@merylpugh.bsky.social
(She/her) London UK, writing thinking & skulking. Latest: Feral Borough, 2022, Penned in the Margins. https://furtive11.wordpress.com
Two days to go! Here's a webpage with all the essential info for your visit to #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall, London, this Fri & Sat (24 & 25 Oct, 11am-7pm): programme, new titles, map, venue info, directions (table plan available tomorrow)
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PERVERSE is back with issue 9, starting today! This week's issue 9A features poems by NΓ³ra BlascsΓ³k, Charles J. March III, Joe Carrick-Varty, Annie Baker and Corinna Board. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9a
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Happy National Poetry Day! For more information on the @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Poetry Store visit www.ucl.ac.uk/library/spec...
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A sunset above rooftops, seen through a window
57 today! Not quite my twilight years.... so glad to be on the earth still x
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For a few more days, use code WLS1025 for 10% off books in our Welsh collection at checkout on our website:β¬οΈ
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28.09.2025 11:08 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A chance to sit at the feet of this genius. Taught me everything I know about the line and so much more...
27.09.2025 12:57 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Just a reminder that the Cafe Writers International poetry competition is open. Our wonderful (sole) judge this year is Jessica Mookherjee. Top prize is Β£1000 www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...
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A small flock of Swifts sweep across a clear blue sky, their slim bodies and crescent wings cutting sharply above the roof of a house. A beloved summer sight - and one at risk of disappearing if protections for nature are lost.
The tree you climbed as a child. Gone. The Swifts over your town. Gone. The air you breathe. Polluted. The river. Unsafe.
This is the reality of deregulation.
Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy.
Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... π
To celebrate the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah from prison, the ebook edition of YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED, tr. an anonymous collective, is available to download for free for the next week via all ebook platforms, including Kindle and Apple Books, until 30 September.
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π£οΈ π¬π§ PEOPLE &/OR PEOPLE WHO CAN ACCESS ITVX
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The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money, which aired last night on ITV, is a shocking and important film.
It exposes the extent of the corruption and profiteering during the pandemic and shows how the rich and powerful saw the crisis as an opportunity to profit and took it.
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π£οΈ PEOPLE IN THE UK: Please watch this ITV documentary on 21 September and/or via ITVX later on
FULL DISCLOSURE: My friend is the development producer
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Laurel Prize ceremony live-stream starting today at 5.30pm (BST)
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new podcast alert! Richard Scott reading from his new @faberbooks.bsky.social collection *That Broke Into Shining Crystals*, and in conversation with Emily Berry and Jane Yeh. Listen here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
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We're really excited to be working with Monitor Books as our inaugural @uclspeccoll.bsky.social Small Press in Residence! www.ucl.ac.uk/library/coll...
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π’ Weβre hiring!
The Poetry School is seeking a Marketing & Communications Manager (Maternity Cover) to join our team for 12 months. Β£30k FTE | Hybrid (London/Leeds + home).
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Please sign the urgent petition to Keir Starmer - don't offer Donald Trump more giveaways to US Big Tech companies:
18.09.2025 10:44 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0In London, hate will never win.
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After making a dumb joke on here about the creative side of academic writing as "unfunded hobbit research", I then wrote a serious post about it
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We promised you that we would keep you up to date on the Anthropic case in the US.
Read the latest developments in our news piece.
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The Kindle Edition of 'Village' is FREE this Sunday, Sept 14th.
'Village' has six 5-star reviews...
N.B. This can also be read on a computer or phone if you download the free Kindle app.
1 more free day after this,then no more for 3 months! Search on Sept 14 for
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Background image shows an open notebook with pen on a wooden table. Text reads: Publishing Your Work - September 2025, Poetry & Writing Submissions - Journals, Competitions, Bursaries, Residencies. www.thisiswordbox.com
Over 150 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in September 2025. Please share & best of luck!
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What helps me in my day job and my poetry world these days is less is more. Im usually a maximalist- wanting more of everything- particularly books!! But after getting ill last year - my friend Ingrid was such a wise friend. She has written a book! Its a wise one⦠i hope it helps you.
#ingridpope
Here's an excerpt from our video with Sarah Howe, discussing how her work's changed since she wrote her T.S. Eliot Prize-winning collection Loop of Jade (2015). To see the rest of the video and find out more, visit our new website: tseliot.com/prize/eliot-...
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βThe machine is taking overβ β¦
Greyhound by Joanna Pocock is as good as everyone said:
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The Southbank Centre is launching Indie Night, a new initiative celebrating the work of independent presses π #BookSky
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Guess it's time to exhume this one too: www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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