Jack Thacker retweetledi
Jack Thacker
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Jack Thacker
@Jack_Thacker
Writer of peoms
Bristol, UK Katılım Ekim 2011
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Jack Thacker retweetledi
‘I couldn’t do anything but be honest and truthful and follow my obsessions.’
If you missed @chris_power's wonderful conversation with Gerald Murnane for @BBCRadio4's Open Book last weekend, you can catch it today at 15:30 GMT 🏇
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
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Breaking my twitter hibernation to celebrate this. Yaaay!
Little Toller 🇺🇦🇵🇸@LittleToller
We smashed it! Thanks so much everyone! We'll now get on with publishing it. Help us hit our stretch target to allow us to fund a Clearing prize, reward the contributors and print more copies!://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-clearing-1
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All farms have characters and stories behind them. This is a snapshot of ours, starring my late grandad. Thanks to @PippaMarland @PenandPlough for the invitation to write this and @Gallowaygrouse for the wise words that prompted some of these reflections.
PenandPlough@PenandPlough
New today, poet @Jack_Thacker 's beautiful meditation on the death of his grandfather and about the challenges of being a writer from a farming family: thepenandtheplough.wordpress.com/2022/05/30/unc…
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@cherylmoskowitz @IGalleymore @YvonneReddick @MayaChowdhry @magmapoetry @LighthousePoole @PerdieBargh @tpcolegate @Artfulscribeuk @waitingfordeer Yes. Do. The concert hall is something.
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@IGalleymore @Jack_Thacker @YvonneReddick @MayaChowdhry @magmapoetry @LighthousePoole @PerdieBargh @tpcolegate @Artfulscribeuk @waitingfordeer Ah definitely going to check out @LighthousePoole If a visit there generated this gorgeous gem from you Jack, sounds like we all need a bit of it!
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Thank you @YvonneReddick, @MayaChowdhry and @cherylmoskowitz for including a couple of my poems in the Anthropocene edition of @magmapoetry, alongside some stunning pieces of writing by some of my favourite poets. This little shell of mine was inspired by @LighthousePoole.
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Really pleased to have four poems in this eco-georgic edition of Ecozon@, edited by the wonderful @PippaMarland, Sue Edney and Philipp Erchinger. Thanks also to Damiano Benvegnù. Can't wait to read the rest of this timely and wide-ranging issue!
Pippa Marland@PippaMarland
New special issue of Ecozon@ on eco-georgic now published and freely available online. A huge pleasure to work with Sue Edney and Philipp Erchinger on this! ecozona.eu/issue/view/226 @UoBrisCEH @LeverhulmeTrust @NFFNUK @PenandPlough
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I forgot to tweet about this when it launched, but I'm really pleased to have a poem in @interimpoetics in an issue which celebrates Alice Oswald and includes many other writers I admire. Thanks to @harbourbirds and @LighthousePoole for prompting this one: interimpoetics.org/383/jack-thack…
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A real surprise, this… this book had a long and sometimes difficult path into the world. Rejection, frustration. I’m so grateful to the judges for seeing something in it and especially amongst such brilliant other work. Here’s how… 🍻
The Laurel Prize@laurelprize
Our 2021 shortlist! Here are the exceptional poets: Will Burns (@TroubledStriker & @OffordRoadBooks), Sean Borodale (@JonathanCape), Ash Davida Jane (@adavidajane & @vupbooks), Sean Hewitt (@seanehewitt & @JonathanCape). Judged by Maura Dooley, @Idharker & James Thornton 🎉🎉🎉
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Thank you so much to the amazing @Compasscollect2 and to all the incredible young people involved in our project. We are thrilled that 'Calling Across Borders' has been shortlisted for the 'Best Research Film' 2021 Award. Thank you @TrentUni and @ahrcpress for all your support.
Arts and Humanities Research Council@ahrcpress
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for this year’s Research in Film Awards! We had a record number of applications for our five categories and our judging panel have been busy shortlisting the top 25. Congratulations to our nominees!: ahrc.ukri.org/innovation/res… #RIFA2021
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@Sweetburlingame It took losing everything to make Djokovic human. At the end of the day it was the right result. You've got to love Medvedev's swagger.
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@RobGMacfarlane @tweetbytheriver Thanks Rob. I appreciate it. His roots continue to grow.
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Here's my elegy for the evergreen Roger Deakin, who died 15 years ago today. Thanks to @tweetbytheriver for taking it and @RobGMacfarlane for giving it his blessing - caughtbytheriver.net/2021/08/burr-p…
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@TroubledStriker Thanks Will. Loved Country Music and I'm looking forward to reading The Paper Lantern.
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@Jack_Thacker @tweetbytheriver @RobGMacfarlane That's gorgeous, Jack! Thanks for writing (and posting)!
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@CarrieRSmith @LivUniPress Congratulations Carrie! I'm really looking forward to reading that chapter on Moorton Diary!
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Some excellent post arrived! My book ‘The Page is Printed: Ted Hughes’s Creative Process’ is out in October! @LivUniPress liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/id/55120/
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I'm not much of a swimmer, so it was Wildwood and Notes that seeded this poem.
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