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Thank you Mat!

YOU CAN NOW PRE-ORDER MY BOOK 💚🪱

also, look at my babygirl worm on the cover 😭

*a friend kindly bought me the screenplays of Tarkovsky which of course I promptly lost, several years of searching my house high and low I found it fallen behind a bookshelf this weekend. Its reemergence is being treated as an auspicious sign.

The Poems We Made Along The Way is back!

Series six starts with my interview with Michael Symmons Roberts.

We spoke about his new collection Dogstar, working in collaboration (mainly with composers), and the filmmaker Tarkovsky*.

Find episodes and other info here: linktr.ee/thepoemswemade

Mark your calendars!!! The Poems We Made Along the Way is back Monday.

I interviewed poet, librettist, MMU Professor Michael Symmons Roberts about his new collection Dogstar, filmmaker Tarkovsky, faith in poetry, and much more.

Go to the link in my pinned post to subscribe so you don’t miss out.

The pamphlet and CD editions of 'To the End of the Land' by Martin Heslop and Helen Tookey: the blue-grey coastal edge of Nova Scotia, with dilapidated wooden lobster traps in the foreground, sea and distant land beyond, and white clouds and blue sky above.

I hold out my hands to show they are empty
that we’ve come for a while to the end of things

To the End of the Land: a text/audio collaboration between Martin Heslop & Helen Tookey, grounded in the landscapes of Nova Scotia. Order the pamphlet & CD here:
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one thing that sucks about being a tech critic is seeing all the ways people justify tech addition and the use of services that are socially harmful and degrade not just labor rights but the wider society because they’ve personally developed a dependence and can’t see any other way of doing things

Thanks Ian! It was a dream talking to you and I’m looking forward to people getting to hear the conversation.

Absolute pleasure talking to Ian. You are all in for a treat with the upcoming series of The Poems We Made Along The Way.

screenshot from the Subway Takes video of a guy with long hair and a blue shirt holding a subway metro card / microphone “I think we need to destroy the data centers”

me in any conversation about anything lately:

The £750 will be distributed as we see fit.
The amazing Jackie/Jax wanted the cash to support a creative community project that would take place in the north-west (or online).
Please share and like this post. No leaflet this year, so we're relying on social media to get the word out.❤️

The ‘We’ll be Reet’ Jax Hagan Award is back!
£750 AVAILABLE
Tell us about a creative thing and your chosen people/community, and why you’re the right person to do this lovely thing. Keep to one side of A4 and paste into an email, or email a BSL message.
Send to cathnichols@outlook.com by 31st MARCH

gotta agree with this. at some point we all have to contend with what good faith is actually for and extend it accordingly

I'm intolerant to gluten, so don't try me guys. Maybe bonedust bread is better than what I've currently got.

In all seriousness, the subs guidelines are pretty simple and I'd love to read your work!

Done! (At least I hope so)

I’ll take three books, dealers choice, if that is okay?

Damaged Braag Books (minor visible scuffs) up for grabs for the cost of postage only! £2.50 for up to three books via paypal (UK).

We've got
5 x Sarah Westcott's Pond
4 x Sarah Royston's Fernseed
1 x Andrew Cartwright's Necrosmologies
1 x Nina Murray's Gannota

Comment to claim 💚

You could buy it and buy a cute charity shop outfit in the charity shop sale.

The most common and stupid misconceptions are that wages are low because immigration and prices are high due to 'the cost of living'.

When obviously wages are low because your bosses don't want to pay you and prices are high because billionaires are greedy.

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This weeks episode is with the excellent Natalie Shapero. We talked about jokes, line breaks, and how being a lawyer and poet is similar (sort of).

The Poems We Made Along The Way can be found wherever good podcasts can be found.

And of course, have a great Christmas.

YouTube video by serenbooks Launch of ‘Hôtel Amour’ by Deryn Rees-Jones

Here’s the recording of the online launch of Hôtel Amour — with Olivia McCannon @oliviamcc.bsky.social
Menna Elfyn #mennaelfyn #parch #thelivesofz #hotelamour
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Episode 38: Catherine-Esther Cowie - "Writing close to the bone" The Poems We Made Along The Way · Episode

Listen to Catherine-Esther Cowie discuss her T. S. Eliot nominated collection on podcast The Poems We Made Along The Way! 🎧⬇️
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Get Heirloom:⬇️
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The Catherine-Esther Cowie epsiode along with all previous episodes can be found here

Today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along the Way is with the wonderful Catherine-Esther Cowie.

We spoke about her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection Heirloom, the new Rosalía album Lux, and using persona poetry as a type of mask work.

Listen wherever good podcasts can be found.

In case you’ve missed it you should check out my conversation with Isabelle Baafi.

Episode 37: Isabelle Baafi - Podcast Episode · The Poems We Made Along The Way · 08/12/2025 · 1h 8m

Isabelle Baafi is my guest on today’s episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way. We spoke about how being a poetry critic informs writing poetry, Dungeons and Dragons, and using poetic forms.

Check it out wherever good podcasts can be found including Apple Podcasts

Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.

In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.

These handsomely crafted books make excellent Christmas presents and, being rectilinear, they are very easy to wrap

Episode 36: Gillian Allnutt - "An exercise in truthfulness"

Great in-depth interview with Gillian Allnutt on the latest episode of The Poems We Made Along The Way podcast. She was in conversation with host @gregorykearns.bsky.social about her poetry, in particular her @tseliotprize.bsky.social shortlisted collection #Lode.
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