Multi award-winning poet /screenwriter | Winner Broken Spine's Reader’s Choice Award 2025 | Winner Loft Books Poetry 2024 | Winner HoHx2, Waltham Forest & FofHCS | Second Shelley Memorial & N2tS 2024 | Nominations BoNx2, Forward Prize & Children's Bafta
Peter Devonald
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Wonderful selection of great writing - including 3 new poems by myself as part of being poet-in-residence at @hausarest.bsky.social
Huge thanks to the great editors Jenna Fox and Nichola Rodgers
Excellent writers include @viewsfromthenorm, Garima &Julie Dexter
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Important article
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The Liminality of Time: Exploring Literary ThresholdsExplore original work from writers and interdisciplinary creators investigating the liminality of time. While clocks dictate a linear path, memory,...
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Few things are more feared than a dementia diagnosis. Now people living with the condition are fighting against damaging stereotypes and demanding proper medical support
The wonderful Issue 2 of Outposts is available now - and I am delighted to be a part of it.
Huge thanks to Clare for this awesome anthology.
First published in 1944, Outposts closed in 1995… until now. It’s been revived, relaunched and raring to go!
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#outposts
Delighted to have three poems in this important collection:
'Peaceweavers’ weaves together essays, interviews, quotations, poetry and artwork from contributors across the world. Edited by the excellent Rebecca Lowe - huge thanks
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A new poem of mine published in the Spectator this week
Huge thanks to the excellent poetry editor Hugo Williams and the great Arts Editor Clare Asquith - the best arts pages in any publication,
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Incredibly honoured that my poem "Grief & The Grocery Store" has been commended in the Bermondsey and Beyond Poetry Competition 2026!
A huge thanks to Pat Kingwell the wonderful panel of judges.
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Huge thanks to editor-in-chief Emily for publishing me so quickly alongside so many excellent writers in Tap into Poetry: a great website with fast unique moments of poetry
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The latest Poetry Corner is out now - huge thanks to the editors Amanda and Mel at the Post Community News GM for achieving so much --- and the wonderful poets
Poetry Corner is published in all the Posts www.postnewspapers.org/our-papers/?...
#postnewspapers #poetry
Peter Devonald
Peter Devonald
Peter Devonald
Not many people signed up for my summer workshops so far - would love to get a few more so we have a lively group for each session.
As an incentive, if you sign up for both workshops in the next few days, you can bring along a friend. Details in my newsletter 👇
Other offers too!
Peter Devonald
Who are we to wish the clocks reverse and we are back to spring? Who would deny the falling leaves, the receding hairline of autumn? Who would wish away the change in air, hope to transformation? The ...
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Bermondsey Literary Festival is a free community-led event that’s all about showcasing local talent and voices through literature. It’s a great chance to come together, celebrate, and support each oth...
Tap into Poetry is a non-profit magazine established in 2022. Through the sharing of poetry, we strive to be an exposition both for aspiring poets broadening their portfolios, and for lit…
My June #CraftArticle is all about points of view, packed with pieces to read and prompts to have a go at as well as the usual prattlefog and gravelrap 😀
There are also some offers on my workshops you might like to check out 😎
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I sometimes do an exercise where I write several versions of a story, each time making use of a different point of view.
