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We are so sad to hear of the death of Tony Harrison. His work combines inspired poetic flight with demotic energy and a mastery of form. A towering figure, Faber has been publishing his work for stage and screen for over forty years. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
September 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
We are so sad to hear of the death of Tony Harrison. His work combines inspired poetic flight with demotic energy and a mastery of form. A towering figure, Faber has been publishing his work for stage and screen for over forty years. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
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"As of Monday, Ukraine’s drone strikes have knocked out an estimated 17% of Russia’s oil refining capacity, sending fuel prices up at home and straining the Kremlin’s military logistics."
www.kyivpost.com/post/58980?u...
www.kyivpost.com/post/58980?u...
Ukraine Disrupted 17% of Russia’s Oil Refining Capacity
Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil and gas sites, carried out in response to Moscow’s attacks on its energy grid, have caused fuel shortages and disrupted key exports.
www.kyivpost.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"As of Monday, Ukraine’s drone strikes have knocked out an estimated 17% of Russia’s oil refining capacity, sending fuel prices up at home and straining the Kremlin’s military logistics."
www.kyivpost.com/post/58980?u...
www.kyivpost.com/post/58980?u...
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This week’s Friday Poem is ‘(i)’ by Deryn Rees-Jones, the first in a sequence of sonnets from her new collection ‘Hôtel Amour’ www.serenbooks.com/2025/07/frid.... @notjustdancing.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘(i)’ by Deryn Rees-Jones, the first in a sequence of sonnets from her new collection ‘Hôtel Amour’ www.serenbooks.com/2025/07/frid.... @notjustdancing.bsky.social
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A poem from FIELD REQUIEM (@carcanet.bsky.social) for my beloved dad, the many selves of him. After his sudden death in December, I wanted winter to last for years and years, but the prairies have turned to spring, the crocuses are blooming. www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/o...
Minor Doxology
Circle of light on the village street from his kitchen window where he stands in the slowing breath of nightfall, stares through that cold fire into sifting shadow: dusk-blue snow banked against the p...
www.the-tls.co.uk
April 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A poem from FIELD REQUIEM (@carcanet.bsky.social) for my beloved dad, the many selves of him. After his sudden death in December, I wanted winter to last for years and years, but the prairies have turned to spring, the crocuses are blooming. www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/o...
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‘To sign my name? Thank you, no,
Though the penitents linger on death row.
And the generalissimo like an Exocet
Is homing in on Heathrow.
Indifferent to the inferno?’
Read ‘The Resurrection of the Lord’ by our Poet of the Month, @pcevans.bsky.social
Though the penitents linger on death row.
And the generalissimo like an Exocet
Is homing in on Heathrow.
Indifferent to the inferno?’
Read ‘The Resurrection of the Lord’ by our Poet of the Month, @pcevans.bsky.social
‘The Resurrection of the Lord’ by P. C. Evans
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For April, we are delighted to publish three new works by P. C. Evans. The last of these, ‘The Resurrect…
thelonelycrowd.org
April 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
‘To sign my name? Thank you, no,
Though the penitents linger on death row.
And the generalissimo like an Exocet
Is homing in on Heathrow.
Indifferent to the inferno?’
Read ‘The Resurrection of the Lord’ by our Poet of the Month, @pcevans.bsky.social
Though the penitents linger on death row.
And the generalissimo like an Exocet
Is homing in on Heathrow.
Indifferent to the inferno?’
Read ‘The Resurrection of the Lord’ by our Poet of the Month, @pcevans.bsky.social
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New poetry from @pcevans.bsky.social
The Deathwatch-Beetle Serenade
‘Christa’s uploaded some photos of us to the net.
It’s thirty years, and you still make me catch my breath,
Nicky. Sometimes I forget who we were or are…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/04/04/t...
Image by David Street
The Deathwatch-Beetle Serenade
‘Christa’s uploaded some photos of us to the net.
It’s thirty years, and you still make me catch my breath,
Nicky. Sometimes I forget who we were or are…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/04/04/t...
Image by David Street
‘The Deathwatch-Beetle Serenade’ by P. C. Evans
The Deathwatch-Beetle Serenade Christa’s uploaded some photos of us to the net. It’s thirty years, and you still make me catch my breath, Nicky. Sometimes I forget who we were or are, Working the r…
thelonelycrowd.org
April 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
New poetry from @pcevans.bsky.social
The Deathwatch-Beetle Serenade
‘Christa’s uploaded some photos of us to the net.
It’s thirty years, and you still make me catch my breath,
Nicky. Sometimes I forget who we were or are…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/04/04/t...
Image by David Street
The Deathwatch-Beetle Serenade
‘Christa’s uploaded some photos of us to the net.
It’s thirty years, and you still make me catch my breath,
Nicky. Sometimes I forget who we were or are…’
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/04/04/t...
Image by David Street
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Our Poet of the Month for April is P. C. Evans. The first of three poems, ‘Selection’, is published today with two more to follow at the weekend. Photo by David Street.
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/04/02/p...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/04/02/p...
Poet of the Month (April): P. C. Evans
The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2025. For April, we are delighted to publish two new works by P. C. Evans. The first of these, ‘Selection̵…
thelonelycrowd.org
April 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Our Poet of the Month for April is P. C. Evans. The first of three poems, ‘Selection’, is published today with two more to follow at the weekend. Photo by David Street.
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/04/02/p...
thelonelycrowd.org/2025/04/02/p...
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My new poetry collection 'Grey time' comes out in July 2025 and I am on the lookout for reading opportunities - preferably paid (at least travel and accommodation) as money is tight. If you run an event and would like to know more about me/my collection do shout! ninearchespress.com/publications...
Grey Time | Nine Arches Press
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December 28, 2024 at 6:06 PM
My new poetry collection 'Grey time' comes out in July 2025 and I am on the lookout for reading opportunities - preferably paid (at least travel and accommodation) as money is tight. If you run an event and would like to know more about me/my collection do shout! ninearchespress.com/publications...
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Yesterday a dream came true, my first novel My Hummingbird Father was fully & deeply reviewed in the Guardian by Sana Goyal, who got to the heart. It took me so many years to write. Thank you @sanagoyalkotecha.bsky.social thank you @saltpublishing.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/o...
My Hummingbird Father by Pascale Petit review – a tale of childhood trauma takes flight
The poet’s novel of art and abuse vividly evokes one woman’s quest to uncover long-lost memories
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Yesterday a dream came true, my first novel My Hummingbird Father was fully & deeply reviewed in the Guardian by Sana Goyal, who got to the heart. It took me so many years to write. Thank you @sanagoyalkotecha.bsky.social thank you @saltpublishing.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/o...
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Over 160 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in December 2024. Best of luck & pls share!
www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
December 11, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Over 160 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in December 2024. Best of luck & pls share!
www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
I just had a chat with a bot or scammer posing as the author Elizabeth Strout. When I declined their 'help', they suddenly turned into a 'deleted account'.
December 9, 2024 at 8:02 PM
I just had a chat with a bot or scammer posing as the author Elizabeth Strout. When I declined their 'help', they suddenly turned into a 'deleted account'.
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Here we are: DELTRANS. Dutch-to-English translators getting together to discuss the sudden drop-off in work, the uses and misuses of AI, editing and publicity. Thanks to the Amsterdam Vertalershuis for hosting us. @davidcolmer.bsky.social (anyone else on bsky yet?)
December 8, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Here we are: DELTRANS. Dutch-to-English translators getting together to discuss the sudden drop-off in work, the uses and misuses of AI, editing and publicity. Thanks to the Amsterdam Vertalershuis for hosting us. @davidcolmer.bsky.social (anyone else on bsky yet?)
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The first recorded lines of poetry in Dutch, in an 11th century manuscript:
‘Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan hic enda thu wat unbidan we nu?.’
‘Do all of the birds have nests, but for you and me; well, what are we waiting for?’
From @pcevans.bsky.social Grand Larcenies @carcanet.bsky.social
‘Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan hic enda thu wat unbidan we nu?.’
‘Do all of the birds have nests, but for you and me; well, what are we waiting for?’
From @pcevans.bsky.social Grand Larcenies @carcanet.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 11:19 AM
The first recorded lines of poetry in Dutch, in an 11th century manuscript:
‘Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan hic enda thu wat unbidan we nu?.’
‘Do all of the birds have nests, but for you and me; well, what are we waiting for?’
From @pcevans.bsky.social Grand Larcenies @carcanet.bsky.social
‘Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan hic enda thu wat unbidan we nu?.’
‘Do all of the birds have nests, but for you and me; well, what are we waiting for?’
From @pcevans.bsky.social Grand Larcenies @carcanet.bsky.social
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There are things that break you as a poet and writer. Often you can’t even mention them. All you can do is go back to the work, the writing process will help you survive, go back & every single improvement will help to save you, keep going, the art is what matters, not the rest.
December 2, 2024 at 12:04 PM
There are things that break you as a poet and writer. Often you can’t even mention them. All you can do is go back to the work, the writing process will help you survive, go back & every single improvement will help to save you, keep going, the art is what matters, not the rest.
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A short film that my sister Heather Benning made with @chadgalloway.bsky.social on the decommissioning of her sculptural installation, "The Dollhouse"
nsi-canada.ca/film/the-dol...
nsi-canada.ca/film/the-dol...
The Dollhouse | National Screen Institute
The decommissioning of Heather Benning's artwork The Dollhouse.
nsi-canada.ca
December 3, 2024 at 5:37 PM
A short film that my sister Heather Benning made with @chadgalloway.bsky.social on the decommissioning of her sculptural installation, "The Dollhouse"
nsi-canada.ca/film/the-dol...
nsi-canada.ca/film/the-dol...
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⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed.
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
Storyville Books Bookshop UK
Nestled in the rolling hills of the South Wales valleys, we are the only independent bookshop in Pontypridd, selling new books and more.
uk.bookshop.org
November 24, 2024 at 6:41 PM
⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed.
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
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I'm in the early stages of organising some sort of network for people who are actively translating poetry, and publishing (or hoping to publish) their translations. If you might be interested, be in touch. And do please forward/retweet!
September 17, 2024 at 8:09 AM
I'm in the early stages of organising some sort of network for people who are actively translating poetry, and publishing (or hoping to publish) their translations. If you might be interested, be in touch. And do please forward/retweet!