Will Burns
@TroubledStriker
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Writer and barfly | Editor @RoughTradeBooks | Natural Burial Ground - https://t.co/n9nyCkPAjw
Wendover, Bucks
Joined August 2015
I accidentally wrote another book of poems and am chuffed to bits that @CorsairBooks are doing the publishing thing…
'Will Burns is a soulful English poet of the kind we don't make enough of' Max Porter We are thrilled to be publishing the new collection, Natural Burial Ground, by award-winning novelist and poet @TroubledStriker on the 7th March 2024: https://t.co/I09MFkUkGw
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All poets should have a pub. Catching up with some of the @AuthorsCC in @TroubledStriker's family-run King and Queen in Wendover.
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Today we've found perhaps the most artistic photo of our offices on Walton Street ever taken! This was back in 1985. The footbridge and skateboarding child are both no longer there.
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He thought about tall oak trees. He thought about high mountains covered with snow.
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Get involved…
Join poet Will Burns on Thursday 7 August for an extra-special family writing workshop ✏️ More information ➡️ https://t.co/jhLqWTx5O8
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Get in there…
Congratulations to @RoughTradeBooks for being long listed for the 2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses
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Thought I’d be able to resist the urge but some compulsions are too deeply felt - writing about getting back on a skateboard after 20 years…
'My body & its board slowly start to take on the shapes of their own, shared, history, begin to enact movements that re-position me back into my own recollections, into stories I had forgotten..' @TroubledStriker meets his dream-self on urethane wheels https://t.co/5raU4A5cKP
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Get down…
I am ~not really on here~ any more and therefore haven't posted about CANON FODDER WHICH IS THIS COMING MONDAY 20 JANUARY! Join us! It'll be brill 💥💫🧡 https://t.co/Ik9LZZKd5F
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I am ~not really on here~ any more and therefore haven't posted about CANON FODDER WHICH IS THIS COMING MONDAY 20 JANUARY! Join us! It'll be brill 💥💫🧡 https://t.co/Ik9LZZKd5F
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Come on down…
Tomorrow evening (Thursday 12 December) we welcome historian @hrcastor to the shop for a special talk with @TroubledStriker. Last few tickets below. https://t.co/iy7COZxPXS
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Going to be a good one…
The Eagle and the Hart contains all the epic drama associated with medieval court politics and conflict, combined with a distinctly contemporary echo in the tensions between tyrany, power and populism. Hosted by @TroubledStriker✨ Tickets: https://t.co/iy7COZxPXS
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Stoked to be a part of this… and to see what all the mentees work up…
Folio Academy Mentorships 2024/25. It's the 8th year of our partnership with @thewritersprize, through which talented First Story students work 1:1 with an acclaimed writer. This year's mentors: Caroline Bird, Will Burns, Guy Gunaratne and Joelle Taylor. https://t.co/0wPxULMT4U
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And here with a few kind words from YA greats Keith Gray and @philearle ...
Five years on from the phenomenal, Carnegie Medal winning, LARK, @anthony_mcgowan returns to the Barrington Stoke list with THE BECK a humorous and tender tale of family, relationships and the natural world @IndieThinking @HarperInsider
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The Social Cup was once again won by the original Heavenly Socialists, defeating the youngsters (and Carl) 13-6 yesterday. Improved performance from the bar staff but still a chastening loss to the old boys who were lethal in attack lead by Danno + @TroubledStriker 🏆
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On the newsletter: Kirsteen McNish on the tipping of the seasons; a new poem from @TroubledStriker; @AlexiFrancis tempts a shy neighbour with an egg; Kirsty Gunn dips her toes into a round pool: your last chance to be a citizen scientist in @theroyalparks
https://t.co/4s1z5QwDay
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We're delighted to announce our 2024 longlist! There are some incredible poets on this list! Judged by @arshi_mona, @CarolineBirdUK & @kwamedawes. The ceremony is being live-streamed on Sat 19 Oct at 5.30pm BST & we announce the shortlist on Mon 7 Oct so keep your eyes peeled 🌿
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New one for my little sis…
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'He’d become that boy again, you see? Thinking about the fineness of the day. About a beautiful fish that might be somewhere there in the river, lying deep and still in a dark pool, as though waiting for him…' An extract from Kirsty Gunn’s ‘Pretty Ugly’: https://t.co/EGMUicSaG1
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No way I could pick a favourite… whole record is just about perfect. Happy birthday indeed…
Happy Early Birthday. Released September 21, 1993 What's your favorite track from the album? 🎧 https://t.co/LG2mNgb6bF 🔴 https://t.co/gQRXK8obul
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