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Philip Cook
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Learning about poetry, just beginning to write it. From South Wales valleys, now in Edinburgh.
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First day of Wild Writing tomorrow at 9am. Join us live or watch the recording later ... monthly and weekly tickets options available, including Pay-What-You-Can.
30 Days Wild Writing
Clare Shaw (Bloodaxe) and Miriam Darlington (Guardian Faber) have joined forces to offer daily online wild writing workshops through June.
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May 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Here we go then! A week's worth of submission window!

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May 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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It's really happening!
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GREY TIME by @julwe1.bsky.social is coming soon.
Use the code FREEUK for limited free postage on your pre-order today.

Striking and immediate poems of love, loss and lament, poems of "universal relevance. A gift of a book".

More details: ninearchespress.com/publications...
May 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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I am deeply elated to announce that my book of poems, Afterbody is out through Blue Diode Press in June.

It has been touched and seen by all my living heroes and I bring this to you with all that is good inside me.

Available for pre-order here: www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/aft...
May 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Looking forward to leading a FREE Scots Song Workshop at Portsoy Boat Festival on Saturday 28th June at The Salmon Bothy. 🎶 Free but booking essential → bit.ly/3ZBXmVH

#AhoyPortsoy

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Free Scots Singing Workshop with Iona Fyfe
FREE Scots Singing Workshop at the Salmon Bothy from 14:30-15:45 on Saturday 28th June. All ages and abilities welcome.
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May 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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This week our Meet the Author video is by David Morley, writer of Passion, which is published this month! 🐦‍⬛

Click below to hear David talk about mist nets, capturing life in poetry and some of the poems' origins.
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Meet the Author: David Morley Discusses Passion
Listen to David Morley introduce his new poetry collection, Passion. David talks about mist nets, capturing life in poetry and describes some of the poems' origins. On Wednesday 25th June at 7pm, please join us online to celebrate the launch of Passion! The event will be hosted by Sinéad Morrissey and will feature readings, discussion & audience Q&A. Book your ticket here: https://www.carcanet.co.uk/events/passion-by-david-morley-carcanet-online-book-launch/ For more info, and to buy the book: https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781800174818/passion/ Carcanet Press is supported by Arts Council England. Please consider donating to support our future work: https://www.paypal.me/carcanet Edited and produced by Pixel Assist www.pixelassist.co.uk
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May 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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#ScottishPoetryEvents

Hidden Doors Festival runs in Edinburgh from 11-15 June. Each day has a poetry double bill, featuring:

Aileen Lees + Imogen Stirling
Charles Lang + Hugh McMillan
JD Henshaw + Julia Sorensen
Sarah Forbes Stewart + Theresa Muñoz
Josh Cake (solo)

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Tickets - Hidden Door
Hidden Door is a unique Edinburgh arts festival taking place in unusual, forgotten urban spaces. Hidden Door 2025 runs from Wednesday 11th to Sunday 15th June.  For our 2025 festival, we are taking ov...
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May 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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McLELLAN POETRY COMPETITION

Poems in English or Scots
£1000 prizes for English poem and Scots poem

Closing Date: 15 June 2025
Judge: Jim Carruth

Prize-winners will be invited to read at the award ceremony on Isle of Arran on Fri 29 Aug 2025

Details:
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Arran Theatre and Arts Trust | Poetry Competition
The Isle of Arrans Annual Art Competition
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May 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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It's BACK! The Poetry Wales Award (formerly Wales Poetry Award) is back with a shiny new name and logo, just in time for the new year.

Open 17 Dec 24 - 17 Feb 25 with judge Jeremy Dixon, we are once again looking for your best unpublished poems!

poetrywales.co.uk/award
December 17, 2024 at 10:06 AM