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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · 10d

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · 11d

No one:

Writers working on their next manuscript: "wow okay that's loads, time for a break now"

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks for sharing, Gordon! ❤️

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · 20d

Like running? Like books? Around Cardiff this evening?

Wild Running is launching on 18th September at Bookspace Cardiff! Tickets available here if you do plan on joining: www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/products/wil...

Wild Running ticket

Join us for an evening in conversation with Natalie Ann Holborow about her new book Wild Running. When: 17/9/25 18:30 start (doors 18:10) Where: 26a Crwys Road, CF24 4NL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There wil...

www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

Don’t forget you can pre-order ‘Wild Running’ on our website or in your local bookshop www.serenbooks.com/book/wild-ru...

Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Sep 7

A little extract of Wild Running in The Independent this morning, exploring Pen Y Fan and focusing on women's safety in running 🏃‍♀️ @serenbooks.bsky.social

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/w...

Wild running gives me freedom, but I’m always looking over my shoulder

In this abridged extract from award-winning poet and writer Natalie Holborow’s new book ‘Wild Running’, she follows a trail around the Brecon Beacons in South Wales while reflecting on women’s safety

www.independent.co.uk

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Sep 7

Writers: "I hope someone reads my writing!"

Also writers: "oh god no, people are reading my writing, please stop that, it's making me panic and want to live in a hole"

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Sep 7

A little extract of Wild Running in The Independent this morning, exploring Pen Y Fan and focusing on women's safety in running 🏃‍♀️ @serenbooks.bsky.social

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/w...

Wild running gives me freedom, but I’m always looking over my shoulder

In this abridged extract from award-winning poet and writer Natalie Holborow’s new book ‘Wild Running’, she follows a trail around the Brecon Beacons in South Wales while reflecting on women’s safety

www.independent.co.uk

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Prof Bob Davis @rokewood.bsky.social · Aug 30

This is such a welcome, life-affirming & diverse edition of BBCRadio4 The Verb. Top form delivery from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @lenniesaurus.bsky.social, Alex Wharton, @natholborow.bsky.social & Ian McMillan
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, The Adverb at the Hay Festival 2025

Ian McMillan presents poets in performance for The Verb's performance wing, The Adverb.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thanks so much, so glad you enjoyed it ❤️

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Mari Ellis Dunning 🖋️ @mariellisdunning.bsky.social · Aug 18

For the last couple of weeks, @natholborow.bsky.social & I have been in a poetry frenzy working on poems representing the Major Arcana & the zodiac signs... Really pleased with how they've turned out 🖊✨

Here's Cancer & Scorpio ♋️♍️

#Cancer #Scorpio #Zodiac #Horoscope #Astrology #Poetry

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Mari Ellis Dunning 🖋️ @mariellisdunning.bsky.social · Aug 14

It's all feeling very real now! Luckily I've got a new poetry project with @natholborow.bsky.social to throw myself into while I worry about the launch of Witsh 👌🏼😂

#Writing #witchcraft #wales #historicalfiction

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Jul 22

Glad it's not just me! If you need someone to keep you accountable, I'm always here because I'm going through exactly the same 😅

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Jul 22

oh not ozzy 😔

IGN @ign.com · Jul 22

Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76, just weeks after his farewell show.

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Jul 22

This all feels quite new, but it's a more complicated process than I expected! Plot is one thing that's never really taught at MA, so tried to make sure that was all sorted first but my god these characters are stubborn. Like, no, I MADE YOU GUYS.

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Jul 22

It's doing my head in! I want to get a first draft down but the characters have minds of their own. Which, I suppose, is a good thing, because they feel more real. Are you writing fiction as well?!

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Jul 22

*plots novel*
*starts writing*
Characters: hahaha no lol x

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Jul 15

This has been a dream to work on and a nice break to write about history, creativity and falling down hills on my backside in beautiful South Wales. Out September 15th! Pre-order here: www.serenbooks.com/book/wild-ru...

#running #writing #trailrunning

Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · Jul 15

Coming soon: @natholborow.bsky.social encourages you to get out and explore South Wales in trainers in her new book ‘Wild Running’, publishing 15 September. Available to pre-order now www.serenbooks.com/book/wild-ru...

This cover shows a vibrant illustration of Three Cliffs Bay with a runner in bright leggings stepping into the foreground. The text reads: Wild Running South Wales. Natalie Ann Holborow.

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Jul 6

I love the Gangsta 😂❤️

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Jul 6

What can our beloved pets teach us about writing?

natalieholborow.com/2025/07/06/e...

Embracing the Present: What Writers Can Learn From Pets

What can pets teach us about writing? This is in praise of the animals who teach us to live in the moment.

natalieholborow.com

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Punk Dust @punkdustpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 4

"AN ABSOLUTE RIOT OF A BOOK"
In between award ceremonies for her poetry & fiction, and writing a non-fiction book about running, the awesome @natholborow.bsky.social has taken the time to read BLACK SKIES DIE STARLESS and then wrote about it.
Buy it now. Punkdust.com and all good bookshops
#poetry

Text reads: "Jamie Woods is one of those rare poets who can coolly hold a mirror to the darkness, then crack a grin in the reflection and make it look natural. Black Skies Die Starless hums with the energy of grunge, rave and rain-slick Swansea backstreets, blisteringly alive with honesty, wit and hard-won tenderness. An absolute riot of a book. Read it now" - Natalie Ann Holborow. Then it says: black skies die starless, jamie woods, 1st July 2025, punkdust.com and all good bookshops.

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Jun 14

Wales Book of the Year stuff. I look like I'm doing a Squid Game trial and am being forced to read for my life, but I do like poems honest x

If you want to support Little Universe, you can vote for it here:
nation.cymru/culture/vote...

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thank you, Christa!

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thanks very much! 💚

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Jun 29

Also need to add, I am LOVING your book. Recommending it to all my friends!

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Natalie Ann Holborow @natholborow.bsky.social · Jun 29

I'm currently stuck on one about Pingu and Robbie in an Antarctic nightclub. I may have to move onto the bee and wasp one for a bit.

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