Zoe Brooks
@zoebrooks.bsky.social
Poet - New book out in Feb 26, previous books Owl Unbound (published by Indigo Dreams Pub) and Fool's Paradise (Black Eyes Pub). Cheltenham Poetry Festival Online organiser. Website: https://www.zoebrookspoet.co.uk
Really looking forward to this. Honoured to be in such a stellar line up
Driving forces behind Cheltenham Poetry Festival, Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders read for us and more.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Really looking forward to this. Honoured to be in such a stellar line up
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Driving forces behind Cheltenham Poetry Festival, Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders read for us from their latest and forthcoming collections.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Driving forces behind Cheltenham Poetry Festival, Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders read for us from their latest and forthcoming collections.
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Delighted to be reading at this Milton Keynes Lit Fest online event
12 November: Driving forces behind @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social, Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders read for us, along with Leo Boix, Julia Webb and Lesley Sharpe. Tickets: www.mklitfest.org/poetryspotli...
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Poetry Spotlight: Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders | MK Lit Fest 2025
Zoe Brooks and Anna Saunders aren’t just the driving forces behind Cheltenham Poetry Festival: they are compelling poets in the own right. We welcome them as they read from their latest and forthcomin...
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October 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Delighted to be reading at this Milton Keynes Lit Fest online event
I have a new poetry collection coming out next February with the launch on 31st March at Cheltenham Poetry Festival Online!
I'm very excited about this one. The poems work really well when performed, so I am looking for readings. Anyone interested?
I'm very excited about this one. The poems work really well when performed, so I am looking for readings. Anyone interested?
September 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I have a new poetry collection coming out next February with the launch on 31st March at Cheltenham Poetry Festival Online!
I'm very excited about this one. The poems work really well when performed, so I am looking for readings. Anyone interested?
I'm very excited about this one. The poems work really well when performed, so I am looking for readings. Anyone interested?
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The line-up for this year's Cheltenham Poetry Festival Slam has to be the best yet - with slam champs from across the county (together with some locally sourced talents) going head-to-head in this feast of spoken word!
Get your tickets from Cheltenham Playhouse: cheltplayhouse.org.uk/CheltPlayhou...
Get your tickets from Cheltenham Playhouse: cheltplayhouse.org.uk/CheltPlayhou...
Slaminal Farm! - Cheltenham Playhouse
Sat 17 May
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April 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The line-up for this year's Cheltenham Poetry Festival Slam has to be the best yet - with slam champs from across the county (together with some locally sourced talents) going head-to-head in this feast of spoken word!
Get your tickets from Cheltenham Playhouse: cheltplayhouse.org.uk/CheltPlayhou...
Get your tickets from Cheltenham Playhouse: cheltplayhouse.org.uk/CheltPlayhou...
As Anna Saunders says please join us at Cheltenham Poetry Festival for some exquisite poetry from Sean Borodale. Tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
'I learnt one night what it is to have the stars
sown through the utility of the body'. Please join us.
@seanborodale reads @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social May 10. @theguardian.com
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sown through the utility of the body'. Please join us.
@seanborodale reads @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social May 10. @theguardian.com
www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
April 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
As Anna Saunders says please join us at Cheltenham Poetry Festival for some exquisite poetry from Sean Borodale. Tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
Just an amazing poet!
still on a high after last night's @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social online lounge - we had the honor of hosting #AnthonyVahniCapildeo #Carcanet
Anthony performed powerful, exquisite, and darkly funny poems to a mesmerized audience. Thank you @zoebrooks.bsky.social and to our audience and readers
Anthony performed powerful, exquisite, and darkly funny poems to a mesmerized audience. Thank you @zoebrooks.bsky.social and to our audience and readers
April 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Just an amazing poet!
I’m honoured and excited to be reading alongside Fiona Benson and Anna Maughan at this @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social event
On May 14 @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social #Fionabenson59 , @zoebrooks.bsky.social and #AnnaMaughan step into the unknown with their luminous and transportive poems, weaving tales of poetry, witchcraft, magic, and fairy tales. 📚🌙
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February 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I’m honoured and excited to be reading alongside Fiona Benson and Anna Maughan at this @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social event
This blogpost is about a visit I made to the concentration camp for Roma and Sinti at Lety, Czech Republic. Approximately 50% of the continent's Roma and Sinti died as a result of the Holocaust or the Devouring as the Roma call it.
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Lety
A British woman's blog about her life in the Czech Republic.
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January 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This blogpost is about a visit I made to the concentration camp for Roma and Sinti at Lety, Czech Republic. Approximately 50% of the continent's Roma and Sinti died as a result of the Holocaust or the Devouring as the Roma call it.
czechproperty.blogspot.com/2020/01/lety...
czechproperty.blogspot.com/2020/01/lety...
The BBC will be playing my recording of my poem 'Punch' with Adam Crowther this week!
Thurs eve on BBC Radio Glos & BBC Radio Wilts from 6pm!
Sat eve on BBC Radio Glos, BBC Radio Wilts, BBC Radio Bristol & BBC Radio Somerset between 6-8pm. You can listen on your radio or via the free BBC Sounds app.
Thurs eve on BBC Radio Glos & BBC Radio Wilts from 6pm!
Sat eve on BBC Radio Glos, BBC Radio Wilts, BBC Radio Bristol & BBC Radio Somerset between 6-8pm. You can listen on your radio or via the free BBC Sounds app.
January 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The BBC will be playing my recording of my poem 'Punch' with Adam Crowther this week!
Thurs eve on BBC Radio Glos & BBC Radio Wilts from 6pm!
Sat eve on BBC Radio Glos, BBC Radio Wilts, BBC Radio Bristol & BBC Radio Somerset between 6-8pm. You can listen on your radio or via the free BBC Sounds app.
Thurs eve on BBC Radio Glos & BBC Radio Wilts from 6pm!
Sat eve on BBC Radio Glos, BBC Radio Wilts, BBC Radio Bristol & BBC Radio Somerset between 6-8pm. You can listen on your radio or via the free BBC Sounds app.
Looking forward to this, if a little nervous. As Anna says, message me if you would like to attend
At the online reading for @enfieldpoets tomorrow night there will be a double literary first - both @zoebrooks.bsky.social and myself will be reading brand new work from our forthcoming collections. The event is free, on zoom and starts at 8pm. Please message me if you would like to attend.
January 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Looking forward to this, if a little nervous. As Anna says, message me if you would like to attend
Hailes Church near Winchcombe a special and holy place.
January 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Hailes Church near Winchcombe a special and holy place.
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Work with poet @annasaund.bsky.social at this workshop on line breaks. Suitable for experienced poets.
This class will take you a little deeper into the subject and craft of lineation. Read more and book
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This class will take you a little deeper into the subject and craft of lineation. Read more and book
www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
January 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Work with poet @annasaund.bsky.social at this workshop on line breaks. Suitable for experienced poets.
This class will take you a little deeper into the subject and craft of lineation. Read more and book
www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
This class will take you a little deeper into the subject and craft of lineation. Read more and book
www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
This is going to be amazing. Seven stellar poets. tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
2025 is looking good for poetry -we have some very exciting names lined up at our lounges for Feb and March - and kicking of the year - a party to celebrate 5 years of on-line events.. and look at the line up on this 😍 Thank you @zoebrooks.bsky.social
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December 30, 2024 at 8:41 AM
This is going to be amazing. Seven stellar poets. tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
Christmas Day book haul! Books by @ellafrears.bsky.social @victoriachang.bsky.social @joyellemcsweeney.bsky.social Billy Collins, Marina Warner, Scott McKendry & Ishion Hutchinson. @philipwilkinson.bsky.social knows what I like
December 26, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Christmas Day book haul! Books by @ellafrears.bsky.social @victoriachang.bsky.social @joyellemcsweeney.bsky.social Billy Collins, Marina Warner, Scott McKendry & Ishion Hutchinson. @philipwilkinson.bsky.social knows what I like
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Who are we? Well Cheltenham Poetry Festival is run by poets.
@annasaund.bsky.social leads the in-person Festival and @zoebrooks.bsky.social the on-line.
We have wide and varied taste in poetry and would love to connect with you here..
cheltenhampoetryfestival.co.uk
@annasaund.bsky.social leads the in-person Festival and @zoebrooks.bsky.social the on-line.
We have wide and varied taste in poetry and would love to connect with you here..
cheltenhampoetryfestival.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Who are we? Well Cheltenham Poetry Festival is run by poets.
@annasaund.bsky.social leads the in-person Festival and @zoebrooks.bsky.social the on-line.
We have wide and varied taste in poetry and would love to connect with you here..
cheltenhampoetryfestival.co.uk
@annasaund.bsky.social leads the in-person Festival and @zoebrooks.bsky.social the on-line.
We have wide and varied taste in poetry and would love to connect with you here..
cheltenhampoetryfestival.co.uk
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We would just like to apologise to anyone who has booked for @annasaund.bsky.social latest workshop hoping they would work with 'other pets'. This should read 'poets'. There will be no cats, dogs, goats, fish or other creatures present. Unless you bring your own.
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December 15, 2024 at 11:57 AM
We would just like to apologise to anyone who has booked for @annasaund.bsky.social latest workshop hoping they would work with 'other pets'. This should read 'poets'. There will be no cats, dogs, goats, fish or other creatures present. Unless you bring your own.
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We are excited to have our winners for the @Cheltpoetfest
International Single Poem Competition. Huge thanks to our judge rmcfarlane63 and administrator @zoebrooks.bsky.social
for their hard work. The results will be on our website and social media from Monday 16th Dec.
International Single Poem Competition. Huge thanks to our judge rmcfarlane63 and administrator @zoebrooks.bsky.social
for their hard work. The results will be on our website and social media from Monday 16th Dec.
December 10, 2024 at 5:34 PM
We are excited to have our winners for the @Cheltpoetfest
International Single Poem Competition. Huge thanks to our judge rmcfarlane63 and administrator @zoebrooks.bsky.social
for their hard work. The results will be on our website and social media from Monday 16th Dec.
International Single Poem Competition. Huge thanks to our judge rmcfarlane63 and administrator @zoebrooks.bsky.social
for their hard work. The results will be on our website and social media from Monday 16th Dec.
Last night I dreamt I found a shark in a builders’ bag of compost. As it was still alive the rest of the dream was spent discussing how to get the shark back to the sea, which is miles away.
Interpretations welcome.
Interpretations welcome.
December 9, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Last night I dreamt I found a shark in a builders’ bag of compost. As it was still alive the rest of the dream was spent discussing how to get the shark back to the sea, which is miles away.
Interpretations welcome.
Interpretations welcome.
Bought five books for family presents online yesterday and did so via Bookshop.org, thereby ensuring my local bookshop got 30% commission.
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December 5, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Bought five books for family presents online yesterday and did so via Bookshop.org, thereby ensuring my local bookshop got 30% commission.
There are still a few places left on Anna Saunders' online workshop tomorrow -
Write What You DON'T KNOW
Telling other’s stories in poetry - with power, empathy and understanding. @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social
Tickets from:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
Write What You DON'T KNOW
Telling other’s stories in poetry - with power, empathy and understanding. @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social
Tickets from:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
"Write What you DON'T Know - a poetry workshop" at Online
Tickets are now available for Write What you DON'T Know - a poetry workshop at Online, Online on Thursday 5th December 2024 at 7:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
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December 4, 2024 at 9:13 AM
There are still a few places left on Anna Saunders' online workshop tomorrow -
Write What You DON'T KNOW
Telling other’s stories in poetry - with power, empathy and understanding. @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social
Tickets from:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
Write What You DON'T KNOW
Telling other’s stories in poetry - with power, empathy and understanding. @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social
Tickets from:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
Preparing my introduction to Dzifa Benson's reading tomorrow evening by reading her collection from @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social again. What a tour de force it is! If you can make it, do grab a ticket to hear her read: www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampoetryfestival
December 1, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Preparing my introduction to Dzifa Benson's reading tomorrow evening by reading her collection from @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social again. What a tour de force it is! If you can make it, do grab a ticket to hear her read: www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampoetryfestival
A piece of ice at the allotment - an exploding star in miniature
November 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM
A piece of ice at the allotment - an exploding star in miniature
What a wonderful evening of scintillating poetry at the @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social Fundraising Party. 16 superb poets including @julwe1.bsky.social @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social @davewakely.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social @chrishemingway.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 11:10 PM
What a wonderful evening of scintillating poetry at the @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social Fundraising Party. 16 superb poets including @julwe1.bsky.social @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social @davewakely.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social @chrishemingway.bsky.social