Polly Atkin
@pollyrowena.bsky.social
Writer, Lake-swimmer, Bookseller. FRSL hEDS/Haemochromatosis/all the comorbs she/her rep @PortyLiterary Books incl: Recovering Dorothy Some Of Us Just Fall The Company of Owls Emergency Dream Swimming The Seasons https://linktr.ee/pollyatkin
And when I was already posting about what a happy morning I am having, I just saw an American badger for the very first time! Ambling along on its badgery business, badger-style, as if I weren’t there all sweaty & panting! Video to follow. Paging @pollyrowena.bsky.social the Grasmere badger queen
Moss as organism and teacher, pioneer, healer, ancestor and future. Discover and create stories and poetry about this ancient, world-building plant. The workshop is recorded, and you’ll be sent copies of the writing prompts, links and references. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1990041216...
The World of Moss
an online creative writing workshop with authors Anna Chilvers and Clare Shaw
eventbrite.co.uk
And tonight, in a very dark corner of my own garden : HEDGEPIG NEWS (I am beyond thrilled at this Visitation).
‘Görli is our garden’: Berliners fight to stop mayor locking their park at night
‘Görli is our garden’: Berliners fight to stop mayor locking their park at night
Kreuzberg campaigners win court ruling against €2m fence aimed at shutting out drug dealers
theguardian.com
The UK banning trans women from breast cancer screening gives the game away, they want trans people dead. It's social murder.
Sophie Molly@sophiemolly.co.uk · 2mo ago"Women's health clinics offering breast screenings would be unable to provide this service to trans women. This is despite the fact that trans women who have had more than five years of Gender-Affirming Hormons Therapy (GHAT) are forty-seven times more likely to develop breast cancer than men"
Member of the Society of Authors? Thinking about practical ways to make a difference to other members, prospective members, and help ensure a more equitable literary ecosystem for all? How about considering joining the board? Come along Tues 9th to learn more. societyofauthors.org/event/luncht...
Lunchtime learning - Why you should stand for the Board - The Society of Authors
With four seats available, this is your opportunity to add to the diversity of perspectives and influence the strategic direction of the Society of Authors over the next few years.
societyofauthors.org
Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis and acclaimed French-Iranian artist, dies aged 56 www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis and acclaimed French-Iranian artist, dies aged 56
Family members said the author of the landmark comic book memoir ‘died of sadness’ after the death of her husband last year
theguardian.com
Deadline Monday so tell me now or never!
Polly Atkin@pollyrowena.bsky.social · 2mo agoOnce again somehow @likewinterblue.bsky.social is doing the Northern Preview for @thebookseller.com on top of his usual monthly paperback one, and I'm doing the Disability Preview, both for books out July 2026 to June 2027. If your book fits the bill or you're publishing one, please send AIs!
If my math is right, the crime rate for pardoned insurrectionists is roughly three times higher than that of immigrants.
Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Tonight! online! BSL interpreted and recorded! Join us if you can. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wild-women...
Wild Women Writers Salon 24: Wonderfully Other (BSL Supported)
On disability, visibility & the right to a rich & radiant life -- with Grace Quantock, Rachel Charlton-Dailey & Polly Atkin
eventbrite.co.uk
Once again somehow @likewinterblue.bsky.social is doing the Northern Preview for @thebookseller.com on top of his usual monthly paperback one, and I'm doing the Disability Preview, both for books out July 2026 to June 2027. If your book fits the bill or you're publishing one, please send AIs!
So great to see this review of The Company Of Owls up at @adroitjournal.bsky.social by B. Anne Kalicki - theadroitjournal.org/2026/05/25/a...
A Review of Polly Atkin’s The Company of Owls: A Memoir
Connection to the natural world and its capacity for solace permeate Atkin’s lyrical memoir, The Company of Owls, where in her state of chronic illness, she feels “more kinship with owls than oth…
theadroitjournal.org
‘A Meditation of Small Frogs’ by Charlotte Eichler, from Swimming Between Islands (@carcanet.bsky.social). @pollyrowena.bsky.social read this and thought of you!
The UK is currently using 66.4% renewables to power the national grid!
Watching Black men dying in their 50s again has been painful...and it turns out there might be something we can do about it. This is big.
Sparrow / Liz@untonuggan.myatproto.social · 2mo agoheart health PSA (especially for folks of African and/or South Asian ancestry): - there's a type of "bad" cholesterol called Lipoprotein A - it raises the risk of heart disease - it's hereditary, & not modified by "eating well and exercise" - new treatments are being developed #NEISvoid
Hasn't even been a year and Zohran's governance is having a massive impact on my family. Our daycare was able to open a 15-seat 3K program because of the 2,000 extra seats the admin funded. Everyone we know got in somewhere they wanted. This is gonna save us almost 50 grand.
British Columbia’s provincial health officer says one of the four Canadians isolating in the province who had been on board a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak has received a “presumptive positive” test.
Canadian isolating in B.C. tests "presumptive positive" for hantavirus
British Columbia’s provincial health officer says one of the four Canadians isolating in the province who had been on board a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak has received a “presumptive positive” test.
winnipegfreepress.com
Once more the people at the back. It’s King IN The North, not King OF the North. I read one think piece last year that assumed Andy Burnham is Rob Stark in this scenario and doomed to slaughter before any triumph. Oh media illiteracy!
Jon Snow Declared King In The North - Game Of Thrones
Alt: Jon Snow Declared King In The North - Game Of Thrones - by all the lords raising their swords to him
static.klipy.com
Genuinely extraordinary to hear Westminster mps argue that A) the electorate wanted Keir Starmer (99.9% just wanted the tories gone) B) Wes Streeting would be a good leader (no words for this other than No No No) C) Ed Miliband (even less words)
In my "Folklore of the Lake District", I write about my encounter with the 'Red Lady', the ghostly figure in a red cloak walking through a wooded area. I met the owner earlier and she informed that her late grandfather often talked of something "otherworldly" there and best avoided at night.
So chuffed to see this first review of Emergency Dream @serenbooks.bsky.social -
Emergency Dream: Polly Atkin, Seren | Write Out Loud
Emergency Dream: Polly Atkin, Seren
writeoutloud.net
Looking forward to this new book from Polly Atkin and tuning into her (hybrid) event at the gorgeous @portybooks.bsky.social tomorrow, Tuesday May 12th, 7pm GMT. Info: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/polly... Congrats! @pollyrowena.bsky.social #swimming #indielit #naturewriting 🌿
Polly Atkin - Swimming the Seasons at The Portobello Bookshop
Please come and join us for Polly Atkin - Swimming the Seasons on 12th May, at The Portobello Bookshop
theportobellobookshop.com
Saraband Books@saraband-books.bsky.social · 3mo agoHappy publication day @pollyrowena.bsky.social and Swimming the Seasons 🏊♂️ Follow poet and nature writer Polly Atkin as she swims through the turning year in the rivers, lakes and tarns of the English Lake District, in this lyrical ode to the uplifting power of water 🏊♂️ saraband.net/sb-title/swi...
A reminder the launch for this is this coming Tuesday 12th May. It's hybrid so you can join us in-person in Edinburgh or online from anywhere in the world where you have internet access. Please do, and spread the word! #BookSky #NatureWriting #SwimLit #BookLaunch #HybridEvent
Polly Atkin - Swimming the Seasons at The Portobello Bookshop
Please come and join us for Polly Atkin - Swimming the Seasons on 12th May, at The Portobello Bookshop
theportobellobookshop.com
Polly Atkin@pollyrowena.bsky.social · 3mo agoPublication day! #SwimmingTheSeasons: A freshwater Almanac out now with @saraband-books.bsky.social. Signed copies on the shelf @samreadbookseller.bsky.social and launch in-person and online @portyliterary.bsky.social on Tuesday 12th, when I'll be talking with @elspethwrites.bsky.social #BookSky
