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Fika Recordings @fikarecordings.com · 1d

Thursday 9th at EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney)
Doors open at 1830
1915 The Wave Pictures
2030 Allo Darlin'
2200(ish) finish

Last tickets available from wegottickets.com/fikarecordings and dice.fm/event/pyeo7w

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 15h

Sorry, stupid typo. The album is called 'Sounds Made BY Humans', as I'm sure you all know.

Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 19h

A new single, ‘Might Have, Might Not Have’, has been released from my poetry-pop album with The Catenary Wires, ‘Sounds Made Like Humans’.

There’s even an accompanying video with some very super Super-8 footage of trains and tracks for all you railway enthusiasts out there.
youtu.be/6m7ZZZhlIC0?...

Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires – Might Have, Might Not Have

YouTube video by Skep Wax

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 17h

It's PHYSICS FOR CATS publication day!! Luna has her copy: do you? www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

A black cat sits on a wicker basket reading the book PHYSICS FOR CATS by Tom Gauld... Ok, so she's not really reading it. She's not even quite looking at it to be completely honest. But it is possible to imagine that she is reading and thoroughly enjoying it.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 19h

A new single, ‘Might Have, Might Not Have’, has been released from my poetry-pop album with The Catenary Wires, ‘Sounds Made Like Humans’.

There’s even an accompanying video with some very super Super-8 footage of trains and tracks for all you railway enthusiasts out there.
youtu.be/6m7ZZZhlIC0?...

Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires – Might Have, Might Not Have

YouTube video by Skep Wax

youtu.be

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 20h

Fine detective work.

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🧟‍♂️ Ick 🪓😱† Wight 🧛 @nickwrightdata.ntw.app · 1d

Can confirm the letters turned to mush upon the ground would, in fact, re-assemble into the missing spots on the tree. Fantastic (even if they didn't)!

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Events for The Poems of Seamus Heaney begin on publication day tomorrow. See below for dates and locations 🎟️

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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 3d

You might be a bad human when Dr. Jane Goodall calls you out from the grave.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1d

The sort of cartoon you'd expect to see from me

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Cartoon showing a man reading from a dictionary to another. He says "So, it turns out confirmation bias means exactly what I expected it to mean|"

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry to miss out on such places, too. We couldn't get the dates and venue availability to line up, alas.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 1d

I do love a shoddy illuminated miniature gondola.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 2d

I’m coming back to Ireland next week.

Please note that attendance is compulsory unless an absence note is provided in advance.

Tickets available from some places on the internet.

A pic of me and my cat, alongside my Irish dates:
17 Oct: BELFAST: Mandela Hall
18 Oct: DUBLIN: Ambassador Theatre
19 Oct: LIMERICK: Lime Tree Theatre
20 Oct: DERRY: Millennium Forum

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 2d

Not only aesthetically pleasing but functional, too.

Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 2d

I like that very much.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 4d

That is a fine collection of flumgummery.

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 6d

ICYMI: How disappointing – and how predictable – to see the appearance of the usual jaded commentary pieces which opine that while poetry sales may be up, sadly, it’s not the right kind of poetry, says Brian Bilston in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky

Poetry is not just for kids, you know

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 5d

An ‘It is what it is’ wall sign. Arrggh!

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 5d

Some excellent items here.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 5d

He’s from a dark place himself.

Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 5d

Very disturbing.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 5d

A classy addition to any household.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 5d

How?

Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 5d

The likeness is uncanny.

Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 5d

Coming soon … an evening of poetry and pop at a venue near you*.

Tickets here: brianbilston.com/events/

* if you live near one of the venues on this list, that is.

A pic of the band alongside our tour dates …

30 Oct: BANBURY: Mill Arts Centre
1 Nov: LONDON: Bloomsbury Theatre
3 Nov: NORWICH: Norwich Arts Centre
4 Nov: STAMFORD: Corn Exchange
5 Nov: MILTON KEYNES: The Stables
6 Nov: BRIGHTON: Komedia
12 Nov: WORCESTER: Huntingdon Hall
13 Nov: NOTTINGHAM: Metronome
14 Nov: SWANSEA: Grand Theatre
15 Nov: BRISTOL: John Wesley’s Chapel
21 Nov: MANCHESTER: Halle St Peters
22 Nov: OTLEY: Courthouse SOLD OUT
23 Nov: CHORLEY: Chorley Theatre
24 Nov: LIVERPOOL: Royal Philharmonic
25 Nov: SHEFFIELD: The Foundry
26 Nov: GLASGOW: Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA)
27 Nov: NEWCASTLE: The Pilgrim
28 Nov: POCKLINGTON: Arts Centre
4 Dec: HERNE BAY: King’s Hall

Tickets here: https://brianbilston.com/events/

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 6d

Those two uses really go hand in hand.

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