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Nicky Kippax

@nickykippax.bsky.social

Aphantastic poet, even if I say so myself. Northern Writers’ Award winner & co-host of York poetry night, Rise Up! Recent words in Rialto Poetry, Oxford Poetry, The London Magazine & PN Review. Also: https://poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poets/nicky-kippax/

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Now on sale - w/ our headliner, @ianduhig.bsky.social ✨

04.07.2025 15:08 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We can’t wait to host Ian, Kirsten & Henry. Tickets on sale from Weds.

23.06.2025 12:18 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Can’t WAIT for this. 💫

17.06.2025 09:03 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s half term but work must continue. The eternal juggle. After a lovely zoom reading with @reddoorpoets.bsky.social last night, I opened my door to this message from my youngest. The poem was called BOOM and I loved it. 💥

26.05.2025 22:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sunday! 💫

20.05.2025 14:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Comin’ up @ Rise Up! Got your tickets yet? www.eventbrite.com/e/rise-up-a-...

14.05.2025 10:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Jen Calleja: Translating Literature for Beginners On May 15, 2025 - get a ticket now!

Couple of spots left for this Thursday’s online workshop for Granta Writers’ Workshop tixoom.app/pwalecturer/...

13.05.2025 09:22 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

My pleasure - it’s a beauty.

12.05.2025 20:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

✨🌕✨

12.05.2025 19:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
pollyatkin Archives • Huddersfield Literature Festival

A week today! online! come and join me as I chat owls and share pictures #TheCompanyOfOwls #BookEvent #Litfest #BookSky #Owls

www.huddlitfest.org.uk/tag/pollyatk...

07.05.2025 13:06 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.

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A photo of Rachel Long, Ioney Smallhorne & Minal Sukumar - plus whippet, Evie!

A photo of Rachel Long, Ioney Smallhorne & Minal Sukumar - plus whippet, Evie!

What a brilliant Rise Up! Rachel Long, Ioney Smallhorne & Minal Sukumar were absolutely captivating. Thank you, poets! 🩵✨ Next up….Nafeesa Hamid is headlining! Join us on Weds 21st May for what will be an extraordinary night. Tix on sale now… eventbrite.com/e/rise-up-a-ce…

02.05.2025 09:24 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Triple Online Launch: Erica Hesketh, Rosie Garland and Julia Webb Celebrating new poetry books by Erica Hesketh, Rosie Garland and Julia Webb

Yay!
To launch my new collection 'This is How I Fight' I'm sharing a virtual stage with fabulous poets Erica Hesketh
& @julwe1.bsky.social 🌹
Tues 22 July, 19:00-20:00 BST
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triple-onl...
Bookings are via Eventbrite and tickets are 'Pay What You Can'
@ninearchespress.bsky.social

23.04.2025 14:30 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
Nicky Kippax & Georgia Conlon standing in front of a Harland Miller painting.

Nicky Kippax & Georgia Conlon standing in front of a Harland Miller painting.

Far/Out with @gcthewriter.bsky.social 💚

18.04.2025 15:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Beach read - thanks to the extraordinary work of @no1emily.bsky.social 🕰️

14.04.2025 12:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🙌✨

13.04.2025 16:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Mmmm ☀️

11.04.2025 07:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Get Creative: On writing poetry - pinning the poem to the page Ever thought about writing a poem? Why not take the leap?

Thoughts on pinning a poem to the page - part 3 of my series on writing poetry for @rte.ie 🐸🐸🐸

www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

06.04.2025 18:53 — 👍 15    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1
A poem by Nicky Kippax, called Janet’s Foss.

A poem by Nicky Kippax, called Janet’s Foss.

Really chuffed that my poem, Janet’s Foss, is @poetrysociety.bsky.social ‘poem of the month’ after being chosen by @janeclarke.bsky.social as a winning entry on the theme of stone. Thank you. 🪨✨

02.04.2025 08:44 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you Nairn!

30.03.2025 20:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Photo of poem called PIP. Deals with the experience of contacting the DWP for a PIP application.

Photo of poem called PIP. Deals with the experience of contacting the DWP for a PIP application.

My poem, PIP, was published in The Frogmore Papers (2023). Solidarity to everyone who is worried about the changes 💖

22.03.2025 14:13 — 👍 20    🔁 8    💬 5    📌 0

🌺 & 🪨

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On Wednesday 26th March at 7pm, please join us online to celebrate the launch of Father's Father's Father by Dane Holt. The event will be hosted by Caroline Bird and will feature readings, discussion & audience Q&A.

Book your ticket here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6JazB...

20.03.2025 09:00 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Close-ups of tree bark increasingly zoomed.

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Bark, barker, barkest.

18.03.2025 13:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Poets reading at StAnza Poetry Festival in St Andrews (& online) 14-16 March include @imtiazdharker.bsky.social and Gwyneth Lewis. Belgian poet Charlotte Van den Broeck will take part in a live recording of the Lantern Scottish Poetry podcast.
www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...

10.03.2025 20:14 — 👍 20    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
Subscriptions – Poetry London

Great to see all the positive thoughts on the new issue! We're biased but we think it is a really special issue:

Why not subscribe and check it out for yourself:

poetrylondon.co.uk/subscriptions/

14.03.2025 20:05 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Please join us at Castlefield Gallery on Thursday 3rd April for PN Review's Spring Readings 2025, featuring recent contributors to the magazine: Stav Poleg, Ophira Gottlieb, Philip Terry and Alex Wong!

More info and tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/carcanetpress...

06.03.2025 10:00 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
Keir Starmer speaks in Washington: 'there's a famous slogan in the United Kingdom'

Keir Starmer speaks in Washington: 'there's a famous slogan in the United Kingdom'

'They fuck you up, your mum and dad'

28.02.2025 09:11 — 👍 117    🔁 29    💬 4    📌 2
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Next up at Rise Up! Tickets on sale now. Rachel Long! Minal Sukumar! Ioney Smallhorne! ✨

28.02.2025 09:00 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

In the vicinity of York on Wednesday? See you at the bakery perhaps?! Super excited for this 🤩

25.02.2025 19:15 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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