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Katy Evans-Bush
@katyevansbush.bsky.social
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Poet, blogger, freelance editor, UK. I mean there's a lot more obviously. Politics, movies, silly jokes, knitting, the end of the world, etc. My latest book is Joe Hill Makes His Way into the Castle (CB Editions) & I write at katyevansbush.substack.com
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July 2025

So they’re arresting grannies now; they passed a law. It told them how just sitting there is now a crime: you hold a sign, you say, ‘No. I’m against this thing you’re doing now’. If not like this, then tell us how to say our piece, to speak of peace. They’ll say that you’re a terroriste. The word’s the crime. The word is No. The word is Stop. The words we know: starvation, kill, bombs, genocide. Humanity’s the thing that died. 

Meanwhile, in prison, or on bail,
the grannies knit, the priests say ‘Hail Mary, for she is full of grace’.

The government says, ‘Shut your face’. The war is mightier than the word. the law of might, the case unheard;

the rain falls down. The rain is hard. 
The children die. Apartments fall. The word is Woe. Forgive us all.
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July 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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It's impossible to keep up with anythign at all at the moment! Found this yesterday in my Facebook memories & didn't even remember it.
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Also, police could bypass legal requirements for a court order to obtain women's medical records from NHS providers (note: 'NHS providers' - assumes they're private companies!).

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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May 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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From @kornetzke.bsky.social in early April. I like the bit about poems - we could flood them with Wisława Szymborska...

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...
May 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Hey, just a reminder - this is tonight!

Free transatlantic poetry in NYC time - 5pm there, 10pm here, 3pm if you're on the west coast - join us!
February 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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NOTE IN DIARY: Feb 22! I'll be presenting a UK special at this US-based poetry series in 2 weeks! 5pm EST, or 10pm UK time. Four poets - all different, & all very particularly ourselves, producing four distinctive poetries. Come along and have a listen 😊

www.facebook.com/events/49815...
February 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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February 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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And now for something completely different! This has been making me very happy this week.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
January 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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As enormity after enormity reaches this week's news, & many express shock or outrage, I realise I have no real idea how aware most people outside (or even in) the US are of this ad DT ran in the NYT in 1989. It seems late in the day for shock or surprise. 1/2

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016...
January 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Oh, and by the way - you maybe thought this was somehow just an American thing? Here, this is what I've been saying for months only it's in this afternoon's news:
January 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Too much going on - out in the world, among my friends & family, & in here, inside my head. So I've been doing this.

#writerswhoknit
January 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Nine days till my annual workshop on the whole TS Eliot Prize shortlist: 2 mornings, one huge poetry energy shot! We meet on Zoom; no need to have read any of the books, I take care of that bit. You just bring your own coffee & croissants.
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www.tickettailor.com/events/katye...
Screenshot of katyevansbush.com with workshop info
January 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Well THIS has made my day - I'm a Guardian Poetry Book of the Year!

www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
December 3, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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Okay, crochet pattern of the day! I can't stop laughing.

Get on Etsy, people!

#Writerswhoknit
December 3, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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Not as a whole they don't.
December 2, 2024 at 6:56 AM
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There's talk of making a proper #Writerswhoknit feed. If you search in Feeds there are 2 posts already up, one of which is not mine. So here's my list of writers I know on here who knit. Just post up something knitting-related & use this hashtag & hey presto! And save the feed to see updates. 1/2
November 25, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Today so far! I was given this slightly harsh-coloured hand-dyed wool (w/sparkles in) & ordered some lavender mohair to tone it down & for cosiness, for a beret & neckwarner for a 6-year-old. It's an even bigger success than I thought! V excited now!

Did we ever get that #Writerswhoknit feed going?
November 25, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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Peterson writes like a 14yo trying to look smart. But has Marriott read Jung? The whole POINT of archetypes is that they persist throughout time & culture. What wd he say to TS Eliot? & while obvs everything IS just itself, ALSO the world is v metaphorical & allegorical. (JP also full of shit obvs)
November 21, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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On the plus side, my Diane di Prima has arrived
November 19, 2024 at 2:53 PM
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Book here: www.tickettailor.com/events/katye...
Flyer for Zoom reading featuring Tiffany Atkinson, Rachael Boast, Katy Evans-Bush & Adam Horovitz, 4 Dec, 8pm London time
November 17, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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And also, while I'm populating my new feed I may as well post this, which made me very happy this morning when I checked in at E*on's place - mainly to try and migrate some contacts - maybe we can persuade @fionalarkin.bsky.social to make the switch?
November 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM