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Vik Shirley@vikshirley.bsky.social · 6d ago

My pamphlet 'Amorous Electrons', which draws on the music & writing of Daphne Oram (1925-2003), co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop & first woman to design & construct an electronic musical instrument, is published today & is now available to buy from the @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social site…

Had a fabulous time @andreamason.bsky.social Waste Exchange. Got lost, arrived late, missed @susiecampbell.bsky.social et al. Saw the amazing, Colin J Herd, @vikshirley.bsky.social and Nicky Melville, Wow! @joannapocock.bsky.social Came home with these beauties by SJ Fowler & Pepe Mason-Bradshaw 🔥🔥🔥

In their spirit photography in the 1920s and '30s, the Scottish-born brothers Craig and George Falconer specialised in ectoplasm. The results are rather artistic. #PhantomsFriday

Cover reveal! We're delighted to announce the first title in intergraphia Series 5: 'Amorous Electrons' by @vikshirley.bsky.social, a sequence of images and poetry that draws on electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram’s 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics'. On sale from Wednesday.

Out now! The first title in Series 5: 'Amorous Electrons' by @vikshirley.bsky.social, a sequence of images & poetry that draws on electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram’s 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics'. Buy the pamphlet + poster here: intergraphia.cargo.site/Vik-Shirley-...

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Vik Shirley@vikshirley.bsky.social · last wk.

I have a new pamphlet out on Wednesday with the amazing @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social! 'Amorous Electrons' is a sequence of images & poetry that draws on composer & electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram's 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound & Electronics'. Each copy comes with accompanying poster! 💙

My pamphlet 'Amorous Electrons', which draws on the music & writing of Daphne Oram (1925-2003), co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop & first woman to design & construct an electronic musical instrument, is published today & is now available to buy from the @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social site…

…The picture to the left is a double-exposure photograph of a young Daphne Oram on a family holiday c.1930, from her 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics', with which my sequence of poems and paintings works closely. intergraphia.cargo.site/Vik-Shirley-...

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Vik Shirley Amorous Electrons This sequence of images and poetry is a tribute to the hugely influential composer and...

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best bit advice for submitting fiction to @minorliteratures.bsky.social is the one fewest people follow: know what we publish and don't just send whatever cos it's open ... recent pieces here: minorliteratures.com/category/fic...

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minor literature[s]@minorliteratures.bsky.social · 2w ago

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I have a new pamphlet out on Wednesday with the amazing @intergraphiabooks.bsky.social! 'Amorous Electrons' is a sequence of images & poetry that draws on composer & electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram's 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound & Electronics'. Each copy comes with accompanying poster! 💙

intergraphia@intergraphiabooks.bsky.social · 2w ago

Cover reveal! We're delighted to announce the first title in intergraphia Series 5: 'Amorous Electrons' by @vikshirley.bsky.social, a sequence of images and poetry that draws on electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram’s 'An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics'. On sale from Wednesday.

Tickets for this year’s @poetryinaldeburgh.bsky.social 5-8th November are now live! I'm so excited to be part of this programme! Throughout the weekend I'll be reading poems, taking people on a MR James inspired Ghost Walk & running my Dark Matter workshop.🖤 www.poetryinaldeburgh.org/programme-2026

Huge thanks to comedian, author & all round legend, Robin Ince, for just giving W.N.P. Barbellion & The Barbellion Prize a shout out on his Instagram! Subs are open until 1st September for writers living with disability or chronic illness. Please support in anyway you can! 🙏 barbellionprize.org

A look back at our previous shortlists and longlists 2020-2022 and a reminder that we are OPEN for submissions for the 2026 Barbellion Prize until 1st September. The Prize is awarded to writers who, in the opinion of the judges, have produced works of fiction or non-fiction that best reflect… 1/3

… the ideals of the Barbellion Prize and which make a significant contribution to the discourse surrounding disability. Books published between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026 will be eligible for entry. Please visit our website for full details: barbellionprize.org 2/3

Please spread the word and donate if you can. *alt-text: book covers of all the shortlisted and longlisted books 2020-2022* 3/3

Friends, I have some big news! @creativescots.bsky.social have awarded me funding to finish writing my next book, Inside David Lynch's Hair! Thanks, Creative Scotland! The book will be collection of 78 (one for every yr of his life) v.short surreal narratives all based in the landscape of DL’s hair.

If you can help spread the word, offer any coverage or make a donation, please get in touch and/or visit our website: barbellionprize.org Read Jake’s piece in Exacting Clam here: www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-21...

You can now read ‘Necessary Hypocritical Luddism’, a piece by our founder @jgoldsmith.bsky.social, from Summer issue 21 @exactingclam.bsky.social online! The Barbellion Prize is open for subs for books of prose literature that represent the experience of chronic illness & disability until Sept. 1st.

Also a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our founder Jake Goldsmith, whose birthday it is today! barbellionprize.org/donate/

As he says, we are seeking donations. If any amount is possible, please do make your way over to the Barbellion website to help. Link below. 🙏 We are open for submissions until 1st September.

…Last awarded in 2023, the Barbellion has reopened for submissions; it closes on September 1. The prize is also seeking donations to help with its work (via barbellionprize.org). The aim is to raise £20,000 by the end of the year."

Thank you Michael Caines for giving us a mention in @thetls.bsky.social! "A notable revival is the Barbellion prize-named for W.N.P. Barbellion, the diarist, who suffered from multiple sclerosis - which "celebrates & promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness & disability"…

If you would like to cover the prize in any way, and help us spread the word some more, please do get in touch. We would love to hear from you! Please visit barbellionprize.org for full details.

The prize is named after the diarist W.N.P. Barbellion, who wrote eloquently on his life with multiple sclerosis (MS). It is a cross-genre award for literature published in the English language. Information about eligibility can be found in the Terms and Conditions section of our site.

We have received some fantastic submissions, mainly from the US and UK, but are open until September 1st and are hungry for more! The Barbellion Prize celebrates and promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability.

Belated thanks to Chinaza James-Ibe for including us in her Creative Writing News round-up a while back! Thanks also to everyone who has submitted, donated and helped spread the word so far! www.creativewritingnews.com/the-barbelli...

Book launch coming up in the Poetry Cafe!

Vik Shirley@vikshirley.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This Friday 5th June at The Poetry Society in London - double launch - Aquafaba by Colin Herd (Spite Press) Get Tae by Nicky Melville (Blue Diode Press) - 18:00 - 20:00. Full line-up in poster. I’m looking forward to reading new poems! We’ll see you there! 🥳 Link to book here: bit.ly/4oapjPM 

Tickets start at £3.00... They can be purchased here: ra.co/events/2433304 or by going to the Cafe Avalon website. Cafe Avalon: Juno Way, London SE14 5RW. (3/3) #art #happenings #waste #writing #poetry #textiles #sculpture #cafeavalon #wasteexchange #photography #greyhound

I have printed out some photos from 'Greyhound' (a first for me) & will be showing (& selling!) them. I will also be reading alongside a host of super wonderful writers including @vikshirley.bsky.social . There will be food, music, words, wool, textiles, sculptures & so much more. (2/3)

LONDON PEOPLE: I am taking part in this creative extravaganza Sunday June 7. Come on down to Cafe Avalon in Bermondsey for a day of art and writing and performance as part of @waste_exchange_ Curated by the incredible @andreamason.bsky.social, the day will be fun & basically uncategorisable. (1/3)