In 2021, I was with Milan Děžinský in Newcastle who read there with John Challis and Dr Jake Morris-Campbell whose poems I enjoyed, esp. Prayer at the Edge of the West by John and Grapnel by Jake. Tonight Jake will read with yet another Czech poet, Petr Hruška. This time in Manchester!

Linda France and Lisa Matthews! Thursday 2nd November @litnphil Newcastle upon Tyne, 7pm; Blueprint Press presents an evening of poetry and community. Please come and celebrate the work of two outstanding Poets.

Friends in London: come and hear an array of great poets tomorrow eve at St Mary’s Church, Islington, to celebrate the publication of Contraflow: Lines of Englishness 1922-2022, ed. by John Greening & Kevin Gardner . Free event. I’ll be reading too. Hope you can make it 🙏

Thanks for reading tonight to John Challis David Clarke, Peter Daniels Rishi Dastidar 🔱🌊 Stuart Henson, Holly Hopkins, Gregory Leadbetter Katrina Naomi Ruth Padel, Tom Sastry, Robert Selby Dr Liz Sennitt Clough George Szirtes Rory Waterman, Rebecca Watts Kevin Gardner Renard Press #poetry

🚨 Calling all third year and postgraduate students 🚨 Submissions for this year's beyond the walls anthology are open! Go to blog.yorksj.ac.uk/creativewritin… and read our blog for more information :) If you know anyone who might be interested please do them a favour and tag them below!

Jane Hirshfield, Maria Stepanova and Maria's translator Sasha Dugdale celebrated the publication of their new poetry books this week at an amazing online reading for Bloodaxe also featuring the anthology Soul Feast. This can now be viewed on Vimeo as well: vimeo.com/926273545

Looking forward to reading Morpeth Book Festival today. I’ll be sharing poems written during my residency SeatonDelavalNT and poems from my Bloodaxe Books collection #TheResurrectionists ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/morpe…

Very grateful to @gregfreempoet for this generous write up of yesterday’s reading for Morpeth Book Festival

Check out this great launch reading from Bloodaxe Books ft. Jane Hirshfield, Maria Stepanova, and Maria's translator, Sasha Dugdale, in conversation w/ Neil Astley, plus readings from the new Soul Feast anthology. youtube.com/watch?v=uV8-QP…

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.

Work and Poetry: Poetry about Work and the Poetry of Work I’ll be running a workshop on this very topic on Saturday 18th May for NCLA Newcastle University Full details here: ncl.ac.uk/ncla/courses/c…

#NEWCASTLE! Last chance to book for #InternationalPoetrySymposium tomorrow 9-10th May to open NCLA Newcastle Poetry Festival! 🌎20 world poets read & discuss place, refuge, exile, inclusivity & more. Book now for as little as £12 for a day pass! > poetrybooks.co.uk/pages/northern…

We can finally unveil the BEAUTIFUL cover for this year's edition of Beyond The Walls! And with that comes an exciting announcement- BEYOND THE WALLS 2024 IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER FROM THE VALLEY PRESS WEBSITE!!! The pre-order link is available at the top of our linktree 🖤🤍

Huge congrats to the York St John University 2024 Beyond the Walls team, whose new anthology is published by Valley Press today! Well done Beyond The Walls - Get your copy here: valleypressuk.com/shop/p/beyond-…

Vane Women present a writing workshop with fascinating Poet Kris Johnson; flex your pen on 15th June, book now to secure your place.

WATER, LIGHT AND DYNAMISM: @CalebParkin reviews Kris Johnson Ben Lerner & Luke Samuel Yates. Originally in Under the Radar 33, now at our #blog. Finding delight, inspiration and much to admire in the wildly different worlds found in these #poetry books buff.ly/3yU9vuE

This is tonight 👇 looking forward to reading w/ Rob A. Mackenzie

‘Bring in your voices, your free verses. Return to me’ 📚 - ‘Morden Speaks’ by Laura Kasongo ‘A Walk to Morden Tower’ has poems by English at Newcastle students who wrote about this local landmark as part of #NewcastlePoetryFestival project. All poems here newcastlepoetryfestival.co.uk/morden-tower/