I love this poem about Mariana Lawton’s rejection of Anne Lister -written 25 years ago by my then tutor Professor John Whale - now Director of University of Leeds Poetry Centre. John said how his tutorials on Romanticism always somehow ended with me talking about Anne Lister, so he wrote a poem!

Four poems about siblinghood, grief and the healing work of memory. Huge thanks to Stand Magazine for publishing these. #HurricaneSeason

For those in/near Leeds: hope you can come to celebrate the arrival of this Hong Kong anthology at this summer reading on 10 June hosted by The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing & University of Leeds Poetry Centre

Looking forward to this Where Else HK anthology reading at Leeds on Saturday 10th, can’t wait to hear feature readers Sarah Howe, Kit Fan and Felix Chow. The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing University of Leeds Poetry Centre 💎💎 rsvp eventbrite.co.uk/e/where-else-a…

The 2023 Brotherton Prize is now open for entries! Details here: poetry.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-poe…

2023 Brotherton Poetry Prize: the deadline is approaching - midnight on 30th September!

Brotherton Poetry Prize 2023 - all the details are here poetry.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-poe…

Our latest issue. Out now!

Brotherton Poetry Prize: deadline extended to midnight (UK time) on October 2.

Looking forward to Kwame Dawes's launch this evening from 18.15 at Outlaws Yacht Club in Leeds city centre.

Looking forward to hearing Zaffar Kunial read this coming Tuesday at 17.30 in the Workshop Theatre at the University of Leeds. All welcome. Admission free. poetry.leeds.ac.uk/events/

Looking forward to hearing George Szirtes and Karl O’Hanlon reading in the Workshop Theatre at 18.30 a week tomorrow January 18th. Free Event. All welcome

Join us on 20.06 at Leeds Uni for a reading of poems celebrating/ inspired by Midsummer, poets including Zaffar Kunial, Helen Mort, John Whale, Rachel Bower, Jess Richards & Matt Howard. Associated with the University of Leeds Poetry Centre. 🎟️ rb.gy/cu6exw

Join us at Leeds Lit Fest Midsummer Muse Thurs 20th June at 7 pm with the University of Leeds Poetry Centre. Readings by Zaffar Kunial, Helen Mort, John Whale, Rachel Bower, Jess Richards and Matt Howard. Venue School of English Univ Leeds.Free admission

Ahead of the Summit weekend at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, poets Matt Howard and John Whale share their climate poems inspired by conversations with Priestley researchers 🌍📚 Watch the videos below 👇 youtube.com/playlist?list=… Or read all of our climate poems here 👇 climate.leeds.ac.uk/climate-poetry/

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Vessel Data just in from the North Sea Wildlife Trust volunteers who were on our Seabird & Whale trips this year has revealed we saw cetaceans on 81% of the survey dates and Minke Whales on 67% of trips with surveys. More in my blog here: yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/blog/529/ten-y…

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Looking forward to Friday’s poetry reading by Lucy Newlyn and Rob Miles at 16.45 in Headingley Arts Centre, Bennett Road.