@bbanyard

Dad, poet-type & editor @black_nore. Displaced Brummie/@BCFC fan & @BristolBears season ticket holder. New collection 'Hi-Viz’ from @YafflePress.

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Hi! I'm now on Bluesky and will shortly be deactivating my X account. Please come and give me a follow! bsky.app/profile/benbanyard.…
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Never expected to see this in my lifetime. Massive congratulations to @Sadik4Pharmacy - my new Labour MP!
The Labour Party
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Labour GAIN North Somerset from the Conservatives 🌹
A graphic with text reading: Labour Gain North Somerset, congratulations Sadik Al-Hassan MP

ALT A graphic with text reading: Labour Gain North Somerset, congratulations Sadik Al-Hassan MP

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My first two @IndigoDreamsPub books, "Communing" and "We Are All Lucky", are now available to read on your Kindle. Enjoy!
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The link would help! amazon.co.uk/stores/Ben-Bany…

Ben Banyard: books, biography, latest update

Follow Ben Banyard and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Ben Banyard Author Page.

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I would urge anyone else who is as gutted as we were to learn that the £200 @nectar prize we were told we’d won was sent in error to complain to the @ASA_UK. An email saying “whoops, look out for another survey and you might win the money that time” doesn’t cut it.
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Delighted that three poems (of which I am especially fond) have seen the light of day on the splendid Flights. Thanks to guest editor @gaynorkane and @DragonfliesSW flightofthedragonfly.com/fli…

Flights e-Journal (issue eleven)

Legs 11! Hello and welcome to issue eleven of Flights. My name is Gaynor Kane and I had the pleasure (and really tough job) of being this issue’s guest editor. It was a tough job because there were…

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Lovely to see my poem, "09/03/12" (about the birth of our twins), in here today. Thanks to editor @JLittleMexico.
Ofi Press Mexico@theofipress9 Nov 2023
Ofi Press # 73 is now available with creative work from around the world! You can enjoy it without cost here: calameo.com/account/private/…
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New guest #poems today on our website, from #poets @bbanyard w 'Car Boot Sale Stall as a Metaphor For Life' & @keane_byrne w 'Sceach / Uncommon Knowledge', check out these & more on acumen-poetry.co.uk/guest-po… @Danielle_Poet #poetry
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Here's an interview I did recently with poet and novelist Michael Stewart (@headspam) about his excellent new collection, "The Dogs". Michael also kindly agreed to let me publish a few of the poems from the book. @SmokestackBooks wp.me/p5EDmM-vm
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Thanks to the lovely @ClaireWpoetry and @HollyannePoet for publishing this in their excellent site today. My twins start secondary school in a couple of weeks, so it’s especially timely.
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It meant a lot to learn that two of my poems will appear in this vital anthology early next year. So grateful to the editors.
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Poems! Thanks @morphrog! morphrog.com/ben-banyard-m27…
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Oh, @sainsburys, I would be so up for trying your Chedddar!
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Really looking forward to doing a reading for @BBCUpload tomorrow night, followed by an interview with @elliotdarby - tune in to @BBCRB from 7pm!
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Favorited "Derek's Island Discs-The Sounds of the late, great DJ Derek" mixcloud.com/MonkeyShoulder/… by Monkey Shoulder

Derek's Island Discs-The Sounds of the late, great DJ Derek by Monkey Shoulder

The story of Derek Serpell-Morris, who became known around the world as 'DJ Derek' Today would have been his 79th birthday. Monkey Shoulder is proud to celebrate the life & Sweet Memory Sounds of one...

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Been a while since I posted a "Finest", where I ask a writer to share one of their own pieces and tell me a little about it. Today, Bristol-based poet @CalThePoet takes us inside their poem about the aftermath and intensity of loss. benbanyard.wordpress.com/202…

Finest: Cal Wensley – “I Grieve”

Bristol-based poet Cal Wensley takes us inside their poem about the intensity of loss.

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Honoured to join the other shortlisted writers on stage this afternoon to hear that my poem, “Sweet Memory Sounds” (about the legendary DJ Derek), was Highly Commended. Thanks, @tcarkle & @burnhambookfest for a great experience. Writing is certainly thriving in our patch!
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In which I realise that you make your own luck in this game. benbanyard.wordpress.com/202…

Feeling like a poet again

In which I realise that you make your own luck in this game.

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Honoured to see my poem, "Sweet Memory Sounds", on the shortlist for this year's @burnhambookfest poetry competition. Looking forward to attending the ceremony next month and reading the anthology of all the other shortlisted work. burnham-on-sea.com/news/burn…
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