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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 1d

My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · 2d

This is not the post I planned to write today, but clearly the one I needed to write…

jpseabright.substack.com/p/mental-hea...

An image of a white-skinned female-presenting person wearing a black tshirt with the words Medecins Sans Frontieres standing in front of a window

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you Mark! x

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · 6d

Tickets are only £3 or PWYC with all proceeds and donations going to the work of QUEERCIRCLE

Come and join us - Wednesday 15th October, at Queercircle, North Greenwich.
And if you can’t make it, please reshare!

www.outsavvy.com/event/29864/...

Arts & Activism: Queer Disabled Creativity in Action Tickets - London - OutSavvy

Jamie Hale and Lucy Webster, in conversation with Lalah-Simone Springer Join us for a unique event, celebrating queer disabled activism and creativity. Hear from Jamie Hale, award-winning poet, playwr...

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · 6d

I’m immensely proud of what we’ve achieved with effable, and we have one last event this year, with the excellent Jamie Hale & Lucy Webster, facilitated by Lalah-Simone Springer & featuring 5 effing wonderful poets: Cat Chong, Chloe Clarke, Rick Dove, Jackson Phoenix Nash & Claire Sosienski Smith.

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · 6d

It’s National Poetry Day so one feels obliged to post something ‘poetic’, yet I’ve barely written or published any poetry this year.

But I have co-run an ACE-funded project, edited an anthology & championed the work of queer crip poets, shining a spotlight on voices so often marginalised.

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · 12d

A librarian’s pilgrimage to the old British Library Reading Room.

One of the advantages of being old is that I got to study in here when I moved to London to do my Masters. 🤓📚

A domed room lined with books around its circumference, with an old-fashioned wooden desk in the foreground stating ‘Quiet Please’

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · 19d

I’m so behind on my TBR pile that I’ve only now discovered this lovely review of MotherFlux in the Winter 2024 edition of the Poetry Book Society Bulletin!

Huge thanks to Shalini Sengupta for reading us, Nine Pens for publishing us and Erica and Jem for all the MotherFluxing words. 💜

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Susie Campbell @susiecampbell.bsky.social · 19d

Final part of my Substack series on the developmental processes of my Wastelands project just in time for publication day (@guillemotpress Mon Sept 22) susiecampbell.substack.com/p/wastelands...

White lettering against a misty dark landscape

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · 19d

Mostly written in the Spring, but set in Autumn, I never imagined that my chapbook Solitary Hotel, which explores grief, loneliness and isolation, would foretell how this September is turning out.

For James. R.I.P. 💔✊🏾

Audio version free with copies bought direct from me:
jp-seabright.square.site

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eff-able anthology @eff-able.bsky.social · 23d

Join us for a unique event celebrating Arts & Activism: Queer Disabled Creativity in Action!

Wednesday 15th October, QUEERCIRCLE, London

www.outsavvy.com/event/29864/...

Arts & Activism: Queer Disabled Creativity in Action Tickets - London - OutSavvy

Jamie Hale and Lucy Webster, in conversation with Lalah-Simone Springer Join us for a unique event, celebrating queer disabled activism and creativity. Hear from Jamie Hale, award-winning poet, playwr...

www.outsavvy.com

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eff-able anthology @eff-able.bsky.social · 29d

So excited for our eff-able show in Sheffield this Thursday. We have a fabulous set of poets, performers and host, and Audio Description. Come and join us!

www.outsavvy.com/event/27392/...

This is Not a Side Show: eff-able in Sheffield! Tickets - Sheffield - OutSavvy

Join us at Sidney and Matilda in Sheffield to celebrate queer crip sensual joy - and the release of spicy anthology of queer crip poetry, eff-able. Expect a night of queer crip spiciness as Sheffield...

www.outsavvy.com

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eff-able anthology @eff-able.bsky.social · Sep 1

eff-able comes to Scotland this Friday! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
We have an effing fabulous show lined up for Glasgow. Do come along if you’re in town, or tell everyone there if you’re not!
www.outsavvy.com/event/28155/...

This is Not a Side Show: eff-able in Glasgow! Tickets - Glasgow - OutSavvy

Join us at The Boardwalk in Glasgow to celebrate queer crip sensual joy - and the release of spicy anthology of queer crip poetry, eff-able. Expect a night of queer crip spiciness as Glasgow's hottes...

www.outsavvy.com

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · Aug 30

Order your poetry scratchcards today : www.thepoetrykiosk.com/product-page...

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Aug 21

Palestinians are writing their stories, documenting both the horror of the war and the resilience of the people. Young people and Gaza elders are recording testimonies—narrating their stories for the world to read.

Displaced in Gaza

Palestinians are writing their stories, documenting both the horror of the war and the resilience of the people. Young people and Gaza elders are recording testimonies—narrating their stories for the ...

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · Aug 21

The speaker of the poem glimpses the poet over her shoulder

art: Rob's Room

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · Aug 21

Huge thanks to Max Wallis of Aftershock Review, not only for publishing my effluvium, but for this fabulous editorial reading and comment on it. 💜

The Aftershock Review (Max Wallis) @maxwallis.bsky.social · Aug 21

effluvium is a poem of leakage and revolt. Stains blur into one another, sex, blood, mucus; until the body itself becomes hostile, a site of overflow. The speaker moves between bed and self, between past and present, carrying a lifetime of “undreaming,” open.substack.com/pub/aftersho...

effluvium by JP Seabright

another stain / on the sheet / can't tell if it's / cum or menses

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The Aftershock Review (Max Wallis) @maxwallis.bsky.social · Aug 21

of scars visible and invisible. The poem asks how a body can betray itself, how flesh becomes record and trigger, “a mutiny of function / over intent.” It is raw, unflinching, refusing to sanitise what survival costs.

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The Aftershock Review (Max Wallis) @maxwallis.bsky.social · Aug 21

effluvium is a poem of leakage and revolt. Stains blur into one another, sex, blood, mucus; until the body itself becomes hostile, a site of overflow. The speaker moves between bed and self, between past and present, carrying a lifetime of “undreaming,” open.substack.com/pub/aftersho...

effluvium by JP Seabright

another stain / on the sheet / can't tell if it's / cum or menses

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Leia Butler @leiabutler.bsky.social · Aug 13

As part of my review challenge, the next wonderful book I reviewed was JP Seabright’s @jpseabright.bsky.social incredible ‘White Cloud Over Purple’ published by Atomic Bohemian.

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White Cloud Over Purple by JP Seabright

White Cloud Over Purple is a burst of colour, exploration, and creativity. Published in 2024 by Atomic Bohemian, this collection is page after page of rich, vibrant writing.

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you so much Leia! 💜

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Aug 14

Digital decay, disappearing data, broken links: why it matters and what we can do.

📖 Join our upcoming #booktalk on PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION. Co-hosted by @authorsalliance.bsky.social

📅 Thurs Aug 28
🕙 10 AM PT /1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1513557303...

#preservation

Cover of the book Preserving Government Information: Past Present, and Future, by James A, Jacobs and James R. Jacobs.

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · Aug 14

In case you’re doing the #sealeychallenge then Solitary Hotel is a super ‘fun size’ A6 poetry pamphlet that fits inside a back pocket, handbag, or the palm of your hand.

Available now from Red Ceilings Press or direct from me (link in bio).

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JP Seabright @jpseabright.bsky.social · Aug 14

SOUND ON!
Short extract of the audio version of Solitary Hotel, my latest chapbook, out now with Red Ceilings Press

Available as a free MP3 to everyone who buys a copy of the book direct from me.
Link here and in bio: jp-seabright.square.site product/solitary-hotel/

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Elen Caldecott @elencaldecott.bsky.social · Aug 11

UK readers, if you can't afford to buy any of these books, order them from your local library. The authors will see your support through loan figures and PLR. You don't even have to finish reading them if you don't want!

Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · Aug 11

14 of 24 authors have now withdrawn.

First Book:
Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas

Main:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies

Judges:
Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes

The Polari first prize Longlist with books by Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas crossed out to show they've withdrawn

The Polari Prize Longlist with books by Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies crossed out to show they've withdrawn

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