Fiona Halliday
@FionaHalliday1
Teacher, preacher, poet, mum, wife, friend! Poetry with Dirigible Balloon, Family Friend Poems, Little Thoughts Press, Pure in Heart Stories, Hedgehog Poetry
Thank you to all who’ve bought ‘Thoughts on Life’,and all those who have sent reviews and comments. I still have author copies available and will keep the price at £6.00, until the end of July. £1.00 from every copy goes to Willow Wood Hospice. Dm for information 🌼#poetry
Bubbles and flowers in my favourite park #Stamfordpark #Tameside #Ashton #positivity My feed has had some horrible news stories today. Glad to find some good things to repost. Hoping to continue to find much better things! #poetry #art #hope
Sure to be a load of nonsense as usual! From the undisputed king of nonsense verse.
Put together a new book
A good age, a great talent, a deep loss.
Tom Lehrer has left us, aged 97. An incredible talent who, in 2023, put all his songs and recordings into the public domain, making them free for anyone to use for anything, forever. What a remarkable bloke.
Here are the 13 fabulous versions of my 7/26/25 #HaikuSaturday #haiku posted so far. I'll post the complete list on Monday so more people can join in if they wish to do so.
Top Ten Tips for Trainee Tiger Teachers by Julie Anna Douglas #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Top-Ten-T…
On August 1st 2021, the Dirigible Balloon took off on its first flight with 32 poems from 12 poets. Leading up to the 4th anniversary, we thought it'd nice to float those poems again (five-a-day up to the end of July with a couple more on Aug 1st). JH x dirigibleballoon.org/poem/The-Dirig…
New blog post, with thanks to @MairDav16 brian-moses.blogspot.com @PieCorbett
Honoured to have read my Southword prize-winning poem 'Overproof Jamaica Rum' at the magazine launch in @WaterstonesCrk last week, watched by the wonderful Patricia Looney of @corkcitylibrary & the poet Tom McCarthy, amongst others. Many thanks @MunLitCentre
It's #NationalMarineWeek so what better time to pick up a copy of the acclaimed children's book #DayOfTheWhale by @RachelDelahaye, which is a love letter to nature and a plea to conserve our oceans.
Spotted in the same shop yesterday 😲 Somebody got the #ChristmasInJuly #NewBook #CoverReveal memo 😁🎄
So pleased that my poem found a home in this Hobbies edition from @TheToyPress And in such nice company of chums @JohnHRice @dreambeastpoems @rrouillard @Beccabeccabecs @robwaltonwriter @dragontripper @FionaHalliday1 @escherrington @Jacqsalpoet @MelSzymanik
🌈 The super seven 🌈 All available to buy online now (link in bio)
The Toy edition 7 is out now! It's packed full of hobby-themed poetry, stories and illustrations from contributors in Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Europe. Don't miss out - use the link in bio to order your copy today. Cover image by @GraphicArtsType
I’ve not posted much #poetry recently, I’m still writing, but needed to slow down for a bit. Still selling ‘Thoughts on Life’, if anyone would like one. £6.00, including p&p and the £1 to Willow Wood. Happy summertime! 🌼 🌞 #poetrycommunity
Ten days until the 4th anniversary of the inaugural flight of the Dirigible Balloon. I think we should do something to celebrate. #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon Here's a post from July 28th 2021 as lift-off approached >>> northernjim.wordpress.com/2021/07/28/lif…
Just in time for the school holidays, our hobbies edition has rolled into town! Get your skates on and bag yourself a boredom buster by following the link in our bio (be sure to select the correct postage option for your location). #boredombuster #childrensmagazine #poetry
Yesterday, I was reminded that libraries helped change my life for the better. it makes me even happier to be the first Poet-in-the-Community for @corkcitylibrary. #LibrariesReallyMatter news.corksafetyalerts.com/award-winning-…
Some lovely post today. SNAP! by Barbara Bleiman. Wonderful stuff! Always a delight when poets whose work first appeared on the Dirigible Balloon send a copy of their collections to Balloon Central. Thank you @BarbaraBleiman (your acknowledgement is very much appreciated). JH x
The perfect book for any occasion but especially apt today
On #WorldBrainDay is this the perfect book to read? Find out about its author, Sarah Ziman, and read some of her work plus my review of her book here - brian-moses.blogspot.com/2020/01/guest-… @BardyMum @TroikaBooks
🍨 Happy #NationalIceCreamDay🍦 (art by Jools Wilson 🎨)