newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Lydia Unsworth @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social : 1B
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Lydia Unsworth @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social : 1B
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Later this month, Lydia Unsworth will be reading poetry alongside Tom Jenks and David Gaffney at Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester - February 26th 6.30 to 8.30pm. @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : rob mclennan : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Lydia Unsworth @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social ; @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ;
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some above/ground press author activity: Valerie Coulton, Gwen Aube, Genevieve Kaplan, rob mclennan, Beatriz Hausner + Lydia Unsworth, / @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social ;
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New year books now available to preorder - from @cathfletcher.bsky.social @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social & Jean Sprackland @dcahf-met.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social
@blackwellsmcr.bsky.social
#BookSky
Ill be launching my latest pamphlet on Thursday 26 Feb at the amazing Saul Hay gallery. expect weird surreal readings from @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @tomjenksuk.bsky.social and me - plus free wine (you'll need it) Free tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1979710024...
New work from @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social in The Aftershock Review:
www.aftershockreview.com
“After almost dying, there was only one option in front of me: to survive. But not just that, I had to thrive. This is a celebration of that. It is my manifesto for living. We strive.
And we will thrive.” MW
Did a poem about the current flag situation/nonsense in the UK: www.culturematters.org.uk/flags-is-it/
Well doesn't this look grand.
In the Radio Times and everything.
My mum would have been well chuffed and to some degree making up for the disappointment of not becoming the second English Pope.
We published in 2019.
@thebookseller.com
@northernfiction.bsky.social
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Went to see the Images of Research exhibition @dcahf-met.bsky.social @louisekenward.bsky.social @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @centreplacewriting.bsky.social 🩷
Congratulations @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social !
Congratulations to all those shortlisted in this year's Images of Research - including PGRs @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social & @louisekenward.bsky.social and staff researchers.
@dcahf-met.bsky.social
Take a look at the images on the link below and vote for your favourite:
www.mmu.ac.uk/research/res...
My research is now on display at MMU’s Images of Research competition alongside fellow PhDers @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @louisekenward.bsky.social and many more. You can vote online for your favourite.
@lydiaunsworth.bsky.social next collection Stay Awhile is out next year following a @artscouncilengland.bsky.social award. Her PhD @centreplacewriting.bsky.social explores kinship with disappearing post-industrial architecture.
This is from earlier in the year:
www.bodyliterature.com/2025/05/14/l...
Issue 27 of @manchesterreview.bsky.social includes 2 poems from our PGR @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social
#poetry #PlaceWriting #Manchester
www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=12960
Looking forward to this event on Thursday evening in Manchester! If you want to hear some great poetry (and a little bit of my first novel!) in a perfection location, please come down! @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @ianseedauthor.bsky.social @sarahclareconlon.bsky.social
above/ground press author spotlight #7 : Lydia Unsworth / @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social ;
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Awesome, I'll have to get a copy
Yu & Me books presents Women Seated by Zhang Yueran, translated by Jeremy Tiang. Book launch with Jeremy Tiang, Han Zhang and Weike Wang on Aug 12 2025, 7-8pm, 44 Mulberry Street
next week
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News: issue nine of Finished Creatures opens for submissions tomorrow - for the month of August. The theme is Trespass: verb and noun; sin and action; rights and wrongs. Please see the website for more information. xx
I'm not in the habit of posting on here yet. Here are some bottles.
some above/ground press author activity: Lydia Unsworth, R. Kolewe, rob mclennan, Emily Ursuliak, Al Kratz + Dag T. Straumsvåg, / @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @alkratz.bsky.social ;
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I have a couple of poems in here
PGR call out for participants/contributions to their research project!
#memory #place #regeneration #phd #research #AcademicSky
Get in touch with @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social
new from above/ground press:
Terri Witek, R. Kolewe, Jason Christie, Micah Ballard, Monty Reid, Tom Jenks, Orchid Tierney, Brook Houglum + Meredith Quartermain, / @mreid.bsky.social @tomjenksuk.bsky.social @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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Does anyone want to talk to me about friendship, memory or grief? As it pertains to the built environment. Or just send me a memory near a pertinent structure. Am building an archive! Stories can be as brief or as detailed as you like. Please share! Thanks. #phdresearch
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Screenshot of the "About PIL" section from the Promote Indie Lit website. The text explains that Promote Indie Lit (PIL) is a central access point connecting poets and indie authors with literary reviewers, podcasters, and interviewers. It clarifies that submissions aren’t published on the site but are shared with a trusted network looking to feature new work. The submission process is designed to be accessible and free of charge. PIL is described as the brainchild of writer and editor Alan Parry, created to challenge paywalls and promote free visibility for indie literature.
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Screenshot of the “Why This Exists” section from the Promote Indie Lit website. The background is a textured grey, with dark teal heading text. The section explains the challenges indie authors face in promoting their work without agents or budgets. It describes Promote Indie Lit as a collective of blogs, podcasts, and platforms working together to offer honest reviews, features, and marketing support. In return, the community gains more readers, respect, and access to powerful new writing. It ends by acknowledging the fulfilment that comes from supporting something meaningful.
🚨 Poets, brace yourselves.
👀 Nearly 20 indie lit platforms are locked in: reviews, features, interviews, podcasts — all ready to amplify your voice.
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This is my brainchild. It’s almost here.
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