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Not sure if people are still on X - but sharing some nice news about a longlist. Dead chuffed. A lot of very fine books on the list.

South Uist poet Niall Campbell has been longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2024 for his third poetry collection The Island in the Sound. Many congratulations to Niall and to the other longlisted writers. bloodaxebooks.com/news?articleid…

🔵Propel 13, edited by Helen Mort , is out TOMORROW🔵 As Helen says, "I hope you enjoy the questions these poems provoke and that they inspire you to add to the abundance of the literary landscape. It is a form of plenty we can feel comfortable with, thankful for, even." (1/3)

heartening& lovely to have a poem+ recording selected by Helen Mort for Propel Magazine ...my Dad was the greatest source of encouragement not only in his brief instructions& teaching... wanting us to rise above where he found himself Thanks all🙏propelmagazine.co.uk/thirteen

Worrying to see the fire at Maghull Town Hall. Very relieved to hear that no one has been hurt. Thank you to all our firefighters for their brilliant response in putting out the fire so quickly. Thanks also to Merseyside Police for their support. Mersey Fire Merseyside Police

I'll be Liverpool Central Library and Archives with Dave Ward on Wednesday...bring us your poems and stories (and questions) :-) see below Pauline Rowe

Lovely to see this today.

Karan TopTweetTuesday @theblackcatpp I’m equally late. Hadn’t really twigged this. I’d like to highlight @NinePensPress who publish some very handsome pamphlets, and were a joy to work with. AND Maria Iza B whose Coast to Coast to Coast journals epitomise dedication and generosity.

Delighted that Niall Campbell has been longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2024 for his third poetry collection, The Island in the Sound.

Join us tomorrow at 7pm GMT on our YouTube channel for live readings and discussion from our three February authors and their translators: youtube.com/live/SiYFLYPrR… Available to watch live or later via this link.

‘In his meditative third collection, Campbell brings to vivid life the land and sea that defined his youth in the Outer Hebrides...' - Publishers Weekly, on Niall Campbell's new poetry collection The Island in the Sound. US distribution via Consortium Book Sales & Distribution. publishersweekly.com/9781780377216

It's nearly time for our Spring issue - so why not subscribe to Poetry London? There is no better way to support the work we do. poetrylondon.co.uk/subscriptions/

Not where you expect a man from Uist to turn up. Proud to have this poem about being a new father on the underground.

Introducing North Sea Poets – offering online masterclasses, workshops and webinars for poets and readers in the UK and Ireland (and across the world). Website launching 1.3.25 🌊 northseapoets.com #NorthSeaPoets #Poetry #PoetryCommunity

Introducing North Sea Poets. We run online classes for poets and readers in the UK and Ireland (and for early birds and night owls planet-wide). The first classes are already on the website: northseapoets.com

North Sea Poets has been an idea a bunch of us have had for a while. Just waiting for the right slow news day to launch. But do check out the website. Hope to see some of you on line soon.

I’ve always felt that poetry magazines, at their best, can be the absolute lifeblood of the art, and this new issue of Poetry London is a great example— so many wonderful poems. Top work from the Niall Campbell in curating an issue of memorable, crafted, and often moving poetry.

Thank you Orbis and Pam Thompson for your lovely review of Small Moon Curve by Roz Goddard finding it tender, compassionate and honest, the poet writing with "empathy and awe". orbisjournal.com ninearchespress.com/publications/p…

My observations on the day a grieving mum from Cheshire changed law, to ensure something positive came from the horror of the Manchester Arena terror attack. More ⁦BBC North West⁩ on TV at 1830. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'There's a careful balance in poetry between what we say and what we don't. Silence is there for at least two reasons - as a means of avoiding saying what needs said, or of saying what needs said.' – John Glenday Read the Harpocratic Oath: buff.ly/EeBaWsO #NorthSeaPoets