Holly Jackson

@hjacksonwrites

Writer of poetry & short fiction Debut collection: 'Banana & Salted Caramel' Quaterly Poetry Nights at The Vault. Found Poetry Workshop link:
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📣📣 CALLING ALL ARTISTS!! 📣📣 Exciting news! To celebrate a whole year of poetry nights at The Vault in Darlington we're bringing out a brand new poetry zine featuring poetry from our headliners this past year! Issue one of the brand new Vaulted Poetry Zine is coming out in July, just in time for our 2nd annual Summer Poetry Night, and it's going to need some cover art! So we're holding an open call for cover art, submissions are open from now until July 1st 2026. Traditional art, digital art, photography etc will all be considered as long as it is the artists own work. Nothing AI generated will be considered, neither will anything containing offensive content including; racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia etc. Artists local to the North East are preferred but submissions are open to anyone (18+) and the chosen cover art will be announced online on Thursday 9th July 2026 (the artist will be contacted privately beforehand). Please DM me for submission details. Get creating and get those submissions in! Please share this post if you know any artists that might want to submit. On a personal note I'd like to say a huge thank you to @the.vault.darlington and to all of our headliners from the last year: @levi_hart_writes @what_calico_did @the_lee_mcshane @husbandmaterialpoetryandprose @krowanartist @grallyc @beesmade75 @nobody_important_poetry you have all been absolutely amazing and helped to make these poetry nights such a success, and this zine would not be possible without you! #poetryzine #artsubmissions #coverart #poetrynortheast #writingcommunity
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11 days ago
🎙🎙Another absolutely amazing night of Poetry and Spoken Word at @the.vault.darlington tonight! A huge thank you to our phenomenal headliners @beesmade75 and @nobody_important_poetry both of whom were fantastic! Also a big thank you to everyone who got up on the open mic, and everyone who came out to watch and cheer us on. I'm always so humbled and grateful that you all make the effort to come and make these nights such a success, and tonight was no exception! And as always a big thank you to Aaron and the Vault for hosting us in your gorgeous venue, thankfully you guys having your mic stolen didn't put a damper on the festivities 😅 I'd also like to thank the people who came along to the Found Poetry Workshop earlier in the evening, unfortunately we were having so much fun I forgot to take any pictures 🤦🏻‍♀️ But I hope you enjoyed yourselves! #poetrynight #spokenword #workshop #northeastpoets #writingcommunity
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24 days ago
Had such a good night at Poetical Outlaws at @diegosjoint in Sunderland tonight, so much fun to be around so much fantastic creative energy, met some lovely people and get up on the open mic. Nothing fills my cup like a good poetry night! #poetrynight #northernpoets #fillingmycup #poeticaloutlaws #writingcommunity
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1 month ago
Only two weeks to go till the Found Poetry Workshop at The Vault in Darlington! Plenty of tickets still available. Whether you're a complete beginner at Found Poetry (also called blackout poetry) or if you've been making it for years, this workshop welcomes you! Come along and have some creative fun and maybe make some new friends, learn some new skills and why not stay for our free quarterly poetry night happening right after? For more information or tickets, you can find a link to our ticket page on Eventbrite in my bio. Or you can head to Facebook where you can find the event page, or just shoot me a DM! 🙂 The workshop is open to all ages, but under 18s must be accompanied by an adult. There's a pay what you can afford option for tickets, all materials will be provided and the ticket price includes a framed found poem to take home! So come find some poetry with us, hope to see you there! #FoundPoetry #blackoutpoetry #workshop #northeastevents #poetrycommunity
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1 month ago
Finally got around to decorating my new laptop... that I got in August 🤣 ✊📚🎸🏳️‍🌈♀️❤
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1 month ago
Hey poetry fans! Happy belated International Women's Day for earlier this month, and Happy International Poetry Day for tomorrow! Hope you enjoy my poem- We Are Women- to mark both occasions. #poem #internationalwomensday #internationalpoetryday #amwriting #poetrycommunity
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1 month ago
📣📣 Hello poetry fans! Announcing the next of our Seasonal Poetry Nights at The Vault in Darlington.  A Spring Night of Poetry will take place on Thursday 23rd April 2026 at 6.30pm at @the.vault.darlington DL15PN.  And this time we're also having a Found Poetry Workshop beforehand for anyone who wants to come and find some poetry with us!  Tickets for the workshop are available from Eventbrite (with a ‘pay what you can afford’ option for lower income attendees) the workshop starts at 5pm and ends at 6.30pm, just in time for our usual free poetry night to begin.  We have another stellar lineup of headliners for you this time around, including:  @beesmade75 and @nobody_important_poetry I'll be emceeing and performing as usual and of course, you can come and get your open mic on!  Headliners: Beth Hartley (she/her) is a poet of people and place; the transient and the eternal. Currently host at Fen Speak, Elys long running poetry and spoken word night. Her books “What if Stars” and “A Holding” are out now with Allographic Press.  https://linktr.ee/PoetryBees  @beesmade75 Nobody Important is a mysterious entity that loves poetry, but hates being the centre of attention.  He is based in Northern UK City and writes about love, loss, grief, and the horrors of being a person under capitalism. He can be briefly glimpsed, sprinting through dense forest, beneath bridges under the full moon, during intense drug-inducted hallucinations, or at local poetry events in Northern UK City. @nobody_important_poetry Holly Jackson (she/her) is a thirty-nine-year-old, queer, mother of one and a poet and short fiction writer from County Durham.  She writes about love, loss, motherhood, feminism, sexuality, the occasional poem about pissing in bushes and whatever else tickles her poetical fancy. Aside from writing and spoken word, her hobbies include reading, crafting, swearing, eating donuts and destroying the patriarchy. @hjacksonwrites   #spokenword #poetrynight   #thevaultdarlington #foundpoetry #poetry
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2 months ago
I wrote an article about the difficulties of weight loss and healthy living for working class people, check it out on Medium! (Link in my news highlights) #article #Medium #workingclassweighloss #health #writingcommunity
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3 months ago
Tonight was another amazing night of poetry and Spoken word at The Vault in Darlington. The cold weather obviously didn't put people off as we had another great turnout! A huge thank you to everyone who came out and performed, particularly our stellar headliners @poetontheoffbeat and @grallyc and everyone who got up on the open mic, some performing for the very first time, all fantastic! And of course thank you to Scott and the rest of the staff at The Vault for being a beautiful and welcoming venue as always! Stay tuned for more info (and possibly a surprise in store) on our Spring Night of Poetry on The 23rd April! @the.vault.darlington @poetontheoffbeat @grallyc @amina.o @peggy.poet @alisonpowl @thisnortherngal @pam.plumb.75 #poetrynight #winterpoetrynight #thevaultdarlington #northernpoets #writingcommunity
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4 months ago
Happy 2026 everyone!! 🍾🎉🥂🍾 Hope you all had a lovely festive season and wishing you all joy and prosperity for the coming year! Don't forget, our first Poetry Night of 2026 is happening a week from today; Thursday 8th January 6pm at @the.vault.darlington 🎙🎙 So start the year off right and come along for some fantastic spoken word and lovely company! @poetontheoffbeat and @grallyc will be performing, I'll be performing and emceeing and of course there'll be the open mic, for you to test out your poetry chops! Beat the winter blues and come get your poetry on! #happynewyear #poetrynight #winterpoetrynight #northeastpoets #writingcommunity
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4 months ago
Seasons Greetings everybody! ❤ 🎁🎄🍬 #merrychristmas #seasonsgreetings #herizakwanzaa #blessedwintersolstice #happyhanukkah
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4 months ago
Just finished this absolute masterpiece by Percival Everett. It's a re-imagining of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, told from Jim's point of view! It's enthralling, harrowing, funny in places, thought provoking, fast paced and wonderfully written. I devoured it in just a few days, as eager as I was to get to the end and discover Jim's fate, I'm also sad to have finished it, which is always the sign of a good book imo. #bookreview #bookaddict #jamespercivaleverett #percivaleverett #writingcommunity
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5 months ago