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David Gaffney

@ggaffa.bsky.social

Writer, Arts Council manager, musician. Concrete Fields (Salt 2023) Out Of The Dark (Confingo 2021) graphic novel Rivers (Top Shelf 2021) www.davidgaffney.org

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Sarah-Clare Conlon@sarahclareconlon.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My next scheduled event is just under five weeks away; head to the link for full details! Really looking forward to chatting about creating and craft with @ggaffa.bsky.social @nblascsok.bsky.social Jazmine Linklater and Tom Branfoot in this one-off! www.manchestercityofliterature.com/event/sarah-...

Sarah-Clare's Literary Salon - Manchester City of Literature

For Chorlton Arts Festival, writer, editor and critic Sarah-Clare Conlon will invite guests to share their work past, present and future, and chat about their practice and processes in poetry and prose. Get a peek behind...

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Tom Jenks@tomjenksuk.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A short piece about Manchester and poetry for @robmclennan.bsky.social and periodicities. The pictures, courtesy of David Gaffney, are from the above/ground press readings last week with me, @ggaffa.bsky.social and @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social at Saul Hay Gallery. bsky.app/profile/robm...

rob mclennan@robmclennan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Tom Jenks @tomjenksuk.bsky.social : notes from the field : Letter from Manchester periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/03/tom-...

Nicholas Royle@nicholasroyle.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Thanks to @wjdavies.bsky.social & @review31.bsky.social for this great review of four recent @nightjarpress.bsky.social publications by @rlsummerling.bsky.social @bookishleels.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social & Joe Stretch

W. J. Davies@wjdavies.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I spent some time with last year's Nightjar Press chapbooks and ended up writing about creepy birds and the contemporary gothic. Review 31 kindly took it on. Free to read here: review31.co.uk/essay/view/1... @review31.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social

Kieran Wyatt@kieranstories.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Trying to get back out there a bit more in 2026. Looking forward to this event at the end of next month. I read Lakes of Titan by David Gaffney in December and loved it. Hope to meet some people there! @ggaffa.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abovegroun...

above/ground book launch featuring David Gaffney, Lydia Unsworth, Tom Jenks

above/ground press present live poetry at Saul Hay Gallery with David Gaffney, Tom Jenks, and Lydia Unsworth - plus art and free wine!

eventbrite.co.uk

David Gaffney@ggaffa.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Ill be launching my latest pamphlet on Thursday 26 Feb at the amazing Saul Hay gallery. expect weird surreal readings from @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @tomjenksuk.bsky.social and me - plus free wine (you'll need it) Free tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1979710024...

above/ground book launch featuring David Gaffney, Lydia Unsworth, Tom Jenks

above/ground press present live poetry at Saul Hay Gallery with David Gaffney, Tom Jenks, and Lydia Unsworth - plus art and free wine!

eventbrite.co.uk

David Gaffney@ggaffa.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Ill be launching my latest pamphlet on Thursday 26 Feb at the amazing Saul Hay gallery. expect weird surreal readings from @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @tomjenksuk.bsky.social and me - plus free wine (you'll need it) Free tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1979710024...

above/ground book launch featuring David Gaffney, Lydia Unsworth, Tom Jenks

above/ground press present live poetry at Saul Hay Gallery with David Gaffney, Tom Jenks, and Lydia Unsworth - plus art and free wine!

eventbrite.co.uk

Kieran Wyatt@kieranstories.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What a great piece of work by David Gaffney inspired by a long train journey and the hours before and after it. How many different minutes can you fit into an hour? I would really recommend getting this. And long live the Chuckle Brothers.

Lakes of Titan by David Gaffney, published this month by Above/Ground Press.
Robin Ince@robinince.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenterIn a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters.Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
David Gaffney@ggaffa.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Out now! Lakes of Titan is a short pamphlet by me published by Above/Ground press You can order now at the knock down price of 5.00 david-gaffney.sumupstore.com/product/lake... the everyday hallucinatory, fuelled by the powerful narcotics of disorientation, hypervigilance and fatigue. Tom Jenks

Lakes of Titan

Out now! Lakes of Titan is a short limited edition pamphlet consist of 34 pieces of experimental prose, published by Above/Ground press in Ottawa. Order straight from me at the knock down price of 5.0...

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Sarah-Clare Conlon@sarahclareconlon.bsky.social · 9mo ago

If you’re in Manchester tomorrow (Saturday, 4pm), it would be dead good to see you at the 50th Peter Barlow’s Cigarette – 50th, blimey! Amazing readers: Frances Presley, Jeremy Over and David Gaffney. Oh, and *cough* me. Free as well and the venue is ace – bring your headtorch and your pocket money.

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Sarah-Clare Conlon@sarahclareconlon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🎥 📚 🕖 Tonight at book/record shop & public drinking rooms Ad England Impiety Hour (aka Peste), it’s the launch of essay collection The Carbon Arc, with four readers – David Gaffney, Nicholas Royle, Anne Worthington & David Savill – plus film clips, introduced by editor Richard Skinner. Free entry.

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Imogen Reid@imogenreid.bsky.social · 10mo ago

If you are in Manchester tonight this will be fantastic! Introduced and published by @richardnskinner.bsky.social readings by @anne-worthington.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & David Savill, at 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓 AKA "O! Peste Destroyed"/ "Annihilation Eve"

Richard Skinner@richardnskinner.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📢 Manchester folk! 📢 Next Wednesday is the launch of ‘The Carbon Arc’, a new collection of 16 commissioned essays on cinema published by Vanguard Editions. The launch will take place at the fabulous Impiety Hour bookshop. Free entry! Books for sale on the night, pay bar, film clips. Join us!

Imogen Reid@imogenreid.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Carbon Arc will launch in Manchester November 12th, published by @richardnskinner.bsky.social work by @anne-worthington.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social Maria Fusco, Gareth Evans, Sam Mills et al. richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-car...

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Richard Skinner@richardnskinner.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A sensational review of ‘The Carbon Arc’ in this month’s Sight & Sound magazine! Amazing! Copies available here! richardskinner.weebly.com/lsquothe-car...

Longbarrow Press@longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 12mo ago

If your neighbourhood is infested with flags on lampposts, email your councillor and request that they be taken down. In some areas, they have done so; the more people who contact them, the better. Alternatively, organise a small group, get a ladder and some cable tie cutters, and do it yourselves.