Poet and non-fiction writer. Latest poetry collection "All The Men I Never Married" won the 2022 Forward Prize. Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Substack: https://shorturl.at/Ea3sIhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3mhpxps6ghk2pLooking forward to hosting Daljit Nagra tomorrow night (24th March) at Manchester Poetry Library. Daljit will be reading alongside 7 of our current MA poetry students. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-reading-beyond-the-workshop-daljit-nagra-tickets-1984616404089?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true23 Mar 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhpxps6ghk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3mhat4ke6oc2lThis Friday we're welcoming two of our Manchester Writing School alumni - novelist Kate Lord Brown and poet Tina Cole back to talk about their writing journeys and share new work! They'll be reading alongside some of our current writing school students. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-of-new-writing-kate-lord-brown-and-tina-cole-tickets-1984615417137?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl17 Mar 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhat4ke6oc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3m7zj76hpt226Our next event over at Shaw and Moore is an Open Mic for the paid subscribers of our Substack - you can join us for a mere £4. Run away from the responsibilities of Christmas and entertain Clare and I instead with your poems! https://open.substack.com/pub/shawandmoore/p/shaw-and-moores-open-mic-for-paid?r=9wy0o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true15 Dec 2025 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7zj76hpt226https://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3m6pb2jgxbs2qStill have four open mic slots left for this event with the brilliant Sarah Howe, one of my favourite contemporary poets! Get on it poets - details below in the link. https://wordsworth.org.uk/blog/events/sarah-howe/28 Nov 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6pb2jgxbs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3m633xnkg3s2qThe House of Broken Things is in the house..or will be soon! V excited about my third poetry collection, published May 2026 by Corsair20 Nov 2025 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m633xnkg3s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3m5ysgmhpas2vJoin us for a double film screening at Manchester Metropolitan University to mark the start of this years 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Event is free but you need to book! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/16-days-of-activism-film-screening-double-bill-tickets-195318544323919 Nov 2025 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ysgmhpas2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3m54x3ho45k2yJust updated my diary for the rest of the year - seems pretty quiet - full time at the uni, hosting three events, running a few online workshops #easypeasy https://www.kimmoorepoet.co.uk/poetry-events-dates-for-your-diary/08 Nov 2025 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m54x3ho45k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3m4xvbftc7k2uOnly two open mic slots left for this event with Harry Josephine Giles https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/95093?fbclid=IwdGRzaAN5ny5jbGNrA3mfJGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHkQpPIkhMBk7BSrOMZGe4hlBg9QhpRzAw_9A32Ft7KklX6ICClzSN5y7lREq_aem_RA4kz7XuNYsF3RZyhcpt9A06 Nov 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xvbftc7k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3m4niks7dkk2lFirst time I've tried to write openly about class, instead of it being read/imposed on my work afterwards. Photo of my nanna outside her house on Braunstone estate in Leicester. I spent most of my childhood here after school waiting for my parents to finish work. https://open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore30/p/a-working-class-chance?r=9wy0o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true02 Nov 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4niks7dkk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3m4akwkpnlk2lJanuary Writing Hours are up! Come and join Clare Shaw and I every day throughout January at 10am for a Writing Hour. Pas as you go and bursary tickets available https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/january-writing-hours-2026-tickets-1883086706029?aff=oddtdtcreator28 Oct 2025 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4akwkpnlk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3m3jxiti3ys2dLatest substack post about our visit to the epic Marina Abramovic exhibition - an amazing experience that I have completely failed to capture in language... https://open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore30/p/marina-abramovic-balkan-erotic-epic?r=9wy0o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true19 Oct 2025 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3jxiti3ys2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3m2i62xbubs2fSeptember reads featuring the brilliant Clare Pollard and Christina Thatcher over on Substack now. https://open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore30/p/september-reads?r=9wy0o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true05 Oct 2025 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2i62xbubs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3lykcs47qmc22Late night essay written as procrastination from what I should have been doing - ordering the online groceries...I’ve been thinking about the school holidays - the juggling! the joy! the sadness! the guilt! and leaning once again on the wisdom of Adrienne Rich https://open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore30/p/back-to-school-vibes?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=9wy0o11 Sep 2025 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lykcs47qmc22https://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3ly72nxm4ec2iNews of some upcoming online and Bradford events! https://open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore30/p/upcoming-events?r=9wy0o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true06 Sep 2025 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly72nxm4ec2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3ly6q6ww6w22kLooking forward to being back in Lancaster in conversation with Simon Armitage! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2025 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly6q6ww6w22khttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3ly4bphlapk2eHelp us choose our next profile pic for our substack! https://open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore30/p/all-change-at-shaw-and-moore-9d2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=9wy0o05 Sep 2025 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly4bphlapk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3lxxdrcnxtc27New post over on our substack! Now is a great time to subscribe for free 😊 or if you'd like an invite to a live online event once a month, you can sign up for £4 a month https://kimmoore30.substack.com/p/all-change-at-shaw-and-moore?r=9wy0o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&fbclid=IwdGRjcAMlcvNjbGNrAyVy8WV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEelJQr4L4Q2PKm7MSScoJpLVkU_U8sGm21YQbPI_T5ucnGtuhYEIimZKO0CB8_aem_F_HHf0TUQFXqSBa6smeECQ&triedRedirect=true03 Sep 2025 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxxdrcnxtc27https://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3lxxdhory5s27One of my favourite gigs and I get to do it all over again! Send me your pamphlet-babies and your poem-monsters [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxxdhory5s27https://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3lxxdf3crnc27LOVE hearing about Jan Writing Hours poems that make it into the world, fully formed and glorious 🥰 congratulations @eleanorholmes.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2025 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxxdf3crnc27https://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3lw27lq6sqk25Alice Oswald arrested yesterday... [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2025 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw27lq6sqk25https://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3lvii3uepzc2uJuly reads up on Substack! Featuring new collection by David Morley, and books by Hettie Judah and Olga Tokarczuk kimmoore30.substack.com/p/july-reading https://kimmoore30.substack.com/p/july-reading03 Aug 2025 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvii3uepzc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3lvihwyccq22uJuly reads up on Substack! Featuring books by David Morley, Olga Tokarczuk and Hettie Judah kimmoore30.substack.com/p/july-reading https://kimmoore30.substack.com/p/july-reading03 Aug 2025 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvihwyccq22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3ltgxhtooos24https://open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore30/p/first-draft-to-last-draft-539?r=9wy0o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true08 Jul 2025 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltgxhtooos24https://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3lsvgelb4bs2eWhat I've been reading over May/June - Anne Carson, Nick Makoha, Liz Berry, Erica Hesketh, Michael Symmons Roberts, Lucy Jones https://open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore30/p/mayjune-reading?r=9wy0o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true01 Jul 2025 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvgelb4bs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3lr6bj7l5ok22Three open mic spots left for this online event with the brilliant Erica Hesketh published by @ninearchespress.bsky.social https://wordsworth.org.uk/blog/events/go-to-the-poets-erica-hesketh/09 Jun 2025 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6bj7l5ok22https://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3lr47acar7c2m👇👀🎺 on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social on Monday night! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jun 2025 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr47acar7c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kimmoorepoet.bsky.social/post/3lqphz6t6qs2dNew substack post - last few days of my writing retreat, a week of hell with chicken pox, a feature in the radio times - just the usual sublime to the ridiculous and back again of the writing life... https://open.substack.com/pub/kimmoore30/p/what-happens-on-a-writing-retreat-0db?r=9wy0o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true03 Jun 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:ctethfpsdfynh2xq26cueo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqphz6t6qs2d