Suzanna Fitzpatrick
@suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social
Poet published in magazines & anthologies in the UK, US, Ireland & Canada. Debut pamphlet: Fledglings (Red Squirrel Press, 2016). First collection: Crippled (Red Squirrel Press, 2025).
23,000. That's how many deaths can be blamed on Boris Johnson's chaotic Covid decisions and delays. Enough is enough, he must be stripped of his annual £115,000 handout. Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/clhk
Sign the petition: Strip Boris Johnson of his annual former PM allowance
23,000. That's how many deaths can be blamed on Boris Johnson's chaotic Covid decisions and delays. Enough is enough, he must be stripped of his annual £115,000 handout. Sign the petition today:
38d.gs
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
23,000. That's how many deaths can be blamed on Boris Johnson's chaotic Covid decisions and delays. Enough is enough, he must be stripped of his annual £115,000 handout. Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/clhk
23,000. That's how many deaths can be blamed on Boris Johnson's chaotic Covid decisions and delays. Enough is enough, he must be stripped of his annual £115,000 handout. Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/clhk
Sign the petition: Strip Boris Johnson of his annual former PM allowance
23,000. That's how many deaths can be blamed on Boris Johnson's chaotic Covid decisions and delays. Enough is enough, he must be stripped of his annual £115,000 handout. Sign the petition today:
38d.gs
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
23,000. That's how many deaths can be blamed on Boris Johnson's chaotic Covid decisions and delays. Enough is enough, he must be stripped of his annual £115,000 handout. Sign the petition today: 38d.gs/clhk
I was privileged to be asked to be a beta reader for this course. It's seriously good - not surprising, given it's led by @juliamarybird.bsky.social and delivered by the @writerscentre.bsky.social. Online and very accessible. Go book! nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/courses/the-...
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I was privileged to be asked to be a beta reader for this course. It's seriously good - not surprising, given it's led by @juliamarybird.bsky.social and delivered by the @writerscentre.bsky.social. Online and very accessible. Go book! nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/courses/the-...
This has cheered a challenging week :)
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This has cheered a challenging week :)
Huge thanks to Black Iris Poetry, Sarah Gibbons and Lauren Thomas
for printing this - check out their new series #poetryofbreakingnews #poetryofinstagram lots of fellow @poetryschool.bsky.social MA colleagues there too. Open for submissions until 28 Nov.
for printing this - check out their new series #poetryofbreakingnews #poetryofinstagram lots of fellow @poetryschool.bsky.social MA colleagues there too. Open for submissions until 28 Nov.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Huge thanks to Black Iris Poetry, Sarah Gibbons and Lauren Thomas
for printing this - check out their new series #poetryofbreakingnews #poetryofinstagram lots of fellow @poetryschool.bsky.social MA colleagues there too. Open for submissions until 28 Nov.
for printing this - check out their new series #poetryofbreakingnews #poetryofinstagram lots of fellow @poetryschool.bsky.social MA colleagues there too. Open for submissions until 28 Nov.
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Please add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities. secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
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November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Please add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities. secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
Fantastic night for the Oxford launch of 'Crippled'. Huge thanks to @kebleoxford.bsky.social
for giving us the use of a wonderful space, and especially to Sarah Gibbons for her scintillating reading. @tessafoley.bsky.social we missed you, get well soon! www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
for giving us the use of a wonderful space, and especially to Sarah Gibbons for her scintillating reading. @tessafoley.bsky.social we missed you, get well soon! www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
November 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Fantastic night for the Oxford launch of 'Crippled'. Huge thanks to @kebleoxford.bsky.social
for giving us the use of a wonderful space, and especially to Sarah Gibbons for her scintillating reading. @tessafoley.bsky.social we missed you, get well soon! www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
for giving us the use of a wonderful space, and especially to Sarah Gibbons for her scintillating reading. @tessafoley.bsky.social we missed you, get well soon! www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
Off to the Oxford launch of 'Crippled' at @kebleoxford.bsky.social.
TODAY, 5.45pm, the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, H B Allen Centre, OX2 6NN.
FREE, just turn up, books for sale, cash or card.
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/events/poetr...
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
TODAY, 5.45pm, the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, H B Allen Centre, OX2 6NN.
FREE, just turn up, books for sale, cash or card.
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/events/poetr...
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Off to the Oxford launch of 'Crippled' at @kebleoxford.bsky.social.
TODAY, 5.45pm, the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, H B Allen Centre, OX2 6NN.
FREE, just turn up, books for sale, cash or card.
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/events/poetr...
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
TODAY, 5.45pm, the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, H B Allen Centre, OX2 6NN.
FREE, just turn up, books for sale, cash or card.
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/events/poetr...
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
Tomorrow! at @kebleoxford.bsky.social FREE, no need to book.
Fri 14 Nov, 5.45pm
The Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre
H B Allen Centre
25 Banbury Road OX2 6NN
Books for sale (cash/card)
with @tessafoley.bsky.social and Sarah Gibbons
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page/crippled-suzanna-fitzpatrick
Fri 14 Nov, 5.45pm
The Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre
H B Allen Centre
25 Banbury Road OX2 6NN
Books for sale (cash/card)
with @tessafoley.bsky.social and Sarah Gibbons
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page/crippled-suzanna-fitzpatrick
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Tomorrow! at @kebleoxford.bsky.social FREE, no need to book.
Fri 14 Nov, 5.45pm
The Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre
H B Allen Centre
25 Banbury Road OX2 6NN
Books for sale (cash/card)
with @tessafoley.bsky.social and Sarah Gibbons
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page/crippled-suzanna-fitzpatrick
Fri 14 Nov, 5.45pm
The Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre
H B Allen Centre
25 Banbury Road OX2 6NN
Books for sale (cash/card)
with @tessafoley.bsky.social and Sarah Gibbons
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page/crippled-suzanna-fitzpatrick
Going over markers' comments from my final @poetryschool.bsky.social MA portfolio for editing purposes, and AI only effing asks me if I want a summary. No. I wrote it. I lived it, in some cases I suffered it, and I wrote it. Don't even try to AI-splain me to myself. You can't handle the drama.
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Going over markers' comments from my final @poetryschool.bsky.social MA portfolio for editing purposes, and AI only effing asks me if I want a summary. No. I wrote it. I lived it, in some cases I suffered it, and I wrote it. Don't even try to AI-splain me to myself. You can't handle the drama.
£41 million. That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. It's a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Please sign and share, thanks:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
Hold Fujitsu to account for Post Office scandal
£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. And that's on top of another whopping £65m the Government paid the scandal ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
£41 million. That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. It's a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Please sign and share, thanks:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
As it's Remembrance Day, here's a poem from my collection 'Crippled', out now from Red Squirrel Press. Its for my paternal grandfather, who was killed in action aged 22 when my dad was only a few months old.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
As it's Remembrance Day, here's a poem from my collection 'Crippled', out now from Red Squirrel Press. Its for my paternal grandfather, who was killed in action aged 22 when my dad was only a few months old.
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
What a night. I cried, I raged, I saw others and I felt seen. Thank you Joelle Taylor for understanding that femme is also a norm-busting performance - what will hopefully be my second collection features a sequence on high femme as a deflection of the patriarchal gaze and burlesque as subversion.
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What a night. I cried, I raged, I saw others and I felt seen. Thank you Joelle Taylor for understanding that femme is also a norm-busting performance - what will hopefully be my second collection features a sequence on high femme as a deflection of the patriarchal gaze and burlesque as subversion.
Off to the launch of #Maryville by Joelle Taylor from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
and vibing ever so slightly queer 😘
and vibing ever so slightly queer 😘
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Off to the launch of #Maryville by Joelle Taylor from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
and vibing ever so slightly queer 😘
and vibing ever so slightly queer 😘
Reposted by Suzanna Fitzpatrick
Next Friday, alumna @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social will be launching her poetry book 'Crippled' at the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, HBAC, featuring guest readers @tessafoley.bsky.social and Sarah Gibbons.
📅 5:45pm, Friday 14th
🎟️ Free for all to attend
More info below ↓
📅 5:45pm, Friday 14th
🎟️ Free for all to attend
More info below ↓
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Next Friday, alumna @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social will be launching her poetry book 'Crippled' at the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, HBAC, featuring guest readers @tessafoley.bsky.social and Sarah Gibbons.
📅 5:45pm, Friday 14th
🎟️ Free for all to attend
More info below ↓
📅 5:45pm, Friday 14th
🎟️ Free for all to attend
More info below ↓
The Oxford launch of 'Crippled' is next Fri 14 Nov, 5.45pm in the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, H B Allen Centre. Excited to be reading with @tessafoley.bsky.social & Sarah Gibbons. FREE, no booking needed. Books for sale, cash or card. Huge thanks to @kebleoxford.bsky.social for the space!
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Oxford launch of 'Crippled' is next Fri 14 Nov, 5.45pm in the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, H B Allen Centre. Excited to be reading with @tessafoley.bsky.social & Sarah Gibbons. FREE, no booking needed. Books for sale, cash or card. Huge thanks to @kebleoxford.bsky.social for the space!
'Crippled' is 4 months old and has reached a second print run! So there are plenty of copies if you haven't yet got one 😘 www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
or DM me for a signed copy. Lovely review here, thanks to @gregfreemanpoet.bsky.social: www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge...
or DM me for a signed copy. Lovely review here, thanks to @gregfreemanpoet.bsky.social: www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge...
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
'Crippled' is 4 months old and has reached a second print run! So there are plenty of copies if you haven't yet got one 😘 www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
or DM me for a signed copy. Lovely review here, thanks to @gregfreemanpoet.bsky.social: www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge...
or DM me for a signed copy. Lovely review here, thanks to @gregfreemanpoet.bsky.social: www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge...
Reposted by Suzanna Fitzpatrick
If you’re working full-time and still can’t afford basic food and rent, something is severely wrong.
November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
If you’re working full-time and still can’t afford basic food and rent, something is severely wrong.
Reposted by Suzanna Fitzpatrick
In Mat Riches' 'Beef Rendang', nostalgia evoked by the sensory decadence of a curry meets the present day joy shared between a parent and their child. @matriches.bsky.social
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/mat-riches/
#InkSweatandTears #Poetry
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/mat-riches/
#InkSweatandTears #Poetry
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In Mat Riches' 'Beef Rendang', nostalgia evoked by the sensory decadence of a curry meets the present day joy shared between a parent and their child. @matriches.bsky.social
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/mat-riches/
#InkSweatandTears #Poetry
Read it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/mat-riches/
#InkSweatandTears #Poetry
Reposted by Suzanna Fitzpatrick
Poet & translator @georgeszirtes.bsky.social is a nominee for the inaugural City of Literature Award. The winner will be chosen by residents of Eastern England & announced at a ceremony @writerscentre.bsky.social on 12 Feb. Vote by 12 Dec. #eastanglianbookawards
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Poet & translator @georgeszirtes.bsky.social is a nominee for the inaugural City of Literature Award. The winner will be chosen by residents of Eastern England & announced at a ceremony @writerscentre.bsky.social on 12 Feb. Vote by 12 Dec. #eastanglianbookawards
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
I'm reading and MCing for this on 26 November, readers will include Sarah Gibbons and Glyn Maxwell. Free, no need to book. Books for sale, cash or card. The @poetryschool.bsky.social MA crew possess such a density of talent they're practically a neutron star - come and feel the force!
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I'm reading and MCing for this on 26 November, readers will include Sarah Gibbons and Glyn Maxwell. Free, no need to book. Books for sale, cash or card. The @poetryschool.bsky.social MA crew possess such a density of talent they're practically a neutron star - come and feel the force!
Reposted by Suzanna Fitzpatrick
Hi! I'm so excited to read your work :)
For more guidelines check out inksweatandtears.co.uk/submissions/ or follow the link in our bio to the submissions page:
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-SA
#prose #poetry #onlinezine #creativewriting #inksweatandtears #poetrydaily #poetrylovers #poetrygram
For more guidelines check out inksweatandtears.co.uk/submissions/ or follow the link in our bio to the submissions page:
share.google/AeU3wkv9bjiK...
-SA
#prose #poetry #onlinezine #creativewriting #inksweatandtears #poetrydaily #poetrylovers #poetrygram
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hi! I'm so excited to read your work :)
For more guidelines check out inksweatandtears.co.uk/submissions/ or follow the link in our bio to the submissions page:
share.google/AeU3wkv9bjiK...
-SA
#prose #poetry #onlinezine #creativewriting #inksweatandtears #poetrydaily #poetrylovers #poetrygram
For more guidelines check out inksweatandtears.co.uk/submissions/ or follow the link in our bio to the submissions page:
share.google/AeU3wkv9bjiK...
-SA
#prose #poetry #onlinezine #creativewriting #inksweatandtears #poetrydaily #poetrylovers #poetrygram
Feeling very grown-up: now I have a full collection out, I get to be a full Member of @societyofauthors.bsky.social. Joining them was one of the best things I've done for myself as a writer: they fight tirelessly for writers' rights. Highly recommended. societyofauthors.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Feeling very grown-up: now I have a full collection out, I get to be a full Member of @societyofauthors.bsky.social. Joining them was one of the best things I've done for myself as a writer: they fight tirelessly for writers' rights. Highly recommended. societyofauthors.org
The face of a poet who found out this week she passed her @poetryschool.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social
MA in Writing Poetry with a clean sweep of Distinctions and a Distinction overall. Huge thanks to my tutors & to all my amazing cohort. Roll on Graduation in December!
MA in Writing Poetry with a clean sweep of Distinctions and a Distinction overall. Huge thanks to my tutors & to all my amazing cohort. Roll on Graduation in December!
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The face of a poet who found out this week she passed her @poetryschool.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social
MA in Writing Poetry with a clean sweep of Distinctions and a Distinction overall. Huge thanks to my tutors & to all my amazing cohort. Roll on Graduation in December!
MA in Writing Poetry with a clean sweep of Distinctions and a Distinction overall. Huge thanks to my tutors & to all my amazing cohort. Roll on Graduation in December!
Delighted to be shortlisted for Verve's Oct Poem of the Month on the theme of 'ghosted'. True story about a workshop with Glyn Maxwell - I had COVID and he kindly arranged for me to join a @poetryschool.bsky.social MA seminar remotely, but there were mic issues.
open.substack.com/pub/vervepoe...
open.substack.com/pub/vervepoe...
October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Delighted to be shortlisted for Verve's Oct Poem of the Month on the theme of 'ghosted'. True story about a workshop with Glyn Maxwell - I had COVID and he kindly arranged for me to join a @poetryschool.bsky.social MA seminar remotely, but there were mic issues.
open.substack.com/pub/vervepoe...
open.substack.com/pub/vervepoe...