This Friday 6 March, 7pm, Typewronger Books, Haddington Place (top of Leith Walk), Edinburgh - launch of Andrew Neilson's debut poetry book, 'Little Griefs' (Blue Diode Press). Annie Brechin has unfortunately had to travel south, but Medha Singh will read instead. Free entry!
Excellent news. Alice Willitt's Kiss My Earth (Blue Diode Press, 2025) is one of three books shortlisted in the poetry category of the East Anglian Book Awards!
Siuthad, cuir dhan bhasgaid e… Geàrr-liosta Duais Ruaraidh MhicThòmais airson an Leabhar Bàrdachd as Fheàrr 2025
Go on, add it to the basket... The Shortlist for The Derick Thomson Prize for Best Poetry Book 2025
https://t.co/1EiuCxv0wo
This Thursday the always interesting @DiodeBlue have a superb quadruple chapbook/book launch event at the SPL featuring:
💥 DAVID KINLOCH
💥 JAMES APPLEBY
💥 MEDHA SINGH
💥 SOPHIE COOKE
https://t.co/7D2cpjpdfe
I met a lot of Trumps in my industry, and I met a lot of people who called themselves “artists” then chose vanity over humanity because it bought them fame. We can live in a world without this manipulation, but we’ll have to choose to do so. Believe me, they don’t make it easy.
Three recent books available now from https://t.co/OmjiaUQRsP . Good Sons by Tim Craven, Recital by @MarianneMacRae , and Kiss My Earth by Alice Willitts. Info, sample poems, etc at the link. Have a look!
Meg's Monday Muse is all about Mothers' Day this week, with books perfect for gifting from @FaberBooks, @TheEmmaPress, @DiodeBlue and @panmacmillan. Follow the link to find out more! https://t.co/DpUkHugLw6
"Wonderful lines about the sea and its landscapes." Thanks to @TheFridayPoem and Jane Routh for Okapi's first review. If you want to have, or give, a Hebridean experience for Xmas, it's here @DiodeBlue:
https://t.co/BjkT4jFSRu
Do people look at Twitter these days? London tonight, Tues 26 Nov, 6pm - showcase from the Saltire First Book of the Year Award shortlist, including Nuala Watt, whose 'The Department of Work and Pensions Assesses a Jade Fish' (Blue Diode Press, 2024) https://t.co/NEpsPuTwDg
This Saturday, Manchester, there's a poetry bonanza! From 4-6pm, @PeterBarlowsCig features Maria Sledmere, Harriet Tarlo and Lucy Wilkinson. And then from 7pm, Olga Stehlikova, Christopher Crawford, David Gaffney and @lydiowanie, courtesy of Blue Diode Press. Links below.
Register for the PBC event at the Carlton Club at https://t.co/JAknNm40WE
Register for the Blue Diode Press event at the Saul Hay Gallery at https://t.co/rEkuLjtcXw
Books Tour: terrific Czech poet (Olga) and Scottish poet based in Prague (Chris) reading in Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh from 9-11th November, with fabulous special guests. Come along. Free entry, books on sale. Dates and times below.
Newly published today, Czech poet Olga Stehlikova's 'Though the Sky is Embroidered by a Zigzagging Bat' (Blue Diode Press), selected poems in English translation by David Vichnar. Info, sample poems and shop at this link: https://t.co/6Q69XESDrm