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William Bonar Poetry Prize @wbonarpoetryprize.bsky.social · 2d

Submissions opened on Thursday 2 October (National Poetry Day) for the 2025 #williambonarpoetryprize! Red Squirrel Press in partnership with St Mungo’s Mirrorball. The deadline is 31 December 2025. Please see below for full details and rules.

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 2d

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Creative Writing for Creative Living with John Glenday

An online guide to facilitating creative writing workshops for health and wellbeing with poet John Glenday

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 5d

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Tony Harrison's 'Study'

Don Paterson on the best room

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 6d

Any blue sky in Bluesky tonight?
Aurora likely.

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 12d

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North Sea Line Caught #1

An occasional series, featuring new work from North Sea Poets

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 19d

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Sonnets and waxings and Glück, Howe and Celtic

these are a few of our favourite links

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 26d

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On Francesca Woodman, Plath and Spirit Photography

Don Paterson on the art of the self-timer

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 28d

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2026 Creative Writing Retreats at Galloway House Estate

Announcing our 2026 Writing Retreats at Galloway House Estate on the south west coast of Scotland, with award-winning tutors for both prose and poetry!

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · Sep 4

Looking forward to celebrating the launch of Sue Burge’s latest collection:

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Writing the Last Word

Lesley Harrison on the poetry of Inger Christensen

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Midsummer, Tobago

Visit the post for more.

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · Aug 22

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On the World That Calls Back

Niall Campbell on Jack Gilbert and the world’s response

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Graeme Richardson @ravoon.bsky.social · Jul 21

This, from welovestornaway.com is my favourite news item about the Forward Prizes so far... @niallpoetry.bsky.social

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · Aug 20

Fanny Howe - 1940 - 2025
from Selected Poems , University of California Press 2000

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · Aug 17

When the Grass Dances -
A perfect blend of words and photographs from Valerie Gillies & Rebecca Marr. Available now from Luath Press:
@luathpress.bsky.social
#Poetry
#Photography

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · Aug 15

Where have all the Giant Tortoises gone?

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Where Have All the Great Poets Gone?

Kathleen Jamie on the Giant Tortoises

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North Sea Poets @northseapoets.bsky.social · Aug 13

Tickets are going fast for our autumn course on Saturdays 🍂

'Writing With ...' is a series of seven classes, delivered weekly by the #NorthSeaPoets. The course will cover everything from landscapes to ghosts, from Heaney to Plath.

Get all the details at northseapoets.com 🌊

#PoetrySky

A description of the next North Sea Poets course. In the background there's a photo of the Tay rail bridge with big fluffy clouds above.

Get all the details. In the background is a grassy hill overlooking the sea.

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · Aug 11

Do Birds Sing?
Lesley Harrison’s essay certainly does:
@pnreview.bsky.social

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PN Review Print and Online Poetry Magazine - Do Birds Sing? - Lesley Harrison - PN Review 284

One of the outstanding poetry journals of our time.

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Carole Bruce @cabruce.bsky.social · Jul 16

This arrived today. Poems by Palestinians.
A publishing initiative by Alice Oswald, Robert Macfarlane, Zaffar Kunial and Max Porter. (My favourite poets and writers)
A poem by 17 year old Saleh in Gaza.

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · Aug 10

When they arrest poets as terrorists it’s time to start worrying. Alice Oswald arrested for
SUPPORTing
PALESTINE ACTION

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · Aug 6

Upgrade today to Microsoft Whitewash:

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Will Buckingham | 白忠修 @willbuckingham.com · Aug 4

Feeling incredibly proud to be publishing this wonderful essay-poem by Garry MacKenzie, over at @windandbones.com. I'm back in Scotland on Thursday, and will be thinking of it as we speed over the Firth of Forth from Edinburgh towards Dundee.

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Glacier—An Icebound View of the Firth of Forth Garry MacKenzie

Imagine when the Firth of Forth—the estuary at the heart of Scotland—is all glacier, the country around it frozen solid. Imagine, as the ice melts,...

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · Aug 3

Our #NorthSeaPoets Autumn course proved so popular it’s already sold out, so we’re running it again on the Saturdays:
#Poetry

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North Sea Poets Autumn Course - 'Writing With ...' (Saturdays) | North Sea Poets

A series of seven classes, each one delivered weekly by a different member of North Sea Poets, with a Q&A at the end of each session.

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · Aug 3

Fascinating! That explains why I’ve been a teenager for the past fifty years.

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