Jo Bell
@jobellwriter.bsky.social
Poet, digital salonniere. Host of The Poetic Licence (Patreon) - monthly prompts, famous poet interviews, a creative community. Memoir, BOATER out with HarperNorth in summer '25. https://linktr.ee/BoaterJoBell
Be like Christine! My boating memoir (full of nuggets of canal history and culture) would be such lovely Christmas reading....
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Be like Christine! My boating memoir (full of nuggets of canal history and culture) would be such lovely Christmas reading....
Come and hear me read from Boater (free) in the place where I actually wrote it! See you in Macc on Monday morning?
August 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Come and hear me read from Boater (free) in the place where I actually wrote it! See you in Macc on Monday morning?
You too could feel hugged! BOATER - available here uk.bookshop.org/p/books/boat... or come and hear me read from it *tonight* (Thurs) at Manchester's brilliant secret library - @porticolibrary.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 7:16 AM
You too could feel hugged! BOATER - available here uk.bookshop.org/p/books/boat... or come and hear me read from it *tonight* (Thurs) at Manchester's brilliant secret library - @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Jesus. Read the room Keir, not the Mail.
July 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Jesus. Read the room Keir, not the Mail.
Delighted with this glowing review and accurate interview in Waterways World. Though I giggled at 'Apart from some poetry volumes, this is Jo's first book.' It's book no.6 and poetry counts too!
July 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Delighted with this glowing review and accurate interview in Waterways World. Though I giggled at 'Apart from some poetry volumes, this is Jo's first book.' It's book no.6 and poetry counts too!
Today, with a big grin, I announce my new book. BOATER is out in June with HarperNorth. It's a memoir of my twenty years afloat; joyful, sad and a little wise. History, heartbreak and adventure on the low seas - pre-order now if you can, and spread the word?
www.amazon.co.uk/Boater-excit...
www.amazon.co.uk/Boater-excit...
March 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Today, with a big grin, I announce my new book. BOATER is out in June with HarperNorth. It's a memoir of my twenty years afloat; joyful, sad and a little wise. History, heartbreak and adventure on the low seas - pre-order now if you can, and spread the word?
www.amazon.co.uk/Boater-excit...
www.amazon.co.uk/Boater-excit...
Coming this week.... news and a cover reveal!
March 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Coming this week.... news and a cover reveal!
Looking forward to poeting on stage in Bristol on 26th at Satellite of Love - come and join us!
March 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Looking forward to poeting on stage in Bristol on 26th at Satellite of Love - come and join us!
This weekend! A workshop online AND in the real world, to get you writing about renewal, beginning again and the moments when everything starts to look better. Join me online (Saturday) or in Cheshire (Sunday) for the first of this year's seasonal writing sessions. www.eventbrite.com/cc/poetry-ev...
March 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This weekend! A workshop online AND in the real world, to get you writing about renewal, beginning again and the moments when everything starts to look better. Join me online (Saturday) or in Cheshire (Sunday) for the first of this year's seasonal writing sessions. www.eventbrite.com/cc/poetry-ev...
Delighted to be judging this competition for Artemisia Arts - don't think twice, just send your very best work, I'm reading every entry (I don't like filtering!) artemesia-arts.com/artemesia-po...
February 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Delighted to be judging this competition for Artemisia Arts - don't think twice, just send your very best work, I'm reading every entry (I don't like filtering!) artemesia-arts.com/artemesia-po...
#Gratituesday and I'm grateful for: a hint of Spring, a cheap fascinator, a treasure trove of family photos and the splendid pastries of Flour Water Salt!
January 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#Gratituesday and I'm grateful for: a hint of Spring, a cheap fascinator, a treasure trove of family photos and the splendid pastries of Flour Water Salt!
Public Service Announcement: your library is FULL OF FREE BOOKS. If you don't like them, take them back. If you do like them, borrow them again. You can borrow e-books and audiobooks and there is a splendid app called Libby which lets you read all the major magazines. Why would you not want that?
January 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Public Service Announcement: your library is FULL OF FREE BOOKS. If you don't like them, take them back. If you do like them, borrow them again. You can borrow e-books and audiobooks and there is a splendid app called Libby which lets you read all the major magazines. Why would you not want that?
Want to write better poetry in 2025? The Poetic Licence gives you a tailor-made, detailed prompt monthly; interviews, tips and feedback. Current giveaways include a calendar and some lovely books. Try it free, treat yourself or gift a membership. www.patreon.com/c/user?u=248...
January 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Want to write better poetry in 2025? The Poetic Licence gives you a tailor-made, detailed prompt monthly; interviews, tips and feedback. Current giveaways include a calendar and some lovely books. Try it free, treat yourself or gift a membership. www.patreon.com/c/user?u=248...
Thanks to all for a year of companionable creativity and shared joy/ trouble/ triumph. Here's my mum (top left) still making dinner in a leather pencil skirt, aged 80.
December 25, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Thanks to all for a year of companionable creativity and shared joy/ trouble/ triumph. Here's my mum (top left) still making dinner in a leather pencil skirt, aged 80.
Merry Christmas/ Happy December 25th everyone!
December 25, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Merry Christmas/ Happy December 25th everyone!
This on Threads from the wise and warming @salenagodden.bsky.social - Pessimism is for Lightweights, as her book of that name shows us!
December 4, 2024 at 3:55 PM
This on Threads from the wise and warming @salenagodden.bsky.social - Pessimism is for Lightweights, as her book of that name shows us!
#Gratituesday. Grateful for: rediscovered pics of archaeology work in the 1990s: a new house for friend Phil, a tea party, a little ship from Vietnam, a car-owner's silliness and a splendid, moving evening of chat with @robinince.bsky.social at @scarthinbooks.bsky.social.
December 3, 2024 at 7:43 AM
#Gratituesday. Grateful for: rediscovered pics of archaeology work in the 1990s: a new house for friend Phil, a tea party, a little ship from Vietnam, a car-owner's silliness and a splendid, moving evening of chat with @robinince.bsky.social at @scarthinbooks.bsky.social.
You can now GIFT someone membership of The Poetic Licence - or drop heavy hints that you'd like someone to do that for you. A writerly commitment, a friendly group of peers to give you feedback, and lots of giveaways. Details here: www.patreon.com/user/gift?u=...
November 24, 2024 at 4:59 PM
You can now GIFT someone membership of The Poetic Licence - or drop heavy hints that you'd like someone to do that for you. A writerly commitment, a friendly group of peers to give you feedback, and lots of giveaways. Details here: www.patreon.com/user/gift?u=...
I've made you an avatar, she said. It's based on my description of you, she said.
November 21, 2024 at 8:21 AM
I've made you an avatar, she said. It's based on my description of you, she said.
#Gratituesday. Winter pleasures: blue skies (natch), dinner with dear friends, good conversations and new PJs for the hibernation season!
November 19, 2024 at 10:43 AM
#Gratituesday. Winter pleasures: blue skies (natch), dinner with dear friends, good conversations and new PJs for the hibernation season!