Maeve is a brilliant teacher and poet - if you're interested in haiku or poetry, you really should consider going on this.

How Ireland's far-right movement got involved in the fuel protests and tried to hijack them While many are protesting fuel costs, far-right actors and international figures are using the movement to push anti-immigrant narratives.

What a well written article that details the far-right element of the fuel protests. Well worth a read.

www.thejournal.ie/ireland-fuel...

My new poetry collection Dodder Daughter will make its debut ( I’m a poet - you have to expect alliteration) at the wonderful Cuirt festival in Galway on 21 April www.cuirt.ie/whats-on/the...

We're delighted to be publishing the following new titles in May 2026.

Atlantic Fret – Stephen de Búrca

Midnight at the Saltmarsh – Martina Dalton

Lives of the Saints – Mícheál McCann

gallerypress.com/2026/03/11/n... for further details.

#contemporaryirishpoetry #ArtsCouncilSupported

Fabulous news, Martina. Well done

I love Una Watters!

IWD2026 ​Release date: Sunday 8th March, 2026 Download Poems for IWD2026 (PDF file ) For  International Women's Day  2026, download our free pamphlet showcasing women's voices from the island of Ireland...

A very happy #InternationalWomen’sDay from some Irish women poets. Enjoy www.poetryni.com/iwd2026.html...

Exciting news. I’m heading across the pond for some book events. Check out these fantastic #FewAndFarBetween events in Scotland and England. All welcome.

(Nb will not be appearing at EIBF every night, thought I’m not, in essence, opposed to this idea. Just waiting to confirm the date)

The same for writers, especially poets. Sure who needs money. We live on ambrosia 😀

Colm called it a Dutch baby - it was his recipe and new to me

I tried out @colm.bsky.social ‘s lovely recipe and it nearly worked. I guess I didn’t whisk enough

Nowhere as nice as yours, but still very pleasant, and given I can never flip them on the pan, handy to be able to use the cooker. Thanks for the recipe

So so sorry to hear this Naomi. What a shock for you

Poems from Ukraine’s Frontline Ukrainian Soldier and Poet Yaryna Chornohuz in conversation with Martina Devlin.

www.eventbrite.com/e/1982620876.... This will be a brilliant conversation between Yaryna Chornohuz and @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social Please share @irishpen.bsky.social @nessao.bsky.social @vivianafiorentino.bsky.social

Meet the Team - Strokestown International Poetry Festival A page about Meet the Team by Strokestown International Poetry Festival

Happy to announce I've joined the team at Strokestown International Poetry Festival!

Get your entries in for the competition, judged by the mighty @rachaelhegarty.bsky.social. The prize is €1,000 and the closing date is 6th Feb! More details on website.
strokestownpoetryfest.ie/meet-the-team/

Celebrate Jennifer Johnston Her family, authors of this petitition, and those who admired her tremendous body of work and passion for life would like to see her celebrated  as a woman writer, all  too neglected, and as...

Petition to dlrcc to remember Jennifer Johnston: my.uplift.ie/petitions/cl... @uplift.ie @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social @nessao.bsky.social @nualaoconnor.bsky.social

That’s a tough situation for her - have chipped in

@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social @drnjwaddell.bsky.social @wcorklitfest.bsky.social @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @neilhegarty.bsky.social @blackstaffpress.bsky.social @arlenhouse.bsky.social @nessao.bsky.social @berniemcgill.bsky.social @jonsavage.bsky.social

#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm

Always a source for your listeners, John! A very merry Christmas to you and yours.

Hurrahhhh!!! Thanks for the wonderful news.

www.gibiris.org/eo-blog/2026...

2 seconds tomorrow, then 8, then 17, then 31. It will be 1 minute long before the solstice, 10 minutes long before January and 1 hour long before February.

So will we be in positive tomorrow? Like 1 secs?

Women Writers Workshop Eavan Boland leads a workshop for women writers at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre.

Arlen House - celebrating 50 years

Eavan Boland leads the WEB Women Writers Workshop at Annaghmakerrig in 1985 - including fascinating interviews with Eavan, and attendees Mary Morrissy, Roz Cowman and Rosemarie Raughter.
rte.ie/archives/202...

@nessao.bsky.social

Too late for Eileen Dubh Ní Chonaill? Lament for Art O Laoghaire a key text

That sounds terrific - what time period is suggested by early modern?

#earlymodern if I were to (note the conditionals) edit an anthology of verse by early modern women, what would you want to see in it? And what would you want it to do that isn’t covered by current options?

A plate of cookies and a note to the guest

Thanks so much to the Braat Hotel in Morocco for making this writer feel very welcome #irishembassymorocco #arlenhouse50