Polly Atkin
@pollyrowena.bsky.social
Writer, Lake-swimmer, Bookseller.
FRSL
hEDS/Haemochromatosis/all the comorbs
she/her
rep @PortyLiterary
Basic Nest Architecture
Much with Body
Recovering Dorothy
Some Of Us Just Fall
The Company of Owls
https://linktr.ee/pollyatkin
FRSL
hEDS/Haemochromatosis/all the comorbs
she/her
rep @PortyLiterary
Basic Nest Architecture
Much with Body
Recovering Dorothy
Some Of Us Just Fall
The Company of Owls
https://linktr.ee/pollyatkin
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Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
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November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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my debut nonfiction book comes out in less than a year, which is kind of freaking me out 🌝
if anyone knows where to pitch interviews or essays related to it, or has experiences to share, please let me know
I'm barely functioning lately & this added layer of being perceived is really quite the trip
if anyone knows where to pitch interviews or essays related to it, or has experiences to share, please let me know
I'm barely functioning lately & this added layer of being perceived is really quite the trip
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
my debut nonfiction book comes out in less than a year, which is kind of freaking me out 🌝
if anyone knows where to pitch interviews or essays related to it, or has experiences to share, please let me know
I'm barely functioning lately & this added layer of being perceived is really quite the trip
if anyone knows where to pitch interviews or essays related to it, or has experiences to share, please let me know
I'm barely functioning lately & this added layer of being perceived is really quite the trip
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Dublin People: Sherlock criticises “heartless” cuts to Long Covid scheme for healthcare workers
'Labour TD & health spokesperson Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for healthcare workers who contracted Long Covid'
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
'Labour TD & health spokesperson Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for healthcare workers who contracted Long Covid'
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
Sherlock criticises "heartless" cuts to Long Covid scheme for healthcare workers
"We went from applauding our healthcare heroes to essentially telling them to get over it" - Labour TD Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for health...
dublinpeople.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dublin People: Sherlock criticises “heartless” cuts to Long Covid scheme for healthcare workers
'Labour TD & health spokesperson Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for healthcare workers who contracted Long Covid'
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
'Labour TD & health spokesperson Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for healthcare workers who contracted Long Covid'
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
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Hey Brits! I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature!
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hey Brits! I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
Yr regular PSA that covid and flu are both airborne and the same precautions work for both.*
Mask up, ventilate, filter air, use nose spray if you can. #InfectionIsNotInevitable
*brought to you by being the one person in the drs waiting room who a) didn't have flu b) was wearing a mask 😷
Mask up, ventilate, filter air, use nose spray if you can. #InfectionIsNotInevitable
*brought to you by being the one person in the drs waiting room who a) didn't have flu b) was wearing a mask 😷
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Yr regular PSA that covid and flu are both airborne and the same precautions work for both.*
Mask up, ventilate, filter air, use nose spray if you can. #InfectionIsNotInevitable
*brought to you by being the one person in the drs waiting room who a) didn't have flu b) was wearing a mask 😷
Mask up, ventilate, filter air, use nose spray if you can. #InfectionIsNotInevitable
*brought to you by being the one person in the drs waiting room who a) didn't have flu b) was wearing a mask 😷
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Guess the 15 Saraband book covers correctly and be in with a chance of winning one of the featured books!
(Pssst...if you find yourself in need of some help, visit our website)
Send your answers via the below link by midnight on 14th December. UK entrants only.
✍️ tinyurl.com/yrnv8zye
#Booksky
📚💙
(Pssst...if you find yourself in need of some help, visit our website)
Send your answers via the below link by midnight on 14th December. UK entrants only.
✍️ tinyurl.com/yrnv8zye
#Booksky
📚💙
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Guess the 15 Saraband book covers correctly and be in with a chance of winning one of the featured books!
(Pssst...if you find yourself in need of some help, visit our website)
Send your answers via the below link by midnight on 14th December. UK entrants only.
✍️ tinyurl.com/yrnv8zye
#Booksky
📚💙
(Pssst...if you find yourself in need of some help, visit our website)
Send your answers via the below link by midnight on 14th December. UK entrants only.
✍️ tinyurl.com/yrnv8zye
#Booksky
📚💙
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I’m in touch with a medical team in Gaza who described the situation, and I quote, like so: “this ceasefire is less of a ceasefire than the last ceasefire”
Anyone remember that cease fire?
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue, medics say
‘Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I’m in touch with a medical team in Gaza who described the situation, and I quote, like so: “this ceasefire is less of a ceasefire than the last ceasefire”
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Brazilian singer Eva Rodrigues Praia Walkey has passed away in her 40s after fighting #LongCovid for five years. She endured lengthy hospital stays, 400 days in a coma, a cesarean section the day she was first hospitalized with hypoxia, 2 cardiac arrests, and lost 20% of her lungs
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Brazilian singer Eva Rodrigues Praia Walkey has passed away in her 40s after fighting #LongCovid for five years. She endured lengthy hospital stays, 400 days in a coma, a cesarean section the day she was first hospitalized with hypoxia, 2 cardiac arrests, and lost 20% of her lungs
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UK health officials urge extra precautions, including wearing a mask if you have symptoms, as 4 winter viruses spread: RSV, Flu, COVID and Norovirus.
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
UK health officials urge extra precautions, including wearing a mask if you have symptoms, as 4 winter viruses spread: RSV, Flu, COVID and Norovirus.
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
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"Problems swallowing & digesting food is a big prob for me as well as issues with my bowels..I would say [ #EDS] is the #illness that causes me the most #pain & daily issues that I cannot get people to take seriously.": buff.ly/c8JKT5B
by @beverleybutterfly.bsky.social
#hypermobility #ChronicPain
by @beverleybutterfly.bsky.social
#hypermobility #ChronicPain
May awareness days are overwhelming -
May is a busy month as far as awareness days are concerned, and for me May awareness days are overwhelming.
buff.ly
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Problems swallowing & digesting food is a big prob for me as well as issues with my bowels..I would say [ #EDS] is the #illness that causes me the most #pain & daily issues that I cannot get people to take seriously.": buff.ly/c8JKT5B
by @beverleybutterfly.bsky.social
#hypermobility #ChronicPain
by @beverleybutterfly.bsky.social
#hypermobility #ChronicPain
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Certainly in Edinburgh, city of 1000 bookshops, you’d be hard pressed to find a writer who hasn’t worked as a bookseller at some point!!
Opened this @thebookseller.com article earlier thinking it might be interesting (as a writer and a bookseller). When we were taking over @samreadbookseller.bsky.social I kept joking Louise Erdrich and Ann Patchett were my new role models as great writers who set up bookshops. #WriterBooksellers
'They each require parts of you, each day, forever': Jeannine A Cook on life as an author-bookseller
Pursuing two or more professions in parallel can be complicated, but author-bookseller Jeannine A Cook prefers to focus on what works and ignore what doesn’t.
www.thebookseller.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Certainly in Edinburgh, city of 1000 bookshops, you’d be hard pressed to find a writer who hasn’t worked as a bookseller at some point!!
Opened this @thebookseller.com article earlier thinking it might be interesting (as a writer and a bookseller). When we were taking over @samreadbookseller.bsky.social I kept joking Louise Erdrich and Ann Patchett were my new role models as great writers who set up bookshops. #WriterBooksellers
'They each require parts of you, each day, forever': Jeannine A Cook on life as an author-bookseller
Pursuing two or more professions in parallel can be complicated, but author-bookseller Jeannine A Cook prefers to focus on what works and ignore what doesn’t.
www.thebookseller.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Opened this @thebookseller.com article earlier thinking it might be interesting (as a writer and a bookseller). When we were taking over @samreadbookseller.bsky.social I kept joking Louise Erdrich and Ann Patchett were my new role models as great writers who set up bookshops. #WriterBooksellers
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ICYMI: Around three quarters (76%) of Scottish bookshops offer free events at their own cost and half are concerned about time for funding applications, according to an "unprecedented" new report by the Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland 👇 #BookSky
Half of Scottish bookshops concerned about making time for funding applications – BA study
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November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
ICYMI: Around three quarters (76%) of Scottish bookshops offer free events at their own cost and half are concerned about time for funding applications, according to an "unprecedented" new report by the Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland 👇 #BookSky
Back home from @ptbopoetry.bsky.social and want to thank the festival not only for the poetry itself but the company of poets and pals in general. So many lovely people in 24 hrs (followed by a 12 hour recovery sleep). You can watch the Versus Versus @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social event here: #Poetry
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November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Back home from @ptbopoetry.bsky.social and want to thank the festival not only for the poetry itself but the company of poets and pals in general. So many lovely people in 24 hrs (followed by a 12 hour recovery sleep). You can watch the Versus Versus @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social event here: #Poetry
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Happy to share this essay I wrote on ecocide in Palestine for the Essays for Palestine project. Sign up to read! All proceeds go to support Palestinian relief efforts
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Ecocide: The Ecological Manifestation of Genocide by John the Duncan | Essays for Falastin
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November 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Happy to share this essay I wrote on ecocide in Palestine for the Essays for Palestine project. Sign up to read! All proceeds go to support Palestinian relief efforts
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Congratulations to the 2025 Nero Fiction Award shortlistees!
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Congratulations to the 2025 Nero Fiction Award shortlistees!
Almost here! I'll be there on friday evening and saturday day time, reading in the Versus Versus @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social anthology event at 12.30 on saturday. #Poetry #BookTalk #BookSky
Push the Boat Out 2025 is here! You can browse our programme, download a brochure, and book now 📣 🛶🎫
This year’s festival sets sail from 20-23 November with a bold mix of poetry, performance, music and art in a sparkling celebration of words in all their forms. pushtheboatout.org/programme/
This year’s festival sets sail from 20-23 November with a bold mix of poetry, performance, music and art in a sparkling celebration of words in all their forms. pushtheboatout.org/programme/
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Almost here! I'll be there on friday evening and saturday day time, reading in the Versus Versus @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social anthology event at 12.30 on saturday. #Poetry #BookTalk #BookSky
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Congratulations to Anthony Vahni Capildeo, who has been named the winner of the 2025 Scotland National Poetry Prize with their collection Polkadot Wounds!🎉
Very well done to Anthony, and all the other category winners and publishers!
Photograph by: Greg McVean/Saltire Society
Very well done to Anthony, and all the other category winners and publishers!
Photograph by: Greg McVean/Saltire Society
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Congratulations to Anthony Vahni Capildeo, who has been named the winner of the 2025 Scotland National Poetry Prize with their collection Polkadot Wounds!🎉
Very well done to Anthony, and all the other category winners and publishers!
Photograph by: Greg McVean/Saltire Society
Very well done to Anthony, and all the other category winners and publishers!
Photograph by: Greg McVean/Saltire Society
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UK Covid Inquiry concludes: 23,000 deaths could've been prevented if the March 2020 lockdown had been imposed just a week earlier.
No mistake by any prime minister in living memory has caused so many deaths in the UK.
The tragic and catastrophic price of Boris Johnson's incompetence & negligence.
No mistake by any prime minister in living memory has caused so many deaths in the UK.
The tragic and catastrophic price of Boris Johnson's incompetence & negligence.
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
UK Covid Inquiry concludes: 23,000 deaths could've been prevented if the March 2020 lockdown had been imposed just a week earlier.
No mistake by any prime minister in living memory has caused so many deaths in the UK.
The tragic and catastrophic price of Boris Johnson's incompetence & negligence.
No mistake by any prime minister in living memory has caused so many deaths in the UK.
The tragic and catastrophic price of Boris Johnson's incompetence & negligence.
Today's mood is all glittering frost and iced-over mud.
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today's mood is all glittering frost and iced-over mud.
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Like a living anecdote from #Middleland about Cumbrian small business we've been extra busy spinning many plates, so it's taken us longer than planned, but the captioned video of our fantastic event with @rory-stewart.bsky.social and @herdyshepherd.bsky.social is now here to watch.
Rory Stewart in conversation with James Rebanks, discussing Rory's new book Middleland
YouTube video by Sam Read Bookseller
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November 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Like a living anecdote from #Middleland about Cumbrian small business we've been extra busy spinning many plates, so it's taken us longer than planned, but the captioned video of our fantastic event with @rory-stewart.bsky.social and @herdyshepherd.bsky.social is now here to watch.