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I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world. Seamus Heaney

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This is really well stated. Art is a thought process not a straight jump from “idea” to “outcome”. It means you can’t outsource the hard bits (for instance to some weird tech bro’s algorithm) without losing something crucial

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“Words are all we have.” ― Samuel Beckett

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I don’t know why I’m me...I don’t even know whether my writing is a way of figuring it out. I think that it’s inevitable, you learn more about yourself the more you write, but that’s not the purpose of writing. I don’t write to find out more about myself. I write because it amuses me. Mark Strand

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Our reading in @booksupstairs.bsky.social is coming up this Sunday (23/2) from 2-3pm. 🤪 Alvy Carragher, Anne Tannam & I will be sharing work from our new #poetry collections, all launched in 2024. Alvy has made a cute promo sketch for it. More info and booking here: booksupstairs.ie/.../poetry-c...

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Removed a post about Joy Williams that had come via George Saunders's Substack. Delighted that she is just fine! georgesaunders.substack.com/p/yikes-a-he...

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#colinbarrett #contemporaryirishwriters #contemporaryirishwriting www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

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“She said the reason that love is so painful is that it always amounts to two people wanting more than two people can give.” ― Edna O'Brien, Saints and Sinners: Stories

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“She said the reason that love is so painful is that it always amounts to two people wanting more than two people can give.” ― Edna O'Brien, Saints and Sinners: Stories

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I agree with myself here.

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We see your tiny Hedge Hog (so precious) and we raise you... miniature Galileo!

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Abridged @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social is one my favourite magazines - poetry and visual in print and digital format. I am delighted to have a poem in the latest issue coupled with some wonderful artwork from David Jacques. www.abridged.zone/david-jacque...

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"[Sitka plantations are] the reason people in our county were without power for 19 days." The Irish county most infested by alien monoculture deadzones - Leitrim - has had enough. Time to ditch this disastrous forestry model. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

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“Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment.” ― Edna O'Brien, In the Forest

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Dia duit 👋 The #IrishBookAwards are now here on Bluesky, bringing you Ireland's biggest celebration of Irish books and authors. Follow along 🎉

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Louise O’Neill sells memoir in six-figure deal Publisher says it follows an “audacious dating experiment across Paris, London and New York” www.independent.ie/business/lou...

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Fine review of @lukefrancisbeirne.bsky.social's new book www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/saints-res...

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my friends, today is the last day you can enter to win a free hardback copy of Eat The Ones You Love on goodreads 👁️🌱✨ if you fancy it x www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...

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Given the watershed week it's been in geopolitics, the latest @irishpages.bsky.social feels most prescient. A stellar role call of contributors including @avalaina.bsky.social, @timothysnyder.bsky.social & @marcishore.bsky.social, @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social, and (customer of ours) Ciarán O'Rourke.

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Delighted to be judging this year's Best in Rural Writing Contest! Get the entries in - can't wait to read them! 🤩 #WritingCommunity

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This is a must-see! Edna's power and fragility, the nostalgic glimpses of 60s, 70s, 80s Ireland and London, her relationship with her parents and her children, the final interview in her majestic old age - oh wow the whole thing is so compelling - grab a ticket! 💚

I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world. Seamus Heaney

This is really well stated. Art is a thought process not a straight jump from “idea” to “outcome”. It means you can’t outsource the hard bits (for instance to some weird tech bro’s algorithm) without losing something crucial

“Words are all we have.” ― Samuel Beckett

Removed a post about Joy Williams that had come via George Saunders's Substack. Delighted that she is just fine! georgesaunders.substack.com/p/yikes-a-he...

#colinbarrett #contemporaryirishwriters #contemporaryirishwriting www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

“She said the reason that love is so painful is that it always amounts to two people wanting more than two people can give.” ― Edna O'Brien, Saints and Sinners: Stories

“She said the reason that love is so painful is that it always amounts to two people wanting more than two people can give.” ― Edna O'Brien, Saints and Sinners: Stories

I agree with myself here.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

We see your tiny Hedge Hog (so precious) and we raise you... miniature Galileo!

Abridged @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social is one my favourite magazines - poetry and visual in print and digital format. I am delighted to have a poem in the latest issue coupled with some wonderful artwork from David Jacques. www.abridged.zone/david-jacque...

"[Sitka plantations are] the reason people in our county were without power for 19 days." The Irish county most infested by alien monoculture deadzones - Leitrim - has had enough. Time to ditch this disastrous forestry model. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

“Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment.” ― Edna O'Brien, In the Forest

Dia duit 👋 The #IrishBookAwards are now here on Bluesky, bringing you Ireland's biggest celebration of Irish books and authors. Follow along 🎉

Louise O’Neill sells memoir in six-figure deal Publisher says it follows an “audacious dating experiment across Paris, London and New York” www.independent.ie/business/lou...

Fine review of @lukefrancisbeirne.bsky.social's new book www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/saints-res...

my friends, today is the last day you can enter to win a free hardback copy of Eat The Ones You Love on goodreads 👁️🌱✨ if you fancy it x www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...

Delighted to be judging this year's Best in Rural Writing Contest! Get the entries in - can't wait to read them! 🤩 #WritingCommunity

This is a must-see! Edna's power and fragility, the nostalgic glimpses of 60s, 70s, 80s Ireland and London, her relationship with her parents and her children, the final interview in her majestic old age - oh wow the whole thing is so compelling - grab a ticket! 💚

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