PoetryBookSoc Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Dip your toes in Ian McMillan's hilarious and heart-warming new memoir of childhood and sea, My Sand Life, My Pebble Life. It's the perfect seaside companion for the #heatwave weekend from our favourite PBS Member! @IMcMillan @R3TheVerb > https://t.co/srwY2CSYqz https://t.co/F1z5niIpJH

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“Weep as if the river had entered you Say the water people And leave your voice behind to listen better when it rains” - Vénus Khoury-Ghata, The Water People, translated by Marilyn Hacker. Proofing all the #rainyday poems in our Autumn Bulletin 💦💦💦> https://t.co/dEkcHkA1WG https://t.co/R2B8u1ot20

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"...how the ocean dips like a spine" It's #NationalPoetryDay and the theme is eco! We've been immersing ourselves in the rivers and seas of Another Way to Split Water by Alycia Pirmohamed. Order yours here to win a FREE PBS Membership in our #prizedraw > https://t.co/akqmrj73vG https://t.co/GTPwG8cv5g

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❄️Day 7 of our Poetry Gift Guide is a gorgeous hardback picture book! ❄️Artist P.J. Lynch brings Robert Frost's wintery poem to life with his masterful illustrations which are sure to bring wonder to readers of all ages. ❄️Buy here with 25% for members > https://t.co/kyI2m61e3f https://t.co/7La3x8YTaW

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"His lungs were a pit and his heart was a puncture. My father was hard. My father was tender, and his hand is a mark we will carry forever." Clare Shaw reading from Flood at #NewcastlePoetryFestival https://t.co/kXexESmbge

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“I shot my arrow and lived by its arc” @MayaCPopa launches her new book Wound is the Origin of Wonder with @picadorbooks at #newcastlepoetryfestival @northernstage > https://t.co/RCBoLf47cQ https://t.co/03mjefV92N

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"Maybe there were always daffodils; always some great or tiny thing worth staying for." Reading Carole Satyamurti's posthumous book The Hopeful Hat amid signs of spring is both heartening and heart-breaking > https://t.co/tHDmOoqBVL https://t.co/BweDyYhXmj

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“Weep as if the river had entered you Say the water people And leave your voice behind to listen better when it rains” - Vénus Khoury-Ghata, The Water People, translated by Marilyn Hacker. Proofing all the #rainyday poems in our Autumn Bulletin 💦💦💦> https://t.co/dEkcHkA1WG https://t.co/R2B8u1ot20

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“You could come here and never arrive” - Patrick James Errington transports us to the Alberta Prairies of Canada in his new collection The Swailing at #NewcastlePoetryFestival > https://t.co/dNC6YzGALH https://t.co/cC1CKNl4SX

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“A kind of snow blindness” - Mark Pajak reads from Slide @tseliotprize @JonathanCape > https://t.co/WV3BXjaFUB https://t.co/B8juq9vbir