Submissions are OPEN for The Friday Poem 🎉 send us your best poem please 🤩 buff.ly/3z1jutT #TheFridayPoem

"There's very few things in this world that are 100% good and positive. Art is one of them." #ArtMatters TONIGHT at 8pm on Sky Arts Awards & NOW Armando Iannucci #AntonyGormley lemn sissay OBE FRSL Lenny Henry #MaxinePeake #MelvynBragg Sheku Kanneh-Mason Tracey Emin

📢 END OF MONTH SUBMISSIONS ALERT!! 45 literary journals, competitions & opportunities closing by 1 Aug incl. Bad Betty Press berlin lit Magma Poetry Okay Donkey Mag/Press Spelt Magazine The Marrow International Poetry The Paris Review Winchester Poetry Impossible Archetype. Go for it! thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog/w…

Why fixing the SEND crisis requires acknowledging the real problems ipsea.org.uk/blog/why-fixin…

Norton is honored to have two books on the 2024 The Booker Prizes longlist! Claire Messud's THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY and Richard Powers's forthcoming PLAYGROUND (in stores 9/24). The shortlist will be announced on Sept. 16. nytimes.com/2024/07/30/boo…

The last of the prompts I wrote for you, from a poem by Lyn Hejinian, ought to be a fun, let-it-all-go experience. Both deathy and wild, and what could be better than that infamous intersection? poets.org/summersongs202…

Day 2 of The Sealey Challenge is my contributor copy of Magma Poetry Performance issue. Having grown up with a harpsichord, spinet, 2 harmoniums and a grand piano, this beauty by Paul Stephenson spoke to me #SealeyChallenge

So pleased to see this: every Labour MP will get a copy of Disability News Service’s new book exposing the DWP’s harm to disabled people thanks to a crowdfunding campaign. theguardian.com/books/article/…

Wonderful issue launch of Magma Poetry tonight. Huge thanks to the editors for having me. Here I am gurning at the mic stand. Thanks to Simon Maddrell for 📸

Behind with The Sealey Challenge - starting today!!! & re-reading four-legged girl Diane Seuss as ridiculously good!!!

Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 artist, Nick Holly (b.1968) He attended the Swansea School of Art and Design and is best known for his depictions of urban life in post-industrial South Wales. Fun and Games (Oil on Board) #Art #OilPainting

Gorgeous giveaways from Graywolf Press! Don't miss out on a chance to win these handsome collections by playing #SealeyChallenge BINGO! (Titles shared in alt text!)

The UK welfare system in a nutshell

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Thursday

Diane Seuss!!! MODERN POETRY has been longlisted for the National Book Award for Poetry 🎉🎉🎉 Diane Seuss National Book Foundation nationalbook.org/2024-national-…

100% YES!

Happy publication day to Pascale Petit FRSL🌿🐅🌳🐆🌱🦜!! 🍾🥂🥳🎂 Buy now! saltpublishing.com/products/my-hu…

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