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Susie Campbell
@susiecampbell.bsky.social
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Makes poetry in multi-modes. Tenter (2020), Enclosures (2021), The Sleeping Place (2023), wastelands (forthcoming, Guillemot Press, 2025)
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Massive shout out to @blackwelloxford.bsky.social for hosting the Ox launch of Wastelands @guillemotpress.bsky.social on Sun. Wonderful audience in a beautiful venue. Also thanks to my guest @drlauravarnam.bsky.social who blew us away with her powerful, moving poetry @ninearchespress.bsky.social
Picture of a woman (poet Susie Campbell) wearing glasses and a blue T shirt holding up two books Piles of books on a blue table. These are copies of Wastelands (chocolate brown cover with foiled engraving of a beaver) and Primers 7 (pale green cover with the title in white caps) Distant shot of three women on a platform in front of an audience
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Booking link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1668864280... (last few tickets!) @guillemotpress.bsky.social @blackwelloxford.bsky.social @drlauravarnam.bsky.social
Event poster, pink speckled background, pictures of a woman's face and a book cover
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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This Sunday! Last few (free) tickets for Oxford launch of Wastelands here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/susie-camp...
Sunday Nov 16th 3pm Blackwell's Books, Broad Street, Oxford. Do come along and say hi!
Picture of the book against a background showing the city of Oxford. The faces of the three readers are shown in the foreground.
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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He is! (or rather he is a Portuguese Podengo, little rescue street dog) and he now has a recently rescued 'sister', also a podengo! ❤️🐕❤️ xx
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Tomorrow!
Dark pink writing on pale pink background and image of origami deer
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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This Sun Nov 9th, 'Wastelands' is at Living Library exhibit of eco poetry, Landmark Arts Centre,Teddington. I'll be talking about the project processes kindly described by Caroline Bergvall in her blogpost on the book (www.carolinebergvallcoaching.com/blog/on-coll...) @guillemotpress.bsky.social
Exhibition poster, dark pink writing on a pink background. Image of origami deer. Black and white image of a blogpost with writing, image of a dog, and a banner across it
November 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Showcasing @drlauravarnam.bsky.social my brilliant guest at Oxford Blackwell's Wastelands launch Nov 16 3pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1668864280...)
Laura is Lecturer in Old & Middle English Literature at University College, Oxford. Her poetry is inspired by the medieval texts that she teaches.
A woman wearing glasses, a bright blue knitted vest over a blue striped shirt, and a dragon brooch. This is Dr Laura Varnam. Book cover, green background with white title Primers and blue names of poets, including Laura Varnam. Laura's 'Grendel's Mother Bites Back' is in this volume, Primers 7 @ninearchespress.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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What a joy! This year's @smallpublishers.bsky.social Thank you to everyone who came to the London launch of Wastelands (first pic), bought copies of the book at the @guillemotpress.bsky.social stall W(second pic), or just came to say hello!
Library, woman reading and talking, she is wearing blue jeans and a dark grape (purple) cardigan crowded hall from above, bookstalls with people buying books
October 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Looking forward to Wastelands @guillemotpress.bsky.social at @smallpublishers.bsky.social tomorrow and to visiting all the wonderful presses and book artists represented there! Just a reminder that I will be reading upstairs in the library at Conway Hall tomorrow from 12.30pm! Do come and say hello!
Crowds of people looking at books at rows of bookstalls
October 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Unlikely scenes perhaps as I prepare for London launch of ‘Wastelands’ @guillemotpress.bsky.social at @smallpublishers.bsky.social pthis Saturday (but Manchester Poetry Library audience may recognise their donations - now carefully washed!) #poetry #waste
paper coffee cups washed and stacked
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Next Saturday, October 25th, Wastelands pub by @guillemotpress.bsky.social is at @smallpublishers.bsky.social Conway Hall along with other fabulous readings, exhibitions and publishers fair! I’ll be reading and talking about Wastelands in the library at 12.30.
Programme of events with inserted photograph of woman reading in library
October 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Looking forward to London launch
‘Wastelands’
Sat 25th Oct 12.30 Conway Hall

& more at the magical celebration of writers publishers & books that is the Small Publishers Fair 2025!
susiecampbell.substack.com/p/that-magic...
or just see you at Conway Hall Library!
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white lettering against poster for Small Publishers Fair
October 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Autumn's here, issue 11 of @awirlzine beautifully championing the small, minimal & concrete in poetry! My [landfill blackberries], written specifically to submit to this issue, combines loopy waste poetics (Wastelands @guillemotpress.bsky.social ) with 'aswirlish' minimalism!
black and white zine cover against red background, cover design is tiny triangles or are they falling leaves six word poem arranged over six lines
October 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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'I didn't lick this': best audience response? By the cool @davidmullinhere.bsky.social, sticker by @Lindenprint. A taste of the wonderful event last night to launch Wastelands @guillemotpress.bsky.social w brilliant Prerana Kumar & @taniahershman.bsky.social thanks to Jennifer Lee Tsai for pics 2/3.
Book cover with sticker showing orange arrow on yellow background 3 women writers seated and talking to audience Susie standing, reading poetry, pile of waste at her feet
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Publication Day! @guillemotpress.bsky.social
www.guillemotpress.co.uk/poetry/susie... Opportunity to thank you all for your support for this book. First launch at Manchester Poetry Library this Thursday 4pm. Come say hi!
poster with 3 author pictures plus images of clock, book, beaver Book cover with image of beaver
September 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Publication Eve! (Tomorrow 22 Sept is Pub Day for Wastelands @guillemotpress.bsky.social w 1st launch event in Manchester on Thurs) So I'm celebrating with a little selection of pics some of you have shared of pre-ordered copies arriving. With my huge thanks. www.guillemotpress.co.uk/poetry/susie...
picture of beaver with text Book cover with beaver on green background close up of beaver shadowy book
September 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Final part of my Substack series on the developmental processes of my Wastelands project just in time for publication day (@guillemotpress Mon Sept 22) susiecampbell.substack.com/p/wastelands...
White lettering against a misty dark landscape
September 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Exciting to see pre-orders of Wastelands @guillemotpress.bsky.social starting to arrive!
Book in a box of green tissue paper
September 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Wastelands events w London added! @guillemotpress.bsky.social
SEPT 25, Manchester Poetry Lib (no need to book)
OCT 25, London, Small Publ Fair (no need to book)
NOV 16, Oxford Blackwell's (free booking here eventbrite.co.uk/e/1668864280...
Book pre-orders: guillemotpress.co.uk/poetry/susie...
Poster, gold background with author's face and drawing of a beaver from book cover
September 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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'Wastelands' launch events, first dates announced. Details (and more dates) to follow. Manchester Poetry Library (dual launch w @taniahershman.bsky.social & Prerana Kumar) Sep 25 4pm, Oxford Blackwells (w @drlauravarnam.bsky.social Pos) Nov 16 3pm. Links and how to book coming soon!
Poster showing cover of 'Wastelands' book (a beaver)
September 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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'Partners in Crime': my latest substack about how my rescue dog Charlie became an active collaborator in my 'Wastelands' poetry project (available to pre-order www.guillemotpress.co.uk/poetry/susie...)
Substack link: susiecampbell.substack.com/p/partners-i...
Close up of a dog's face with a pink nose and a white stripe on his forehead A different close up of the same dog, this time curled up
August 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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'Recovery, Ritual, and Recycling: the making of 'Wastelands'' new post here: susiecampbell.substack.com/p/recovery-r...

'Wastelands' is coming in September but is now available to pre-order here www.guillemotpress.co.uk/poetry/susie...

A joy to share these early pics of the book with you all!
A book is standing on a pile of other books with a map in the background and a magnifying glass and a compass in the foreground A book is standing against a wire fence with a hill in the background (this is the landfill site and landscape which features in the book)
August 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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New post on my substack about the making of a performance garment from waste. This is the second in a series of posts about the developmental fieldwork that went into the making of 'Wastelands' my poetry collection out soon
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a string of litter dressmaker's mannequin modelling coat made of waste smiling woman (Susie) wearing coat made of waste
July 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Ahead of September's launch of 'Wastelands', my new poetry collection forthcoming from @guillemotpress.bsky.social
I talk about a short developmental film I made here: substack.com/history/post...
and the film can be viewed here:
youtube.com/watch?v=nEsz...
Film poster showing a woman bent over in agony against a landscape
July 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Such a pleasure to review Carol Watts's latest poetry collection Mimic Pond (Shearsman Books) for Long Poem Magazine. longpoemmagazine.org.uk/reviews/mimi...
Book cover showing reflection of a street lamp and pond weeds in water. Just showing behind the book is the cover of a magazine which has black and white photos on it.
July 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM