McC*lm is a nasty wee bully whose “journalism” = screaming at trans folk & Indy supporters. Encouraging pile ons against trans allies (many of them cis women) or anyone insufficiently respectful to establishment figures. Too many music/media folk giving him a free pass.

Shishkin forests 🤤

Huge solidarity with the talented writer and friend attacked in this grotty hit piece

My pamphlet *Common Name*, on seaweeds (plumed chenille, creeping tongue, oyster thief) is out with Osmosis Press! In excellent company with MP Pratheesh 𝔐𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔞 𝔖𝔩𝔢𝔡𝔪𝔢𝔯𝔢 carolyn hashimoto Caroline Harris david gaffney Susie Campbell Lydia Unsworth Robin Boothroyd & more: osmosispress.com/common-name-sa…

Love will win lads. Smash the patriarchy to save men. Enjoy your mealtimes. Etc xx

new Oo poem-object out today. *first fire*. A wax cube poem in white jewellery box. Designed to be held up to the light. Run of 20. £10 incl postage anywhere. Get: oo-press.com/poem-objects/

There's three of these left xx

Creative Scotland to reopen the Open Fund for Individuals after the Scottish government confirmed that £6.6m would be released as promised. Iain Munro: "“We are sure today’s confirmation of the release of this funding will be welcomed by the creative community." More soon.

More backsliding & gammon massaging from the new "legitimate concerns" iteration of the SNP. This has Forbes's prints all over it. Get rid of these guys. heraldscotland.com/news/24562817.…

PLEASE SHARE 🙏 UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES With the uncertainty right now in funding for culture we have been working hard to secure support for early stage researchers, curators & visual artists to help develop this vital ecosystem and will be sharing soon our first round👇🏽

I knew eventually Beckett would eat one of my poems

I've got a piece in Art Monthly on the parabibliographic arts of Joe Devlin & michael hampton, digital obsolescence, library closures & austerity, the book as body & chronograph &c. I'm pleased with this one, a chance to spend time with work I really rate artmonthly.co.uk/magazine/site/…

It's lovely to see a few folks building up Oo Press collections. This is arts writer Beth Williamson's stash, feat. Joe Devlin MP Pratheesh &&c. A few of these bits can still be got here: oo-press.com

Seems to me I'm reading JF Hendry's author copy of The New Apocalypse in Glasgow Uni special collections

Art UK are republishing some of my Scottish Art News articles Fleming Collection - here's one on John Lavery 👀

I'm giving a free online talk tomorrow for Humanist Society Scotland on Edwin Morgan and humanism Edwin Morgan Trust if you fancy it humanism.scot/events

A considered review of the modified bookmarks show at the Portico in the Manchester Review by Joseph Hunter. themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12421

This was fun. DM if you want transcript or slides 👀

I'm lucky to have a small piece of work in Joe Devlin's modified bookmark exhibition The Portico Library Manchester alongside Gregory Betts derek beaulieu Noel Clueit, Louise Giovanelli Greg Thomas/Oo Press, Michael Hampton et al. A lovely review by Joseph Hunter here: themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12421