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Starting a zine is one of those things I talk about in the pub with other lecturers, but never actually do. Hats off to our undergraduates for doing better. Cardiff students: Store-Bought Flowers is open for submissions until the 16th of January.

Exciting news! Our T. S. Eliot Prize 2023 Writers’ Notes are here! 📚 This year, we're teaming up with Poetry School to bring you insights from shortlisted poets. First up, Abigail Parry shares her unique writing process for "I Think We're Alone Now." 🖋️ bit.ly/47Mm6Mx

Without my mentor Zoë Brigley's immense patience this voice would not have emerged exactly as it has. Thank you Seren for wanting me, and Literature Wales for your support from the onset. Thanks also to so many inspirational others cited in the acknowledgements ♥

Submissions for the Prototype Prize close at 23.59 tonight (please don’t leave it til the last minute as late entries will not be accepted). Judged by Bhanu Kapil, Tom McCarthy and Elizabeth Price. Details/submission link here: prototypepublishing.co.uk/2023/09/18/the…

At 7.30pm on Tue 20 Feb, I'm hosting GRAVY BOAT (GRAVY), a poetry night aboard a 1913 cargo ship. It will be amazing. Tickets here: theatreship.eventcube.io/events/56049/g…

Poems by Refaat Alareer, Fady Joudah, Hiba Abu Nada, Olivia Elias, Samer Abu Hawwash, Maya Murry, Ahlam Bsharat, Basman Aldirawi, Ghassan Zaqtan; art & actions We'll have print copies free at Free Verse Poetry Book Fair in LDN, 20 April. Come by, read & share #poemsforpalestine

A free copy of the gorgeous GRAVY zine with every ticket for Tuesday's London show theatreship.eventcube.io/events/56049/g…

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Wonderful line-up for this year's Newcastle Poetry Festival, 9-11 May, incl. events with Carolyn Forché, Marjorie Lotfi, Imtiaz Dharker, John Challis, #FleurAdcock, T. S. Eliot Prize-shortlisted poets Jane Clarke & Abigail Parry, plus Georgian poet Diana Anphimiadi & her translators.

Poetry Reading: Joey Connolly, Abigail Parry Abigail Parry and K Patrick Sat, 27 Apr, 9pm The Mick Lally Theatre 🎟️ €8/10 loom.ly/nUF_HUM Experience work by three of the UK’s most exciting contemporary poets, all approaching questions of identity from different vantage points.

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Thrilled to be presenting T. S. Eliot Prize shortlisted poet Abigail Parry (Abigail Parry) and the wry and cerebral Stephen Payne on May 13! Bloodaxe Books Seren Poetry Wales The Poetry Society Literature Wales

Heartfelt thanks to the Southword team for having me, and to Clíona for talking with me, and to James O’Leary for the really moving introduction. These podcasts are gems 💎

PBLJ10 IS OUT NOW! 🪲Guest-edited by Nuzhat Bukhari, this special issue is nearly 160 pages long & marks the journal's return after a hiatus. 🪲 The issue features poems by Paul Muldoon, J. H. Prynne, Fran Lock, Kazim Ali, Luke Kennard, Abigail Parry, Tiffany Atkinson, & others.

Newcastle welcoming ⁦⁦NCLA⁩ with a double rainbow of colour over the shimmering jet black Tyne after a truly extraordinary reading by Abigail Parry & Jane Clarke drawing the lives of those denied this security & plenty ⁦felt like light in our darkening times

Llongyfarchiadau i bawb!