This heart-breaking poem by Mohammed El-Kurd appeared in the Spring 2024 issue of Poetry Review. We're glad to see it striking a chord with so many.

The news is out - ESEA Lit Fest is back + bigger this September!

We're celebrating East & South East Asian literature with our good pals Foyles Bookshop again and excited to be expanding with an 800-seater finale at Southbank Centre (21-22 Sept)

Really looking forward to this event! Many thanks to The Poetry Society for coralling such a host of publishers & poets! x.com/brookespoetry/…

Looking forward to reading at International Literature Festival Dublin in May, with Mary Jean Chan and Harry Josephine Giles. Come along if you're in town!:

ilfdublin.com/whats-on/festi…

Sometimes I think I can’t face going out on a Thursday evening and then when I come to ⁦Out-Spoken⁩ I remember the whole point of poetry and fall more in love with it. Particularly special tonight was Nikki Giovanni and ⁦Mary Jean Chan⁩ ❤️

London friends! i’ll be reading alongside the inimitable Mary Jean Chan for The Coronet Theatre’s Poetry Club on 9th of May - tickets through the link - i can’t wait to share some poems with you 🥂
thecoronettheatre.com/whats-on/poetr…

Writers! The Tempest Prize closes for entries at 12pm tomorrow. For unpublished LGBTQ+ writers in the North of England. £1000, mentoring and access to wider New Writing North support. Details here:

newwritingnorth.submittable.com/submit/285539/….

This is not a war. This is a genocide.

Post about Palestine like your life depends on it, because their lives depends on it.

Don't stop talking about Gaza. Push for a permanent ceasefire.

Congratulations Mary Jean Chan and all at Faber Books. Here's what Tice Cin of our 2024 judging panel had to say about 'Bright Fear' #SUDTP24

students are sadder and sadder, more and more anxious, in significant part because they are being given shiny buildings instead of what they need: time and attention from non-burnt-out older human adults

Honored to be shortlisted for the dylanthomprize alongside so many books that I've personally loved. Thank you to the judges for supporting Bright Fear!

Need a Monday night watch? Our exclusive film with Diarmuid Hester and Mary Jean Chan in conversation is starting in 15 mins on our YouTube channel. youtube.com/watch?v=JlM8Pc…

Delighted to announce the longlist for Jhalak Prize 2024

Each of these books is a literary gem, to be admired, loved and treasured forever.

Our immense gratitude to the writers, creatives, publishers for bringing us this treasure trove!
#jhalakprize24

Our next event is on 23 March Burgess Foundation with poets Mary Jean Chan, Rachael Allen, Katie O'Pray and features music from Royal Northern College of Music's Christopher Godhard. Full details on our website: wp.me/p1O6so-13v

This month Out-Spoken we have poetry from Mary Jean Chan Hannah Lavery and the legend that is Nikki Giovanni.

Don’t say we didn’t give you enough notice. southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/liter…

Join us on March 25th for a night of music and spoken word to raises vitals funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians and UNRWA.

Info and tix in the link. With thanks to Kirstin Innes Outtatown Keira Brown and Assembly Roxy for organising. 🇵🇸✊🏽
assemblyroxy.com/whats-on/116-w…

As part of our LGBT feature, to mark LGBT history month, Editing Intern Kayleigh Jayshree reviews Mary Jean Chan 's Bright Fear, published by Faber Books

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Link below for the full review:

inksweatandtears.co.uk/kayleigh-jaysh…

Applications are OPEN to 22 March for the next year of our Emerging Poets Development Scheme, offering a year of resources incl. 1-2-1 monthly mentoring with Anthony Anaxagorou to poets yet to publish a full collection.
No upper age limit

Full details & apply:
outspokenldn.com/epds