John Whale

Director of University of Leeds Poetry Centre, Managing Editor of Stand magazine, and author of two poetry collections: Waterloo Teeth (2010) & Frieze (2013).

[John Whale @JohnWhale4]

Looking forward to Friday’s poetry reading by Lucy Newlyn and Rob Miles at 16.45 in Headingley Arts Centre, Bennett Road.

[YorkshireCoastNature @YCNature]

Vessel Data just in from the North Sea Wildlife Trust volunteers who were on our Seabird & Whale trips this year has revealed we saw cetaceans on 81% of the survey dates and Minke Whales on 67% of trips with surveys. More in my blog here: https://t.co/cxlHuAhVLn

[John Whale @JohnWhale4]

Nature & Place Competition https://t.co/rsNl5jU9W9

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[Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @PriestleyCentre]

Ahead of the Summit weekend at @YSPsculpture, poets Matt Howard and John Whale share their climate poems inspired by conversations with Priestley researchers 🌍📚

Watch the videos below 👇
https://t.co/z1ietzho66

Or read all of our climate poems here 👇
https://t.co/asFSTmmglz

[University of Leeds Poetry Centre @UniLeedsPoetry]

Join us at Leeds Lit Fest Midsummer Muse Thurs 20th June at 7 pm with the University of Leeds Poetry Centre. Readings by Zaffar Kunial, Helen Mort, John Whale, Rachel Bower, Jess Richards and Matt Howard. Venue School of English Univ https://t.co/nnsKPj38MW admission

[Leeds Lit Fest @LeedsLit]

Join us on 20.06 at Leeds Uni for a reading of poems celebrating/ inspired by Midsummer, poets including Zaffar Kunial, Helen Mort, John Whale, Rachel Bower, Jess Richards & Matt Howard.

Associated with the University of Leeds Poetry Centre.

🎟️ https://t.co/R7kFYXvLEs

[John Whale @JohnWhale4]

Looking forward to hearing George Szirtes and Karl O’Hanlon reading in the Workshop Theatre at 18.30 a week tomorrow January 18th. Free Event. All welcome

[John Whale @JohnWhale4]

Looking forward to hearing Zaffar Kunial read this coming Tuesday at 17.30 in the Workshop Theatre at the University of Leeds. All welcome. Admission free. https://t.co/s1s56kJgKP

[John Whale @JohnWhale4]

@UniLeedsPoetry Looking forward to hearing Sri Lankan poets Vidyan Ravinthiran, Pireeni Sundaralingam and Shash Trevett reading next week in the Workshop Theatre 18.30 19th October. Join us for this free event!

[University of Leeds Poetry Centre @UniLeedsPoetry]

Looking forward to Kwame Dawes's launch this evening from 18.15 at Outlaws Yacht Club in Leeds city centre.

[University of Leeds Poetry Centre @UniLeedsPoetry]

Brotherton Poetry Prize: deadline extended to midnight (UK time) on October 2.

[Stand Magazine @Stand_poetry]

Our latest issue. Out now!

[University of Leeds Poetry Centre @UniLeedsPoetry]

Brotherton Poetry Prize 2023 - all the details are here https://t.co/NNNVqQNqC3

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2023 Brotherton Poetry Prize: the deadline is approaching - midnight on 30th September!

[University of Leeds Poetry Centre @UniLeedsPoetry]

The 2023 Brotherton Prize is now open for entries!
Details here: https://t.co/NNNVqQNqC3

[Jennifer Wong (she/her) @jennywcreative]

Looking forward to this Where Else HK anthology reading at Leeds on Saturday 10th, can’t wait to hear feature readers Sarah Howe, Kit Fan and Felix Chow. @WritingChinese @UniLeedsPoetry 💎💎 rsvp https://t.co/NLvH3FhA4P

[Jennifer Wong (she/her) @jennywcreative]

For those in/near Leeds: hope you can come to celebrate the arrival of this Hong Kong anthology at this summer reading on 10 June hosted by @WritingChinese & @UniLeedsPoetry