Back Room Poets

'I told you I saw the land being led to the slaughter. These are nightmares, you said, they’ll end when spring comes to the door of your home. Spring was running late, so late that my nightmare became the spring itself.' Najwan Darish, tr Kareem James Abu-Zeid, in the new MPT.

If you couldn't make it yesterday, our #ignitionpress pamphlet launch with excellent readings by @janinebradders, @Ambientrumbling & @metapheric is now available to watch on our YouTube channel! youtube.com/watch?v=LrboKC…

Please join us for @ae_stallings' next Professor of Poetry talk THIS THURSDAY (9 May). The title of the talk is 'Pirates, poets, & "plagiarism": How #Byron translated and was translated by Greek poetry & reality'. This is a free public event & all are welcome! No booking required

Today’s 'Pic of the Day' shows sculpture by Tuula Nicolson in Bampton (Artweeks listing 108, artweeks.org/v/tuula-nichol…) who's opening her home gallery during the first week of the festival (4th-12th May). See more art inspired by ‘Elements of the Earth’ at artweeks.org/festival/theme….

Poetry and music in Oxford! @MusicAtWorc presents: ‘I Sang In My Chains Like The Sea’ – new settings of Dylan Thomas. Friday 17th May at 6.45pm. Sign up to attend: tickettailor.com/events/musicat…

An old English name for Rogationtide was the 'Gang Days', from 'gang' meaning 'walk, go'. Milkwort, which was often used for making garlands carried in Rogation processions, was known as 'gang-flower' or 'rogation flower'.

Exams will be over and @nessalampert @jennywcreative Patrick McGuinness and I will all be reading in Anne's--so excited to be the small fry amongst these really wonderful poets do come along

Update re our workshops: backroompoets.blogspot.com/2023/08/update…

Reminder: Submissions are open for translations that relate to water! We welcome poetics that hold space for both angry witness & hope, for intimate realisations in aquatic environments, or otherwise in the presence of H₂O, for both the most gargantuan & smallest-scale waves.

WATERFALLS EXHIBITION Last few weeks at SPL. Come visit, come see! 🖊️ Kathleen Jamie; Jen Hadfield; Anthony Vahni Capildeo; Cal Flyn; John Glenday; Malachy Tallack; Amanda Thomson; Elspeth Wilson; Ceitidh Campbell; Marjorie Lofti 📷 Oscar Van Heek scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2023/07/waterf…

Celebrate these forthcoming #poetry titles in an ONLINE LAUNCH on Wed 1st November, 7.30pm (GMT) featuring @olgadermott @KostyaTsolakis and guest poet @RomalynAnte. 🎫Register here, pay what you can from £1. eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-book-…

Don't forget! Forgotten Stories of Oxford. Saturday 9 September 1pm with @realrawz for a live tour @ArtsatOFS @TORCHOxford @ExperienceOx @OxUniStudents @OxHumanities torch.ox.ac.uk/event/forgotte…

We're pleased to announce the 'Blackwell's Inspired Festival', A collection of 10 academic events to welcome the beginning of Michaelmas term. We hope you can join us to enjoy these special talks this Autumn @blackwellbooks eventbrite.com/cc/blackwells-…

POETRY COMPETITION! For #BlackHistoryMonth 2023, the @brookespoetry is delighted to be running a special competition inspired by the national Black History Month theme: 'celebrating our Black sisters'. brookes.ac.uk/research/units… Closing date 1 Oct. Good luck!

Join us in person/online for a small poetry press symposium on 13 October, featuring an exciting line-up of publishers! We'll discuss topics like how you set up a press & keep it going, funding, & building community. Free to attend & all are welcome: eventbrite.co.uk/e/infinity-in-… pic.twitter.com/pUvwsjmAuQ

Also there are some copies of the little zine that features some works from the online anthology! If you’d like one, simply tweet ‘Home’ to ⁦@TORCHOxford⁩ for a free copy (while it lasts)🏡

Listen to "Poetry Worth Hearing: Episode 11" by Kathleen McPhilemy ⚓ anchor.fm/kathleen-mcphi…

🔴 Part of the ANTHEM OF AVOCADO exhibition of Rootical Folklore: celebrating African and Caribbean Folklore through the flora. Hosted by Fusion Arts, in the Windows Galleries, Friar's Entry, off Gloucester Green, Oxford. From December 2022 to January 2023.

Put your hand up if you started planning your February Half Term yet! From holiday courses, comic events, Star Wars, puppetry and theatre, there's something for everyone. Find the fill programme here: storymuseum.org.uk/feb-half-term

The British Library has collaborated with Escape Studios’ School of Interactive and Real Time to create an interactive version of the Ebstorf map. Made c. 1300, the Ebstorf map was the largest known medieval world map, made up of 30 parchment sheets. blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…