Suzanna Fitzpatrick

Up to town to hear the inestimable @tessafoley.bsky.social read at The Devereux, where I had my book launch a month ago. Fancy buying our books? They go very well together 😘 www.livecanon.co.uk/store/produc... from @livecanon.bsky.social &
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Absolutely thrilled to have two poems in the amazing Light and Shadow anthology, edited by @wattlelight.bsky.social of @mindsshinebright.bsky.social in Australia. Extra special as "Bushfires" was written for my Australian Fitzy cousins. You can get copies here: mindsshinebright.com/product/ligh...

Been meaning to share this from Horse by @rushikawick.bsky.social from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, deservedly shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize this year. It deftly weaves ecopoetry, dystopian sci-fi and tender insight into the human condition. Go buy! www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Bit late - school holidays! - but was thrilled to be able to read a sonnet from 'Crippled' at the @foundationswift.bsky.social reading today. Fantastic readers and great discussion afterwards, ably chaired by @degna.bsky.social and @elcurwen.bsky.social
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Took the kids to the South Bank today for a bit of flaneurie and popped in to visit my two other offspring at the National Poetry Library. Copies available here or DM me for a signed one! www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...

Safety in Chaos Poetic form as a means of processing trauma

Huge thanks to Laura Webb, Sam Illingworth & Consilience for publishing "Safety in Chaos: poetic form as a means of processing trauma" open.substack.com/pub/consilie... in which I explore the genesis of my collection, "Crippled", from Red Squirrel Press: www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...

Busy. Book publicity, MA assignment, MA final portfolio, fridge needed fixing, my dad's roof needs fixing, heaps of stuff in both kids' schools. But made it out for a singing gig with Fever Pitch, directed by Elinor Corp. The book? Why yes, available here: www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...

2 poems in ionosphere 4, focusing on the relationship between tech & society. I get the irony of posting a dystopian poem about social media *on* social media, but I've a new book to sell 😉 'Crippled' out now: www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
ionosphere: www.amazon.com/ionosphere-V...

I was delighted to read at this last Thurs. It's an event for medic poets - though anyone can attend and listen - but they kindly accepted me as a reader given how much medical detail there is in 'Crippled'. An honour! Copies here or DM me for a signed one: www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...

Our Autumn Term is now live & we’ve got a whole host of brilliant tutors & poetry courses lined up, so be sure to book promptly to avoid disappointment. Our handy Quick Course Guide is linked in bio, where you’ll find everything you’ll need to know…🌞 🎃

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Second of 2 new poems in Fulcrum Review 3:"Glitched Narratives". This one considers the experience of filling in an MRI questionnaire as a midlife sandwich generation woman: www.fulcrumreview.org/issue-3

First of 2 new poems in Fulcrum Review 3:"Glitched Narratives". This one gradually collapses a triolet to evoke both the confusion of dementia and the social decay which means that our elderly people are being comforted by machines. www.fulcrumreview.org/issue-3

Photo from Tuesday's launch of 'Crippled'. Amazing crowd despite the heat, mesmerising readings from @tessafoley.bsky.social
Glyn Maxwell & Tamar Yoseloff.
Delighted that @imtiazdharker.bsky.social could make it. Copies here or DM me for a signed one: www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...

Unflinching poet Suzanna Fitzpatrick maps loss and grief | Write Out Loud Unflinching poet Suzanna Fitzpatrick maps loss and grief

Very generous review of Crippled from @gregfreemanpoet.bsky.social of Write Out Loud, huge thanks!
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YouTube video by Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists The conductor changes the way she talks about rhythm by Suzanna Fitzpatrick - 3rd Ironbridge 2025

Honoured to win 3rd prize in the 2025 Ironbridge Comp with Helen Eastman of @livecanon.bsky.social & Sharon Ashton. 2nd prize @annabowles.bsky.social & first prize Chrissy Banks. Thanks to judge Liz Lefroy & @pandemonialists.bsky.social You can hear the poem here: youtu.be/HuHM9LbgSkE?...

We're delighted to announce the winning and shortlisted poets in this year's Ironbridge Festival poetry competition. Huge thanks to our judge Liz Lefroy.

You'll find a full list, and videos of the winning poets reading their work, here:
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1.30am, just got home from the launch of 'Crippled' hubby & have to get up in 5 hours to sort the kids & do day 3 of the MA Summer School: dramatising our poems. Mine is a bisexual C17th romp called "Nell Gwynne's Left Nipple" Am I ready? I was born ready! Just hand me a choc Yazoo first, 'kay?

Delighted to get two mentions in the @poetrysociety.bsky.social newsletter this edition! Thanks to the marketing and membership teams and congrats to everyone on their successes.

Launch day for 'Crippled', my first full collection from Red Squirrel Press, beautifully typeset by Gerry Cambridge: www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page... Also day 2 of @poetryschool.bsky.social
MA Summer School. Had to wear my necklace from Wear and Resist #persisterhood Already scorching!

First day of the @poetryschool.bsky.social MA summer school today, in sweltering London, but fantastic sessions from @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social and Anthony Joseph.

Crippled | Suzanna Fitzpatrick | Red Squirrel Press

'Crippled' is now available to buy from the Red Squirrel Press website: www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
or DM me for a signed copy.
Thanks again to Sheila Wakefield of Red Squirrel and to Gerry Cambridge for his beautiful typesetting. Note for type connoisseurs: it's set in Minion Pro.

Delighted to have a poem, "Out Out", in Queerlings issue 9. Huge thanks to editor Scott Aaron Tait. Happy Pride Month!
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Unboxing 'Crippled', my first full collection from Red Squirrel Press ☺️ DM me for copies, £10 plus p&p.

My first full poetry collection! About my mum's long illness with MS, her death and the grieving process. Not easy but, I hope, important. Launching it next Tues during the @poetryschool.bsky.social MA Summer School. DM me for copies - £10 + p&p & they'll be on the Red Squirrel Press website soon.

Off to the British Institute of Psychoanalysis, for one of this summer's Maudsley Lectures on poetry and psychoanalysis. Tonight's is given by my @poetryschool.bsky.social MA tutor Glyn Maxwell: "Make it Better: Deep Acts of Listening": psychoanalysis.org.uk/civicrm/even...

Going into town for a @poetryschool.bsky.social MA tutorial so The Hat is out again. Slip dress from Zara via eBay, preloved, and appears in one of the poems I'm taking today. Part of a new sequence about clothes and attitude 😘

Fantastic readings all round! And I love a lammergeier x

You too! Looking forward to immersing myself in it ;) x

Beautiful evening for the Red Door Poets summer party - looking forward to hearing
@pascalepetit.bsky.social , Katrina Naomi and Richard Scott read.

See you soon, looking forward to it!