Possibly shouting into the void. I’m hardly ever on here. Nonetheless: Any writer/publishing connections up for chatting re supporting Palestinian poets? Any initiatives out there? I’ve been in contact with a poet for a while who is working on a collection & it’s time to explore options for them.
It isn’t unusual for me to re-watch certain tv shows, but Letterkenny just hits different. Jared Keeso is a genius. Exceptional writing, exceptional characters, the works, and pretty soon I’m going to start again for the millionth time because we just finished Shoresy, so natural progression.
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This is Deku. He's approximately three stories tall. Shedding season is a public health concern. 14/10
This would change a life. It could change the life of a family. If you doubt that it could happen, look at me. I just did a PhD by Published Works because access and understanding were put in place, but ALSO because a small group of people suggested it for me in the first place & had that faith
BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught@bookwormvaught.bsky.social · last yr.If you’d like to express an early interest in funding the Curae scholarship in CREATIVE WRITING then you can email me @ thecuraeprize@gmail.com. We are looking at £6 to 12k Love, Bookworm ❤️
This is Erika. I was changing the bed & she decided to sit like this, refusing to move, just staring at me. I drove to the back arse of nowhere in Donegal to rescue her when she was tiny. Now she is a TANK and all I get is this derision because I’m not my husband.
We’re still going back and forth - shortlist on the 1st - but wonderful discussion on the poetry list with @seaninhughes.bsky.social and her words have made me think so much more about writing. Craft, our development, how and why we learn. Lovely stuff 💙📚
BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught@bookwormvaught.bsky.social · last yr.Thread. It is a great honour to announce the shortlist for the 2025 #Curae prize for unpaid carers POETRY CATEGORY Mistletoe. Sam Garvan Diagnosis. Elizabeth Loudon Sinkhole. Charlotte Ansell I Love Him (like salt and water). Emma Wilson The Shop at the End of a Wave. Ia Kozoboli. thecuraeprize.uk
Kind of feel like the switch to referring to art as "content" is contributing in ways to how disposable and interchangeable books and writers are treated. I know it's not the reason WHY, because it's long been that way, but it just feels like it's a way to make everything happening more permissible.
Celebrate autistic storytellers and their divergence from allistic archetypes
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These stories celebrate autistic voices and their divergence from allistic archetypes
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A little part of me still reels from this every day.
vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor@ellaguro.bsky.social · last yr.i think if you told me as a teen in the mid 2000's that Limp Bizkit and ICP would broadly be considered "music of the people" in the future whereas Neutral Milk Hotel and Radiohead would broadly be considered toxic 4chan incel music i would *REDACTED*
If we can get this to 2k by the time the 2025 #Curae prize shortlist is announced on 1st May, that would be THE BEST. Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed. Please share and repost. Thank you 💙📚
Wrote a weird slug story last week. Insomnia meant I was in the kitchen at 4am and found one. At first I thought it was a massive cat shit, then it moved and I panicked (bc JFC, sentient shit), then I copped myself on. Got ~2k by 7am. Discovered the dog had eaten it, which was scary, but she’s ok.
Today, I sent my selections for the poetry section of the Curae Prize. The calibre was phenomenal - seriously👌. Thank you so much to every single entrant for giving me the opportunity to read your work. Please, please never stop writing. And I hope we get to do this again and again, year on year.
BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught@bookwormvaught.bsky.social · 2y agoThis is for you #curae entrants I’ve got my lists back from @michaellangan.bsky.social @seaninhughes.bsky.social @tenpennydreams.bsky.social & Elissa Soave. I’ve read all the hundreds of entries and next week the shortlist will be drafted - announced 1st May. I am so proud of you all ❤️
Could my fellow poets who write/speak as Gaeilge make themselves known, please? Friend helping to organise an arts festival and they need one. Thanks!
This is so refreshing to see. I’m geographically limited, but maybe this will reach some folks who could go along and support?
Kit de Waal@kitdewaal.com · 2y agoPlease come if you can and help make this festival a success. forthwrite.uk/forthwrite-f...
Now we get to read the entries. As a carer myself, this is a real privilege and I will give each and every one the time and attention it deserves. Big luck to all of those who entered 🌻
BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught@bookwormvaught.bsky.social · 2y agoUpdate. ALL the entries have now gone off to the judges. I just finished sorting and sending. I've read everything and I have my own shortlist to take to my colleagues in mid April. There is some astounding work here, in my view. I am so proud of you all and hope you enjoyed entering the 2025 #Curae
It's Sunday night, so here is a Villanelle about Villanelle from Killing Eve. It's called Villanelle Villanelle & it's featured in the latest @hogriverpress.bsky.social 🐖
🗣️ “Being a Traveller, we have been treated differently and face inequalities in accessing services, mainly due to people’s prejudices.” Often women’s health issues are pushed to the side, with a high number of women feeling like their struggles aren’t taken seriously.
Meet the cohort of @iambapoet.com's wave 21 – Andrea Small, Bob Perkins, Fred Schmalz, Gillian Craig Spiller, Jane Robinson, Joe Williams, Kelly Davis, Maggie Mackay, Marie Little, Mark Carson, Moira Walsh, Perry Gasteiger, Robin Helweg-Larsen, S Reeson and Theresa Donnelly. iambapoet.com/wave/21
poets | wave 21 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
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41 trips around the sun for me somewhere vaguely between today and tomorrow. Blithely coddiwompling into my ‘fuck fear’ era in which I get my MA and become an unorthodox autistic therapist who makes everyone write a book.
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Jerome Valeska. Now that’s some acting. Yes I’m watching Gotham long after everyone else. Shut up. It’s what I do.
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My current sweet treat hyperfocus is Greek yoghurt with Nutella. It SLAPS.
Please feed to us your glorious writings.
BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught@bookwormvaught.bsky.social · 2y ago4 more days left to enter #Curae - it won’t run again until 2026 at the earliest. Please don’t be shy! thecuraeprize.uk A unique prize for unpaid carers, offering mentoring, courses, industry access, bursaries, agent showcases, the support of top writers & publication in a beautiful anthology
Stop by @seaninhughes.bsky.social's page on @iambapoet.com. She's not only a fine poet, but also a great reader of her own words. Hear her for yourself as she reads three of her poems as part of wave two. www.iambapoet.com/seanin-hughes
Seanín Hughes | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
Hear poet Seanín Hughes read three poems at iamb.
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