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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 2d

Many thanks to everyone who's shared and followed this (unexpectedly lengthy) walk-in-progress over the past few days. It's much appreciated. The full thread (128 posts) is below.

Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 8d

A walk from Leeds to Goole, via the River Aire, the Aire and Calder Navigation, the Knottingley and Goole Canal, the New Junction Canal and the Dutch River, 6.45am to 9.52pm Friday 26 September.

An improvised, illustrated thread of indeterminate length, part reflection, part reconstruction. 1/

Shipping containers on the waterside at Stourton, two miles south-east of Leeds city centre.

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Abbi Flint @draflint.bsky.social · 1d

Hurrah! The launch that Clare writes about here was a joyous day full of deep care and kinship. I feel so grateful to have been a tiny part of it.

Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 1d

My latest Substack: moors, bogs, and 19 writers in a storm!

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Even the storm could not stop us!

News from Saturday's stormy multi-author launch - plus a free invite to our paid subscriber reading this Thursday 8th Oct

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The Friday Poem @thefridaypoem.bsky.social · 26d

Annie Fisher reviews 'Elemental' by Cliff Forshaw (Templar Poetry, 2025)
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Annie Fisher reviews 'Elemental' by Cliff Forshaw (Templar Poetry, 2025)

The Friday Poem on 12th September 2025

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Chris Jones @cwjoneschris.bsky.social · 1d

The first Two-Way Poetry podcast of Series Three is out. I talk to Al McClimens about time and place in Simon Armitage’s ‘Evening’ and his own poem ‘Grand National’ twowaypoetry.podbean.com/e/al-mcclime...

Al McClimens on Simon Armitage's poem 'Evening' and his own poem 'Grand National' | The Two-Way Poetry Podcast

In this episode, I talk to Al McClimens about Simon Armitage’s poem ‘Evening’ and his own poem ‘Grand National’. We discuss ideas of place and time in Armitage's 'views' of Marsden, the village where ...

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Chris Jones @cwjoneschris.bsky.social · 10d

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Tony Harrison, poet and dramatist, dies aged 88

Known for his outspoken politics, the author was acclaimed for work in theatre, opera, film and TV but wanted to be thought of as a poet above all

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David Bocking @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social · 10d

Today’s post for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity - #Sheffield10K with a fridge, gall season & hope for #SheffieldSwifts - open.substack.com/pub/abitblac...

Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 28th Sept 2025

10k with a fridge. Peer steers. Leaf life.

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Chris Jones @cwjoneschris.bsky.social · 10d

My last post of the year on the swifts we share a house with @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @sheffswiftnetwork.bsky.social @drjomaher.bsky.social

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Swift Diaries

Leave-Taking

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Mary Earnshaw @maryearnshaw.bsky.social · Sep 4

A great evening of poetry last night in Southport with @cwjoneschris.bsky.social @helentookey.bsky.social @petegreensolo.com and Fay Musselwhite

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · Sep 3

Longbarrow Press reminds you what it's all about. Wonderful account here from editor Brian Lewis of the Sheffield imprint's first 19 years.

Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · Sep 2

"The end of the work is the possibility of connection, that the book, if it has been made well, might become 'a site of exchange', that it might have use and value to others, whether the others are many or few."

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Interior packaging of a Longbarrow Press order posted in autumn 2020. (Exterior packaging removed by the recipient.) Photograph by Jules Sprake.

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Helen Tookey @helentookey.bsky.social · Sep 4

This was a great event in a lovely venue. Home-made cakes and bicycles repaired! (That’s one for any Jennings fans out there.) Thanks to Mary, and Brian, and everyone who came along.

Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Longbarrow showcase at Mecycle in Southport last night. Very special thanks to @maryearnshaw.bsky.social for organising & hosting the event. Some excellent readings from @cwjoneschris.bsky.social Fay Musselwhite @helentookey.bsky.social & @petegreensolo.com.

Chris Jones reading at Mecycle Cafe & Bike Workshop, Southport, 3 September 2025.

Fay Musselwhite reading at Mecycle Cafe & Bike Workshop, Southport, 3 September 2025.

Helen Tookey reading at Mecycle Cafe & Bike Workshop, Southport, 3 September 2025.

Pete Green reading at Mecycle Cafe & Bike Workshop, Southport, 3 September 2025.

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Longbarrow showcase at Mecycle in Southport last night. Very special thanks to @maryearnshaw.bsky.social for organising & hosting the event. Some excellent readings from @cwjoneschris.bsky.social Fay Musselwhite @helentookey.bsky.social & @petegreensolo.com.

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Pete Green @petegreensolo.com · Sep 4

Afterwards we even had some chips and a quick walk on the beach. A little midweek miracle. Thanks again @maryearnshaw.bsky.social for inviting us and @cwjoneschris.bsky.social for driving 💖

Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Longbarrow showcase at Mecycle in Southport last night. Very special thanks to @maryearnshaw.bsky.social for organising & hosting the event. Some excellent readings from @cwjoneschris.bsky.social Fay Musselwhite @helentookey.bsky.social & @petegreensolo.com.

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Sheffield Swift Network @sheffswiftnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 16

🧱 61 new Swift Bricks have landed in Sheffield!

This Sept we’ll install them in Woodhouse & Hackenthorpe, creating permanent nest sites.
Thanks to local residents like Daniel, for offering space for our Red Listed Swifts
🙏Sheffield City Council, DefraGovUK & HeritageFundUK
#SpeciesSurvivalFund

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Mark Goodwin @poet-markgoodwin.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · Aug 17

The pic is part of a local project in Walkley celebrating the swifts with paintings on signal boxes. There’s also a fab mural by 2nd best street artist in the world @peachzz.bsky.social by the library! #Womensart #walkley #sheffield

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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · Aug 17

It’s been a magnificent year for Swifts in Sheffield, beautifully captured by Chris #Swiftdiaries

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David Bocking @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social · Aug 17

Today’s post: how #Sheffield could be more #TheOutdoorCity. And how to join the wild world. open.substack.com/pub/abitblac...

Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 17th Aug 2025

How Sheffield could do better. Be still out there. Watching moths and the grammar of animacy. (Edited in a power cut - sorry about any mistakes or typos).

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Steve Eely @steveeely.bsky.social · Aug 13

On Saturday 4th October, I'm running a guided walk around Ted Hughes's formative National Service Landscape at Patrington - It's a leisurely amble around the area, and an insight into a crucially formative but neglected part of Hughes's life. www.eventbrite.com/e/ted-hughes...

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · Aug 13

A recent stocktake has revealed a small number of ‘slightly scuffed’ copies of Longbarrow hardbacks, inc. collections by Nancy Gaffield, Rob Hindle, Fay Musselwhite, Matthew Clegg, and more. We’re offering these at half price (while stocks last). Order here:
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Several copies of 'Meridian' by Nancy Gaffield: a blue book against an aquamarine background.

Several copies of 'Contraflow' by Fay Musselwhite.

Several copies of 'The Grail Roads' by Rob Hindle.

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · Aug 16

"The last few years of apparent stasis and rapid, almost convulsive, change resulting in the creation of new spaces, the loss of old spaces, and the off-and-on of the meanwhile spaces in which many of Sheffield’s creative conversations happen."

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