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Ness Owen @nessowen.bsky.social · 10d

Diolch/Many thanks to the judges+team @forwardprizes.bsky.social for including Naming the Trees as highly commended.🙏 Inspired by the campaign to save Penrhos Nature Reserve from being developed. Here's my copy in the leaf wave+rustle of where it began🌳💚 @arachnepress.bsky.social @nation.cymru

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Ness Owen @nessowen.bsky.social · Aug 9

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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · Aug 9

For the @sealeychallenge.bsky.social day 8 Ness Owen’s ‘Moon Jellyfish Can Barely Swim’ @nessowen.bsky.social @parthianbooks.bsky.social

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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · Jun 8

Lovely to get a mention in this Western Mail article about the @arachnepress.bsky.social rivers anthology for my St Teilo saint-wizard poem. Stuff happens when you get published by this press. 🌊 @walesonline.bsky.social @nessowen.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · Jun 5

Reading over ‘Afonydd: Poems for Welsh Rivers’ in the pub following the launch with Arachne Press and brilliant poets The Hours, Brecon

This evening I read ‘By St Teilo’s Waters’. Thank you Cherry Potts and her team. @arachnepress.bsky.social @nessowen.bsky.social

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Ness Owen @nessowen.bsky.social · Jun 1

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Marcelle Newbold @marcellenewbold.bsky.social · May 31

Poetry post! Beautiful bilingual poem anthology ‘Afonydd’ from @arachnepress.bsky.social, edited by Sian Northey and @nessowen.bsky.social 😍

Poetry anthology front cover - linoprint style of a landscape scene.

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Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · May 23

Catch #SianNorthey and @nessowen.bsky.social on Dros Ginio with Dewi Llwyd on #BBCSounds 45 mins in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... talking (in Cymraeg) about Afonydd: Ceddi Afonydd Cymru
@poetrysociety.bsky.social @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @llyfraucymru.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social

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Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · May 22

keep your ears open for @nessowen.bsky.social and #siannorthey fri23/05 on #bbcradiocymru on Dros Ginio with #DewiLlwyd 13:40 talking about #Afonydd #bilingual (Cymraeg/English) #anthology #poems #Welsh #Rivers
#cerddi #afonydd #Cymru
@llyfraucymru.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social

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Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · May 7

more Afonydd coverage: Article on bbcnews website w/ @nessowen.bsky.social & natashagauthier (making excellent comparison between Canadian French & Welsh) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Segment on BBCRadioWales breakfastshow w/ Ness Owen & Rae Howells 55 minutes in. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Afonydd: Bilingual poetry book gives Welsh 'equal weight'

A bilingual collection of poems celebrating Wales' rivers gives Welsh and English

www.bbc.co.uk

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Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · May 6

We made the print @theguardian.com! There seems to be an insatiable thirst for #bilingual #Welsh/english #poetry about #rivers... and roads!
@inpressbooks.bsky.social @swanseastones.bsky.social @librarywales.bsky.social @cardiffunilib.bsky.social
@nessowen.bsky.social preorders: arachnepress.com

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Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · May 5

We have quite the article in @theguardian.com culture online thanks to Steven Morris. Afonydd *and* A470 highlighted. orders flooding in, roughly every 3-5 minutes. setting up a reprint. Thanks @nessowen.bsky.social &
@raehowells.bsky.social for quotable quotes! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Publisher behind hit bilingual poetry book on A470 turns to Welsh rivers

Arachne Press says Afonydd (Rivers) was inspired by success of A470: Poems for the Road/Cerddi’r Ffordd

www.theguardian.com

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Ness Owen @nessowen.bsky.social · Apr 29

🙏Diolch / Thanks for sharing

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Ness Owen @nessowen.bsky.social · Apr 25

What is the future for #translation 👇

Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · Apr 25

Great to see this comment piece by @nessowen.bsky.social on @thebookseller.com today. Ness makes the essential case for valuing human #translators, ahead of publication of our bilingual #Afonydd - a feat of Welsh to English and English to Welsh translation. #poetry #poetryintranslation #WalesFocus

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Apr 25

Each time I translate a poem, I learn something new about my languages. It is difficult to imagine how AI will ever provide this richness says Ness Owen 👇 #BookSky

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Ness Owen @nessowen.bsky.social · Apr 22

Many thanks to @emmalee1.bsky.social for these lovely words and close reading of Naming the Trees @arachnepress.bsky.social #poetry #ecopoetry 🙏🙏

Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · Apr 17

lovely review of @nessowen.bsky.social 's latest #poetry collection, Naming the Trees from @emmalee1.bsky.social

Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · Apr 17

My review of Ness Owen's "Naming the Trees" (@arachnepress.bsky.social)
emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/04/16/n...

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Jumping Jules Poetry @jumpingjulespoetry.bsky.social · Mar 31

Such stunning, important poems in #NamingTheTrees from @nessowen.bsky.social published by @arachnepress.bsky.social to help raise awareness and protect Penrhos Nature Reserve. Recommend!

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Ness Owen @nessowen.bsky.social · Mar 31

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Ness Owen @nessowen.bsky.social · Mar 13

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Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · Mar 12

TONIGHT!! Blue Sky Versify open mic 7pm upstairs @blueskycafe.bsky.social meic agored, i fyny'r grisiau am 7yh
FREE event / DIGWYDDIAD AM DDIM @nessowen.bsky.social reading from her newest collection 'Naming the Trees'

Dewch I lawr a wrando a fwynhau noson gwych gyda Ness Owen
#Poetry

book cover, a print of bare hawthorn branches threaded with a fence and barbed wire. mostly black and white, tinges of grey/glue sky, and green where one branch is budding. text reads: Naming the Trees, Ness Owen, Arachne Press

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Ness Owen @nessowen.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thanks for all your support @rhonagreene.bsky.social 💚🌳 So glad it arrived safely and didn't take the scenic route this time.xx

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Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · Mar 4

diolch to LlyfrauCymru/BooksWales for choosing @nessowen.bsky.social Naming the Trees as Book of the Month for March, and for helping to fund it in the first place! lots of events over the next few weeks, starting this Thursday in Holyhead at CanolfanUcheldre
#ecopoetry trees penrhos ynysmon

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Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · Mar 3

Thursday 06/03 6pm CanolfanUcheldre Holyhead FREE.
Join #poets @nessowen.bsky.social karen ankers & more for readings & celebration of Penrhos Nature Reserve at launch of Naming the Trees. Winners of the Penrhos Erasure Poetry & photo competitions will be announced. ucheldre.org/event/naming...

very old drystone wall with mosses growing, dappled light, trees beyond

book cover, a print of bare hawthorn branches threaded with a fence ahd barbed wire. mostly black and white, tinges of grey/glue sky, and green where one branch is budding. text reads: Naming the Trees, Ness Owen, Arachne Press

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Ness Owen @nessowen.bsky.social · Feb 27

It's #publicationday for Naming the Trees 💚🌳 You can have a peek here👇 @arachnepress.bsky.social #poetry #saveourforest @save-achubpenrhos.bsky.social 🙏

Jellybooks Ltd @jellybooks.bsky.social · Feb 27

New from @arachnepress.bsky.social

'Naming the Trees' by @nessowen.bsky.social

A deep-dive into the human relationship with trees and how trees have shaped (Welsh) folklore and literature.

buy @waterstones.bsky.social

📖 sample to peek isndie and share
www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...

Sample of "Naming the Trees" by Ness Owen

Peek inside this book and discover another great read.

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Ness Owen @nessowen.bsky.social · Feb 24

February 27th - #Machynlleth 6pm! Croeso I bawb/ All welcome 😊

Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social · Feb 24

Don't miss @nessowen.bsky.social reading from her latest #poetry collection, Naming the Trees, at Pen'rallt gallery bookshop, #Machynlleth on #publicationday this Thursday 27th Feb 6pm for 6.30 £5 includes refreshments and local poets @ontheoutbreath.bsky.social and suzanne iuppa

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Ness Owen @nessowen.bsky.social · Feb 24

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