Dr Briony Hughes
@brihughespoet.bsky.social
Lecturer in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway; Editor @ Osmosis Press & Resurgence and Ecologist poetry feature; ask me about the RHUL Poetry MA pathway!
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Listening to the Night: Bat Walk and Poetry Performance - Cambridge University Botanic Garden
www.botanic.cam.ac.uk
I'm partnering with a range of arts, heritage, & environmental organisations to run a summer series of immersive bat walks with poetry performances. Bookings are live for my collaboration with Cambridge University Botanic Garden! 🦇@cubotanicgarden.bsky.social www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/lis...
Did you miss The Living Library? We’ve got you covered! I’m excited to share the video and audio documentation of our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social pop-up exhibition at the Landmark Arts Centre, curated by @royalholloway.bsky.social researchers 🍃🦇⛅️🐝 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3PH...
The Living Library: a pop-up exhibition of eco poetry
YouTube video by Poetics Research Centre
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November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Did you miss The Living Library? We’ve got you covered! I’m excited to share the video and audio documentation of our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social pop-up exhibition at the Landmark Arts Centre, curated by @royalholloway.bsky.social researchers 🍃🦇⛅️🐝 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3PH...
My office is officially decorated for the festive season 🦇🎄
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My office is officially decorated for the festive season 🦇🎄
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Thanks to our wonderful readers - Francis de Lima, maddy Pope, Caiti Luckhurst, and David Spittle, alongside everybody who joined us in the audience!
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Thanks to our wonderful readers - Francis de Lima, maddy Pope, Caiti Luckhurst, and David Spittle, alongside everybody who joined us in the audience!
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What an incredible evening celebrating the launch of Grief is the Thing in Pleather by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain at the iconic Housmans 🖤
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
What an incredible evening celebrating the launch of Grief is the Thing in Pleather by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain at the iconic Housmans 🖤
Last night, Small Birds Press flew over to the @royalholloway.bsky.social London Campus to treat our Small Press Takeover audience to an evening of book art and experimental poetic performance from Caroline Harris, Cat Chong, and May Dearlove🧡
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Last night, Small Birds Press flew over to the @royalholloway.bsky.social London Campus to treat our Small Press Takeover audience to an evening of book art and experimental poetic performance from Caroline Harris, Cat Chong, and May Dearlove🧡
In today’s workshop, the MA poets discussed Intergraphia Books and Hazel Press - two independent publishers with radical and distinctive editorial imperatives!
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
In today’s workshop, the MA poets discussed Intergraphia Books and Hazel Press - two independent publishers with radical and distinctive editorial imperatives!
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We are overjoyed to welcome Tamsyn Challenger’s tender, unflinching, and urgent Him Hymn into the world today! This publication is Challenger’s debut book of poetry, written with an incredible commitment to an intimate and luminous lyric I💙
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We are overjoyed to welcome Tamsyn Challenger’s tender, unflinching, and urgent Him Hymn into the world today! This publication is Challenger’s debut book of poetry, written with an incredible commitment to an intimate and luminous lyric I💙
TODAY TODAY TODAY
SAVE THE DATE Small Birds Press will be reading at the Small Press Takeover on Tuesday 25th November! Join the @royalholloway.bsky.social Poetics Research Centre in Bloomsbury at 6:30 (7pm start) for an evening of book arts and experimental performance! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/small-pres...
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
TODAY TODAY TODAY
Which publications did I recommend to my students today?
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Which publications did I recommend to my students today?
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We have a handful of additional review copies for Him Hymn and Grief is the Thing in Pleather! Drop our editor @brihughespoet.bsky.social a message if you’re interested in reviewing!💙🖤
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We have a handful of additional review copies for Him Hymn and Grief is the Thing in Pleather! Drop our editor @brihughespoet.bsky.social a message if you’re interested in reviewing!💙🖤
Which books did I recommend to my students yesterday?
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Which books did I recommend to my students yesterday?
Do bats fall in love? At the start of this month, I had the absolute honour of writing a poem for a very important wedding ceremony 🖤
I’m sharing a handful of pictures of a couple of poems from the ten-page chapbook I made for them 🦇
I’m sharing a handful of pictures of a couple of poems from the ten-page chapbook I made for them 🦇
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Do bats fall in love? At the start of this month, I had the absolute honour of writing a poem for a very important wedding ceremony 🖤
I’m sharing a handful of pictures of a couple of poems from the ten-page chapbook I made for them 🦇
I’m sharing a handful of pictures of a couple of poems from the ten-page chapbook I made for them 🦇
Over the summer, I collaborated with the @royalholloway.bsky.social estates team to develop a series of multisensory creative writing exercises to accompany woodland/arboretum walking routes and new interpretation signage. Here's a sneak preview! intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/students/cam...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Over the summer, I collaborated with the @royalholloway.bsky.social estates team to develop a series of multisensory creative writing exercises to accompany woodland/arboretum walking routes and new interpretation signage. Here's a sneak preview! intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/students/cam...
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PREORDER ALERT 🚨🚨🚨
IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE BACK! This month, Tamsyn Challenger’s ‘Him Hymn’ and Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain’s ‘Grief is the Thing in Pleather’ will be released on 25th and 26th respectively🖤
IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE BACK! This month, Tamsyn Challenger’s ‘Him Hymn’ and Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain’s ‘Grief is the Thing in Pleather’ will be released on 25th and 26th respectively🖤
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
PREORDER ALERT 🚨🚨🚨
IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE BACK! This month, Tamsyn Challenger’s ‘Him Hymn’ and Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain’s ‘Grief is the Thing in Pleather’ will be released on 25th and 26th respectively🖤
IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE BACK! This month, Tamsyn Challenger’s ‘Him Hymn’ and Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain’s ‘Grief is the Thing in Pleather’ will be released on 25th and 26th respectively🖤
In today’s workshop, the MA poets will be discussing publications from @brokensleep and @badbettypress - Vik Shirley, Matthew Haigh, Natalie Whittaker, and Helen Bowell🧡
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
In today’s workshop, the MA poets will be discussing publications from @brokensleep and @badbettypress - Vik Shirley, Matthew Haigh, Natalie Whittaker, and Helen Bowell🧡
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Free event:
SAVE THE DATE Small Birds Press will be reading at the Small Press Takeover on Tuesday 25th November! Join the @royalholloway.bsky.social Poetics Research Centre in Bloomsbury at 6:30 (7pm start) for an evening of book arts and experimental performance! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/small-pres...
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Free event:
SAVE THE DATE Small Birds Press will be reading at the Small Press Takeover on Tuesday 25th November! Join the @royalholloway.bsky.social Poetics Research Centre in Bloomsbury at 6:30 (7pm start) for an evening of book arts and experimental performance! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/small-pres...
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
SAVE THE DATE Small Birds Press will be reading at the Small Press Takeover on Tuesday 25th November! Join the @royalholloway.bsky.social Poetics Research Centre in Bloomsbury at 6:30 (7pm start) for an evening of book arts and experimental performance! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/small-pres...
Here is my book haul from Saturday’s Veer 2 event at Hundred Years Gallery - what an incredible evening!
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Here is my book haul from Saturday’s Veer 2 event at Hundred Years Gallery - what an incredible evening!
A November walk in the @royalholloway.bsky.social woodland - the perfect start to the week 🌳🦌🌿
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A November walk in the @royalholloway.bsky.social woodland - the perfect start to the week 🌳🦌🌿
An immense thank you to Veer Books for the opportunity to take Sea Grammar on an outing! Exciting possibilities ahead 👀 🌊
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
An immense thank you to Veer Books for the opportunity to take Sea Grammar on an outing! Exciting possibilities ahead 👀 🌊
This week, the 2nd year Poetry group explored the poetic line through a series of material interventions - a high energy way to get back into the swing of term 📝
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This week, the 2nd year Poetry group explored the poetic line through a series of material interventions - a high energy way to get back into the swing of term 📝
HEY FRIENDS - I've found the perfect way to spend your Saturday night
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
HEY FRIENDS - I've found the perfect way to spend your Saturday night
A reminder that performances from Brittany Thomas and Ellen Warren from the @ghostcitypress.bsky.social Small Press Takeover are available on Spotify 🧡 open.spotify.com/show/5diNbBi...
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A reminder that performances from Brittany Thomas and Ellen Warren from the @ghostcitypress.bsky.social Small Press Takeover are available on Spotify 🧡 open.spotify.com/show/5diNbBi...
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We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation.
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation.
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
This week, the MA poetry group discussed pamphlets by Fathima Zara, Mary Jean Chan, Freya Bantiff, Gboyega Odubanjo 🧡
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This week, the MA poetry group discussed pamphlets by Fathima Zara, Mary Jean Chan, Freya Bantiff, Gboyega Odubanjo 🧡