Poetry & pubs. Plus an exciting event announcement! helenmort.substack.com/p/a-poem-wal...
A poem walks into a bar
‘But I’m in love with everything amiss’
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Helen Mort
@helenmort.bsky.social
Poet, author, Sheffield-er. Mountaineering literature specialist, running enthusiast, part time Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Coming up in September, Helen Mort will be appearing at BBC's Contains Strong Language poetry gala. @helenmort.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/events/ep3fb...
Contains Strong Language 2026 - CSL Poetry Gala: Part II
The second episode of two very special events features our Contains Strong Language poets on the same bill for the first time. This, the second of two much-loved Poetry Galas, features Jackie Kay, Pau...
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Ironing listening: music for a dreamy afternoon on Unclassified presented by @elizabethalker.bsky.social and produced by Geoff Bird with a selection from @helenmort.bsky.social
Unclassified - Helen Mort's Listening Chair - BBC Sounds
Elizabeth Alker invites poet Helen Mort to pick a track that transports her.
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New book is heeeeere! Available from your local bookshop, library or online! www.penguin.co.uk/books/476288...
Live from Crossed Wires Festival, Sheffield, today - @helenmort.bsky.social on Radio 4's Woman's Hour. From the fairytale ‘wicked queen’ to the put-upon parent of the modern blended family. Helen talks to Anita Rani about writing her new collection, Stepmother. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Woman's Hour - Woman's Hour live from the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival in Sheffield - BBC Sounds
Anita Rani and Nuala McGovern from the Montgomery Theatre in front of a live audience.
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An important conversation between 5 women around deepfakes. I was honoured to be part of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wELx...
Deepfaked: Five women reveal the real impact of being digitally undressed
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On decoy herons, boxing feints and false epiphany: open.substack.com/pub/helenmor...
Fake plastic watering heron
'She looks like the real thing'
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Last tickets left for this tomorrow: www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo...
Buy tickets – Online Workshop: Writing Poems with Helen Mort – Zoom
Online Workshop: Writing Poems with Helen Mort – Zoom, Tue 9 Jun 2026 - Writing Poems Join expert poetry tutor Helen Mort as she helps you put pen to paper in a 90 minute workshop filled with inspirin...
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🎉 🥳 Arvon PLUS in September with me, Declan Ryan and Sarah Howe. Two experienced editors and…er, me! Who fancies joining us? The course includes extra days to write at the end, unique to the ‘Arvon plus’ format. www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Residential Arvon Plus: Poetry | Arvon
Sometimes finding inspiration isn’t the biggest challenge: it’s moulding your poems into the best shape, the best form, the best sequence or collection once you have the raw material. What makes a gre...
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More herons (a siege of herons??? That’s the plural!) for my paid subscribers: open.substack.com/pub/helenmor...
'Seen from antiquity / you gain the Icarus thing'
Heron as grumpy old man
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Well, look what’s about to appear in the world! With work from the collectively and individually fab @katharinenorbury.bsky.social @anitasethi.bsky.social @pollyrowena.bsky.social Josie Giles @helenmort.bsky.social Kate Davis Beatrice Searle Anna Fleming Linda Cracknell and Gail Simmons
Dr Anita Sethi 🍃📚@anitasethi.bsky.social · 4mo agoHappy to be a contributor to this new anthology published in August! “Women, Walking: Contemporary Voices on Nature & Belonging” Edited by Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social In my contribution, I chronicle my night walk through Manchester. www.batsfordbooks.com/book/women-w...
2 months til my new book is out. Sarah Hall describes STEPMOTHER as ‘brave, graceful and absolutely vital.’ It will be published on July 2nd and you can now pre-order. www.penguin.co.uk/books/476288...
STEPMOTHER
'Euripides said "better a serpent than a stepmother." For a moment, you like the idea of being a single line, winding around everything you touch. A vine.' 'Brave, graceful and absolutely vital' SARA...
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I’m sharing snippets from new, evolving non fiction about herons on my Substack (extra heron content for paid subscribers coming soon!): open.substack.com/pub/helenmor...
Grief heron
I had a friend who was heron. The river claimed him for good.
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As part of Sheffield Indie Book Fest, Sheaf Poetry is proud to present a spring reading by three poets: @helenmort.bsky.social, @suzannahevans.bsky.social, and Molly Naylor. Saturday 25 April (6pm-8pm) La Biblioteka, Leah's Yard, Sheffield S1 4HP Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/three-shef...
New poem for Substack. It’s about delivery robots being beaten up. I make most of my content on Substack free but hugely appreciate paid subscribers where people are able to donate. Thank you to everyone who reads! open.substack.com/pub/helenmor...
Delivery Robot, maimed outside LIDL
A Friday poem
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... You know you have half an hour to spare... go listen to @helenmort.bsky.social exploring how light is housed. It's lyrical and you can feel how the coast hugs its slender guardians.
Artworks - The Last Sweeping Beams - BBC Sounds
Helen Mort explores the allure of the lighthouse as their sweeping beams are modernised.
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I’m hosting this in conversation event with brilliant Mai Serhan tomorrow at 11am, registration via the link: rise.mmu.ac.uk/activity/i-c...
It was wonderful to do this ‘listening chair’ for Elizabeth Alker recently and talk about John Grant but - more importantly - this episode of Unclassified features musical gorgeousness from Sheffield…. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Unclassified - Helen Mort's Listening Chair - BBC Sounds
Elizabeth Alker invites poet Helen Mort to pick a track that transports her
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I’m doing some short & sweet online poetry workshops over the coming weeks, first ones are this Friday. Would be lovely to have your company if anyone would like to join! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poems-that...
Poems that make things happen
Online poetry workshops designed to make you think, bring you joy, make you a better reader and writer AND fit in with your busy schedule.
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Online poetry workshops with Helen Mort? Yes please! Poems that make things happen. One off or book the whole series - 1 hour sessions of creativity. @helenmort.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poems-that...
Poems that make things happen
Online poetry workshops designed to make you think, bring you joy, make you a better reader and writer AND fit in with your busy schedule.
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In a masterclass on Sunday, someone asked if I would consider sharing my drafting process. So I had a go! open.substack.com/pub/helenmor...
Come for the whales, stay for the poetry
I'm letting you inside my notebook
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It's impossible to capture all the events of 2025 from CPW in one image, but here's a snap shot of some of the brilliant things our members have been involved with this year. Including @helenmort.bsky.social Andrew Michael Hurley, Nikolai Duffy, Rachel Lichtenstein & Jean Sprackland.
My Christmas jumper is ON. My silly festive writing prompt is free for all to access on Substack! open.substack.com/pub/helenmor...
Tomorrow night in Sheffield I’ll be reading a new commissioned poem for Jane Austen (and women who write!). Please join us: offtheshelf.org.uk/events/a-hou...
Rachel Bower is an award-winning author and poet from Bradford. Her debut novel, It Comes from the River, and third poetry collection, Bee, have both been published in 2025.
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