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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · Aug 26

Don't miss this amazing FREE poetry event in London in October with @roguestrands.bsky.social @hannahcopley.bsky.social @jonathandavidson.bsky.social @fionalarkin.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social at The Devereux Pub in Temple.
#poetry #reading #london

Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · Aug 26

Please do share the news of this free event...!

Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · Aug 26

A stellar line-up that would grace any of the top poetry festivals in the country. Except this time it's all free. We'd be delighted if you could join us in London on 22nd Oct...!

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Mat Riches @matriches.bsky.social · Aug 26

Got a couple of hours spare on 22nd October between 6.45 - 8.30pm? We'd love to see you for an evening of ace poetry from @hannahcopley.bsky.social @jonathandavidson.bsky.social @fionalarkin.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social Philip Hancock & me.

Pink background, with 6 headshots of poets Text says Hannah Copley, Jonathan Davidson, Fiona Larkin, Philip Hancock, Matthew Stewart, Mat Riches

Text at top of image says: Rogue Strands Presents: An Evening of Poetry @ The Devereux. Wednesday 22nd October 2025. Free Entry.
Readings start at 18.45. All done by 20.30. Arrive early to avoid disappointment*

text at bottom: If you can make it to London for the event, please put the date in your diary.
Upstairs @ The Devereux Pub, 20 Devereux Court, Temple, London WC2R 3JJ
Nearest tube stop is Temple. Nearest railways stations are Blackfriars, Waterloo or Charing Cross
Did we mention it's free entry? All warmly welcome. Please come! Books will be available to buy on the evening. Card or cash accepted.
*We can't promise you won't be once the readings have started, but we think it will all be brilliant

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Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · Jul 10

Last week I co-tutored a lovely Arvon course on Nature and Eco-Poetry and thought I’d write up some of the books, poems and ideas that shaped the workshops. I’ve also added a few poetry prompts in there too. Happy writing! open.substack.com/pub/hannahco...

Earthworms, birds, landfill and language

Inspiration, reading and some poetry prompts from Arvon

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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · Jun 18

TOMORROW - THURSDAY

Online & in-person - check Eventbrite for different tickets - Manchester Poetry Library
Isabel Galleymore in conversation w @hannahcopley.bsky.social 6.30-8pm
How do we give voice to species & place in poetry? What are the challenges of doing so? Can poetry protect and preserve?

Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · Jun 8

Later this month you can watch/listen to Helen Mort's third curated 'in conversation' session which will be hosted by Hannah Copley with Isabel Galleymore:

Tickets are available online & in-person #poetry

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hannah-cop...

Hannah Copley and Isabelle Galleymore in conversation

Join us for this special in conversation as part of the Poetry Reading Series

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wrote a little thing about the material practice of writing and learning and thinking big thoughts about big things open.substack.com/pub/hannahco...

Burrowing practice

materiality, hyperobjects and writing

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Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · Jun 17

This Thursday!

Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · Jun 8

Later this month you can watch/listen to Helen Mort's third curated 'in conversation' session which will be hosted by Hannah Copley with Isabel Galleymore:

Tickets are available online & in-person #poetry

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hannah-cop...

Hannah Copley and Isabelle Galleymore in conversation

Join us for this special in conversation as part of the Poetry Reading Series

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · Jun 17

I’ve just finished the lovely job of judging a prize and thought I’d write some thoughts on ‘competition’ poems and some of the things I look for: On Poetry Competitions (and the poems that didn’t win) open.substack.com/pub/hannahco...

#poetry #competitions #prize #writing #rejection

On poetry competitions

and the poems that don't win

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Ewen Glass @ewenglass.bsky.social · Jun 9

Yay, my poem ‘The Morning Shift at Wetherspoons Begins with Majesty’ is highly commended in the Ware Poets Competiton judged by the inestimable @hannahcopley.bsky.social. Congrats to all winners, can’t wait to hear the work in July

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Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · May 13

Gorgeous post today - the new @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social collections of @oliviamcc.bsky.social @munozpoems.bsky.social and Sarah Corbett. So excited to read them

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Victoria Chang @victoriachang.bsky.social · Feb 25

Lapwing by Hannah Copley

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Özge Lena @lenaozge.bsky.social · Apr 23

An Ecosystem of Antagonism by Hannah Copley #EarthDay

hannahcopley.substack.com/p/an-ecosyst...

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Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · May 12

Just spotted this - I love seeing Hertz out in the soil! Thank you, Corinna 💚. To get a copy of this compostable collaboration, head to the DIRT/Dialect bookshop: www.dialect.org.uk/bookshop/p/h...

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · Apr 11

Such an excellent and inspiring poetry event last night. Both Will Burns and Hannah Copley read beautifully from their collections of melancholy nature/eco poems. Will even had mention of concrete cows in his

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Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · May 8

This was an eco-joy to be involved in

Wendy Allen @wendycaitlin.bsky.social · May 7

A few pictures from the Oxford Brookes poetry symposium. Pictured @shevchenkoknight.bsky.social @wendypratt.bsky.social @susiecampbell.bsky.social @hannahcopley.bsky.social

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Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · May 8

Loved your presentation! X

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Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · Apr 26

If you’re like me and leave submitting to things until the last minute, here’s a reminder that the deadline for the annual Ware Poets Open Competition is fast approaching - 30th April!
🩵. For details on how to enter, go to warepoets.org

#poetry #poetrycompetition #poetryprize #poetrycommunity

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Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · Apr 23

I’ve written a new essay on antagonism, ecosystems, manifestos, feral poetry, birthdays and listening to soil.
open.substack.com/pub/hannahco...

An ecosystem of antagonism

or, It was once Earth Day and it was my feral birthday

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Richard Chadburn @richchad.bsky.social · Apr 18

I took 3 goes to get into Lapwing @hannahcopley.bsky.social but now I’m in I can't get out. My father was not like yours. I did have an arable childhood among pee-wits, skylarks and hares, but neither the wit nor courage to stitch that stubbly dangerous world into an important book. Congratulations!

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Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · Apr 23

This makes me so happy, Richard. Thank you! And thank you also for bearing with it - three goes shows perseverance!!

Hannah Copley @hannahcopley.bsky.social · Apr 15

Lapwing is almost a year old so I’m writing a few pieces on substack to reflect on a year in the life of a book. Hopefully there’s some useful advice in there too. Part one: essential conditions for publishing.
hannahcopley.substack.com/p/a-year-in-...
And, you know, subscribe if you fancy x

A year in the life of a book: part one

Essential conditions

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · Apr 3

There's no Planet B, but poets can show us ours anew. @troubledstriker.bsky.social + @hannahcopley.bsky.social visit #miltonkeynes 10 April to discuss words and worlds.
www.mklitfest.org/poetry-in-the-pavilion
#willburns #hannahcopley @livunipress.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social #ecopoetry

Poetry in the Pavilion - Will Burns and Hannah Copley | MK Lit Fest 2025

As a new wave of nature-writing in poetry explores our vital and threatened relationship with the environment and the flora and fauna with which we share it, two superb poets share their work and disc...

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · Mar 30

And you can see/hear Will Burns read his poem Global Stuff in a Southbank Centre video youtu.be/gUij8ZMHcvE?...

See him and Hannah at the same literary festival his poem mentions on 10 April. Tickets on website.

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · Mar 30

Join us at @theparkstrust.bsky.social Pavilion for 2 award-winning #ecopoets as Hannah Copley and @troubledstriker.bsky.social (Will Burns) come to #miltonkeynes on 10 April.
Tickets: mklitfest.org/poetry-in-the-pavilion
#poetry @livunipress.bsky.social #lapwing #naturalburialground #poets

Poetry in the Pavilion - Will Burns and Hannah Copley | MK Lit Fest 2025

As a new wave of nature-writing in poetry explores our vital and threatened relationship with the environment and the flora and fauna with which we share it, two superb poets share their work and disc...

mklitfest.org

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Caroline Davies @carolinemdavies.bsky.social · Mar 30

You can get a preview of @hannahcopley.bsky.social reading at the TS Eliot Prize readings www.youtube.com/watch?v=exQD...

Hannah Copley reads from 'Lapwing'

YouTube video by T. S. Eliot Prize

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · Mar 14

Poetry at our Spring Festival: two superb poets - Will Burns and Hannah Copley - share their work and discuss how they address the natural world.
www.mklitfest.org/poetry-in-th...
#ecopoetry #poetry #miltonkeynes #willburns #hannahcopley
@hannahcopley.bsky.social @troubledstriker.bsky.social

https://mklitfest.org/poetr…

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