Animals, nature, poetry. Publisher/editor @poetrycandle / Founder manorfarmcharitabletrust.org / Winner Plough Prize 2022. Books @ValleyPress
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Thank you @BBCWomansHour! Loved doing the interview today about #rewardforwinter x.com/bbcwomanshour/status/7…
7 Apr 2016
Ever wondered if you could knit a sheep? Poet @dislaney has & she enchanted us with her poem bbc.in/1WewKmU
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I'm feeling the joys of spring and celebrating by sharing my poem from the gorgeous Almanac 2025 from @poetrycandle Thank you @dislaney #poetrycommunity #spring
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IN MEMORIAM – NEW EDITION
The quiet company of words – poems chosen to comfort and console.
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New and available now!
TEN POEMS ABOUT OWLS
Poems by Niall Campbell, Daniel Webster Davis, Emily Dickinson, Victoria Gatehouse, Ian Humphreys, Gregory Leadbetter, Rob Miles, Angela Readman, AE Stallings and Edward Thomas.
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New! Ten Poems about Daffodils, just in time for spring.
Poems by Jason Allen-Paisant, Moya Cannon, Gillian Clarke, Isobel Dixon, UA Fanthorpe, Phoebe Hesketh, Clinton Scollard, David Scott, Dorothy Wordsworth and William Wordsworth.
Cover illustration by Jane Burn.
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Delighted to have a poem ‘Groundtruthing’ with the wonderful @pharelitmag - you can read it on the link below and listen to it here thephare.com/letslisten
Big thanks to @RobGMacfarlane on X in 2017 for the epigraph
7 Dec 2025
Our Winter 25 issue is now live!
Thank you everyone who submitted your work and congratulations to our published writers and poets!
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#flashfiction #shortstories #poetry
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9 Nov 2025
We're back with a helping of "Northern Gravy's Sunday Best" and a fabulous visual by @dislaney. You can read more of Di's work at northerngravy.com/poems-by-d…
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21 Oct 2025
After Victoria dies, I drive to Shoreham - Tina Sederholm @tina_sederholm
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Very happy to have made this Australian longlist with three witchy poems - congratulations to Sue Burge also! Fingers crossed for the shortlist now. writingtheheroine.com/longli…
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Looking forward to this live reading at Waterstones Market Harborough on Thursday with Jonathan Taylor, Tim Relf and Maria Taylor – come join us if you can! I’ll be reading some playful poems for #nationalpoetryday
Starts 6.30pm - details here: waterstones.com/events/poetr…
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Very much looking forward to this!
Fancy coming along to this? It would be great to see you if so. I’ll be joined by the wonderful @MariaTaylor_ @crystalclearjt and @dislaney at @WaterstonesHarb @Waterstones
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19 Sep 2025
Thank you for reading and sharing today's poem - Half-dream by Pippa Little
19 Sep 2025
Half-dream - Pippa Little atriumpoetry.com/2025/09/19/…
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On National Poetry Day 2nd October, I’ll be at Waterstones Market Harborough for a reading alongside @timrelf Maria Taylor and @crystalclearjt with poems of place, of animals and of play - come along!
@WaterstonesHarb
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7 Aug 2025
Poetry events coming up this autumn - next event join @reddoorpoets @MaryMulhol @lesleyksharpe & @GillieRobic with guests @timrelf @jenlareine & @WendyFrench6
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Some news... I'm thrilled that the wonderful @saltpublishing will be publishing my debut collection! thebookseller.com/rights/sal…
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26 Jul 2025
A gentle reminder always to tell a poet if you enjoy their work. You'll make their day/week/month/year/decade/life!!!
26 Jul 2025
The absolutely best bit of my poetry adventures is not when I receive an acceptance from a top mag (which is also ace!). It's when I get a message from a reader of my books, telling me my poems have connected with them. That's unbeatable.
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26 Jul 2025
The absolutely best bit of my poetry adventures is not when I receive an acceptance from a top mag (which is also ace!). It's when I get a message from a reader of my books, telling me my poems have connected with them. That's unbeatable.
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Chuffed to bits to have a poem in the new issue of one of my favourite journals @Poetry_London. Thank you @NiallCPoetry for giving my work such a fantastic home.
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My July musings on poetry publishing for @thebookseller @Nat_Mem_Arb @CityBridgeFndn @MccafferyRichie @NewWalkEditions @NorthSeaPoets @BloodaxeBooks @NiallCPoetry @KathleenJamie @donpatersonpoet @ShoestringPress @NineArchesPress @lisabrockwell thebookseller.com/comment/re…
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It was a joy to talk to @amyacrepoet of the wonderful @badbettypress for this piece in the new issue of Poetry News @PoetrySociety @JakeWildHall
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