The resolution brought forward by Society of Authors members calling for a statement to be made in support of a ceasefire in Gaza, didn't pass.

That means the murder of 40,000+ Palestinians isn't enough to compel a majority vote among British writers. What a time.

Our May books are now available to pre-order on the Carcanet site! 🌼🌼🌼

Use the code MAYBOOKS for 20% off and free UK P&P:

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🤓We still have spaces on our Festival workshops Thurs 9 May to Sat 11 May with Fred D’Aguiar, alice hiller Mymona Bibi & Natalia Bukia-Peters & Suji Kwock Kim 📚More info and booking newcastlepoetryfestival.co.uk ✍️

Getting ready to take my 🎨colour 🎨 kit north to ⁦⁦NCLA⁩ for an in-person workshop extravaganza on Friday 10 May of writing prompts & supportive discussions aimed looking at colour as portal & energy channel & opening rainbows of new work webstore.ncl.ac.uk/short-courses/…

I am so honoured to be in this incredible final issue of bath magg, alongside so many tributes to Gboyega. Go and read it if you haven't already and help send off this brilliant magazine ❤️🦆

Our 2024 collections are here: QuickFire, Slow Burning by Janette Ayachi Janette Ayachi, Feeling All the Kills by Helen Calcutt Helen Calcutt, and Lapwing by Hannah Copley Hannah Copley. bit.ly/pavilionpoetry… #newpoetry ✨

Lapwing is now officially out in the world with Pavilion Poetry Liverpool University Press. Endless thanks ❤️ to Deryn Rees-Jones for understanding & believing in this precious bird 🥚. Thank you also to the PoetryBookSoc selectors for choosing it as a Summer ‘24 rec. I’m feeling all sorts 💚🪶☀️

I’ve been ⚡️loving ⚡️the earlier episodes! Go check them out Tears for Fears while waiting for this one to land. Perfect way to make boring tasks interesting 🧹

Ledbury Poetry Catherine Gander😷 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 Roshni Gallagher WritingWestMidlands The Poetry Society Scottish Poetry Library Manchester Writing School Scottish Book Trust Poetry Ireland alice hiller Nadine Aisha Jassat Olga Dermott- Bond Poetry School Catherine's debut pamphlet #Matches and Roshni's 2023 debut #BirdCherry are wonderful reads and can be got ahead of time from our website here: vervepoetrypress.com/product-catego… 💟

Great to have 2 poets featured at this year's Ledbury Poetry in the super Catherine Gander😷 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 and Roshni Gallagher ! You can see the whole stunning line-up for #Ledbury24 and get tickets here: ledburypoetry.org.uk/home/whats-on/

Besides working creatively to change awareness re predation & exploitation, when I can I support organisations working with our communities in real time - as with All Out's campaign to help cover urgent support for LGBT+ people being displaced in the DRC. a.allout.org/s/vL9zn/

Brilliant to honour⁩ #Amma ⁦LRB Bookshop⁩ ⁦nina 明雅⁩. Key words ⁦⁦⁦Saraid⁩ on reclaiming & negotiating the long aftermaths of trauma: ‘Writing women who were able to be violent in response to things that happened to them really energised me’

With each death in #Gaza the starting point of 🕸️ spider webs 🕸️ of grief & devastation stretching forward through time & cutting so many family lines, the definite death toll passing 34,000 Palestinians with thousands uncounted in rubble can’t be ignored. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

We’re throwing a launch party for GOODLORD at The Social 18th June and you’re all invited 🎈✨🥂dice.fm/event/gv2m2-go… Rough Trade Books

Cover reveal for my new pamphlet out 13th of June with The Emma Press
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news about events coming soon
#poetry #queer #gay #instagay #queer poet #queer poetry #lgbtq + #lgbtpoet

alice hiller says about the book: 'Creating a language to explore the long aftermath of childhood sexual abuse, Serge Neptune’s courageous, crucial work is also a song of healing and self-reclamation, that closes by asking us to “remember desire is a holy spring.”

Congratulations to Emily Hasler whose beautiful muddy book is longlisted for the Ondaatje prize 💚Pavilion Poetry English Department Emily Hasler

'Otherwise known as peewit, otherwise known / as tew-it, otherwise known as Vanellus vanellus / of the family Charadriidae, otherwise known as / plain old lappy nestling in the till' Hannah Copley's incantatory #Lapwing Pavilion Poetry is now on the poetry shelves.