A fascinating piece by poet @cathygalvin.bsky.social on the historical background to her first full-length poetry book Ethnology: A love song for Connemara is featured in The Tablet, accompanied by the title poem. Register to read the article for free.
www.thetablet.co.uk/features/a-l...
Great interview with @cathygalvin.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social's Arena ahead of her launch @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social on 24 March. She was speaking to @rickoshea.bsky.social about her debut Ethnology: a love song for Connemara, and read two poems from the book.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
#TheDeeperRead 9 is up! As this week sees the birthday of Edward Thomas, it features his poem "Aspens", from the excellent @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social edition. Please like and subscribe, it's free: suzannafitzpatrick.substack.com/p/the-deeper...
Come and see me on zoom if you'd like some feedback on your poems or maybe some advice on finding the words for the poems that are stuck in your head. March and April dates available! @writerscentre.bsky.social #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry #poetryediting
This moving autobiographical BBC Radio 4 Drama by Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis featured six poems from her 2025 Bloodaxe collection First Rain in Paradise, read by Gwyneth herself. Directed by @emmaharding.bsky.social.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Edward Thomas was born on 3 March 1878. In celebration, I'm going to feature his poem "Aspens" on #TheDeeperRead this week. I usually post about contemporary poets, but will occasionally go off-piste! Highly recommend this stunning edition from @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social.
Come to our great event in Wembley. Home not just to football but also to poetry! Listen to wonderful poets Jane Clarke & Jessica Mookherjee - with the chance to share a poem in the open mic @janeclarke.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
Still some free tickets available for my reading w @jessmookherjee.bsky.social Wembley Library, Thursday 5th March at 6.30. Also open mic slots to read your work to 85 people and counting!
Really looking forward to a day of poetry in Wembley! Workshop sold out.
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
‘The term ‘magisterial’ seems apt for this achievement, as its author approaches his tenth decade.’ – Hannah Stone, @thelakepoetry.bsky.social, on Lithuanian poet Tomas Venclova's new retrospective The Grove of the Eumenides (trs Hinsey, Senechal & Uzgiris).
www.thelakepoetry.co.uk/reviews/marc...
I really like helping people with their poems so I am excited to to be doing some mentoring for @writerscentre.bsky.social
My March sessions are now open to book! #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #blueskypoetry #poetryediting Please share!
An interview with poet Polly Clark features in @madridlitmag.bsky.social Issue 7, out today. She was speaking to editor James Hartley about her just-published Bloodaxe retrospective, Afterlife: New & Selected Poems, and shared a poem from the book.
'Reading this collection we become more aware of our human senses and this, in turn, makes us more aware of the world around us and our responses to it.' – Neil Leabeater, Write Out Loud, on the second volume in Danish poet Pia Tafdrup's Senses Quintet.
www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge...
Excited to be reading at York Literature Festival as part if the #IWD2026! maybe see you there? I'll be reading some poems from my @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social collection #constructingawitch
Great to hear poet and translator @georgeszirtes.bsky.social speaking to @imcmillan.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4’s The Verb about @poemsonthetube.bsky.social. The Poems on the Underground scheme has just turned 40.
George Szirtes features from 4:58.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
All three poets joined us on YouTube Live on Tuesday evening for our online launch event, and the recording is available to watch now:
youtube.com/live/XA38CZZ...
It's publication day for our three February titles!
This month we have new books from #PollyClark, @cathygalvin.bsky.social, & #PenelopeShuttle - Available now from our website and your local bookshop.
www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/new_titl...
An interview with poet Polly Clark features in Issue 7 of @madridlitmag.bsky.social. She speaks about her new Bloodaxe retrospective, Afterlife: New & Selected Poems, out today, and shares a poem from the book.
The picture shows the cover of Rachael Boast's anthology Versus Versus. Cover image description: The book's cover features a square-shaped artwork by Polish artist, Julian Stanczak, entitled 'Concurrent Colors'. The painting creates an optical illusion of vertical moving curved lines in red and blue, giving the impression of moving waves or sand dunes. At the edges of the painting the lines thin out so that they resemble a comb effect. The painting has a darker blue framing band around it, filling the extent of the cover. The title of the anthology 'VERSUS VERSUS' is in a large red font at the top of the cover, and the subtitle, '100 POEMS BY DEAF, DISABLED & NEURODIVERGENT POETS', is in a large blue font underneath the square painting. The editor's name, Rachael Boast, is in a smaller red font beneath the subtitle.
'You’ll be consoled, informed, thrilled.' - Anne Kaier, in @wordgathering.bsky.social, on Rachael Boast's anthology Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets.
Versus Versus is distributed in the US by @consortiumbooks.bsky.social.
wordgathering.com/vol19/issue2...
Brilliant readings and discussion from Polly Clark, Cathy Galvin and Penelope Shuttle last night at the online event for our February titles.
If you missed it, you can watch the recording on YouTube: youtube.com/live/XA38CZZ...
#PollyClark
@cathygalvin.bsky.social
#PenelopeShuttle
Animals and healing at Resurgence TONIGHT
Wednesday 25 February • 7—8.30pm GMT • via Zoom
Pascale Petit’s work demonstrates poetry as a kind of shamanism, allowing author and reader to shapeshift. Jay Griffiths’ new book is How Animals Heal Us
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'a collection that is rooted in the landscape and nuances of Máisean Island and its past inhabitants.' - Emma Lee, The High Window, on @cathygalvin.bsky.social's first full-length poetry book Ethnology: a love song to Connemara, out this week from Bloodaxe.
thehighwindowpress.com/2026/02/24/t...
A bright pink square with the words ‘Today is our 117th Birthday!’ in the middle, in front of a glowing circle. Beneath this are the words ‘Championing poetry since 1909’. At the bottom of the square is The Poetry Society’s logo in white. Along the top of the square are rows of multicoloured bunting.
We’re 117 years old today!
The Poetry Society has been championing poets and poetry since 1909. If you want to help us continue our mission to promote the reading and writing of poetry, consider joining us as a member, or donating to us. We’d be delighted to have you. poetrysociety.org.uk
Our February online launch with Polly Clark, Cathy Galvin and Penelope Shuttle is tonight!
Live on YouTube at 7pm UK time. You can also catch up on the recording on the same page afterwards: youtube.com/live/XA38CZZ...
#PollyClark
@cathygalvin.bsky.social
#PenelopeShuttle
'...a book to return to, a book with real heft and stature.' - Ian Pople, London Grip, on @cathygalvin.bsky.social's first full-length poetry book Ethnology: A love song for Connemara, published this week in the UK & Ireland by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social.
londongrip.co.uk/2026/02/lond...
I like this poem of love and loss by Emilie Jelinek from her @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social pamphlet The Sky Around My Father
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Late morning stroll soundtrack: this beautifully written play @bbcsounds.bsky.social
YT Poem of the week: 'The Only English Kid' by Hannah Lowe @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...
Poem of the Week February 14th
Letters from Yorkshire by Maura Dooley poemsontheunderground.org/letters-from...
