Poetry collection New Famous Phrases March 25 @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social | @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social New Northern Poet | New Writing North North East Poet | BBC New Creative https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/daniel-hinds-new-famous-phraseshttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mjwdv6j6ic2rRead The Death of Francis Bacon yesterday. I don't know very much about Francis Bacon, so am probably not the most insightful commentator! But you can see how Porter's writing has developed, there is a greater level of complexity here and the text leans more towards a modernist style.20 Apr 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwdv6j6ic2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mjuubpm7q22mReread Max Porter's Grief Is the Thing with Feathers today. I think the most impressive achievement of this book is structural - sustaining a clear narrative in a poetic form like this can be challenging. The voice of The Boys is where the book shines most for me.19 Apr 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuubpm7q22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mjwdv6j6ic2rRead The Death of Francis Bacon yesterday. I don't know very much about Francis Bacon, so am probably not the most insightful commentator! But you can see how Porter's writing has developed, there is a greater level of complexity here and the text leans more towards a modernist style.20 Apr 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwdv6j6ic2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mjuubpm7q22mReread Max Porter's Grief Is the Thing with Feathers today. I think the most impressive achievement of this book is structural - sustaining a clear narrative in a poetic form like this can be challenging. The voice of The Boys is where the book shines most for me.19 Apr 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuubpm7q22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mjuej2cqt22qI've been reading/rereading Max Porter's books in preparation for attending his upcoming PEN lecture at Newcastle University. Really looking forward to the event! @newcastleuni.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social @newwritingnorth.bsky.social @nclanews.bsky.social19 Apr 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuej2cqt22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mjc6pzwyfk2sI read Ted Hughes's How the Whale Became and Other Stories for the first time this week. They are very much in the vein of Aesop's Fables and Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, animal stories with depth. There are some continuities with the creation stories in Crow too.12 Apr 2026 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjc6pzwyfk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mjc6pzwyfk2sI read Ted Hughes's How the Whale Became and Other Stories for the first time this week. They are very much in the vein of Aesop's Fables and Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, animal stories with depth. There are some continuities with the creation stories in Crow too.12 Apr 2026 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjc6pzwyfk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mj7gncgqis26I read The Iron Woman this week, the sequel to The Iron Man. I don't think I had read this before; I certainly knew the plot, but likely from researching my Undergraduate dissertation on Ted Hughes. It is more of a novella than the 1st & strongly foregrounds the ecological themes.11 Apr 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7gncgqis26https://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mj7gncgqis26I read The Iron Woman this week, the sequel to The Iron Man. I don't think I had read this before; I certainly knew the plot, but likely from researching my Undergraduate dissertation on Ted Hughes. It is more of a novella than the 1st & strongly foregrounds the ecological themes.11 Apr 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7gncgqis26https://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mj4zwksmdk2iHappy Siblings Day! To celebrate my twin brother @craighinds.bsky.social and I were featured in this @newcastleuni.bsky.social article. The photos are of our 1st day of school & the last day of undergrad for our graduation (I'm on the left in both pictures in true Ant & Dec fashion!). Link below.10 Apr 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4zwksmdk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mj4zwksmdk2iHappy Siblings Day! To celebrate my twin brother @craighinds.bsky.social and I were featured in this @newcastleuni.bsky.social article. The photos are of our 1st day of school & the last day of undergrad for our graduation (I'm on the left in both pictures in true Ant & Dec fashion!). Link below.10 Apr 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4zwksmdk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mj3aqoshpc2qReread The Iron Man this week, which inspired the poem Earth Giant from my collection. I think this was likely the 1st writing by Ted Hughes I encountered. I can remember reading it in Primary School but not sure if I read it or saw The Iron Giant animated film 1st. It really is a perfect fairy tale09 Apr 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3aqoshpc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3miqjzpqkds23The New Northern Poets Scheme from @thewordupnorth.bsky.social @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social is open for applications. I was a NNP a few years ago & it was a great experience, so if you are a northern poet who hasn't published a collection yet, this could be a great opportunity. Link in my reply below.05 Apr 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3miqjzpqkds23https://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mio6lemjmk2oThis week my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases had its book birthday. Here it is celebrating its 1 year anniversary with a Mini Eggs cake. I also had some lovely news about the collection this week, fulfilling a poetry dream of mine from my undergraduate days.04 Apr 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mio6lemjmk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mio6lemjmk2oThis week my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases had its book birthday. Here it is celebrating its 1 year anniversary with a Mini Eggs cake. I also had some lovely news about the collection this week, fulfilling a poetry dream of mine from my undergraduate days.04 Apr 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mio6lemjmk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3miljekxpn22yDelighted to have my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases as Book of the Month in The Candyman's Trumpet magazine, which features this wonderful & insightful review from @kent-nj.bsky.social & 2 poems from the collection. Thanks very much to Nigel & Jack Caradoc!03 Apr 2026 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3miljekxpn22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3miljekxpn22yDelighted to have my debut @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social poetry collection New Famous Phrases as Book of the Month in The Candyman's Trumpet magazine, which features this wonderful & insightful review from @kent-nj.bsky.social & 2 poems from the collection. Thanks very much to Nigel & Jack Caradoc!03 Apr 2026 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3miljekxpn22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mi4sv7vv522rI just reread it recently, but I couldn't resist getting the new edition of Ted Hughes's Flowers and Insects.28 Mar 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4sv7vv522rhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mhsr6iqaps2bMy copy of @magmapoetry.bsky.social has arrived! Looking forward to reading this.24 Mar 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsr6iqaps2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mhl5jdk2ns2pNext person to order a signed copy of New Famous Phrases gets a free bonus book, Karen McCarthy Woolf's Unsafe, as I have accidentally ended up with two. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Mar 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhl5jdk2ns2phttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mhl54fw3us2cHappy World Poetry Day! I have a fresh box of signed copies of my debut poetry collection New Famous Phrases if anyone would like a copy (all sold out from the 1st box!). £12.99 and free postage for the UK. #WorldPoetryDay21 Mar 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhl54fw3us2chttps://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mgrusrkkwk23I see there is a celebratory deal on, with 10% off everything on the @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social website with the code WINNERS2026, so now would be a great time to order some books (you could even order my poetry collection New Famous Phrases!). [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Mar 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrusrkkwk23https://bsky.app/profile/danielghinds.bsky.social/post/3mgrlfuh6tc23Huge congratulations to my publisher @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social for winning Small Press of the Year for Wales at the British Book Awards. I have seen firsthand the professionalism and hard work of @godzillakent.bsky.social and everyone at Broken Sleep Books. Well deserved!11 Mar 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:it3nqzp2e3inns32axctrcff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrlfuh6tc23