@Sarah_James

Prize-winning fiction writer, poet, journalist & photographer. Also runs @vpresspoetry. Loves words and wondering/wandering.

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Joined August 2008
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Thrilled to be highly commended in this year’s @ForwardPrizes! Big thanks to Forward, the judges, and my ‘Blood Sugar, Sex, Magic’ publishers @VervePoetryPres The anthology: faber.co.uk/product/97805713… Blood Sugar, Sex, Magic: vervepoetrypress.com/product… Happy National Poetry Day!
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V. Press@vpresspoetryOct 26
“I’m on the bed edge. I’m on the floor. No body syntax. No […]” From Twenty Tides by Claire Booker vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/…
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V. Press@vpresspoetryOct 22
“[...]a testament to the poet’s skill in leading the reader confidently into the dark […]” Big thanks to Rachel Jeffcoat & London Grip for this great review of Some Dark God by@catbalaq. Review: londongrip.co.uk/2026/10/lon… Some Dark God: vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/…
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A crisp sunlit day here today, almost like I ordered the ideal weather for today’s Sometimes I Smile poem, poem biography, discussion point and prompt. moresarah.substack.com/p/som…
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Why is Anne Carson so brilliant? Join me in exploring Carson’s extraordinary writing, from the strange energies of her language to Nox, her remarkable book of fragments, memory and loss. youtube.com/watch?v=OP5TvlOH…
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Would you like to get involved? 🌳 We’re looking for friendly volunteers to help at Rooted in Greenwich on 24 Oct with welcoming visitors, teas & coffee, the shared lunch, pond safety and general stewarding. No experience needed, training given. ✉️ [email protected]
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V. Press@vpresspoetryOct 1
V. Press is v v delighted to share the publication of My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley – a chapbook of poetry that is very visceral and very hopeful! vpresspoetry.blogspot.com
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V. Press@vpresspoetrySep 29
“[…] This is a fierce and compassionate collection of poems, one that explores women’s health, societal experience and survival. [...]” JP Seabright on My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/…
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It’s Not Personal But…or Getting All Confessional, Subjectivity and the Rejected (Reworked) Manuscript – some tricks & challenges when writing me(moir): moresarah.substack.com/p/its…
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V. Press@vpresspoetrySep 27
“I’m just working differently. Like a toaster that makes tea or a kettle that gives compliments.” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/…
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And the countdown is on to Wirral Poetry Festival next weekend! Lots of other small joys and news too. More here sarah-james.co.uk/?p=18366. Pix including scenes from my poetryfilms on at Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, next Saturday (3 Oct) as part of the festival.
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V. Press@vpresspoetrySep 25
“Leaden tiredness: my chest crushed by a felled tree or two, mind too weak to ask for help.” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/…
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V. Press@vpresspoetrySep 23
“I’m flailing like an animal who forgot how to make sounds and no one looks back, no one calls for me” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/…
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V. Press@vpresspoetrySep 21
“confessing to the person I love most feeling like I’m held together by masking tape” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/…
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Sometimes I smile (19): Wired Flesh – poem, poem bio, discussion points & writing prompts. moresarah.substack.com/p/som… It’s hard to believe that the boys of this poem are now grown up, one with a child!
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V. Press@vpresspoetrySep 19
“[…] These poems are deeply moving and beautifully arranged and ultimately – in a world that so desperately needs it – hopeful.” Laura Besley on My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/…
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V. Press@vpresspoetrySep 17
“the anger curling around my tendons my skin feeling over-touched or coarse like it’s covered in sand” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/…
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V. Press@vpresspoetrySep 15
“everything being a symptom not being believed” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/…
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V. Press@vpresspoetryAug 11
Big thanks to London Grip for a stunning detailed review of Rust Canyon by Lauren Mason: londongrip.co.uk/2026/08/lon… Rust Canyon: vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/…
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V. Press@vpresspoetrySep 13
“Their face was a charcoal drawing without any colour, empty spaces which taunted me. An outline of a person.” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/…
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V. Press@vpresspoetrySep 11
“You meet others outside the school gates, drawn together like animals sniffing out a prize but the prize is a mirage” My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/…
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