#salenagodden — Public Fediverse posts

Coming up next: Saturday September 23rd, Hastings Book Festival 'Salena Godden & friends' starts at 7.30pm. I cannot wait to come home & share my books and poetry & be by the sea again Xx

Tickets & info: https://hastingsbookfest.org/events/salena-godden-and-friends

#hastings #salenagodden #hastingsbookfestival #poetry #books #tour #festivals #PessimismisforLightweights #MrsDeathMissesDeath

💛🎓🙌🏾 Say hello to a new Honorary Fellow of West Dean! We had such a beautiful ceremony and magic day. So honoured and excited to receive this fellowship. Congratulations to all graduates and thank you all so much! Here’s a reel … we all had such a special day! Thank you! Xx

#WestDean #Fellowship #SalenaGodden #Awards #Sussex #Fellows #Blackjoy #BlackMastodon #thankyou

BBC Radio 4 ‘A Good Read’

Actor-comedian Andi Osho and poet Nikita Gill join Harriett to talk about their favourite books. Andi chooses ‘The Flatshare’ by Beth O’Leary and Nikita loves ‘Mrs Death Misses Death’ by Salena Godden. Harriett’s choice is ‘The Vanishing Half’ by Brit Bennett

🎧📚 Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001ng9x

#books #bbcsounds #bookclub #bbcsounds #reading #amreading #theflatshare #betholeary #mrsdeathmissesdeath #salenagodden #thevanishinghalf #britbennett

ONE WEEK until the next Scarlett Sabet Curates event at @thesocial on Monday 5th June, with an unmissable line up of poets performing ✨

• @ScarlettSabet
• @salenagodden
• @SafiyaKamaria
• @YomiSode
• Oakley Flanagan
• @BetaRish

🎟️ Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scarlett-sabet-curates-2-poetry-at-the-social-tickets-633160850147

#poetry #liveshow #spokenword #london #thesocial #gigs #salenagodden #poem #PessimismIsForLightweights #MrsDeathMissesDeath

I am down south right now, doing some poetry gigs and sharing my books in Exeter and Totnes. Beautiful train journey by the coast, I am loving the Devon blue skies. On stage today at 4pm for the Sea Change Weekender with Rough Trade Books! See you all there! Xx

#booktour #PessimismIsForLightweights #MrsDeathMissesDeath #salenagodden #BookTok #books #poetry #train

“We're thrilled to announce that award-winning author and poet Salena Godden will be performing at Royal Albert Hall for the Windrush 75 concert presented by Trevor Nelson.”

June 9th - Tickets on sale now: https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2023/windrush-75/

#windrush #windrush75 #salenagodden #royalalberthall #BlackMastodon #blackjoy #poetry

So,
this is how
it starts in books
they burn
or ban books
in books
that imagine
a world
that burns
or bans books
it starts there
with books that dare
to say this is how it is
or this is how it was
or this is how it could be
and if you
read books
you will know
from books
that this is
how it ends
so, this is how
it starts

#sunday #poetry #poetsofmastodon #PessimismIsForLightweights #SalenaGodden #books

Hello my mastodon friends. How are you all? I haven’t posted anything on here for a while, so I’ll share a poem ‘courage is a muscle’ as read on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour with Anita Rani. https://youtu.be/nGr08Xob6co

You’ll find our conversation on books and poetry and the spirit of optimism on BBC Sounds - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001kh0d

#PessimismIsForLightweights spring tour dates on my ‘Waiting For Godden’ blog:
http://www.salenagodden.co.uk

#poetry #poetsofmastodon #SalenaGodden

Coming up on Weekend Woman’s Hour

📚Sex education in schools

Footballer ⚽ #leahcwilliamson topping the Woman’s Hour Powerlist 2023

And performance poet 🎤@salenagodden on having an optimistic, idealistic attitude!

🎧 Listen now on #bbcsounds ⬇️

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qlvb

#bbc #bbcwomanshour #PessimismIsForLightweights
#MrsDeathMissesDeath #SalenaGodden #AnitaRani #radio4 #onair

I’m so looking forward to being a guest on #BBCWomansHour tomorrow, Friday March 31st, tune in, join us from 10am #BBCRadio4 - I’ll be chatting books and poetry with brilliant Anita Rani, catch us LIVE tomorrow morning or anytime via #BBCSounds #BBCiPlayer thank you!

#PessimismIsForLightweights #MrsDeathMissesDeath #bookchat #bbcradio #bookstodon #SalenaGodden

Repost: New podcast episode today!!! Series 3 ep 4 With the amazing #salenagodden #ApplePodcasts #beforethelighthoesout all previous episodes available on your usual places!!!

Thank you Kath!! Xx

Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/salena-godden/id1623131364?i=1000605304499

#podcast #bookchat #bookstodon #PessimismIsForLightweights #MrsDeathMissesDeath #salenagodden #kathwilliams

“And now is where we are
She nudges me awake
Welcome to Hope
She sings to me
Welcome to Hope
Get up! Get up! Get up!
Hope is here and love knows
We have so much to do.”

#poetry #poets #poetsofmastadon #welcome #hope #SalenaGodden #twittermigration #poetsofig #PessimismIsForLightweights

Last night ‘The Fire People’ won the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for poetry, love and thanks to the readers who voted for this. So awesome to be part of this trailblazing 1990’s book, this was the first time I saw my work in a real book, a huge moment for so many Black British writers. BIGlove to Lemn and ‘The Fire People’ poets and next generation ‘More Fiya’ poets too! BIGlove! #BooksAreMyBag #BookTwitter #BAMBReadersAwards #PoetryToot #poets #BookToot #Canongate #SalenaGodden #LemnSissay