Suzanna Fitzpatrick
@suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social
Poet published in magazines & anthologies in the UK, US, Ireland & Canada. Debut pamphlet: Fledglings (Red Squirrel Press, 2016). First collection: Crippled (Red Squirrel Press, 2025).
I was privileged to be asked to be a beta reader for this course. It's seriously good - not surprising, given it's led by @juliamarybird.bsky.social and delivered by the @writerscentre.bsky.social. Online and very accessible. Go book! nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/courses/the-...
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I was privileged to be asked to be a beta reader for this course. It's seriously good - not surprising, given it's led by @juliamarybird.bsky.social and delivered by the @writerscentre.bsky.social. Online and very accessible. Go book! nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/courses/the-...
This has cheered a challenging week :)
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This has cheered a challenging week :)
Huge thanks to Black Iris Poetry, Sarah Gibbons and Lauren Thomas
for printing this - check out their new series #poetryofbreakingnews #poetryofinstagram lots of fellow @poetryschool.bsky.social MA colleagues there too. Open for submissions until 28 Nov.
for printing this - check out their new series #poetryofbreakingnews #poetryofinstagram lots of fellow @poetryschool.bsky.social MA colleagues there too. Open for submissions until 28 Nov.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Huge thanks to Black Iris Poetry, Sarah Gibbons and Lauren Thomas
for printing this - check out their new series #poetryofbreakingnews #poetryofinstagram lots of fellow @poetryschool.bsky.social MA colleagues there too. Open for submissions until 28 Nov.
for printing this - check out their new series #poetryofbreakingnews #poetryofinstagram lots of fellow @poetryschool.bsky.social MA colleagues there too. Open for submissions until 28 Nov.
Fantastic night for the Oxford launch of 'Crippled'. Huge thanks to @kebleoxford.bsky.social
for giving us the use of a wonderful space, and especially to Sarah Gibbons for her scintillating reading. @tessafoley.bsky.social we missed you, get well soon! www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
for giving us the use of a wonderful space, and especially to Sarah Gibbons for her scintillating reading. @tessafoley.bsky.social we missed you, get well soon! www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
November 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Fantastic night for the Oxford launch of 'Crippled'. Huge thanks to @kebleoxford.bsky.social
for giving us the use of a wonderful space, and especially to Sarah Gibbons for her scintillating reading. @tessafoley.bsky.social we missed you, get well soon! www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
for giving us the use of a wonderful space, and especially to Sarah Gibbons for her scintillating reading. @tessafoley.bsky.social we missed you, get well soon! www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
Off to the Oxford launch of 'Crippled' at @kebleoxford.bsky.social.
TODAY, 5.45pm, the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, H B Allen Centre, OX2 6NN.
FREE, just turn up, books for sale, cash or card.
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/events/poetr...
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
TODAY, 5.45pm, the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, H B Allen Centre, OX2 6NN.
FREE, just turn up, books for sale, cash or card.
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/events/poetr...
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Off to the Oxford launch of 'Crippled' at @kebleoxford.bsky.social.
TODAY, 5.45pm, the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, H B Allen Centre, OX2 6NN.
FREE, just turn up, books for sale, cash or card.
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/events/poetr...
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
TODAY, 5.45pm, the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, H B Allen Centre, OX2 6NN.
FREE, just turn up, books for sale, cash or card.
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/events/poetr...
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
Tomorrow! at @kebleoxford.bsky.social FREE, no need to book.
Fri 14 Nov, 5.45pm
The Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre
H B Allen Centre
25 Banbury Road OX2 6NN
Books for sale (cash/card)
with @tessafoley.bsky.social and Sarah Gibbons
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page/crippled-suzanna-fitzpatrick
Fri 14 Nov, 5.45pm
The Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre
H B Allen Centre
25 Banbury Road OX2 6NN
Books for sale (cash/card)
with @tessafoley.bsky.social and Sarah Gibbons
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page/crippled-suzanna-fitzpatrick
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Tomorrow! at @kebleoxford.bsky.social FREE, no need to book.
Fri 14 Nov, 5.45pm
The Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre
H B Allen Centre
25 Banbury Road OX2 6NN
Books for sale (cash/card)
with @tessafoley.bsky.social and Sarah Gibbons
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page/crippled-suzanna-fitzpatrick
Fri 14 Nov, 5.45pm
The Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre
H B Allen Centre
25 Banbury Road OX2 6NN
Books for sale (cash/card)
with @tessafoley.bsky.social and Sarah Gibbons
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page/crippled-suzanna-fitzpatrick
Going over markers' comments from my final @poetryschool.bsky.social MA portfolio for editing purposes, and AI only effing asks me if I want a summary. No. I wrote it. I lived it, in some cases I suffered it, and I wrote it. Don't even try to AI-splain me to myself. You can't handle the drama.
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Going over markers' comments from my final @poetryschool.bsky.social MA portfolio for editing purposes, and AI only effing asks me if I want a summary. No. I wrote it. I lived it, in some cases I suffered it, and I wrote it. Don't even try to AI-splain me to myself. You can't handle the drama.
As it's Remembrance Day, here's a poem from my collection 'Crippled', out now from Red Squirrel Press. Its for my paternal grandfather, who was killed in action aged 22 when my dad was only a few months old.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
As it's Remembrance Day, here's a poem from my collection 'Crippled', out now from Red Squirrel Press. Its for my paternal grandfather, who was killed in action aged 22 when my dad was only a few months old.
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
What a night. I cried, I raged, I saw others and I felt seen. Thank you Joelle Taylor for understanding that femme is also a norm-busting performance - what will hopefully be my second collection features a sequence on high femme as a deflection of the patriarchal gaze and burlesque as subversion.
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What a night. I cried, I raged, I saw others and I felt seen. Thank you Joelle Taylor for understanding that femme is also a norm-busting performance - what will hopefully be my second collection features a sequence on high femme as a deflection of the patriarchal gaze and burlesque as subversion.
Off to the launch of #Maryville by Joelle Taylor from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
and vibing ever so slightly queer 😘
and vibing ever so slightly queer 😘
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Off to the launch of #Maryville by Joelle Taylor from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
and vibing ever so slightly queer 😘
and vibing ever so slightly queer 😘
The Oxford launch of 'Crippled' is next Fri 14 Nov, 5.45pm in the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, H B Allen Centre. Excited to be reading with @tessafoley.bsky.social & Sarah Gibbons. FREE, no booking needed. Books for sale, cash or card. Huge thanks to @kebleoxford.bsky.social for the space!
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Oxford launch of 'Crippled' is next Fri 14 Nov, 5.45pm in the Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre, H B Allen Centre. Excited to be reading with @tessafoley.bsky.social & Sarah Gibbons. FREE, no booking needed. Books for sale, cash or card. Huge thanks to @kebleoxford.bsky.social for the space!
'Crippled' is 4 months old and has reached a second print run! So there are plenty of copies if you haven't yet got one 😘 www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
or DM me for a signed copy. Lovely review here, thanks to @gregfreemanpoet.bsky.social: www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge...
or DM me for a signed copy. Lovely review here, thanks to @gregfreemanpoet.bsky.social: www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge...
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
'Crippled' is 4 months old and has reached a second print run! So there are plenty of copies if you haven't yet got one 😘 www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
or DM me for a signed copy. Lovely review here, thanks to @gregfreemanpoet.bsky.social: www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge...
or DM me for a signed copy. Lovely review here, thanks to @gregfreemanpoet.bsky.social: www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge...
I'm reading and MCing for this on 26 November, readers will include Sarah Gibbons and Glyn Maxwell. Free, no need to book. Books for sale, cash or card. The @poetryschool.bsky.social MA crew possess such a density of talent they're practically a neutron star - come and feel the force!
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I'm reading and MCing for this on 26 November, readers will include Sarah Gibbons and Glyn Maxwell. Free, no need to book. Books for sale, cash or card. The @poetryschool.bsky.social MA crew possess such a density of talent they're practically a neutron star - come and feel the force!
Feeling very grown-up: now I have a full collection out, I get to be a full Member of @societyofauthors.bsky.social. Joining them was one of the best things I've done for myself as a writer: they fight tirelessly for writers' rights. Highly recommended. societyofauthors.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Feeling very grown-up: now I have a full collection out, I get to be a full Member of @societyofauthors.bsky.social. Joining them was one of the best things I've done for myself as a writer: they fight tirelessly for writers' rights. Highly recommended. societyofauthors.org
The face of a poet who found out this week she passed her @poetryschool.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social
MA in Writing Poetry with a clean sweep of Distinctions and a Distinction overall. Huge thanks to my tutors & to all my amazing cohort. Roll on Graduation in December!
MA in Writing Poetry with a clean sweep of Distinctions and a Distinction overall. Huge thanks to my tutors & to all my amazing cohort. Roll on Graduation in December!
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The face of a poet who found out this week she passed her @poetryschool.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social
MA in Writing Poetry with a clean sweep of Distinctions and a Distinction overall. Huge thanks to my tutors & to all my amazing cohort. Roll on Graduation in December!
MA in Writing Poetry with a clean sweep of Distinctions and a Distinction overall. Huge thanks to my tutors & to all my amazing cohort. Roll on Graduation in December!
Delighted to be shortlisted for Verve's Oct Poem of the Month on the theme of 'ghosted'. True story about a workshop with Glyn Maxwell - I had COVID and he kindly arranged for me to join a @poetryschool.bsky.social MA seminar remotely, but there were mic issues.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Delighted to be shortlisted for Verve's Oct Poem of the Month on the theme of 'ghosted'. True story about a workshop with Glyn Maxwell - I had COVID and he kindly arranged for me to join a @poetryschool.bsky.social MA seminar remotely, but there were mic issues.
open.substack.com/pub/vervepoe...
open.substack.com/pub/vervepoe...
Delighted to be shortlisted for this year's @bridportprize.bsky.social with a poem which came out of the @poetryschool.bsky.social / @newcastleuni.bsky.social MA summer school last year, and huge congratulations to the winners. Full list here:
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October 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Delighted to be shortlisted for this year's @bridportprize.bsky.social with a poem which came out of the @poetryschool.bsky.social / @newcastleuni.bsky.social MA summer school last year, and huge congratulations to the winners. Full list here:
bridportprize.org.uk/wp-content/u...
bridportprize.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Fantastic Third Table reading at The Devereux last night with Sarah Gibbons Glyn Maxwell Katherine Cleave and poets from 8 different @poetryschool.bsky.social MA cohorts. Next event is 7pm Weds 26 Nov at The Cheshire Cheese, 5 Little Essex Street, London, WC2R 3LD www.cheshirecheese.pub
October 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Fantastic Third Table reading at The Devereux last night with Sarah Gibbons Glyn Maxwell Katherine Cleave and poets from 8 different @poetryschool.bsky.social MA cohorts. Next event is 7pm Weds 26 Nov at The Cheshire Cheese, 5 Little Essex Street, London, WC2R 3LD www.cheshirecheese.pub
Fellow @poetryschool.bsky.social MA student Charlotte Dormandy for @inksweatandtears.co.uk on the @poetrysociety.org.uk #nationalpoetryday theme of 'Play', selected by @cloudscholar.bsky.social. The best short poems Every nook in this opens into big questions. inksweatandtears.co.uk/play-for-nat...
October 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Fellow @poetryschool.bsky.social MA student Charlotte Dormandy for @inksweatandtears.co.uk on the @poetrysociety.org.uk #nationalpoetryday theme of 'Play', selected by @cloudscholar.bsky.social. The best short poems Every nook in this opens into big questions. inksweatandtears.co.uk/play-for-nat...
Thanks @cloudscholar.bsky.social for selecting this for @inksweatandtears.co.uk on the @poetrysociety.org.uk #nationalpoetryday theme of 'Play'. Also up today is my @poetryschool.bsky.social MA colleague Charlotte Dormandy, will share her poem shortly.
inksweatandtears.co.uk/play-for-nat...
inksweatandtears.co.uk/play-for-nat...
October 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Thanks @cloudscholar.bsky.social for selecting this for @inksweatandtears.co.uk on the @poetrysociety.org.uk #nationalpoetryday theme of 'Play'. Also up today is my @poetryschool.bsky.social MA colleague Charlotte Dormandy, will share her poem shortly.
inksweatandtears.co.uk/play-for-nat...
inksweatandtears.co.uk/play-for-nat...
Thanks to @bournemouthjournal.bsky.social for publishing my poem "Flood" in issue 2. Sadly it's a true story #climatechange .
October 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Thanks to @bournemouthjournal.bsky.social for publishing my poem "Flood" in issue 2. Sadly it's a true story #climatechange .
Researching a poem, I'm amazed loo roll dolls are still around. Most houses in the 1980s had one. I prefer artist Shauna Richardson's Drag Race take: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-60166442 The doll in my poem escapes to enjoy a 3-way with Sindy & Barbie. Take that, Section 28 ;)
October 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Researching a poem, I'm amazed loo roll dolls are still around. Most houses in the 1980s had one. I prefer artist Shauna Richardson's Drag Race take: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-60166442 The doll in my poem escapes to enjoy a 3-way with Sindy & Barbie. Take that, Section 28 ;)
I'll be reading at this next Mon 13 Oct with the @poetryschool.bsky.social MA fam past and present, including Sarah Gibbons
and Glyn Maxwell. Free, no need to book - books for sale, though! Or here: www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
and Glyn Maxwell. Free, no need to book - books for sale, though! Or here: www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
October 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I'll be reading at this next Mon 13 Oct with the @poetryschool.bsky.social MA fam past and present, including Sarah Gibbons
and Glyn Maxwell. Free, no need to book - books for sale, though! Or here: www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
and Glyn Maxwell. Free, no need to book - books for sale, though! Or here: www.redsquirrelpress.com/product-page...
Really chuffed to be Poem of the Month in the Poetry Society's e-newsletter. Thanks again to Helen Farish for choosing it as one of the Members' Poems on the theme of 'Clearing'. Check out the other brilliant poems here: poetrysociety.org.uk/membership/m...
October 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Really chuffed to be Poem of the Month in the Poetry Society's e-newsletter. Thanks again to Helen Farish for choosing it as one of the Members' Poems on the theme of 'Clearing'. Check out the other brilliant poems here: poetrysociety.org.uk/membership/m...
@creationtheatre.bsky.social in Oxford are looking for a new General Manager. Applications close Mon 6 Oct, please email [email protected]
October 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@creationtheatre.bsky.social in Oxford are looking for a new General Manager. Applications close Mon 6 Oct, please email [email protected]