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Next SpeakEasy Waterford on Sept 26 with special guest, debut novelist Orla Mackey. Open Mic and music as well.

We're very excited to announce this— Off The Scéal is a brand new Multilingual Open-Mic night created and hosted by the amazing @danflynn94.bsky.social and myself 😍 Come on down to the DLR Lexicon Studio and join us for a night of poetry and song —

The 2025 Introductions | Céadlínte programme is underway! We’re delighted to welcome this new cohort of poets and hope that Introductions will provide them with many new creative opportunities as they launch their promising writing careers. Visit to our website to learn more!

So delighted to be selected for @poetryireland.bsky.social Introductions 2025, and really looking forward to it. Congratulations to all those selected. Thanks to @jesstraynor.bsky.social for selecting me.

Delighted to have a poem in the latest edition of the unique Abridged journal - Lilith edition, alongside a very stiking image from Kseniia Antipina @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social Thanks so much to the editors.

We're pleased to present Abridged 0 - 105: Lilith. We hope you like it. We do. www.abridged.zone/abridged-0-1... Image by Kseniia Antipina. See you in Belfast at the Golden Thread Gallery tomorrow night! @goldenthreadni.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social #poetry

Waterford City - Next SpeakEasy Open Mic with some very special guests this Friday. Come along and read, or to listen.

Tickets are now available for CIPF-2025 Jane Clarke and Pádraig Ó Tuama at Cork Arts Theatre, Ireland. www.ticketsource.com/whats-on/ire...

May 23, SpeakEasy Open MIc, Waterford with guest poet Mícheál McCann. Mícheál is from Derry City. His poems have been published in The Poetry Review, Poetry Ireland Review and Banshee.He holds a PhD from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s. Devotion is his first collection, from Gallery Press.

Hello everyone! We’re excited to announce that submissions for this year’s issue will be opening soon! Each category will be reviewed by a special guest judge (announced next week). Send us your best—we can’t wait to read what you’ve been working on!

Tomorrow in Waterford

Submission Call open now! Don't be tardy!

Tomorrow is May Day. We remember the fight against Fascism. 5pm at the Spanish Civil War Memorial. #NoPasaran

Looking forward to celebrating Poetry Day Ireland with these wonderful poets in The Book Centre Waterford Thursday 1st May 📖📚 It would be lovely to see you there! ❤️💫✨ #PoetryDayIRL @poetryireland.bsky.social

Poetry Day Event, Waterford

Tickets on sale here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/james-york... @jamesyorkston.bsky.social is consistently one of our best gigs.

Celebrating Arlen House at 50 Luke Morgan's *Blood Atlas* Winner of 2025 Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry 1st launch 2 May: Strokestown Poetry Festival at 8.30pm (Plus 23 May at Charlie Byrne's, Galway & 1 June at Books Upstairs, Dublin) BUY kennys.ie/shop/blood-a...

Our Umbra Sumus Submission Call is now open! Poetry and/or Art required!

Bank Holiday Monday. Buy some gig tickets ie.powertik.com/events/searc...

Folks, this is NOT TO BE MISSED! Our friend Harry at Luca Records is putting on this legendary gig in Waterford. 🤘🤘

The good news I couldn’t share, but now I can.

Delighted to have a new poem in Crannóg 62, which was launched last Friday in Galway. Packed with lots of great writing. Thanks to the editors for including me.

Wonderful launch of Crannóg on Friday night in The Crane Bar, Galway 📖🎶 Thrilled to have a poem included in such a beautiful issue. Cover illustration by Blake McGrane-Corrigan 💫✨

Last night at SpeakEasy Open MIc in Waterford - Special Guest @hollowaywriter.bsky.social reading from his beautiful debut novel 'The Language of Remembering'; fab music by Stella & The Dreaming; and a diverse range of readings by a group of local writers.

There's your evening of the 21st sorted!

OPEN MIC this Friday in Waterford. Bring some poetry or a short peice of prose to read, or just come along and listen.

Next SpeakEasy Open Mic in Waterford, @hollowaywriter.bsky.social will read from his debut novel 'The Language of Remembering'. @epoquepress.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new competition starting on March 1st : the Southword Creative Non-Fiction Award - munsterlit.ie/southword-cr...

First SpeakEasy Open Mic last night in Waterford with a very moving set of readings by our special guest @eleanorhooker.bsky.social.

If you are around Waterford next weekend come along and listen to @milenawilliamson.bsky.social , Emma McKervey and me reading from our new collections. With thanks to Ger Duffy.

Really happy to be on this list with such luminaries as @allgumsblazing.bsky.social @ellenharrold.bsky.social @frankfarrelly.bsky.social @sharrongreen.bsky.social @billyfenton.bsky.social

This Friday in Waterford

I’m so excited to be introduced by the incredible Danielle McLaughlin for the launch of my novel, The Language of Remembering at Waterstones, Cork! @waterstones.bsky.social Hope to see you all there!

First SpeakEasy Open Mic of 2025 has Eleanor Hooker as special guest. Bring along something to read and there’ll be some great music as well. @eleanorhooker.bsky.social

The next meet-up of the West Waterford Poets - Monday 17 Feb at 7:30pm. This month's writing prompt: 'doors'. New members - of all abilities - always welcome! #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity #booksky #poetrysky #waterford #westwaterfordpoet

Out 20/02/25: A new paperback edition of Mary Morrissy's Penelope Unbound, described by John Banville as 'ingenious' bansheepress.org/read/new-pap...

Solstice sunrise at Knockroe passage tomb and later at Ahenny high crosses. Best wishes to all for the year ahead🙏

www.eventbrite.ie/o/subterrane... Christmas gift sorted for your music loving friends or yourself. Please repost

#1/2: I'm delighted to report that the sales of my new collection, 'Where All Ladders Start' (Alba), launched last month, have now covered all the printing & launch costs. This means that, from now on, our charity partner @unicefireland.bsky.social will get 20% of all sales / €3 per copy - yay!

We brought our musical year to an end last night. And what a beautiful way to finish. A brilliant opening set from Eoin Dalton, followed by the magic of David Murphy & Ether Ensemble. 🎵🎶✌️💚

Our new Submission Call is open!

The River Clodiagh as it rises. Today in the Comeragh Mountains after Storm Bert.

We had such an enjoyable launch of ‘Where All Ladders Start’ on Thursday evening in #Dublin, with a full house in the Teachers’ Club. I’m still on a high. 🥰 Great intros by @gagebybell.bsky.social, a fab speech by Brian Kirk, sublime harp music by Brenda Malloy and a few oul’ poems by yours truly.

Scott McKendry reading from his wonderful collection GUB last night at SpeakEasy Open Mic in Waterford with music from a local jazz trio

On my way to Waterford to read from The Colour of Extinction at the Poetry Lounge this afternoon at 2pm in the Waterford Gallery of Art #poetry #waterford

See you there! 😁

🗓️Not long left to get your entries in for our Book & Pamphlet Competition! Enter by 30 November for your chance to get your pamphlet published with us: poetrybusiness.co.uk/competitions... Judged by the brilliant Kim Moore ( @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social )

Award-winning poets Romeo Oriogun & David Nash will join me on Just to Say on Wed Dec 4th, 7pm 😍 It's free! Join us to chat all things poetry & to kick your December off with inspiration from these stars 🌟Sponsored by Jacar Press. Email [email protected] for the Zoom link😇

Poets! Follow the brilliant Poetry Business, because they are wonderful. I'm judging their pamphlet comp this year which feels like coming full circle 😍