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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Aug 6

Delighted to be taking part in the twin cities poetry night! 💚#poetry #ireland #coventry #community @ninearchespress.bsky.social

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Jul 31

Exceptional collection by Natalie Whittaker -The Point Is You Are Alive 💚@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · Jun 25

Heartfelt thanks to @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social for choosing a gorgeous array of Nine Arches poets to fill the pages of these beautiful anthologies, with poems by @isobeldixon.bsky.social @olgapoet.bsky.social @wendypratt.bsky.social @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social @tomsastry.bsky.social & others 🧡

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Jun 24

A delight to be guest poet at Ver poets last Friday, with Sue Wallace - Shaddad, reading from my collection Frieze, along with many new poems! @ninearchespress.bsky.social #poetry #poetrycommunity #reading

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Jun 22

Loong forward to sharing these with my students! Xx

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Jun 21

@bathflashaward.bsky.social ☀️

Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Jun 21

www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/june... I haven’t written flash fiction for a while so really lovely to be on such a prestigious long list! #flashfiction #competition #amwriting

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Jun 21

www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2025/06/june... I haven’t written flash fiction for a while so really lovely to be on such a prestigious long list! #flashfiction #competition #amwriting

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Jun 11

A bit is seasonal cheer… thanks to the wonderful @candlestickpress.bsky.social !

Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · Jun 11

The results are in! Congratulations to all the winners and shortlisted poets in our Christmas Tree competition: www.candlestickpress.co.uk/competitions/

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · May 5

Floating on air today, after being part of the Strokestown Festival and winning the International poetry competition judged by Jane Clarke! Congratulations to all shortlisted poets and thanks to organisers! 💚☘️ #poetry #Ireland #writingcommunity #competition

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · May 1

Thank you!!

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Apr 30

So pleased to be part of the launch of this beautiful anthology! X this evening

Candlestick Press @candlestickpress.bsky.social · Mar 21

New! Ten Poems for Wellbeing, edited by Vanessa Lampert - thoughtful poems offering moments of pleasure in uncomplicated things: www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten...

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Apr 23

Lovely to visit the wonderful poetry pharmacy in Oxford Street yesterday: beautiful cafe, books and poetry medicine! #poetry #cafe #london #books @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Apr 22

So delighted to be part of this very special anthology x

Dr T Pilgrim @pilgrimteresa.bsky.social · Apr 22

#PublicationDay! #ToLaySunIntoAForest Congratulations to all involved in this stunning anthology of poems. ❤️

Sídhe Press @sidhepress.bsky.social · Apr 22

#PublicationDay! #ToLaySunIntoAForest is out today. Please find out how to order this book here: sidhe-press.eu/books/to-lay... #Poems #Grief #CNF #Loss
All proceeds go to The Sameer Project, please share!

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Apr 17

Just got my tickets for the wonderful Welshpool poetry festival! Can’t wait! The friendliest festival in Wales and the World, organised by the wonderful Pat Edwards ❤️ #poetry #festival #wales #poetrycommunity @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social

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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social · Apr 13

For this weekend only, I've decided that #SycamoreSunday should be a thing – and if that's your thing, you might enjoy my poem 'Sycamore's Prayer', just published by the marvellous @atriumpoetry.bsky.social. 🌱🙏🌿 Here it is, in case you missed it the first time:
atriumpoetry.com/2025/04/11/s...

Sycamore’s Prayer – Sarah Doyle

Sycamore’s Prayer .. .. Sarah Doyle is the Pre-Raphaelite Society’s Poet-in-Residence. She is widely published and has won several poetry competitions, being placed in many more. Sarah’s second pam…

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Apr 2

Come along and join me! @coffinworks.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social #poetry #workshop #writingcommunity

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Apr 9

Delighted to be part of the wholesome poetry revolution, led by the wondrous @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social - what a thrill to be included in this beautiful anthology ‘becoming’ 🧡🧡🧡

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Apr 5

☘️Absolutely delighted to be one of shortlisted poets in this year’s Strokestown International Poetry Prize. Looking forward to being part of the Festival💚 ☘️ #poetry #competition #writing #ireland #festival

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Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social · Apr 4

On Collecting Every Whisker Lost by Every Cat in the World – Laura Strickland @l-strickland.bsky.social

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On Collecting Every Whisker Lost by Every Cat in the World – Laura Strickland

On Collecting Every Whisker Lost by Every Cat in the World .. .. Laura Strickland is a carer from Yorkshire. Her work has appeared in The North, Ink, Sweat and Tears, Dreamcatcher, Northern Gravy, …

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · Apr 2

Hurray for Ian McMillan and his stalwart support - here he shares a favourite poem, chosen from Life expectancy begins to fall by @tomsastry.bsky.social
Pick up your copy of these poems of 'hope in impossible times':
ninearchespress.com/publications...

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Apr 2

Come along and join me! @coffinworks.bsky.social @writingwestmids.bsky.social #poetry #workshop #writingcommunity

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Mar 30

Loving this poem in the Poetry Review by Caroline Smith ❤️ @poetrysociety.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · Mar 25

Congratulations! 👏

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Mar 24

So excited to have had made the long list chosen from 21,000 poems! #poem #competition #writingcommunity

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Olga Dermott-Bond @olgapoet.bsky.social · Mar 22

the-coffin-works.arttickets.org.uk/the-coffin-w... delighted to be leading a creative writing workshop next month at the wonderful coffin works in Birmingham! #poetry #creative #museum

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