Hilary Watson

I had a lovely time at BBC Radio Wales last week, speaking about my new collection Menagerie Street on the Arts Show with Gary Raymond, broadcast on 7 August. Alongside reading my poem 'Step though to 2030' I discussed the concept of thrutopia, Bending The Arc magazine, the collaborative collection We'll Meet You There, and Cardiff's National Park City bid. 7 August episode of the Arts Show, BBC Radio Wales on BBC Sounds You can find out more about these here: Bending The Arc including an...

It's absolutely fantastic to be able to finally reveal the cover of Menagerie Street, ahead of the publication of my first full collection on 22 July. Here's the image and you can find out more about what's inside at Seren Books: https://www.serenbooks.com/book/menagerie-street/.

Happy Earth Day 2026! One year ago today, the Bending The Arc Editors launched our very first edition of the thrutopian magazine Bending The Arc on Substack, to showcase a possible, thriveable future that we would want to bring into being. Today marks the launch of Edition 3. Over the next two and a half weeks there's lots to enjoy, ponder and contemplate. If you're not already signed up you can get each post to your inbox or Substack app. And all posts are here too:...