Kevin Gardner
@kg520.bsky.social
Editor, anthologist, reviewer, professor. Alexander Pope | John Betjeman | contemporary poetry.
Delighted to see my new selected edition of Anthony Thwaite’s poems (At the Garden’s Dark Edge, published by Baylor University Press) featured by George Szirtes in the Eastern Daily Press.
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2557097...
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2557097...
Poet and archaeologist who was part of the fabric of Norfolk life
‘This is the simple poem,’ wrote Anthony Thwaite OBE, poet, archaeologist, teacher, broadcaster, television presenter, traveller, critic,…
www.edp24.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Delighted to see my new selected edition of Anthony Thwaite’s poems (At the Garden’s Dark Edge, published by Baylor University Press) featured by George Szirtes in the Eastern Daily Press.
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2557097...
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2557097...
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Something rather exciting is coming in three short weeks – a beautiful collection of excerpts, poems, short stories, scenes from all the authors we’ve published in our first five years.
📚 All proceeds to our Bookbanks scheme.
renardpress.com/books/renard...
#beautifulbooks #booksky
📚 All proceeds to our Bookbanks scheme.
renardpress.com/books/renard...
#beautifulbooks #booksky
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Something rather exciting is coming in three short weeks – a beautiful collection of excerpts, poems, short stories, scenes from all the authors we’ve published in our first five years.
📚 All proceeds to our Bookbanks scheme.
renardpress.com/books/renard...
#beautifulbooks #booksky
📚 All proceeds to our Bookbanks scheme.
renardpress.com/books/renard...
#beautifulbooks #booksky
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Obvs will blather on more about this v soon, but book 4 is on its way... www.waterstones.com/book/cherry-...
Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak by Rishi Dastidar | Waterstones
Buy Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak by Rishi Dastidar from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Obvs will blather on more about this v soon, but book 4 is on its way... www.waterstones.com/book/cherry-...
I’m very much looking forward to this collection. You can whet your appetite with my review of Graeme’s excellent chapbook, Last of the Coalmine Choirboys, wildcourt.co.uk/from-the-shi....
October 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I’m very much looking forward to this collection. You can whet your appetite with my review of Graeme’s excellent chapbook, Last of the Coalmine Choirboys, wildcourt.co.uk/from-the-shi....
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I had the privilege of spending some time with Seamus Heaney over the last week... www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
Seamus Heaney kept up a staggeringly high strike rate of good poems
The Poems of Seamus Heaney, collected together in one volume for the first time, is a record of nearly 60 years of excellence
www.thetimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I had the privilege of spending some time with Seamus Heaney over the last week... www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
My new review essay of collections by @betarish.bsky.social, @tomsastry.bsky.social, Michael Vince, and Kieron Winn is published today in Wild Court. Find out why I like them so much: wildcourt.co.uk/a-hobby-of-exi….
https://wildcourt.co.uk/a-hobby-of-exi…
October 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My new review essay of collections by @betarish.bsky.social, @tomsastry.bsky.social, Michael Vince, and Kieron Winn is published today in Wild Court. Find out why I like them so much: wildcourt.co.uk/a-hobby-of-exi….
A very happy birthday to my dad, who turns 97 today!
August 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A very happy birthday to my dad, who turns 97 today!
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Reading this delightful book by @fugitiveink.bsky.social on Kindle in Brazil and instantly transported to Norfolk. 🌘🦉⚓️🪦🕯️🌬️
(also astonished to find out Jack O' Lantern's Toby and I share a mother)
(also astonished to find out Jack O' Lantern's Toby and I share a mother)
This collection of ghost stories by @fugitiveink.bsky.social was a Christmas present. Finally settled in tonight to read the opening story, and what a thrill - full of seething dread, unsettling undercurrents, much like the Norfolk landscape the stories occupy. Having read some of Barendina’s 1/2
August 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reading this delightful book by @fugitiveink.bsky.social on Kindle in Brazil and instantly transported to Norfolk. 🌘🦉⚓️🪦🕯️🌬️
(also astonished to find out Jack O' Lantern's Toby and I share a mother)
(also astonished to find out Jack O' Lantern's Toby and I share a mother)
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As well as today being Larkin's birthday, this year it's 70 years since the publication of his first mature volume, 'The Less Deceived'. The poems in it were mostly written during his five relatively happy years in Belfast, and the volume would be published in 1955, the year he moved to Hull. 1/2
August 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
As well as today being Larkin's birthday, this year it's 70 years since the publication of his first mature volume, 'The Less Deceived'. The poems in it were mostly written during his five relatively happy years in Belfast, and the volume would be published in 1955, the year he moved to Hull. 1/2
Creamed Meat Quickie, anyone?
August 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Creamed Meat Quickie, anyone?
Sixteen Famous British Plays 🤔
August 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Sixteen Famous British Plays 🤔
Delighted to have this latest from @greeningpoet.bsky.social and @renardpress.com. Contents are even more intriguing than this brilliant cover design!
July 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Delighted to have this latest from @greeningpoet.bsky.social and @renardpress.com. Contents are even more intriguing than this brilliant cover design!
Some time in the past century, I lived on the second floor. (My name was not Luca.)
July 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Some time in the past century, I lived on the second floor. (My name was not Luca.)
Immaculata Church, San Diego
July 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Immaculata Church, San Diego
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Last bit of #bookpost for the weekend, and it’s a real pleasure to see this glorious hybrid book navigating poetry with @greeningpoet.bsky.social in print. ✈️
(Signed copies available in limited supply.)
renardpress.com/books/a-high...
(Signed copies available in limited supply.)
renardpress.com/books/a-high...
July 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Last bit of #bookpost for the weekend, and it’s a real pleasure to see this glorious hybrid book navigating poetry with @greeningpoet.bsky.social in print. ✈️
(Signed copies available in limited supply.)
renardpress.com/books/a-high...
(Signed copies available in limited supply.)
renardpress.com/books/a-high...
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Catastrophic flooding hit Kerrville overnight.
Fourth of July revelers and campers are feared lost in the floodwaters.
Fourth of July revelers and campers are feared lost in the floodwaters.
The Fourth of July Turned Tragic in Kerrville, Texas
Catastrophic flooding hit Kerrville overnight. Fourth of July revelers and campers are feared lost in the floodwaters.
www.texasmonthly.com
July 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Catastrophic flooding hit Kerrville overnight.
Fourth of July revelers and campers are feared lost in the floodwaters.
Fourth of July revelers and campers are feared lost in the floodwaters.
Blanco, Texas. Water buffalo gelato 😲😋. Ciaio, y’all.
July 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Blanco, Texas. Water buffalo gelato 😲😋. Ciaio, y’all.
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Our Rings of Saturn film has been in production for about a year but has now finally arrived. Beautifully narrated by @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social and scored by @dukether.bsky.social 👇
youtu.be/hELnfok0BzI?...
youtu.be/hELnfok0BzI?...
July 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Our Rings of Saturn film has been in production for about a year but has now finally arrived. Beautifully narrated by @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social and scored by @dukether.bsky.social 👇
youtu.be/hELnfok0BzI?...
youtu.be/hELnfok0BzI?...
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You've heard of the Bard of Salford: well, Ron is the Bard of Norwich. Only £10 inc UK P&P. 👇
waterlandbooks.co.uk/shop/
waterlandbooks.co.uk/shop/
June 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
You've heard of the Bard of Salford: well, Ron is the Bard of Norwich. Only £10 inc UK P&P. 👇
waterlandbooks.co.uk/shop/
waterlandbooks.co.uk/shop/
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Incredible piece. Required reading.
June 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Incredible piece. Required reading.
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Pierre Nora obituary in the New York Times (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/b...
June 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Pierre Nora obituary in the New York Times (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/b...