Introducing The Meadows, a unique collaborative poetry project by Nóra Blascsók and Sarah-Clare Conlon. Experience brand-new experimental work at European Poetry Festival, Manchester Poetry Library, Saturday 3 October, free entry. Image: Kim Gordon, ‘Stories for a body’, Collection Lambert, Avignon.

Really excited to have made the longlist for Renard's "Regeneration" competition, featuring poetry exploring the environment and intertwining people and nature. (And I love the William Morris "Willow" print-inspired artwork!)

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Delighted to announce the longlist for this year’s poetry open call 🙌 renardpress.com/regeneration... 100 brilliant poems exploring the environment. Watch this space for the shortlist and anthology… #poetsofinsta #bookstagram #poetry

In partnership with Manchester City of Literature and Manchester Poetry Library, 3pm on Saturday 3 October, European Poetry Festival presents an afternoon of dynamic and innovative poets. I'm super excited to be teaming up with Nóra Blascsók on a brand-new poem! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-p...

Looking forward to sharing my brand-new “Fire Breaks” sequence, a spin-off of my “Drought Thoughts” project, some crafted after wandering & pondering on the blasted Hampstead Heath a couple of weeks ago. Come and listen at tomorrow night’s Peter Barlow’s Cigarette poetry open mic fundraiser special!

Next performance a week tomorrow! Peter Barlow’s Cigarette poetry open mic special!

Lovely to see my “drought thoughts” poems and pictures finding homes in fabulous spaces, including the brand-new issue of @elsewherejournal.bsky.social. “Sticks” sits with a found object from my day in the desert styled to evoke the blues in the poem... www.elsewhere-journal.com/the-end-of-t...

🪴 🎨 ✍️ TODAY! The second Manchester Experimental Poetry and Arts Festival takes place 12.30pm to 5pm in the garden at The Carlton Club in Whalley Range, free entry. I’m going to share new stuff! I’m going to air an old favourite that doesn’t get many outings as it’s quite long and winding, riverine.

And I’m one of the readers! Beaming in to the City of Lights from the Rainy City, 6pm Manc time, 7pm Paris.

European Writers Salon@saloneurope.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Join us tomorrow evening. It is fun and friendly and FREE and you can hear from @susannacrossman.bsky.social @jamesgwriter.bsky.social @donalconaty.bsky.social and many more brilliant writers Plus quiz! Join us 😊

🪴 🎨 ✍️ A week today! The second FREE Manchester Experimental Poetry and Arts Festival takes place on Saturday 11 July at The Carlton Club in Whalley Range, in the garden, weather permitting. It starts at 12.30pm and runs through to 6pm; I’m in the slot between 1pm and 2pm. Just look at that line-up!

Next Thursday - Roch Tales will feature six brand-new short stories by six writers, a surround-sound immersive installation and an open mic set, and I’m on compère duties! Bag your free ticket here… www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/roch-tales...

Delighted to have been shortlisted for the Northern Writers Awards - Northern Debut Awards For Poetry.

‼️ Red alert! ‼️ My Drought Thoughts project got underway a little over a year ago when drought was officially declared in the Rainy City and severe arthritis finally diagnosed in my right hip. Join me on Saturday to hear the resulting series of intertwined poems. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/drought-th...

Looking forward to returning to Didsbury Arts Festival, this year to premiere some of my new “Drought Thoughts” poems on DAF’s opening day on Saturday 27 June. Get your tickets now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/drought-th...

This is the kind of thing I’m here for 🔥

Ryan Hill@ryanhillart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Plein air painting Zucks megayacht in Seattle tonight, a reflection of the community's popular sentiment

FIVE WEEKS TODAY! Looking forward to premiering my Drought Thoughts at Didsbury Arts Festival! Brand-new set of poems inspired by the Rainy City’s driest summer since I was a nipper coinciding with my official diagnosis for severe arthritis. Tickets on sale here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/drought-th...

Really excited to be premiering some of my brand-new Drought Thoughts poems at Didsbury Arts Festival on Saturday 27 June, 5-6pm – so if you enjoyed Flight Patterns at DAF23, or you want to hear about my time in the UK desert, book yourself a ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/drought-th...

15/05 18:00 >>>>>> 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. {{{Guests: Nóra Blascsók + Tom Branfoot + David Gaffney + Jazmine Linklater}}}

Save the date! Excited to have been invited to perform at the second Manchester Experimental Poetry & Arts Festival and by then I’ll have loads of new work to share.

📣⏰ S A L O N S O O N S A L O N S O O N 📚✍️ Friday 15 May, 6pm sharp, Chorlton Arts Festival @ St Ninians, free entry but book tickets and find out full line-up and more details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sarah-clar...

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-...

The sky is bright blue and tonight I’ll be reading brand-new poems about sticks and stones and drought thoughts and wandering and pondering in the desert and weathering storms and sitting at the edge of the world looking out to sea. Poetry at the Dusty Miller, Mytholmroyd, 7.30pm start, free entry.

☀️Was back at Victoria Baths this week to soak up the Helios installation with my writer-in-residence hat on – today is your last chance to see it; do go! Just as dusk falls is quite magical from the balcony – an orange glow creeps into the Gala Pool as the real sun outside turns in for the night. ☀️

On the bus home yesterday, I found out some fab news that I can't share yet about a hot-off-the-typewriter piece, but maybe I'll read said poem a week tonight at Poetry At The Dusty Miller. You will only know if you rock up and I let you in on the secret 🤫

📣📚Two weeks tonight: my first reading of 2026 and my first reading with a titanium hip, which you don't get to say all that often. Between now and then, I’ll be devising a complex plan to get me over the Pennines and back again, and putting together a brand-new set of poems to perform. Do join me!

It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️ Longer days. Lighter evenings. Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.

Ah, many a time I’ve wished I lived in West Kirby or thereabouts, so do go to this for me if you can! And if you hear of Gwendoline Riley reading in Manchester, please holler! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-palm-h...

The Palm House: An evening with Gwendoline Riley

Join us to celebrate the publication of The Palm House, the latest novel from one of our favourite authors, Gwendoline Riley.

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Free creative writing workshops in Rochdale! ✍️ 📚 ✍️ 📚 ✍️ 📚 ✍️ 📚 ✍️ 📚 ✍️ 📚

Missed the standing-room-only February event? Get a ticket for the March event here… www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/four-poets...

FOUR POETS at Saul Hay Gallery

Join us for an intimate evening of poetry with FOUR POETS at Saul Hay Gallery.

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Sarah-Clare Conlon@sarahclareconlon.bsky.social · 7mo ago

3 POETS + 4 POETS = 7 POETS Lucky poetry readings at the wonderful Saul Hay Gallery in Manchester’s Castlefield this February & March! Both free in; head on over to “Events” on the Saul Hay website for how to book your seat. 🍀 ✍️ ⏰

📚I’m doing a reading next month, one that was originally lined up for spring 2025, but which had to be cancelled due to the machinations of hospital appointments. It involves crossing the Pennines, so I’m girding my loins. Join me if you can, be nice to have company.