How the flippin' heck has October rolled around already? But we roll with it, and we're rolling into a fresh month with a sparkly new headliner.
Paul atten Ash is the pen name of Bristol-based Worcesterian Paul Nash. He has been published by Acid Bath Publishing, Acropolis Journal, After…, Ambient Receiver, BBC Radio 6 Music, Beaver Magazine, Broken Sleep Books, Butcher’s Dog, Dark Mountain, Dreich Magazine, Dust Poetry Magazine, Full House Literary, Ghost Light Lit, Gothic Keats Press, Magma Poetry, PBLJ, Poetry Scotland, Riggwelter, Salò Press, Scarlet Tiger Press, Seaside Gothic, Shooter Literary Magazine, Sídhe Press, Spelt Magazine, Under The Radar, Written Off Publishing, among others.
Competition placings include: Classical Association (HC, 2024). Prize shortlistings include: Alpine Fellowship (2023); Ginkgo (2022, 2021); Hexham (2023).
Searchlight Seasons, his debut poetry pamphlet, was published by Atomic Bohemian (www.atomicbohemian.com) in October 2024. Paul is currently curating a multi-contributor contrapuntal ecopoetry project, We Dream in Green. For links to his published work visit
https://campsite.bio/northseanavigator and follow him online at IG/Threads: @north_sea_navigator; Bsky: @northseanavigator.bsky.social; X: @NorthSeaNav
We've also got our usual open mic slots of 5 minutes available for booking now! If you want to get your name down, drop Charley and Leena an email:
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Entry is £3 and we'll kick off the poetry party at 6:30pm xoxo
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