Big thanks to our friends at @stingingfly.bsky.social for featuring ‘Pleading the Belly’ by our @jlod.bsky.social from MR HOO AND OTHER STORIES
stingingfly.org/2026/03/04/p...
TOMORROW!!!!
Big thanks to @rickoshea.bsky.social and @paulashields.bsky.social and the rest of the crew on @rteradio1.bsky.social Arena for their fantastic interview with @jlod.bsky.social
Click here to listen back
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Tonight at 7pm our @jlod.bsky.social will be chatting MR HOO AND OTHER STORIES to the fabulous @rickoshea.bsky.social on ARENA on @rteradio1.bsky.social
Less than a week til the launch of MR HOO AND OTHER STORIES by our @jlod.bsky.social
In two weeks from today we'll be launching MR HOO AND OTHER STORIES by @jlod.bsky.social
With big thanks, as ever, to the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
We're open to submissions next Friday (13th February) for gorse 15: Eureka!/EYPHKA! Full details on the website:
gorse.ie/gorse-15-eur...
Big news: MR HOO AND OTHER STORIES by @jlod.bsky.social is now available for pre-order!!
Look at this gorgeous cover by @triona.bsky.social
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Our Useful Links Column with bestselling author Lucy O'Callaghan is a great place to be inspired
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A Great Story
www.writing.ie/resources/wr...
The Saggy Middle
www.writing.ie/resources/sa...
Setting
www.writing.ie/resources/se...
Creating a Routine
www.writing.ie/resources/cr...
#writersky
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📢REMINDER - Upcoming Writing Competition DEADLINES
The Cúirt New Writing Prize 2026 - 31st Jan '26
Footnote x Counterpoints Prize for Fiction - 13th Feb '26
Fish Flash Fiction Prize 2026 - 28th Feb '26
The Mairtín Crawford Awards 2026 - 11th Mar '26
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www.writing.ie/category/wri...
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YT's Poem of the Week: 'And Then the Sun Broke Through' by David Butler @doirepress.bsky.social
yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...
A quiet nudge for the week ahead.
#WednesdayWIPs is coming up.
A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going.
A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause.
No polish required.
Progress counts.
Care is reciprocal here.
2026 let's have ya!!
@jlod.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
Wishing you all the best for the holidays, John & Lisa
We want to say a big Thank You to our 2025 writers; chennessybooks.bsky.social, jenniferhorgan.bsky.social, karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social, and paulperrywriter.bsky.social.
Their work is available for purchase here -> www.doirepress.com/bookshop
#poem #poetry #literature #irish #christmas
Very sad to hear the news of Des Kenny's death. A truly lovely man and a big supporter of literature and very supportive of us from day 1. We will miss you Des.
Reprints on the way for SOME OF THESE STORIES ARE TRUE by Maurice Devitt; THE CLOUD ARCHITECT by Matthew Geden; CARE by @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social and CORK STORIES, edited by @madeleinedwriter.bsky.social and Laura McKenna!!
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social
#justintimeforchristmas
For those who may have missed it - @paulperrywriter.bsky.social's Clockhammer is available now!
Buy it here -> www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#literature #poetry #irish
Reminder that @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social is reading at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social later today!
jenniferhorgan.bsky.social will be speaking at Dublin Book Festival!
Event details here -> dublinbookfestival.com/event/poetry...
#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
This Friday our @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social will be reading from CARE at the fab @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
dublinbookfestival.com/event/poetry...
@michaeldooley.bsky.social , author of the exceptional debut collection, 'In Spring We Turned to Water', published by @doirepress.bsky.social, will read at next weekend's Circling The Square.
Details of the festival and booking options here:
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
"A surreal / experimental edge perforates these poems [...] A refreshing and energetic book."
— Mícheál McCann, Irish Times
@karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social's Tidal is available here:
www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #literature #irish
Congrats to @karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social and @paulperrywriter.bsky.social for a great launch on thursday!
Info on their books here:
Tidal -> www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
Clockhamer -> www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #poetry #literature #irish
Today's the day! paulperrywriter.bsky.social's Clockhammer and karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social's Tidal are launching later today.
Info on both here:
Clockhammer - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
Tidal - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
Tomorrow, @chennessybooks.bsky.social is being interviewed by Zoe Miller at Red Line Book Festival!
Booking + Info here -> redlinefestival.ie/events/in-th...
#poetry #poem #literature #irish
We at Doire Press invite you to the joint launch of paulperrywriter.bsky.social's Clockhammer and karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social's Tidal on October 16th!
Info on both here:
Clockhammer - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
Tidal - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
Something Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds.
Closing date: October 31st
#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry
Best of luck to paulperrywriter.bsky.social and chennessybooks.bsky.social at Dromineer Nenagh Literary Festival today!
Info here -> dnlf.ie/event/words-...
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