Ella Frears
@ellafrears.bsky.social
Poet etc.
Books - Goodlord & Shine, Darling
Hosts Tears for Frears & Stress Test on Soho Radio
RLF Fellow at The Courtauld Institute of Art
Books - Goodlord & Shine, Darling
Hosts Tears for Frears & Stress Test on Soho Radio
RLF Fellow at The Courtauld Institute of Art
DO YOU WORK IN THE LONELY OFFICE OF POETRY? It’s time we had a Christmas party. thesocial.seetickets.com/event/the-po...
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
DO YOU WORK IN THE LONELY OFFICE OF POETRY? It’s time we had a Christmas party. thesocial.seetickets.com/event/the-po...
Just reminding you that you do want and need this for your writing 💘 roughtradebooks.com/collections/...
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just reminding you that you do want and need this for your writing 💘 roughtradebooks.com/collections/...
Today is National Poetry Day - Jess & I will be taking over the national poetry day instagram 7-9pm answering your questions, reading poems and playing The Poetry Fruit Machine 🎰 🍒🍋💰
October 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Today is National Poetry Day - Jess & I will be taking over the national poetry day instagram 7-9pm answering your questions, reading poems and playing The Poetry Fruit Machine 🎰 🍒🍋💰
GOODLORD the audiobook out now with Rough Trade Books 💫 get it here (or wherever you normally get your audiobooks) roughtradebooks.bandcamp.com/album/goodlo...
August 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
GOODLORD the audiobook out now with Rough Trade Books 💫 get it here (or wherever you normally get your audiobooks) roughtradebooks.bandcamp.com/album/goodlo...
THE POETRY FRUIT MACHINE
✨out Sept 25 ✨
🍋 54 poetry prompts
🔔54 multiplayer versions for playing with friends/at the pub/in a workshop
🍇 fruit machine symbols that function like a trashy tarot
💰booklet with fun/informative poetry glossary. GET THOSE PREORDERS IN roughtradebooks.com/collections/...
✨out Sept 25 ✨
🍋 54 poetry prompts
🔔54 multiplayer versions for playing with friends/at the pub/in a workshop
🍇 fruit machine symbols that function like a trashy tarot
💰booklet with fun/informative poetry glossary. GET THOSE PREORDERS IN roughtradebooks.com/collections/...
June 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
THE POETRY FRUIT MACHINE
✨out Sept 25 ✨
🍋 54 poetry prompts
🔔54 multiplayer versions for playing with friends/at the pub/in a workshop
🍇 fruit machine symbols that function like a trashy tarot
💰booklet with fun/informative poetry glossary. GET THOSE PREORDERS IN roughtradebooks.com/collections/...
✨out Sept 25 ✨
🍋 54 poetry prompts
🔔54 multiplayer versions for playing with friends/at the pub/in a workshop
🍇 fruit machine symbols that function like a trashy tarot
💰booklet with fun/informative poetry glossary. GET THOSE PREORDERS IN roughtradebooks.com/collections/...
Frank Skinner & I duet my poem ‘phases of the moon / things I have done’ at Launceston Poetry Festival 🌙✨
June 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Frank Skinner & I duet my poem ‘phases of the moon / things I have done’ at Launceston Poetry Festival 🌙✨
Campaign to make my hidden gem a gem 💎 thanks Daily Express
May 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Campaign to make my hidden gem a gem 💎 thanks Daily Express
Shine, Darling is being rereleased today! ✨⚡️ this time with Corsair. This new edition features an essay on poetry, (not) driving, and how I write. Get it here www.hachette.co.uk/titles/ella-... buy it for your friends, lovers, enemies
May 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Shine, Darling is being rereleased today! ✨⚡️ this time with Corsair. This new edition features an essay on poetry, (not) driving, and how I write. Get it here www.hachette.co.uk/titles/ella-... buy it for your friends, lovers, enemies
My moon poem is in the @poetryisnotaluxury.bsky.social anthology 🌖✨ a thrill to see it next to the iconic Kim Addonizio
April 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
My moon poem is in the @poetryisnotaluxury.bsky.social anthology 🌖✨ a thrill to see it next to the iconic Kim Addonizio
I wrote about how much I love this Judy Grahn poem for the Poetry Review @PoetrySociety. Thanks to editor Wayne for commissioning & shout out Cy who first showed me this poem 💫 video of Grahn reading it here: youtu.be/iUXEljobPEw?... AM I NOT OLDEN OLDEN OLDEN…
April 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I wrote about how much I love this Judy Grahn poem for the Poetry Review @PoetrySociety. Thanks to editor Wayne for commissioning & shout out Cy who first showed me this poem 💫 video of Grahn reading it here: youtu.be/iUXEljobPEw?... AM I NOT OLDEN OLDEN OLDEN…
Out in paperback today! 🎉
February 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Out in paperback today! 🎉
This is very exciting! Tickets here: www.foyles.co.uk/events/goodl...
February 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is very exciting! Tickets here: www.foyles.co.uk/events/goodl...
It’s out! Listen to the latest episode of Tears For Frears feat. Emma Firth & Glyn Maxwell here www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/ro...
January 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It’s out! Listen to the latest episode of Tears For Frears feat. Emma Firth & Glyn Maxwell here www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/ro...
January 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Recorded a great episode of Tears for Frears with Glyn Maxwell and Emma Firth 💘 out next Monday 7-9am on Soho Radio!
January 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Recorded a great episode of Tears for Frears with Glyn Maxwell and Emma Firth 💘 out next Monday 7-9am on Soho Radio!
⚡️Cover reveal⚡️ out in paperback next month with Corsair!
January 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
⚡️Cover reveal⚡️ out in paperback next month with Corsair!
“To close Frears’ book is to be confronted more vividly than ever before with the sheer injustice of our situation” Obsessed with this review of Goodlord in Tribune Magazine by Nathalie Olah - she had me at Mr Toad 💚
December 13, 2024 at 10:49 AM
“To close Frears’ book is to be confronted more vividly than ever before with the sheer injustice of our situation” Obsessed with this review of Goodlord in Tribune Magazine by Nathalie Olah - she had me at Mr Toad 💚
Tomorrow 7-9am on Soho Radio - last Tears for Frears of the year with special guests @ruthpadel.bsky.social & @mapesburyroad.bsky.social - music, poetry, chat and even some singing 🥹💙 catch up on previous shows here: ellafrears.com/editorial/
December 1, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Tomorrow 7-9am on Soho Radio - last Tears for Frears of the year with special guests @ruthpadel.bsky.social & @mapesburyroad.bsky.social - music, poetry, chat and even some singing 🥹💙 catch up on previous shows here: ellafrears.com/editorial/
A few thanksgivings ago I was asked to write a poem (whatever I liked) for a millionaire’s dinner party in Mayfair. I was paid for the poem in Murano glass 🍸 No regrets.
November 28, 2024 at 11:04 AM
A few thanksgivings ago I was asked to write a poem (whatever I liked) for a millionaire’s dinner party in Mayfair. I was paid for the poem in Murano glass 🍸 No regrets.
You can listen back to Monday’s Stress Test with these cuties ( @joedunthorne.bsky.social & @mapesburyroad.bsky.social ) here: www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/ro... chat, music, poems written live on air 🫠
November 26, 2024 at 9:41 AM
You can listen back to Monday’s Stress Test with these cuties ( @joedunthorne.bsky.social & @mapesburyroad.bsky.social ) here: www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/ro... chat, music, poems written live on air 🫠
Tonight at the Social! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scarlett-s...
November 25, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Tonight at the Social! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scarlett-s...
There’s a sticker on the mirror in my travel lodge room encouraging me to practise cpr on a pillow and fair play I am exactly the right amount of bored and lonely.
November 24, 2024 at 8:10 PM
There’s a sticker on the mirror in my travel lodge room encouraging me to practise cpr on a pillow and fair play I am exactly the right amount of bored and lonely.
Goodlord in The Irish Times! ✨💫 thanks Vona Groarke for this lovely review. @irishtimes.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Goodlord in The Irish Times! ✨💫 thanks Vona Groarke for this lovely review. @irishtimes.bsky.social