Blue Diode Press

This Friday 6 March, 7pm, Typewronger Books, Haddington Place (top of Leith Walk), Edinburgh - launch of Andrew Neilson's debut poetry book, 'Little Griefs' (Blue Diode Press). Annie Brechin has unfortunately had to travel south, but Medha Singh will read instead. Free entry!

Edinburgh book launch! Details of a London one to follow. eventbrite.com/e/little-grief…

Call for submissions of debut poetry collections, UK only.

Excellent news. Alice Willitt's Kiss My Earth (Blue Diode Press, 2025) is one of three books shortlisted in the poetry category of the East Anglian Book Awards!

Siuthad, cuir dhan bhasgaid e… Geàrr-liosta Duais Ruaraidh MhicThòmais airson an Leabhar Bàrdachd as Fheàrr 2025 Go on, add it to the basket... The Shortlist for The Derick Thomson Prize for Best Poetry Book 2025 bit.ly/gearr-liostaic…

Shortlist: The Derick Thomson Prize for Best Poetry Book Athair/Father – Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin (Francis Boutle Publishers) Bàrdachd a’ Bhaile Mhòir – ed. Niall O’Gallagher (Blue Diode Publishing) Govanhill Mythology/Beul-aithris Chnoc a’ Ghobhainn – Shane Johnstone (Arkbound)

“in the wide swathes of time, everything will wash over us” —Afterbody, Medha Singh @medhawrites @DiodeBlue

Come along! Entry is free, and books will be on sale. Medha's book is £10 and the chapbooks are £7. Doors open 6.30pm, readings start sharp at 7pm.

I met a lot of Trumps in my industry, and I met a lot of people who called themselves “artists” then chose vanity over humanity because it bought them fame. We can live in a world without this manipulation, but we’ll have to choose to do so. Believe me, they don’t make it easy.

Three recent books available now from bluediode.co.uk . Good Sons by Tim Craven, Recital by @MarianneMacRae , and Kiss My Earth by Alice Willitts. Info, sample poems, etc at the link. Have a look!

Meg's Monday Muse is all about Mothers' Day this week, with books perfect for gifting from @FaberBooks, @TheEmmaPress, @DiodeBlue and @panmacmillan. Follow the link to find out more! mailchi.mp/poetrybooksoci…

Our Burns Week interview with @paulmalgrati is just out, with two brand new poems! Paul’s debut collection, Poèmes Ecossais @DiodeBlue, is the first book of poetry in Scots by a non-native Anglophone. His monograph on Burns was published by @EdinburghUP. tinyurl.com/ynfjk4pb

Head over to BfS where @scotsmandavid takes a look at the First Book shortlist in this year's @Saltire_Society lit awards! booksfromscotland.com/2024/12/david-…

"Wonderful lines about the sea and its landscapes." Thanks to @TheFridayPoem and Jane Routh for Okapi's first review. If you want to have, or give, a Hebridean experience for Xmas, it's here @DiodeBlue: bluediode.co.uk/product-page/o…

Do people look at Twitter these days? London tonight, Tues 26 Nov, 6pm - showcase from the Saltire First Book of the Year Award shortlist, including Nuala Watt, whose 'The Department of Work and Pensions Assesses a Jade Fish' (Blue Diode Press, 2024) ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsbookf…

@PeterBarlowsCig @lydiowanie Thanks. I'm going to both, treating it like a very alternative kind of poetry festival!

@DiodeBlue @lydiowanie Thanks so much for the shout out! I'm not sure if we'll be able to make it down after, but I'll mention your reading at the end of ours so the real keen ones can hopefully head on over.

This Saturday, Manchester, there's a poetry bonanza! From 4-6pm, @PeterBarlowsCig features Maria Sledmere, Harriet Tarlo and Lucy Wilkinson. And then from 7pm, Olga Stehlikova, Christopher Crawford, David Gaffney and @lydiowanie, courtesy of Blue Diode Press. Links below.

Register for the PBC event at the Carlton Club at eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-barlow… Register for the Blue Diode Press event at the Saul Hay Gallery at eventbrite.co.uk/e/blue-diode-p…

Books Tour: terrific Czech poet (Olga) and Scottish poet based in Prague (Chris) reading in Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh from 9-11th November, with fabulous special guests. Come along. Free entry, books on sale. Dates and times below.

Newly published today, Czech poet Olga Stehlikova's 'Though the Sky is Embroidered by a Zigzagging Bat' (Blue Diode Press), selected poems in English translation by David Vichnar. Info, sample poems and shop at this link: bluediode.co.uk/product-page/t…