Barb Milne
@barbmilne.bsky.social
More left than right. I like looking at gaps, poetry, philosophy.
blanket stitched with lights,
the moor tucks itself into
night. Christmas trees hum.
#WestYorkshire #evening
the moor tucks itself into
night. Christmas trees hum.
#WestYorkshire #evening
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
blanket stitched with lights,
the moor tucks itself into
night. Christmas trees hum.
#WestYorkshire #evening
the moor tucks itself into
night. Christmas trees hum.
#WestYorkshire #evening
The river Colne at Slaithwaite this afternoon #WestYorkshire
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The river Colne at Slaithwaite this afternoon #WestYorkshire
Poster: Marsden Mechanics, Friday 12th December #Marsden #WestYorkshire
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Poster: Marsden Mechanics, Friday 12th December #Marsden #WestYorkshire
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quick snaps as I ran around the Fair just before the doors opened yesterday—Antiphon Editions, Roberts Print, Mossy Press, and Cailleach Books. I will be spending more money than I had planned, which is the way of the small press fair! TODAY 10-4, Pearse Street Library, FREE ENTRY! come on down
November 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
quick snaps as I ran around the Fair just before the doors opened yesterday—Antiphon Editions, Roberts Print, Mossy Press, and Cailleach Books. I will be spending more money than I had planned, which is the way of the small press fair! TODAY 10-4, Pearse Street Library, FREE ENTRY! come on down
Near Nabbs Lane #Slaithwaite #WestYorkshire
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Near Nabbs Lane #Slaithwaite #WestYorkshire
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Many thanks to all the booksellers at Waterstones Deansgate Manchester for supporting Indy publishers. There are two shelves of Bluemoose writers which is just brilliant .
November 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Many thanks to all the booksellers at Waterstones Deansgate Manchester for supporting Indy publishers. There are two shelves of Bluemoose writers which is just brilliant .
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I'm very much looking forward to this online event (in English!) hosted by the University of Silesia, Katowice, in conversation with my dear friend Rafal Boryslawski. Weds 3 December, 4pm London time / 5pm CET. #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems www.facebook.com/events/88180...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I'm very much looking forward to this online event (in English!) hosted by the University of Silesia, Katowice, in conversation with my dear friend Rafal Boryslawski. Weds 3 December, 4pm London time / 5pm CET. #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems www.facebook.com/events/88180...
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Wonderful to see Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social
At the front of store in @waterstones.bsky.social Deansgate Manchester and he’s in great company too.
Marvelous!
At the front of store in @waterstones.bsky.social Deansgate Manchester and he’s in great company too.
Marvelous!
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Wonderful to see Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social
At the front of store in @waterstones.bsky.social Deansgate Manchester and he’s in great company too.
Marvelous!
At the front of store in @waterstones.bsky.social Deansgate Manchester and he’s in great company too.
Marvelous!
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Calling all young poets: it's finally here! The challenge: write a sonnet.
Enter by 18 January for the chance to be published on Young Poets Network and sent poetry goodies including ebooks and poetry posters.
Find prompts and enter: bit.ly/SonnetChallenge (linked in our bio).
Enter by 18 January for the chance to be published on Young Poets Network and sent poetry goodies including ebooks and poetry posters.
Find prompts and enter: bit.ly/SonnetChallenge (linked in our bio).
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Calling all young poets: it's finally here! The challenge: write a sonnet.
Enter by 18 January for the chance to be published on Young Poets Network and sent poetry goodies including ebooks and poetry posters.
Find prompts and enter: bit.ly/SonnetChallenge (linked in our bio).
Enter by 18 January for the chance to be published on Young Poets Network and sent poetry goodies including ebooks and poetry posters.
Find prompts and enter: bit.ly/SonnetChallenge (linked in our bio).
'Rowan’s furniture. Dublin 1965
(i.m. Ray Rowan)'
He wraps his jumper round me
on those rare no-school day
when I am all his
and his world all mine.
Outside the wind whistles
down the canal. Across the street
a Salvation Army sign
“Thou Shalt Not Perish”.
m.independent.ie/entertainmen... #poetry
(i.m. Ray Rowan)'
He wraps his jumper round me
on those rare no-school day
when I am all his
and his world all mine.
Outside the wind whistles
down the canal. Across the street
a Salvation Army sign
“Thou Shalt Not Perish”.
m.independent.ie/entertainmen... #poetry
New Irish Writing: Poetry by Nollaig Rowan
Nollaig has been writing poetry since the 1990s. Reflecting her training in psychology, her poems tend to explore human relationships and interactions. She is an active member of Sherkin Island Haiku ...
m.independent.ie
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
'Rowan’s furniture. Dublin 1965
(i.m. Ray Rowan)'
He wraps his jumper round me
on those rare no-school day
when I am all his
and his world all mine.
Outside the wind whistles
down the canal. Across the street
a Salvation Army sign
“Thou Shalt Not Perish”.
m.independent.ie/entertainmen... #poetry
(i.m. Ray Rowan)'
He wraps his jumper round me
on those rare no-school day
when I am all his
and his world all mine.
Outside the wind whistles
down the canal. Across the street
a Salvation Army sign
“Thou Shalt Not Perish”.
m.independent.ie/entertainmen... #poetry
Bruncho Cafe, Deansgate, #Manchester.
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Bruncho Cafe, Deansgate, #Manchester.
'A Dream of White Horses' Paul Scraton @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social in Waterstones, Deansgate, #Manchester
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
'A Dream of White Horses' Paul Scraton @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social in Waterstones, Deansgate, #Manchester
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On Thursday 4 December at 6.30pm, join Evan Jones in Manchester for the Northern Fiction Alliance Winter Showcase.
Evan will be reading from his latest Carcanet collection Men of the Same Name, alongside 4 other authors from other northern presses.
Tickets:⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
Evan will be reading from his latest Carcanet collection Men of the Same Name, alongside 4 other authors from other northern presses.
Tickets:⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
Northern Fiction Alliance 2025 Winter Showcase
Join us for a festive evening of new fiction from northern writers!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
On Thursday 4 December at 6.30pm, join Evan Jones in Manchester for the Northern Fiction Alliance Winter Showcase.
Evan will be reading from his latest Carcanet collection Men of the Same Name, alongside 4 other authors from other northern presses.
Tickets:⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
Evan will be reading from his latest Carcanet collection Men of the Same Name, alongside 4 other authors from other northern presses.
Tickets:⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-f...
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Our Trust Chairperson, Prof Adam Cumming, has blogged for @churchheritage.bsky.social reflecting upon the special connections between Scotland’s remarkable religious built heritage and the lands and the people that surround each site.
Read it here 👇
churchheritage.scot/2025/11/26/h...
Read it here 👇
churchheritage.scot/2025/11/26/h...
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Our Trust Chairperson, Prof Adam Cumming, has blogged for @churchheritage.bsky.social reflecting upon the special connections between Scotland’s remarkable religious built heritage and the lands and the people that surround each site.
Read it here 👇
churchheritage.scot/2025/11/26/h...
Read it here 👇
churchheritage.scot/2025/11/26/h...
From ‘This Is It’ William Letford
I’d like tae tell um thit this is it, this is
where the hammer hits the stane an sparks
ur made, standin oan a corner in yur hame
toon,
scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/it-0/ #November #poetry
I’d like tae tell um thit this is it, this is
where the hammer hits the stane an sparks
ur made, standin oan a corner in yur hame
toon,
scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/it-0/ #November #poetry
This Is It
Skint, baw ragged, poackets ful eh ma / fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an / it’s November. Christmas is close. Av been / away bit...
scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
From ‘This Is It’ William Letford
I’d like tae tell um thit this is it, this is
where the hammer hits the stane an sparks
ur made, standin oan a corner in yur hame
toon,
scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/it-0/ #November #poetry
I’d like tae tell um thit this is it, this is
where the hammer hits the stane an sparks
ur made, standin oan a corner in yur hame
toon,
scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/it-0/ #November #poetry
'The carol text, Nolo mortem peccatoris, has been newly set to music by Master of the King’s Music, Errollyn Wallen CBE.'
#AdventSunday #Carols 30.11.25 on BBC Radio 3, at 15:00, live broadcast.
www.joh.cam.ac.uk/about-us/new...
#AdventSunday #Carols 30.11.25 on BBC Radio 3, at 15:00, live broadcast.
www.joh.cam.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Master of the King’s Music revives medieval carol from Cambridge manuscript - St John's College, Cambridge
www.joh.cam.ac.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
'The carol text, Nolo mortem peccatoris, has been newly set to music by Master of the King’s Music, Errollyn Wallen CBE.'
#AdventSunday #Carols 30.11.25 on BBC Radio 3, at 15:00, live broadcast.
www.joh.cam.ac.uk/about-us/new...
#AdventSunday #Carols 30.11.25 on BBC Radio 3, at 15:00, live broadcast.
www.joh.cam.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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Good Morning!
We’ve got wonderful news for you!
Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clare’s We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. It’s a very impressive shortlist.
The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
#BookSky
We’ve got wonderful news for you!
Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clare’s We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. It’s a very impressive shortlist.
The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
#BookSky
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Good Morning!
We’ve got wonderful news for you!
Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clare’s We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. It’s a very impressive shortlist.
The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
#BookSky
We’ve got wonderful news for you!
Absolutely delighted that Horatio Clare’s We Came by Sea has been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwrds. It’s a very impressive shortlist.
The paperback is now at the printers and is available for pre order!
@horatioclare.bsky.social
#BookSky
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Late Autumn doing its thing in Sefton Park this morning
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Late Autumn doing its thing in Sefton Park this morning
Today at 17:10, joining Ian McMillan on the sofa, plumping up cushions of poetry, are: Simon Armitage, Joelle Taylor, and Alistair McGowan.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#poetry 📻🥳
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#poetry 📻🥳
BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Simon Armitage, Alistair McGowan, Joelle Taylor
Ian McMillan's guests include Simon Armitage, Alistair McGowan and Joelle Taylor.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Today at 17:10, joining Ian McMillan on the sofa, plumping up cushions of poetry, are: Simon Armitage, Joelle Taylor, and Alistair McGowan.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#poetry 📻🥳
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#poetry 📻🥳
‘The river is still. Cormorants in silver dusk-light, charcoal hills on the far bank, cool autumn air.’ #Liverpool #TheMersey
I wrote about this decommissioned lighthouse for the 11th edition of Science & Magic, the Violette newsletter. You can read it here along with my previous Magnetic North missives and you can subscribe. Chock full of delights!
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
‘The river is still. Cormorants in silver dusk-light, charcoal hills on the far bank, cool autumn air.’ #Liverpool #TheMersey
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🎄 Tickets are still available for our Carol Concerts!
Taking place around Britain, these are a chance for Crisis members, supporters & volunteers to celebrate together before getting stuck into all the work for Crisis at Christmas.
Everyone is welcome! https://bit.ly/3W96xuP
Taking place around Britain, these are a chance for Crisis members, supporters & volunteers to celebrate together before getting stuck into all the work for Crisis at Christmas.
Everyone is welcome! https://bit.ly/3W96xuP
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🎄 Tickets are still available for our Carol Concerts!
Taking place around Britain, these are a chance for Crisis members, supporters & volunteers to celebrate together before getting stuck into all the work for Crisis at Christmas.
Everyone is welcome! https://bit.ly/3W96xuP
Taking place around Britain, these are a chance for Crisis members, supporters & volunteers to celebrate together before getting stuck into all the work for Crisis at Christmas.
Everyone is welcome! https://bit.ly/3W96xuP