Also at The Dock: on Friday March 27th, a celebration of John McGahern, on the 20th anniversary of his death. @mylesdungan.bsky.social, Jane Brennan and I will be discussing his work with Vincent Woods. Tickets: www.thedock.ie/whats-on/the...
(More McGahern news soon... @faberbooks.bsky.social)
Ahead of Spring Online Publishing Day on 7 March, meet the experts 👇
Lauren O’Donovan won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award, the Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition, & Cúirt New Writing Prize. She is co-founder of @howlwriting.bsky.social.
More on Lauren & tickets: eventbrite.ie/e/irish-writ...
So delighted to be on the longlist for the @womensprize.bsky.social.
gorse 12 (language) & 13 (taboo) are now available in @booksupstairs.bsky.social. We've also restocked NEW GREEN FOOL (as reviewed in the Irish Times):
booksupstairs.ie/product/new-...
#gorse12 (Language is a virus) has just arrived in the house from the printers and I flick open on this illustration by @badaude.bsky.social! Lord, it must be a sign that the world will survive after all 😃
'For anyone drawn to questions of language, identity and what it means to live with depth rather than certainty, New Green Fool is a book of quiet beauty and real, lasting value.'
Thanks to Adam Wyeth for this review of NGF in the Irish Times:
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
📣 TBG+S is pleased to announce the 2026 Artistic Programme:
5 solo exhibitions by Irish and international artists, alongside the 16th edition of Dublin Art Book Fair. The programme focuses on international collaborations, co-productions and partnerships.
🔗 www.templebargallery.com/news/temple-...
Belfast friends we are headed your way on Thursday - would be lovely to see you there ✨️
"Every day without him
is too long;
she’s waiting
with the tired cows at the gate."
Happy birthday to Jane Clarke!
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/after
There's only a couple of weeks left to submit to the Abridged Elixir Submission Call! We don't encourage tardiness! See www.abridged.zone/abridged-0-1... for info!
HOWL 26 submissions are now open.
We’re accepting poetry and prose (fiction and nonfiction) in English agus as Gaeilge from February 13th – February 23rd.
We want the raw and the real. If it excites you, send it to us.
Full guidelines + submission details:
🔗 www.howlwriting.ie#submit
Really enjoyed this!
Dublin, we are launched. Huge congrats to Tim MacGabhann on this gorgeous collection & to @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hoating us.
Found in a Context of Destruction is available from all good bookshops & from @bansheepress.bsky.social
Next stop Belfast - Thurs 19th at No Alibis!
Looking forward to the reading and editing ahead 😍
Wondering what we're up to this Spring? 🌼
Here are some key dates to add to your calendar 🗓️
More details on the applications for our Summer School & submissions window for our magazine cover artwork will be shared via newsletter 🎨
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Final call for our Climate Issue – Online Event, tonight at 7pm-8pm (Irish Time).
Have you registered for the event yet?
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
It will be an opportunity for us all to reflect on some of the work in the issue.
Join us for what will be a brilliant conversation.
One week until submissions open.
HOWL New Irish Writing 26 opens on Feb 13th.
Poetry and prose in English and Irish.
We’re looking forward to reading what you’ve been working on.
📅 7 days
✨🐺✨ the coolest team in Cork ❤️
We're open to submissions next Friday (13th February) for gorse 15: Eureka!/EYPHKA! Full details on the website:
gorse.ie/gorse-15-eur...
We are excited to announce a special Climate Issue – Online Event next Tuesday 10th February 🌊
Our Climate Issue offers variety of responses to the changing climate and our responsibility to the present political moment 🍃
Free event. Registration is required 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Wow
Taking pre-orders for gorses 12 + 13:
gorse.ie/book/no-12/
gorse.ie/book/no-13/
(Double release, like Tom Waits' Alice + Blood Money.)
@su-anna.bsky.social's debut MORSELS is available for purchase:
Supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Ireland, and the Shared Island Civic Society Fund, managed by the DFAT.
www.machapress.com/subscription...
@abridgedmagazine.bsky.social
Now open! Submit!
NEW on our website | Ellen Orchard reviews 2025 Irish poetry collections:
🍙Morsels by Susanna Galbraith @machapress.bsky.social
🏝️The Oasis by Charles Lang @skeinpress.bsky.social
🎈After Party by Dean Browne (Picador Poetry)
💧Infinity Pool by Vona Groarke (Gallery Press)
This is a cracking read… new novella coming soon from Danielle McLaughlin. Published by @stingingfly.bsky.social
Excited to share the 1st episode of my new partnership with @milkweededitions.bsky.social, with the remarkable Sangu Iyer, about her memoir Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed
Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social
We’re delighted to announce that submissions for HOWL 26 will open from February 13 to February 23.
We’ll be accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for our next collection of New Irish Writing.
More @: www.howlwriting.ie/post/submiss...
We’re delighted to share some very good news: Molly Twomey and Gunnhildur Jónatansdóttir are joining the HOWL 26 team working on English language poetry and fiction.
More @ www.howlwriting.ie/post/new-add...
