The latest book on my @forwardprizes.bsky.social reading list has been ‘Even the Trees’ by @roshnigallagher (shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection). I absolutely devoured this extraordinary and wide-ranging collection, which interrogates the

Thanks to reviewers Dave Coates and @shashtrevett.bsky.social for these wonderful reviews of Nadine El-Enany and @roshnigallagher.bsky.social's just-published debut collections in the Poetry Book Society's Autumn Bulletin.

Loved being part of this beautiful evening. Check out Roshni’s and Clementine’s wonderful collections

Roshni Gallagher@roshnigallagher.bsky.social · 3w ago

I had so much fun celebrating the publication of my debut collection ‘Even the Trees’ and Clementine Ewokolo Burnley’s debut ‘Belling the Leopard’ last Thursday ❤️ Both published by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social !

I had so much fun celebrating the publication of my debut collection ‘Even the Trees’ and Clementine Ewokolo Burnley’s debut ‘Belling the Leopard’ last Thursday ❤️ Both published by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social !

I’m very excited to be reading at the double launch of Roshni Gallagher’s and Clementine Ewokolo Burnley’s poetry collections next Thursday 24th September, Portobello Bookshop, Edinburgh, 7pm-8pm. If you cannot make it in person you can join online. Booking link below

It’s publication day for Even the Trees! I’m so grateful to @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social and the James Berry prize for making this book a reality. I’m having a joint launch with Clementine Ewokolo Burnley at @portybooks.bsky.social next Thursday! 🎟️ www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/roshn...

📣September Book of the Month We have five copies of Even the Trees, the debut poetry collection by our New Writer Awardee @roshnigallagher.bsky.social to give away. Entries close on 30 September! www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-of-the-...

Join us on Tuesday 29 September, 7pm (UK time) for our online launch event for the winners of the James Berry Poetry Prize and the Mslexia Women's Pamphlet Competition. www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic... @roshnigallagher.bsky.social @mslexia.bsky.social

We're delighted to have two titles shortlisted for @forwardprizes.bsky.social this year: Tishani Doshi's Egrets, While War for Best Collection, and @roshnigallagher.bsky.social's forthcoming debut Even the Trees for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection. www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...

Georgia O'Keeffe, Sunrise, 1916 #WomensArt

Wonderful to see seven Bloodaxe titles on the longlists for the 2026 Forward Prizes for Best Collection and Best First Collection! Congratulations to John Challis, Tishani Doshi, Clare Pollard, Penelope Shuttle, Roshni Gallagher, Cathy Galvin, Jennifer Lee Tsai and all the longlisted poets.

📚❌ As the UK marks the National Year of Reading, a new UNISON report shows libraries across England are suffering after years of austerity. Staffing has been severely cut and opening hours reduced, leaving communities without vital support. Read more ⬇️ unsn.uk/4ruMXpY

Please share. 💞 I collated a big list of links & resources including finding loved ones, and updating it regularly - I need more for Cuba & Haiti: linktr.ee/caribbeansol... #HurricaneMelissa (400-mile wide record-breaking cat 5) caused devastation, especially across western Jamaica

I’m so pleased to have two new poems in the beautiful summer issue of @poetrylondon.bsky.social 💙

Goonie: Poetry Extravaganza with Michael Mullen & Friends 20 June @lighthousebks.bsky.social Edinburgh. £0–£10.99 Exploring queerness through fierce lyrical poetry & celebrating Scotland through vernacular vignettes, GOONIE is Michael Mullen’s debut collection lighthousebookshop.com/events/gooni...

Why does your library matter to you? ❤️📚 We asked 2,000 Scots that question and this is what they told us: www.scottishbooktrust.com/our-research...

I’m thrilled to have a new poem from my forthcoming collection in the Scotland issue of @irishpages.bsky.social I’m so pleased to be included among this wonderful selection of new scottish poets 💙

the intimacy of a word doc containing a bad draft of the poem you know you must write

CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS! Editors Isabelle Baafi, Sohini Basak and Tim Tim Cheng are excited to invite submissions for Magma 93: The Liberation Issue. What does ‘liberation’ mean to you? More info and to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-sub...

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‘I’m sick of anticipating my own othering’ - @roshnigallagher.bsky.social

A couple of the Turner watercolours (only exhibited in January). I went to see them for the first time this year 🌅

We’re mourning the loss of the wonderful Michael Longley, who has died in Belfast aged 85. A Vice President of The Poetry Society, we were proud to publish him in our magazine The Poetry Review throughout his long career. Sharing below a 2014 poem which celebrated his long marriage to Edna Longley.