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@bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialGreat podcast featuring two poems by Tishani Doshi. The first is the final poem from her fifth collection Egrets, While War. The second is the title poem from her third collection Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods.
@byleaveswelive.bsky.socialReposted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialIn the latest edition of our Nothing But The Poem podcast resident host Samuel Tongue takes an exploratory dive into 2 extraordinary poems by Indian poet Tishani Doshi
* Some Words to the Close and Holy Darkness
* Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods
@circlingpoetry.bsky.socialReposted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialA great preview of Circling The Square in The Irish Times.
Many thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialWe're absolutely delighted that the @nobelprize.org in Literature 2026 has been awarded to Anne Carson 'for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.'
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@nobelprize.orgReposted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialHer collaborations with visual artists and choreographers and with opera and theatre directors demonstrate the freedom with which she relates to literary expectations and rule systems
@nobelprize.orgReposted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialLearn more about the 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature: bit.ly/4iyhLFJ
@nobelprize.orgReposted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialBREAKING NEWS
The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”
@janeclarke.bsky.socialReposted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialExcited to read alongside these ever inspiring poets Carolyn Forché & Chase Twichell.
Please join us on Tuesday 20 October at 7pm. Free launch event for our three new collections on You Tube Live - hosted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@circlingpoetry.bsky.socialReposted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Bloodaxe Books authors Rita Ann Higgins, Catriona O'Reilly and Katie Donovan will read at this year's Circling The Square, at @sourcearts.bsky.social on Oct. 17th.
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialAmerican poet Carolyn Forché is on tour in the UK this October, starting at Newcastle Poetry Festival on 3 October, followed by readings with Kwame Dawes in Hebden Bridge (11th), @mcrlitfest.bsky.social (16th), and in Sheffield (17th).
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@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social'A landmark retrospective spanning five collections across five decades' - Jennifer Lee Tsai, @theguardian.com, on American poet @carolynforche.bsky.social's Otherwhere: New & Selected Poems, out this month from Bloodaxe in the UK & Ireland.
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@thecrackmagazine.bsky.socialReposted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialNewcastle Poetry Festival 2026 kicks off today! Frid 2nd - Sat 3rd Oct. This fantastic festival brings national & international poets to the North East. There'll be readings, workshops, & conversations about poetry. Full program here;
www.newcastlepoetryfestival.org.uk
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@bkltrust.bsky.socialReposted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialBegin by Brendan Kennelly
@jesstraynor.bsky.socialReposted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialNew Arcana has been out for about a year. Celebrating by sharing some nasty little poems. ✨️
Thanks to @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social & all the various wonderful festivals reviewers and lit orgs who have supported the work this past year!
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialThanks to reviewers Dave Coates and @shashtrevett.bsky.social for these wonderful reviews of Nadine El-Enany and @roshnigallagher.bsky.social's just-published debut collections in the Poetry Book Society's Autumn Bulletin.
@roshnigallagher.bsky.socialReposted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialI had so much fun celebrating the publication of my debut collection ‘Even the Trees’ and Clementine Ewokolo Burnley’s debut ‘Belling the Leopard’ last Thursday ❤️ Both published by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social !
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialCongratulations to Tishani Doshi and to all the other poets on the PEN Heaney Prize shortlist.
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social‘Tishani Doshi’s dextrous, vibrant and vital poems delight and shimmer.'
Huge congratulations to Tishani Doshi, whose fifth poetry collection Egrets, While War is shortlisted for the PEN Heaney Prize 2026.
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@philjackman.bsky.socialReposted by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.socialPoetry every day. A sentence or a word will leap out and stay with you for the rest of the day. I love this cover photo.
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@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social'Challis’ poems dealing with his relationship with fatherhood are among the finest of a universally compelling collection.’ – @stevewhitaker1.bsky.social, in the Yorkshire Times, on The Green Parcel. A wonderful close reading of John Challis's second collection.
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