A catch-up on my nature diary. Feels odd to type August in November but good to revisit what you were feeling at the time. In this aritcle I also quote from Pamela Gormally's wonderful collection, which she was kind enough to give me as a gift.

I am having a small personal celebration - 19 months of dedicated work has led me to my 100th Substack article - it feels like an achievement to me. https://t.co/f7pI9jQGSd

The University of the Self #99

There are just a couple of places lefrt on the workshop I am hosting next Tuesday if you would like to come xx Tue 14 Oct 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Online Workshop: Writing Poems with Jane Burn

We're offering FREE UK postage across the shop including on pre-orders. So come in to browse new & upcoming titles, a brilliant backlist, our evergreen creative writing handbooks, curated book bundles & more. Let us help you fill your shelves with #poetry https://t.co/vi1GAdWWYT

Publication day for HEDONISM; haunting, humorous, political & personal new #poetry from Chris McCabe. Exploring the intersection of grief, place, memory & imagination. Travelling through a post-Brexit landscape, combining the comic with the elegiac. https://t.co/xYDNn0SK48

Many thanks to @jaffareadstoo for this wonderful review :-)

🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 The stunning cover @poetrycandle’s ‘Almanac Twelve Poems for 2026’ is the wondrous creation of multi-talented artist & poet @JaneBurn14 & it features poems by Jane and many others brilliant poets. 🤩 Congratulations👏 I’m saving to read in the new year! 💫 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

I am so looking forward to this @poetrycandle launch tonight! I am so grateful to the poets for their poems and I feel very nervous!

I painted and donated this #Watercolour of two Palestinian Sunbirds for @SidhePress and hope that it helps to make a difference to people in need. #birds #hope

I am happy to say that I have won both the Catherine Fenerty Humour Prize & the open 1st prize in the Southport Writers Circle poetry competition, which was very unexpected. This is the humour prize one. It is about a librarian. #poetry

I was asked by @poetrycandle if I would like to do the cover for their 'Almanac: Twelve Poems for 2026' I picked up a paintbrush and paper and the flowers kept on coming, coming, coming. #WatercolorArt #artist #Flowers #illustration https://t.co/bOszLjCDF7

The University of the Self #90

I have finished a painting of the sky here, which was absolutely amazing, early in the morning. It is slightly smaller than A3. #Northumberland #landscape #watercolor #ArtistOnTwitter

Another portion of my nature diary, and some more of my watercolours, if anyone would like to visit it. The University of the Self #89

Some more of my nature diary is now available :-) #NatureLovers #Wellbeing #diary #birds https://t.co/oMOk9cCncT

Four beautiful new titles for autumn publishing today! https://t.co/odBiC9HKpx https://t.co/PPZW5kpUXn https://t.co/A7D8BC5R6h https://t.co/N3Eh4Gn9NB

I am hosting a writing workshop online in October if anyone would like to join me there x

My next diary installment is here if anyone would like to read it - I will link to it here: https://t.co/Iz1n1rjuua It includes this picture I have painted of one of the really fascinating Jack-in-the-Pulpit plants. #NatureIsAmazing #Diary #nature #Watercolour

#sealeychallenge today is the second appearance for @JaneBurn14 , this time with @BobBeagrie in a book of dispatches from a ruined future.