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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Jun 15

Beautiful summer garden in Yorkshire. The perfect writing retreat.

Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · May 19

www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l... Delighted to have some work in this wonderful anthology, edited by Clare Shaw and Anna Chilvers. #bogs #peatlands

The Book of Bogs

This new anthology from over forty writers, including Robert Macfarlane, Amy Liptrot, Alys Fowler and Patti Smith explores peatlands and bogs, and argues for their importance.

www.littletoller.co.uk

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · May 13

A great get together with my Royal Literary Fund Mentee Writers and my final day as an Advisory Fellow. It’s been great!

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Mar 21

Delighted to have sphagnum - a poetry/dance film at this festival - massive thanks to collaborators Lewis Landini Filmmaker and dancer Inari Hullkonnen hebdenbridgepicturehouse.co.uk/movies/hebde...

Hebden Bridge Short Film Festival

Hebden Bridge Film Festival is proud to present a day celebrating SHORTS. We will be having 3 sessions: A showcase, a Calderdale competition and our loved HBFF National and International shorts compet

hebdenbridgepicturehouse.co.uk

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North Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · Feb 28

Introducing North Sea Poets. We run online masterclasses, workshops and webinars for poets and readers in the UK and Ireland (and for early birds and night owls planet-wide).

northseapoets.com 🌊
Follow @northseapoets.bsky.social to learn more

#NorthSeaPoets
#Poetry

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Feb 23

Really looking forward to running this again this summer. Places still available.

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · Feb 5

There are many takes on the William Carlos Williams original of this poem but this one sounds most like it is being spoken by someone from Leeds.

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Feb 2

Please share

Sídhe Press @sidhepress.bsky.social · Feb 2

We`re opening submissions for our new anthology 17th February! Very happy to work with my magic co-editor @suefinch.bsky.social again.💚We will announce the theme a day before. Looking forward to reading your work. #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #Anthology Photo by Noah Usry, Unsplash

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Jan 29

A gorgeous sunset this evening. Red sky at night shepherds delight! But it is very chilly out there. I saw a kestrel today and three roe deer.

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · Jan 29

Our Poetry Review reading groups have been meeting this week to discuss poems from the winter issue of the magazine, including poems by Crispin Best, Nejra Ćehić and Meg Day. Why not join us next time - groups meet online and in person every quarter.

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Jan 27

This is well worth looking at

berlin lit @berlinlit.bsky.social · Jan 26

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Jan 23

Very sad to hear this news.

Angela T. Carr @angelatcarrpoetry.bsky.social · Jan 23

Sad to see the news of Michael Longley's death - a beautiful poet and a terrible loss. RIP. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Award-winning poet Michael Longley dies aged 85

Longley, from Belfast, received several awards for his 13 collections, including the Feltrinelli Prize

www.irishtimes.com

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Jan 22

Will sign too, Jack.

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Hannah Linden @hannahl1n.bsky.social · Jan 22

A very useful starter pack for Canadian poets compiled by @phillipcrymble.bsky.social

phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · Jan 21

Here's one I made listing some of the poets who've appeared in our pages over the years. There are other Canadian poetry starter packs out there too.

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New Writers @newwritersuk.bsky.social · Nov 8

The New Writing Flash Fiction Competition 2025 is open for entries: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio...

- Top prize: £1,100
- Head Judge: Shreya Sen-Handley (@shreyasenhan on Insta)
- Donating £1 from each entry to the brilliant creative writing charity First Story

#flashfiction #writingcommunity

New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025

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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · Jan 17

‘Hiccoughs’ and ‘Angelica’: Two newly discovered poems by Virginia Woolf www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/p...

‘Hiccoughs’ and ‘Angelica’: Two newly discovered poems by Virginia Woolf

Two poems by Virginia Woolf have resurfaced. I found them tucked in the back of a folder of letters to her niece Angelica Bell in the Harry Ransom Center

www.the-tls.co.uk

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Jan 11

I hope you enjoy this wintery prose poem from my collection, ‘ Alice and the North’. It was down to about -10 here last night!

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Jan 6

Glad to be home. A cold night ahead here in Yorkshire. I am editing anew poetry collection for Valley Press - do you like the working title - ‘The Language of Now’ ?

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Jan 5

Hello there! Good to see you here!

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Jan 2

A great winter walk in the Craggs today, West Yorkshire - freezing and skeletal

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Jan 1

Always loved the shipping forecast!

Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · Jan 1

And a special edition of Poetry Please at 15.30 in which Roger McGough & Paul Farley explore poems inspired by the Shipping Forecast- Heaney, Duffy, Plath, Cope, as well as a new poem from Roger. With some guest star @bbcradio4.bsky.social readers...Producer Eliza Lomas www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, The Shipping Forecast: Poetry Please

Roger McGough is joined by Paul Farley, sharing poems inspired by the Shipping Forecast.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Dec 29

youtu.be/D04ayybGW_Y?...
windswept is a poetry film by me with Filmmaker Lewis Landini inspired by an exercise by Dance Artist Inari Hulkkonen. It comes from a residency at Wainsgate Chapel. I hope you enjoy it. #poetryfilm #poetry #poetrycommunity

Poetry Film - Wainsgate - Anne Caldwell, Lewis Landini inspired by dancer Inari Hulkkonen

YouTube video by Anne Caldwell

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Dec 24

I thought this was fabulous

The Writing Web @thewritingweb.bsky.social · Dec 24

What does reading do to a child's brain?

As part of his #R4Today guest edit, @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social visits the BabyDevLab at the University of East London to chat to developmental cognitive neuroscientist Dr Sam Wass. 🙌🏾
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds

Listen live to BBC Radio 4 on BBC Sounds

www.bbc.co.uk

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Anne Caldwell @caldwell10.bsky.social · Dec 19

Great selection of reading for the Xmas break! Poetry and short stories that are a delight - Books from @helenivory.bsky.social Amanda Dalton and Gaia Holmes.

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