Jo Clement
@joclement.co.uk
Poetry, Print & People 🌈
🦉 Northern Writers Award Winner
🐕 Managing Editor Butcher's Dog
🍎 Lecturer in Creative Writing
📚 Poetry Book Society Selector
📖 Outlandish (Bloodaxe)
Proper Working Class Northerner 💪
Gypsy, Roma, Traveller 🐴
Sometime dodo 🦤
🦉 Northern Writers Award Winner
🐕 Managing Editor Butcher's Dog
🍎 Lecturer in Creative Writing
📚 Poetry Book Society Selector
📖 Outlandish (Bloodaxe)
Proper Working Class Northerner 💪
Gypsy, Roma, Traveller 🐴
Sometime dodo 🦤
Northumbria Uni PhD scholarship applications open NOW tinyurl.com/yc27frzv
I want to supervise imaginative, critically curious researchers ready to push the boundaries of their creative practice. My specialisms are poetry and experimental writing. Drop me an email:
joanne.clement@northumbria.ac.uk
I want to supervise imaginative, critically curious researchers ready to push the boundaries of their creative practice. My specialisms are poetry and experimental writing. Drop me an email:
joanne.clement@northumbria.ac.uk
School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Ref: RDF26/SC/HASS) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Programme - School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Ref: RDF26/SC/HASS) at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Northumbria Uni PhD scholarship applications open NOW tinyurl.com/yc27frzv
I want to supervise imaginative, critically curious researchers ready to push the boundaries of their creative practice. My specialisms are poetry and experimental writing. Drop me an email:
joanne.clement@northumbria.ac.uk
I want to supervise imaginative, critically curious researchers ready to push the boundaries of their creative practice. My specialisms are poetry and experimental writing. Drop me an email:
joanne.clement@northumbria.ac.uk
Poets on Film, Mon 18th August 16:45 - 17:45
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Tickets: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Tickets: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
Poets on Film
From Mon 18 Aug - Witness the fusion of poetry and film, through a collaboration between WritersMosaic and the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation. This live event features readings and screenings, s...
www.edbookfest.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Poets on Film, Mon 18th August 16:45 - 17:45
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Tickets: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Tickets: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
Newcastle Contemporary Art,
Thursday 24th July, 6 p.m.
I'll give a talk about Turner Prize-nominated Delaine Le Bas' exhibition '+Fabricating My Own Myth– Red Threads & Silver Needles' and will read poems from Outlandish.
Pay as you feel tickets here: www.visitnca.com/events/talk-...
Thursday 24th July, 6 p.m.
I'll give a talk about Turner Prize-nominated Delaine Le Bas' exhibition '+Fabricating My Own Myth– Red Threads & Silver Needles' and will read poems from Outlandish.
Pay as you feel tickets here: www.visitnca.com/events/talk-...
July 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Newcastle Contemporary Art,
Thursday 24th July, 6 p.m.
I'll give a talk about Turner Prize-nominated Delaine Le Bas' exhibition '+Fabricating My Own Myth– Red Threads & Silver Needles' and will read poems from Outlandish.
Pay as you feel tickets here: www.visitnca.com/events/talk-...
Thursday 24th July, 6 p.m.
I'll give a talk about Turner Prize-nominated Delaine Le Bas' exhibition '+Fabricating My Own Myth– Red Threads & Silver Needles' and will read poems from Outlandish.
Pay as you feel tickets here: www.visitnca.com/events/talk-...
A short film about Delaine Le Bas' +Fabricating My Own Myth – Red Threads & Silver Needles at Newcastle Contemporary Art
youtu.be/KH-HnoOKCIw
youtu.be/KH-HnoOKCIw
July 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A short film about Delaine Le Bas' +Fabricating My Own Myth – Red Threads & Silver Needles at Newcastle Contemporary Art
youtu.be/KH-HnoOKCIw
youtu.be/KH-HnoOKCIw
Congratulations to Sharon Black, whose poem 'Baggies' has won the new @poetrysociety.bsky.social Tobias Hill Poetry Prize. 'Baggies' was chosen from all poems published in the Members’ Poems competition from 2024-2025.
I selected 'Baggies' in Summer 2024 and write about it here in Poetry News.
I selected 'Baggies' in Summer 2024 and write about it here in Poetry News.
June 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Congratulations to Sharon Black, whose poem 'Baggies' has won the new @poetrysociety.bsky.social Tobias Hill Poetry Prize. 'Baggies' was chosen from all poems published in the Members’ Poems competition from 2024-2025.
I selected 'Baggies' in Summer 2024 and write about it here in Poetry News.
I selected 'Baggies' in Summer 2024 and write about it here in Poetry News.
June 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Struggling with the cognitive dissonance of witnessing genocide through a phone screen. Can't stop thinking about @carolynforche.bsky.social's poem 'The Boatman' when we read in Newcastle over ten years ago.
"Leave, yes, we obey the leaflets, but go where?"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
"Leave, yes, we obey the leaflets, but go where?"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
June 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Struggling with the cognitive dissonance of witnessing genocide through a phone screen. Can't stop thinking about @carolynforche.bsky.social's poem 'The Boatman' when we read in Newcastle over ten years ago.
"Leave, yes, we obey the leaflets, but go where?"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
"Leave, yes, we obey the leaflets, but go where?"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
June is #GRTHM Join me Sat 14th at @themerl.bsky.social for the launch of new exhibition 'The Long Road' and a day of GRT history, readings, live music, crafts & more. Free event, 11 am–4 pm ☕ I'll also be talking about my Fellowship and exciting new writing #grthistorymonth #GRTSB
June 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
June is #GRTHM Join me Sat 14th at @themerl.bsky.social for the launch of new exhibition 'The Long Road' and a day of GRT history, readings, live music, crafts & more. Free event, 11 am–4 pm ☕ I'll also be talking about my Fellowship and exciting new writing #grthistorymonth #GRTSB
Reposted by Jo Clement
Fantastic news, congratulations Jo and MERL, what a great partnership.
We’re thrilled to announce that @joclement.co.uk is joining us as our new MERL Fellow!
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
The Road Ahead - The Museum of English Rural Life
Learn about Jo Clement's MERL Fellowship project, responding to the Robert Dawson Romany Collection, and how to get involved in 2025.
merl.reading.ac.uk
April 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Fantastic news, congratulations Jo and MERL, what a great partnership.
Reposted by Jo Clement
What a great decision! MERL continues to be amazing all around.
We’re thrilled to announce that @joclement.co.uk is joining us as our new MERL Fellow!
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
The Road Ahead - The Museum of English Rural Life
Learn about Jo Clement's MERL Fellowship project, responding to the Robert Dawson Romany Collection, and how to get involved in 2025.
merl.reading.ac.uk
April 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
What a great decision! MERL continues to be amazing all around.
Reposted by Jo Clement
Great news, congratulations Jo! @joclement.co.uk
a wonderful and exciting Fellowship! congratulations, @joclement.co.uk!
We’re thrilled to announce that @joclement.co.uk is joining us as our new MERL Fellow!
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
April 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Great news, congratulations Jo! @joclement.co.uk
Reposted by Jo Clement
Oooh! What an exciting collaboration this is between @themerl.bsky.social & the brilliant @joclement.co.uk - whose poetry collection Outlandish, I love. So much excitement from a museum, its people, reach & stories, I need to go & have a biscuit or three.
We’re thrilled to announce that @joclement.co.uk is joining us as our new MERL Fellow!
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
The Road Ahead - The Museum of English Rural Life
Learn about Jo Clement's MERL Fellowship project, responding to the Robert Dawson Romany Collection, and how to get involved in 2025.
merl.reading.ac.uk
April 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Oooh! What an exciting collaboration this is between @themerl.bsky.social & the brilliant @joclement.co.uk - whose poetry collection Outlandish, I love. So much excitement from a museum, its people, reach & stories, I need to go & have a biscuit or three.
A good question. 'Roma', 'Romany' and 'Travellers' are three distinct ethnic groups. There are more. I'm a British Gypsy. Within all the groups people will interchangeably use or reject the word as a self-identifying ethnic marker. Depends entirely on the individual and the context.
It's my understanding that the G-word is a pejorative term for Roma, but you use both here, implying a difference. What's the distinction?
April 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A good question. 'Roma', 'Romany' and 'Travellers' are three distinct ethnic groups. There are more. I'm a British Gypsy. Within all the groups people will interchangeably use or reject the word as a self-identifying ethnic marker. Depends entirely on the individual and the context.
Reposted by Jo Clement
a wonderful and exciting Fellowship! congratulations, @joclement.co.uk!
We’re thrilled to announce that @joclement.co.uk is joining us as our new MERL Fellow!
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
The Road Ahead - The Museum of English Rural Life
Learn about Jo Clement's MERL Fellowship project, responding to the Robert Dawson Romany Collection, and how to get involved in 2025.
merl.reading.ac.uk
April 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
a wonderful and exciting Fellowship! congratulations, @joclement.co.uk!
Reposted by Jo Clement
We’re thrilled to announce that @joclement.co.uk is joining us as our new MERL Fellow!
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
The Road Ahead - The Museum of English Rural Life
Learn about Jo Clement's MERL Fellowship project, responding to the Robert Dawson Romany Collection, and how to get involved in 2025.
merl.reading.ac.uk
April 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that @joclement.co.uk is joining us as our new MERL Fellow!
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
Jo will produce poems and videos responding to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller materials in our collection, while enhancing the accuracy of our labels.
Welcome Jo!
Read on: merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/04...
Amy Key wrote a brill Substack about kid's clothes recently. I always pick things like this up and say how much I want the texture, shape and general whimsy in grown-up sizes.
March 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Amy Key wrote a brill Substack about kid's clothes recently. I always pick things like this up and say how much I want the texture, shape and general whimsy in grown-up sizes.
A new bop from the coolest bean.
Edwyn Collins - The Heart Is A Foolish Little Thing (Official Video)
YouTube video by Edwyn Collins
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March 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A new bop from the coolest bean.
Found a great piece on Simon Armitage's Gawaining in Green Letters.
February 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Found a great piece on Simon Armitage's Gawaining in Green Letters.
Want to read stuff made by proper humans and creators to be paid a fair wedge? Write to your MP about Creative Rights and AI. This effortless template even autogenerates your MP's details: creativerightsinai.eaction.org.uk/MP
Thanks to @societyofauthors.bsky.social for this campaign.
Thanks to @societyofauthors.bsky.social for this campaign.
February 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Want to read stuff made by proper humans and creators to be paid a fair wedge? Write to your MP about Creative Rights and AI. This effortless template even autogenerates your MP's details: creativerightsinai.eaction.org.uk/MP
Thanks to @societyofauthors.bsky.social for this campaign.
Thanks to @societyofauthors.bsky.social for this campaign.
After a few hours at it, I've got my first eBook download to move into Calibre. Go Slaughterhouse Five!
FYI - I am downloading eBooks I've bought so I can move my library onto another device if I decide to leave the Amazon/Kindle ecosystem.
FYI - I am downloading eBooks I've bought so I can move my library onto another device if I decide to leave the Amazon/Kindle ecosystem.
February 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
After a few hours at it, I've got my first eBook download to move into Calibre. Go Slaughterhouse Five!
FYI - I am downloading eBooks I've bought so I can move my library onto another device if I decide to leave the Amazon/Kindle ecosystem.
FYI - I am downloading eBooks I've bought so I can move my library onto another device if I decide to leave the Amazon/Kindle ecosystem.
Glad to see people stepping back from Amazon shopping, including Kindle. I often buy eBooks for research and teaching convenience because I don't want to physically own every book I consult. And not everything is available via my library. I double-buy most books in hard and digital formats.
Currently trying to download over 300 books from my Kindle because Amazon has quietly announced that after February 26th, you can no longer move the books you 'buy' across devices.
Louder for people at the back!
*you do not own digital content*
Louder for people at the back!
*you do not own digital content*
February 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Glad to see people stepping back from Amazon shopping, including Kindle. I often buy eBooks for research and teaching convenience because I don't want to physically own every book I consult. And not everything is available via my library. I double-buy most books in hard and digital formats.
Currently trying to download over 300 books from my Kindle because Amazon has quietly announced that after February 26th, you can no longer move the books you 'buy' across devices.
Louder for people at the back!
*you do not own digital content*
Louder for people at the back!
*you do not own digital content*
February 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Currently trying to download over 300 books from my Kindle because Amazon has quietly announced that after February 26th, you can no longer move the books you 'buy' across devices.
Louder for people at the back!
*you do not own digital content*
Louder for people at the back!
*you do not own digital content*
The new Butcher's Dog anthology of South Asian poets in the North East - THRESHOLDS - found the toastiest of welcomes in Middlesbrough Town Hall's Crypt.
Thanks to everyone who came to show support.
#PoetryCommunity #poems #independentpublishing #northeastculture
Thanks to everyone who came to show support.
#PoetryCommunity #poems #independentpublishing #northeastculture
February 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The new Butcher's Dog anthology of South Asian poets in the North East - THRESHOLDS - found the toastiest of welcomes in Middlesbrough Town Hall's Crypt.
Thanks to everyone who came to show support.
#PoetryCommunity #poems #independentpublishing #northeastculture
Thanks to everyone who came to show support.
#PoetryCommunity #poems #independentpublishing #northeastculture
Northern folkies - see you in Boro for some poems?
Freespill x Butcher's Dog x Borderlands present THRESHOLDS, 5.30-8 pm Tuesday, 18th February in The Crypt. I'm told it isn't as creepy as it sounds...
Tickets here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/borde...
Freespill x Butcher's Dog x Borderlands present THRESHOLDS, 5.30-8 pm Tuesday, 18th February in The Crypt. I'm told it isn't as creepy as it sounds...
Tickets here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/borde...
January 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Northern folkies - see you in Boro for some poems?
Freespill x Butcher's Dog x Borderlands present THRESHOLDS, 5.30-8 pm Tuesday, 18th February in The Crypt. I'm told it isn't as creepy as it sounds...
Tickets here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/borde...
Freespill x Butcher's Dog x Borderlands present THRESHOLDS, 5.30-8 pm Tuesday, 18th February in The Crypt. I'm told it isn't as creepy as it sounds...
Tickets here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/borde...
Imagined item of clothing:
those god awful red baseball caps but embroidered instead with the entirety of Langston Hughes' Let America Be America Again.
those god awful red baseball caps but embroidered instead with the entirety of Langston Hughes' Let America Be America Again.
November 25, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Imagined item of clothing:
those god awful red baseball caps but embroidered instead with the entirety of Langston Hughes' Let America Be America Again.
those god awful red baseball caps but embroidered instead with the entirety of Langston Hughes' Let America Be America Again.