back; as if, by standing beside him, you too can see further and more clearly”
— @sarahcrown.bsky.social reviews John Burnside’s THE EMPIRE OF FORGETTING
#poetry
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— @sarahcrown.bsky.social reviews John Burnside’s THE EMPIRE OF FORGETTING
#poetry
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The Empire of Forgetting by John Burnside review – last words from an essential poet of our age
This posthumously published final collection confronts mortality, alongside the world’s almost unbearable beauty
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July 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“To read his poetry is to feel, just for a moment, as if the world’s edges have been pushed back; as if, by standing beside him, you too can see further and more clearly”
— @sarahcrown.bsky.social reviews John Burnside’s THE EMPIRE OF FORGETTING
#poetry
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
— @sarahcrown.bsky.social reviews John Burnside’s THE EMPIRE OF FORGETTING
#poetry
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...