Louise Kenward
@louisekenward.bsky.social
Writer, Artist, Psychologist
MOVING MOUNTAINS
PhD candidate at Centre for Place Writing, Manchester Met Uni.
Exploring the Romney Marshes & its coastline through post-viral illness. https://louisekenward.substack.com
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MOVING MOUNTAINS
PhD candidate at Centre for Place Writing, Manchester Met Uni.
Exploring the Romney Marshes & its coastline through post-viral illness. https://louisekenward.substack.com
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Louise Kenward
@louisekenward.bsky.social
· Nov 16
MOVING MOUNTAINS: Writing Nature Through Illness & Disability launches in paperback on 6th March 2025!
You can preorder now from the usual places & do ask your local bookshop/library for a copy too. Available as an ebook/hardback now.
📚💚 #NatureWriting #Disability
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/movi...
You can preorder now from the usual places & do ask your local bookshop/library for a copy too. Available as an ebook/hardback now.
📚💚 #NatureWriting #Disability
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/movi...
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This is sad news.
Admired British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
Parr said his brightly coloured, closely observed pictures of British life were ‘disguised as entertainment’ but they became hugely popular
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This is sad news.
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As a skint single parent to two teens with additional needs, online is the only type of writing retreat within my reach.
Comments like this prove that the attitude that writing isn't for the likes of me is still depressingly prevalent within literary circles.
Ableist bullshit, & classist too.
Comments like this prove that the attitude that writing isn't for the likes of me is still depressingly prevalent within literary circles.
Ableist bullshit, & classist too.
Really disappointed to see this response to my forthcoming Arvon course running in the spring.
This has been a really popular course that has gained a great deal of positive feedback and nurtured some brilliant writing and writers.
Can I politely suggest this is ableist bullshit.
This has been a really popular course that has gained a great deal of positive feedback and nurtured some brilliant writing and writers.
Can I politely suggest this is ableist bullshit.
An online writing retreat?
Online?
Hmm, why not a real writing retreat?
Somewhere warm, cosy and supportive in a fabulous part of the world and with a caring host who is also qualified to edit/proofread your prose
With added daily adventures to inspire you
Pourquoi pas?
Online?
Hmm, why not a real writing retreat?
Somewhere warm, cosy and supportive in a fabulous part of the world and with a caring host who is also qualified to edit/proofread your prose
With added daily adventures to inspire you
Pourquoi pas?
December 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
As a skint single parent to two teens with additional needs, online is the only type of writing retreat within my reach.
Comments like this prove that the attitude that writing isn't for the likes of me is still depressingly prevalent within literary circles.
Ableist bullshit, & classist too.
Comments like this prove that the attitude that writing isn't for the likes of me is still depressingly prevalent within literary circles.
Ableist bullshit, & classist too.
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I've been reading about the remarkably well-preserved St Bees Man and wondered if anyone could shed some light of the hair (not his own) arranged around his neck in the coffin. Was that something people did in the 1300s?
(There are autopsy photos in the link)
stbees.org.uk/home/village...
(There are autopsy photos in the link)
stbees.org.uk/home/village...
Verifying Your Connection
stbees.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I've been reading about the remarkably well-preserved St Bees Man and wondered if anyone could shed some light of the hair (not his own) arranged around his neck in the coffin. Was that something people did in the 1300s?
(There are autopsy photos in the link)
stbees.org.uk/home/village...
(There are autopsy photos in the link)
stbees.org.uk/home/village...
Really disappointed to see this response to my forthcoming Arvon course running in the spring.
This has been a really popular course that has gained a great deal of positive feedback and nurtured some brilliant writing and writers.
Can I politely suggest this is ableist bullshit.
This has been a really popular course that has gained a great deal of positive feedback and nurtured some brilliant writing and writers.
Can I politely suggest this is ableist bullshit.
An online writing retreat?
Online?
Hmm, why not a real writing retreat?
Somewhere warm, cosy and supportive in a fabulous part of the world and with a caring host who is also qualified to edit/proofread your prose
With added daily adventures to inspire you
Pourquoi pas?
Online?
Hmm, why not a real writing retreat?
Somewhere warm, cosy and supportive in a fabulous part of the world and with a caring host who is also qualified to edit/proofread your prose
With added daily adventures to inspire you
Pourquoi pas?
Newly announced, Arvon's programme of day time online retreats - a whole month worth of Thursday's in March will bring @mailbykite.bsky.social & I into your writing room - bringing support, guidance & workshops for your wip or something new @arvonfoundation.bsky.social www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
December 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Really disappointed to see this response to my forthcoming Arvon course running in the spring.
This has been a really popular course that has gained a great deal of positive feedback and nurtured some brilliant writing and writers.
Can I politely suggest this is ableist bullshit.
This has been a really popular course that has gained a great deal of positive feedback and nurtured some brilliant writing and writers.
Can I politely suggest this is ableist bullshit.
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Newly announced, Arvon's programme of day time online retreats - a whole month worth of Thursday's in March will bring @mailbykite.bsky.social & I into your writing room - bringing support, guidance & workshops for your wip or something new @arvonfoundation.bsky.social www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Online Writing Month (daytime): Writing the Body | Embodied Place Writing | Arvon
To be able to connect with place, it is not possible to ignore the body that carries you there, that arrives and that journeys through, however that might happen. It is impossible to ignore the human ...
www.arvon.org
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Newly announced, Arvon's programme of day time online retreats - a whole month worth of Thursday's in March will bring @mailbykite.bsky.social & I into your writing room - bringing support, guidance & workshops for your wip or something new @arvonfoundation.bsky.social www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Newly announced, Arvon's programme of day time online retreats - a whole month worth of Thursday's in March will bring @mailbykite.bsky.social & I into your writing room - bringing support, guidance & workshops for your wip or something new @arvonfoundation.bsky.social www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Online Writing Month (daytime): Writing the Body | Embodied Place Writing | Arvon
To be able to connect with place, it is not possible to ignore the body that carries you there, that arrives and that journeys through, however that might happen. It is impossible to ignore the human ...
www.arvon.org
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Newly announced, Arvon's programme of day time online retreats - a whole month worth of Thursday's in March will bring @mailbykite.bsky.social & I into your writing room - bringing support, guidance & workshops for your wip or something new @arvonfoundation.bsky.social www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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TONIGHT!
In the last event of the series, Jean Sprackland is joined by @danzep.bsky.social and Helen McGhie to discuss all things darkness and night time.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/night-visi...
#BookSky
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#BookSky
Night Vision: Dan Richards and Helen McGhie
Writing and photography come together to reveal what really goes on after dark.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
TONIGHT!
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Today is World AIDS Day.
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Today is World AIDS Day.
Some excellent gift ideas for your chronically ill pal/friends & family:
#BookSky
chronic.market/chronic-illn...
#BookSky
chronic.market/chronic-illn...
Books by Authors with ME/CFS and Related Chronic Illnesses – Chronic Market
chronic.market
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Some excellent gift ideas for your chronically ill pal/friends & family:
#BookSky
chronic.market/chronic-illn...
#BookSky
chronic.market/chronic-illn...
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Long C-19 is not your friend.
"Conclusions: Long COVID affects over one-fifth of SARS-CoV-2 survivors, with fatigue and dyspnoea persisting in many. Female sex and severe acute infection increase risk. Standardized definitions and longer follow-up are needed."
www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/13...
"Conclusions: Long COVID affects over one-fifth of SARS-CoV-2 survivors, with fatigue and dyspnoea persisting in many. Female sex and severe acute infection increase risk. Standardized definitions and longer follow-up are needed."
www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/13...
www.mdpi.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Long C-19 is not your friend.
"Conclusions: Long COVID affects over one-fifth of SARS-CoV-2 survivors, with fatigue and dyspnoea persisting in many. Female sex and severe acute infection increase risk. Standardized definitions and longer follow-up are needed."
www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/13...
"Conclusions: Long COVID affects over one-fifth of SARS-CoV-2 survivors, with fatigue and dyspnoea persisting in many. Female sex and severe acute infection increase risk. Standardized definitions and longer follow-up are needed."
www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/13...
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#CFP: "The Ocean of Life. Humanities and the Ocean"
International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan.
Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025
Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site
#envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities
International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan.
Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025
Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site
#envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#CFP: "The Ocean of Life. Humanities and the Ocean"
International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan.
Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025
Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site
#envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities
International seminar, 3 July 2026, University of the Ryukus, Japan.
Deadline for submissions: 19 December 2025
Info: international-seminar-ocean.my.canva.site
#envhum #envhist #ecolit #bluehumanities
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From Broken Sleep Books - We are open for poetry pamphlet/chapbook submissions until 30th November.
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @dcahf-met.bsky.social #poetry #writingopps
www.brokensleepbooks.com
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @dcahf-met.bsky.social #poetry #writingopps
www.brokensleepbooks.com
Welcome | Broken Sleep Books
A working-class indie publisher putting access to the arts at the forefront of what we do. Authors include J H Prynne, Gillian Clarke, Fiona Benson, Luke Kennard, Andre Bagoo, Andrew McMillan, Pádraig...
www.brokensleepbooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
From Broken Sleep Books - We are open for poetry pamphlet/chapbook submissions until 30th November.
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @dcahf-met.bsky.social #poetry #writingopps
www.brokensleepbooks.com
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @dcahf-met.bsky.social #poetry #writingopps
www.brokensleepbooks.com
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We didn’t get Books Council Wales funding, it would've meant 5 years of stability. It’s a blow, and it means a rockier road ahead, but our commitment to ambitious, inclusive, working-class publishing stays firm. If you want to help: buy a book, spread the word, or donate:
ko-fi.com/brokensleepb...
ko-fi.com/brokensleepb...
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We didn’t get Books Council Wales funding, it would've meant 5 years of stability. It’s a blow, and it means a rockier road ahead, but our commitment to ambitious, inclusive, working-class publishing stays firm. If you want to help: buy a book, spread the word, or donate:
ko-fi.com/brokensleepb...
ko-fi.com/brokensleepb...
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Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026-27 Centenary PhD Fellowships for early career historians completing a doctorate bit.ly/48pWB72
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Applications invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships, 2026-27 - RHS
Applications are now invited for the Royal Historical Society’s Centenary PhD Fellowships to support postgraduate historians to complete a doctorate. Two Fellowships, of six months each, are offered f...
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026-27 Centenary PhD Fellowships for early career historians completing a doctorate bit.ly/48pWB72
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
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TONIGHT at Manchester Poetry Library & ONLINE.
Celebrating Jean Sprackland's new book, Night Vision.
Celebrating Jean Sprackland's new book, Night Vision.
We're very excited for the book launch of Jean Sprackland's new book, Night Vision, this week at Manchester Poetry Library.
Online and in-person tickets.
#BookSky #NightSky #Darkness
www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Online and in-person tickets.
#BookSky #NightSky #Darkness
www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Night Vision: Book Launch with Karen Solie and Jean Sprackland, 20 Nov 2025
Reading, Manchester Poetry Library
www.mmu.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
TONIGHT at Manchester Poetry Library & ONLINE.
Celebrating Jean Sprackland's new book, Night Vision.
Celebrating Jean Sprackland's new book, Night Vision.
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(UK) Recording of Westminster Hall debate: "Government support for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis" (i.e. in the Houses of Parliament)
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
This 4:30pm debate was led by Tessa Munt MP @tessamunt.bsky.social
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #PwME #MEcfs #CFS
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
This 4:30pm debate was led by Tessa Munt MP @tessamunt.bsky.social
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #PwME #MEcfs #CFS
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
(UK) Recording of Westminster Hall debate: "Government support for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis" (i.e. in the Houses of Parliament)
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
This 4:30pm debate was led by Tessa Munt MP @tessamunt.bsky.social
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #PwME #MEcfs #CFS
www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
This 4:30pm debate was led by Tessa Munt MP @tessamunt.bsky.social
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #PwME #MEcfs #CFS
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Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.
—Lucille Clifton
—Lucille Clifton
September 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.
—Lucille Clifton
—Lucille Clifton
Another great article from the brilliant work of @catherinehale.bsky.social & Chronic Illness Inclusion - paper from Catherine, Ana Bê & Anna Ruddock.
#DisabilitySky International Journal of Disability & Social Justice.
www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
#DisabilitySky International Journal of Disability & Social Justice.
www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
Introducing “Energy Limiting Conditions”: The Emergence and Evolution of a New Impairment Concept
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d1540804e129">The terms “energy limiting condition” (ELC) and “energy impairment”locate the embodied
e...
www.scienceopen.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Another great article from the brilliant work of @catherinehale.bsky.social & Chronic Illness Inclusion - paper from Catherine, Ana Bê & Anna Ruddock.
#DisabilitySky International Journal of Disability & Social Justice.
www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
#DisabilitySky International Journal of Disability & Social Justice.
www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
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lithub.com/remembering-.... read this achingly beautiful piece by @thrasherxy.bsky.social I keep thinking, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social was irreplaceable but she nurtured a whole-ass huge forest (or series of forests). No one can replace her, except for all of us doing the work she nurtured in us.
Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend
Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…
lithub.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
lithub.com/remembering-.... read this achingly beautiful piece by @thrasherxy.bsky.social I keep thinking, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social was irreplaceable but she nurtured a whole-ass huge forest (or series of forests). No one can replace her, except for all of us doing the work she nurtured in us.
Reposted by Louise Kenward
We're very excited for the book launch of Jean Sprackland's new book, Night Vision, this week at Manchester Poetry Library.
Online and in-person tickets.
#BookSky #NightSky #Darkness
www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Online and in-person tickets.
#BookSky #NightSky #Darkness
www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Night Vision: Book Launch with Karen Solie and Jean Sprackland, 20 Nov 2025
Reading, Manchester Poetry Library
www.mmu.ac.uk
November 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We're very excited for the book launch of Jean Sprackland's new book, Night Vision, this week at Manchester Poetry Library.
Online and in-person tickets.
#BookSky #NightSky #Darkness
www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Online and in-person tickets.
#BookSky #NightSky #Darkness
www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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We are searching for that special person to take over the prestige role of Sussex Bird Report editor!🖊️
Have you or anyone you know got the time to help us?
Current editor Mark Mallalieu wrote a short piece about the role here; www.sos.org.uk/archives/6643
Please read and share 🙏
Have you or anyone you know got the time to help us?
Current editor Mark Mallalieu wrote a short piece about the role here; www.sos.org.uk/archives/6643
Please read and share 🙏
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We are searching for that special person to take over the prestige role of Sussex Bird Report editor!🖊️
Have you or anyone you know got the time to help us?
Current editor Mark Mallalieu wrote a short piece about the role here; www.sos.org.uk/archives/6643
Please read and share 🙏
Have you or anyone you know got the time to help us?
Current editor Mark Mallalieu wrote a short piece about the role here; www.sos.org.uk/archives/6643
Please read and share 🙏
Reposted by Louise Kenward
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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When we talk about disability ancestors, we’re not talking about some distant, abstract lineage. We’re talking about people who fought, organized, wrote, dreamed, and survived alongside us. People who left us tools, strategies, jokes, tenderness, and a politic were responsible for carrying forward.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
When we talk about disability ancestors, we’re not talking about some distant, abstract lineage. We’re talking about people who fought, organized, wrote, dreamed, and survived alongside us. People who left us tools, strategies, jokes, tenderness, and a politic were responsible for carrying forward.