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Ian Seed
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Author: My Outsize Hank Williams Cowboy Hat, Night Window, New York Hotel (TLS Book of the Year), Makers of Empty Dreams. Translator: Pierre Reverdy, Max Jacob, Gëzim Hajdari, Ivano Fermini. www.ianseed.co.uk
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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 7d
“It was the same sun as on the day I buried Maman and, like then, my forehead especially was hurting me, all of the veins pulsating together beneath the skin.”

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Lost in Translation: What the First Line of “The Stranger” Should Be
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · 12d
My thanks to the @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · 12d
Collected: The Podcast – September 2025
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Collected: The Podcast – September 2025
Marianne Colbran, Blake Morrison and Ian Seed talk with our Collected: The Podcast presenters
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · 12d
Collected: The Podcast – September 2025
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Collected: The Podcast – September 2025
Marianne Colbran, Blake Morrison and Ian Seed talk with our Collected: The Podcast presenters
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · 12d
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Collected: The Podcast – September 2025
Marianne Colbran, Blake Morrison and Ian Seed talk with our Collected: The Podcast presenters
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Billy Mills @billymills.bsky.social · 25d
Happy Birthday, Doctor Williams:
The Great Figure By William Carlos Williams Among the rain and lights I saw the figure 5 in gold on a red firetruck moving tense unheeded to gong clangs siren howls and wheels rumbling through the dark city.
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Stephen Sunderland @stephensunderland.bsky.social · 26d
Looking forward to this event on Thursday evening in Manchester! If you want to hear some great poetry (and a little bit of my first novel!) in a perfection location, please come down! @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @ianseedauthor.bsky.social @sarahclareconlon.bsky.social
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · 26d
This Thursday, I’ll be reading from my new chapbook, My Outsize Hank Williams Cowboy Hat, with artwork by Lupo Sol, published by Sacred Parasite Press Berlin. There’ll be copies available on the night. @sacredparasite.bsky.social
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · 26d
This Thursday, I’ll be reading from my new chapbook, My Outsize Hank Williams Cowboy Hat, with artwork by Lupo Sol, published by Sacred Parasite Press Berlin. There’ll be copies available on the night. @sacredparasite.bsky.social
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International Times @internationaltimes.bsky.social · Sep 12
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · 29d
Coming up next Thursday 18th September, 7 to 9pm, at P3 Annihilation Eve, 70 Oldham Road (M4 5EB), THE EVERYDAY MARVELOUS. I’ll be reading alongside Stephen Sunderland, Tom Jenks, Sarah-Clare Conlon, Stuart Carlton, and Lydia Unsworth.
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · 29d
Coming up next Thursday 18th September, 7 to 9pm, at P3 Annihilation Eve, 70 Oldham Road (M4 5EB), THE EVERYDAY MARVELOUS. I’ll be reading alongside Stephen Sunderland, Tom Jenks, Sarah-Clare Conlon, Stuart Carlton, and Lydia Unsworth.
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · Sep 10
It’s next week! Honoured and delighted to be taking part in The Everyday Marvellous reading with Stephen Sunderland, Tom Jenks, Sarah-Clare Conlon, Stuart Calton, and Lydia Unsworth. coming up in Manchester, Thursday, 18 September.
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · Sep 10
Looking forward to reading from my latest chapbook, My Outsize Hank Williams Cowboy Hat, published by, @sacredparasite.bsky.social , as well as from other everyday marvellous works, together with my co-readers…
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · Sep 10
It’s next week! Honoured and delighted to be taking part in The Everyday Marvellous reading with Stephen Sunderland, Tom Jenks, Sarah-Clare Conlon, Stuart Calton, and Lydia Unsworth. coming up in Manchester, Thursday, 18 September.
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Mike Ferguson @mferguson-writer.bsky.social · Sep 10
From my collection...
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · Sep 10
Looking forward to reading from my latest chapbook, My Outsize Hank Williams Cowboy Hat, published by, @sacredparasite.bsky.social , as well as from other everyday marvellous works, together with my co-readers…
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · Sep 10
It’s next week! Honoured and delighted to be taking part in The Everyday Marvellous reading with Stephen Sunderland, Tom Jenks, Sarah-Clare Conlon, Stuart Calton, and Lydia Unsworth. coming up in Manchester, Thursday, 18 September.
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Claire Dean @clairedean.bsky.social · Sep 9
This is a bit exciting :) Tickets available here: www.brasseriezedel.com/events/wordt...
MyAnna Buring reads 'Feather Girls' by Claire Dean. Photos of MyAnna and Claire. Seasons of Yearning. Best British Short Stories. 20th September 2pm at The Crazy Coqs. Word Theatre UK. Seasons of Yearning. Word Theatre UK. Headshots of five actors and five writers. Full event details via link in post
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · Sep 10
It’s next week! Honoured and delighted to be taking part in The Everyday Marvellous reading with Stephen Sunderland, Tom Jenks, Sarah-Clare Conlon, Stuart Calton, and Lydia Unsworth. coming up in Manchester, Thursday, 18 September.
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Litfest, Lancaster @litfest.bsky.social · Sep 4
It's here! Welcome to the Lancaster Litfest Autumn Weekend 2025, running 17-21 October and 18 November. Ft Sarah Hall, Simon Armitage, @oliverklangmead.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com Xiaolu Guo @malikalnasir.bsky.social & more!

Browse the full programme and get your tickets now! litfest.org
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social · Sep 4
I’m so looking forward to presenting my new book ‘Searching for my Slave Roots’ at Lancaster Litfest @litfest.bsky.social
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Litfest, Lancaster @litfest.bsky.social · Sep 7
To help us make our Autumn Weekend happen, please fill in the volunteering form at the link above, or if you have any difficulties accessing this, drop us a email to [email protected]!
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Litfest, Lancaster @litfest.bsky.social · Sep 7
Come and volunteer with Litfest!

Litfest simply wouldn't exist without our volunteers, if you're interesting in taking part (whether that is helping with programme distribution, stewarding, running the bookshop and box office or spreading the word online), fill in our form 👉 geni.us/LFvolunteers
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Robyn Schindeldecker @flyrobynfly.bsky.social · Sep 6
Gianni Berengo Gardin | Pausa dal lavoro, Varese | 1987
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Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · Sep 6
the leaves
have left this tree
full of apples
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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · Sep 5
The Starbeck Orion Showcases The Poetry Of Maggie Mackay Day Twelve Of Twenty-Five:
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The Starbeck Orion Showcases The Poetry Of Maggie Mackay Day Twelve Of Twenty-Five
A Feast Of Word And Image
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Ian Seed @ianseedauthor.bsky.social · Sep 4
Cheers Paul!
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