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Leia Butler
@leiabutler.bsky.social
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Writer from London. Tear and Share (brokensleep) - Thoughts I lost in the Laundry (stanchionzine) - make up my mind (steelincisors) other work in Streetcake magazine - she/her
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Leia Butler @leiabutler.bsky.social · Feb 17
I am so excited about this. The collection is super visual and incorporates scans of swatches of different make up materials.
steelincisors.bsky.social Steel Incisors @steelincisors.bsky.social · Feb 17
ANNOUNCEMENT! Our first book of 2025 will be MAKE UP MY MIND by @leiabutler.bsky.social, out 22 March.
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stanchion.bsky.social
I love that my debut on the BBC is all about cats, an amazing city, and the joy of traveling with an open mind and heart.

www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Super evening at Write Here, Right Now. Prompts went down well I think and have definitely give me things to work on over winter. Back in Jan 2026
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
We didn’t get Books Council Wales funding, it would've meant 5 years of stability. It’s a blow, and it means a rockier road ahead, but our commitment to ambitious, inclusive, working-class publishing stays firm. If you want to help: buy a book, spread the word, or donate:

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Dear friends, I’m writing with some difficult news. We recently applied for long-term revenue funding through the Books Council of Wales, support that would have secured stability for Broken Sleep Books for the next five years and helped us continue publishing the ambitious, risk-taking, inclusive work we believe in so deeply. Unfortunately, we were not successful. It’s disappointing, of course. We put forward a strong application, had a positive interview, and genuinely believed our publishing programme where we champion low socio-economic status authors, working-class authors, and marginalised authors, while widening access to the arts and degentrifying the arts, reflected the cultural values Wales should be proud to support. Clearly, our idea of cultural value doesn’t fully match the Books Council’s. Sometimes decisions go another way. What hasn’t changed is our commitment. Broken Sleep Books will carry on publishing with the same determination, ambition, and care that has always sustained us, just with fewer resources and a much harder road ahead. If you value what we do, there are meaningful ways you can help us weather this moment: 📚 Buy a book, or a few Every purchase directly supports the press. Browse the catalogue here: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/books 🎁 Consider our books as gifts With the holidays approaching, this makes a real difference. 💬 Spread the word Tell a friend, share our books online, recommend us to a bookshop, or forward this newsletter. ❤️ Make a donation (if you’re able) Some readers have asked how they can help directly. If you’d like to support our work with a small donation, we’ve set up a simple option here: https://ko-fi.com/brokensleepbooks (Please only give if you’re in a position to do so, we know times are hard for many.) Broken Sleep has always been a community effort, powered by readers, writers, booksellers, and supporters who believe in literature that takes risks and makes space for voices that don’t always find a home elsewhere. Thank you, sincerely, for sticking with us. Your support means everything, especially right now.
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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stanchion.bsky.social
UK & EU Saver Shipping available at checkout on Issue 20, An Honour & a Privilege, and all other in-stock books and magazine issues! Will ship from England in early January! You can get your Stanchion fix and save lots of £ & €!!
stanchion.bsky.social Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 12d
I could REALLY use more orders of Issue 20. SRSLY.

This is a celebration of 5 years of a magazine that pays, prints, nominates for awards, fulfills orders immediately, doesn't charge fees or ask for donations & champions its contributors. Here's what's inside the anniversary issue
stanchionzine.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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paulwritespoems.bsky.social
This means so much to me.

Thank you 🙏
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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fullhouselitmag.bsky.social
Announcing the 2025 FH Pushcart nominations! Huge congrats!
PUSHCART NOMINATIONS 2025
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
leiabutler.bsky.social
I am so so excited to be on the list! @afterpoetry.com is so brilliant and I can’t wait to read the other selected pieces. Such a fantastic idea for a journal.
afterpoetry.com 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫... 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭 @afterpoetry.com · 10d
**CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!**

Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.

Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.

Are you in? Here's where to find out ...

afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
All Poems | 2026 | After... Poems inspired by other art
See the full index of ekphrastic poems published by After... in 2026
www.afterpoetry.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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badbadpoet.bsky.social
What’s this flesh? explores the terrain of illness, interrogating the innate strangeness of the human body when afflicted by disease. Available now from @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social intergraphia.cargo.site/James-Knight
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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wordweave.bsky.social
Poems out this month with @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social & @dustpoetry.bsky.social & an acceptance just in from another favourite for publication in Feb, all while on residency in Sweden - that shooting star I saw on my way to the airport is working flat out! #skara trip
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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mollykmoon28.bsky.social
So excited to have my poem ‘Bird Women’ featured in @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social ! ❤️ www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/bird-...
Bird Women by Molly Knox — Full House Literary
www.fullhouseliterary.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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fullhouselitmag.bsky.social
Today's wonderful Featured Creator piece is 'Bird Women' by @mollykmoon28.bsky.social 👏

www.fullhouseliterary.com/poetry/bird-...
Bird Women by Molly Knox — Full House Literary
www.fullhouseliterary.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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fullhouselitmag.bsky.social
From each day up until mid December, the Featured Creator section of FH will feature a brand new piece! Exciting stuff.

The piece for today is Richard’s Plea by @plewellan.bsky.social 👏

www.fullhouseliterary.com/prose-script...
Richard’s Plea by Paul Lewellan — Full House Literary
www.fullhouseliterary.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Thank you to all who made tonight’s first Book Bag Open Mic Session. Absolutely stellar poetry throughout with incredible support and encouragement 🙏.

@gillbarr.bsky.social
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@helenlaycock.bsky.social
@jahshabby.bsky.social
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@victoriaspires.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
leiabutler.bsky.social
Great issue ⬇️⬇️⬇️
streetcakemag.bsky.social streetcake magazine @streetcakemag.bsky.social · Oct 1
NEW ISSUE 🥳

Please head over to our website to read some amazing work by a range of talented writers!

www.streetcakemagazine.com

#LitMags #WritingCommunity
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
leiabutler.bsky.social
I picked up these wonderful books a few weeks ago at the small publishers fair and can confirm @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social books are beautiful. Highly recommend supporting them ⬇️
Three books: 1.The process of poetry 2. The dark within them 3. In conversation with literary journals
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
Lovely Scribblers, you know we like to be positive, but naturally selling books is tough - indeed website sales for the last few months have been slim.

We keep almost 100% of the income when you buy direct - and we can therefore give more % to our authors too!

Check out www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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fullhouselitmag.bsky.social
It's issue day! A huge thank you to all the contributors for your amazing work ✨

The art on our cover was created by Kathy Bruce.

This issue is wonderful and I hope you enjoy checking it out: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue2-2025
Full House Literary 2025 issue two. Featuring: C.M Archer - Angela Arnold - Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arowolo - Sumayya Arshed - Nisha Bhakoo - Belle Biscotti - Kathy Bruce - Xun Chi - Angela Heiser - Janina Aza Karpinska - Martha Lane - Danielle McMahon - Zach Keali’i Murphy - John Newton - Joe Pickard - Maryam Seyf - Paul Short - Ilias Tsagas - Veronica Tucker - Rachel Turney - Sarah Wallis -Elizabeth Wilson Davies- Ella B. Winters - Julie Wong - Cynthia Yatchman
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
leiabutler.bsky.social
This looks amazing!
stanchion.bsky.social Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 21d
Here's the front + back of Issue 20, which is at the printer now + will be published on Nov 25th.
Running a independent print lit mag that doesn't rely on donations, grants, or fees is getting so much harder.
Please consider pre-ordering a copy. Just a tenner.

www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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dehm000.bsky.social
Many thanks to @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for giving my poem "popcorn bowl" another chance at being read after Skink Beat Rev (where it 1st appeared) went defunct.

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Read it here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-2-2025...
November 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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paulwritespoems.bsky.social
Absolutely buzzing to be in this excellent issue 🤩
fullhouselitmag.bsky.social Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 25d
It's issue day! A huge thank you to all the contributors for your amazing work ✨

The art on our cover was created by Kathy Bruce.

This issue is wonderful and I hope you enjoy checking it out: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue2-2025
Full House Literary 2025 issue two. Featuring: C.M Archer - Angela Arnold - Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arowolo - Sumayya Arshed - Nisha Bhakoo - Belle Biscotti - Kathy Bruce - Xun Chi - Angela Heiser - Janina Aza Karpinska - Martha Lane - Danielle McMahon - Zach Keali’i Murphy - John Newton - Joe Pickard - Maryam Seyf - Paul Short - Ilias Tsagas - Veronica Tucker - Rachel Turney - Sarah Wallis -Elizabeth Wilson Davies- Ella B. Winters - Julie Wong - Cynthia Yatchman
November 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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wordweave.bsky.social
Happy Publication Day @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social delighted to have a poem with you the day before I'm off on an adventure to start my residency at Skara Bibliotek! 🇸🇪https://www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-2-2025-online-pieces/phaeton-by-sarah-wallis
Phaeton by Sarah Wallis — Full House Literary
www.fullhouseliterary.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
leiabutler.bsky.social
New issue of FH out today!!! This has so much exciting and brilliant work in and was such a pleasure to put together ❤️
fullhouselitmag.bsky.social Full House Literary @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social · 25d
It's issue day! A huge thank you to all the contributors for your amazing work ✨

The art on our cover was created by Kathy Bruce.

This issue is wonderful and I hope you enjoy checking it out: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue2-2025
Full House Literary 2025 issue two. Featuring: C.M Archer - Angela Arnold - Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arowolo - Sumayya Arshed - Nisha Bhakoo - Belle Biscotti - Kathy Bruce - Xun Chi - Angela Heiser - Janina Aza Karpinska - Martha Lane - Danielle McMahon - Zach Keali’i Murphy - John Newton - Joe Pickard - Maryam Seyf - Paul Short - Ilias Tsagas - Veronica Tucker - Rachel Turney - Sarah Wallis -Elizabeth Wilson Davies- Ella B. Winters - Julie Wong - Cynthia Yatchman
November 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
leiabutler.bsky.social
Had such a lovely day today at the @smallpublishers.bsky.social fair. Was lovely to have my little collection of spider stickers as part of the Royal Holloway table. I’ll be around tomorrow also! Book haul pending
Table full of poetry books and other visual poetry items 3 books made from stickers called spider_web_feelings
October 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Frazzled are departing from the norm. Join us, follow these top places!

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October 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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paulwritespoems.bsky.social
It’s here. The Book Bag with @gillbarr.bsky.social collection A Wide River Divides Us published by Cinnamon Press

Plus news & opps including;

@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
@eatthestorms.com
paulwritespoems.bsky.social Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social · Oct 19
The Book Bag is here. This week we cross A Wide River Divides by Gill Barr, published by Cinnamon Press.

One of the top ten books I've read this year.

Read my thoughts here.

Also news, opps and the regular playlist.
The Book Bag: A Wide River Divides Us By Gill Barr
Welcome back to The Book Bag. I hope you’ve had a poetic week. It’s been a productive week in the allotment with strawberry runners being planted, the fruit cage being finalised and the cold frame started. Things are taking shape. Last Sunday we went to Wallington, a National Trust property not far from Morpeth. It was a perfect day for a long autumn walk. We also got to take in the photography exhibition dotted throughout the East Wood. I may write an ekphrastic piece about one of the images. The below, I took on my phone.
paulwritespoems.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM