@Bookerplays

Brighton based poet/performer. Books include https://xitter.cf/t.co/gbDToOlHf0… and The Bone That Sang https://xitter.cf/t.co/PejNSOYB9w

 Brighton
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Joined March 2013
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V. Press@vpresspoetry10 Aug 2024
Giving threads a try, so you can find us there too at buff.ly/3M263Si Looking to connect there with old and new friends alike! Please do share - thank you! #poetry
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Pennine Platform issue 97 is out with three of my poems (full report on the issue, plus details of Huddersfield Festival event here) bookerplays.wordpress.com/
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pages.connect.americanpublic… My poem 'Cinema Paradiso' read by Major Jackson for The Slowdown daily podcast.
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The Slowdown for February 27, 2025 pages.connect.americanpublic… You can listen to my poem 'Cinema Paradiso' read here by Major Jackson in The Slowdown, an American Public Media production, offering one free to read poem a day.
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Thank you to The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press for publishing one of my poems in their anthology of comedic poetry available to read free at online.fliphtml5.com/vpkoi/s… More at bookerplays.wordpress.com
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My poem inspired by US newsreel footage of an empty gas chamber in Auschwitz has been published in @alchemy_spoon. Lest we forget. Read more on issue 14, just out, at bookerplays.wordpress.com/

bookerplays

drama and poetry by Claire Booker

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Delighted to have three of my poems in The Starbeck Orion's latest issue. Read &/or listen to them here: open.substack.com/pub/the880…
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Artemis poetry has been a beacon of excellence for 30 years, proving a lit mag run for and by women, could not only survive, but thrive. Proud to have a poem in their very last issue. Back copies for P&P only from secondlightlive.co.uk.
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Don’t miss this…
The Booming Lovelies@BoomingLovelies22 Oct 2024
Less than 2 weeks away! Tuesday 5th November 2-3pm 🎉 Meet the Booming Lovelies Poetry Show at The Spice of Life Soho London 🤩Have you got your tickets yet?! eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-the-…

Meet The Booming Lovelies Live at The Spice of Life Soho

Vivacious verses on everything from nostalgia for the last century to lost loves, the menopause and the joys and complexities of modern life

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Folklore celebrated in The Amphibian bookerplays.wordpress.com/20… via @Bookerplays plus a shout-out for Channel Magazine
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Join our FREE zoom event this Friday at 7.30pm celebrating all things menopausal. outsavvy.com/event/22443/men…

Menopause Day Poetry Event Tickets - - OutSavvy

Celebrate Menopause Day with the writers of Menopause THE Anthology, and singers of Summer All Year Long (in videos).Poems and short stories from those who have experienced it, that go beyond the...

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Poetry & All That Jazz + Quill and Parchment bookerplays.wordpress.com/20… Glad to have poems in both. Check submissions opportunities.
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It’s unacceptable that anyone is homeless in Britain today. But this government has an opportunity to set things right. Join me and @crisis_uk to tell the government you want them to deliver a future free from homelessness. #MakeHistory campaigns.crisis.org.uk/page…

Campaign to end homelessness | Crisis UK

We campaign for the changes needed to end homelessness for good

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Stand Magazine: the poetry of locality bookerplays.wordpress.com/20… via @Bookerplays
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'At low tide, a sculptor/ turns sand into money.' --- 🌟 ‘Tidal River' by Claire Booker, Channel Issue 10, @Bookerplays 🌟 channelmag.org/current-issue…
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Another lovely issue. Congrats to editorial team and all contributors.
Nine Arches Press@NineArchesPress25 Jun 2024
Our latest Under the Radar magazine has arrrived. Featuring #poetry by Ophira Adar @tcarkle @liambatespoet @FiLesley @SBlackwriter @Bookerplays Sue Burge, Liz Byrne, Joe Caldwell, @RachaelClyne1 Peter Daniels @dusiqueira and more ninearchespress.com/magazine
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Under The Radar issue 33 + a foodie anthology bookerplays.wordpress.com/20… via @Bookerplays

Under The Radar issue 33 + a foodie anthology

Delighted to have poems in the latest issue of Under The Radar and a mouth-watering foodie anthology published in Mississippi.

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So glad to be part of the latest @Channel_LitMag
Channel Press@ChannelPress_IE28 May 2024
'At low tide, a sculptor/ turns sand into money.' --- 🌟 ‘Tidal River' by Claire Booker, Channel Issue 10, @Bookerplays 🌟 channelmag.org/current-issue…
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A fine new review up on the site today. Claire Booker / @Bookerplays In Praise of... 'Birds Knit My Ribs Together' (@ArachnePress) by Phil Barnett / @squinancywort1. inksweatandtears.co.uk/revie…
Image of cover of 'Birds Knit My Ribs Together' with feather patterns making up the words on a dark brown background. Overall image background is a close-up of pale brown feathers. Text: 'When poets write from the core of their beings, good things arise. Anyone fascinated by wild life and the wonderment it can inspire would do well to add this collection to their bookshelves.' Reviewed by Claire Booker

ALT Image of cover of 'Birds Knit My Ribs Together' with feather patterns making up the words on a dark brown background. Overall image background is a close-up of pale brown feathers. Text: 'When poets write from the core of their beings, good things arise. Anyone fascinated by wild life and the wonderment it can inspire would do well to add this collection to their bookshelves.' Reviewed by Claire Booker

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The Wee Sparrow Anthology + Beshara Magazine bookerplays.wordpress.com/20… via @Bookerplays
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