The light behind the world - poems that shine with beauty and joy WILD DEVOTION: TEN NATURE POEMS By Kathryn Bevis www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/wil... Cover illustration by Sam Cannon. Donation to Jane Scarth House.
Two weeks to go until our submission deadline! Send your poems to highwoldspoetry@gmail.com by Saturday 15th August for a chance of being included in the book. Happy writing!
I'm the Guest Poetry Editor for the October issue of The Madrid Review. Subs are now open and I look forward to reading your poems...! themadridreview.substack.com/p/submission...
Submissions for the October edition are open!
Please spread the message far and wide and we'd love to read your work from wherever you are in the world!
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This year we’ve picked the theme ‘Weaving Words, Harnessing History’ for the poetry festival. While we’re excited to hear anything you’d like to submit, here’s a bit about the theme in case you’re curious! Stay tuned for more info #poetry #poetryfestival #yorkshire #bayeuxtapestry #stamfordbridge
We thought we’d post a little explainer for people who haven’t heard of the festival before. If you’d like read your poetry or have it published in our anthology, or just come along to listen, have a look at our profile :) #poetry #poetryfestival #yorkshire #spokenwordpoetry
Looking forward to this event in Hull in September, and hearing Tony Fletcher talking about 'POW!' the follow up to his excellent 'Boy About Town'. unionmashup.co.uk/events/pow-t...
POW, Tony Fletcher Book Launch – Union Mash Up
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The High Wolds Poetry Festival is taking place from 10 - 5pm on 26th September in Bishop Burton Village Hall! Everyone is welcome, whether you’re a seasoned poet or you’ve never written before! Send your poems to highwoldspoetry@gmail.com
Larkin’s ‘Love Again’ starring Lupita Nyong'o as Maeve Brennan; Timothée Chalamet as old Phil in a bald wig. Ryan Coogler dragged up as Betty Mackereth with a morning roll on his head.
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
I wrote about how the young Andy Burnham's admiration for Philip Larkin was all part of his grand plan to rule the UK
"Little Englandism of the Left"
How Andy Burnham's bid for power started with Philip Larkin
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Maggie O'Farrell might now be best known as an acclaimed novelist. However, back in the 1990s, she started off as a poet. And she was terrific...
#sheffield Legendary zine editor and author Tony Fletcher will be chatting with me in Kelham Island in a few months. POW! When UK Punk Went Pop, 1980-84 - a memoir by Tony Fletcher Date: Sep 17 • 19:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pow-when-u...
Utterly delighted and grateful to be on this list.
Keith Douglas wrote this gorgeous poem 86 summers ago (in the midst of the Second World War). It still resonates hugely today...
Pleased to see that Philip Larkin’s Collected Poems made his top five. ‘So youth and age Like ink and page In this house join, Minting new coin.’ www.vogue.com/article/kyle...
Kyle Carrero Lopez on the Five Poetry Books That Inspired His Debut Collection
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Book submissions 2026: only one month to go! The theme for the festival this year is 'Weaving Words, Harnessing History' - feel free to take inspiration from this or go your own way! Please submit your poems to highwoldspoetry@gmail.com by Saturday 15th August. We can't wait to hear from you!
Rosie Millard wants us to 'Get a Hobby' and mulls over some quotes from Larkin's Required Writing. @plsoc.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/rosiemil...
Get a hobby
But please do not monetise it, put it on Instagram or give it a hashtag
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#sheffield #punk #80'spop Am hosting a book launch/Q&A in Kelham Island soon for Tony Fletcher's 2nd vol. of memoirs. As a school kid he edited the fanzine Jamming! and has since written books on Keith Moon, Smiths, REM etc. Details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pow-when-u...
POW! When UK Punk Went Pop, 1980-84 - a memoir by Tony Fletcher
The publisher of Jamming! and numerous other books talks about his latest release.
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Larkin's 'Church Going' discussed on BBC Radio 4, at the tail end of Today. @plsoc.bsky.social The poem also lends its name to, and features in, a new R4 series on this morning ... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Church Going, with Giles Fraser, Episode 1
Giles Fraser is on a mission to discover the current state of Christianity.
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Naomi Oba, the Young Warwickshire Poet Laureate for 2026, reads her poem, ‘Shelves of Wonder’ at the Larkin Tribute event, reminding us that libraries are magical places.
An inspirational afternoon at the Philip Larkin event at the Coventry Book Festival. PLS President, Rosie Millard, presents the first ever Philip Larkin Society Next Generation Award to the Red River Theatre Company for their production ‘Home Is So Sad’
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CAMRA's new report on the state of beer, brewing and hospitality in the UK is essential reading; not just for beer drinkers, but consumers in general as well as critics of globalisation https://camra.org.uk/beer-report #RealAle #CAMRA
CAMRA | Beer in the UK — a CAMRA consumer report
The UK brewing industry has been quietly taken over. A consumer-focused report from CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale.
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Very much looking forward to running this Kimiko Hahn inspired poetry writing workshop for legendary The Poetry Business, on July 6th: www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo...
Buy tickets – Online Workshop: 'The poetry of Kimiko Hahn & of writers she’s inspired' with Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana – Zoom
Online Workshop: 'The poetry of Kimiko Hahn & of writers she’s inspired' with Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana – Zoom, Mon 6 Jul 2026 - Downpour: the poetry of Kimiko Hahn & of writers she’s inspired Th...
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Stand aside Led by Donkeys. We now have Led by Davey.
Graham Simpson@grahambs.bsky.social · last mo.Nice one @libdems.org.uk 👍
Larkin @plsoc.bsky.social was commissioned to write 'Bridge for the Living' for the opening. Simon Armitage revisited the poem for Larkin's centenary in 2022, worth a listen.... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Larkin Revisited - Bridge for the Living - BBC Sounds
Simon Armitage explores Bridge for the Living.
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Brian Groom@groomb.bsky.social · last mo.Humber Bridge opened on this day 1981, longest of its type in the world, now 12th longest. Plans first made 1930s, but money not found until 1966 Kingston upon Hull North by-election, when Harold Wilson prevailed on Barbara Castle, transport minister, to give the go-ahead.
Sometimes you have to revisit those much loved and anthologised poems...and in the company of Alistair McGowan and Roger McGouth they really do sing... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Poetry Please - At the Hay Festival - BBC Sounds
Roger McGough is joined by the actor comedian Alistair McGowan at the Hay Festival.
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I'm still trying to get the paint off of my hands!
High Wolds Poetry Festival@highwoldspoetry.bsky.social · last mo.Our workshops are the stuff of MAGIC ✨ joined by the gorgeous Sareena sprinkling painterly glitter, we wrote poems and made art. Forever honoured to hear others’ words fall from their hearts ❤️ #eastyorkshire #poets
John Cooper Clarke reading at the Lass O'Gowrie pub, Charles Street, Manchester, 1976, photo by Phil Portus.
