I might be pastried out. #concerning

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My thanks to everyone who came along to hear me read at Lund University last night; a real pleasure to bring Neptune and his stylings to Sweden as part of the University's sustainability week.

So busy in Sweden this from the train is the only photo I managed to take.

Hello friends! Roger Mcgough will be back on air with a new series of Poetry Please in early June. Which poems and poets would YOU most like to hear on the programme? We always love to hear your requests and recommendations. 🙏

In the spirit of manifesting: would love to be invited to read in the Republic of Ireland. I think Neptune might go down a storm.

Early career academics, pHd students, and researchers - we want to read your work! The 2024 Wasafiri Essay Prize is open for entries until 31 May 2024.

Submit your work for the chance to win a £250 cash prize, publication, and more: buff.ly/3AwaGy6

Submit to Salò Press who are lovely to work with and who publish beautiful chapbooks ❤️

My friends at Koestler Arts (who I've judged for for many a year now) are the BBC Radio 4 Appeal this week. Making art in prison is a key way to help rehabilitation amongst many other things, and is a great thing to support. If you can help, it'd be much appreciated.

See #YourLocalArena screening of the BBC Arena film Caribbean Nights: Poetry at Bristol Poetry Festival + panel incl Rishi Dastidar, Anthony Joseph, Madhu Krishnan, Louisa Adjoa Parker + poetry by Helen Thomas!
🎬 bit.ly/ylacnp
Rishi Dastidar 🔱🌊 Anthony Joseph Louisa Adjoa Parker Madhu Krishnan (she/her)
#LyraFest

Spend all the money saved on HS2 on wifi that actually bloody works on the west coast mainline

Good writing starts with plenty of reading. But what else helps? In a piece for Ink Sweat & Tears 💙, three poets dispense their poetry wisdom. Here's sound advice from Rishi Dastidar 🔱🌊, Isabel Galleymore and Holly Winter-Hughes.
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It would appear pregnant women are now providing a strong wifi signal on public transport.

London launch event for Popular Song, the debut #poetry collection from Harry Man is on Thursday 2nd May Torriano Meeting House NW5 at 7pm. Joined on the night by Tiffany Anne Tondut, Matt Bryden, Tom Weir and Martha Sprackland
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This one goes out to everyone who's been around the table at Malika's Kitchen - for all the nourishment, cooking and crafting - and for every poem you've served up. Malika Booker Roger Robinson Kwame Dawes Jill Abram 🖤 Spread the Word

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Tonight! I have got to my room in Liverpool where I shall be dialling in from.

About the best I could do with an iPhone. Intense silence and near-instant twilight. Eerie and profound.

Bloody good University Challenge final. And a bonus Tom Stoppard appearance.
Chapeau Imperial and Amol Rajan.

A Wasafiri curated panel at JAAG 2024! Chaired by our Editor & Publishing Director Sana Goyal Kotecha, it features Suna, Sharan Hunjan, & Naush Sabah, who will discuss the poetic tools they draw on as they seek to close the gap between languages and geographies through translation:

two astonishing and highly acclaimed poets read CheltenhamPoetryFest on line and you don't even need to leave your house to enjoy them. We have some tickets left for our reading Rishi Dastidar 🔱🌊 Safia Elhillo tomorrow ( Tuesday 9, 7pm) Glos Writers Network
PLease join us .
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