Claire Booker

Pennine Platform issue 97 is out with three of my poems (full report on the issue, plus details of Huddersfield Festival event here) bookerplays.wordpress.com

pages.connect.americanpublicmedia.org/Share.aspx?i=e… My poem 'Cinema Paradiso' read by Major Jackson for The Slowdown daily podcast.

The Slowdown for February 27, 2025 pages.connect.americanpublicmedia.org/Share.aspx?i=e… You can listen to my poem 'Cinema Paradiso' read here by Major Jackson in The Slowdown, an American Public Media production, offering one free to read poem a day.

Thank you to The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press for publishing one of my poems in their anthology of comedic poetry available to read free at online.fliphtml5.com/vpkoi/sdql/ More at bookerplays.wordpress.com

My poem inspired by US newsreel footage of an empty gas chamber in Auschwitz has been published in @alchemy_spoon. Lest we forget. Read more on issue 14, just out, at bookerplays.wordpress.com

@JoanneRCoates First ever visit this year. Totally loved it!

Delighted to have three of my poems in The Starbeck Orion's latest issue. Read &/or listen to them here: open.substack.com/pub/the880/p/t…

Artemis poetry has been a beacon of excellence for 30 years, proving a lit mag run for and by women, could not only survive, but thrive. Proud to have a poem in their very last issue. Back copies for P&P only from secondlightlive.co.uk.

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Folklore celebrated in The Amphibian bookerplays.wordpress.com/2024/10/21/fol… via @Bookerplays plus a shout-out for Channel Magazine

Join our FREE zoom event this Friday at 7.30pm celebrating all things menopausal. outsavvy.com/event/22443/me…

Poetry & All That Jazz + Quill and Parchment bookerplays.wordpress.com/2024/09/21/poe… Glad to have poems in both. Check submissions opportunities.

It’s unacceptable that anyone is homeless in Britain today. But this government has an opportunity to set things right. Join me and @crisis_uk to tell the government you want them to deliver a future free from homelessness. #MakeHistory campaigns.crisis.org.uk/page/156038/pe…

Stand Magazine: the poetry of locality bookerplays.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/sta… via @Bookerplays

'At low tide, a sculptor/ turns sand into money.' --- 🌟 ‘Tidal River' by Claire Booker, Channel Issue 10, @Bookerplays 🌟 channelmag.org/current-issue/

Another lovely issue. Congrats to editorial team and all contributors.

Under The Radar issue 33 + a foodie anthology bookerplays.wordpress.com/2024/07/19/und… via @Bookerplays

So glad to be part of the latest @Channel_LitMag

A fine new review up on the site today. Claire Booker / @Bookerplays In Praise of... 'Birds Knit My Ribs Together' (@ArachnePress) by Phil Barnett / @squinancywort1. inksweatandtears.co.uk/review-birds-k…