Pretty excited about this...
Thank you Munster Literature Centre. I'm really looking forward to reading at the Cork International Poetry Festival.
Nine Arches Press Live Canon Poetry @Red

From 'The Butterfly House ' by Kathryn Bevis 🦋
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It is simply unacceptable to use starvation as a weapon of war.

The people of Gaza are dying a slow death, while the world watches on.

The international community must demand that aid is allowed to get to all of the people of Gaza suffering, including those in the North.

Ignite the beacons.
News of the blackthorn’s return
Travels hill to hill.

Today we launch #Blossomwatch 2024. With poems and haikus by Simon Armitage. And choirs in cities, singing to greet the spring blossom 🌸 theguardian.com/books/2024/mar…

I've drawn up a potent and energising poetics and creative method. It's called 7 Days of Forge. See here: rmfrancis.weebly.com/forge-geopoeti…

📚We’re beyond excited to announce our partnership with #TheClimateFictionPrize , a new major literary award!

Alongside our continued work on supporting & incentivising climate stories for film & TV, we now are pleased to also amplify the reach of climate fiction with this Prize.

Big week! As well as Wimbledon BookFest I’ve been working on The Climate Fiction Prize Prize: a new book prize that spotlights the power of storytelling in addressing the climate crisis. Announced today, launching Hay Festival & open for submissions June 2024 climatefictionprize.com

I’ve got a new job! Excited to have started as Executive Director @WimBookFest (London’s leading literature festival, AND my local festival! 🥳) where I’ll be focused on an exciting next phase with Festival Director Fiona Razvi & fundraising for our work thebookseller.com/news/rose-godd…

WE'RE BACK! Join us on the 7th June for Cute Ecologies - an online symposium focused on creative-critical approaches to cuteness and environments with an incredible roundtable of speakers. Send in your abstracts by 19th April. We can't wait to read them!

Spread the word please, I'm running FREE workshops soon in Newcastle and Manchester on the theme of 'water'. Book here - eventbrite.co.uk/cc/water-and-w…

A Goddess takes human form & becomes a mother: my retelling of the Irish legend of Macha ⁦Nine Arches Press⁩ ⁦CommaJane⁩ ⁦Roz Goddard⁩ Natalie Linh Bolderston⁩ #mothers day #mothers #mythology #folklore #poetry #poetry community

Poetry as self-portrait🩶🩵💙Come and seek out more treasures with Roz Goddard and me later this month at Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery, & hear us in conversation about ‘Frieze’ Nine Arches Press WritingWestMidlands #poetry #amwriting #portraits

Hey everyone, my brilliant and amazing friend (and co-sea-swimmer!) Sue Burge has won 1st prize in the Mslexia poetry competition, and her poem is absolutely breathtaking. Please take a moment to read it here:

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It’s ok to do less when you’re coping with more

I went on a treasure hunt to Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery today in preparation for my workshop & found some unexpected treasure! Nine Arches Press CommaJane Roz Goddard WritingWestMidlands 🪐🚀 Come along for an inspiring poetry workshop later this month eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-spa-i…

Join us for an immersive POETRY SPA DAY at Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery, Saturday 23 March feat. Olga Dermott- Bond & host Roz Goddard
Take time out for mindful reading, writing & #poetry discussion in beautiful surroundings
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WM Readers' Network WritingWestMidlands

the courage required to show up for navalny’s funeral is worth our appreciation

Happy St David’s Day. Thinking about my grandfather - I called him Dashee, who came home and drank his tea with the soot still on him. This one’s from Spill Flarestack Poets

Publication day for The Snow Globe by Jenny Pagdin. Offering an unflinching account of postpartum psychosis, these tender poems 'move from the white heat of bewilderment towards healing and luminosity.‘ 'A vital book.’
Congratulations Jenny 💙
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We are devastated at what the recently announced city council cuts could mean for the people of Birmingham and for the culture sector in this city. We urgently need creative solutions towards continued investment in the arts. Read our collective statement: cbso.co.uk/stories/bcc-cu…