Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜
@pascalepetit.bsky.social
BEAST April 2025 (Bloodaxe),’Tiger Girl’ shortlisted Forward Prize, ‘Mama Amazonica’ won Ondaatje & Laurel prizes. 1st novel ‘My Hummingbird Father’ from Salt 2024 http://www.pascalepetit.co.uk
Beast is six months old today! Published 24 April. Thank you to @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social my dream publisher, and to everyone who reviewed & interviewed, stocked it and the many launch event organisers who welcomed my 9th collection. More events to come! Special thanks to all the readers!
October 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Beast is six months old today! Published 24 April. Thank you to @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social my dream publisher, and to everyone who reviewed & interviewed, stocked it and the many launch event organisers who welcomed my 9th collection. More events to come! Special thanks to all the readers!
On #worldmentalhealthday a thank you to whatever poetry is and what it has done to heal my mental health, hoping poetry heals yours
October 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
On #worldmentalhealthday a thank you to whatever poetry is and what it has done to heal my mental health, hoping poetry heals yours
Photo of me aged 23 modelling one of my hats, taken by dear friend and painter Nicholas Addison, in my bedsit at Muswell Hill just by Ally Pally. Almost 50 years ago! Well, almost 49 years ago. I remember that day so well.
October 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Photo of me aged 23 modelling one of my hats, taken by dear friend and painter Nicholas Addison, in my bedsit at Muswell Hill just by Ally Pally. Almost 50 years ago! Well, almost 49 years ago. I remember that day so well.
What I’ve been doing this week at Totleigh @arvonfoundation.bsky.social ! The launch week of 2 year Arvon Advanced Writing Programme, Thanks to Zain Rishi for group photo! Non fiction tutor William Atkins, fiction tutor Rachel Seiffert and I’m looking after the five poets.
October 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
What I’ve been doing this week at Totleigh @arvonfoundation.bsky.social ! The launch week of 2 year Arvon Advanced Writing Programme, Thanks to Zain Rishi for group photo! Non fiction tutor William Atkins, fiction tutor Rachel Seiffert and I’m looking after the five poets.
My Hummingbird Father is one year old today! Published 15 Sept 2024. I’d like to thank everyone who made it happen, who supported my first novel & especially all the readers & reviewers. Massive thanks @chrisemery.me and Jen @saltpublishing.com and to my agent @joncurzon.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
My Hummingbird Father is one year old today! Published 15 Sept 2024. I’d like to thank everyone who made it happen, who supported my first novel & especially all the readers & reviewers. Massive thanks @chrisemery.me and Jen @saltpublishing.com and to my agent @joncurzon.bsky.social
Aramis and Simara the jaguars are still in love and she’s the boss, he follows her around. He’s 14 now, I remember him when he arrived at the Jardin des Plantes Fauverie aged 2. Vincennes Zoo enclosure not big enough but they have each other.
August 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Aramis and Simara the jaguars are still in love and she’s the boss, he follows her around. He’s 14 now, I remember him when he arrived at the Jardin des Plantes Fauverie aged 2. Vincennes Zoo enclosure not big enough but they have each other.
The view from my tiny balcony in the attic. I’m on top 5th floor opposite main entrance to Sorbonne, Marie et Pierre Curie campus. 5 mins walk from Jardin des Plantes. I’ve bought a year pass to zoos & museums £62 which means I can walk there everyday especially in the Ménagerie. There’s no lift!
August 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The view from my tiny balcony in the attic. I’m on top 5th floor opposite main entrance to Sorbonne, Marie et Pierre Curie campus. 5 mins walk from Jardin des Plantes. I’ve bought a year pass to zoos & museums £62 which means I can walk there everyday especially in the Ménagerie. There’s no lift!
Thrilled to have ‘Self-Portrait with Fire Ants’ in this special anthology Nature Matters edited by @monaarshiwrites.bsky.social & @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social a go-to text for teaching. Published by @faberbooks.bsky.social My poem is from my 2nd collection The Zoo Father @serenbooks.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Thrilled to have ‘Self-Portrait with Fire Ants’ in this special anthology Nature Matters edited by @monaarshiwrites.bsky.social & @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social a go-to text for teaching. Published by @faberbooks.bsky.social My poem is from my 2nd collection The Zoo Father @serenbooks.bsky.social
The emotionally precarious life of a poet… @writersandartists.bsky.social have released an excerpt from my essay in their 2026 edition: ‘Perseverance in Getting Poetry Published’ www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/perse...
August 3, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The emotionally precarious life of a poet… @writersandartists.bsky.social have released an excerpt from my essay in their 2026 edition: ‘Perseverance in Getting Poetry Published’ www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/perse...
I think I’m 39 here, sanding a polyester resin cast figure that was covered in grime from storage, a friend stopped to take these shots
July 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I think I’m 39 here, sanding a polyester resin cast figure that was covered in grime from storage, a friend stopped to take these shots
I’m off to London again for Red Door Poets reading which means another two days away from home. During this whistle stop tour of Beast I’ve retreated into the garden in snatched moments. Here was our meal last night, our buff tailed bumbles also feast
June 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I’m off to London again for Red Door Poets reading which means another two days away from home. During this whistle stop tour of Beast I’ve retreated into the garden in snatched moments. Here was our meal last night, our buff tailed bumbles also feast
My next Cornwall reading of Beast is at Lost Gardens of Heligan’s Homecoming Festival on 21 June with Simon Armitage. I will read poems on the theme of home and will include my ‘Beast of Bodmin’. Please come it’s the perfect setting! Book here:
www.heliganhomecoming.co.uk/sat-21st
www.heliganhomecoming.co.uk/sat-21st
June 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
My next Cornwall reading of Beast is at Lost Gardens of Heligan’s Homecoming Festival on 21 June with Simon Armitage. I will read poems on the theme of home and will include my ‘Beast of Bodmin’. Please come it’s the perfect setting! Book here:
www.heliganhomecoming.co.uk/sat-21st
www.heliganhomecoming.co.uk/sat-21st
This is tomorrow 5 June! I’ll be reading from Beast at the Purcell Room, South Bank centre for @outspokenldn.bsky.social with an incredible line-up, do come London friends. Book via this link, seats selling fast!:
southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/out-s…
southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/out-s…
June 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This is tomorrow 5 June! I’ll be reading from Beast at the Purcell Room, South Bank centre for @outspokenldn.bsky.social with an incredible line-up, do come London friends. Book via this link, seats selling fast!:
southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/out-s…
southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/out-s…
This is tomorrow! Saturday 31st May 12 noon at Launceston Town Hall: I’ll be reading from Beast along with Katrina Naomi who will read from Battery Rocks, for the inaugural Launceston Poetry Festival, please come and join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/launc...
www.tickettailor.com/events/launc...
May 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This is tomorrow! Saturday 31st May 12 noon at Launceston Town Hall: I’ll be reading from Beast along with Katrina Naomi who will read from Battery Rocks, for the inaugural Launceston Poetry Festival, please come and join us!
www.tickettailor.com/events/launc...
www.tickettailor.com/events/launc...
The evening before I rushed off on travels, Beast was launched by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social along with Vidyan Rathinthiran launching Avidyā & we celebrated Benjamin Zephaniah’s Dis Poetry. Neil Astley hosted. You can watch the launch and our chats on YouTube
www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...
www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...
May 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The evening before I rushed off on travels, Beast was launched by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social along with Vidyan Rathinthiran launching Avidyā & we celebrated Benjamin Zephaniah’s Dis Poetry. Neil Astley hosted. You can watch the launch and our chats on YouTube
www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...
www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...
Beast is a ‘hot new release’ in Mystical Poetry – had to screenshoot this. Thanks fake rainforest! Official release day is Thursday 24 April
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April 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Beast is a ‘hot new release’ in Mystical Poetry – had to screenshoot this. Thanks fake rainforest! Official release day is Thursday 24 April
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
My Bloodaxe launch of Beast is Tuesday 22 April, 7pm, hosted by publisher Neil Astley. I’ll read with Vidyan Ravinthiran and launch of Benjamin Zephaniah’s Dis Poetry. It’s free, do join us
www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...
www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...
April 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
My Bloodaxe launch of Beast is Tuesday 22 April, 7pm, hosted by publisher Neil Astley. I’ll read with Vidyan Ravinthiran and launch of Benjamin Zephaniah’s Dis Poetry. It’s free, do join us
www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...
www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...
Beast is in the LRB Bookshop! Thank you to Davina Quinlivan for this photo of first sighting in the wild ❤️
April 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Beast is in the LRB Bookshop! Thank you to Davina Quinlivan for this photo of first sighting in the wild ❤️
My box of Beasts has arrived! If you’d like an early copy you can buy one direct from @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social! Just scroll down their Beast page www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/...
April 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM
My box of Beasts has arrived! If you’d like an early copy you can buy one direct from @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social! Just scroll down their Beast page www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/...
Some flora of the Scilly Isles, St Mary’s and Tresco – subtropical!
April 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Some flora of the Scilly Isles, St Mary’s and Tresco – subtropical!
It’s so wrong to steal writers’ books to train AI. Meta have stolen thousands upon thousands of books without permission, including 4 of mine, written from human experience of child abuse, hard won transformation of suffering into beauty, let’s protest!
April 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It’s so wrong to steal writers’ books to train AI. Meta have stolen thousands upon thousands of books without permission, including 4 of mine, written from human experience of child abuse, hard won transformation of suffering into beauty, let’s protest!
Beast is now available to buy direct from @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social ! 3 weeks earlier than official publication day! Just scroll down on the Beast page on their website and click on Buy from Bloodaxe if you’d like a copy
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April 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Beast is now available to buy direct from @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social ! 3 weeks earlier than official publication day! Just scroll down on the Beast page on their website and click on Buy from Bloodaxe if you’d like a copy
www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/... www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/...
www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/... www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/...
My trusty ferry to Scilly Isles!
March 31, 2025 at 7:33 AM
My trusty ferry to Scilly Isles!
Beast is in the latest Poetry Book Society newsletter & can be preordered:
It's time for the PBS Friday Eletter! Read on for a Summer Selections preview from Beast by Pascale Petit, plus Mother's Day Gift Membership, National Poetry Competition news and poetry events - mailchi.mp/poetrybookso...
It's time for the PBS Friday Eletter! Read on for a Summer Selections preview from Beast by Pascale Petit, plus Mother's Day Gift Membership, National Poetry Competition news and poetry events - mailchi.mp/poetrybookso...
March 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Beast is in the latest Poetry Book Society newsletter & can be preordered:
It's time for the PBS Friday Eletter! Read on for a Summer Selections preview from Beast by Pascale Petit, plus Mother's Day Gift Membership, National Poetry Competition news and poetry events - mailchi.mp/poetrybookso...
It's time for the PBS Friday Eletter! Read on for a Summer Selections preview from Beast by Pascale Petit, plus Mother's Day Gift Membership, National Poetry Competition news and poetry events - mailchi.mp/poetrybookso...
This makes me so happy! My ninth collection #Beast is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation! And look at the company, congratulations to all ❤️🧡❤️ thanks @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social for being my dream publisher
March 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This makes me so happy! My ninth collection #Beast is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation! And look at the company, congratulations to all ❤️🧡❤️ thanks @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social for being my dream publisher