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.

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

#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?

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

Wonderful reading by Sam Furlong at the Outburst launch of Catflap#5 at BlackBox Belfast. Sam's book Crowd Work @machapress.bsky.social available from Macha Press (why not subscribe!) & bookshops incl No Alibis, Books Upstairs

Arlen House’s Future @arlenhouse.bsky.social Nessa @nessao.bsky.social and Eavan’s fundraiser is now at 36%. Please consider donating to help Arlen House thrive into the future. www.gofundme.com/f/50-for-50-...

Listen to the brilliant Liam Carson talk about writing memoir and haiku in a new episode of The Attic Sessions. Hope you enjoy youtu.be/mtd5eUMlcVM?...

Great to be back with a new episode of our literary podcast. Hope you enjoy youtu.be/mtd5eUMlcVM?...

Introducing Banshee 20 poets! We're delighted to be featuring work by @colmbrennan.bsky.social | @hettycliss.bsky.social | Polina Cosgrave | @satyadash.bsky.social | Stephen de Búrca | @michaeldooley.bsky.social | Malcolm Greenlee Farley | @racheljeffcoat.bsky.social | Finn Dunne Leavy (1/2)

Also featuring poems by: Shannan Mann @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social | David McLoghlin | Rafael Mendes | Emma Must | @nessao.bsky.social | Kerri Sonnenberg | @bredaspaight.bsky.social | Anna Szilagyi | David Tom's | Jemma Walsh | Stella Wong Launch details soon ✨️

www.instagram.com/dont_spoil_t... @irishpen.bsky.social @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social @nessao.bsky.social @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social @neilhegarty.bsky.social @vivianafiorentino.bsky.social

Tonight - please join us to celebrate this brilliant book ✨️

PRE-ORDER morsels by Susanna Galbraith! www.machapress.com/subscription... #ACNISupported #NationalLottery #ThanksToYou and @LottoGoodCauses & #BelfastCityCouncil #FundedBelfastCCSupported

How amazing. We are a third of the way to hitting our fundraising target to support Arlen House, Ireland’s leading feminist press which is 50 years old this year. Can you help or share this post? gofund.me/afd6fed97

Just 22 euro short of the €7000 milestone in our Arlen House fundraiser and it would be so great to breach that before the end of September- can anyone out there help this fine Irish feminist press gofund.me/e95e94cbf

In memory of Breda Wall Ryan, whose anniversary is today. Fragmenting…defragmenting… by Breda Wall Ryan poethead.wordpress.com/2018/10/18/f... Raven Mothers was published by @doirepress.bsky.social

Poetry Ireland is recruiting a new Director to lead the Poetry Ireland team. Applications for this role are being managed by CCI Executive Search. For further details visit www.charitycareersrecruitment.ie/vacancy/159

The Records Show on @rte.ie is absolutely excellent. Perfect Sunday afternoon telly.

Hey there! I wanted to share an important campaign supporting Arlen House as they celebrate 50 years of publishing exceptional Irish writing. If you're able, please click the link below to donate or consider sharing it with others who might be interested. Thank you!

The Arlen House fundraiser for this important Irish feminist press is nearing an important milestone of 5000 euro. Could you help get it there? gofund.me/e42f48ca2

We’re raising funds for one of Ireland’s leading feminist presses - might you help? gofund.me/bd3cc32a2

Confluences and Collaborations - event Sept 18th - and don't we need more of it! @machapress.bsky.social

New review time, heavy on the Irish #haiku ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/t... @liamcarson.bsky.social

Raising money to support a leading Irish publisher and feminist press - can you help? gofund.me/d3f3d4cdf

Cauvery is one of the nicest people you could ever meet, and I hate that she has to write this. We need leadership and firm action now before the very worst of us succeed in dragging us all down with them

Many people have said they admire Arlen House, its books, its independent feminist ethos, & that they'd like to help progress our vision. Well, now you can! @nessao.bsky.social & Eavan Casey have created a fundraiser: www.gofundme.com/f/50-for-50-... Thank you for any support you can give.

Great cause for a determined small press determined to continue in the face of institutional indifference.

Raising funds for one of Ireland’s leading feminist presses. Can you help? www.gofundme.com/f/50-for-50-...

Sara Baume: It was time to respect my mother’s medieval shit. I began to dig into the past

Arlen House, the leading feminist press and high quality publisher of Irish writing, is celebrating its 50th birthday so we are fundraising to ensure it can continue its important work. Can you help? gofund.me/01a31a841

All eyes on The Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break the Israeli occupation's illegal siege on Gaza. Sign & share to show your support. my.uplift.ie/petitions/i-... @uplift.ie

Dedicated to the one I hate: Frank McNally on how a book inscription came back to haunt Patrick Kavanagh

If you're an artist based in Ireland, this survey relates directly to you. It'll take three or four minutes, if that (it's actually too short). Please check it out. ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

REMINDER for my poetry workshop! Still some places left. One-day poetry workshop with Nuala O’Connor, from 10.30am – 4.30pm on Sat 16th of Aug. Presented by Group8 Cost: €110. Places are limited and booking is essential. To secure a place, please book through the following link: bit.ly/4lcGkX7

The first review of my latest #poetry collection, 'Where All Ladders Start' (2024, Alba Publishing) is now online, with thanks to @billymills.bsky.social for his close reading and thoughtful assessment of my work.

"Love Tokens", read by Nessa O'Mahony @nessao.bsky.social youtu.be/r1tzS7cNy4U?...

Thursday night in Teachers Club

Get in, poets! And please share--we want to reach as many UK and Irish poets as possible! bsky.app/profile/foxa...

Our statement on Gaza, signed by almost 400 Irish writers. irishpen.com/2025/06/05/s... Please share widely.

Next week we're launching Crowd Work by @samfurlong.bsky.social on Thursday, May 15th at 7:00 pm in the Ulster University Art Gallery, Block BC, York Street, Belfast City Campus. BOOK YOUR FREE TICKETS HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-cro...

Fabulous evening at the Dundrum Library launch of Washing Windows V @arlenhouse.bsky.social & a special reading of Eavan Boland’s work by her daughter Eavan. So many great readings including Liz Houchin, Maureen Daly, Caitriona Lane @nessao.bsky.social @siobhanflynn.bsky.social @edepaor.bsky.social

We’re doing this fundraiser for the Irish Heart Foundation with Sammy again this June. Hope ye can support

I’ll be joining the group reading at Dundrum Library this evening at 6pm to read from this great anthology of Irish women poets #WashingWindowsV @arlenhouse.bsky.social

'Tree is Real Silver' textworksite.com/2022/11/14/t... First published Poetry Ireland Review N°138, An Eavan Boland Special Issue. Editor, @nessao.bsky.social journals, and: bibliography, and: publication notes: textworksite.com/journals-bib... #EavanBoland #Poems

What a great read, Forty Years of Women Writing in Ireland and an amazing essay by @nessao.bsky.social editor of the collection-'The Scar Healed?' Asks all the right questions. Essential reading! Great to see @dlrcc.bsky.social supporting @arlenhouse.bsky.social

If anyone would like to spend an evening with me writing things and hearing the things other people wrote, I'm doing a workshop in Rua Red on 25th April - details below

I'm really pleased that my poem 'Gutted' will be published in Washing Windows V. It's the final collection in the series, and I'm very grateful to @arlenhouse.bsky.social for supporting my writing by including my poems in 4 of the Washing Windows anthologies💙🙏 booksupstairs.ie/product/wash...

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