Katrina Naomi

Happy national poetry day

A collection of poetry books

For #nationalpoetryday here's a selection of poetry books which I love. Any of your favourite poets here?
#poetry

Woman in a long red and white dress with a book, laughing on stage

Woman in a long red and white dress signing copies of her book 'dance as if' in a bookshop

I had a ball launching 'dance as if' @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social at The Edge of the World Bookshop in Penzance. Joelle Taylor calls 'dance as if' 'a radical relearning of the skin and bones of us. The poetry is alive and in constant movement.' www.vervepoetrybookshop.com/product-page...
#poetry

Ah thank you

What's on - Winchester Poetry Festival events in 2025 Details of our forthcoming events and collaborations. Winchester Poetry Festival runs 2-12th October

Winchester Poetry Festival is approaching. online events are so important for accessibility, but they’re also costly to run & we haven’t sold many online tickets yet. Just wanted to shout that our headline events are
live-streamed and BSL interpreted! 1/3 www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/what-s-on

Isn't it?

You are the shark of your life / *OHHHHHH* / Central Park / Noah’s Ark / You are a basking shark 🎵

Drawing of a walker on a winding path walking through mountains to the sea

I'm on BBC Countryfile's Plodcast www.countryfile.com/podcast
I talk about how I got into poetry, coming from a working-class background, how I write, my love of Penzance & Cornwall, & writing on difficult subjects.
#poetry #bbccountryfile #theplodcast #poetryonpodcasts
#workingclasspoet #Penzance

Katrina Naomi holding up a copy of Battery Rocks and her Holyer an Gof Prize certificate.

From today you can hear @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social talking about the poetry, wild swimming and ‘Battery Rocks’ on the BBC Countryfile #Plodcast. Listen here www.countryfile.com/podcast. Buy your copy of ‘Battery Rocks’ from your local bookshop!

Lovely to see this & copying in @foundationswift.bsky.social Happy writing to you, Catherine

Woman reading poetry

Book tour dates

I read poems from 'dance as if', my new pamphlet out with @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social next Thursday. The reading was with Penelope Shuttle at CAST. I launch 'dance as if' next Thurs in Penzance then London.

#poetry #poetryfromdance
#contemporarydance
#danceasif
#tourdates

Oh I hadn't expected such a lovely response :)

Your posts are one of the best things on here, always a delight, thank you.

Book Launch with Katrina Naomi Join us in the bookshop for an evening celebrating local, award-winning poet, Katrina Naomi, for the launch her new pamphlet 'Dance As If'.

'dance as if' @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social will be launched on 25 Sept at the Edge of the World Bookshop in Penzance. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Other events to follow.
#danceasif #booklaunch #poetry #poetswhodance

Impressive

We do. All best wishes to you, Siobhan x

A smiling woman in leopard print top sitting by a window in the sun

Cover image of a new book 'dance as if' by Katrina Naomi which features a silver glitter ball

Here's my 'short & sweet' poetry newsletter for Sept: info on 'dance as if' launch events in Cornwall & London @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social & recommending @mptmagazine.bsky.social Plus an article on how I write @serenbooks.bsky.social See mailchi.mp/10e91fb65935...
#danceasif #poetry #howiwrite

Heading home from a 2week writing residency on a tiny island in the Arctic Circle in Norway. I saw the Northern Lights, which I hadn't expected. The sea was warmer than I'd hoped for. I met fab people, developed a love of saunas & wrote tons of island-related poems, hoping some will be half-decent.

Estupendo

📚 Katrina Naomi @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social on How to Get Your Poetry Published + details of her Oct 2025 course What Makes a Collection? → poetryschool.com/the...

Thank you

Mountains on islands in Norway with dark clouds

Smiling woman on board a ship with islands in the background

Travelling in Norway, on my way to a residency on a small island in the Arctic Circle. Feeling very lucky to be doing this.

#writingaboutislands
#poet
#arcticnorway
#hurtigruten

In Norway at the moment 💙

Book Launch with Katrina Naomi Join us in the bookshop for an evening celebrating local, award-winning poet, Katrina Naomi, for the launch her new pamphlet 'Dance As If'.

'dance as if' @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social will be launched on 25 Sept at the Edge of the World Bookshop in Penzance. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Other events to follow.
#danceasif #booklaunch #poetry #poetswhodance

NCBF 2025: Poetry with Pascale Petit & Katrina Naomi - Endelienta Arts

I'll be reading at #northcornwallbookfestival on Sat 27 Sept with @pascalepetit.bsky.social & running a workshop on writing from the body on Sun 28 at 10 am. Booking open now via #endelientaarts
endelienta.org.uk/whats-on/ncb...

#poetry
#batteryrocks
#danceasif
#beast
#poetryincornwall
#festival

You're welcome, Anna X

Professional Development – How to simplify your book marketing - The Society of Authors Join Anna Caig as she leads this session, focusing on using a few channels well, rather than spreading yourself too thinly. This is often the best route to marketing success, as well as avoiding burno...

This workshop, How to simplify your book marketing, by @annacaig.bsky.social on 14 Oct is via @societyofauthors.bsky.social
I've been to a couple of Anna's workshops and I've always found them really helpful. societyofauthors.org/event/profes...

#marketingforwriters
#workshop
#tipsforwriters

I enjoyed this, thank you

Bryntin

Smiling woman in blue and yellow Hawaiian shirt holding a copy of proofs of dance as if.

My pamphlet 'dance as if' will be published by @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social on 25 Sept #poetry
#danceasif