Poet | Editor | Copywriter Debut poetry collection out with Corsair (Little, Brown Book Group) 📘🛶 Featured in The Guardian, Financial Times & Sunday Times Style. “a book of watersheds - love, death and rivers” - Linda France 📍Bristol/Bath, UKhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3mqttwta5f22tOver the poet’s moon! My debut, Sculling, has been shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection! So incredibly grateful to the judges & to the #ForwardPrizes for their championing of poetry. Congrats to all shortlisted poets! 💙 #booksky #poetry #poetrycommunity17 Jul 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqttwta5f22thttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3ml3x2zjtyc2iIn or near Bath? Come along! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3x2zjtyc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3mki2hgppp22kSo looking forward to this! 💙 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki2hgppp22khttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3mhn6hhrfz22s💙💚💙 Thank you, @catherineredford.bsky.social! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Mar 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhn6hhrfz22shttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3mh6zlpexj22rI’m poeming tomorrow night at The Bell in Bath as part of the Curious Minds Festival. 🧠 Would be lush to see you there. 💙 Sign up for that open mic 🎤 we wanna hear it! Tickets: tinyurl.com/yv4w2n4n16 Mar 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6zlpexj22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3mfa4s7fg2s2cYour unsolicited writing prompt 🪾🕳️ #amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky19 Feb 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfa4s7fg2s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3mesq7tyrkk2zHappy Valentine’s Day to Station Books in Tunbridge Wells who have ‘Sculling’ on its own little plinth atm! 🫀 No, that ‘A Little Life’ cover isn’t James Franco (in my mind it always was) ~ it’s a photo taken in the 60s by Peter Hujar titled “Orgasmic Man.” Perfect valentine’s positioning. #BookSky14 Feb 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mesq7tyrkk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3mdpo42bdrk2nPopped into my gorgeous local (Storysmith, Bristol) and signed some fresh Scullings yesterday. 💙🦦 A blue book ready to gift as we exit the blue month. Hasn’t January alone felt like a year!? #BookSky #poetry31 Jan 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdpo42bdrk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3mcwurphnz22lDelighted to be invited to eARTh Spotlight, chaired by @bathspauni.bsky.social Professors @penahay.bsky.social and @lucyenglish.bsky.social 💚 Online, free, 12-1pm, Jan 27th Bring a cuppa. Wear your slippers. Tickets and info: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/online/online/earth-spotlight-with-sophie-dumont/e-emkopo21 Jan 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwurphnz22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3mb2h5scauk2pThe quiet, elderly and slightly incontinent cheerleaders of my 2025. ✨ Huge thanks to poetry pal Marius Grose for capturing this family portrait at my desk. 🐾 #booksky #writingcommunity28 Dec 2025 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb2h5scauk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3mag3newess2hSo looking forward to chatting about my debut collection ‘Sculling’, my connection to the River Avon and sharing poems. 12noon, Jan 27th, online and free! Thank you to @bathspauni.bsky.social’s @penahay.bsky.social and @lucyenglish.bsky.social for the invite. 💙 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Dec 2025 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mag3newess2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3m7ndenwuqk25Thank you, Paul, for sharing my poem about the little bright yellow stars that are celandine flowers. Thoughts of spring are helping me move through the dark weeks. 🌼🌼🌼 #booksky #poem #poetrycommunity [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2025 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ndenwuqk25https://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3m75leeseok2wA very lovely woman has requested a signed copy of Sculling to gift for a 100th birthday! Thank you, champions of poetry. 💙 I’m so honoured that this mighty, muddy work of living will be marked by my little blue book. To Inga’s good health and joy! 🥂 #ScullingBook #poetrycommunity #booksky #poet04 Dec 2025 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75leeseok2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3m6rc4onjwc2qIt’s Narnia season and my nephew’s grip on reality is still firmer than mine. 🚪🕳️🌲⏸️ Jam Toast from my debut, SCULLING, available to buy in your local indie! ☺️ https://storysmithbooks.com/product/sculling/ #ScullingBook #BookSky #Poet #Writer29 Nov 2025 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6rc4onjwc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3m6btcnpl7s2cA delicious crisp, sunny morning meeting Emma from @bookhaus.bsky.social, signing copies of Sculling and popping satisfying little stickers on the cover. Bookhaus is such a beacon in Bristol’s bookish community and tirelessly champions local, radical writing. 🌞 #shopindie #booksky #scullingbook23 Nov 2025 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6btcnpl7s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3m5h5fkgq5c23G Rd Bks! An absolute gem of #Bristol. Floorboards to die for. Thank you for having me round to sign copies of Sculling and for wrapping them in your lovely little ‘signed copy’ paper scarves.🧣🍂 #booksky 💙 @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social 💙12 Nov 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5h5fkgq5c23https://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3m5dy6kumps2lCome and join the Poetry and Spoken Word Committee at SoA. We’re a lovely bunch. 👋 Help us champion our craft. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Nov 2025 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5dy6kumps2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3m5duxavff22pI loved visiting The Small City Bookshop #Bristol to sign copies of Sculling, have a natter, smell pages and pick up a copy of the latest Maggie Nelson. A beautiful space. They have a 3rd birthday party on Nov 20th, 6-8pm. 10% off books and a free cocktail/mocktail. 🍹 What’s not to love? #booksky11 Nov 2025 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5duxavff22phttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3m5csd73jic2rLate night signing postcards to post to a dear family friend who will then slip them into all the Scullings she’s bought for her pals. I’m told she’s making ripples and that her friends are buying it for their friends for Christmas. So very lucky to know such sweetness. 💙 #booksky #poetry10 Nov 2025 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5csd73jic2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3m3kg2vechc2nSculling’s been reviewed in this week’s @financialtimes.com poetry round-up❕ Thank you, Suzi Feay💙 Read the full poetry review of brilliant collections from Sarah Howe, Simon Armitage, Matthew Francis, Tom Paulin and Stav Poleg: https://www.ft.com/content/6236587a-d83e-4dfb-8502-f7e50ba76f96 #booksky #poetrycommunity19 Oct 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3kg2vechc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3m3d36p7z4k2uBaby’s first Amazon review 💫 and for the Kindle edition! #BookSky16 Oct 2025 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3d36p7z4k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3m2h2rlpzzs2hI’ve written an article for @thetimes.com exploring my experience of grief, my wrestling with guilt and the phenomenon of “chimerism”, which means that recipients of donated organs have two sets of DNA. Find it online or in print in today’s Sunday Times Style. 💙 https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/sex-relationships/article/grief-organ-donation-d2g0svkjr05 Oct 2025 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2h2rlpzzs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3m2e6euepxk2nOver the poet’s moon to have a review of my debut poetry collection Sculling in @theguardian.com today! 🫠💙 Thank you, Philip Terry. ✨ Have a read of the brilliant roundup with a fab pic of @ursulakleguin.com: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/03/the-best-recent-poetry-review-roundup Pick up a copy before my mum buys them all.04 Oct 2025 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2e6euepxk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiedumont.bsky.social/post/3m232rk7pks2qPublication week!📘 💙Pre-order for delivery or collect in stores on Thurs, #NationalPoetryDay 💙 Tag me in (or send me) a pic of my book put in the wild. Let me know where in the world you are! 🌍 💙I’ll be signing in #Bath & #Bristol bookshops this week https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/sophie-dumont/sculling/9781472159953/ #BookSky30 Sep 2025 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:suvahqe6qo7ypuccfishezjx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m232rk7pks2q