Emma Tanner
@emmathetanner.bsky.social
Writer, Poet and Professional nuisance. Winner of the 18+ Brighton Peacock Poetry Prize 2016. MA Grad. She/Her 🏳️🌈 All views are my own
I know I've been quiet
I feel like every time I try to write a poem I end up writing this one again
I feel like every time I try to write a poem I end up writing this one again
Of all the poems I've written lately, it's this one that haunts me - as does the painting and novel that inspired it
The Ladder [to Aktion T4] open.substack.com/pub/emmathet...
The Ladder [to Aktion T4] open.substack.com/pub/emmathet...
The Ladder [to Aktion T4]
From my Vanner Gallery X Close Poetry Live set (with context!)
open.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I know I've been quiet
I feel like every time I try to write a poem I end up writing this one again
I feel like every time I try to write a poem I end up writing this one again
TWO BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS!!
1 - I am performing at Sonder in Salisbury this Thursday at 7pm with the wonderful Close Poetry
2 - I wil be IN PRINT for the first time!! I am in the 4th issue of Motherlore magazine, which is available for preorder now! Go get it
www.instagram.com/motherlorema...
1 - I am performing at Sonder in Salisbury this Thursday at 7pm with the wonderful Close Poetry
2 - I wil be IN PRINT for the first time!! I am in the 4th issue of Motherlore magazine, which is available for preorder now! Go get it
www.instagram.com/motherlorema...
MOTHERLORE MAGAZINE on Instagram: "pre-orders for the BECOMING issue are now open at the link in my bio! this issue is 62 pages of your words on mothering, unbecoming, perimenopause, birth, loss, seas...
77 likes, 4 comments - motherloremagazine on June 9, 2025: "pre-orders for the BECOMING issue are now open at the link in my bio! this issue is 62 pages of your words on mothering, unbecoming, perimen...
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June 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
TWO BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS!!
1 - I am performing at Sonder in Salisbury this Thursday at 7pm with the wonderful Close Poetry
2 - I wil be IN PRINT for the first time!! I am in the 4th issue of Motherlore magazine, which is available for preorder now! Go get it
www.instagram.com/motherlorema...
1 - I am performing at Sonder in Salisbury this Thursday at 7pm with the wonderful Close Poetry
2 - I wil be IN PRINT for the first time!! I am in the 4th issue of Motherlore magazine, which is available for preorder now! Go get it
www.instagram.com/motherlorema...
Of all the poems I've written lately, it's this one that haunts me - as does the painting and novel that inspired it
The Ladder [to Aktion T4] open.substack.com/pub/emmathet...
The Ladder [to Aktion T4] open.substack.com/pub/emmathet...
The Ladder [to Aktion T4]
From my Vanner Gallery X Close Poetry Live set (with context!)
open.substack.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Of all the poems I've written lately, it's this one that haunts me - as does the painting and novel that inspired it
The Ladder [to Aktion T4] open.substack.com/pub/emmathet...
The Ladder [to Aktion T4] open.substack.com/pub/emmathet...
Just saw a post that said "why am I scrolling? what am I looking for?" and I think it's rewired my brain
May 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Just saw a post that said "why am I scrolling? what am I looking for?" and I think it's rewired my brain
Reminder that I got another poem going up on my Substack this afternoon 👀
May 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Reminder that I got another poem going up on my Substack this afternoon 👀
So I'm posting a poem from my Vanner Gallery set every week of May on Sunday!
I'm trying something new where I add additional context and inspirations below the poem so that you can explore it further, or even get inspired by similar concepts - give it a go!
I'm trying something new where I add additional context and inspirations below the poem so that you can explore it further, or even get inspired by similar concepts - give it a go!
Heracies of the Atomic Priesthood
From my Vanner Gallery X Close Poetry Live set (with context!)
open.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
So I'm posting a poem from my Vanner Gallery set every week of May on Sunday!
I'm trying something new where I add additional context and inspirations below the poem so that you can explore it further, or even get inspired by similar concepts - give it a go!
I'm trying something new where I add additional context and inspirations below the poem so that you can explore it further, or even get inspired by similar concepts - give it a go!
as a reminder - I will be performing at the Vanner Gallery in Salisbury this THURSDAY!
A unique set made just for this exhibtion. Don't miss it
A unique set made just for this exhibtion. Don't miss it
April 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
as a reminder - I will be performing at the Vanner Gallery in Salisbury this THURSDAY!
A unique set made just for this exhibtion. Don't miss it
A unique set made just for this exhibtion. Don't miss it
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'There are so few of us left': Even full-time games journalists at big websites are feeling it in 2025:
aftermath.site/video-games-jo...
aftermath.site/video-games-jo...
April 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
'There are so few of us left': Even full-time games journalists at big websites are feeling it in 2025:
aftermath.site/video-games-jo...
aftermath.site/video-games-jo...
I'm going to be performing at the Vanner Gallery on April 24th!! Come along, say hi and celebrate new artists and new poetry collectives!
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www.instagram.com/thevannergal...
The Vanner Gallery on Instagram: "Join us for an evening of poetry from members of new spoken word group Close Poetry, Millie Woodrow, Tom Nutting and Emma Tanner at 6pm on Thursday 24 April.
Close P...
36 likes, 2 comments - thevannergallery on April 6, 2025: "Join us for an evening of poetry from members of new spoken word group Close Poetry, Millie Woodrow, Tom Nutting and Emma Tanner at 6pm on Th...
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April 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm going to be performing at the Vanner Gallery on April 24th!! Come along, say hi and celebrate new artists and new poetry collectives!
www.instagram.com/thevannergal...
www.instagram.com/thevannergal...
I've just finished Dead Letter Dept. and I'm going to need a Jacob Geller essay and/or a Something Rotten episode about it ASAP please and thank you
February 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I've just finished Dead Letter Dept. and I'm going to need a Jacob Geller essay and/or a Something Rotten episode about it ASAP please and thank you
in somehow related news, if anyone knows any good essays, video essays, reviews ect of Oxenfree (1 or 2!) feel free to drop them here
Every so often I do a little work on some essays and MAN this one's topics are inscrutible...
Any guesses?
Any guesses?
February 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
in somehow related news, if anyone knows any good essays, video essays, reviews ect of Oxenfree (1 or 2!) feel free to drop them here
Every so often I do a little work on some essays and MAN this one's topics are inscrutible...
Any guesses?
Any guesses?
January 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Every so often I do a little work on some essays and MAN this one's topics are inscrutible...
Any guesses?
Any guesses?
Reposted by Emma Tanner
Mantracks: a True Story of Fake Fossils
YouTube video by Folding Ideas
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January 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'm trying my hand at adaptation and playwriting for the first time...on the same project
What could go wrong?
What could go wrong?
January 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I'm trying my hand at adaptation and playwriting for the first time...on the same project
What could go wrong?
What could go wrong?
I may have stealthily started a Substack. Come follow me for musings, poetry and stories whenever the whim takes me
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emmathetanner.substack.com?r=3bc6cc&utm...
Emma Tanner's Abandoned Notebook | Substack
A collection of writing, poetry and thoughts. This is a notebook abandoned on a coffee shop table. Click to read Emma Tanner's Abandoned Notebook, a Substack publication. Launched 25 minutes ago.
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January 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I may have stealthily started a Substack. Come follow me for musings, poetry and stories whenever the whim takes me
emmathetanner.substack.com?r=3bc6cc&utm...
emmathetanner.substack.com?r=3bc6cc&utm...
I'm updating my calendar with all the poetry comps I want to enter this year-ish and I'm very tempted to keep track of how much it's going to cost me
Because let me tell you "getting your name out there" is expensive as hell
Because let me tell you "getting your name out there" is expensive as hell
January 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I'm updating my calendar with all the poetry comps I want to enter this year-ish and I'm very tempted to keep track of how much it's going to cost me
Because let me tell you "getting your name out there" is expensive as hell
Because let me tell you "getting your name out there" is expensive as hell
I haven't had a lot of energy to write anything lately but I keep having to remind myself we're literally in the depths of winter. It's hibernation season bby.
January 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I haven't had a lot of energy to write anything lately but I keep having to remind myself we're literally in the depths of winter. It's hibernation season bby.
LRT is literally how I started reading classical lit and I never stopped 😅
January 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
LRT is literally how I started reading classical lit and I never stopped 😅
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Don't be jealous of me just because I'm reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame on the Nintendo 3DS please.
January 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Don't be jealous of me just because I'm reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame on the Nintendo 3DS please.
I may have been talked into making a Substack.....
January 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I may have been talked into making a Substack.....
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the reason an MFA doesnt improve your writing is because it cant instill in you the single most important quality for a good writer to have: being an absolute weirdo who really wants to make people understand the perverse undulations of their gremlin brain
December 30, 2024 at 8:56 PM
the reason an MFA doesnt improve your writing is because it cant instill in you the single most important quality for a good writer to have: being an absolute weirdo who really wants to make people understand the perverse undulations of their gremlin brain
Just did my yearly book cycle out! Books I'm finished with or cannot finish are now in storage and books I actively intend to read or am interested in are now on the prime bookshelf spot 💪
December 30, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Just did my yearly book cycle out! Books I'm finished with or cannot finish are now in storage and books I actively intend to read or am interested in are now on the prime bookshelf spot 💪
this article REALLY hits the nail on the head - I spend about 80% of my time thinking about this
December 29, 2024 at 2:24 PM
this article REALLY hits the nail on the head - I spend about 80% of my time thinking about this
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Imagine writing the Great Literary Work of your generation and then not getting a book contract because you've never gone viral on TikTok or whatever.
December 29, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Imagine writing the Great Literary Work of your generation and then not getting a book contract because you've never gone viral on TikTok or whatever.