JUST IN: 'When the Frog from the Well Sees the Ocean (Reports from English UFOlklore)' by Various

Folklore Tapes' new compilation features seventeen tracks from nineteen musicians, with contributions from DBH, Dean McPhee, Paddy Steer, and bridget hayden

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Today, come and see this incredible work 12-5pm

When I lived in Bristol I saw Helen Dunmore read many times (inc slams). She had the most amazing quiet rapport with an audience. This poem ‘My life’s stem was cut’ from her Bloodaxe Books posthumous, Costa-winning collection INSIDE THE WAVE, just made me gasp on the train! ❤️

— Raymond Carver

I’m pleased to be reintroducing the annual Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition this winter with an amazing panel of judges whose work I admire. Cash prize, free entry for a single poem, and submissions will open in October. We will announce the theme in the coming months 🏆

BACK AT BARBS! I’m singing and hanging out in the Calder Valley once more. Tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/jennifer-rei…

Halifax, 1950s, by Edwin Smith.

A The Guardian report from 1914 shows that early 19th Century employees at Blackburn Gas Works were given a bonus of 7-8 gallons of ale for completing tasks within agreed times.

Just SIX tickets remain!

22nd July, Ilkley.

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Tonight I go out looking for you everywhere

Thomas James

It's 6.30 and I'm quite moved by this

Arguably the greatest film comedian of them all, Stan Laurel, was born on this day in Ulverston in 1890 #StanLaurel #Ulverston

It’s #CelebrateTheFens weekend! What could be flatter or more beautiful? Go out, find a fen, give it a cheer

W. S. Merwin

'What does it mean to love a place because you're haunted by it?'

Here's my radio essay about love, home, ghosts & the intimacy of driving at night.

It's part of Black Country Secrets, a week of beautiful @bbcradio3 programmes about our hidden region.

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‘Maps have always been my favourite literature’ (Alfred Wainwright): for some reason, I’ve recently been turning to a slightly out-of-date A to Z of a city I no longer live in for my end-of-the-day reading #maps #mapping #cartography

I set up the nature prize for #WorkingClass writers to disperse the stereotype of what it means to be a nature writer & alongside my partners Octopus Publishing & sponsors Campaign for National Parks National Trust Arvon we're set to change that, c/d 14th July! thebookseller.com/news/the-natur…

Join us this Saturday, Robinwood Mill, Todmorden

Good to see . on the Coast Path on TV. Our writer Christopher Goddard is mapping the entire #englandcoastpath and book one is out already gritstonecoop.co.uk/product/ecp1-s… Please share Paul, and enjoy your walk!

VERY early morning walk to Stoodley Pike before work (tired now!). It was amazing to walk across the moor above the veil of mist. x