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Writer-in-Residence at Manchester Cathedral / Northern Debut Award for Poetry / 'This Is Not an Epiphany' (2023) / 'boar' (2023) / Host at More Song in Bradford

Bradford, England

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Tom Branfoot

1 month

Incredibly pleased to have won a Northern Writers Award for my debut collection Volatile! The Middle English etymology of ‘volatile’ means ‘a creature that flies (birds)’ as such the title frames interrelations between ecological, economic, personal and political crises 🪶

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@UniofNewcastle @northlitagency @MichaelChaplin2 @ace_national @TLCUK @peablair @NorthumbriaUni @arvonfoundation @TisdallLaura @GeekDaddyPrime @andy_ruffell @HachetteKids @Joelarcanjo @SarahLenGal @JordanHLees @SEA_Clarke @GavinCrippin1 @Kit_Fan_ @Malikabooker . @tombranfoot wins a Northern Debut Award for Poetry. "Winning a Northern Writers' Award for Volatile – a book about crisis, birdwatching, class, environment, and dwelling rooted in West Yorkshire landscapes – is a privilege." #NorthernWritersAwards

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6 years

Their names sound like legal highs

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4 years

How is this bar in Manchester called ‘Plantation’ and advertising itself as having ‘COLONIAL VIBES’...

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2 years

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5 years

photo's of mark corrigan that have the same energy as the newly appointed poet laureate, simom armitage: a thread

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1 year

beyond elated to announce that I am the newly appointed Writer-in-Residence at Manchester Cathedral, we will be delivering creative writing projects working with MMU and local charities & producing original work engaging with the history and archives of the cathedral

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2 years

been offered a PhD place at University of Sheffield, commissioned for a review & had a poem accepted for publication - what a great day

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6 years

this guy is my favourite man on earth, every friday he posts a picture with a table full of post-punk records and a bottle of red wine in the nick cave and the fall fan pages on facebook

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5 years

there can only be one man fit for this role

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10 months

in love with our new flat

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6 years

Cha cha real smooth

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1 year

‘I find poetry — which estranges me from language, the most ordinary medium of my life — to be a useful practice for unsettling my perception so that I might see the forms of my living more precisely, the possibilities of an otherwise more vividly.’

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An Interrogative Stance: A Conversation with Claire Schwartz | Los Angeles Review of Books

Hazem Fahmy asks Claire Schwartz about her new collection of poems, “Civil Service.”

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1 year

love this poem by Jenny George in the spring issue of Poetry Review – reminds me of Vasko Popa’s ‘The Little Box’ & Nick Cave’s ‘The Sick Bag Song’

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9 months

Happy publication day to “boar”! My new pamphlet of poetry follows the tongueless, heraldic Bradford Boar to trace the social and political affinities between medieval and contemporary England. Thanks to @brokensleep for having faith in the project 🐗🌳

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1 year

Northern poets make yourself known! Planning future events for the More Song reading series in Bradford ⛓️⛓️⛓️

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5 years

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2 years

got a distinction in my MA dissertation from UCL on @jallenpaisant @seanehewitt & @loco_mote 🍂🍃

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6 years

this guy doesn't even have a grasp on grammar, nevermind sexual conduct or consent

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4 years

All week I’ve kept returning to this wonderfully sincere and striking poem by ⁦ @CarolineBirdUK ⁩, the last stanza hits my heart every time

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1 year

graduated with distinction from my MA at UCL today 🎓

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6 years

the Branfoot boys

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Tom Branfoot

11 months

Had the pleasure of seeing Gboyega read a few times and hanging out after. Aside from being one of the coolest guys ever, the pulse and steel of his work astounds me. It’s clear how many people he touched, such a loss to poetry and the wider world

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11 months

absolutely love my job as writer-in-residence at Manchester Cathedral, spent the day between here and Manchester Poetry Library, reading, writing, organising events, editing, and talking to people 🕯️ (extract from Soft Hail by Barry MacSweeney)

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5 years

@in2222dust @_LeighEllie Send this to beam me up softboi right now

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1 year

first time seeing This Is Not an Epiphany @SheafPoetryFest 🌿⛓️

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4 years

Thinking about when I auditioned for Gus in Tracy Beaker Returns

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6 years

Girls who love buying stationary have the best pussy

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6 years

david bowie serious moonlight tour called

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5 years

my flatmate took a girl on a date to one of my gigs once and she said it was too depressing and didn't want to stay

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5 years

imagine actually getting harassed by pound bakery employees shouting out harry potter when you walk in - another day in my pathetic, pathetic life

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6 months

new bookcase from the charity shop! cleared away some floor piles with this

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7 months

I had a review published in the Poetry Review Winter 2023 issue alongside poetry from Anne Carson, Seán Hewitt, Aracelis Girmay & other legends. Always feel like an imposter as a working class person in poetry so it does feel validating having criticism published by PR 💐

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6 years

Hair: cut Titties: sucked

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5 years

my mum’s on a mad one

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4 years

@LucyMPowell how is this allowed?

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1 year

Very proud to announce my pamphlet This Is Not an Epiphany will be published June 1st. Thanks to @Anthony1983 for choosing the manuscript and to @seanehewitt for the glistering blurb. We’re launching the book in Sheffield, Manchester & Oxford 🌿⛓️

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7 months

2 pamphlets published this year; reviews in Poetry Review, Poetry London, Magma; poems in bath magg, The North, Carmen et Error; judged the Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition & installed as writer-in-residence… time to rest now

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11 months

poetry bookcase looking absolutely overflowing with goodness in our new flat

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1 year

sat at the alcove desk where Marx & Engels studied & wrote The Communist Manifesto plotting the downfall of neoliberalism and the tories

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7 months

Very chuffed that More Song has been awarded funding from Bradford City Council to pay our artists and readers for the next few months! It’s been an honour to bring such amazing poets to Bradford and we have some stellar line-ups confirmed for this year See you on Jan 17th ⛓️⛓️

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6 years

pints and girls

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10 months

where I belong

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1 year

just got my MA certificate through the post, now I am official a book nerd

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9 months

A real joy to host Zaffar Kunial, Will Harris and Joseph Minden at More Song @TheRecordCafe last night. This is why we do it, hearing poetry of this standard in Bradford. Thanks to all who came, that’s it for the reading series until 2024! ⛓️⛓️⛓️

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1 year

first day at my big boy job

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6 years

ongo gablogian: art collector

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11 months

really looking forward to guest editing Anthropocene journal this winter, they publish incredible work & I can’t wait to read your poems 🌊💙

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Anthropocene

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The next free submission window will be December 2023 Poems will be read by a special guest editor - the lovely @tombranfoot Welcome aboard Tom! 💙🌀🌊

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Tom Branfoot

1 year

happy world poetry day to all who celebrate

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1 year

I’m pleased to be reintroducing the annual Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition this winter with an amazing panel of judges whose work I admire. Cash prize, free entry for a single poem, and submissions will open in October. We will announce the theme in the coming months 🏆

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Our recent 'Doubt Wisely' poetry workshops with Cathedral Writer in Residence @tombranfoot Tom will be establishing further writing groups @ManCathedral & reintroducing our annual poetry competition later this year. Stay tuned for more info! 1/2 🧵

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1 year

not in a great place atm so being sent this photo of This Is Not an Epiphany at @natpoetrylib made my day 🌿⛓️

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2 years

classic mum response to climate change

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4 years

FYI this was my ‘headshot’

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6 years

barefoot in the park

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2 years

an exceptional gift from my dad

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4 years

Got a conditional offer from Goldsmiths to do the Modern Literature MA!

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6 years

And here I am with my 1 dirty tote bag covered in cig burns where my spare change falls out of if I walk too fast

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10 months

RIP Louise Glück – I wrote my undergraduate dissertation partly on Meadowlands and myth. This is my favourite poem by her 💫☁️

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5 years

can't believe there's a talk at my uni entitled '“There is no straight when you’re 400 years old”: The Liminality of the 1980s Bisexual Vampire'

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6 years

dad's been shopping

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6 years

candles and flowers in wine bottles is the only furnishing I will accept from this point onwards

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5 years

my parents took me to Tesco to buy me some tech decks straight after they told me they were getting divorced to try and cheer me up

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6 years

can't believe I've been dumped 3 times in 2018

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5 years

she really got elias from iceage tattooed on her cheek

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6 years

mama, look what i made me do

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11 months

absolute steal, £5 for this Breuer Cesca chair – assuming it’s a replica but does anyone know how to check?

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5 years

i've been sat like this for the past 4 hours someone come and drink with me, my mind is turning to absurdist dung

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6 years

live from the rich relatives

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2 years

stuck with the words to describe how made up I am to have won the New Poets Prize 2022 judged by @Anthony1983 - I'm excited to bring 'This Is Not an Ephiphany' into the world // thanks to @MMUEnglishDept @ArtsHumsUCL @AMcMillanPoet @pariahpress and others for help along the way

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2 years

Thank you to all the entrants of this year’s New Poets Prize, and congratulations to the winners! They are: Serena Alagappan, Tom Branfoot ( @tombranfoot ), Beth Davies ( @BethRSD ) and Chloe Elliott ( @ElliottChlo ). Find out more at:

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1 year

Big thanks to everyone who came last night! I’m glad that Bradford can host incredible poetry like this. Thank you to Charlotte, Joe, and Sarah for reading as well as all the open mic readers. Huge shout out to Keith for letting us use this space. See you in May! ⛓️⛓️⛓️

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1 year

v proud of my newly qualified speech therapist! 🎓

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5 years

today matthew i'm a going to be a french cabin boy

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evie was k holing outside of the chats and crying because she didn't get let in

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1 year

I used to get a bursary at MMU and spent a large chunk of it on books at @BlackwellsMcr so it was incredible to launch This Is Not an Epiphany there last night, especially with @ElliottChlo 🌿⛓️

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6 years

whenever I see this van near me, I take a photo and send it to my friend Kit

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3 years

still processing the fact that i've been offered a place on the English: Issues in Modern Culture MA at UCL -- rise & grind baby

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2 years

somehow getting into university with no A-Levels to study English Literature I would never have imagined being represented in @McrPoetryLib @MMULibrary , if you told me this 3 years ago I wouldn’t believe it

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6 years

between you and me and my best friend the housefly, I am blonde

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1 year

‘Debt has replaced Latin / As the universal language’ — Lisa Robertson

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5 years

Benidorm 2019

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7 months

CALL OUT: would anyone like to read at Bradford's finest innovative poetry night More Song on February 7th alongside 2 incredible Verve and Penned in the Margins poets?

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9 years

Has anyone ever realised that Owen Wilson looks like the lovechild of Donald trump and Boris Johnson

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9 months

Our final guest for More Song next week is a titan of the British poetry scene. Zaffar Kunial lives in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, and was born in Birmingham. His debut collection, Us, was shortlisted for a number of prizes.

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8 years

Bought a new suit and I'm feeling fine

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1 year

Noelle Kocot

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6 years

yeah, I guess you could say I'm pretty into film

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6 months

taught a poem by the Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha in a workshop today & there was hardly a dry eye in the room, we took some moments of silence after reading, as a sign of respect for those in Gaza & as a reminder of poetry’s power 🇵🇸

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3 years

Stavros Flatley takes London by storm

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4 years

Sam Plant and Jake Oliver are horrible people who have manipulated and hurt so many others, so proud of everyone for coming out and sharing their stories

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1 year

wild garlic season 🥬

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4 years

just thinking about when i actively chose to see and meet sam smith in trinity church in leeds in 2013

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3 years

a girl in my online seminar is eating a whole pizza on camera like it's a mukbang

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4 years

Why do people think that saying ‘I’ll go elsewhere’ holds so much power. You think I give a shit? I’m on minimum wage and working through the coronavirus pandemic

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1 year

this doorway in Hampstead is what dreams are made of

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10 months

Launching ‘boar’ at the Boar & Fable in Bradford on November 4th with friends @JoeyFrances and @jasgraywrites . Liam Bishop @rippling_pages is hosting and chairing a Q&A to talk about the book, radical poetry, Bradford, and all things boar 🐗 £3 tickets

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1 year

got a poem from ‘This Is Not an Epiphany’ in stellar company

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⭐️ Issue 11 ⭐️ launching April 29 will feature the likes of @natalieshapero , @rachelnalong , @JessicaTraynor6 , @poetclare and many more! Roll on launch date 🚀🦆

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9 months

a little double page spread of three poems from This Is Not an Epiphany ( @poetrybusiness ) in The North (69) – I’ve also got a review of Lila Matsumoto and Jane Burn in the same issue 🌿⛓️

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5 years

chin chin

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