Geoff Cox

Image shows a board outside Dorothy studios in Liverpool. The poster is a collage from the Haunted Paper exhibition, an altered Observer’s book

The Haunted Paper exhibition is now open at Dorothy, Jamaica Street in the Baltic Triangle Liverpool. Thanks to everyone who came last night to the opening. Lots of you! And some great conversations. The exhibition is on until September 19th, weekdays. I would love you to see it.

Very much looking forward to getting down to Liverpool for this exhibition of Jeff's collage and writings.

Green Man, Summer illustration by Stephen G. Rae

Green Man, Winter illustration by Stephen G. Rae

Green Man – Summer and Winter

enveloped in green
stone face; a place of worship
none to venerate

in his winter gown
guardian of the wild wood
is frozen in time

bardofcumberland.com/poetry/
#haiku #greenman #poetrylovers

A half page announcement in the TLS / TLS ACKERLEY PRIZE 2025 WINNER. Cover of WILD TWIN, quote from Peter Parker, Chair of Judges.

Image shows collage of found paper fragments, handwritten notes and inked abstract drawing. Block printed words Gh st and WILD TWIN. Invite to Private view, 6th August 2025, Dorothy 22B Jordan Street

My exhibition 'Haunted Paper' opens at Dorothy, Liverpool next Wednesday August 6th. The Private View is from 5pm to 7pm.
The Ghost Town and Wild Twin notebooks and pages from them will be on view. It would be lovely to see you there! x

I'd love to see this disparity in funding broken down between the NE and Cumbria, the latter really is the "forgotten North". I guess it would be too much to expect any kind of 'trickle across' of funding from Newcastle to the NW?

Photo of Sam Read Bookseller in Grasmere

A wide beach shot with low waves trickling across the sand towards dunes and distant buildings

A group of people walk along a wooded and grassed clifftop path above golden sands

Cover of the guidebook

Pleased to announce that all pre-orders of my #Cicerone Walking the King Charles III England Coast Path: North West guidebook from @samreadbookseller.bsky.social will be signed!! ✍️

You can find the Sam Read website via linktr.ee/ange_harker & at www.samreadbooks.co.uk/product/pre-...

#KCIIIECP

Image shows photos of Jeff Young and notebooks and information about forthcoming exhibition at Dorothy, Liverpool

Coming soon, Haunted Paper, an exhibition of Ghost Town and Wild Twin notebooks and collages at Dorothy, Jamaica Street Liverpool. More details soon.

@littletollerbooks.bsky.social

I was in Lancaster at the launch of Jenn Ashworth's new book 'The Parallel Path' but I had half an eye on the Ackerley result. I was so happy when I found out that I even bought a round 😂 See you soon mate.

That’s fucking amazing mate, so well deserved, such an endorsement. Brilliant!!!!

Wish I could be there - keeping everything crossed for you Jeff, enjoy your trip down South.

No problems Marcella, it's good to bring people together around shared interests. I've followed you too as I also fit into that category 💚

Not sure it's BC but this sounds like @kellyjeanrebar.bsky.social

Yes, that link is good and the sound's great.

Misadventures in Music: Jeff Young on Wild Twins, City Streets, and Spiritual Synchronicity - Urbanista Magazine If you like your writers poetic, Scouse, and just a bit mystical, this is the episode for you. In this beautifully rambling, warm, and slightly mind-bending episode of Misadventures in Music, Ian Prow...

I enjoyed this conversation a lot.
'... beautifully rambling, warm, and slightly mind-bending episode of Misadventures in Music, Ian Prowse and Mick Ord sit down with author and broadcaster Jeff Young.'
@ianprowse.bsky.social @mickordmedia.bsky.social

urbanistamagazine.uk/jeff-young-o...

Black and white photo of a woman sitting on a drystone wall in the hills, eyes closed and smiling gently. She wears a dark jumper and jeans, with wild grass and rough stone all around. The light is soft, and the mood is peaceful and quietly powerful. Photo by Christie Hemm Klok

My book Drystone – A Life Rebuilt is out in just 3 weeks. I’ve poured everything into writing it and getting it out into the world as far as I can.

I’d love your help. A share, a preorder, a message to someone who might love it, it all makes a difference.

Info and links below.

#Scotland #Books

Our first book at The FolkLore Press is Stephen G. Rae's

"Folklore of the Lake District"

available: August 2025
bardofcumberland.com

#book #folklore #lakedistrict

Image shows a warehouse doorway, Dublin Street, Liverpool. Graffiti on metal door and steps, brick warehouse.

I wrote about this warehouse doorway ' 'The Dylan Steps' - for the new edition of the Violette Records newsletter, Science & Magic. It's the 4th edition of my 'Magnetic North' musings. Further signals from 'Ghost Town'. You can subscribe to the newsletter here: www.violetterecords.com/subscribed

If you are thinking about postgraduate study in the fields of literary, heritage, environmental & cultural studies, why not find out more about our MA Literature, Romanticism & the Lake District at an online course talk by our programme leader on Wed 30 July at 6pm www.cumbria.ac.uk/events/open-...

Three books, QR Code for TLS Ackerley Prize Shortlist Event. Books - Cloistered, Catherine Coldstream; Missing Persons, Clair Wills; Wild Twin, Jeff Young

TLS Ackerley Prize evening at Foyles later this month, Wild Twin shortlisted. QR Code for details.
And you can listen to the conversation I had with Sophy Roberts about the book on her excellent Gone To Timbuktu podcast here:
www.gonetotimbuktu.com/jeff-young
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social

The relationship between chronic pain and psychological well-being in endurance athletes: A longitudinal mixed method study Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

After writing Ultra Women @emmajourno.bsky.social and I realised there was a huge lack of research on women and endurance sport. This is my plea to female endurance athletes living with persistent/recurring pain to take part in this psychological study app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/stmarys/th...

That's two reminders just today regarding potential US visits - California and Ohio are just next door right? 😂 😂

That's a brilliant image Nicola. How I miss those clear desert nights when the stars seem so close.

Someone reminded me recently of how we stood in
@NorwichStones a long (we don't talk about how long) time ago and I said I wanted to see a book of mine in here one day. So many times I lost belief it would or could happen - still can't quite believe it. I'm 57. It is NEVER too late! 📚💙 #booksky

TLS ACKERLEY PRIZE 2025 SHORTLIST, front cover of Wild Twin, Jeff Young.

"A highly original book about the pursuit of romantic ideals and about how memory works – or doesn’t. It is written in an extraordinarily vivid, at times almost stream-of-consciousness, prose that brilliantly mirrors the unusual life it describes." TLS Judges, 2025 @littletollerbooks.bsky.social

TLS Ackerley Prize evening, July 23rd. 7pm. QR Code below for details:
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social

Let your eyes dwell here for a while. These are deep and beautiful Jeff @wildtwin.bsky.social

Tonight at @owlbookshop.bsky.social in London's Kentish Town I'll be speaking with the wonderful @ruthpadel.bsky.social to start my book tour for Lifelines!
owlbookshop.co.uk/product/juli...

Workshop: Nature Writing For Times Like These with Polly Atkin - West Cork Music In this three-day workshop, Polly Atkin will draw on examples of contemporary nature writing from around the world

A month today I'm setting off for the Ferry to Ireland for @wcorklitfest.bsky.social where I'm talking #TheCompanyOfOwls and running a 3 day #NatureWriting workshop 14th-16th, where we'll be looking at lots of different kinds of nature writing and doing some together. Please spread the word & book!

This is a gem, Michael Stipe and Natalie Merchant duet John Prine's 'Hello in There'. The older I get, the more relevant this seems.