I am thrilled to share our new Featured Writers Page. Just click on a photo or name and learn more about the Featured Writer! athousandshadesofgreen.com/featured-wri...

I’m also alongside these brilliant Thousand Shades of Green featured writers: @philippabowe.bsky.social @iantattum.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @marcellenewbold.bsky.social @petitecreature1.bsky.social @dragonslayerma.bsky.social @merrildsmith.bsky.social @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social and…👇

I have some slight seconds of Trowbridge Stanza's fab, uplifting poetry anthology 'Looking Up - Poems of Hope & Humanity' for sale on a pay-what-you-like basis. Every pound (apart from postage) goes to our brilliant local hospice Dorothy House. Details: trowbridgestanza.substack.com/.../pay-what....

Heartbreakingly beautiful work by @martinadalton.bsky.social and @petitecreature1.bsky.social I love the sense of nurturing for this moment, Martina. ❤️ #relatable #Emptynest #Midnightatthesaltmarsh #anticipation #poetry #poetsofbluesky

Like food? Like poetry & literature? Step this way!🍿⬇️ The brilliant podcast Let Them Eat Books' latest ep discusses the history, processes & sensations of POPCORN, including my poem commended in #StanzaComp2025 @poetrysociety.bsky.social. What a lovely, unexpected delight. tinyurl.com/bde4hs32

Looking forward to reading at Poets' Café on Friday. Thanks to Dreading Slam for sharing this - I was hearing good things about you only last evening ✨️

Dreading Slam@dreadingslam.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#poets café this Friday (8th May) evening @southstreetarts.bsky.social the Guest #poet is Lucy Heuschen @poetsonbluesky.bsky.social

Delighted to see this Mike, whilst slightly concerned that the fabulous success of my friends may bankrupt me 😂 @martinadalton.bsky.social @pdevonald.bsky.social @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social @fiftywords.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social @pascalepetit.bsky.social @petitecreature1.bsky.social

Sigel Literary Press@sigelliterarypress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

COVER REVEAL of upcoming release on May 20th - BLURRED EDGES by the inimitable short story specialist Mike Fox @polyscribe70.bsky.social ballerinibookpress.ch/product/blur...

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...

My first #PoetryCommunity starter pack. Featuring @benjlmorgan.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social @paulwritespoems.bsky.social @rosannamcglone.bsky.social @uhume.bsky.social @niamhvh-l.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost #poetsonbluesky #starterpack

Love @petitecreature1.bsky.social 's 'Won't you fold this summer into your jeans pocket' which provides a beautiful snapshot of our daughters growing up💜

I'm delighted to be the guest poet at the wonderful Poets' Café in Reading on Friday 8th May. There will be an open mic too! Hope to see you there. The link for tickets is below. @vicpickup.bsky.social shorturl.at/fOAJ6

Poets' Café LIVE

Organised and hosted by Vic Pickup & Katherine Meehan, Reading’s Poets’ Café LIVE brings the very best guests from around the UK alongside an open mic section for local poets to read their work in a w...

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Do I still want a combined biography of Margaret of Anjou AND Margaret Beaufort? You bet your biscuits I do. Beaufort wove in and out of Anjou's court, and we rarely consider how Beaufort might have learned from the v strong, active queen/regent tradition in which Anjou had been raised.

I'm delighted to be the guest poet at the wonderful Poets' Café in Reading on Friday 8th May. There will be an open mic too! Hope to see you there. The link for tickets is below. @vicpickup.bsky.social shorturl.at/fOAJ6

Poets' Café LIVE

Organised and hosted by Vic Pickup & Katherine Meehan, Reading’s Poets’ Café LIVE brings the very best guests from around the UK alongside an open mic section for local poets to read their work in a w...

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Come through, we'll have some fun.

Nine Arches Press@ninearchespress.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What are the ingredients needed to make a poem powerful enough to take possession of the reader? Join @betarish.bsky.social at 'Possessed by Poetry', alongside David Punter, talking to @jodurrant.co.uk Cheltenham Poetry Fesival This Thursday 9th April, 7pm www.ticketsource.com/cheltenhampo...

Where could your writing take you? Poetry. Flash Fiction. Short Story. Novel. Enter the Bridport Prize for your chance to win, be published, and share your work with a global audience. Open to writers worldwide. Enter now: www.bridportprize.org.uk #WritingCompetition #CreativeWriting

HBD to my favourite queen, Margaret of Anjou. 🔥 Her mother, Isabelle Duchess of Lorraine, showed her how a woman rules (alongside her formidable grandmother Yolande of Aragon). Here is a poem from Daughter of Fire (Yaffle Press 2025) from Isabelle's viewpoint. Visit my profile for website link.

I know you'll tell me if I'm boring you today, so apologies for that, but hey! I wrote a book, and it's out today!

Nine Arches Press@ninearchespress.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Publication Day for Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak by @betarish.bsky.social 🌸 A perfect burst of joy in challenging times, effervescent and seriously playful, romancing cityscapes and bursting with wit. Poetry Book of the Month, The Observer Congratulations Rishi 🌸 ninearchespress.com/publications...

The line up once more 🔥 #PoetryEvents #PoetsOnBluesky

Tonight at 7pm! The window to register closes at 12 noon UK time... Want an audience ticket for this Zoom event of powerful poetry and prose celebrating women's voices? Email DaughtersPoetry@hotmail.com #Poetry #WomensWriting

Tonight at 7pm! The window to register closes at 12 noon UK time... Want an audience ticket for this Zoom event of powerful poetry and prose celebrating women's voices? Email DaughtersPoetry@hotmail.com #Poetry #WomensWriting

I’m so excited about this brand new zoom workshop I’m running this Thurs inspired by women that history ignored. Come join us, still free and pay-what-you-can places left - and if you cant join live, all ticketholders get a link to the recording afterwards! www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...

Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈@taniahershman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Join me on March 19 7-9pm UK for my Zoom writing workshop, Unwritten Women: Filling History's Gaps - we'll use stories of astonishing women that history ignored as inspiration for fictions/poems/hybrids! Pay-what-you-can places & recording if you can't join live: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...

Join me on March 19 7-9pm UK for my Zoom writing workshop, Unwritten Women: Filling History's Gaps - we'll use stories of astonishing women that history ignored as inspiration for fictions/poems/hybrids! Pay-what-you-can places & recording if you can't join live: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...

Buy tickets for Unwritten Women: Filling in History's Gaps – Unbox Your Words: Unwritten Women - Filling History's Gaps – Zoom

Unbox Your Words: Unwritten Women - Filling History's Gaps – Zoom, Thu 19 Mar 2026 - History has many, many gaps in it - and much of what's forgotten or unwritten involved what women did, across the w...

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Just one week to go before this fiery event organised by the hugely talented Lucy Heuschen @petitecreature1.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥 I'm really looking forward to hearing her reading live, as well as all the other participants! Now to decide what to read myself... #Event #Writing #ReadingSky #PoetrySky

Thanks to The Friday Poem for republishing this. I'd forgotten how open and honest I'd been! #writingcommity

The Friday Poem@thefridaypoem.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Wild Hearted Woman open.substack.com/pub/thefrida...

‘…freed, I meadow / I petal for the sun…’ Congratulations to @corinnaboard.bsky.social on tonight’s brilliant launch of ‘Mædwe’ from @salopress.bsky.social 🥳. Fabulous guest readings too from @sophiaargyris.bsky.social, Tom Branfoot, @minorroarr.bsky.social & @victoriaspires.bsky.social 💚

Only two months left to enter the Ver Poets Open Competition, judged by Vanessa Lampert. It closes on 30th April.

Ver Poets@verpoets.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Entries are invited for the Ver Poets Open Competition 2026, judged by Vanessa Lampert, with prizes of £600, £300 and £100. Winning and selected poems will be published in the competition anthology. The closing date is 30th April. Details are on our website at: verpoets.wixsite.com/verpoets/com....

No glass ceilings will be shattered here. No doors magically open. One editor’s taste. A bit of money. Built shoulder to shoulder with the community. #TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky

Friends, SHINE Quarterly Issue 6 is due out next week, with 23 poets from ~10 countries. Can't wait for you to read! #shinepoetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #booklovers #internationalcommunity

I like Samantha Terrell’s poetry for her strong social conscience and sharp, observant commentary on life. Collaborating with Samantha is always a pleasure. She is thoughtful and inspiring to work with. Samantha is EIC of Shine Poetry Quarterly, you can find her on Bluesky: @shinepoetry.bsky.social