Ruth Padel
Poetry * wildlife * music * India * Greece *
New š GIRL -
āDazzling lyric controlā (Kim Moore)
āRhapsodicā(Guardian)
'Crafted for deep engagement: girls from Delphi to Delhi haunted by the āloose tin canā of misogyny.ā¦' (Mid-Day Mumbai)
Www.ruthpadel.com
@bethany-w-pope.bsky.social
Bethany W Pope (they/them) has published ten novels and collections of poetry. Nicholas Lezard, writing for The Guardian, described Bethanyās latest poetry collection as 'poetry as salvation'. Bethany currently lives and works in China.
@aoifelyall.bsky.social
Poet, editor, mentor, teacher. The Day Before (Bloodaxe Books) out 22nd February 2024
@anne-marie-fyfe.bsky.social
#art #shetlandyarns #cushendall #cockerspaniels #harbours #rhubarbicecream #galleries #ferries #le-marais #chiswick #memoir #nightsky #poetry: making it new with 'No Far Shore: Charting Unknown Waters' (Seren 2019), making it happen at #coffeehousepoetry!
@annadavidson.bsky.social
Writing, editing, publishing. Poetry for Loving Life: Energizing Short Poems publishes 26 June and is available for pre-order (see links). https://linktr.ee/akdavidson
@annachorlton.bsky.social
Writing in the Cornish wilds. Author of Cornish Folk Tales of Place
@angelaarnold777.bsky.social
Poet, artist & creative gardener. Collection In Between (our inner landscapes/relationships). Lefty, Quaker, environmental campaigner, worrier for our future.
@andywilliamson.com
Writer, poet, creative thinker & architect for democracy / SgrƬobhadair, bĆ rd, neach-smaoineachaidh cruthachail agus ailtire airson deamocrasaidh | Aotearoa & Isle of Skye | urbanbadgercollective.com http://andywilliamson.com
@yararf.bsky.social
Diana fan, scorpio, & very serious leftie novelist. stubborn archivist (2019) & there are more things (2022)š š doing a phd on novels + abolition at Leeds she/they https://linktr.ee/yrodriguesfowler
@abagoo.bsky.social
āAndre Bagoo is a fearless, brilliant mind.ā ā Ilya Kaminsky
@ambulancebox.bsky.social
Poet. Author of āThe Ambulance Boxā and āThe North End of the Possibleā. New book coming in 2026. | Non-stipediary (i.e. unpaid) priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church and member of general synod | she/her š³ļøāā§ļø https://linktr.ee/amyjophilp
@amaleenadamle.bsky.social
Associate Prof in French, Durham University. Poet, in Acropolis, Atrium, After, Dust, Dreich, IceFloePress, Indigo Dreams, Ink, Sweat & Tears, others. Editor at Paragraph, EUP.
@alisonmanning.bsky.social
Poet, poetry film maker, author of World Without Endless Sheep and occasional lemon grower.š https://alisonmanningwriter.wordpress.com/
@alil.bsky.social
North Wales. Dysgu Cymraeg. Author of 8 books, and pamphlets. Writer of short stories, poetry, non-fiction. Latest book - Thrift (2024) Palewell Press. Poetry/music/art collaborations. Qigong. BBC Radio 3, Between the Ears: Lure
@abrackenbury.bsky.social
Poet and broadcaster. My new non-fiction prose book, 'Village', will be available online in July. With 'witches', wheelbarrows, and a pioneering woman archaeologist with a houseful of treasures in Long Lane...
@atarbuck.bsky.social
Poet & academic. Author of āA Spell in the Wild'& 'Modern Craft'. Queer as a bent penny, likes the sea, silk stockings, an excess of green. š³ļøāš she/they.
@alicestainer.bsky.social
Poet; lecturer; Victorianist; singer; Scottish dancer; nature lover; wine or tea, that is the question; the sea, the sea; land of the mountain & the flood.
@alecfinlay.bsky.social
artist and poet; ecological remediation and human recuperation; landscape, tea, limit and creativity; lives by the sea in Edinburgh; mostly sharing a daily poem here.
@abigailottley.bsky.social
Writes poetry & short fiction. Latest is new collection āOut of Edenā. Pushcart and Best of Net nominated. 2024: Plaza Prose Poem 2nd, Patricia Eschen Award 3rd, won Metro poem Comp. Twice winner of Wildfire 150. Loves books,dogs, & crafting.
@godzillakent.bsky.social
Working Class Poet/Writer | Publisher of @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social | The Working Classic (2023, the87press) | Awen Medal | Stroke Survivor | he/him | Agent: Kate Rizzo (Greene & Heaton)
@emmaharding.bsky.social
Writer | audio maker | poetry pusher. Editor Drama, Arts & Classical Music, BBC Audio Wales & West of England. Debut novel: The Berliners/Friedrichstrasse 19 https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/emma-harding/the-berliners/9781529376203/
@scfthomson.bsky.social
Easily excited medievalist working @hhu.bsky.social. I love manuscripts, stories and storytelling, teaching, @lfcr.bsky.social, antiracism, LGBTQ+ support, Nigeria, living in Germany, the Real Housewives, my wife, and gin (not always in that order)
@willdalrymple.bsky.social
Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
@jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
Poet, apparently. Forward Prize, BOTN and Pushcart nom. Occasional horseman, remote rural Spain. Words in blackbough, iambapoet, eatthestorms, Modron, Madrid Review, Bad Lilies, Dark Mountain project and more. https://linktr.ee/jamesmcconachiepoet
@kostyatsolakis.bsky.social
Poet | š šš³š¦š¦š¬ššŖšÆšØ (Nine Arches Press), PBS Recommendation, shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize ā24 & Runciman Award ā24 | Editor š©š¢š³š¢šÆš¢ š±š°š¦šµš³šŗ
@kg520.bsky.social
Editor, anthologist, reviewer, professor. Alexander Pope | John Betjeman | contemporary poetry.
@theemmapress.bsky.social
small press | big dreams Birmingham-based independent publisher of poetry, children's books, short-form prose and translations. www.theemmapress.com
@josephfasano.bsky.social
Writer, Teacher | helping people write and be heard | Founder, Fasano Academy, educating the whole human being
@questingvole.bsky.social
@spectator lit ed. āClock-white, still friendly to the earth.ā https://bit.ly/TheHauntedWood
@rotherwrites.bsky.social
[My words] "are shut up tight inside themselves like boxes, yet they would open up, unfolding quite wonderfully, if only" [I could interest them], Sylvia Plath
@tobylitt.bsky.social
Writer. Activist. Diarist. Head of Creative Writing at Southampton University. https://tobylitt.wordpress.com/shop/
@suefinch.bsky.social
Poet. Coach. #ElasticBandPhotos. Loves coasts, peculiar things and the scent of ice-cream freezers. āMagnifying Glassā and āWelcome to the Museum of a Lifeā published by Black Eyes Publishing UK. https://suefinch.co.uk/
@ravoon.bsky.social
Sunday Times Poetry Critic. Also Archaeology (MPI-GEA) and Church (ECUSA). Latest pamphlet (title in banner) out from New Walk Editions November 2024.
@petitecreature1.bsky.social
Poet ~ Nominated for Pushcart and Forwards (Best 1st Collection) ~ Pamphlets with Hedgehog & The Broken Spine ~ Commended in Poetry Society Stanza Comp 2024 ~ First Collection "Daughter of Fire" out now with Yaffle Press! ~ www.lucyheuschen.co.uk
@mrjohncrace.bsky.social
Political sketch-writer for the Guardian. Author. Latest book out now 'Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10'.
@katiescribbles.bsky.social
āļø THE EDGE OF SOLITUDE āļø / WHITE GHOSTS (2023) / MY NAME IS MONSTER (2019) / Northern Writers' Award 21 & 22 / Aesthetica Prize 23
@asls.org.uk
Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present. https://asls.org.uk
@concordmoose.bsky.social
Disabled Poets Prize 2024 āNowhere Near As Safe As A Snake In Bedā https://bit.ly/3X1A8aQ āSkin the Rabbitā out @The Braag 26/3/25. Writes about rivers, absurdity & time +Arts Council Ā£. Half poet, half tutor, half clown. Sheffield. www.susiewilsonpoet.com
@scottacoe.bsky.social
Poet & Artist. Former Stamford Poet Laureate. Spalding Poetry Slam wordsmith award winner 2024. scottcoe.co.uk #PoetsOnBlueSky #poetry #spokenword Mostly found in #Stamford & #Peterborough
@julieirigaray.bsky.social
* French Basque writer based in Birmingham * Poetry book 'Whalers, Witches and Gauchos' (Nine Pens) * Researcher * Writing tutor at City Lit
@thetls.bsky.social
The Times Literary Supplement. Subscribe here: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/buy
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview, supports young poets @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social. poetrysociety.org.uk linktr.ee/poetrysociety22
@thewingateprize.bsky.social
The only UK literary award to recognise authors and writing that explore the idea of Jewishness to the general reader. Established in 1977. http://www.wingatefoundation.org.uk/literary_prize.php
@saltpublishing.com
WELCOME to Salt, one of the UKās great independent publishers, established in 1999. Directors: @chrisemery.me & @jenhemery.bsky.social