Nicky Kippax
@nickykippax.bsky.social
Aphantastic poet, even if I say so myself. Northern Writers’ Award winner & co-host of York poetry night, Rise Up! Recent words in Rialto Poetry, Oxford Poetry, The London Magazine & PN Review. Also: https://poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poets/nicky-kippax/
Now on sale - w/ our headliner, @ianduhig.bsky.social ✨
July 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Now on sale - w/ our headliner, @ianduhig.bsky.social ✨
We can’t wait to host Ian, Kirsten & Henry. Tickets on sale from Weds.
I used to be in charge of single homelessness services for York City Council and enjoy visiting the town now. Thanks to @nickykippax.bsky.social and looking forward to reading with Kirsten and Henry -- hope to see some of you there.
June 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We can’t wait to host Ian, Kirsten & Henry. Tickets on sale from Weds.
Can’t WAIT for this. 💫
25th June, York… Rise Up! 💜
Launch event for ‘This Is How I Fight’ ✊🏼
So looking forward to sharing a stage with @jpseabright.bsky.social & Spencer Wood ✨✨✨
@nickykippax.bsky.social @chadpie.bsky.social thankyou xxx
Launch event for ‘This Is How I Fight’ ✊🏼
So looking forward to sharing a stage with @jpseabright.bsky.social & Spencer Wood ✨✨✨
@nickykippax.bsky.social @chadpie.bsky.social thankyou xxx
June 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Can’t WAIT for this. 💫
It’s half term but work must continue. The eternal juggle. After a lovely zoom reading with @reddoorpoets.bsky.social last night, I opened my door to this message from my youngest. The poem was called BOOM and I loved it. 💥
May 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It’s half term but work must continue. The eternal juggle. After a lovely zoom reading with @reddoorpoets.bsky.social last night, I opened my door to this message from my youngest. The poem was called BOOM and I loved it. 💥
Comin’ up @ Rise Up! Got your tickets yet? www.eventbrite.com/e/rise-up-a-...
May 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Comin’ up @ Rise Up! Got your tickets yet? www.eventbrite.com/e/rise-up-a-...
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Couple of spots left for this Thursday’s online workshop for Granta Writers’ Workshop tixoom.app/pwalecturer/...
Jen Calleja: Translating Literature for Beginners
On May 15, 2025 - get a ticket now!
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May 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Couple of spots left for this Thursday’s online workshop for Granta Writers’ Workshop tixoom.app/pwalecturer/...
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Delighted to have been shortlisted in the Dark Poets Club competition, out of over 2000 submissions! 'Observance' was first published by Black Bough Poetry, because oh, I do love me a M🌕🌕N poem. Many thanks to the judges for this lovely boost. 😊
www.darkpoets.club/post/observa...
www.darkpoets.club/post/observa...
May 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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A week today! online! come and join me as I chat owls and share pictures #TheCompanyOfOwls #BookEvent #Litfest #BookSky #Owls
www.huddlitfest.org.uk/tag/pollyatk...
www.huddlitfest.org.uk/tag/pollyatk...
pollyatkin Archives • Huddersfield Literature Festival
www.huddlitfest.org.uk
May 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A week today! online! come and join me as I chat owls and share pictures #TheCompanyOfOwls #BookEvent #Litfest #BookSky #Owls
www.huddlitfest.org.uk/tag/pollyatk...
www.huddlitfest.org.uk/tag/pollyatk...
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We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.
May 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.
What a brilliant Rise Up! Rachel Long, Ioney Smallhorne & Minal Sukumar were absolutely captivating. Thank you, poets! 🩵✨ Next up….Nafeesa Hamid is headlining! Join us on Weds 21st May for what will be an extraordinary night. Tix on sale now… eventbrite.com/e/rise-up-a-ce…
May 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
What a brilliant Rise Up! Rachel Long, Ioney Smallhorne & Minal Sukumar were absolutely captivating. Thank you, poets! 🩵✨ Next up….Nafeesa Hamid is headlining! Join us on Weds 21st May for what will be an extraordinary night. Tix on sale now… eventbrite.com/e/rise-up-a-ce…
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Yay!
To launch my new collection 'This is How I Fight' I'm sharing a virtual stage with fabulous poets Erica Hesketh
& @julwe1.bsky.social 🌹
Tues 22 July, 19:00-20:00 BST
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...
Bookings are via Eventbrite and tickets are 'Pay What You Can'
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
To launch my new collection 'This is How I Fight' I'm sharing a virtual stage with fabulous poets Erica Hesketh
& @julwe1.bsky.social 🌹
Tues 22 July, 19:00-20:00 BST
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...
Bookings are via Eventbrite and tickets are 'Pay What You Can'
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
Triple Online Launch: Erica Hesketh, Rosie Garland and Julia Webb
Celebrating new poetry books by Erica Hesketh, Rosie Garland and Julia Webb
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Yay!
To launch my new collection 'This is How I Fight' I'm sharing a virtual stage with fabulous poets Erica Hesketh
& @julwe1.bsky.social 🌹
Tues 22 July, 19:00-20:00 BST
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...
Bookings are via Eventbrite and tickets are 'Pay What You Can'
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
To launch my new collection 'This is How I Fight' I'm sharing a virtual stage with fabulous poets Erica Hesketh
& @julwe1.bsky.social 🌹
Tues 22 July, 19:00-20:00 BST
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...
Bookings are via Eventbrite and tickets are 'Pay What You Can'
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
Far/Out with @gcthewriter.bsky.social 💚
April 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Far/Out with @gcthewriter.bsky.social 💚
Beach read - thanks to the extraordinary work of @no1emily.bsky.social 🕰️
April 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Beach read - thanks to the extraordinary work of @no1emily.bsky.social 🕰️
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The new episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way is now live.
The first interview is with the amazing Liz Berry. We talked about the importance of libraries, Liz’s love of zines and the positive sides of the internet.
You can listen to it on Spotify
The first interview is with the amazing Liz Berry. We talked about the importance of libraries, Liz’s love of zines and the positive sides of the internet.
You can listen to it on Spotify
Episode 11: Liz Berry
The Poems We Made Along The Way · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Mmmm ☀️
'The Bittersweet' by Vasiliki Albedo www.badlilies.uk/vasiliki-alb...
Vasiliki Albedo — Bad Lilies
A poem by Vasiliki Albedo
www.badlilies.uk
April 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Mmmm ☀️
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Thoughts on pinning a poem to the page - part 3 of my series on writing poetry for @rte.ie 🐸🐸🐸
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Get Creative: On writing poetry - pinning the poem to the page
Ever thought about writing a poem? Why not take the leap?
www.rte.ie
April 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Thoughts on pinning a poem to the page - part 3 of my series on writing poetry for @rte.ie 🐸🐸🐸
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Really chuffed that my poem, Janet’s Foss, is @poetrysociety.bsky.social ‘poem of the month’ after being chosen by @janeclarke.bsky.social as a winning entry on the theme of stone. Thank you. 🪨✨
April 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Really chuffed that my poem, Janet’s Foss, is @poetrysociety.bsky.social ‘poem of the month’ after being chosen by @janeclarke.bsky.social as a winning entry on the theme of stone. Thank you. 🪨✨
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My poem, PIP, was published in The Frogmore Papers (2023). Solidarity to everyone who is worried about the changes 💖
March 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
My poem, PIP, was published in The Frogmore Papers (2023). Solidarity to everyone who is worried about the changes 💖
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If your teachers suggest that your poems are sentimental, that is only half of it. Your poems probably need to be even more sentimental. Don’t be less of a flower, but could you be more of a stone at the same time?
—Mary Ruefle, from "On Sentimentality"
—Mary Ruefle, from "On Sentimentality"
March 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🌺 & 🪨
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On Wednesday 26th March at 7pm, please join us online to celebrate the launch of Father's Father's Father by Dane Holt. The event will be hosted by Caroline Bird and will feature readings, discussion & audience Q&A.
Book your ticket here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6JazB...
Book your ticket here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6JazB...
March 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
On Wednesday 26th March at 7pm, please join us online to celebrate the launch of Father's Father's Father by Dane Holt. The event will be hosted by Caroline Bird and will feature readings, discussion & audience Q&A.
Book your ticket here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6JazB...
Book your ticket here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6JazB...
Bark, barker, barkest.
March 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Bark, barker, barkest.
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Poets reading at StAnza Poetry Festival in St Andrews (& online) 14-16 March include @imtiazdharker.bsky.social and Gwyneth Lewis. Belgian poet Charlotte Van den Broeck will take part in a live recording of the Lantern Scottish Poetry podcast.
www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...
www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Poets reading at StAnza Poetry Festival in St Andrews (& online) 14-16 March include @imtiazdharker.bsky.social and Gwyneth Lewis. Belgian poet Charlotte Van den Broeck will take part in a live recording of the Lantern Scottish Poetry podcast.
www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...
www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...
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Great to see all the positive thoughts on the new issue! We're biased but we think it is a really special issue:
Why not subscribe and check it out for yourself:
poetrylondon.co.uk/subscriptions/
Why not subscribe and check it out for yourself:
poetrylondon.co.uk/subscriptions/
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March 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Great to see all the positive thoughts on the new issue! We're biased but we think it is a really special issue:
Why not subscribe and check it out for yourself:
poetrylondon.co.uk/subscriptions/
Why not subscribe and check it out for yourself:
poetrylondon.co.uk/subscriptions/
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Please join us at Castlefield Gallery on Thursday 3rd April for PN Review's Spring Readings 2025, featuring recent contributors to the magazine: Stav Poleg, Ophira Gottlieb, Philip Terry and Alex Wong!
More info and tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/carcanetpress...
More info and tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/carcanetpress...
March 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Please join us at Castlefield Gallery on Thursday 3rd April for PN Review's Spring Readings 2025, featuring recent contributors to the magazine: Stav Poleg, Ophira Gottlieb, Philip Terry and Alex Wong!
More info and tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/carcanetpress...
More info and tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/carcanetpress...