Lisa Kelly @lisadmkelly.bsky.social Poet. @carcanet.bsky.social. A Map Towards Fluency (shortlisted for Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize 2021) The House of the Interpreter (Poetry Book Society Recommendation) BSL Level 6 
Hannah Lavery @hannahlavery.bsky.social Poet. Playwright. Performer. Director. Dancing in my kitchen. hannahlavery.com
National Poetry Day @poetrydayuk.bsky.social National Poetry Day: a UK-wide celebration that encourages all to enjoy, discover and share poetry on the first Thursday in October.
Live Canon @livecanon.bsky.social We publish, perform, produce & promote poetry! We also run online & in-person courses. #poetry
https://www.livecanon.co.uk
First Story @firststory.bsky.social England's leading creative writing charity for young people empowering young writers with the skills and confidence to tell their own stories. firststory.org.uk
Bohdan Piasecki @bohdanpiasecki.bsky.social Poet from Poland based in the UK. Lectures in Creative Writing at
University of Birmingham. 
the87press @the87press.bsky.social South London-based publishing collective focused on experimental literatures at the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, & neurodiversity. We also run online journal theHythe!
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https://www.the87press.co.uk/
Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social poet, teacher, sometimes essayist. chapbook, Love That For Us, out now @andchangepoetry.bsky.social. craft book forthcoming @noemipress.bsky.social. two books @boa-editions.bsky.social.
abolish the police & free palestine.
https://www.chenchenwrites.com
Clare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social Novelist. Poet. Reader.
🏺OVID’S HEROINES 🍼INCARNATION 🐇FIERCE BAD RABBITS 🔮 DELPHI 🏰THE UNTAMEABLES 🧚🏾THE MODERN FAIRIES, ✍️LIVES OF THE FEMALE POETS 🌊THE OTHERNAUTS, etc
Substack: Clare’s Poetry Circle
VERVE Poetry Press @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social Prize-winning #Brum based poetry indie making high octane collections and vervey pamphlets. Related to
@Vervepoetryfest (did you guess?) 😍
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VERVE Poetry Festival @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social Festival of Poetry & Spoken Word ✨#Brum and online✨ Online Multi-press Poetry-only Bookshop @vervepoetryshop✨
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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social Poetry and other bits of writing | Pit Lullabies with Bloodaxe Books and The Quick and Liffey Swim with Dedalus Press | Essays in Tolka, The Stinging Fly and The Dublin Review | Poetry editor at Banshee | New Arcana forthcoming Sept 25 from Bloodaxe Books.
JLM Morton @jlmmorton.bsky.social Poet / Writer
She / Her / Dr
#PoetryReview #Rialto #PBLJ #Magma etc| Winner Geoffrey Dearmer & Laurie Lee Prizes | Highly Commended @forwardprizes | RED HANDED @brokensleepbooks | Rep'd www.rcwlitagency.com | Chaotic good 💫 |www.jlmmorton.com
Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social Small independent, inclusive, award-winning UK publishing house. Mostly poetry and short fiction, with the occasional fantasy/sci-fi novel. Prioritising LGBTQ+, Global Majority, Disabled, Welsh poets, and geographically isolated and Older Women writers.
Tom MacAndrew @tommacandrew.bsky.social Poetry, spoken word and live literature producer.
Salena Godden @salenagodden.bsky.social NEW novel 'The Life Of Life' publishes March 2027
'The Good Immigrant - 10th Anniversary Edition' out this month, September 2026, Canongate Books
https://salenagodden.substack
https://www.salenagodden.co.uk
Martha Sprackland @marrrtha.bsky.social Editor, writer and translator. Dark Night: Poems & Selected Prose of John of the Cross (Penguin Classics, 2026)
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/462137/dark-night-by-cross-st-john-of-the/9780241699294
marthasprackland.co.uk
Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social Independent publisher of contemporary poetry since 2008, home of Under the Radar magazine. Made in the Midlands.
https://ninearchespress.com/
Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social Wales’ leading independent English-language publisher 📚 Winner Small Press of the Year Wales 2025 🏴
Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social Poet: 'The River', 'When the Tree Falls', 'A Change in the Air', 'Coracle' (Bloodaxe 2015, 2019, 2023 &2026) https://www.janeclarkepoetry.ie/
Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Bloodaxe Books, Britain's leading international poetry publisher.
www.bloodaxebooks.com
Kim Moore @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social Poet and non-fiction writer. Latest poetry collection "All The Men I Never Married" won the 2022 Forward Prize. Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Substack: https://shorturl.at/Ea3sI
Modern Poetry in Translation @mptmagazine.bsky.social Ted Hughes' and Daniel Weissbort's international poetry translation magazine. Edited by Janani Ambikapathy.
modernpoetryintranslation.com
Poems Not Bombs @poemsnotbombs.bsky.social Monthly poetry open mic in #Walthamstow & #Soho
3rd Thu, 1.30pm Spice Of Life, Soho
Last Thu, 7pm, Walthamstow Trades Hall https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/forest-poets-events-2261639
Hosted by @paulmcgrane.bsky.social ForestPoets.bsky.social
Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social BEAST April 2025 (Bloodaxe),’Tiger Girl’ shortlisted Forward Prize, ‘Mama Amazonica’ won Ondaatje & Laurel prizes. 1st novel ‘My Hummingbird Father’ from Salt 2024 http://www.pascalepetit.co.uk
The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social small press | big dreams
Birmingham-based independent publisher of poetry, children's books, short-form prose and translations.
www.theemmapress.com
Apples and Snakes @applesandsnakes.bsky.social England’s leading organisation for #SpokenWord and #PerformancePoetry.
#NoWordUnspoken #PoetryWithBite
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Find us www.applesandsnakes.org
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Andrea Reece @reeceandrea.bsky.social Mostly reading. Managing Editor Books for Keeps, administrator Klaus Flugge Prize and Branford Boase Award plus other book-y stuff.
Saqi Books @saqibooks.bsky.social A leading independent publisher of trade and academic books on the Middle East and North Africa.
Website: www.saqibooks.com
Linktree: https://shorturl.at/Yc9TY
Inpress Books 📚 @inpressbooks.bsky.social Reaching readers on behalf of 50+ independent publishers. Funded by Arts Council England. Follow us on socials @inpressbooks📚 linktr.ee/inpressbooks 
Granta @grantamag.bsky.social The Magazine of New Writing.
https://granta.com/
Salt Books @saltpublishing.com If you’re reading this, you’re in the right place.
Beautiful books you won't forget. Available in all good bookshops.
Broken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social Award winning indie publisher | Poetry | Essays | Fiction | Lay out your unrest | Widening access to the arts | Editor: @godzillakent.bsky.social | For reviews: stuart@brokensleepbooks.com | Founded: 2018
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Young Identity @youngidentitymcr.bsky.social Manchester's premier spoken-word collective combined arts charity developing young writers and creatives.
Email enquiries@youngidentity.org for more information or bookings.
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Creative Access @creativeaccess.bsky.social Social enterprise unrivalled in diverse recruitment, training & inclusion across the creative economy.
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Poetry Pharmacy @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social Poetry place-the World's 1st Poetry Pharmacy prescribing poetry & more in Bishop's Castle & Oxford Street, London. Poetry on Prescription since 2012
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The Writing Squad @thewritingsquad.bsky.social Creating the next generation in the north of England. www.writingsquad.com
Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social The Scottish Poetry Library is Scotland's number one poetry resource both online and in bricks and mortar. We're at 5 Crichton's Close, Edinburgh and we're open to the public Monday-Thursday 10am-3pm. Our online HQ is www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview, supports young poets @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social.
poetrysociety.org.uk
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I Am Loud CIC @iamloudpro.bsky.social Scotland's premier spoken word organisation, learn more about our work at iamloud.co
Loud Poets: Best Regular UK Spoken Word Night 2023
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