Last month a young poet in Gaza, Mariam, wrote and asked me to read one of her poems. Simone Atangana Bekono and I made this zine and set up a GoFundMe to help Mariam evacuate her family. Please share: instagram.com/postformariam

Importantly, we have ringfenced one place for a queer Muslim writer, in memory of Shereen Akhtar, TLC LGBTQ+ Free Reads alum and also Spread the Word alumna. We thank her family for their blessing. Please apply, we would love to support your writing literaryconsultancy.co.uk/2024/05/announ…

📢 Submission Call 📢 I'm editing another anthology for Steve J Shaw/Black Shuck Books (the previous was shortlisted for a British Fantasy Society award!) Guidelines here: blackshuckbooks.co.uk/submissions/

Richard Scott and I will be reading our Lyric Conversation for the Swiss Poetry Celebration at the 2024 European Poetry Festival in London on Saturday, 22 June, 7:30 pm, @richMixLondon. Swiss Embassy UK UofL Creative Writing Lincoln School of Creative Arts Free tickets here: tinyurl.com/3kk7ymcy

🖤🖤🖤 A huge honour when people spend time with your book! Thanks to Laura for this and for supporting Broken Sleep Books 💛💛💛

Let's talk publishing! 🤔📚 What steps do you need to take? And how do you know you're ready? Find out next Friday when Bad Betty Press teams up with Speak Easy to lead a free publishing talk for writers aged 25 and under. Save you place here ➡️ bit.ly/SPEAKEJUNE

8/6/24

Only one week until Lincolnshire's International Outdoor Arts Festival is back! Have you planned your visit? For more information visit the SO Festival website buff.ly/2MnkY9y #sofestival #arts #culture #lincolnshire #free

9/6/24 - nocturn

BAD IDEAS CLUB IS UPON US! Join the fantastic Casey Bailey and Sophie Sparham for free warm and inclusive workshops! So thankful to Dudley Libraries and Inspire Nottingham for supporting us with these. Tickets: linktr.ee/badbettypress

Four Four Four More Days Days Days Submit to Underblong! By June 15th!! underblong.com/send-plz

Best workshop title EVER 🏆

Almost 3,000 malnourished children at risk of “dying before their families’ eyes” as Rafah offensive disconnects them from treatment - UNICEF unicef.org/press-releases…

Prose poem

Love this: “It’s not enough that I’m alive/ I must also have a massive hamburger/ crisp lettuce tomatoes wide as the wheels/of my son’s Tonka dump truck I must/…” 🍔💛

A reminder that tomorrow, Thursday June 20th, is the last day to submit across all forms for Issue 11✨ Working on Issue 10 has impressed on us just how much joy there is to be found in reading all your words, and we can't wait to see what comes in next. channelmag.org/submissions/

Around where I live there has been an upsurge of posters protesting pylons??? ENJOY ELECTRICITY YOU POOR FOOLS

Just SEVEN days left to apply for our LGBTQ+ Free Reads 2024! We are partnering with novelist and writing tutor Michael Langan to offer 10 LGBTQ+ writers free professional feedback on the first 15,000 words of their manuscripts. Find our more: literaryconsultancy.co.uk/2024/05/announ…

I've been off here for a while because I've had a nasty flareup of my illness. But I'm looking forward to this tonight! Laura is a terrific poet, and this is a gorgeous little pamphlet from Salò Press. Please join us if you can! I will be reading. DM me for the link...

Line Drawing, Layered Print on Print on Hahnemühle Textured Paper