Tomorrow night Sarah Howe is our very special @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social online guest - we also host the winners of the 2025 Single Poem Comp, and launch the 2026 Single Poem Competition. Read more and book here - www.ticketsource.com/cheltenhampo...

Be at the launch of the @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social Single Poem competition tomorrow night - from 7pm, online. We will reveal our judge, the rules, and dates, and you will also hear the winners of the 2025 Competition ( judged by @gregory_leadbetter) read! www.ticketsource.com/cheltenhampo...

What are your favourite final lines of poems ? Please @ me.. At my next online workshop we will be exploring how to make a dramatic exit and taking a dive into the poetic end line. My classes include tutorial, writing triggers, feedback on your work. www.ticketsource.com/cheltenhampo...

Thank you to everyone who has booked for my Slant Story Telling in Poetry workshop. Just 2 places left. Please join me. I promise to get you writing.. www.ticketsource.com/cheltenhampo...

@annasaund.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join me to explore the art of narrative poetry and to write stories that startle, surprise, and captivate your reader. My on-line workshops are guaranteed to get you writing and thinking about poetry. Read more and book www.ticketsource.com/cheltenhampo...

Join me to explore the art of narrative poetry and to write stories that startle, surprise, and captivate your reader. My on-line workshops are guaranteed to get you writing and thinking about poetry. Read more and book www.ticketsource.com/cheltenhampo...

We aim to possess you with poetry at the 2026 @cheltenhampoetryfest #CheltenhamPoetryFestival highlights include William Wootten on #WaterdelaMere , Richard Skinner and Jean Atkin on the poetry of walking, Fiona Sampson on the Romantics. Read more and book www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

The portals are open - step through into the coruscating darkness. Book your tickets for @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social and we promise you will be possessed by poetry - our line up is magical, alchemical. Read more www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

The theme of the @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social is 'possessed' and we invite you to take the plunge into poetry when some of the most exciting contemporary poets visit the beautiful Regency town of #Cheltenham To read more visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

This March, on-line @zoebrooks.bsky.social unveils her seismic new collection—Something in Nothing—a thunderous, smouldering volume that confronts denial and illuminates the shadows we so often refuse to face. www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

Join me for an an on-line workshop on Lyric poetry - all you need is the desire to write - and a zoom of your own. www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

@jojo_durrant - prize-winning podcast producer and broadcaster - will be talking to @betarish.bsky.social and David Punter at @cheltenhampoetryfestival about what is needed to make a poem powerful enough to take possession of the reader... April 8 - www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

Zoe is a poet whose words you absolutely need to hear her read out loud. A mesmerising talent. 31st March, details below.

@annasaund.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This March, on-line @zoebrooks.bsky.social unveils her seismic new collection—Something in Nothing—a thunderous, smouldering volume that confronts denial and illuminates the shadows we so often refuse to face. www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

Just over a month until the ' poetry party with a healthy dose of anarchy' runs in #Cheltenham #workshops #readings #performances highlights inc @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @fionasampson.bsky.social @hazardpressuk.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

Just over a month until the ' poetry party with a healthy dose of anarchy' runs in #Cheltenham #workshops #readings #performances highlights inc @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @fionasampson.bsky.social @hazardpressuk.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

The theme of the @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social is 'possessed' and we invite you to take the plunge into poetry when some of the most exciting contemporary poets visit the beautiful Regency town of #Cheltenham To read more visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

Congratulations and very well deserved lovely Lucy!

Lucy Heuschen (she/her)@petitecreature1.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Lovely to be longlisted for Cheltenham Poetry Festival's competition! Congrats to the winners and all the shortlisted and longlisted poets. Only 15 selected. What an honour to be there with you. Many thanks to the CPF team and judge Gregory Leadbetter. @annasaund.bsky.social @zoebrooks.bsky.social

This March, on-line @zoebrooks.bsky.social unveils her seismic new collection—Something in Nothing—a thunderous, smouldering volume that confronts denial and illuminates the shadows we so often refuse to face. www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

Can poetry heal, empower, or inspire resistance? Join us for an evening of transformative readings that may resoundingly affirm the power of verse. Online March 2 @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social with @romalynante3.bsky.social and @kvetachka_paetachka www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

The portals are open - step through into the coruscating darkness. Book your tickets for @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social, and we promise you will be possessed by poetry - our line up is magical, alchemical. Read more www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

Come through...

@annasaund.bsky.social · 7mo ago

@jojo_durrant - prize-winning podcast producer and broadcaster - will be talking to @betarish.bsky.social and David Punter at @cheltenhampoetryfestival about what is needed to make a poem powerful enough to take possession of the reader... April 8 - www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

We are kicking off @cheltenhampoetryfestival 2026 with an in-person workshop lead by one of the UK's most exciting contemporary poets - join @theguardian.com poetry reviewer and acclaimed poet @betarish for A Welcome Haunting. Read more and book.. www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

Just because they’re upsetting the ‘old world order’ doesn’t mean they will own the ‘new world order’, or even that there will be such a thing. They excel at destruction, not creation.

@jojo_durrant - prize-winning podcast producer and broadcaster - will be talking to @betarish.bsky.social and David Punter at @cheltenhampoetryfestival about what is needed to make a poem powerful enough to take possession of the reader... April 8 - www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

I don't think I have been on a better line up - this was a wonderful event - such an honour to read with Julie, Lesley, Leo and Zoe. Please listen in ... you won't be disappointed

Milton Keynes Literary Festival@mklitfest.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New podcast episode with five fabulous poets, recorded for our November 2025 Poetry Spotlight event.  www.mklitfest.org/podcasts @julwe1.bsky.social @lesleysharpe.bsky.social @zoebrooks.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social #poetry @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social #poetry

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

This is what I'm working on next: fascism and the environment. Hoping to finish it before the world burns and/or the fascists take charge. Fingers crossed. Do ask me about it, if you're curious. www.thebookseller.com/rights/manch...

Manchester University Press signs Richard Smyth’s ‘vital’ book on fascism and the environment

Manchester University Press has acquired Richard Smyth’s Greenshirts, a new book that uncovers the "deep, often obscured entanglements between fascist ideologies and environmental thought" over the la...

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Drawing inspiration from vibrant contemporary voices and fine, classic poetry, we will delve into the art of poetic self-expression, seeking to sing the self with both power and nuance. Join me for an online workshop this February. www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...

The notion of charging a black journalist under the KKK Act because he covered a pro-immigrant protest at a white Christian nationalist church is just so cartoonishly goddamned sinister. It also won't go anywhere. But they're absolutely relishing it. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

DOJ Says It May Use KKK Act To Prosecute Don Lemon For Reporting On Church ICE Protest

"It’s notable that I’ve been cast as the face of a protest I was covering as a journalist," the former CNN host said.

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AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.

Lots of new stuff for 2026 - I am in #belfast on Friday 8pm cqaf.com/robin-ince-t...

Robin Ince: The Universe and the Neurodiverse - CQAF

A journey through the minds that populate the planet and may populate the universe beyond. An hour of joy and […]

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Robin Ince@robinince.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A little piece about compassion and Robin Williams in a doughnut shop #robinwilliams #comedy #poetry @bobbyllew.bsky.social @theonion.com @robdelaney.bsky.social @indyfromspace.bsky.social @astrokatie.com @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @marawilson.bsky.social