Diolch/Many thanks to the judges+team @forwardprizes.bsky.social for including Naming the Trees as highly commended.π Inspired by the campaign to save Penrhos Nature Reserve from being developed. Here's my copy in the leaf wave+rustle of where it beganπ³π @arachnepress.bsky.social @nation.cymru
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For the @sealeychallenge.bsky.social day 8 Ness Owenβs βMoon Jellyfish Can Barely Swimβ @nessowen.bsky.social @parthianbooks.bsky.social
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Lovely to get a mention in this Western Mail article about the @arachnepress.bsky.social rivers anthology for my St Teilo saint-wizard poem. Stuff happens when you get published by this press. π @walesonline.bsky.social @nessowen.bsky.social π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
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Poetry anthology front cover - linoprint style of a landscape scene.
Poetry post! Beautiful bilingual poem anthology βAfonyddβ from @arachnepress.bsky.social, edited by Sian Northey and @nessowen.bsky.social π
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Catch #SianNorthey and @nessowen.bsky.social on Dros Ginio with Dewi Llwyd on #BBCSounds 45 mins in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... talking (in Cymraeg) about Afonydd: Ceddi Afonydd Cymru
@poetrysociety.bsky.social @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @llyfraucymru.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social
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keep your ears open for @nessowen.bsky.social and #siannorthey fri23/05 on #bbcradiocymru on Dros Ginio with #DewiLlwyd 13:40 talking about #Afonydd #bilingual (Cymraeg/English) #anthology #poems #Welsh #Rivers
#cerddi #afonydd #Cymru
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Afonydd: Bilingual poetry book gives Welsh 'equal weight'
A bilingual collection of poems celebrating Wales' rivers gives Welsh and English
more Afonydd coverage: Article on bbcnews website w/ @nessowen.bsky.social & natashagauthier (making excellent comparison between Canadian French & Welsh) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Segment on BBCRadioWales breakfastshow w/ Ness Owen & Rae Howells 55 minutes in. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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We made the print @theguardian.com! There seems to be an insatiable thirst for #bilingual #Welsh/english #poetry about #rivers... and roads!
@inpressbooks.bsky.social @swanseastones.bsky.social @librarywales.bsky.social @cardiffunilib.bsky.social
@nessowen.bsky.social preorders: arachnepress.com
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Publisher behind hit bilingual poetry book on A470 turns to Welsh rivers
Arachne Press says Afonydd (Rivers) was inspired by success of A470: Poems for the Road/Cerddiβr Ffordd
We have quite the article in @theguardian.com culture online thanks to Steven Morris. Afonydd *and* A470 highlighted. orders flooding in, roughly every 3-5 minutes. setting up a reprint. Thanks @nessowen.bsky.social &
@raehowells.bsky.social for quotable quotes! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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πDiolch / Thanks for sharing
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What is the future for #translation π
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Many thanks to @emmalee1.bsky.social for these lovely words and close reading of Naming the Trees @arachnepress.bsky.social #poetry #ecopoetry ππ
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Such stunning, important poems in #NamingTheTrees from @nessowen.bsky.social published by @arachnepress.bsky.social to help raise awareness and protect Penrhos Nature Reserve. Recommend!
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book cover, a print of bare hawthorn branches threaded with a fence and barbed wire. mostly black and white, tinges of grey/glue sky, and green where one branch is budding. text reads: Naming the Trees, Ness Owen, Arachne Press
TONIGHT!! Blue Sky Versify open mic 7pm upstairs @blueskycafe.bsky.social meic agored, i fyny'r grisiau am 7yh
FREE event / DIGWYDDIAD AM DDIM @nessowen.bsky.social reading from her newest collection 'Naming the Trees'
Dewch I lawr a wrando a fwynhau noson gwych gyda Ness Owen
#Poetry
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Thanks for all your support @rhonagreene.bsky.social ππ³ So glad it arrived safely and didn't take the scenic route this time.xx
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diolch to LlyfrauCymru/BooksWales for choosing @nessowen.bsky.social Naming the Trees as Book of the Month for March, and for helping to fund it in the first place! lots of events over the next few weeks, starting this Thursday in Holyhead at CanolfanUcheldre
#ecopoetry trees penrhos ynysmon
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very old drystone wall with mosses growing, dappled light, trees beyond
book cover, a print of bare hawthorn branches threaded with a fence ahd barbed wire. mostly black and white, tinges of grey/glue sky, and green where one branch is budding. text reads: Naming the Trees, Ness Owen, Arachne Press
Thursday 06/03 6pm CanolfanUcheldre Holyhead FREE.
Join #poets @nessowen.bsky.social karen ankers & more for readings & celebration of Penrhos Nature Reserve at launch of Naming the Trees. Winners of the Penrhos Erasure Poetry & photo competitions will be announced. ucheldre.org/event/naming...
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It's #publicationday for Naming the Trees ππ³ You can have a peek hereπ @arachnepress.bsky.social #poetry #saveourforest @save-achubpenrhos.bsky.social π
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February 27th - #Machynlleth 6pm! Croeso I bawb/ All welcome π
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#Poetry friends, if anyone would like a review copy of Naming the Trees, let me know.π³π #poetrycommunity #ecopoetry #trees #booklaunch #bookreview
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Many thanksπ
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@nessowen.bsky.social reading Llwybr y Gaeaf (in Winter's Path) from forthcoming (27th Feb) poetry collection Naming the Trees. Buy a copy arachnepress.com/Naming-the-T... Come to an event arachnepress.com/events/
@llyfraucymru.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social @save-achubpenrhos.bsky.social
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book cover - a complex print of hawthorn branches against a wooden fence and a strand of barbed wire. title reads Naming the Trees - Ness Owen - Arachne Press
join @nessowen.bsky.social and local poets at Pen'rallt gallery bookshop, Machynlleth, for the 1st in a series of #poetrybooklaunch events for 'Naming the Trees'. 27/02/2025, 6 for 6.30. Β£5 includes wine/fruit juice/snacks. www.penralltgallerybookshop.co.uk/event-digwyd...
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A white neon sign on the corner of a house. It says: You're not lost you're here.
We are opening submissions on the theme of GRIEF tomorrow! We are looking for poems and short CNF about grief. By this we mean not only the grief for a person/ for people, but also grief for animals, grief for a place, a home, a time, an idea, our health, the world, π§΅
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poet, human, dog lover
academic & literary editing/translation, and writing (ENG/GER)
MSt & DPhil (University of Oxford)
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Author 'That Summer in Puglia' (2018). Creative-writing tutor, runs writing retreats in the Alps. Founder member @WomenWritersNet. Lit Dir, Hampstead Arts Fest. #HistFic novel inspired by true events in 16th-century Italy out in 2026. Women's history nerd.
Winner Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction 2023; finalist Fiddlehead Short Fiction Prize 2023 & Cambridge Short Story Prize 2024. Edith Wharton WiR 2024. Words: The Waxed Lemon, The Moth, Malahat, The New Quarterly & other lovelies. CCA-funded sabbatical!
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Painter, Ivory Tickler, Poet, Cat mum
Writer, cat person, π¨π¦ in π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ, βStrange Animalsβ (Parthian, 2022). βSuppertimeβ (Substack) for hot takes on books, dinner, and pop culture of the past! https://substack.com/@emilyvanderploeg
Gofyn wyf am calon hapus, calon onest, calon lΓ’n
Prose writer and poet. BA (Hons) Humanities, Literature. Non-binary. Interests: The Arts, Natural History, Geology. Vegan. Francophile. X ππ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ πͺπΊ
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Poet & visual artist on unceded Yuin Walbunga Country in Australia. Afterlife portraits of animals & birds. Alternative darkroom with drawing & painting. Grainger Gallery and Anima Mundi. Poetry collections with Puncher & Wattmann. Member of FNAWN & Oculi.
Adam Cairns | Poet, photographer and eco-worrier wondering about being human. | Chair Ledbury Poetry Festival. | Advisory Board Poetry for Planet | Co- Founder & Director NΓ©os Delta | Beyond Solitude Newsletter on Substack
Cymraes π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ, Nyctogender, Filthy Casual, ADHD, exJW,
Communication, community, cults
#HumanisticallySpeaking #FaithToFaithless
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Music geek. Healthcare worker and nature lover, because we all need a good life. Author of βSamanthaβs Voice.β The young girl who tackles the fentanyl crisis and kicks some terrorist ass!!
Celtic Revivals and Imperial Cultures. Research Fellow at University of Wales (CAWCS) on C18th/19th travel in Wales, Scotland, and India. Cymrawd Oddi Cartref
Book: 'Welsh Revivalism in Imperial Britain' (Boydell, 2025)
He/They/Fo/Nhw
PhD at the University of Exeter on conjoined twins in literature and film. Disability studies, embodiment.
Chronically ill. Currently working at Medify.
Poet. Enjoys film photography and crafting. Views own.
Museums, galleries, medieval and Irish literature, folklore, poetry, botany, Cumbrian walks, Oxfam bookstores. Remainer trying to do the right thing in a world that's going/gone off balance. All πΈ mine, unless stated
