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Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 1d

I hope this happens, it should have months ago. My union was terrible (though my individual case worker colleagues were amazing) in organising against the cuts at my university. We need a national campaign against the devastation of the sector

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'Universities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests.'

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Robert Sheppard @robertsheppard.bsky.social · 3h

Great pub.

Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 4h

Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis outside the Peveril of the Peak pub, Manchester, 1994, photo by Kevin Cummins (Getty Images).

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Kit Fryatt @kitfryatt.bsky.social · 12h

Absurdly, this also went live yesterday, the result of me and the brilliant @drnollid.bsky.social trudging through the fog on Ardmore clifftop spitepress.co.uk/product/all-... but just the pre-order this time: out in spring 2026

All things that are passing - Spite Press

All Things that are Passing is a poem in verse and photos about holy wells in Ardmore, Co Waterford and their builder-custodians; in particular Hugh Byrne (fl.1800) and J. P. Rahilly (c.1870-1953), wh...

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Kit Fryatt @kitfryatt.bsky.social · 1d

veer2.org/Kit-Fryatt-H...
It's here at last, after 3 years (or 15, depending on how you're counting). Profound gratitude to all at Veer2, especially Rob Kiely, to Leda Scully for the cover artwork, and profoundest thanks of all to Harry Gilonis, my indefatigably scholarly and gentlemanly co-author

Kit Fryatt & Harry Gilonis - Book of Inversions — Veer2.org

Kit Fryatt & Harry Gilonis - Book of Inversions Veer2 Publication 050 [ISBN:...

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Robert Sheppard @robertsheppard.bsky.social · 4h

What has this book got to do with my next book? All will be revealed. But not today.

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 8h

Lovely review of Best British Short Stories 2025 🥳

Best British Short Stories 2025, edited by Nicholas Royle, reviewed by Paul Anthony Knowles and Sam Cassells - The Manchester Review

A timely reminder of the ability of the contemporary short form to move, shock and surprise its reader in a myriad of ways. Best British Short Stories 2025 | edited by Nicholas Royle | Salt Publishing...

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

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Brighton and Hove News @bhcitynews.bsky.social · 6h

Man thrown off bus after aiming racist abuse at a woman

Passengers stepped in and threw a man off a bus after he racially abused a woman. Sussex Police said: “We are appealing for witnesses to a report of racially aggravated assault on a Brighton and Hove bus in Ditchling Road, Brighton. “The incident took place on Friday 3 October at around 4.35pm. “It was reported […]

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Joanna Hastings @joannahastings.bsky.social · 6h

Isn't it #BookshopDay today? Isn't it everyday? Consider one of these stunning poetry books, created with artistry, quality and scrupulous attention to detail by @longbarrowpress.bsky.social. I have...all of them. They are superb.

Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 1d

Recent titles include 'To the End of the Land' by Martin Heslop and Helen Tookey (pamphlet & CD), 'Eely' by Steve Ely (hardback collection), 'The Blue Hour' by Angelina D'Roza (hardback collection). "None of the books are possible without the others."

Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 4d

One book sale in seventeen days. Yikes. Help us to avoid the worst of all possible fates - the crowdfunder - by buying our scrupulously edited, meticulously designed, handsomely produced and fastidiously packaged books here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

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Hesterglock Press @hesterglock.bsky.social · 6h

Rupert Loydell reviewed Music For The Last Couple for International Times . . . Have a read here: internationaltimes.it/different-wa... @tangerine_press @reaktionbooks @manchester_university_press @steelincisors @international.times thanks to @rupertloydellart

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John Latta @lattaj.bsky.social · 20h

I find Howe’s remarks of interest (and use) mostly as I look myself for “‘hints toward composition’ . . . ways of managing the language, new ways” (WCW) and languorously (or composedly) splay out pages of syntax-disregardant (or -disjunct) word combos, for fun (or bridge-work dynamics).

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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 19h

Bruce Andrews

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there they are. ghosts. resemblance.
do it, and again do it. someone
does it.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 16h

The Reform UK Councils that are considering raising Council tax (one even by 10%):

Kent
Durham
West Northamptonshire
Warwickshire
Leicestershire
Worcestershire
Staffordshire
Lincolnshire

TBC:
Derbyshire
Lancashire

Eight Reform UK councils likely to raise tax next year

Despite Nigel Farage’s promises to cut waste and ‘save a lot of money’, senior officials have now admitted they will likely have to resort to tax rises

www.thetimes.com

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International Times @internationaltimes.bsky.social · 15h

Wheels are retracted....
internationaltimes.it
www.internationaltimes.it/archive/inde...

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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 14h

obsessed with the antifascist frogs in Portland, I hope they continue to multiply 🙏

Person in frog costume with poster saying 'frogs together strong'

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Senator Akilah Weber Pierson, M.D. @senakilahweber.bsky.social · 21h

California has taken a historic step toward justice. With the signing of my bill SB 518, @governor.ca.gov has established the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery, making California the first state in the nation to create a permanent agency dedicated to reparative justice for Black Americans.

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perversemag @perversemag.bsky.social · 1d

PERVERSE is back with issue 9 starting on Monday - an email of five strange and unusual poems every week, and each poem posted here too. Sign up free at perverse.substack.com

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Sarah Dowling @sarahmdowling1.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Andrea Brady, who has just received the Truman Capote Award for her tour de force book, Poetry and Bondage!

writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/about/annual...

Truman Capote Award

writersworkshop.uiowa.edu

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 1d

Reform UK: Nigel Farage set out his view on British schools in an event for a private US Christian college in Michigan, claiming the “Marxist left” was “now in control of our education system” and accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#antifa #edchat

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Michael Egan @northernashes.bsky.social · 1d

I just changed the title of two of my unpublished novels - Goldy is now Nothing Gold, and Black Tarn Gap is now A Vanishing Point. So there you go!

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Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · 1d

She’s putting on her autumn coat and a string of pearls and reading @poetrysociety.org.uk cafe on October 28th. Come along to celebrate the new @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social books by @natalie-whittaker.bsky.social and @marymulholland.bsky.social hosted by @alicehiller.bsky.social.

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Mary Earnshaw @maryearnshaw.bsky.social · 1d

Picture by @rondavies.bsky.social - sorry Ron just noticed I didn't credit you! Ron's not only a photographer he's a mega poetry fan, a winning combination for us at Poets' Corner 😊👏

Mary Earnshaw @maryearnshaw.bsky.social · 2d

Great evening of poetry at the lovely Mecycle cafe, bar and bike workshop in Ainsdale, #Southport last night, with poets Alison Chisholm, Phil McNulty, Callan Waldron-Hall and Jennie E Owen.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize