Forward Prizes
@forwardprizes
The best new poetry published in the UK & Ireland
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The Poetry Society
@poetrysociety
A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview. Also @youngpoetsnet, @poetryeducation & @poetrycafeldn
Nasim Rebecca Asl نسیم اصل
@nasimrasl
Political Journo. RTS & Edwin Morgan nominee. Northern lass. Poet. SBT New Writers Award 2021 winner | FTM | Shy bairns get nowt 💁🏽♀️ pamphlet out with Verve
Gala Durham
@galadurham
Performance◾Film◾Food
Luke Kennard
@lukekennard
Novels, 'The Transition', ‘The Answer to Everything’ (4th Estate); Poetry, ‘Cain’, ‘Notes on the Sonnets’ (Penned in the Margins)
Roger Robinson
@rrobinson72
TS Eliot and Ondaatje Prize winning poet, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and alumni of The Complete Works and collaborator on The Rest Residency.
Nine Arches Press
@ninearchespress
Independent publisher of contemporary poetry since 2008, home of Under the Radar magazine. Made in the Midlands.
Kelly Michels
@kellymichels
Pascale Petit FRSL🐅🌳🦜🌳🐆
@pascalepoet
'Beast' | 'Tiger Girl' shortlist Forward Prize, ‘Mama Amazonica' won Laurel, Ondaatje prizes @BloodaxeBooks | 1st novel 'My Hummingbird Father' | rep @JonCurzon
Little, Brown UK
@littlebrownuk
Let us help you discover your new favourite read.
Aaron Kent
@godzillakent
Working Class Poet/Writer | Publisher of @brokensleep | The Working Classic (2023, @the87press) | Awen Medal | Stroke Survivor | he/him | Agent: @katerizzz
Ellen Reay
@ellenreay
Into film and attempting artistic endeavours. Marketing @QFTBelfast, but views are, regrettably, my own. She/her.
Madailín Burnhope 🇵🇸
@maddyburnhope
Trans (she/her) polyam crip poet. English person, Irish Pagan. @ForwardPrizes for Poetry 2024, 'Highly Commended'
birlinnbooks
@birlinnbooks
An independent Scottish publisher based in Edinburgh.
Peter Sirr
@peter_sirr
Most recent books are The Swerve (2023), Intimate City: Dublin Essays, (2021), The Gravity Wave (2019), and Sway (2016), all published by Gallery Press.
Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath
@toppingsbath
Independent bookseller in Bath, next to the Abbey. Open every day, 8:30am - 9pm, with frequent author events. (01225) 428111.
I Am Loud Productions
@iamloudpro
**Please note we are no longer updating this account or monitoring its mailbox. You can learn more about our work and connect with us via the links below.**
Jake Wild-Acre Hall
@jakewildhall
💚Co-founder of @badbettypress, poet and dad! contact: [email protected] He/Him. Creator of @ooippfest [email protected]
John McCullough 🏳️🌈
@johnmccullough_
Poet. Winner of the Hawthornden Prize for Literature with Reckless Paper Birds. Forward & Costa-shortlisted. Just joined Bluesky: mrjohnmccullough.bsky.social
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@markantonyowen
𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁: @Subruria. 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿: @iambapoet / @after_poetry. 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿: Online open mics. I was here when it was Twitter. And it was better.
Leeds Arts Uni
@leedsartsuni
Leeds Arts University is the only specialist arts university in the North of England, with roots dating back to 1846 and the original Leeds School of Art.
Laurie Bolger
@lauriebolger
Writer Presenter & Facilitator 💕📚🙌 author of ‘Spin’ 🚲’Makeover’ 🍤 ‘Boxrooms’ 🏡 lauriebolger.com
carrieetter.bsky.social
@carrie_etter
Firecracker at @UoBWriting @UoBrisEnglish; coordinator @BristolPrize. She/her. Fifth collection, GRIEF'S ALPHABET (@SerenBooks), out now! rb.gy/dtu0ft
Lancashire English (LPDS)
@lancsliteracy
Promoting excellence, creativity and enjoyment in English and literacy through partnership with schools.
Rebecca Tamás
@rebtamas
'Strangers: Essays on the Human & Nonhuman,' w/@makinabooks. 'WITCH' w/@PennedintheM. Repp'd by Emma Paterson @AitkenAlexander. Writing Insta: @rebeccatamas22
Ian Duhig FRSL
@ianduhig
'New & Selected Poems', a TLS Book of the Year, won 2022 Hawthornden Prize for Literature. 'An Arbitrary Light Bulb' the Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Choice.
Oluwaseun Olayiwola
@itsamule
Strange Beach forthcoming from @FitzcarraldoEds & @SoftSkull | poet + critic + choreographer | rep: @thestormboy |
Marjorie Lotfi
@marjorielotfi
@Bloodaxebooks Poet (Forward & James Berry Prize, Shortlist Saltire Prize ) Founder/Dir Open Book, [email protected] (views my own)
Jack Hinks
@jackhinksmusic
UK Musician | Photographer | Poet | Producer Let's make something together
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa
@safiyakamaria
💃🏾 Choreopoet 📕 'Cane, Corn & Gully'
Hannah Copley
@hcopley
Author of Lapwing (Pavilion Poetry, 24) & Speculum (Broken Sleep Books, 21). Poet. Writer. SL in CW at UoW. editor at Stand. Bodies, fields & lapwings. she/her.
Andy CravenGriffiths
@andy_c_g
Writer, theatre-maker, workshop facilitator, PhD candidate, books and cats and coffee. Learning-junkie. Say hello.
Alyson Kissner
@alykissner
poetry, human rights // winner @edmorgantrust, 2nd @BridportPrize Poetry + h. commended @ForwardPrizes // comms manager @CRINwire - views my own // born 357 ppm
Tapsalteerie
@tap_poetry
Scottish poetry publisher, no longer here on Twitter but catch us on our discord: discord.com/invite/9bC6Gp2… or instagram.com/tapsalteeriepo…
charlotte shevchenko knight
@shevchenkonight
poet, unfortunately. Food for the Dead @JonathanCape. Tutor & NWCDTP-funded PhD on anorexia and autotheory @McrWritingSchl. rep’d by Peter Straus @rcwlitagency
Ella Frears
@ellafrears
Hardly here- find me on insta. Poet. 📚: GOODLORD & Shine, Darling. @royallitfund Fellow for The Courtauld. Hosts @tears4frears & @StressTestSoho on Soho Radio.
K Patrick
@k__patrick
embarrassed.
Ben Wilkinson
@benwilko85
Writer, poet, critic. Poems: Way More Than Luck (2018), Same Difference (@SerenBooks 2022). Criticism: Don Paterson (@LivUniPress 2021). Likes a jog.
Eilean Shona
@eileanshona
Beautiful magical private island on West coast of Scotland. Stunning landscape & nature. S/c cottages & main house for family & friends holidays & celebrations.
Dr Victoria Kennefick (She/Her)🍉
@vkennefick
EGG/SHELL (Feb 2024) 🐣 EAT OR WE BOTH STARVE 🫦 @Carcanet || @artscouncil_ie @centreoscar Writer Fellow 2025|| 🍉
Katie Ailes
@katieailes
**Please note I've suspended activity on this account and won't be monitoring its notifications or mailbox. Find/contact me via the Linktree below.**
Sacha White
@sachaclare27
She/her
Seán Hewitt
@seanehewitt
Author of Rapture’s Road; 300,000 Kisses; All Down Darkness Wide; Tongues of Fire. Assistant Professor @tcdenglish. @matthewmarland looks after me. He/him.
BYPoets
@bypoets
Community & brave space for poets. Cohort: 16-29yo, September to April. Community: forever. Poetry for the page, stage, screen and all points between.
Black Spring Press
@blackspringuk
Independent publisher of the new and old – but never tired.
Breda Spaight
@bredaspaight
Debut collection: finalist in the Farmgate Cafe National Poetry Award '24. Arts Council Lit. Bursary. Forward Prize s/list Best Poem Written '23.
Poetry Together
@poetry_together
Poetry Together connects groups of school children and elderly people to perform poems they have learned by heart. Register now! bit.ly/3kupaVi
The Soho Poly
@thesohopoly
#DisruptYourEveryday Theatre/arts venue
Polari Press
@polaripress
Please follow us elsewhere.
Sarah Wimbush
@sarahwimbush
STRIKE (Stairwell) ~ Shelling Peas with My Grandmother in the Gorgiolands (Bloodaxe) ~ The Last Dinosaur in Doncaster (Smith|Doorstop) ~ Bloodlines (Seren)
Gustav Parker Hibbett
@gustav_parker
black poet / essayist / mfa dropout • phd @tcddublin • @obsidianfdn alum • high jump as icarus story (@bansheelit, july 2024) • rep’d @ange_tranvan
Andrew McMillan
@amcmillanpoet
Pity @canongatebooks /physical,playtime,pandemonium (@jonathancape) / 💯Queer Poems (@vintagebooks) / prof / agent: Chris Wellbelove
Vasiliki Albedo
@minorroarr
Poet Fire in the Oubliette @LiveCanon Arcadia @PoetryIntl
Derby Poetry Festival
@derbypoetryfes
Derby's Annual Poetry Festival. 2nd - 6th October 2024 Use Code SOCIALS for 25% off Digital Workshops
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@armendavoudian
Oksana Maksymchuk
@ok_maksymchuk
STILL CITY 📖⏳ 2024 @Carcanet/@PittPoetry ⚪️ bit.ly/4bFl9Hs ⚪️ Poems @parisreview, #ThePoetryReview ⚪️ Fellow NEA '19, @iasceu '22 ⚪️ Lit translator 🇺🇦
National Poetry Centre
@natpoetrycentre
A new national home for poetry in the UK. Based in Leeds and reaching out to the world.
And Other Poems
@and_otherpoems
Poetry magazine, edited by @TomBailey97 and @ogdenlaurie // Founded by @no1_Josephine // Issue Six out now
Sabeen Chaudhry
@sabeenchaudhry_
'Rimming the Event Horizon' @the87press | PhD @KingstonUni
Fady Joudah
@fadyjoudah
VERVE Poetry Bookshop
@vervepoetryshop
Online all-poetry bookshop run by @vervepoetryfest ✨NOW FULLY OPEN ✨Selections, bundle offers, imports and that all important gooey love of poetry.
Tom Branfoot
@tombranfoot
Writer-in-Residence at Manchester Cathedral / Northern Debut Award for Poetry / 'This Is Not an Epiphany' (2023) / 'boar' (2023) / Host at More Song in Bradford
Anna Saunders
@annasaund1
Founder/CEO @Cheltpoetfest Poet - author of Communion, Kissing the She Bear, Struck, Burne Jones &theFox, Ghosting for Beginners, Feverfew (@IndigoDreamsPub)
T. S. Eliot Prize
@tseliotprize
Home of the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry for the best collection published in the year
Luke Palmer
@lcpalmerpoet
Novels 'Grow' & 'Play' @FireflyPress Debut poetry collection 'Homunculus' @brokensleep Pamphlets @theredceilings & @Prolebooks Rep'd @LandRAgency (he/him)
Caroline Bird
@carolinebirduk
Poet & playwright. 7th poetry collection, Ambush at Still Lake, out from Carcanet: shorturl.at/JXYCR. Winner of Forward Prize for Best Collection 2020
Paula Meehan
@paulajmeehan
Christopher Smith
@rometostandrews
University of St Andrews; Executive Chair, AHRC @ahrcpress; International Champion UKRI @UKRI_News All views my own. Also @christophersmith.bsky.social
Sara Abou Rashed
@mapofmyself
🇵🇸Pal Syr poet & public speaker on storytelling, diversity & leadership. DU21. MFA & Fellow @umich. Lines in @kenyonreview @lareviewofbooks @poetrywales, etc.
Danez Smith
@danezsmith23
|“Paradise is a world where everything is a sanctuary and nothing is a gun.”| #DanezHunnitBandz |🐐Dinosaurs In The Hood🐐|