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Folks - can I draw your attention to this excellent crowdfunder for an award set up in Michael’s name. It’ll help fund a place for someone to study on the Arvon Advanced Writers Programme. We’d be grateful for anything you can chip in. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-michael-…

Poem by Emily Berry

American poet Marie Howe's 'rich and luminous compilation' What the Earth Seemed to Say: New & Selected Poems, out this month from Bloodaxe Books, is reviewed by @JenniferLeeTsai in today's Guardian Saturday magazine and online Guardian Books. theguardian.com/books/2024/nov…

Submissions to this year's Moth Poetry Prize – one of the world's biggest prizes for a single poem – are now open. There's €11,000 up for grabs if your poem catches the eye of this year's judge, Fiona Benson! Closing 31 December. 🌟 bit.ly/mothpoetry24

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Like many others, I'm off to a site where the skies are clearer and the weather brighter. We can only do what we can.

fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/julias-gi… £545 raised so far! – plus £78 in Gift Aid. Thank you. xx

Some encouragement for you today. Apparently... “God is in the typewriter keys.” – Anne Sexton

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[1] LET'S DIVE INTO THE FICTION SHORTLIST 🌊 Which one are you most excited to read?

[5] Levitation for Beginners by Suzannah Dunn tells the tale of a beguiling new school student whose unlikely but thrilling stories about levitation draw in all around her. ✨

Very happy to see my new book ‘Hôtel Amour’ out in the world in July with Seren serenbooks.com/book/hotel-amo…

💚Winchester Poetry Festival 2025💚 We invite poetry-lovers + poetry-curious to join us: 10-12 Oct @ArcWinchester 2-9 Oct online + fringe Theme: ‘Revisiting The Classics’ 24 events inc BSL, live-streaming, relaxed, online, free entry 🎟️winchesterpoetryfestival.org Arts Council England

I'll be running an online workshop on Monday 6 October for the fabulous Winchester Poetry Festival. 'Open up new ways of thinking and responding to classic poems in this playful and informative online workshop.' Follow link to book tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/mining-the-c…. 📚🖌

I know it's pumpkin season, but other squash are available:

There are still a couple of tickets left for my ONLINE POETRY WORKSHOP on Monday night for the very wonderful Winchester Poetry Festival. Book now before they go! eventbrite.co.uk/e/mining-the-c…

Hooray for The Society of Authors for the invaluable support they give to writers & the tireless work they do on our behalf. Also to thank them personally for giving me this year's ARTHUR WELTON AWARD! This is very belated, because of illness, but a huge & heartfelt THANK YOU! 🙏🙏🙏

theguardian.com/books/2025/oct… Superb piece by Fiona Benson...

Darkness descends on CHARLESTON on November 1. Come for the Bloomsbury Group stuff, stay for the goblins, witches, etc (cheap tix for under-30s): charleston.org.uk/event/the-dark…

Due to illness, I have TWO FREE TICKETS FOR TOMORROW'S FORWARD PRIZES. If you would like them please DM me.