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Tim Craven

@CravenTim

Poems. Edinburgh PhD – psychiatry/poetry intersections | Syracuse MFA | Good Sons (@DiodeBlue)

 Edinburgh, Scotland
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Joined April 2010
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Scotland's Poetry Debut of the Year was picked up by Tim Craven for 'Good Sons' 🔥
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Massive congratulations to last night's winners at The Saltires: Scotland's National Book Awards 2025! See👇for the details...
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Delighted to share #SaltireBookAwards Poetry Shortlist 2025: 6 amazing titles including 2 debuts. On the debuts, congrats to Tim Craven & Cáit O'Neill McCullagh, & to Juana Adcock, Niall Campbell, Anthony Vahni Capildeo & Kathleen Jamie, up for Scotland's Poetry Book of the Year!
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Three recent books available now from bluediode.co.uk . Good Sons by Tim Craven, Recital by @MarianneMacRae , and Kiss My Earth by Alice Willitts. Info, sample poems, etc at the link. Have a look!
Three books. Tim Craven's features multicoloured gravestones facing a similarly multicoloured landscape. Marianne MacRae's is a purple background with a three legged green creature inside a turquoise circle. And Alice Willitts's is an orange yellow background with a dark blue portrait of a woman with big hair and eyes and the words Kiss My Earth replacing her nose and mouth.

ALT Three books. Tim Craven's features multicoloured gravestones facing a similarly multicoloured landscape. Marianne MacRae's is a purple background with a three legged green creature inside a turquoise circle. And Alice Willitts's is an orange yellow background with a dark blue portrait of a woman with big hair and eyes and the words Kiss My Earth replacing her nose and mouth.

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Glastonbury 2024 gates are open! Here’s to a wonderful few days here on the farm. #glastonbury2024
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Here's a preview of the cover for LPM 31 with a copperplate etching of mine:
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Happy 3️⃣1️⃣5️⃣ Day, #SyracuseU! Drop an 🍊 to celebrate! – at Syracuse, NY
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Sharing one of my favourite poems - and also one of my favourite performances of a poem - on National Poetry Day. Right now, there are thirty-two wars happening around the world. This is Ilya Kaminsky reading 'We Lived Happily During the War'. youtu.be/nXCUHctHh0A?si=MvLp…
Ilya Kaminsky reads “We Lived Happily During the War"

Ilya Kaminsky reads “We Lived Happily During the War"

Ilya Kaminsky reads his poem “We Lived Happily During the War".Br...

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Blue Diode Press: call for submissions of poetry book manuscripts, from 1-23 July. Guidelines at bluediode.co.uk/single-post/… or surrtwo.wordpress.com/2023/0… . Please RT to get the word out @PoetryBookSoc @ByLeavesWeLive @ScotBPOCwriters @CreativeScots @PoetrySociety @ObsidianFdn
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JUNE/JULY 2023 COVER REVEAL 🌊 Cover: Alys Kuu, Now With poetry by Jean Sprackland, @BetaRish, @lucy_holme, @JoeCarrickVarty, @ciaranpbuckley, @RosamundTaylor, @jaywhittapoet, @grahammort, @suzifeay, @CravenTim, @poetalicewhite, and Bibhu Padhi
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Eight Albums Playlist #112: Tim Craven @CravenTim's personal playlist with songs selected from his Eight Albums open.spotify.com/playlist/18…
# 112 Tim Craven - Eight Albums

# 112 Tim Craven - Eight Albums

Playlist · Eight Albums · 8 items · 1 saves

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"Average albums don’t get acronyms.” Find out which album Tim Craven (@CravenTim) is talking about 👇 eightalbums.co.uk/tim-craven…
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The scene at Princes Street garden Edinburgh for the coronation trib.al/3LHz7Ia
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"We witnessed a riot of hair, lycra jumpsuits and unbound charisma." Eight Albums #112: Tim Craven Eight albums that are important to Tim Craven (@CravenTim), and why. eightalbums.co.uk/tim-craven…
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"My soundtrack to drinking PBR and bourbon in a neon-lit bar." Eightalbums.co.uk
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POV you grew up in the Midwest
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THIS IS INSANE!!! WHAT A LEG OF DARTS!! MICHAEL SMITH HITS A NINE DARTER!! 🤯😲
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SHORE POETS NOVEMBER 2022: NANCY CAMPBELL, TIM CRAVEN, OPEN MIC + THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS shorepoets.org.uk/2022/11/09…
SHORE POETS NOVEMBER 2022: NANCY CAMPBELL, TIM CRAVEN, OPEN MIC + THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS

SHORE POETS NOVEMBER 2022: NANCY CAMPBELL, TIM CRAVEN, OPEN MIC + THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS

In our last event of 2022, we’ll be lifting our winter spirits with poetry from Nancy Campbell, Tim Craven and open mic readers, and music from The Self-Righteous Brothers. Please note that w…

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Tickets for Glastonbury 2023 have now Sold Out. Thank you to everyone who bought one and we're sorry to those of you who missed out, on a morning when demand far exceeded supply. There will be a resale of any cancelled or returned tickets in spring 2023.
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You know how it is, you've hypnotised a hen in your kitchen and now it won't wake up. Luckily here's some advice on how to get that hen clucking again! As part of @bbcradiofoyle's 40th Birthday celebrations, On The Air is back next week starting Monday 10:35PM @bbconeni
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