Juliet@Blood Lines

Fantastic - please share and submit!

It's a wee fundraiser which could be fun. #BloodLines #cancer #cancerpoetry #cancerstories #poetry #AML #bloodcancer #ScottishPoetry #newbook #creativewriting #haematology #oncology #BloodLines #BooksThatMatter
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Thank you - apologies for slow response - just my illness and life. It was amazing. Still reeling :)

Blood Lines: Living and dying with cancer – a lyrical journey – Independent Thinking Press £14.99

Her #poetry collection #BloodLines explores her experience of illness with honesty and grace. You can order a copy here: buff.ly/g29Mv0w

#AML #Cancer #Poetrysky @blood-lines.bsky.social @itlworldwide.bsky.social

Blood Lines: Living and dying with cancer – a lyrical journey – Independent Thinking Press £14.99

Her #poetry collection #BloodLines explores her experience of illness with honesty and grace. You can order a copy here: buff.ly/g29Mv0w

#AML #Cancer #Poetrysky @blood-lines.bsky.social @itlworldwide.bsky.social

BBC Radio 4 - Winter Well A survival guide to winter, offering advice on how to get through the dark months.

Coming everyday next week, on Radio 4, Hayden Lorimer's expanded vision of our work on wintering well and SAD. The nights are fair drawing in www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Pick of the Week - James Crawford - BBC Sounds James Crawford presents a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.

Surprise of the evening! I am featured on RADIO 4's PICK of the WEEK
It's the final pick of the show 37m 54s. No idea that was going to happen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #BloodLines #cancer #cancerpoetry #cancerstories #poetry #AML #bloodcancer #ScottishPoetry #terminal #illness

Thank you - and I always remember you for being one of the early adopters of Twitter in Scottish education. It was a special time and I learned so much for the sharing, etc.

Aw thanks - at least there's a year to listen!

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Thank you Radio Scotland Out-of-Doors programme for creating a podcast from our blether about outdoor learning, impact of the outdoors on ourselves and much more. Listen at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #outdoor #learning #education #cancer #geese #poetry #blether #leukaemia

Out of Doors - A Kitchen Garden, the Trossachs Explorer and 200 Years of the Modern Railway - BBC Sounds Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.

Delighted to be featured on Radio Scotland's Out-of-Doors programme last Saturday. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #outdoor #cancer #geese #poetry #blether

@blood-lines.bsky.social has shared 7 essential principles for outdoor learning in Scottish schools in her new Tes magazine article - from mentoring to residential trips. Read it in full here: buff.ly/qD75xW8

📚 You can find more ideas in her books #DirtyTeaching and #MessyMaths.

Alongside her education work, Juliet has also written a poetry collection, #BloodLines, which explores her experience living with cancer through the medium of poetry: buff.ly/hs2jMHA

Blood Lines is a fundraising book. If you want to see which charities I've chosen look here: julietrobertson.substack.com/p/where-are-... #cancer #cancerpoetry #cancerstories #poetry #AML #bloodcancer #ScottishPoetry #newbook #creativewriting #haematology #oncology #BloodLines

The National Poetry Centre in Leeds - really looking forward to this become a reality. More info on their website nationalpoetrycentre.org.uk

Delighted to see another positive review about #BloodLines esp. the comment "Unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and college/university library cancer and medical issues..." #cancer #poetry #AML #bloodcancer #ScottishPoetry #newbook #creativewriting #haematology #oncology

Patrick Geddes’s farewell lecture to his Dundee students, 1919. Excerpts from Patrick Geddes’s farewell lecture to his Dundee students, 1919. How many people think twice about a leaf? Yet the leaf is the chief product and phenomenon of Life: this is a green wor…

I have just realised that the Scottish Poetry Library's Bluesky handle is part of a wonderful quote from Patrick Geddes. murdomacdonald.wordpress.com/patrick-gedd...

And if you haven’t order a copy of #BloodLines yet, you can do so here – royalties are donated to UK cancer charities: buff.ly/n7GJYHV

@blood-lines.bsky.social @byleaveswelive.bsky.social @itlworldwide.bsky.social #Poetrysky #cancer #AML

Audition for poetry journal iamb in Sept 2025 Audition to be part of quarterly poetry journal iamb between the 20th and 27th of September 2025.

**AUDITIONS OPEN IN 14 DAYS**

From Sep 20th-27th, auditions for @iambapoet.com open for the first time since 2022 – and for just ONE week!

Be ready when the submission form goes live. Head to the journal's Audition page for full details.

Good luck with your audition! 🍀

iambapoet.com/audition

It was such a delight recording my poems for @iambapoet.com And what an utterly gorgeous presentation of words and audio by the incredible @markantonyowen.com This poem was originally published by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social ed. by the brilliant @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social

#poetry #poets #nature

SEND and inclusion: a recommended reading list Margaret Mulholland shares her recommended reads on equitable school leadership and how to further develop your inclusive practice

Wow! #SquarePegs is included in Tes magazine's #SEND and inclusion reading list! buff.ly/zXKfakk

📚 Start the new school year strong with this ultimate guide for inclusivity, compassion and fitting in. Available from Independent Thinking Press: buff.ly/w0MoHL5

@itlworldwide.bsky.social

Taking Action with the real David Cameron and Juliet Robertson - Taking Action This episode is with the remarkable Juliet Robertson. It focusses on her collection of poetry, Blood Lines, which deals with the trauma of living with a diagnosis of terminal cancer. The book is aston...

Reading and writing poetry was and still is a cathartic release for managing all the ins and outs of cancer. What creative activities do you do when coping with adversity? www.buzzsprout.com/2512967/epis...
#BloodLines #poetry #AML #bloodcancer #ScottishPoetry #creativewriting #haematology #oncology

Aw thanks!

Rannan Chloinne / Children's Verses Call for Scottish Gaelic Poems for Children. Rannan Chloinne / Children's Verses.

Rannan Chloinne / Children’s Verses

Just 4 days left to enter the competition for new children's verses in Gaelic. This is a collaborative project by the Scottish Poetry Library and Gaelic Books Council. All the details here:

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/rannan-chloi...

Don't miss this opportunity! Women Poets Wanted! #ScottishPoetry #Women #livedexperiences #letswriteourheartsout

Blood Lines - An update! Thanks goodness this blog is not a library book - otherwise I'd be fined

Yes, finally an update... the last few months haven't gone to plan. Will do a Caring Bridge one in due course. julietrobertson.substack.com/p/blood-line...
#BloodLines #Cancer #poetry #poetry #AML #bloodcancer #ScottishPoetry #newbook #creativewriting #haematology #oncology #BooksThatMatter

Totally agree... words don't do this collection justice... did I really say that aloud?

This is an incredible, awe inspiring book @serenbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #poetry

“Let’s make education more innovative, engaging, & inspiring – for the teachers, as well as the kids.” Read 5 ways to rethink the future of teaching in @ahargreaves.bsky.social’s Teach Secondary article (p21): buff.ly/5TOwodd

Learn more in Andy’s latest book, #TheMakingofanEducator: buff.ly/wLKNyij

This is a brilliant book and every school needs a copy... challenges a lot of myths and assumptions but positive about changes in practice.