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I suspect lots of you will have seen these notices but it was a new one on me while out for my walk near Collingham.

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Beast will be released into the wild in just two months! Thank you to Neil and all at @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social It’s up on the Bloodaxe website and is available for preorder at amazon, waterstones, and many other bookshops, please do preorder it really helps www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/...

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Looking forward to this exhibition in Dublin for all lovers of the bog @rha-arts.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @kbruisch.bsky.social rhagallery.ie/events/exhib...

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"A big plus for me is that I rediscovered reading and read 35 books this year! I don’t think I could have done this without considering my phone usage." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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What a lovely evening for Ronan Foley's retirement from but ongoing connection with @maynoothuniversity.ie Geography Dept @muahi.bsky.social @sarahbell85.bsky.social @marygilmartin.bsky.social @healthgeographyrgs.bsky.social (& ... I'm v proud!)

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There's a common path in the development of authoritarian or totalitarian regimes, regardless of whether they are overseen by Catholic Inquisitors, Protestant enforcers, monarchists, fascists, Nazis, Stalinists, Maoists .... First they eliminate words. Then they eliminate people.

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Huge congratulations to Cúirt International Festival of Literature on launching their 40th Festival Programme!🎉 Poetry Ireland is proud to support The Cúirt Poetry Sessions, a series of events featuring some very exciting voices in poetry! ✏️✨ Check out their full programme: www.cuirt.ie/whats-on/

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Lads...Met Eireann announced that there were 0 hours of sunshine in Dublin/ east of the country over the last 10 days. Zero! Zilch! Nada! No wonder even the Sugarloaf's been feeling a bit glum...

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The @irishbookawards.bsky.social are here🏆

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Spotlight on Issue 3 contributor @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social Full issue available from our stockists & online www.the4facedliar.com/shop

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I'm not going to post a link to the other app, but it's a bummer that 90% of international activism is still happening over there...and I can't even with good conscience rally them to move over here because Blue Sky keeps suspending Palestinian and pro Palestine accounts faster than X

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This blocklist is very handy cause it already caught this account, it blocks AI/NFT/Crypto nonces: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Watched this stunning lecture about netsuke by Edmund de Waal author of The Hare with Amber Eyes @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social online for free. Thank you @chesterbeatty.bsky.social. Can't wait to visit Zodiac Netsuke exhibit

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A love poem, "Sonnet for a Deer Tick" (pub. @irishtimes.com). @arlenhouse.bsky.social

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Over 150 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in February 2025. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

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Sooooo looking forward to The Wardrobe Dept by Elaine Garvey @canongate.co.uk @booksupstairs.bsky.social @ravenbooks.bsky.social @martindoyle.bsky.social

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We are absolutely delighted to announce the winner of The O'Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award 2025 is: Louisa Earls, @booksupstairs.bsky.social Louisa is a fantastic bookseller and a true asset to the Irish book industry, this award is so well-deserved. Congratulations Louisa! #botyaward

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Words To Live By Number 186

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🎺Trumpet Issue 13 spotlight: 'When We Were Happy' by editor Helen Hutchinson featuring artwork from contributor Leanne McDonagh. This special issue celebrates Traveller writing & art and is now available to purchase. ℹ️ More info: www.poetryireland.ie/publi.../tru... #Trumpet #Poetry #TravellerArt

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Lovely to hear Pádraig Ó'Tuama on @rteradio1.bsky.social this morning talking about the new anthology 44 Poems on Being With Each Other, based on his brilliant podcast Poetry Unbound from onbeing. @poetryireland.bsky.social onbeing.org/series/poetr...

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#Bluesky: We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from healthcare. Independent. Neutral. Impartial. Thank you for sharing and following our account.

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Poets could find signs like this useful

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I sometimes take on graphic harvesting jobs, where you sit in, listening to what's being said at an event like a conference and produce live drawings based on the talks. Different artists have different approaches to this, but here are the drawings I did at Afri Ireland's conference yesterday.

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Check it out. Please share:)

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Thanks so much @dublinbookfest.bsky.social 🥳

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an excellent start to the Year of the Snake ~~ www.obieawards.com/events/2020s...

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Drumroll please 🥁 The shortlist for this years KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards is HERE. These 10 titles will compete for six awards at the award ceremony on May 19th. A massive congratulations to this years longlistees and shortlistees. ⭐️ Now without further ado...

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I watched the Kubrick/Sellers film earlier this week & I went to see this stage version last night in Dublin - I'll be reviewing Dr Strangelove on Arena, the Irish radio arts show on @rteradio1.bsky.social on Mon eve between 7 & 8pm. It's at Bord Gais Energy Theatre until 22 Feb.

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Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER! #litmags #writer #writingcommunity go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j

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National Writers Mentoring Programme accepting applications till 3 March. Well worth going for @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

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🔔Call for Submissions🔔 Poetry Ireland Review Issue 145, edited by Victoria Kennefick. We welcome unsolicited submissions of poems, proposals for articles and interviews, from Ireland and abroad, in Irish or English. Learn More: www.poetryireland.ie/writers/subm... Deadline: 28 February 2025

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I edit an LGBTQ+ poetry journal called IMPOSSIBLE ARCHETYPE. Submissions for our 17th issue are OPEN NOW and close on 1st March 2025. Full guidelines here: impossiblearchetype.wordpress.com/submit/

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Mountain walk helpful. Practiced newly-memorized poem, saw first wild irises of the year, and heard a scops owl. Onward.

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#ClipOfTheDay: In this virtual reading from the Well Versed series hosted by StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, and Open Book, Pádraig Ó Tuama reads from his collection Feed the Beast (Broken Sleep Books, 2022). at.pw.org/OTuama

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Please share :)

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all of my writing is created using 100% certifiably organic intelligence. by which i mean i'm raising my freelance prices by 20%. if anyone complains, i'm including the word artisan in there and raising my prices by another 20%.

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Floored by the commitment to bilingual vandalism here

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Just logged off the 2nd last sesh of the daily January writing hours ( attended by over 250 people...) @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social thank you for your generosity & the mammoth amount of creative & admin work involved in rebooting & recharging so many others...

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8.25am Shankill

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Our winter poetry update is here! Discover poems by great contemporary poets like @skygoneout.bsky.social, @janeclarke.bsky.social, @imtiazdharker.bsky.social, Seán Hewitt, @donikakelly.bsky.social, Craig Santos Perez, Padraig Regan & more, plus voices from the past. www.brinkerhoffpoetr...

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better, i think, when i work on a poem, to believe i have something to learn rather than something to say

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