Borsook’s book, Cyberselfish, nailed the solipsism and amorality of Silicon Valley nearly 30 years ago: far too few people read it.
07.03.2026 19:49
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@davewakely.bsky.social and those who aren't on Bsky, but are just as keen on queer resistance
Kate Foley
Gwenhwyfar Ferch Rhys
Joshua Linney
Alyson Hallett
Mwelwa Chilekwa
Robert Hamberger
Rowan Carteret
Jane Aldous
Donna Nì Conor
Teddy Mills
Abhi
Abu Leila
Arun Jeetoo
Carmina Masoliver
06.03.2026 11:17
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Honoured to have a poem in Issue 18 of 14poems - available from them at www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/issue-18 for those who support small presses.
Thanks to editors Troy Cabida and Helen Bowell, and to Sean Hewiit, Richard Scott, Derek Jarman and Jeanette Winterson for inadvertent inspiration.
23.12.2025 20:57
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A poem in the new edition of Caduceus Journal, with thanks to the poetry editor, Dawn Gorman @dawnpoet.bsky.social
caduceus.info
10.12.2025 16:05
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Tomorrow night (Tues 9th) in-person or online: a fascinating new website launches, with live readings of 12 excellent pieces of original writing about our city
Tickets (free): www.mklitfest.org/raisingvoiceslaunch
08.12.2025 20:03
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Honoured to be shortlisted for this forthcoming anthology - please support @arachnepress.bsky.social through their crowdfunder if you are able (and spreading the word is also a fine form of generosity)
29.11.2025 16:13
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Join @mklitfest.bsky.social online on Wed eve for 5 superb poets: Zoe Brooks, Anna Saunders, Julia Webb, Leo Boix and Lesley Sharpe. www.mklitfest.org/poetryspotli...
#poetry #poets #poetryreading
@julwe1.bsky.social @lesleysharpe.bsky.social @zoebrooks.bsky.social @annasaund.bsky.social
10.11.2025 10:20
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Delighted and more than a little honoured to be reading in such talented company at 3pm on westwiltsradio.com today (and available on the Play Again pages from early next week).
"There should be a recipe. How to Make
a Perfect Day at Home..."
26.10.2025 09:58
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The Magic of Bogs – Poets for the Planet
In collaboration with @mklitfest.bsky.social in August we held an online masterclass – Digging in the Dirt: adventures in ecopoetry with @clareshawpoet.bsky.social , @betarish.bsky.social , @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social & @jessmookherjee.bsky.social poetsfortheplanet.org.uk/the-magic-of... 1 /3
04.10.2025 14:38
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For #nationalpoetryday
02.10.2025 18:49
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Something to do with sovereignty, perchance?
04.09.2025 08:55
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Delighted to be reading tonight for @cheltpoetfest.bsky.social fundraiser event - all welcome!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/cheltenhampo...
02.09.2025 12:48
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Dave Wakely: As if...
As if the contours of a tune could outline the route of a voyage, the skyline of a view, the way that a drawing maps the dancing of a pencil...
Delighted to have a poem, As if, on Poem Alone. Thx editor Colin Dardis (@purelypoetry.bsky.social_, and @annasaund.bsky.social (Cheltenham Poetry Festival) and @clareshawpoet.bsky.social, whose workshops helped mould my imagination into finer shape.
poemalone.blogspot.com/2025/08/dave...
09.08.2025 08:15
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Join local author Will Burns for a place-based creative workshop providing a framework for new writing with Milton Keynes and its environs at its heart.
www.mklitfest.org/cityofstories
@troubledstriker.bsky.social
#WillBurns
#writingworkshop
#shortstories
05.08.2025 19:08
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Free event with Helen Bowell will help you write poems mining memory, history and place to paint pictures of MK. Places limited: please pre-book.
www.mklitfest.org/poetryaboutp...
#helenbowell
#writingworkshop
#poetry
#miltonkeynes
06.08.2025 17:38
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Duly noted. And the third part of his political studies trilogy is out at the end of August. I'd say 'Enjoy!', but it's not quite the verb, is it?
06.08.2025 22:51
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All stories take place somewhere. Belfast-born fiction writer Paul McVeigh and Coventry-born poet Cathy Galvin invite you to disrupt your usual writing practice and look again at the familiar landscape of home.
www.mklitfest.org/lookagain
@cathygalvin.bsky.social
@wordfactoryuk.bsky.social
25.06.2025 12:25
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A 90-minute masterclass for our Raising Voices Project
www.mklitfest.org/digginginthe...
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
@betarish.bsky.social
@jessmookherjee.bsky.social
@calebparkinpoet.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@ninearchespress.bsky.social
27.06.2025 15:00
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Download a Programme | MK Lit Fest 2025
A fabulous festival of books, words, writers and ideas that celebrates everything literary, bookish or wordy - download a programme!
We're always going to recommend reading, of course, so why not try a few minutes perusing our Spring Festival Programme. Starts next week: 4 days, 18 events, and packed with books, words, writers and ideas!
www.mklitfest.org/downloads
#bookfest #books #miltonkeynes
04.04.2025 14:05
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Anna February:The Hive | MK Lit Fest 2025
A thrilling dystopian murder mystery set in a ruthless future monarchy. Young bodyguard Feldspar awaits execution, guilty of living when her charge lies dead. With just one defender, a royal maverick,...
Like #YAfantasy? #hungergames? Anna February joins us next Sat with the claustrophobic world of her new novel The Hive.
Before then, she talks to @caztricks.bsky.social on Stony Sunrise @stonyradiouk.bsky.social Mon 7am
mklitfest.org/anna-february
#miltonkeynes #books @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social
06.04.2025 14:51
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Edward Stourton: Confessions | MK Lit Fest 2025
One of British broadcasting’s best-known names reflects on his life against the context of a world that has changed dramatically during his forty-year career. As, of course has Ed, who shares his rema...
Join us in-person - or online (livestream tickets on same link) - on 9 April as we welcome Edward Stourton to Lit Fest, talking about his career and memoir: #Confessions.
Book: mklitfest.org/edward-stour...
#radio4 #bbcr4sunday #edwardstourton #journalism #broadcasting #miltonkeynes #newsreporting
28.03.2025 11:53
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Writers of #BUCKINGHAMSHIRE #bedfordshire + #northants, 2 weeks left to send us your #poems or #flashfiction to celebrate May Day or any of its associations. Details: www.mklitfest.org/dreams-for-b...
#writingcompetition #creativewriting #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #miltonkeynes
29.03.2025 13:12
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A Green City Literary Walk at MK Walking Festival | MK Lit Fest 2025
Let the writers of Milton Keynes take you for a 90-minute adventure into their imaginations as we stroll with them around the Teardrop Lakes and Loughton Valley Park, spinning poems and tales with a t...
After our Spring Festival (you've bought your tickets, yes?), join us on the footpaths of #miltonkeynes for A (free) Green City Literary Walk: original #creativewriting in the places that inspired it.
www.mklitfest.org/minkwalk2025
#poems #flashfiction @theparkstrust.bsky.social #MKWalkingFestival
02.04.2025 10:52
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