Previously @eliot_north on Twitter/X. ND mum-doctor-writer of poetry & prose. Living in Valencian Country, working as NHS GP Weston-super-mare.
#Moth Hybrid Mini-Book launches 🚀 with Ethel Zine April 2026
Pubs below 👇
https://linktr.ee/eleanorholmes
Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North
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Super proud to be in this poetic company! Thanks to @paulwritespoems.bsky.social and the excellent Poetic Voices showcased over the last year on The Book Bag… so lovely to read these echoes of the past year Paul 🙌🎉💚
Yippee 🥳 I can’t wait for Beth’s launch night this Sunday for her amazing debut pamphlet ‘Hatchery’ - get yourself a copy of this magical book exploring the history of neonatal medicine & what it means to work in the NHS as a woman & a mother! 🐣 @bethosmond.bsky.social
Tickets and links below 👇
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A huge thank you on this last day of April to Paul @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for this fab Book Bag Month of #Moth out with @the-ethelzine.bsky.social - BIG NEWS - a 2nd Limited Edition of 60 will be made in June and Ethel will donate $5 from every book to a MH charity of my choice.
Amazing evening of poetry and celebration at our competition winners event at the gorgeous Theatreship earlier this week with @betarish.bsky.social
Pics: @catherinespooner.bsky.social , @eleanorholmes.bsky.social, Sam Harvey, @elcurwen.bsky.social
More: www.instagram.com/p/DZK7Fhtip01/
I just added @vesicapress.bsky.social and @pizamapress.bsky.social to my Hybrid Writing Starter Pack - few places still left for those who write or publish writing that can't be neatly labelled or boxed in! go.bsky.app/MswLLwc
Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North
Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North
Excellent launch of @bethosmond.bsky.social’s Hatchery tonight, also featuring @sarahleavesley.bsky.social @sarahraybould.bsky.social @eleanorholmes.bsky.social & @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social
For details of how to obtain a copy, visit the V Press website
A starter pack of people associated with the Bridport Prize featuring @eleanorholmes.bsky.social @j-s-watts.bsky.social @philippabowe.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost #starterpack @bridportprize.bsky.social
Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North
Thankyou to Michael Bartholomew Biggs for selecting my poem for London Grip magazine, about cats - and kindness 🐈⬛ 🐈
#poetsonbluesky
You can read the whole issue here:
londongrip.co.uk/2026/05/lond...
Hi all
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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Please share everywhere!
Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North
V. Press is very very delighted to announce the launch of Hatchery by Elizabeth Osmond. “ Hatchery is an essential guide on how to wed, ...
As April draws to a close I am super proud of this little hybrid #MOTH that is finding its way around the world. It's been a joy to work with Sara Lefsyk from Ethel Zine https://www.ethelzine.com
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On the final day of April, a small token of thanks to our Poetic Voice - a Book Bag Mini review of #Moth.
Read here: shorturl.at/JEXMF
Thanks @eleanorholmes.bsky.social
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Brand new specially commissioned stories about Rochdale, with a new sound installation by Maryanne Royle and open mike for local writers
This month in The Book Bag: Poetic Voices I am sharing echoes from the past year.
Thank you to the exceptional poets who have allowed the opportunity to spotlight them and share their work.
Let's see what the next year brings...
Stay Poetic and Be Kind
Paul
Paul
Welcome to The Book Bag Poetic Voices. As this month marks the first year anniversary of the Poetic Voices feature, I thought I'd do a small retrospective and share of one poem per poet from the past year. Echoes if you will. To say I am delighted how the first year has gone would be an understatement. Reading, sharing and nominating poems to be recognised has been a massive highlight for me.
Welcome to April’s Poetic Voice. Yes April! You won’t find any fools here though. You will find this month’s incredible poet. I first encountered them on social media, responding …
