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Ralph Dartford

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Poetry editor @NorthGravy. ‘Recovery Songs’, Hidden Music’ and ‘House Anthems published by @valleypress. PhD Candidate @HuddersfieldUni.

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Looking forward to this. Come along!

Tonight at 7:30 pm at St Mary’s Church #todmorden join us for an evening with @Dartford , founder of A Firm of Poets & poetry editor at @NorthGravy Hear from his new collection House Anthems (2024)not to be missed ticketsource.co.uk/booking/init/F…

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One of the best literature festivals ever. It never fails to amaze and warm your heart.

Yay! Let the fun begin! #Louder2024 starts TONIGHT @innsideuk #Manc We have 10 #FridayNightPass left! Choose events inc @kidcongopowers @JonSavage1966 @sladeforlife @msmirandasawyer @DJPAULETTE our annual #ClubCulture panel with @DJWrong All Passes here: tinyurl.com/4h7k4xd2

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Lovely to see you there Geoff!

Went to the launch of @Dartford’s new book, House Anthems on Monday @HPBCLeeds, it was lovely to see old friends and new 😊 Loved Ralph’s previous @ValleyPress books so looking forward to opening this. My advice would be for you to wade in!

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Went to the launch of @Dartford’s new book, House Anthems on Monday @HPBCLeeds, it was lovely to see old friends and new 😊 Loved Ralph’s previous @ValleyPress books so looking forward to opening this. My advice would be for you to wade in!

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I’m moving over to Blue Sky. I can’t stand the absolute state of this. Going to stay here for a week or so that you know where I’ve gone. Then I’ll be here. Join me. X bsky.app/profile/ralphd…


For those who didn’t get a chance to listen live this afternoon. Here’s the link with me talking on the BBC Music Craig Charles show about the book, the album, Gary Clark and Mark Hollis. An hour and 40 minutes in. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… Thank you for listening x

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Well that seemed to go alright. Did anyone listen?

Anxious and excited about this.



Anxious and excited about this.

Morning! Don’t forget our poetry editor @Dartford is on the Craig Charles @BBC6Music show this afternoon at 2.30. He’ll be talking about his new book and album ‘House Anthems’. Listen in if you can. Tomorrow night you can see and hear him live at our next ‘Live at Home’ event.

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See below. This is quite wonderful. Remember, you can join @Dartford and @errormessage at our next ‘Live at Home’ this Thursday. It’ll be fantastic! Details here. eventbrite.co.uk/e/100733808432…

I’m proud to present the second part of the ‘House Anthems’ project. Here is the album of selected poems from the book made in partnership with my friend, Gary Clark. The project started with a commission for our home town of Basildon by Dan Thompson. music.apple.com/gb/album/house…



Thank you to everyone who came tonight for the House Anthems book launch at the beautiful @HPBCLeeds in Leeds. It was amazing and a little overwhelming seeing you all. I think it went quite well. X

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Tonight in Leeds. The official launch of House Anthems’ at the wonderful Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds. I’d love you to come! hydeparkbookclub.co.uk/arts-literatur…


An old school friend has just bought a signed copy of my book and has promised he’ll put on his book shelf next to his signed copy of Big Sam Allardyce’s autobiography. I’ve made it!

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Sending copies of ‘House Anthems’ out. Thank you to those who have purchased thus far. It’s in shops next week, but if you want a signed copy, DM me and I’ll give you all the details. It’s a beautiful looking hardback book. Even if I say so myself. X

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Here’s my ‘House Anthems’ interview with Nick Ahad on BBC Leeds (and Sheffield and York) yesterday. It’s an hour and 14 minutes in if you’d like to listen. It was great fun to do. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… Next up. BBC6 Music and the Craig Charles show on Wednesday afternoon. X


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HUGE congrats to @Dartford on publication day of 'House Anthems' - the 3rd in his trilogy of wonderful poetry. Join us to celebrate with Ralph & #GaryClark on Sunday 17th November, 12:15pm @innsideuk #Manchester A special launch performance All tickets: tinyurl.com/3prpwjcc

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It’s all going on! Love Todmorden and these poets. Join us if you can.

Reading in Todmorden next Friday with Chris Hamilton Emery, @Dartford and Jackie Wills at @TodBookFest ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/todmo…



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