Jennifer Wong
@jennywcreative.bsky.social
Poet, writer, editor / author of Letters Home & Light Year (Nine Arches Press) & Writing Identity, Home & Elsewhere (Bloomsbury)
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Thank you for this gorgeous cover!
Delighted to share the cover of our first book in 2026.
Light Year by @jennywcreative.bsky.social explores love, healing, time, memory and place.
Available to pre-order. Line up your copy: ninearchespress.com/publications...
Cover artwork by Sandy Litchfield sandylitchfield.com
Light Year by @jennywcreative.bsky.social explores love, healing, time, memory and place.
Available to pre-order. Line up your copy: ninearchespress.com/publications...
Cover artwork by Sandy Litchfield sandylitchfield.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Thank you for this gorgeous cover!
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SPOTLIGHT #poetry book - The Apothecary of Flight by @janeburn.bsky.social, poems for understanding & translating the self.
‘What Jane Burn does with words, with spaces, with breath, is unlike anyone else' @taniahershman.bsky.social
Now in our seasonal sale, just £7.99 ninearchespress.com/shop
‘What Jane Burn does with words, with spaces, with breath, is unlike anyone else' @taniahershman.bsky.social
Now in our seasonal sale, just £7.99 ninearchespress.com/shop
December 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
SPOTLIGHT #poetry book - The Apothecary of Flight by @janeburn.bsky.social, poems for understanding & translating the self.
‘What Jane Burn does with words, with spaces, with breath, is unlike anyone else' @taniahershman.bsky.social
Now in our seasonal sale, just £7.99 ninearchespress.com/shop
‘What Jane Burn does with words, with spaces, with breath, is unlike anyone else' @taniahershman.bsky.social
Now in our seasonal sale, just £7.99 ninearchespress.com/shop
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🥁Thrilled to share our 2026 #poetry list.
Full details and tantalising glimpses into these new titles are here: ninearchespress.com/about-us/news
Including books by @jennywcreative.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @kymdeyn.bsky.social @marymulholland.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Full details and tantalising glimpses into these new titles are here: ninearchespress.com/about-us/news
Including books by @jennywcreative.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @kymdeyn.bsky.social @marymulholland.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🥁Thrilled to share our 2026 #poetry list.
Full details and tantalising glimpses into these new titles are here: ninearchespress.com/about-us/news
Including books by @jennywcreative.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @kymdeyn.bsky.social @marymulholland.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Full details and tantalising glimpses into these new titles are here: ninearchespress.com/about-us/news
Including books by @jennywcreative.bsky.social @betarish.bsky.social @kymdeyn.bsky.social @marymulholland.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social
Don’t miss this amazing @redbeanpoetry.bsky.social line-up ❄️❄️❄️ @metapheric.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social Nina Mingya Powles, Erica Hesketh on 3 Dec, 8pm at National Poetry Library to share their new poems and reflect on art-making and transformations! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/spe...
Special Edition: Red Bean Poetry | Southbank Centre
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November 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Don’t miss this amazing @redbeanpoetry.bsky.social line-up ❄️❄️❄️ @metapheric.bsky.social @troycabida.bsky.social Nina Mingya Powles, Erica Hesketh on 3 Dec, 8pm at National Poetry Library to share their new poems and reflect on art-making and transformations! www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/spe...
Running a new online poetry course on writing #kinships and #emotionallandscapes at @poetryschool.bsky.social for spring 2026 ✍️🗻🌴 on the personal, social, cultural
ties that matter a lot to us. check out their full programme and here’s more info on it! poetryschool.com/courses/writ...
ties that matter a lot to us. check out their full programme and here’s more info on it! poetryschool.com/courses/writ...
Writing Kinships & Emotional Landscapes • Poetry School
Kinships can shape us as people and the emotional landscapes in which we live; join as we explore those rich relationships and notions of belonging in your writing.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Running a new online poetry course on writing #kinships and #emotionallandscapes at @poetryschool.bsky.social for spring 2026 ✍️🗻🌴 on the personal, social, cultural
ties that matter a lot to us. check out their full programme and here’s more info on it! poetryschool.com/courses/writ...
ties that matter a lot to us. check out their full programme and here’s more info on it! poetryschool.com/courses/writ...
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📢 Big news: The national curriculum review is here!
We're proud to have contributed to Professor Becky Francis’ report, which recognises the vital role of creativity in every child’s education. 🎨
We're proud to have contributed to Professor Becky Francis’ report, which recognises the vital role of creativity in every child’s education. 🎨
A great day for the next generation of creative talent in England
A response to Curriculum and Assessment Review
www.artscouncil.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📢 Big news: The national curriculum review is here!
We're proud to have contributed to Professor Becky Francis’ report, which recognises the vital role of creativity in every child’s education. 🎨
We're proud to have contributed to Professor Becky Francis’ report, which recognises the vital role of creativity in every child’s education. 🎨
Looking forward to joining the amazing Laurie Bolger, author of Lady (Nine Arches Press) and founder of the Creative Writing Breakfast Club on 10 Nov for an online reading in collaboration with @FoundationSwift. Stay in to spend the evening with us! Rsvp www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
Poetry in Pyjamas: an evening of poems with Laurie Bolger & Jennifer Wong
Snuggle up & listen to some great poetry from the comfort of your own space via zoom. In association with Rebecca Swift Foundation.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Looking forward to joining the amazing Laurie Bolger, author of Lady (Nine Arches Press) and founder of the Creative Writing Breakfast Club on 10 Nov for an online reading in collaboration with @FoundationSwift. Stay in to spend the evening with us! Rsvp www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
Looking forward to the reading and conversation with #SarahHowe from #Foretokens at HK Gathering Leaves community library London on 18 Oct. Also photographer Jane Lam and author of #SpeakStill #TongWingLam will share work as HK artists! Don’t miss it! Rsvp: www.eventbrite.com/e/between-st...
Between Stillness and Language
A dialogue with creatives from Hong Kong exploring what lies between language, media, identities and memories.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Looking forward to the reading and conversation with #SarahHowe from #Foretokens at HK Gathering Leaves community library London on 18 Oct. Also photographer Jane Lam and author of #SpeakStill #TongWingLam will share work as HK artists! Don’t miss it! Rsvp: www.eventbrite.com/e/between-st...
Don't miss the last two days to submit to the first-ever @foundationswift.bsky.social Woman, Mapped anthology (forthcoming from @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social 2026)! Deadline 12 Oct, 11.59pm, open call for works by UK-based women poets. Here's more: www.youtube.com/shorts/_HVes...
Rebecca Swift Foundation - 'Woman, Mapped' Anthology
YouTube video by Rebecca Swift Foundation
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October 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Don't miss the last two days to submit to the first-ever @foundationswift.bsky.social Woman, Mapped anthology (forthcoming from @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social 2026)! Deadline 12 Oct, 11.59pm, open call for works by UK-based women poets. Here's more: www.youtube.com/shorts/_HVes...
it’s not easy thinking up a book cover. But when you come across the right one you’ll know.
September 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
it’s not easy thinking up a book cover. But when you come across the right one you’ll know.
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Winchester Poetry Festival is approaching. online events are so important for accessibility, but they’re also costly to run & we haven’t sold many online tickets yet. Just wanted to shout that our headline events are
live-streamed and BSL interpreted! 1/3 www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/what-s-on
live-streamed and BSL interpreted! 1/3 www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/what-s-on
What's on - Winchester Poetry Festival events in 2025
Details of our forthcoming events and collaborations.
Winchester Poetry Festival runs 2-12th October
www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org
September 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Winchester Poetry Festival is approaching. online events are so important for accessibility, but they’re also costly to run & we haven’t sold many online tickets yet. Just wanted to shout that our headline events are
live-streamed and BSL interpreted! 1/3 www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/what-s-on
live-streamed and BSL interpreted! 1/3 www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org/what-s-on
Looking forward to running this workshop on found poetry and metaphors for Tsaa on 27 oct! Please check out the upcoming sessions by Charlotte Shevchenko Knight and Romalyn herself on haunting and joy 👍✍️
@romalynante3.bsky.social
www.romalynante.com/event-list
@romalynante3.bsky.social
www.romalynante.com/event-list
September 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Looking forward to running this workshop on found poetry and metaphors for Tsaa on 27 oct! Please check out the upcoming sessions by Charlotte Shevchenko Knight and Romalyn herself on haunting and joy 👍✍️
@romalynante3.bsky.social
www.romalynante.com/event-list
@romalynante3.bsky.social
www.romalynante.com/event-list
Looking forward to running this workshop on found poetry and metaphors for Tsaa on 27 oct! Please check out the upcoming sessions by Charlotte Sharvenko Knight and Romalyn herself on haunting and joy 👍✍️
@romalynante3.bsky.social
www.romalynante.com/event-list
@romalynante3.bsky.social
www.romalynante.com/event-list
September 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Looking forward to running this workshop on found poetry and metaphors for Tsaa on 27 oct! Please check out the upcoming sessions by Charlotte Sharvenko Knight and Romalyn herself on haunting and joy 👍✍️
@romalynante3.bsky.social
www.romalynante.com/event-list
@romalynante3.bsky.social
www.romalynante.com/event-list
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Do you want to be part of something special?
We're recruiting for a new Chair and two new Trustees to support our national work advocating for and championing UK-based women poets.
Find out more here: www.rebeccaswiftfoundation.org/about/work-w...
#Governance #womenpoets
We're recruiting for a new Chair and two new Trustees to support our national work advocating for and championing UK-based women poets.
Find out more here: www.rebeccaswiftfoundation.org/about/work-w...
#Governance #womenpoets
August 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Do you want to be part of something special?
We're recruiting for a new Chair and two new Trustees to support our national work advocating for and championing UK-based women poets.
Find out more here: www.rebeccaswiftfoundation.org/about/work-w...
#Governance #womenpoets
We're recruiting for a new Chair and two new Trustees to support our national work advocating for and championing UK-based women poets.
Find out more here: www.rebeccaswiftfoundation.org/about/work-w...
#Governance #womenpoets
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‘Shapero leaves a huge dent in oblivion to show us that it’s real.’
—Jack Underwood
STAY DEAD by Natalie Shapero OUT NOW
In her fourth collection, Shapero examines performance, power, comedy and despair through the lenses of method acting and abstract expressionism.
outspokenldn.com/shop/staydead
—Jack Underwood
STAY DEAD by Natalie Shapero OUT NOW
In her fourth collection, Shapero examines performance, power, comedy and despair through the lenses of method acting and abstract expressionism.
outspokenldn.com/shop/staydead
September 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
‘Shapero leaves a huge dent in oblivion to show us that it’s real.’
—Jack Underwood
STAY DEAD by Natalie Shapero OUT NOW
In her fourth collection, Shapero examines performance, power, comedy and despair through the lenses of method acting and abstract expressionism.
outspokenldn.com/shop/staydead
—Jack Underwood
STAY DEAD by Natalie Shapero OUT NOW
In her fourth collection, Shapero examines performance, power, comedy and despair through the lenses of method acting and abstract expressionism.
outspokenldn.com/shop/staydead
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📣 Orders are now open for our latest issue, Wasafiri 123!
Find interviews with Andre Bagoo, Cato Pedder, and Christina Sharpe, three translated Tamil poets, a poem by Devika Rege, and more fiction, reviews, articles, and poems.
www.wasafiri.org/issues/wasaf...
Find interviews with Andre Bagoo, Cato Pedder, and Christina Sharpe, three translated Tamil poets, a poem by Devika Rege, and more fiction, reviews, articles, and poems.
www.wasafiri.org/issues/wasaf...
Wasafiri 123
Inside Wasafiri 123, you'll find interviews with Andre Bagoo and Christina Sharpe, a lead feature poem by Devika Rege, our 2024 Essay Prize winning articles…
www.wasafiri.org
September 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
📣 Orders are now open for our latest issue, Wasafiri 123!
Find interviews with Andre Bagoo, Cato Pedder, and Christina Sharpe, three translated Tamil poets, a poem by Devika Rege, and more fiction, reviews, articles, and poems.
www.wasafiri.org/issues/wasaf...
Find interviews with Andre Bagoo, Cato Pedder, and Christina Sharpe, three translated Tamil poets, a poem by Devika Rege, and more fiction, reviews, articles, and poems.
www.wasafiri.org/issues/wasaf...
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I'll be reading from my @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social book, The Point Is You Are Alive, alongside @marymulholland.bsky.social Wendy Allen and @alicehiller.bsky.social, at The Poetry Cafe, Tuesday 28th October, 7pm-9pm!
Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outrageous...
Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outrageous...
September 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'll be reading from my @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social book, The Point Is You Are Alive, alongside @marymulholland.bsky.social Wendy Allen and @alicehiller.bsky.social, at The Poetry Cafe, Tuesday 28th October, 7pm-9pm!
Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outrageous...
Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/outrageous...
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Join @csmithpoet.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of BYCATCH at Wembley Library, alongside poet Erica Hesketh.
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
September 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Join @csmithpoet.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of BYCATCH at Wembley Library, alongside poet Erica Hesketh.
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
Their books are beautifully moving explorations into the beginning and end of life, parenting & ageing, sadness & joy.
Thursday 16th October 6.30pm
eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
was away from this side of social media for a while but so glad to learn from @jenniferfeeley.bsky.social her process of translating and editing
Thank you @jennywcreative.bsky.social for chatting with me about literary translation & HK lit 💖
hongkonger.world/2025/04/21/h...
hongkonger.world/2025/04/21/h...
Hong Kong literature with an English voice | The Hong Konger
Translator Jennifer Feeley works to retain the distinctive character and tone of the Chinese authors she interprets.
hongkonger.world
September 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
was away from this side of social media for a while but so glad to learn from @jenniferfeeley.bsky.social her process of translating and editing
The first hour of the day 💕
July 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The first hour of the day 💕
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Fellow @serenbooks.bsky.social poet @wendycaitlin.bsky.social and I are reading tomorrow (23rd July, 6.30 pm) at @bookspacecardiff.bsky.social, the best independent bookshop in the city. Tickets: www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/products/wen...
Wendy Allen and Taz Rahman poetry ticket
Join us for an evening of readings from poets Wendy Allen and Taz Rahman When: 23/7/25 18:30 start (doors 18:10) Where: 26a Crwys Road, CF24 4NL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There will be books available to b...
www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk
July 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Fellow @serenbooks.bsky.social poet @wendycaitlin.bsky.social and I are reading tomorrow (23rd July, 6.30 pm) at @bookspacecardiff.bsky.social, the best independent bookshop in the city. Tickets: www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/products/wen...
helping with a writing contest makes me think back on beginnings, the way good writing matters and grows on you. 🌱🌱
July 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
helping with a writing contest makes me think back on beginnings, the way good writing matters and grows on you. 🌱🌱
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I’ve been sending out some copies of ‘Snap!’ It’s so lovely to have the book out in the world and the reactions so far have been really lovely. If you want a copy, it’s available here in parperback or hardback: shorturl.at/V3bGH
July 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I’ve been sending out some copies of ‘Snap!’ It’s so lovely to have the book out in the world and the reactions so far have been really lovely. If you want a copy, it’s available here in parperback or hardback: shorturl.at/V3bGH
‘No matter how hard they try, Hai, Grazina, and his friends find America falling short of what it promises, simply and especially because they are immigrants or children of the immigrants.’ theadroitjournal.org/2025/07/03/a...
A Review of Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness - The Adroit Journal
Ocean Vuong’s latest novel, The Emperor of Gladness, is a bold and remarkable novel that captures the hopes and disillusionments of people living in today’s America. The story begins in the fictional ...
theadroitjournal.org
July 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
‘No matter how hard they try, Hai, Grazina, and his friends find America falling short of what it promises, simply and especially because they are immigrants or children of the immigrants.’ theadroitjournal.org/2025/07/03/a...
I’ve read a very different review on Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness recently but I hope to share my own reflections on the novel with you. Thanks a lot to The Adroit Journal for including it theadroitjournal.org/2025/07/03/a...
A Review of Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness - The Adroit Journal
Ocean Vuong’s latest novel, The Emperor of Gladness, is a bold and remarkable novel that captures the hopes and disillusionments of people living in today’s America. The story begins in the fictional ...
theadroitjournal.org
July 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I’ve read a very different review on Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness recently but I hope to share my own reflections on the novel with you. Thanks a lot to The Adroit Journal for including it theadroitjournal.org/2025/07/03/a...