Blue Diode Press

Poetry book publisher, run by @RobAMackenzie1 . Left-field, slant poetic brilliance. Quality not Quantity. Check out the books.

[Celandine @GBClarkson]

FLAME is in my new pamphlet #Palomines, alongside poems published recently in @TheLondonMag and @anthro_poetry; available now from Mr Rob at @DiodeBlue here: https://t.co/vrzmBfSaJS 🎪🐇🐯🎪🙏

[Blue Diode Press @DiodeBlue]

Tonight, Thurs, 7 for 7.30pm, Waverley Bar, Edinburgh. Launching a new debut poetry collection, 'Knottis' by Lindsey Shields Waters, with Alan Buckley up from Oxford for a one-off reading in Scotland from 'Still', and the excellent Colin Bramwell and Sophie Cooke. Free entry!

[Blue Diode Press @DiodeBlue]

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!

[Andrew Neilson @neilsonandrew]

Edinburgh book launch! Details of a London one to follow. https://t.co/mIyIdCHDMo

[Blue Diode Press @DiodeBlue]

Call for submissions of debut poetry collections, UK only.

[Blue Diode Press @DiodeBlue]

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!

[Gaelic Books Council @LeughLeabhar]

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

[Gaelic Books Council @LeughLeabhar]

Shortlist: The Derick Thomson Prize for Best Poetry Book

Athair/Father – Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin (Francis Boutle Publishers)
Bàrdachd a’ Bhaile Mhòir – ed. Niall O’Gallagher (Blue Diode Publishing)
Govanhill Mythology/Beul-aithris Chnoc a’ Ghobhainn – Shane Johnstone (Arkbound)

[Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing_]

“in the wide swathes of time,
everything will wash over us”

—Afterbody, Medha Singh @medhawrites @DiodeBlue

[Blue Diode Press @DiodeBlue]

Come along! Entry is free, and books will be on sale. Medha's book is £10 and the chapbooks are £7. Doors open 6.30pm, readings start sharp at 7pm.

[Scottish Poetry Library @ByLeavesWeLive]

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

[kristin hersh @kristinhersh]

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.

[Blue Diode Press @DiodeBlue]

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!

[PoetryBookSoc @PoetryBookSoc]

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

[Books from Scotland @scottishbooks]

Head over to BfS where @scotsmandavid takes a look at the First Book shortlist in this year's @Saltire_Society lit awards!

https://t.co/2HiY1SICBb

[Fiona Moore @fioan1]

"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

[Blue Diode Press @DiodeBlue]

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

[Blue Diode Press @DiodeBlue]

@PeterBarlowsCig @lydiowanie Thanks. I'm going to both, treating it like a very alternative kind of poetry festival!

[Blue Diode Press @DiodeBlue]

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.

[Blue Diode Press @DiodeBlue]

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

[Blue Diode Press @DiodeBlue]

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.