John Challis

New poem ‘Featherweight’, an elegy for my Nan, is published as today’s @Telegraph poem of the week - many thanks to @TATFS for putting it out there

Amazing to read my poem ‘Turbine’, commissioned for the Festival of Energy, beneath Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon. The event took place in the Offshore Renewal Energy Catapult, in Blyth, as part of the festival curated by @walktheplank

@ShuttlePenelope @Waterstones @BloodaxeBooks Likewise Penelope! I’ll be getting a copy of yours very soon!

@johndchallis @Waterstones @BloodaxeBooks Looking forward to your new collection, John!

This week only @waterstones are offering 25% discount on preorders for forthcoming @bloodaxebooks poetry books. Offer closes 20 February. Just go to waterstones.com, paste 9781780377698 into the search box, click PREORDER and add code FEB26 for the discount

A poem from my forthcoming @bloodaxebooks collection ‘The Green Parcel’, out in June. The poem originally appeared in last summer’s Poetry Ireland Review (@poetryireland), ed. Stephen Sexton

NEW EVENT: I’ll be reading & talking poetry and place w/@munozpoems & @jakecampbell88 for #BlythCelebrates @ Market Pavilion Blyth on Sat 8 Nov, 7.30pm. FREE! Sign-up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-night… #EnergisingBlyth #NorthumberlandCountyCouncil #NECA

@JulianD86666247 @BloodaxeBooks @Waterstones Many thanks Julian!

@johndchallis @BloodaxeBooks @Waterstones Congratulations, John! That's great news! 👏👏

The Green Parcel, my 2nd collection is out June 2026 from @BloodaxeBooks @Waterstones are offering 25% discount on preorders for Bloodaxe books out early 2026. Offer closes 17 October. Go to waterstones.com, search 9781780377698 click PREORDER and add code OCTOBER25.

@ShuttlePenelope @BloodaxeBooks @Waterstones Thanks Penelope, looking forward to your new book!

Congratulations, John! @BloodaxeBooks @Waterstones

@DanielGHinds @BloodaxeBooks @Waterstones Thanks Daniel, hope all’s well!

@johndchallis @BloodaxeBooks @Waterstones Congratulations John, look forward to reading it!

@BetaRish Very lovely of you! Thanks Rishi!

@NiallCPoetry @BloodaxeBooks @Waterstones Thanks Niall!

We are immensely saddened by news of the death of Tony Harrison, aged 88, who had been unwell for some years. A tribute has been published on our website: bloodaxebooks.com/news?articleid…

Looking forward to reading as part of the @poetrycandle showcase this eve. Many thanks to @JaneBurn14 for including a poem of mine in Ten Poems From Northumberland - tickettailor.com/events/candles…

We're delighted to announce that Kris Johnson's first full-length collection #GhostRiver, published by @BloodaxeBooks in 2023, has been shortlisted for the @EnglishAssoc's Michael Murphy Poetry Prize for a distinctive first volume of poetry in English. bloodaxebooks.com/news?articleid…

Amazing to see @KrisErinJohnson’s Ghost River from @BloodaxeBooks on this list. Well done to all!

Coming up soon, @ForumBooks presents an evening with @jakecampbell88 in conversation with @johndchallis at the bound, Whitley Bay. 17th July Tickets: ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/whitl… #Newcastle

@NiallCPoetry Too true

@NiallCPoetry Happy birthday Niall! I almost posted this the other day when I turned 40! Have a great day.

@WadsworthFabian @pippalittle1 @FaberAcademy Thanks for coming and good to meet you Fabian!

Thanks to @johndchallis and @pippalittle1 for a fun poetry morning at @FaberAcademy Newcastle!

‘Bring in your voices, your free verses. Return to me’ 📚 - ‘Morden Speaks’ by Laura Kasongo ‘A Walk to Morden Tower’ has poems by @NCL_English students who wrote about this local landmark as part of #NewcastlePoetryFestival project. All poems here newcastlepoetryfestival.co.uk/morden-tower/