Winner of National Poetry Competition 2024. Debut collection Rope of Sand Pindrop Press (2023). Pamphlets Vital Capacity (Broken Sleep, 2022) and A Dovetail of Breath (Rack Press, 2020). Corrupted Poetry projects. https://fionalarkinpoetry.wordpress.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mtebhpa75k2iIt’s very special to share this interview with @forwardprizes.bsky.social , I’m thrilled to have a poem on this list! Deep thanks to the judges, and to @poetrysociety.org.uk for nominating ‘Absence has a grammar.’ 🙏 https://forwardartsfoundation.org/poem/absence-has-a-grammar/18 Aug 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtebhpa75k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mt7b2vzvg22a [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7b2vzvg22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mrx5nan63s2d👀 - glad to add to my tbr pile new work from @fiddes.bsky.social & @jakeareynolds.bsky.social - and my own pamphlet Vital Capacity also still available from the excellent @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx5nan63s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mqulwanaik2eExcellent readings this week at Red Door Poets - Hannah Lowe and Nasim Luczaj guesting - and Sudeep Sen there and in Kingston at the calm and lovely Quaker Centre. Thank you @marymulholland.bsky.social and all the organisers! And to Sudeep for most of these pics.17 Jul 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqulwanaik2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mopzaq4cnc2wHuge thanks to @forwardprizes.bsky.social for long-listing my poem, and to @poetrysociety.org.uk for nominating it, along with great poems from @nickykippax.bsky.social and Matt Barnard! 🙏🏻20 Jun 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mopzaq4cnc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mo3epwaeb224Thrilled to have a poem in fine company in this brilliant issue! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3epwaeb224https://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mkcor2hci222En route!25 Apr 2026 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcor2hci222https://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mk33sb6src2xBrand new edition of @robinhoughton.bsky.social ‘s excellent guide to getting your poetry published, glad to have made a small contribution to it along with a host of insightful editors and poets. More details and ordering here apoetsguide.co.uk22 Apr 2026 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk33sb6src2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mi7l77sqpk2zLooking forward very much to reading with this amazing group of poets - save the date! Zoom link from Sue Burge (email on poster) @michpenn.bsky.social @marcchamberlain.bsky.social @tamsinhopkins.bsky.social29 Mar 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7l77sqpk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mhiobw7oak2iVery many thanks to @poetrylondon.bsky.social & Niall Campbell for featuring my poem today 🙏🏻❄️20 Mar 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhiobw7oak2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mhdl2v5qn22nLooking forward very much to this tonight! [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdl2v5qn22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mfepyqjqac2sReally pleased to hear this. I benefited from Declan’s guidance while doing my MA at Royal Holloway, and the poets he’ll edit are lucky! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Feb 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfepyqjqac2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mdbfxm53lc2oWonderful to read new work from @kathrynmaris.bsky.social here [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jan 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbfxm53lc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mcfnxrrkos2hWonderful launch last night at the Swedenborg Hall for @michpenn.bsky.social ‘s superb new collection Retablo for a Door from @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social - poems that are questioning, powerful, beautiful - with an enthusiastic crowd!14 Jan 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfnxrrkos2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3mbh5oqr2r22aExcited to be starting the new year with a reading at @reading-poets-cafe.bsky.social on Friday 9th January - do join us! link in comments02 Jan 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbh5oqr2r22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3may2eueu5c27Delighted to have a deep winter poem feature on @inksweatandtears.co.uk wonderful 12 Days of Christmas series in lovely company 🎄❄️✨ [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Dec 2025 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3may2eueu5c27https://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3m6htifbewk24Wow! @sophieherx.bsky.social & @matthewepaul.bsky.social reading their wonderful work & being interviewed by Katie Griffiths tomorrow night - looking forward to this one very much www.riverhousebarn.co.uk/events/136679 https://www.riverhousebarn.co.uk/events/13667925 Nov 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6htifbewk24https://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3m6hgtzc5rk24Looking forward very much to reading @marcchamberlain.bsky.social ‘s essay [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Nov 2025 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hgtzc5rk24https://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3m5td5loyd22dAm sitting on the rug, deep in the new issue of The Aftershock Review. I’m honoured to have three poems in exceptional company in an edition which explores ‘the anatomy of aftermath,’ all thanks to @maxwallis.bsky.social Anna Percy and Suzi Feay.17 Nov 2025 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5td5loyd22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/fionalarkin.bsky.social/post/3m5jsamkj7c2eLate to post, but Poetry in Aldeburgh was a brilliant festival, bringing poetry, art and music together to consider the book, its survival under oppression, and its future. Bravo to everyone involved! Keats and the Sea - fab opener @juliamarybird.bsky.social & Mike Sims - included origami for all!13 Nov 2025 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:q3jjlltikzz5q2iotbehqamn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5jsamkj7c2e