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Eiléan ni Chuilleanáin on basking sharks. To my mind, among the very best of Irish poets of the last half-century.

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It's publication day for my new poetry collection "An Ocean Called Hope" @downingfield.bsky.social #poetry

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📣 We are hiring! Poetry Ireland are seeking a passionate, qualified Librarian to lead the development of the new Seamus Heaney Poetry Library at No. 11 Parnell Square. ℹ️ Find full information and application details here: www.poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-... 🚨Deadline: Friday 30 May, 5pm #JobFairy

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'Beginnings Over and Over' are present in every moment. How nourishing it was to read with poetry pals @ilfdublin.bsky.social in celebration of this gorgeous book, holistically edited @leeannequinn.bsky.social Gratitude to the lovely humans @ILFD and Dedalus Press. See you in Cork on the 27th! 🩶

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Article No.4 in my series on non-fiction writing up there now on @rte.ie Culture #craftofnonfiction #writing www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

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Next Sunday I'll be chatting to @jfennellauthor.bsky.social and Maggie Armstrong about Your Own Dark Shadow and Old Romantics @writersweek.bsky.social Do come along if you're in Listowel! @tramppress.bsky.social writersweek.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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Some photos from the Galway launch of "Blood Atlas" last night in Charlie Byrne's. Thank you to @mollytwomey.bsky.social for launching! I'll cherish this. @arlenhouse.bsky.social

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An absolute joy to attend and read at the launch of ‘Washing Windows V, @arlenhouse.bsky.social, edited by Alan Hayes & @NualaOConnor.bsky.social at Charlie Byrne’s Bookstore in Galway this evening. The anthology includes an incredibly diverse range of poems by 303 poets #poetry #WashingWindowsV

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FIRST LOOK: Harbour Doubts, the prizewinning second collection of poems by Bebe Ashley, out 03/07/25 ✨ @bebeashley.bsky.social 'Sinuous poems full of power' – Rosamund Taylor @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social Cover by Jack Smyth @jackflag.bsky.social bansheepress.org/shop/p/harbo...

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I enjoyed writing a poem for The Prompt writing competition. Thrilled my poem Patron Saint of Being was shortlisted! Looking forward to hearing the 3 pieces Mike McCormack chose for broadcast & discussion on radio show this evening at 7.30pm @rteradio1.bsky.social Presented by @zoecomyns.bsky.social

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So excited and honoured to be in this issue with some fantastic writers!

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Another gorgeous Banshee about to hit the world! 🖤

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Can confirm @elainefeeney.bsky.social new book is 🔥🔥🔥

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A long held dream to be in @bansheepress.bsky.social, delighted! 🌟

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Thank you @jesstraynor.bsky.social for including my poem 'Cocktail Party Deafness' in BANSHEE 19. Excited to read the issue 🙌❤️

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Issue 19 (spring/summer 2025) is gone to print! View the contents and pre-order your copy at the link in bio 😎 bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...

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Arrived at the airport early and the flight home is delayed which allowed me to spend the last few hours completely engrossed in @elainefeeney.bsky.social new brilliant and beautiful novel Let Me Go Mad In My Own Way. It's out next week and I loved it and I think you all should read it!

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Absolutely over the moon to have my poem ‘Story’ included in Banshee Issue 19 ✨💫 Huge thanks to @jesstraynor.bsky.social and all the @bansheepress.bsky.social team ❤️❤️❤️

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BANSHEE 19 POETS 1 Campbell McGrath| Alex Wong| Cal O'Reilly |Emily R. Daniel | @eoghancarrick.bsky.social | @oliviaheggarty.bsky.social | Lesley-Anne Evans | Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi @usuallyolive.bsky.social | @annpedone.bsky.social |

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Our next guest for Just to Say at 7pm on June 4th is Rachel Boast, writer, disability advocate and editor of the anthology Versus Versus, featuring work by 100 deaf, disabled and neurodivergent poets published by @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 🫶 😍 Email [email protected] for the free Zoom link x 🌻

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Fantastic to see flash fiction by Banshee contributors @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social and @atrodd.bsky.social included in Best Small Fictions 2025! @altcurrent.bsky.social Congrats to Chloe and Adam and to our flash fiction editor @mariegethins.bsky.social 💫 altcurrentpress.com/best-small-f...

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Celebrate our Cork launch at Waterstones on Tuesday the 27th of May at 6:30pm. We'd love to see you there! 🩶 Introductions by the effervescent @Leeanne_Quinn. Readings by Cal O'Reilly, Mai Ishikawa, and Róisín Leggett Bohan 🩶

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Arlen House - Celebrating 50 Years Galway launch of Blood Atlas @lukemorganpoet.bsky.social Winner of the 2025 Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award Tomorrow, Friday 23 May at 6pm at Charlie Byrne's, Galway ALL WELCOME

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Waterford City - Next SpeakEasy Open Mic with some very special guests this Friday. Come along and read, or to listen.

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COVER REVEAL @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social I think it’s gorgeous if I say so myself!!! Very grateful ❤️

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NEW WRITERS SHOWCASE SERIES! 🌟Spotlighting newly published writers across the island of Ireland🌟 Our first event will feature five poets from various parts of Ireland. 🗓️Wed 18 June 2025 🕣6.30-8.30pm 📍Irish Writers Centre, Dublin 🎟️ €5 (via Eventbrite) irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/wri...

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I'll be chatting on this panel about curating Wired Our Own Way (a book of #Autistic #Essays published by @newislandbooks.bsky.social ) this Saturday @ilfdublin.bsky.social with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social @chandrikanm.bsky.social and @aislingwalsh.bsky.social

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Some gorgeous and gorgeous looking post in the last day or two. Michael Clune's debut novel Pan, To Avenge a Dead Glacier by Shane Tinevan, @oonaf.bsky.social's This Interim Time, @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social's verse novel Filly...

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Only 8 days to submit! Don't be tardy!

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Poetry Ireland is delighted to announce Nandi Jola as editor of Trumpet Issue 14! Nandi Jola is a poet & playwright born in Gqebera, South Africa and based in Northern Ireland. She is currently a research fellow at the Ulster Museum and holds a MA in Poetry from the Seamus Heaney Centre at QUB.

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The latest Banshee (19) is on its way: and I'm very glad it carries my new essay 'Beach Trip to Gaza'. Many thanks to editors @mollyh.bsky.social Molly Hennigan and Eimear Ryan. @bansheepress.bsky.social

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Delighted to add my copy of Washing Windows V to my collection! Thanks to @booksupstairs.bsky.social 📚 Very honoured to have poems included in four of these very special anthologies 💫✨ Huge gratitude to @arlenhouse.bsky.social and @nualaoconnor.bsky.social 🙏🙏

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I’ve made it now for real lads — RTE Poem of the Week! There’s only one thing for it: I have to retire now while I’m ahead. Superposition launches this Sat at 3pm Cork Arts Theatre during Cork International Poetry Festival @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

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Submissions are now open for Issue 4 of the journal. Our guest judges will judge this special competition issue, and cash prizes are offered to winning writers. Send us your best work—we look forward to engaging with it. @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie

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Submissions for the Stinging Fly Climate Crisis issue (Winter 2025-26 issue) is closing in less than 7 hours⏰ Read the submission call: stingingfly.org/news/submiss...

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The deadline for the Creative Writing Award to celebrate the literary life of the late Molly Keane is this Monday 19th, May at 12 noon 🤍💙🤍💙. It's one of the few awards with no entry fee for an unpublished short story 🥳🫶. waterford.submit.com/show/257?utm... @waterfordcouncil.bsky.social

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I'm delighted to say that my poem, A Soft Reckoning, was published earlier this month by @arlenhouse.bsky.social in their fabulous anthology, Washing Windows V, edited by Alan Hayes and @nualaoconnor.bsky.social! 📚

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Friendly reminder: send us your poems and stories relating to the topic of the climate crisis by Thursday, 15 May, 5pm (Irish Time). more info here stingingfly.org/news/submiss...

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