Writer, Lake-swimmer, Bookseller. FRSL hEDS/Haemochromatosis/all the comorbs she/her rep @PortyLiterary Books incl: Recovering Dorothy Some Of Us Just Fall The Company of Owls Emergency Dream Swimming The Seasons https://linktr.ee/pollyatkinhttps://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mkkorp4cus2fTonight!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkorp4cus2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mkiltasit22fGutted to come out of house after meetings and find new owners of How foot have chopped up this beautiful tree. I don’t remember seeing this on their plans 😭27 Apr 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiltasit22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mki3zt23a22zWonderful young Gazan poet Haia Mohammed's poetry collection with unfunded small press @outspokenpress.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the Discovery Prize at the British Book Awards (The Nibbies) @thebookseller.com - hurray! but a ticket to the ceremony would cost her £390. Support her here: https://gofund.me/e0a03f44c27 Apr 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki3zt23a22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mki3sujzgk2zTomorrow evening! Join us @samreadbookseller.bsky.social to hear me interview @beewyld.bsky.social #BookSky #BookLaunch #NatureWriting [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki3sujzgk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mkdyjzibps24Oh hi. It’s toes out day already.25 Apr 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdyjzibps24https://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mkcv7dnkis24#Caturday morning Mikle.25 Apr 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcv7dnkis24https://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mioc3edswc22!Book launch Klaxon! Join me and @elspethwrites.bsky.social on Tuesday May 12th - in-person @portybooks.bsky.social or online - for the launch of #SwimmingTheSeasons: a freshwater almanac @saraband-books.bsky.social. #HybridEvents #AccessibleArts #BookLaunch #BookSky #Swimming #LakeSwimming https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/polly-atkin-swimming-the-seasons04 Apr 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mioc3edswc22https://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mjwn6hzrb22rFor regulars and newbies - due to a calendar confusion we missed out on our normal date on 13th - so this month's Chronic Illness writing group through Open Book is this evening, 20th April - on the April theme of 'wonder' - sign up here - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-book-chronic-illness-creative-writing-group-tickets-198760966802220 Apr 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwn6hzrb22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mk3mflmqvs2o#BookSky! @eandtbooks.bsky.social @beewyld.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3mflmqvs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mjwn6hzrb22rFor regulars and newbies - due to a calendar confusion we missed out on our normal date on 13th - so this month's Chronic Illness writing group through Open Book is this evening, 20th April - on the April theme of 'wonder' - sign up here - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-book-chronic-illness-creative-writing-group-tickets-198760966802220 Apr 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwn6hzrb22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mjwhirrel22rWow. This fine for 'not protecting' 'free speech' in UK universities is going to be the last nail in the coffin for universities isn't it? Because it's not about freedom. It's about protecting the ability for bigots to bigot in places of education, not the rights of students or staff. Slowest clap. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm29dngvjqeo20 Apr 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwhirrel22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mjppouzpt22r3 week countdown to the publication of my little book about swimming all year round in the Lake District, #SwimmingTheSeasons from @saraband-books.bsky.social. In the May issue of Cumbria Life - out now! - you can read an intro and extract, and see some of my favourite May lake photos. #BookSky17 Apr 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjppouzpt22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mjjszgytkc27Tonight! come along online if you can to hear me, Simon Maddrell and Anthony Capildeo #BookSky #Poetry #OnlineEvents #MutualAid https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fossil-free-books-mutual-aid-fundraiser-poetry-launch-tickets-198545204651815 Apr 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjszgytkc27https://bsky.app/profile/pollyrowena.bsky.social/post/3mjim5qybms27Thanks to @jlimburg.bsky.social for sending me this piece that exactly articulates why the ever-swelling trend of turning everything into a "cure" devalues *everything*. Less of that sort of thing, now, please! https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/apr/14/art-sex-nature-why-is-everything-sold-to-us-as-a-means-to-an-end-rather-than-an-end-in-itself15 Apr 2026 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:njaeagrlme3ora63qecpn6at/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjim5qybms27