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Vicki Husband @vichusband.bsky.social · 3d

Glasgoscopy is published by Vagabond Voices on 14th October
www.vagabondvoices.co.uk/poetry/glasg... review copies and pre-orders now available.
Details of Glasgow launch on 12th November to follow. #booksky #booksfromscotland #poetry

front cover of a book, entitled Glasgoscopy by Vicki Husband. Cover has a white background with X-ray style image in dark blue with illuminated lines like a map of roads and a river in brighter blues

Inside cover of book opened out to reveal dark blue black background with map-like lines of river-like in pinks and blues, more abstract than the front cover

Back cover of book in white with book blurb and commendations

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William Bonar Poetry Prize @wbonarpoetryprize.bsky.social · 19d

Submissions will open for the 2025 annual poetry prize on National Poetry Day, Thursday 2 October for Scottish-based poets in memory of William Bonar. See posts below for details 👇

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Angela T. Carr @angelatcarrpoetry.bsky.social · 5d

Over 160 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in October 2025. Please share & best of luck!
www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

Background image shows an open notebook and pen on a wooden table. The text reads: Publishing Your Work - October 2025, Poetry & Writing Submissions - Journals, Competitions, Bursaries, Residencies. www.thisiswordbox.com

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 5d

Our friend, poet and activist @sarahmaintains.bsky.social has been illegally detained by the IDF and is being held in an Israeli jail. There are reports of mistreatment and human rights violations. Please keep pressure on the Irish government and embassy to secure the release of Sarah and others. 🇵🇸🇮🇪

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

US prosecutors keep charging women with ‘pregnancy-related crimes’ | Arwa Mahdawi

In the two years after Roe v Wade was overturned, hundreds were charged amid growing acceptance of ‘fetal personhood’

www.theguardian.com

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 7d

📢 POETS WANTED!

Nominations now open for the Scottish Poetry Library's ONLINE GUIDE TO SCOTTISH POETS.

Any poet can be nominated born in Scotland, lives/works in Scotland, or is Scottish by inclination. Closing date is 2/11/25.

#NationalPoetryDay

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/09/nomi...

Nominations are now open for the SPL's online guide to Scottish poets

Who would you like to see added to the Scottish Poetry Library’s online guide to Scottish poets? The biennial nomination process is open until Sunday 2nd November 2025.

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 16d

🖋️ Langside Library Poetry Project

The exterior of Langside Library is to be transformed into a spectacular display of poetry. Submission prompts:

The Battle of Langside
Knowledge and Learning
Community Access
Mary, Queen of Scots
Refuge / Haven

opportunities.creativescotland.com/opportunity/...

Langside Library Poetry Project

opportunities.creativescotland.com

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · Sep 9

I think we should share this a lot today.

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Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social · Jul 27

Join poet Julie McNeill & historians Fiona Skillen & Karen Fraser as they uncover the powerful, little-known history of women’s football in Scotland — a story of passion, resistance & perseverance, spanning hundreds of years.

➡️ Book your free spot:
womenslibrary.org.uk/event/story-...

Story Café Special: A Most Unsuitable Game | Glasgow Women's Library

Women have been playing football in Scotland for over a century and its roots can be traced back hundreds of years.

womenslibrary.org.uk

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Vicki Husband @vichusband.bsky.social · Jul 22

Coming soon to a bookshelf near you, Glasgoscopy will be published by Vagabond Voices in October 2025. Thanks to Mark Mechan for the cover design (Red Axe design). vickihusband.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/g...

Book cover of Glasgoscopy by Vicki Husband showing an x-ray style image against a white background. The x-ray appears like a map of a city with brightly illuminated roads and a river and lung-like organic shapes against a darker blockish shapes.

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Mark Russell @markruss.bsky.social · Jul 18

It Was the End of the World and All That Was Left Were Three Million Bowls of Porridge and a Lonely Dolphin
90 x 75 cm
Acrylic on canvas
@outerspaces.scotland
#abstractart #abstractartist #abstractexpressionism #artistofbluesky #contemporaryabstractpainting #scottishabstract #scottishabstractart

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jul 12

At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · Jul 6

I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?

Nature Beyond Cure: Disabled Perspectives

Books that explore nature and living with disability and illness from disability perspectives. No magical cures here!

uk.bookshop.org

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Jul 3

An amazing opportunity for 10 writers to spend up to a month for free at seaside cottage to write.

All details in the link below.

Please share :)

RSL Scriptorium Awards - Royal Society of Literature

Ten writer residencies presented to professionally active writers in need of a place to write.The 2025 Prize This year marks the inaugural presentation of the RSL Scriptorium Awards, inviting applicat...

rsliterature.org

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · Jul 5

Someone needs to start a literary prize for short story collections. It seems really odd to me that we don’t have one in Ireland or the UK. Before everyone shouts about the Edgehill Prize, it doesn’t seem to be happening this year.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Jul 5

This 83-year-old priest has just been arrested for holding a sign which read:

“I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”

According to Starmer’s new law, this puts her in the same category as an ISIS or Al-Qaeda terrorist, with a prison sentence of up to 14 years.

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · Jul 6

If you've found yourself taking the narrative of the tragic illness the helpless homelessness and the walking cure encrusted with inspiration porn with a pinch of salt over the years, this is *quite* the read. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...

Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth

observer.co.uk

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · Jul 3

If you want to stop funding everything Amazon does and stands for, you’ve come to the right place.

We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative for buying books online. Every single purchase financially supports independent bookstores, allowing them to continue serving their communities.

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Ben Wilkinson @benwilko85.bsky.social · Jun 24

Is it practically impossible to be an honest poet-critic today?

A new essay of mine on the decline of reviewing culture, the rise of the poetry prizes, artistic standards and integrity.

Over at the @northseapoets.bsky.social Substack:

northseapoets.substack.com/p/winners-an...

Winners and Losers: The Death of the Poetry Critic

Ben Wilkinson on the current state of reviewing culture

northseapoets.substack.com

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Cáit O'Neill McCullagh @kittyjomac.bsky.social · Jul 2

Join us, five Highlands & Islands originated/oriented poets for an evening of live #poetry readings & music at @atandmt.bsky.social #Tobermory #Mull Thursday 10 July, 7pm. We'd love to see you there. Click 👇 for details.

@asls.org.uk

www.antobarandmulltheatre.co.uk/whats-on/ec2...

SHIPS: Live Poetry & Music — An Tobar and Mull Theatre

Join five acclaimed poets—Sharon Black, Leonie Charlton, Juliet Antill, Jon Miller, and Cait O'Neill McCullagh—for a special evening of live poetry.

www.antobarandmulltheatre.co.uk

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Samuel Tongue @samueltongue.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thanks to Niall Campbell for including a poem in the latest Irish Pages, Scotland special

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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · Jun 21

I saved a friend from drowning (we were c10 yrs old) in a v crowded swimming pool. Watching from the shallow end, I could see her behaviour in the deep end was suddenly odd - bobbing upright, no waving, no noise. The life guard didn’t notice her. I swam over & dragged her to the side.
Pl read this⬇️

Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

slate.com

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Helen Mort @helenmort.bsky.social · Jun 17

Got your tickets yet for the next @writeback.bsky.social on June 26th at @britishlibrary.bsky.social ? Writers talk about themes and issues that preoccupy, inform, haunt & change their creative work. It’s a unique format from the ace brains of @aanaxagorou.bsky.social and Tom Macandrew and it WORKS.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · Jun 15

The cis women's Not In Our Name solidarity petition is still growing by around 250 signatures a day...

www.change.org/p/not-in-our...

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · Jun 11

This is the problem with the public sphere being hosted on a private platform. Wild that someone as prominent as @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social can just be silenced without recourse

Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Jun 11

Little update on Facebook's decision to shut my account.

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