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Susan Richardson Writer

@susanrichardson.bsky.social

Nature writer & poet. Latest book 'Where the Seals Sing' (William Collins). 4th poetry collection shortlisted Ted Hughes Award. Lives on a cliff in the far west of Wales, making kin with the more-than-human world https://linktr.ee/susan_richardson_writer

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Susan Richardson Writer @susanrichardson.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thanks so much @theplantinitiative.bsky.social for sharing info about this #poetry workshop I'm co-facilitating with @burnedthumb.bsky.social in September.

The Plant Initiative@theplantinitiative.bsky.social · 2w ago

Leaf Support: a poetry workshop with Susan Richardson & Elizabeth Rimmer. Online. Sep 19 2026, 2-5pm BST. "exploring the multi-layered connections with the plants that green our homes, gardens, parks and wider, wilder environments" £45. Register by Sep 11. elizabethrimmer.com/workshops

Susan Richardson Writer @susanrichardson.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Delighted to have two planty poems included in the Spring Equinox issue of the beautifully-curated @planthumanq.bsky.social. #poetry #plants

Plant-Human Quarterly@planthumanq.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🌱🌸HAPPY SPRING EQUINOX🌸🌱 We celebrate with our 20th Issue, marking 5 years of Plant-Human Quarterly! Join us in welcoming the equinox with poems that move through spring rain, hawthorn and abundance, mint, the harvesting of seaweed, and so much more. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/current-issue

Susan Richardson Writer @susanrichardson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Very grateful to the wonderful @planthumanq.bsky.social for featuring my poetry and artist statement this week. #poetry #plants #houseplants

Plant-Human Quarterly@planthumanq.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Our featured poet this week is the brilliant @susanrichardson.bsky.social, sharing poems and an artist statement that explores the hidden ecologies of houseplants and how we live alongside them. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/richardson

Eoghan Daltun 🌍@irishrainforest.bsky.social · 7mo ago

All those who wrongly believe that nature collapse might be 'sad', but won't really affect them in any way, badly need to wake up. Nature isn't just 'nice to have'. Planet Earth is only liveable – for *us* too – due to the regulating effects of natural ecosystems. share.google/NoVLRatfUoH5...

Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn

Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt

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Susan Richardson Writer @susanrichardson.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Thrilled to have two #poems in the just-released #winter #solstice issue of the wonderful @planthumanq.bsky.social. Edited by Neil Shepard, the journal 'explores the myriad ways writers manifest their relationship to the botanical world.' #poetry #ecopoetry #plants #morethanhuman

Plant-Human Quarterly@planthumanq.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Winter Solstice is here! 🌙❄️ From star jasmine to winter trees, a lamenting spider plant to a queer boy who imagines becoming a grove of quaking aspen — our new issue is live: otherwisecollective.com/current-issue

Susan Richardson Writer @susanrichardson.bsky.social · 8mo ago

So happy to have a sound piece - a blend of poetry, prose & field recordings from the Donna Nook grey seal breeding colony in Lincolnshire - in the new issue of Ambient Receiver. I'm a big fan of this journal, which focuses on exploring 'the dynamic & complex entanglement of human & more-than-human'

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Susan Richardson Writer @susanrichardson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Moving Words returns in November! Movement director Sarah Perry & I are running another writing & movement workshop, exploring how diverse ways of moving can inspire, & transform both poetry and prose. According to a previous participant, 'The combination of Sarah and Susan worked like magic.'

Moving Words

Saturday 8th November 2-5pm.  A 3-hour online workshop with Susan Richardson and Sarah Perry.  Please read disclaimer to join. 

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Susan Richardson Writer @susanrichardson.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Such a pleasure to be guest reader in Llansteffan, at an event exploring how we might deepen our connection with the more-than-human world. I shared prose from Where the Seals Sing, poetry from Words the Turtle Taught Me & there was stimulating conversation, art by Romola Parish & a lively open mic.

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RSPB@rspb.bsky.social · last yr.

BIG NEWS: For the first time in six years, Britain's rarest breeding bird has successfully nested in the UK! A pair of Montagu's Harriers have raised four healthy chicks, all of which have taken their first flights.

Julian Hoffman@julianhoffman.bsky.social · last yr.

Like the old-growth coastal redwoods that host whole other ecosystems in their spires, these extraordinary Australian stick insects reveal not only the richness and mystery of mature forest canopies but how vital their protection is for countless forms of life. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Supersized stick insect discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia

The 40cm-long insect, named Acrophylla alta, weighs slightly less than a golf ball and may be the heaviest insect in Australia

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Susan Richardson Writer @susanrichardson.bsky.social · last yr.

So happy to have been commissioned to write this sequence of poems for the @rethinkingfable.bsky.social project.

Rethinking Fables@rethinkingfable.bsky.social · last yr.

Check out Susan Richardson's powerful poem sequence ‘The Sack and the Selki’e — a moving exploration of how plastic pollution is affecting seals. Huge thanks again to Susan for writing this amazing piece for the ‘Rethinking Fables’ project. @susanrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/vQ1wfvlUcWU