Katherine Stansfield is away

Reader, writer, cat fan. One half of @dkfields1. Not on here much atm, feel free to email - address on my website.

[Katherine Stansfield is away @K_Stansfield]

My latest books!

THE MERMAID'S CALL is historical crime, the new instalment in my 1840s Cornish Mysteries series pub. @AllisonandBusby

WE COULD BE ANYWHERE BY NOW is my 2nd poetry collection pub. @SerenBooks exploring universes near & far, & feat. a talking shopping trolley

[buy Fenestration @Othuke__Umukoro]

—Raymond Carver

[Christina Thatcher @writetoempower]

I wrote a little piece for @NationCymru on farm work, daydreaming, Gower ponies and being a poet in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

[BrookesPoetryCentre @brookespoetry]

ignitionpress is open for submissions from emerging poets: 21 April - 21 May 2025! We're delighted that our Guest Editor for this series is @IsabelleBaafi. See the thread below for more details about Isabelle's work & our plans. For more info, visit: https://t.co/WVdt8VtaD5 (1/3)

[Nine Arches Press @NineArchesPress]

Let's make #NaPoWriMo work for you this April. We're offering 20% off all our #poetry writing handbooks to help your writing month take shape.
Use the code WRITING at the checkout and get yourself ready to write with the help of these packed guides.
https://t.co/RBaPKRJ0F4

[Katherine Stansfield is away @K_Stansfield]

An honour to be part of this @BBCRadioWales poetry programme - huge thanks to @clare_potter for always asking me the questions that make me think about poetry afresh.

[clare e. potter @clare_potter]

Happy World Poetry Day. Here our latest radio prog The Dragon's Pen. I ask poets how writing in Wales shapes their work. We talk Welsh language, poetry culture, landscape, history, hiraeth. Produced Terry Lewis @BBCRadioWales
https://t.co/dzXMEO0Mz0

[Katherine Stansfield is away @K_Stansfield]

One step closer to my dream of Adam Simpson designing a Mabinogian jigsaw puzzle for my favourite puzzlers @LaurenceKingPub.

[Mark Rees @reviewwales]

Royal Mail launches Myths & Legends stamp collection based on UK folklore:
Designed by Adam Simpson they feature include:
• The Loch Ness Monster
• Cornish piskies
• Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogion
• Beowulf & Grendel
• Grindylow
• Black Shuck
• Selkie
• Fionn mac Cumhaill

[Tim Major @timjmajor]

My SF-meets-weird-fiction collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by Black Shuck Books on 27 March!

Thanks so much to BSFA Award-winning author Adam Roberts for this terrific quote!

You can preorder at https://t.co/HJrY2lwd73

[Wasafiri @WasafiriMag]

WASAFIRI GOES DIGITAL! 💻

We’re delighted to offer digital-only subscriptions to Wasafiri. Wherever in the world you are, you can access our ENTIRE back catalogue plus receive upcoming issues with one click.

One year – £25
Five years – £100

https://t.co/CGwDd2dMKc

[Tim Major @timjmajor]

My collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by Black Shuck Books on 27 March. Some wonderful authors have been very kind about it!

First up is Marian Womack, whose collection OUT OF THE WINDOW, INTO THE DARK you must read asap.

https://t.co/HJrY2lwd73

[clare e. potter @clare_potter]

Absorbing and brilliant prog on how cynghanedd can bring us back to the sounds that make poetry sing +mean + endure. @hanan_issa_ @HammadHRind @NickMakoha @MiseCiara
@PoetryFound talk about bringing this special Welsh poetry into English @LlenCymru
https://t.co/HZEy22CI0X

[Gutter @Gutter_Magazine]

📢 📢📢

Submissions for fiction, poetry and essays are currently open for Issue 32, and will close at midnight on March 31st 2025.

Writers, got something great that needs a home? Send it to us now!

https://t.co/hxNqcFrpnu

[Ink Sweat & Tears @InkSweatTears]

🚨🚨 Big news, creative folks! 🚨🚨

Submissions are now OPEN at Ink, Sweat & Tears 🎉. Ready to share your brilliant Poetry, Prose, Reviews, Film Poems, or Word & Image pieces? I'm all ears!

See guidelines here:
https://t.co/pOEjD4gNur

#InkSweatandTears #Submissions

-IB

[Broken Sleep Books @brokensleep]

We are open to submissions for a new anthology of writing inspired by the films of Laurel and Hardy. The anthology is entitled Pardon Me, My Ear is Full of Milk and will be edited by Aaron Kent (The Working Classic) and Simon Barraclough (Divine Hours).

https://t.co/EDv6EGtjr1

[clare e. potter @clare_potter]

A privilege to talk to our National Poet @hanan_issa_ yesterday about poetry as a unifying force. She shared projects that have been touching the lives of our nation + championing our poetry outside of Wales too. I felt proud +Inspired. The conversation on @BBCRadioWales soon

[Poetry London @Poetry_London]

‼️ Submission opportunity ‼️ At Poetry London, we're always on the lookout for great essays about poetry. If you have a work in progress or an idea you'd like to pitch, we'd love to hear from you! You can reach us at [email protected].

https://t.co/cG6B9xZSab

[The Stinging Fly @stingingfly]

Climate Issue - Invitation to Submit Pitches

Our Winter 2025-26 issue, which we are due to publish in November, will have a special focus on the climate crisis.

We are currently inviting pitches for pieces of creative non-fiction.

https://t.co/DMXANffggY

We are accepting pitches until March 31st, in advance of the main submissions period in May.

We are keen to read work from writers who we haven’t published before, as well as work from those writers we have been publishing over the years.

[Julia Forster | Write Within @WriterForster]

Poets, don't miss a wonderful series of @NineArchesPress Poetry Masterclass Webinars:

Getting Your Poetry Published: 3 x 1 hour sessions led by the excellent @CommaJane Mon 10th, 17th and 24th March, 7-8pm.

One session (£17) or buy all three (£45).
https://t.co/858SehzjHf

[✨Mab Jones✨ @mabjones]

If you've suffered any form of trauma in your life & are interested in attending a *free* Wellbeing session...

This event takes place in Cardiff on Sun 9 March, 10.10am–12.12pm. Have a look, & feel free to get in touch if you have any questions!

FORM: https://t.co/en2l5sedjj

[Katherine Stansfield is away @K_Stansfield]

What a great pleasure this was! Diolch @clare_potter for a terrific conversation - you always set my thoughts a-whirring.

[clare e. potter @clare_potter]

For @BBCRadioWales The Dragon's Pen I interviewed novelist, poet @K_Stansfield We talked about languages: Cymraeg +Kerneweck (Cornish). About place + poetry's place in Cymru. Heard poems from brilliant We Could Be Anywhere by Now @SerenBooks More here:
https://t.co/zA31KyTbPq

[Alan Roderick @RoderickAlan2]

Open Mic 108 at the Murenger House, Newport, Wednesday, March 19th, 2025. 7.30 p.m with Emily Cotterill reading from her new book Significant Wow. £5-00 admission (£3-00 concessions - students, OAPS, or if you read your own work on the night). Cwtsh Fundraiser. Spread the Word!