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Richard Skinner

@richardnskinner

Writer working across fiction, life writing, essays, non-fiction & poetry. Director @FaberAcademy • Founder #VanguardEditions • Editor #14magazine. Most recent publication: ‘Crossing Paths’ (Poetry) (Black Cat, 2026).

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GMT Day 1: Peacehaven - Lewes (8.5 miles)

Unfortunately, the mist was low all day so no views/photo ops. I couldn’t see a damn thing! Passed through the pretty villages of Telscombe and Rodmell, then the paths all the way to Lewes were just bogs and gloop. We’re off!

08.03.2026 13:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The necessity of writing comes way before its beauty.

#StartToWrite @faber_academy

28.02.2026 12:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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After chasing Walter D at Faber for months, I finally got my hands on a copy! Wow, this is going to be awesome.

28.02.2026 09:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Next month, I’ll be returning to @sarumcollege.bsky.social, not as a student this time, but as a tutor. I’ll be doing my ‘Spiritual Landscapes’ poetry workshop, which explores the relationship between poetry and walking. I’d be delighted if you could join us!

www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

26.02.2026 16:05 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Cathy Galvin has interview me about the Vanguard Special Editions launched at the end of last year. You can read the interview here: thewordfactory.substack.com/p/spring-wor...

The Special Editions are still available at £40 (plus £10 p&p). Details here: richardskinner.weebly.com/vanguard-spe...

24.02.2026 15:51 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you Sarah!

23.02.2026 19:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Beautiful book post from the past few days – lobe to review for London Grip, the other three for pure poetry pleasure!
Thank you @richardnskinner.bsky.social @jmatkin.bsky.social @blackcatpress.bsky.social @zoebrooks.bsky.social

23.02.2026 19:03 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Long essay entitled ‘On the novels I wrote that didn’t work, the novels I will never write and the one I wish I’d written’ coming soon!

23.02.2026 08:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gifted some money for Christmas and not sure what to spend it on? Just a reminder that the Vanguard Special Edition, valued at £80, is still on special offer of £40 (plus £10 p&p). What a bargain!

Further details here: richardskinner.weebly.com/vanguard-spe...

30.12.2025 11:48 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Gifted some money for Christmas and not sure what to spend it on? Just a reminder that the Vanguard Special Edition: Poetry Only, valued at £80, is still on special offer of £40 (plus £10 p&p). What a bargain!

Further details here: richardskinner.weebly.com/vanguard-spe...

30.12.2025 12:33 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

I'm made up with this beautiful book cover created for me and @richardnskinner.bsky.social by the wizards at @blackcatpress.bsky.social

07.01.2026 17:04 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Hexagrams of the Heavens: Hejira at 50 – 3:AM Magazine The song, full of light and air, may well be the most purely beautiful on the album, with Victor Feldman’s soulful vibes and Larry Carlton’s pointillist guitar harmonics as fine as the vapour trails a...

How much longer will we have Joni? Not too long, I fear, so I wanted to take this opportunity to acknowledge her role as an artist (along with DB and Miles) has played in my life. With thanks to Andrew Gallix for publishing the essay.

www.3ammagazine.com/3am/hexagram...

29.01.2026 17:31 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

I'm very excited about this beautiful new book, to be launched in February!
Thank you @blackcatpress.bsky.social and my collaborator @richardnskinner.bsky.social (whose bright idea this was in the first place).

31.01.2026 13:42 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Two poets. Many paths. One shared landscape.

Crossing Paths — Reading Tour 2026
Jean Atkin & Richard Skinner journey between place, nomenclature & nature, @jmatkin.bsky.social @richardnskinner.bsky.social

📍 UK dates from February–September
🖤 Join them on the road.

#CrossingPaths #PoetryTour

30.01.2026 15:25 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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Finally got my hands on my author copies of this. What a stunning publication! Massive thanks to @blackcatpress.bsky.social for all their patience and care. And I want to thank Jean for agreeing to enter into this writing project with me and for doing so with such enthusiasm and generosity.

12.02.2026 12:52 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Thrilled with this beautifully produced little book about poetry and walking, the result of a collaboration with @richardnskinner.bsky.social
Thank you @blackcatpress.bsky.social - and look, real Shropshire mud...

12.02.2026 17:10 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Amazon.co.uk

‘Crossing Paths’ is now available to buy on Amazon.

Crossing Paths amzn.eu/d/0c3GK9gJ

18.02.2026 16:46 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Really delighted to say that the amazing 3:AM magazine has just posted my second essay on Joni Mitchell. Thanks so much to Andrew for publishing.

www.3ammagazine.com/3am/don-juan...

21.02.2026 16:28 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy to launch this gorgeous book today. Grab a copy via the links in bio!

@jmatkin.bsky.social @richardnskinner.bsky.social

12.02.2026 13:08 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Really delighted to say that the amazing 3:AM magazine has just posted my second essay on Joni Mitchell. Thanks so much to Andrew for publishing.

www.3ammagazine.com/3am/don-juan...

21.02.2026 16:28 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Amazon.co.uk

‘Crossing Paths’ is now available to buy on Amazon.

Crossing Paths amzn.eu/d/0c3GK9gJ

18.02.2026 16:46 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Finally got my hands on my author copies of this. What a stunning publication! Massive thanks to @blackcatpress.bsky.social for all their patience and care. And I want to thank Jean for agreeing to enter into this writing project with me and for doing so with such enthusiasm and generosity.

12.02.2026 12:52 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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Never been offered biscuits at a library before.

#SarumCollege

@sarumcollege.bsky.social

11.02.2026 11:10 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Write from your stomach, not your head or heart

#StartToWrite @faber_academy

31.01.2026 11:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hexagrams of the Heavens: Hejira at 50 – 3:AM Magazine The song, full of light and air, may well be the most purely beautiful on the album, with Victor Feldman’s soulful vibes and Larry Carlton’s pointillist guitar harmonics as fine as the vapour trails a...

How much longer will we have Joni? Not too long, I fear, so I wanted to take this opportunity to acknowledge her role as an artist (along with DB and Miles) has played in my life. With thanks to Andrew Gallix for publishing the essay.

www.3ammagazine.com/3am/hexagram...

29.01.2026 17:31 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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1996 was an incredible year for music. Thirty years later, I still listen to these albums. So good, all of them.

26.01.2026 12:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My online Writing Lives course @faberacademy.bsky.social starts 2nd Feb.

faberacademy.com/product/writ...

Here are some of the books we discuss.

faberacademy.com/reading-room...

Join us for a week of trying different ways of writing about your life or someone else’s as fiction or non-fiction.

12.01.2026 15:51 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Everyone knows a different Bowie, the one they saw in his hall of mirrors, depending on where they came in and from which direction.

10.01.2026 07:32 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you for this gorgeous cover!

07.01.2026 16:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Cover reveal! Coming soon from @jmatkin.bsky.social & @richardnskinner.bsky.social

07.01.2026 16:57 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1