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Vicky Foster @vickyfoster_
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Vicky Foster@vickyfoster_
31 May 2024
I’m very excited to share that on 20th June I’ll have a new book out! It’s a literary memoir, published by Bloomsbury, and I’m having a launch at Wrecking Ball Music and Books on Saturday 29th June! Event details below - be lovely to see you there 😊 wreckingballstore.co.uk/even…
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I’m so looking forward to this on Saturday. There’ll be birdsong, mindfulness, conversations about form, language, imagery, voice and identity. Plus some of my favourite bird poems & a bonus song about a pigeon. 4 hours together, so we can really get some work done. Price = FREE.
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Been A LOT of talk about tactical voting in these local elections. I ❤️ a good spreadsheet so I’ve made this - tactical voting advice vs results. Rows in green are where the tactical voting advice was right… We’ve got to do it all again next year, so think on.
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I couldn’t be at Jacko’s funeral today, but when I heard people had lined Newland Ave this afternoon as his cortège passed by, it made me want to write a poem…
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Angus Young@angus_young61
Apr 5
Weekend long read is out on the countdown to polling day in Hull. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/whe…
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Tolkien World
@TolkienWorldG
Feb 5
Sir Ian McKellen at 86 expertly reciting Shakespeare last night!
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Join Julie’s book club, starting this month with this gorgeous book ❤️
J. E. Books@JEBooksHull
Jan 13
Leonard And Hungry Paul is my January Book Of The Month. If you order this from me in 2026, I will sell you this excellent book and knock off 10% too. To order, just DM here or email me at jlellam@hotmail.co.uk ❤️
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Reasons why I love where I live, number 1: This wonky-headed lamppost on the pier, and the pretty pool of light it still casts.
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I am very excited to tell you that you can now sign up for a FREE 9-week creative writing course with me, @ToriaGarbutt & Chrissie Lewis at @ERLibraries Cottingham and Bridlington branches!! Contact libraries to sign up. We look forward to seeing you there ✍️📚
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Lou Duffy-Howard@LoudhailerUK
2 Oct 2025
Hull's River Bridges: Great to link up with The Broken Orchestra known for their river inspired ambient soundscapes, soundtracks, audio walking tours, sci-fi dramas, and live performances. Explore more: openbridgeshull.com/2025/10/… #Hull #Bridges #HODS #OpenBridges @hull_libraries

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Hull’s River Bridges:  The Broken Orchestra The Broken Orchestra is a UK-based creative collective, founded by musicians and producers Pat Dooner and Carl Conway-Davis in Hull around 2010. Or…

openbridgeshull.com
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I’m popping up for a one-off workshop at Western Library in October. Come and write poems with me ✍️
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Just what I needed to read today from @MichaelRosenYes - and @PLSoc, you might like it too 🙂 theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

Michael Rosen’s guide to having a happier day: listen to music, get a good night’s sleep ... and...

Philip Larkin wrote that ‘days are where we live’. Even in the bleakest of times, there are things you can do to improve yours. Former children’s laureate Rosen has some suggestions …

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J. E. Books@JEBooksHull
31 Aug 2025
Thank you @Peterknaggs1 for this great pic with your new book, It Happened Like This, by @vickyfoster_ xxx
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If you look after the GAP the GAP will look after you 👀 Can’t believe I’ve never been to Hunmaby before, even though my Jack discovered a while back that a lot of our ancestors were horse traders there. Thought it was time to pop in yesterday. 10/10. Will be going back.
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Tide incoming, Kilnsea
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Yesterday’s river wanderings 🏗️
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Have you all seen this gorgeous episode of Countryfile about Spurn Point, featuring @PoetDeanwilson6 being absolutely magnificent?! ❤️ bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…

Countryfile - Spurn Point

Sean Fletcher and Anita Rani witness the return of the native oyster after an absence of 85 years to Spurn Point, a narrow three-mile ribbon of land at the mouth of the Humber Estuary.

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Withernsea sunset 🌅
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Raywell ramble in the gloaming with me boyo ❤️
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The Rabbit Hole Brigg@Therabbits21
10 Jun 2025
A very special book to us now in stock. #ithappenedlikethis by #vickyfoster is an amazing read. "How do you get close to people when the people close to you keep shattering your world?"
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I go through life thinking everyone knows straight away when you’re referencing a Wendy Cope poem, but just in case that’s not true, this is after her Flowers 🌺 poetryarchive.org/poem/flowe…

Flowers - Poetry Archive

Flowers Some men never think of it. You did. You’d come along And say you’d nearly brought me flowers But something had gone wrong. The shop was closed. Or you had doubts – The sort that minds like...

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