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Sarah Persson

@sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social

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Author 🐺 Poet. English teacher ♥️ Writing for pleasure. Folklore of Sweden 🇸🇪 and Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Host of ‘First Draft’ at Bro Radio 📻 Co-founder of These3Streams arts festival ✍️ MA in creative writing from Swansea. www.sarahpersson.com

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · May 16

Great to have @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social at Poetry and pints on Sunday!!

Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social · May 15

Poet travels to the Old Swan Inn in Llantwit Major for a feature and Bardic Vintage bookshop on Sunday.

Thank you Sarah and Kath for making me feel so welcome. 💫 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Apr 24

I’m delighted too! Such an honour to be amongst such great writers!!

New Welsh Review @newwelshreview.bsky.social · Apr 24

Delighted to reveal the shortlisted writers and poets in the New Welsh Writing Awards! The winners (announced on the 3/7) for both The Rheidol Prize & The Borzello Trust Poetry Prize will receive a development publishing contract with @parthianbooks.bsky.social!
newwelshreview.com/new-welsh-wr...

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Mar 16

One of the best things about festivals, is meeting other writers. Wanted to write about Louise’s visit to Wales with her ‘benching’ project. We met at Tranås Fringe last summer. nation.cymru/culture/swed...

Swedish poet visits Anglesey for Benching Project

Sarah Persson Swedish poet Louise Halvardsson visited Wales this February to continue with her poetry project ‘Benching’. Louise began the ‘Benching’ project to mark her 40th birthday as a protest aga...

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Mar 15

abergavennywritingfestival.com

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Mar 4

@marcellenewbold.bsky.social doing lots of great things!!

Marcelle Newbold @marcellenewbold.bsky.social · Mar 3

And here she is, fresh off the @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social press🔥
Read all the poems here: fullhouseliterary.com/issue1-2025

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Seren Books @serenbooks.bsky.social · Feb 28

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Whisper It’ by @emilycotterill.bsky.social from her collection ‘Significant Wow’ www.serenbooks.com/2025/02/frid...

Close up photo of a pile of golden crisps

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 27

Tonight at 7pm: www.broradio.fm

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Carolyne Larrington @profcarolyne.bsky.social · Feb 14

Exciting news! A free-to-attend summer school in September in Oxford on fantasy with publishers, authors and experts, generously sponsored by Bloomsbury. All the details here:
fantasyliteratureschool.web.ox.ac.uk/home

Oxford–Bloomsbury Fantasy Summer School 2025

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 22

Could you do a quietish place with an Alexa playing/ some wifi headphones to tune into whatever you’re playing? You’d need wipes for in between users, but could be lovely with beanbags / crafts while people listen. Have a blackboard saying what’s playing when all dat… Just my thoughts! Good luck!

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 20

So delighted to be in amongst such amazing writers in the new. Thank you @poetrywales.bsky.social

List of 60 names of the writers and reviewers included in the magazine.

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Feb 17

Take this week-long Digital Detox to unplug on a fully catered retreat led by a certified yoga practitioner and find space to disconnect from the online and reconnect with your writing in a tranquil, supportive, and safe environment.

Please share :)

Digital Detox Retreat: Reconnect with yourself and your writing - Canolfan Ysgrifennu Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 13

Ah well… you did ask 😂

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Jellybooks Ltd @jellybooks.bsky.social · Feb 13

new from @lucentdreaming.bsky.social ming

'Beyond/Tu Hwnt'

Anthology of Welsh Deaf and Disabled Writers

📖 sample to peek inside and share
www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...

Sample of "Beyond/Tu Hwnt"

Peek inside this book and discover another great read.

www.jellybooks.com

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 13

www.pushcartprize.com I think some of the Welsh presses nominate people. I think it means your poem was great!

Welcome to Pushcart Press: Publishers of The Pushcart Prize

The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series, published every year since 1976, is the most honored literary project in America.

www.pushcartprize.com

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 12

Handwritten note with @newwelshreview.bsky.social. What a totally lovely touch.

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 9

Toxic waste.

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Feb 8

The Heroines Anthology is open for submissions of poems & short fiction on the theme of witches, witch trials, medicine women, mystics, herbalists, spells, enchantments, shapeshifters, familiars, covens, hags, crones and sabbats. Deadline June 2025

Please share :)

www.writingtheheroine.com

Picture of a painting showing a witch in beautiful clothes, black haired wearing a red hair covering and jewels

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Feb 8

The Open University/Institute of English Studies are delivering a series of 3 Seminars on Creative Writing and Neurodivergence
Tue 18 Feb 2025 to Tue 4 Mar 2025. The seminars are free, but booking is essential.

Details in the link.

Please share :)

Contemporary Cultures of Writing

This seminar series looks at the ways in which neurodivergence intersects with creative writing, providing an opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and teachers to explore linkages, disconnects ...

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Feb 6

The beautiful London Library offers emerging writers one year’s free membership including masterclasses, networking opportunities, peer support, access to all the Library’s resources and publication in an anthology. Details below.

Please share :)

www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/ll-...

Picture of the interior of the London Library, with steps, many bookcases and a glass balustrade

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 8

Lots of treats as you go!

Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 8

Just seen this- hope it went well xx

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 8

@carolehailey.bsky.social shared the best phrase: write like a dog: edit like a cat. I thought this was amazing. You aren’t mauling, you’re making your work precise, balancing it on top of a fence with no chance of falling. And that turned out as a poem. Well, well.

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 8

Beginning to research Welsh standing stones, and stone circles for a collaboration project with some fantastic artists. Makes my brain very excited!

Four large monolithic stones, with another on top. Blue sky. On grass.

Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 8

This is the loveliest of books. Welsh and English versions of each story, and gorgeous, bright, inviting illustrations. Great for schools!

Storyville Books @storyvillebooks.bsky.social · Feb 7

The Mab is now out in paperback - available instore or online

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The Mab

Eleven stories from the Welsh classic The Mabinogion, being some of the oldest stories ever written down, retold by contemporary authors, in a beautifully illustrated dual language edition. The Mab is...

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Sarah Persson @sarahperssonauthor.bsky.social · Feb 4

Congratulations

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