Ian Seed
@ianseedauthor.bsky.social
Author: My Outsize Hank Williams Cowboy Hat, Night Window, New York Hotel (TLS Book of the Year), Makers of Empty Dreams. Translator: Pierre Reverdy, Max Jacob, Gëzim Hajdari, Ivano Fermini. www.ianseed.co.uk
Manchester Art Gallery today
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Manchester Art Gallery today
Thank you @malikalnasir.bsky.social for a fascinating, moving and enriching talk! I learnt a lot. @litfest.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Thank you @malikalnasir.bsky.social for a fascinating, moving and enriching talk! I learnt a lot. @litfest.bsky.social
Looking forward to listening to this discussion on ‘Searching for My Slave Roots’ with @malikalnasir.bsky.social at @litfest.bsky.social later today
October 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Looking forward to listening to this discussion on ‘Searching for My Slave Roots’ with @malikalnasir.bsky.social at @litfest.bsky.social later today
This Thursday, I’ll be reading from my new chapbook, My Outsize Hank Williams Cowboy Hat, with artwork by Lupo Sol, published by Sacred Parasite Press Berlin. There’ll be copies available on the night. @sacredparasite.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This Thursday, I’ll be reading from my new chapbook, My Outsize Hank Williams Cowboy Hat, with artwork by Lupo Sol, published by Sacred Parasite Press Berlin. There’ll be copies available on the night. @sacredparasite.bsky.social
Coming up next Thursday 18th September, 7 to 9pm, at P3 Annihilation Eve, 70 Oldham Road (M4 5EB), THE EVERYDAY MARVELOUS. I’ll be reading alongside Stephen Sunderland, Tom Jenks, Sarah-Clare Conlon, Stuart Carlton, and Lydia Unsworth.
September 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Coming up next Thursday 18th September, 7 to 9pm, at P3 Annihilation Eve, 70 Oldham Road (M4 5EB), THE EVERYDAY MARVELOUS. I’ll be reading alongside Stephen Sunderland, Tom Jenks, Sarah-Clare Conlon, Stuart Carlton, and Lydia Unsworth.
It’s next week! Honoured and delighted to be taking part in The Everyday Marvellous reading with Stephen Sunderland, Tom Jenks, Sarah-Clare Conlon, Stuart Calton, and Lydia Unsworth. coming up in Manchester, Thursday, 18 September.
September 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It’s next week! Honoured and delighted to be taking part in The Everyday Marvellous reading with Stephen Sunderland, Tom Jenks, Sarah-Clare Conlon, Stuart Calton, and Lydia Unsworth. coming up in Manchester, Thursday, 18 September.
‘The sea that is brown and real around my rock, / in the distance glitters on their faces’ - Kate Bowles, ‘This is It’, from @pnreview.bsky.social 63, September-October 1988
August 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
‘The sea that is brown and real around my rock, / in the distance glitters on their faces’ - Kate Bowles, ‘This is It’, from @pnreview.bsky.social 63, September-October 1988
The Surreal-Absurd. A brilliant anthology from Mercurius Press. Honoured and delighted to be included. Lovely to discover lots of new names, too. Huge thanks to the editors Thomas Helm @postpran.bsky.social , @vikshirley.bsky.social and Ben Niespodziany!
August 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The Surreal-Absurd. A brilliant anthology from Mercurius Press. Honoured and delighted to be included. Lovely to discover lots of new names, too. Huge thanks to the editors Thomas Helm @postpran.bsky.social , @vikshirley.bsky.social and Ben Niespodziany!
‘It’s time to discuss depression and sadness in general, said the ghost, but first you must help me out of these overalls’ - Tom Jenks, ‘Overalls’, from Chimneys, above / ground press, 2025.
August 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
‘It’s time to discuss depression and sadness in general, said the ghost, but first you must help me out of these overalls’ - Tom Jenks, ‘Overalls’, from Chimneys, above / ground press, 2025.
‘Shuffle, pick a card, read etc’ Who could resist these uniquely and perfectly packaged haiku, as discovered and translated into ‘roughly northern dialect’ by the great Steven Waling? Available from the wonderful Zimzalla
August 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
‘Shuffle, pick a card, read etc’ Who could resist these uniquely and perfectly packaged haiku, as discovered and translated into ‘roughly northern dialect’ by the great Steven Waling? Available from the wonderful Zimzalla
Am I addicted to Patrick Modiano or what? There are others that I’ve read, too - on Kindle, such as Fleurs de ruine, Un pedigree, and Accident nocturne. I think my favourite is Voyage de noces. Oddly, I still have to read his first three novels, the ‘occupation trilogy’.
August 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Am I addicted to Patrick Modiano or what? There are others that I’ve read, too - on Kindle, such as Fleurs de ruine, Un pedigree, and Accident nocturne. I think my favourite is Voyage de noces. Oddly, I still have to read his first three novels, the ‘occupation trilogy’.
‘It held two claws out in front,
the way a blindfolded man
protects himself from the wall’ -
Matthew Francis, ‘Creature’, from Wing (Faber, 2020) @faberbooks.bsky.social
the way a blindfolded man
protects himself from the wall’ -
Matthew Francis, ‘Creature’, from Wing (Faber, 2020) @faberbooks.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
‘It held two claws out in front,
the way a blindfolded man
protects himself from the wall’ -
Matthew Francis, ‘Creature’, from Wing (Faber, 2020) @faberbooks.bsky.social
the way a blindfolded man
protects himself from the wall’ -
Matthew Francis, ‘Creature’, from Wing (Faber, 2020) @faberbooks.bsky.social
‘who is it can see
the front and back
of darkness’ - Malcolm Ritchie, Mountain on Top of a Mountain (Shearsman Books, 2025)
the front and back
of darkness’ - Malcolm Ritchie, Mountain on Top of a Mountain (Shearsman Books, 2025)
August 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
‘who is it can see
the front and back
of darkness’ - Malcolm Ritchie, Mountain on Top of a Mountain (Shearsman Books, 2025)
the front and back
of darkness’ - Malcolm Ritchie, Mountain on Top of a Mountain (Shearsman Books, 2025)
I’m sitting in a laundrette to keep a bit cooler while I wait for the bus
August 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I’m sitting in a laundrette to keep a bit cooler while I wait for the bus
The Everyday Marvellous coming up in September, with @stephensunderland.bsky.socialTom Jenks, Sarah-Clare Conlon, and Stuart Carlton
August 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The Everyday Marvellous coming up in September, with @stephensunderland.bsky.socialTom Jenks, Sarah-Clare Conlon, and Stuart Carlton
Waiting on Heysham Steam-Packet to leave the lovely Isle of Man
August 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Waiting on Heysham Steam-Packet to leave the lovely Isle of Man
In a cloud, Snaefell, Isle of Man
August 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In a cloud, Snaefell, Isle of Man
In arrival, Castletown, the Isle of Man
August 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In arrival, Castletown, the Isle of Man
Heron, Castletown, Isle of Man
August 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Heron, Castletown, Isle of Man
The Laxey Wheel, Isle of Man
August 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Laxey Wheel, Isle of Man
Very much enjoying the honed lyricism of Escritoire, Sheila E. Murphy’s latest collection, just out from Lavender Ink
July 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Very much enjoying the honed lyricism of Escritoire, Sheila E. Murphy’s latest collection, just out from Lavender Ink
From Vilnius, Lithuania
July 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
From Vilnius, Lithuania
Father’s Day presents. I’m addicted to Barbara Comyns and I haven’t read Primo Levi for a while.
June 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Father’s Day presents. I’m addicted to Barbara Comyns and I haven’t read Primo Levi for a while.