Looking forward to reading in Waterford this Saturday 29th in fine company.

That's so kind of you Eoin, I really appreciate it, thank you and I hope our paths will cross again.

Sunday Poetry | 2pm | Books Upstairs We’re delighted to present an afternoon of poetry with Caroline Bracken, Lauren McNamara, Rafael Mendes, D’or Seifer and Molly Twomey. All are welcome to enjoy the poetry from 2pm on Sunday 5th Octobe...

Next Sunday 5 October I'll be reading in Books Upstairs at 2pm alongside some fine poets, do come if you're around town!
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The cover of The North poetry journal issue 71. A bride and groom approach each other on tightrope

Book 14 of the #SealeyChallenge is actually a journal because this appeared in the post. Excited to read @carolinebracken.bsky.social prize winning pamphlet now from the sample in this

Wow thanks so much Sarah!

Writing Ghost Stories with June Caldwell - Irish Writers Centre % Are you looking to have a decent draft of a ghost story in time for Halloween? Sign up to June Caldwell's new course at the Irish Writers Centre (Dublin). Starts Tues 9 Sept 2025, 6.30 - 8.30pm

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Irish Poets, the Red Line Book Festival Poetry Competition is open now. Free to enter, with cash prizes, it's judged by Aifric Mac Aodha. Closing date for entries is 8th September! redlinefestival.ie/events/red-l...

Lauren O'Donovan & Open Mic | Lime Square Poets Join us on Zoom for a poetry reading by Lauren O'Donovan followed by Open Mic!

Honoured and delighted to be the featured reader at Lime Square Poets on June 12th! This event is online and completely free 💚 www.limesquarepoets.com/event-detail...

Delighted to share this poem which has been published in the wonderful Ghost Furniture Catalogue. Thanks to @billherbert for giving my work a home.

Acclaimed poet Paul Durcan dies aged 80 Poet who more than 20 books was awarded the Lifetime Achievement at the Irish Book Awards in 2014

We’re sad to hear news of the death of Irish poet Paul Durcan, aged 80 - an extraordinary storyteller.

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My thoughts on two new Dante books from the Princeton University Press: edmundprestwich.co.uk?p=2871 with thanks to David Cooke and The High Window.

Thank you Annemarie Ní Churreáin editor @stingingfly.bsky.social for including 2 of my new poems in Summer 2025 Issue - there's a wealth of fine poetry & fiction to be discovered here as ever.

Launch Sat 17th May 8pm Merrion Square @ilfdublin.bsky.social

Free virtual open mic for poets aged 14-25! Friday 6 June, 5pm-6:30pm UK time Open to young poets worldwide Come along to hear headline slots from YPN challenge winners - plus an exclusive Q&A! Young Poets Takeover Book your space at bit.ly/JuneTakeover

🎤 Join us at 5pm on Friday 6 June to hear from the rising stars of the poetry world!

Find out more and reserve your space (quick, our open mic slots disappear pretty quickly!) at bit.ly/JuneTakeover.

Irish writers please share this amazing opportunity

✍️ Workshoppin'
✍️ Exploring new ways of writing
✍️Learning how to sculpt your work and edit
✍️ Having a geg at the #JHISS!
✍️ Networking with fellow writers and literary peeps!

APPLY APPLY APPLY! 👇

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Galway!!
Book launch, 16th May, 6pm: Charlie Byrne's Bookshop in Galway City.

Joint launch for *Menagerie* & *Washing Windows V* both from Arlen House.

All welcome!

Great news Roisin, congratulations!

If We Relearn to Love the Ground Hybrid piece by Jane Burn

‘We need to believe that we can still change things for the better, that there is a point to trying – that there is a point to coming together as communities, to writing poetry. That our writing can express not just problems, but solutions.’

So much love for this piece by @janeburn.bsky.social ❤️

Thrilled to have received my contributor copy of this glorious anthology.

The Aftershock Review is an incredible anthology on the after-events of trauma, created by the wonderful @maxwallis.bsky.social

So proud to have 3 poems in it!

You can purchase it here: www.aftershockreview.com

Good weekend for a walk?

From my recent debut collection Rope of Sand, first published in @thespectator1828.bsky.social

www.poetryireland.ie/poetry-day/w... Happy Poetry Day Ireland, loads of events happening around the country #poetrydayirl @poetryireland.bsky.social

Review by Colin Dardis of "Boy, Mother" by Caroline Bracken Winner of the 2024 Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Prize, Boy, Mother is a sequence of poems exploring a mother’s relationshi...

My review of 'Boy, Mother' by Caroline Bracken, winner of the @poetrybusiness.bsky.social 2024 Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Prize.

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Out now: the two amazing winning pamphlets from our 2024 Book & Pamphlet Competition! Order from our website: buff.ly/3EBhU9q

Also, keep an ear out for readings from Jen Feroze and Caroline Bracken on our Poetry Bites podcast: buff.ly/42TZdrG

@jenferoze.bsky.social
@carolinebracken.bsky.social

Poem of the Week: The End of January A new work by Tom French

Tom French's poem The End of January was @irishtimes.com Poem of the Week recently. Tom will be at WCLF for a special @thegallerypress.bsky.social event with Vona Groarke & Aifric Mac Aodha on 13 July
🎟️www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/gallery-goes...
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Had a wonderful time in Wordsworth Trust Grasmere at the launch of 'Boy, Mother' @poetrybusiness.bsky.social

Prize — Galley Beggar Press

Absolute pleasure to judge the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize 2023/24. Here's the three stories on the shortlist:

www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize

Ta-dah! Cover reveal for SEABORNE, my Anne Bonny novel out 19th April with #newislandbooks. Pre-orders open soon!
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Writing poetry is about discovery. I start with an idea and I think I’m pulling the poem by a leash, but the poem is actually pulling me.