I'm very proud to see (m)othersongs among so many brilliant, beautiful books at the Free Verse V. Press bookstall. Wishing everyone – Poetry Society, publishers, poets, panellists, punters – an inspiring and rewarding day. ✨📚✨

V. v. delighted to launch Fire and Bees by @bethandoeswords at the Free Verse Poetry Book and Magazine Fair 2024 in London today!!!
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The Poetry Society

Just set up the V. Press stand at the The Poetry Society's Free Verse Poetry Book & Magazine Fair in London! So excited to launch Bethan - Creative Writing for Wellbeing' debut chapbook here!!! And show off as many other V. Press beauties as I could carry. Today's bargains start at £3!

It’s almost time ! Getting exciting now .. 🏃‍♀️

“[…] Rees’ work is quick-witted and blazing.” Claire Williamson on Fire and Bees by @bethandoeswords, a chapbook of poetry that is very intense and very reflective, like the burning memories we carry.
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'Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it. They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it.'

An Ursula K. Le Guin classic: themarginalian.org/2015/10/21/tel…

“I try to fit a star-shaped peg into a square hole
and when she slides right through the other side
and clatters to the floor I realise
that’s where she belongs.”

From Fire and Bees by @bethandoeswords
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“Here,
take this –
I made it myself,
just for you:

a bucket of hearts.

Ripped from the chests
of anyone that’s done you wrong.

I’d give you my own,
but I tore mine out two men ago
and never got it back. “

From Fire and Bees by @bethandoeswords
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For nearly a year I've looked forward to this Thursday's launch of Grief's Alphabet (Seren, 2024), thinking on it almost every day and practising every night the last few weeks. Please join me; tickets here: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/bath/ca… Visit Bath Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath

Meet Colin Cosgrove. He's a busy man, but is he losing his mojo?

Written and performed by Steve Wilson, Diary of a Badminton Player is a show about the difficulties of ageing and finding things to do while trying to remain a local hero 🏸

📅Fri 26 Apr
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New poetry book alert! 📚 'Fires both real and metaphorical crackle through this exciting new collection.' - Julia Webb.
Surreal & compelling
DM to get yours! #NewBook #Poetry #poem #book #book marketing #publishing #writer #writing #writer scommunity #writer slife 🎉

“As I stare out of the memory window,
I see my grandmother’s manic wasp
and, with its murmur slowly approaching,
I begin to lick my lips.”
From Fire and Bees by @bethandoeswords
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Good news and great reviews coming from my lovely publisher, V. Press. If you're planning on being at the Free Verse Book Fair on 20th of April, do visit the V. Press stall and say hello to the marvellous Sarah_James! 📚⚡️❤️

London, launches & lovely news: gearing up for Free Verse on 20 April, preparing to launch Fire and Bees & some great reviews!
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The Poetry Society
Bethan - Creative Writing for Wellbeing
Sarah Doyle
Gram Joel Davies

Rover Longbridge on ep.5 of #ThisTown !! I was in tears. Finally made it onto mainstream telly! Thanks Steven Knight. Want to know more? Check out MAKING TRACKS w/ V. Press. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgAGMW…
You were ruled by the track….

“Fires both real and metaphorical crackle through this exciting new collection by Bethan Rees, and its pages hum and crawl with insect life.[…]Rees’ work is surreal and compelling – an exciting new voice in the poetry world.” Julia Webb
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@bethandoeswords

I’m looking forward to one more day as Reader in Residence at #BrierleyHill Library on 13 May. Three activities for readers and adventurers of all ages!

“I’d never heard of silver spoons;
mine were cast out of passive-aggressive
side glances and chip forks.”
From Fire and Bees by @bethandoeswords
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Poetry review – Not Enough Rage – Neil Elder finds this new collection by Gram Joel Davies lives up to the aims implied by its title: londongrip.co.uk/2024/04/london…

“I want to reach the heart of the earth.
My love lies in there, a place
where seedlings turn green
and roots meet one another
and creation continues . . .
I want to reach its essence.”

~ Forough Farrokhzad

Wishing you all a peaceful weekend.🕊️

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