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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · 11d

Two new poem-postcards for sale at Oo-press.com/postcard-poems: Snowdrops by Tessa Berring and SOLID BLISS by Kitty Doherty. £5 for both including postage anywhere. Plus bonus postcard by me, earth side/wombside, for first 25 orders. Buy at link above or DM for trades xx

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · 11d

Two new poem-postcards for sale at Oo-press.com/postcard-poems: Snowdrops by Tessa Berring and SOLID BLISS by Kitty Doherty. £5 for both including postage anywhere. Plus bonus postcard by me, earth side/wombside, for first 25 orders. Buy at link above or DM for trades xx

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Fleming Collection @flemingartcoll.bsky.social · 16d

Artists Helen Douglas and Jake Harvey invite viewers into a “compressed universe” in their exhibition 'Meeting Point: within the Lewisian' at Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist.

Read writer @gregchthomas.bsky.social review here 👉 bit.ly/meeting-poin...

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · 22d

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Sep 3

“the word Metropolis – even as I type it here I feel it – stirs my blood”

@gregchthomas.bsky.social on how Glasgow’s post-war high-rise construction gave ‘concrete poetry’ its most site-specific connotation for Edwin Morgan
#SkyscraperDay #concretepoetry
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www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2023/11/i-am...

‘I am Iron Bard’: Edwin Morgan, Concrete Poetry and the Glasgow High Rises - The Bottle Imp

In 1964, Edwin Morgan wrote a concrete poem in homage to the nineteenth-century engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a bridge-shaped graphic verse probably intended to mimic Brunel’s design for the Clift...

www.thebottleimp.org.uk

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Aug 28

HEATWAVE
The latest issue of @booksfromscotland.bsky.social recommends the hottest Scottish books, including the best in new fiction, memoir, history, nature writing & children's books, along with celebrating some literary legends
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booksfromscotland.com/issue/heatwa...

Heatwave - Books from Scotland

booksfromscotland.com

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · Aug 26

One left! DM me if you would like it

Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · Aug 26

New Oo Press poem-object, *bookshelf poem (as the dust)*. Polished grey jesmonite in custom made presentation box. £35 including postage anywhere. Buy at Oo-press.com/poem-objects or DM me xx

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · Aug 26

New Oo Press poem-object, *bookshelf poem (as the dust)*. Polished grey jesmonite in custom made presentation box. £35 including postage anywhere. Buy at Oo-press.com/poem-objects or DM me xx

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · Aug 13

V pleased to have a review of the new Collected Mary Ellen Solt in the current PN Review @carcanet.bsky.social.

www.pnreview.co.uk/current-issue

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · Jul 31

I've written about IH Finlay, Alexander Trocchi, and George MacDonald Fraser for @booksfromscotland.bsky.social

Three centenaries, three tricky characters. An interesting commission this one....

booksfromscotland.com/2025/07/cent...

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · Jul 21

There's two of these left if folks would like one....head to Oo-press.com or DM me to buy xx

Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · Jul 19

New poem print, *asemic : azure*, available at Oo-press.com/poem-prints. £35 incl. postage 🌎

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Imogen Reid @imogenreid.bsky.social · Jul 19

In the post today, these three beauties by Em Filtness, Nicky Melville, & @gregchthomas.bsky.social available to order here: oo-press.com/postcard-poe... Thank you Greg for the extra gift 😍

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · Jul 19

New poem print, *asemic : azure*, available at Oo-press.com/poem-prints. £35 incl. postage 🌎

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aswirl @aswirl.bsky.social · Jul 18

It’s been a record year for purple emperors in the UK. How serendipitous to have published @gregchthomas.bsky.social’a minimal butterfly poem in the summer issue therefore! 🦋🌀 Issue 10 on sale now.

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · Mar 10

Highlights from the Dom Sylvester Houédard show at Estorick this weekend. Laminated text collages and typestracts 💜 ❤️

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · Jun 20

There are two new poem-postcards for sale over at Oo-press.com, just in time for the summer solstice. £5 for Nicky Melville's *how is now* and Em Filtness's *sparkles of time*

Oo-press.com/postcard-poems

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · Jun 14

Science and magic 🪄

Read this artist in focus by @gregchthomas.bsky.social‬ on Glen Onwin 👉 buff.ly/J1THCxW

'Green Blue Chemical' by Glen Onwin (b.1947) © the artist. 📷 @royalscottishacad.bsky.social‬

Glen Onwin: science and magic | Art UK

Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK, featuring over 600,000 artworks by over 60,000 artists.

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Uniformbooks @uniformbooks.bsky.social · Jun 2

The concluding paragraph of Greg Thomas's review of 'Manifold' in the June issue of Art Monthly.
@gregchthomas.bsky.social / @artmonthly.bsky.social

uniformbooks.co.uk/manifoldonline.php

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · Jun 1

Use them to propel a tiny carriage

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Uniformbooks @uniformbooks.bsky.social · May 28

From Greg Thomas's review of 'Manifold: Colin Sackett, publishing 1984–2024':

"Manifold is a treasure trove of the art of the printed page that tracks a crucial period when its centuries-old hold on text transmission has been loosened, freeing perhaps both the word and the codex."

Art Monthly @artmonthly.bsky.social · May 28

Art Monthly, Issue 487, June 2025

• Liliane Lijn interviewed by Chris Clarke

• Class Distinction – Morgan Quaintance

• Jasper Marsalis – Profile by Michael Kurtz

• Letters from Warsaw and Milan – Nick Thurston • Leonardo Caffo

+ news, views, reviews and more…

Art Monthly magazine May issue featuring a drawing of a sphere above a photo of a protester throwing a rock while wearing a T-shirt with a slogan that reads ‘the revolution will be educated’.

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · May 28

A new poem card for @essencepress.bsky.social, *restlessnest*.

Buy for £3 at link below or DM me xx

www.juliejohnstone.com/essence-pres...

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Dr Briony Hughes @brihughespoet.bsky.social · May 27

Spot the latest Oo Press (@gregcthomas.bluesky.social) poem-object ( )

A book shelf covered in books and lined with small art objects. In the middle of the top shelf is the latest Oo Press poem, which is two brackets containing the text ‘hulls horns moons’

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · May 26

Your brackets are in the post xx

Dr Briony Hughes @brihughespoet.bsky.social · May 23

I absolutely adore this new Oo Press poem by @gregchthomas.bsky.social

Two objects in an archive box facing one-another. They are shaped like large, white brackets and both contain the words ‘hulls horns moons’ in black, raised letters

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Greg Thomas (he/him) @gregchthomas.bsky.social · May 26

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · May 20

@gregchthomas.bsky.social discusses Edwin Morgan’s scrapbooks – described by Morgan as “partly documentary/historical, partly aesthetic, partly satirical & partly personal … a Whitmanian reflecting glass of ‘the world' as refracted through one personality.”
www.flemingcollection.com/scottish_art...

Hidden depths: Edwin Morgan’s scrapbooks | News & Press | Scottish Art News | Fleming collection

A window into Scottish Art

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