A short piece about Manchester and poetry for @robmclennan.bsky.social and periodicities.
The pictures, courtesy of David Gaffney, are from the above/ground press readings last week with me, @ggaffa.bsky.social and @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social at Saul Hay Gallery.
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My next scheduled event is just under five weeks away; head to the link for full details! Really looking forward to chatting about creating and craft with @ggaffa.bsky.social @nblascsok.bsky.social Jazmine Linklater and Tom Branfoot in this one-off! www.manchestercityofliterature.com/event/sarah-...
Trying to get back out there a bit more in 2026. Looking forward to this event at the end of next month. I read Lakes of Titan by David Gaffney in December and loved it. Hope to meet some people there! @ggaffa.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abovegroun...
Writers - check out these free workshops in Rochdale...
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For Chorlton Arts Festival, writer, editor and critic Sarah-Clare Conlon will invite guests to share their work past, present and future, and chat about their practice and processes in poetry and prose. Get a peek behind...
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above/ground press present live poetry at Saul Hay Gallery with David Gaffney, Tom Jenks, and Lydia Unsworth - plus art and free wine!
Look at this modernist gem. Smallbridge Library Rochdale. There’s a free short story workshop there in May - alongside six other workshops in six other libraries on Rochdale - you can book your places here
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Be great if you can come to this event in the coolest venue in Greater Manchester - the Ukrainian Club in Rochdale
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See these chairs? Aren't they amazing?These chairs are in the Ukrainian club in Rochdale and on 9 July 2026 you could be sitting on one of these chairs watching top flight authors reading specially commissioned new short stories on the theme of Rochdale.
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Thanks to @wjdavies.bsky.social & @review31.bsky.social for this great review of four recent @nightjarpress.bsky.social publications by @rlsummerling.bsky.social @bookishleels.bsky.social @ggaffa.bsky.social & Joe Stretch
Ill be launching my latest pamphlet on Thursday 26 Feb at the amazing Saul Hay gallery. expect weird surreal readings from @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @tomjenksuk.bsky.social and me - plus free wine (you'll need it) Free tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1979710024...
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Tom Jenks @tomjenksuk.bsky.social : notes from the field : Letter from Manchester
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above/ground press present live poetry at Saul Hay Gallery with David Gaffney, Tom Jenks, and Lydia Unsworth - plus art and free wine!
Trying to get back out there a bit more in 2026. Looking forward to this event at the end of next month. I read Lakes of Titan by David Gaffney in December and loved it. Hope to meet some people there! @ggaffa.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abovegroun...
Every now and then, a British broadsheet newspaper takes a look at what this poetry business is all about. This is, of course, to be...
I spent some time with last year's Nightjar Press chapbooks and ended up writing about creepy birds and the contemporary gothic. Review 31 kindly took it on. Free to read here: review31.co.uk/essay/view/1...
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above/ground press present live poetry at Saul Hay Gallery with David Gaffney, Tom Jenks, and Lydia Unsworth - plus art and free wine!
