Kate Davis
@katedavispoet.bsky.social
Poet. Books- collection - The Girl Who Forgets How to Walk and new verse novel - Flow published by Verve.
Also maker of stories, cake, chutney and interesting things to wear - wild swimmer - very fond of a limestone landscape.
Also maker of stories, cake, chutney and interesting things to wear - wild swimmer - very fond of a limestone landscape.
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Kate Davis
@katedavispoet.bsky.social
· Aug 31
“FLOW doesn’t want your applause — it wants your bones.” A no-bullshit review of Kate Davis’s tidal, lyrical novel-in-verse. Grief, myth, survival — and the sea that swallows everything.
Just started Hilary Mantel's enormous and complicated, 'A Place of Greater Safety' and it's immediately enthralling. I'm making notes in the hope of learning something about story-telling. You have to try, don't you.
December 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Just started Hilary Mantel's enormous and complicated, 'A Place of Greater Safety' and it's immediately enthralling. I'm making notes in the hope of learning something about story-telling. You have to try, don't you.
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FREE BOOK! In the 'pausing' before New Year, a young woman waits for the strangest of Victorian village weddings. I too will marry, in the same spot - but nobody will call me a witch!
'Village'-non-fiction!- is FREE today Sun 28 Dec for Kindle/phone/laptop. SEARCH ALISON BRACKENBURY VILLAGE AMAZON
'Village'-non-fiction!- is FREE today Sun 28 Dec for Kindle/phone/laptop. SEARCH ALISON BRACKENBURY VILLAGE AMAZON
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
FREE BOOK! In the 'pausing' before New Year, a young woman waits for the strangest of Victorian village weddings. I too will marry, in the same spot - but nobody will call me a witch!
'Village'-non-fiction!- is FREE today Sun 28 Dec for Kindle/phone/laptop. SEARCH ALISON BRACKENBURY VILLAGE AMAZON
'Village'-non-fiction!- is FREE today Sun 28 Dec for Kindle/phone/laptop. SEARCH ALISON BRACKENBURY VILLAGE AMAZON
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Our 2025 titles are all part of our bumper book sale.
Save up to 50% on a wide range of #poetry direct from us: ninearchespress.com/shop
Support #indiepublishing
Save up to 50% on a wide range of #poetry direct from us: ninearchespress.com/shop
Support #indiepublishing
December 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Our 2025 titles are all part of our bumper book sale.
Save up to 50% on a wide range of #poetry direct from us: ninearchespress.com/shop
Support #indiepublishing
Save up to 50% on a wide range of #poetry direct from us: ninearchespress.com/shop
Support #indiepublishing
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Following a spring clean at Longbarrow HQ, I've found a number of hardbacks (ex-bookshop / damaged in transit) that are perfectly readable, but not saleable.
If you're in Sheffield (postcodes S1-S12 only), and you'd like a free book, message your postal address and I'll deliver it over the weekend.
If you're in Sheffield (postcodes S1-S12 only), and you'd like a free book, message your postal address and I'll deliver it over the weekend.
December 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Following a spring clean at Longbarrow HQ, I've found a number of hardbacks (ex-bookshop / damaged in transit) that are perfectly readable, but not saleable.
If you're in Sheffield (postcodes S1-S12 only), and you'd like a free book, message your postal address and I'll deliver it over the weekend.
If you're in Sheffield (postcodes S1-S12 only), and you'd like a free book, message your postal address and I'll deliver it over the weekend.
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This is such a weirdly beautiful work of art
December 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is such a weirdly beautiful work of art
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Poorest Britons lose right to financial privacy.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
December 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Poorest Britons lose right to financial privacy.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
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Join an @arvonfoundation online #poetry writing day course led by Jane Commane.
Discovering Poetic Form - A whistlestop tour from the traditional to the contemporary.
Friday February 20th, 2026, from 10am
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Discovering Poetic Form - A whistlestop tour from the traditional to the contemporary.
Friday February 20th, 2026, from 10am
t.co/nxEjCCf13n
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Join an @arvonfoundation online #poetry writing day course led by Jane Commane.
Discovering Poetic Form - A whistlestop tour from the traditional to the contemporary.
Friday February 20th, 2026, from 10am
t.co/nxEjCCf13n
Discovering Poetic Form - A whistlestop tour from the traditional to the contemporary.
Friday February 20th, 2026, from 10am
t.co/nxEjCCf13n
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There's still time to order from us for Christmas delivery to Sheffield addresses (postcodes S1-S17), and we're happy to gift-wrap books, if you like, at no extra cost. Orders received by 23 December will be delivered - by hand, on foot - on or before 24 December.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
There's still time to order from us for Christmas delivery to Sheffield addresses (postcodes S1-S17), and we're happy to gift-wrap books, if you like, at no extra cost. Orders received by 23 December will be delivered - by hand, on foot - on or before 24 December.
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
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"Tealights and wheat ears in the west chamber, dried flowers on the lower ledges. I have brought no offerings. I pace the length of the barrow, back and forth, and then, after a few minutes, stop at the threshold, lost in the play of light on stone."
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July 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"Tealights and wheat ears in the west chamber, dried flowers on the lower ledges. I have brought no offerings. I pace the length of the barrow, back and forth, and then, after a few minutes, stop at the threshold, lost in the play of light on stone."
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Following the controversy over the edited Trump speech, the BBC has been lambasted for its negative and biased portrayal of the leader of a prominent right-wing government…
An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.
An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Following the controversy over the edited Trump speech, the BBC has been lambasted for its negative and biased portrayal of the leader of a prominent right-wing government…
An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.
An Evening with Private Eye 2025, out now on YouTube.
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If you're still looking for a Christmas present for a postman/woman, a retired postie, someone who wants to be a postie or someone who just loves walking Britain's beautiful footpaths, can I recommend The Postal Paths by... er, well, me 😉?
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you're still looking for a Christmas present for a postman/woman, a retired postie, someone who wants to be a postie or someone who just loves walking Britain's beautiful footpaths, can I recommend The Postal Paths by... er, well, me 😉?
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It’s my wee brother Iain’s birthday today! He would have been 58 years old.
Dad has Iain’s picture in the care home. I told him that today he has full permission to tell all the stories he likes.
These are some of the stories that are likely to feature!
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Dad has Iain’s picture in the care home. I told him that today he has full permission to tell all the stories he likes.
These are some of the stories that are likely to feature!
familystories21.wordpress.com/home/about/
Sport? Well, Fun Anyway.
By Bill Cantley Written circa 1983 and published in a transport magazine. Iain, at St Peter’s Primary School in Croydon What fun can a lively intelligent youngster enjoy who happens inconveniently …
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December 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It’s my wee brother Iain’s birthday today! He would have been 58 years old.
Dad has Iain’s picture in the care home. I told him that today he has full permission to tell all the stories he likes.
These are some of the stories that are likely to feature!
familystories21.wordpress.com/home/about/
Dad has Iain’s picture in the care home. I told him that today he has full permission to tell all the stories he likes.
These are some of the stories that are likely to feature!
familystories21.wordpress.com/home/about/
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Excited to have added a session on how books get made into films in April! And our session on agenting with the Liverpool Literary Agency takes place this evening :D
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Excited to have added a session on how books get made into films in April! And our session on agenting with the Liverpool Literary Agency takes place this evening :D
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
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Ready for when we'll all be ready for Spring. Come through...
Thrilled to share the cover of Cherry Blossom at Nightbreak by @betarish.bsky.social and make it available to pre-order. Stunning art by Ria Dastidar.
Blooming with poems determined to do the generous work of love and hope. Seductive and sublime.
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Out in March 🌸
Blooming with poems determined to do the generous work of love and hope. Seductive and sublime.
ninearchespress.com/publications...
Out in March 🌸
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ready for when we'll all be ready for Spring. Come through...
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Please sign and share to make healthcare settings safer for clinically vulnerable, immunocompromised and chronically ill people. Unless we want to live in a health supremacist society...?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#ChronicIllness #Disability #PwME #LongCovid #Cancer #MEcfs
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#ChronicIllness #Disability #PwME #LongCovid #Cancer #MEcfs
Petition: Review NHS policy on masks, safe air & ventilation to protect vulnerable
Vulnerable people — those with cancer, immune compromise, or chronic illness — should feel safe in NHS settings, not fearful. We’re calling for a 'do no harm' standard: an automatic right to treatment...
petition.parliament.uk
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Please sign and share to make healthcare settings safer for clinically vulnerable, immunocompromised and chronically ill people. Unless we want to live in a health supremacist society...?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#ChronicIllness #Disability #PwME #LongCovid #Cancer #MEcfs
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
#ChronicIllness #Disability #PwME #LongCovid #Cancer #MEcfs
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Over the last year, myths about the Motability scheme have spread online and in the right wing media. Now, some of it is government policy.
In today’s Guardian, I set about finding the facts and why the idea of “free cars for the disabled” has taken hold. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In today’s Guardian, I set about finding the facts and why the idea of “free cars for the disabled” has taken hold. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan
Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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December 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Over the last year, myths about the Motability scheme have spread online and in the right wing media. Now, some of it is government policy.
In today’s Guardian, I set about finding the facts and why the idea of “free cars for the disabled” has taken hold. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In today’s Guardian, I set about finding the facts and why the idea of “free cars for the disabled” has taken hold. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Glyn has bought a Design Centre torque wrench for £6 & seems very pleased.
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Glyn has bought a Design Centre torque wrench for £6 & seems very pleased.
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"I said yes, it would be nice to have a space where people could sit and spend time with the books, to browse one book and then another, without an obligation to spend money, without a word spoken. We then realised that we were talking about a library."
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December 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"I said yes, it would be nice to have a space where people could sit and spend time with the books, to browse one book and then another, without an obligation to spend money, without a word spoken. We then realised that we were talking about a library."
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/ships-log
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New design available on my Redbubble: Autumn leaves in digital watercolour drawn in Procreate. Sales on various items at the moment including 25% off the cushion.
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#DisabledArtist #Redbubble
#GiftIdeas #ShopIndie #Illustration
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#DisabledArtist #Redbubble
#GiftIdeas #ShopIndie #Illustration
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
New design available on my Redbubble: Autumn leaves in digital watercolour drawn in Procreate. Sales on various items at the moment including 25% off the cushion.
www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pill...
#DisabledArtist #Redbubble
#GiftIdeas #ShopIndie #Illustration
www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pill...
#DisabledArtist #Redbubble
#GiftIdeas #ShopIndie #Illustration
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THIS WEDNESDAY I'm reading #SpeakUpSpeakOut (#poems abt #SocialInjustice). Includes some of my #poemsabout offerings. #OpenMic register when #SacredGrounds zoom opens). Hope you can join me! 7-9PM PST. DM for link. #Sexism #Racism #Abuse #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetsSupportPoets #NeverADullMoment
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
THIS WEDNESDAY I'm reading #SpeakUpSpeakOut (#poems abt #SocialInjustice). Includes some of my #poemsabout offerings. #OpenMic register when #SacredGrounds zoom opens). Hope you can join me! 7-9PM PST. DM for link. #Sexism #Racism #Abuse #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetsSupportPoets #NeverADullMoment
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Wes Streeting insists that NHS health records are not for sale.
But handing them to a company like Palantir shatters any chance of public trust ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
But handing them to a company like Palantir shatters any chance of public trust ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS - No to Palantir
goodlaw.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Wes Streeting insists that NHS health records are not for sale.
But handing them to a company like Palantir shatters any chance of public trust ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
But handing them to a company like Palantir shatters any chance of public trust ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
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COP30 in Brazil was billed as the “implementation summit”, when hot air turned to action. But Edelman, the PR firm that won the contract to promote the climate summit, was pulling in two directions.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
COP30 in Brazil was billed as the “implementation summit”, when hot air turned to action. But Edelman, the PR firm that won the contract to promote the climate summit, was pulling in two directions.
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I think that's Terry, third from the left next to the seagull.
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I think that's Terry, third from the left next to the seagull.
Been for a bike ride - tide was coming in, on that slow thoughtful way it occasionally does. This is Piel Island - we're lucky to live in Barrow
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Been for a bike ride - tide was coming in, on that slow thoughtful way it occasionally does. This is Piel Island - we're lucky to live in Barrow