J. R. Carpenter
@jrcarpenter.bsky.social
artist, writer, researcher, fossil hunter, mudlarker, and lecturer in the School of English at University of Leeds https://luckysoap.com
join us for this water-themed poetry reading in London this evening !
I’m reading with Elfie Shiosaki and Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal in this water-themed poetry evening in London 6-9pm 26 November. Free, with food after: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-river-w...
my river will carve a starward path
Join us for an evening of poetry & performance on water with Elfie Shiosaki, Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal, & J. R. Carpenter
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November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
join us for this water-themed poetry reading in London this evening !
favorite reads of the year lists in November is the new Christmas decorations on sale before Halloween. we’re just not there yet people, not yet.
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
favorite reads of the year lists in November is the new Christmas decorations on sale before Halloween. we’re just not there yet people, not yet.
anyone else quietly building a stack of books for strictly non-work holiday reading already?
if so, what’s on it?
if so, what’s on it?
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
anyone else quietly building a stack of books for strictly non-work holiday reading already?
if so, what’s on it?
if so, what’s on it?
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wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
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Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
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A Granta series on punctuation and grammar: lol's, transitive verbs, ellipses, quotation marks, line breaks, xox's... 🤗
Mark Up | Granta
For an online series, Mark Up, we invited writers to tell us their thoughts on...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A Granta series on punctuation and grammar: lol's, transitive verbs, ellipses, quotation marks, line breaks, xox's... 🤗
feeling the late semester squash. fossils cheer me. with their zero fucks to give about time. this adorable blob of flint is giving echinoid (sea urchin) vibes. with rows of pores indicative of a Micraster cast. & a bonus tubercle mould from maybe a Temnocidaris.(100–66 million yrs old) #mudlarking
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
feeling the late semester squash. fossils cheer me. with their zero fucks to give about time. this adorable blob of flint is giving echinoid (sea urchin) vibes. with rows of pores indicative of a Micraster cast. & a bonus tubercle mould from maybe a Temnocidaris.(100–66 million yrs old) #mudlarking
a loose approximation of a painting. Still Life with a Stoneware Jug, Berkemeyer, and Smoking Utensils, 1640, Pieter Claesz (Dutch, about 1597–1661) echoed in #mudlarking finds from the Thames
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
a loose approximation of a painting. Still Life with a Stoneware Jug, Berkemeyer, and Smoking Utensils, 1640, Pieter Claesz (Dutch, about 1597–1661) echoed in #mudlarking finds from the Thames
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Hopefully more to come home after this— my nieces were among the Indigenous people privately shown some of the Vatican’s collection of Native items over 3 years ago at the Papal apology for residential schools and there were lots more than objects.
Vatican returns Indigenous cultural items to Canadian delegation of Catholic bishops | CBC News
A century-old Inuvialuit kayak once used for beluga and whale hunts, and 61 other cultural objects from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities have long been held in Vatican Museums vaults. But th...
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November 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hopefully more to come home after this— my nieces were among the Indigenous people privately shown some of the Vatican’s collection of Native items over 3 years ago at the Papal apology for residential schools and there were lots more than objects.
a cracking addition to the asterisk collection #mudlarking
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
a cracking addition to the asterisk collection #mudlarking
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Next week! For all those in Yorkshire, I will be giving a talk for the Royal Meteorological Society alongside @jrcarpenter.bsky.social (who very kindly invited me along). "Towards a Wind Humanities" - on wind as "model, media, and experience" www.rmets.org/event/toward...
Towards a Wind Humanities
IIn this talk, Dr J. R. Carpenter and Dr Richard Carter will discuss their interdisciplinary practice-led research projects published in a special issue of Media + Environment co-edited by Maximilian ...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Next week! For all those in Yorkshire, I will be giving a talk for the Royal Meteorological Society alongside @jrcarpenter.bsky.social (who very kindly invited me along). "Towards a Wind Humanities" - on wind as "model, media, and experience" www.rmets.org/event/toward...
I’m reading with Elfie Shiosaki and Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal in this water-themed poetry evening in London 6-9pm 26 November. Free, with food after: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-river-w...
my river will carve a starward path
Join us for an evening of poetry & performance on water with Elfie Shiosaki, Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal, & J. R. Carpenter
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I’m reading with Elfie Shiosaki and Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal in this water-themed poetry evening in London 6-9pm 26 November. Free, with food after: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-river-w...
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middle daughter piano lesson, curious about these recent Pamenar Press titles by Stephen Collis and J.R. Carpenter, // @pamenarpress.bsky.social @jrcarpenter.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
middle daughter piano lesson, curious about these recent Pamenar Press titles by Stephen Collis and J.R. Carpenter, // @pamenarpress.bsky.social @jrcarpenter.bsky.social
meanwhile, in south london. cherry trees are still losing their autumn leaves. and also, already in blossom.
November 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
meanwhile, in south london. cherry trees are still losing their autumn leaves. and also, already in blossom.
a score for packing for five days of trains, friends, opera, mudlarking, performing at a poetry festival, walking on a beach, and important work meetings. lipstick and a fountain pen. work gloves and a silk scarf. a ring and a loop. implements of magnification. to see both near and far.
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
a score for packing for five days of trains, friends, opera, mudlarking, performing at a poetry festival, walking on a beach, and important work meetings. lipstick and a fountain pen. work gloves and a silk scarf. a ring and a loop. implements of magnification. to see both near and far.
on the 4th of November artists around the UK will participate in Remember Nature, a day of environmental art activism www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘We’ve planted the apple that fell on Newton’s head’: the artists striking back against the climate emergency
From cultivating a spiral-shaped orchard to finding lost glaciers and dressing up as a landmark bird, on 4 November artists around the UK will participate in Remember Nature, a day of activism to offe...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
on the 4th of November artists around the UK will participate in Remember Nature, a day of environmental art activism www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
glad I managed to catch the last few hours of We Will Sing, Ann Hamilton’s eerie and expansive exhibition at Salts Mill, Saltaire bradford2025.co.uk/event/we-wil...
We Will Sing | Bradford 2025
Ann Hamilton transforms the immense top floor at Salts Mill for her largest solo UK installation to date.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
glad I managed to catch the last few hours of We Will Sing, Ann Hamilton’s eerie and expansive exhibition at Salts Mill, Saltaire bradford2025.co.uk/event/we-wil...
I have a chapter called “Library of Wind” (after Nancy Campbell’s book Library of Ice) in this wonderful new book from Torque Editions BiblioTech: ReReading the Post-digital Library torquetorque.net/publications...
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I have a chapter called “Library of Wind” (after Nancy Campbell’s book Library of Ice) in this wonderful new book from Torque Editions BiblioTech: ReReading the Post-digital Library torquetorque.net/publications...
epic 27 hours in London for Small Publishers Fair. so many favourite people. much buzz. such books. spotted my books on four tables this year: @essencepress.bsky.social @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @pamenarpress.bsky.social @uniformbooks.bsky.social @smallpublishers.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
epic 27 hours in London for Small Publishers Fair. so many favourite people. much buzz. such books. spotted my books on four tables this year: @essencepress.bsky.social @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social @pamenarpress.bsky.social @uniformbooks.bsky.social @smallpublishers.bsky.social
normalise lecturing on weather writing wearing battered wellies with waterproofs and knee pads in rucksack #mudlarking
October 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
normalise lecturing on weather writing wearing battered wellies with waterproofs and knee pads in rucksack #mudlarking
my contributor’s copy of BiblioTech: ReReading the Post-Digital library arrived today, edited by Nathan Jones and Sam Skinner.
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
my contributor’s copy of BiblioTech: ReReading the Post-Digital library arrived today, edited by Nathan Jones and Sam Skinner.
Join Poetry@Leeds in June 2026 for Poetry’s Environments — we invite proposals from poets, critics, translators, archivists, activists, editors, digital specialists, literary professionals, individuals, groups & orgs involved in poetry & its environments conferences.leeds.ac.uk/poetryenviro...
Poetry's Environments
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October 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Join Poetry@Leeds in June 2026 for Poetry’s Environments — we invite proposals from poets, critics, translators, archivists, activists, editors, digital specialists, literary professionals, individuals, groups & orgs involved in poetry & its environments conferences.leeds.ac.uk/poetryenviro...
great opportunity to get my media meteorology The Gathering Cloud directly from the publisher @uniformbooks.bsky.social at @smallpublishers.bsky.social
Uniformbooks will be at the Small Publishers Fair next Fri 24 & Sat 25, with a selection of our titles. If there are any you'd especially like, please email in the next few days ([email protected]) and we'll make sure we bring them along for you. @smallpublishers.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
great opportunity to get my media meteorology The Gathering Cloud directly from the publisher @uniformbooks.bsky.social at @smallpublishers.bsky.social
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It's #smallpublishersfair25 in London this Fri/Sat! Here's a quick link to the PDF of the Fair programme, with details of all 66 UK & international publishers, special exhibition, readings & talks: smallpublishersfair.co.uk/wp-content/u...
(Print copies also available at Conway Hall on Fri/Sat)
(Print copies also available at Conway Hall on Fri/Sat)
October 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
It's #smallpublishersfair25 in London this Fri/Sat! Here's a quick link to the PDF of the Fair programme, with details of all 66 UK & international publishers, special exhibition, readings & talks: smallpublishersfair.co.uk/wp-content/u...
(Print copies also available at Conway Hall on Fri/Sat)
(Print copies also available at Conway Hall on Fri/Sat)
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As well as new book works by Thomas A Clark, Richard Price & @jrcarpenter.bsky.social I will be showing many of my own new works at @smallpublishers.bsky.social fair this coming weekend 24-25 October. A round up of 2025 projects is here www.juliejohnstone.com/2025-2/
October 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
As well as new book works by Thomas A Clark, Richard Price & @jrcarpenter.bsky.social I will be showing many of my own new works at @smallpublishers.bsky.social fair this coming weekend 24-25 October. A round up of 2025 projects is here www.juliejohnstone.com/2025-2/