Gregory Leadbetter

THE INFERNAL GARDEN - available now via @NineArchesPress and your favourite bookshops. With deep thanks to Declan Ryan for his exhilarating review in @IrishTimes (extract attached) and to Jeremy Wikeley for his equally exhilarating review in @Telegraph back in August.

@neilsonandrew Congratulations, Andrew!

The first words in Little Griefs are an epigraph from James Merrill. So this news is wonderful and I am very grateful to the spirit of JM and his legacy. 🙏

@MatthewOates76 I saw my first today too, Matthew - flying through and about my garden. They always make my heart leap, but especially the first sighting of the year. (Also, an Oak Beauty moth yesterday.)

Impressive numbers of male Brimstone butterflies today, seen by numerous observers. The females are mostly still abed, hibernating in brambles, ivy etc, but the males seek them out there! Home in where wandering males 'peck' amongst bramble tangles...

On 23 February 1821, John Keats died in Rome at 25. He once wrote: “If I should die… I have left no immortal work behind me…” He was wrong. He wrote poetry that has proved immortal — work that still resonates today. To mark the day share a line of his that has stayed with you.

Mornin' @MatthewMCSmith and all on @TopTweetTuesday today. Great to be back after a bit of a break. My homage is to that maestro of imagism... T.S. Eliot. An extract from my centenary response to The Wasteland set in 2020s Birmingham. Msg me if you're interested in the book 😎

Our next ICCW event is with Patrick McGuinness and Gregory Leadbetter - In Conversation about their new books, out now with CB Editions and @NineArchesPress respectively, on Wednesday 4 February - FREE, just book here, where you’ll find all the details: eventbrite.co.uk/e/bcu-at-the-w…

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"Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic." ― Carl Sagan

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A shelf of books and a shelf of good wine: this is all that is needed to orchestrate the good life. But your books and your wine must be choice. — Lawrence Durrell Lawrence Durrell & Claude-Marie Vincendon photograph: Jean-Claude Sauer

Join an @arvonfoundation online #poetry writing day course led by Jane Commane. Discovering Poetic Form - A whistlestop tour from the traditional to the contemporary. Friday February 20th, 2026, from 10am arvon.org/writing-course…

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A wonderful surprise to see that, due to recent interest and demand, my @vpresspoetry pamphlet '(m)othersongs' has just gone to a fourth print run – two years after publication! Get 'em while they're hot... ❤️‍🔥🍂❤️‍🔥

‘The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.’ Tom Stoppard 1937 - 2025

'Today is Blake's birthday. Think of it, the birthday of codger Blake. Darling Liza, let us celebrate the old b***'s birthday, shall we? — as if we were French or Italian, as if it meant something.' — Lawrence Durrell, The Alexandria Quartet William Blake, b. 28 November 1757

The oldest mention in print of ‘cricket’ - published in 1611, the year of The Tempest and the King James Bible. One of the incredible treasures of the MCG Library…

My poem 'Patates' is in the latest issue of @madridlitmag: themadridreview.com

🥁Our 2025 titles are now available together as a perfect #poetry book bundle, celebrating our brilliant year of publishing. Just £84.99📚 Including books by @troycabida @csmithpoet @GregMLeadbetter @Julwe1 @jamesliammcd & @LaurieBolger ninearchespress.com/shop