Congratulations to Gilles Fabre and Jean Antonini on this wonderful anthology of francophone and anglophone haiku. I was honoured to be on the editorial team, and delighted to have work included with so many fine haijin.

www.mixcloud.com/DublinSouthF... Thank you Helen Dwyer and team at @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social for talking to me about *Riptide* on 'Rhyme and Reason'

"Dodder Walk, 31 October", from *Riptide* @doirepress.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social and *Winter Heliotrope* (Fine Press Poetry, 2023). Thinking today of memories shared with my father, my friends Jake Malone and @bridmcgrath.bsky.social, and Andrew Moorhouse of Fine Press Poetry.

Issue 7.2 of The Haibun Journal - the 14th volume, and the last. It's been a pleasure to work with Sean O'Connor, Kim Richardson, and Paul Bregazzi, and a privilege to publish so many fine haibun - 184 writers from 20 countries. Available to order from [email protected]

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

This happened just now. Pre-orders up!!! Deeply grateful to @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social and all my teachers at UCD and the kind writers who wrote the blurbs including @gagebybell.bsky.social and @martinadalton.bsky.social and so many others … www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Congratulations @sineadgleeson.bsky.social and @louisekennedy.bsky.social and thank you @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social - great to see a big group of people celebrating Norah Hoult today in Terenure 💫

Great opportunity to work with the excellent @maevedos.bsky.social

Congratulations 💫

Honoured that my 2016 collection Undercurrents is the Haiku Foundation's Book of the Week. Thanks to Dan Campbell for his beautiful essay 🙏 thehaikufoundation.org/book-of-the-...

Friends, I wrote a piece on poet Laura Gilpin, who died of glioblastoma in 2006. She is best known for “The Two-Headed Calf.” With gratitude to the Poetry Foundation for allowing me to try to restore this remarkable healthcare practitioner/poet’s legacy. www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/170...

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... Fascinating piece about poetry, AI, and what it means to be human. Bravo Brendan O'Connor.

A reminder that this FREE #workshop for #haiku beginners takes place on Fri from 2-330 in the St. Andrew’s Community Centre, as part of this year’s #Rialto #Community #Arts #Festival in #Dublin8. All welcome, no experience of creative writing is required. All event info on: rialtocommunityarts.com

For Fathers' Day, from *First the Feathers* @doirepress.bsky.social

Thrilled to have 3 new poems in Live Encounters 🙏 @doirepress.bsky.social liveencounters.net/2025-le-pw/a...

Do come and enjoy this fine line-up of poets for a reading this evening in Harold's Cross Community Hall. 💫🎤

A great line-up of poets reading in Harold's Cross Festival on Thursday 15th May - come and join us, and check out the full programme at haroldscross.org

Wendell Berry

Delighted to have a haibun about our cat Tamburlaine the Great on @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social tomorrow 🙏💫

Congratulations to Rosie O'Reilly, DCC's Biodiversity Artist in Residence, on this inspiring sound walk, *Abhainn*, on the Dublin Discovery Trails app. I'm thrilled to have *Flotsam* from *Undercurrents* used for the section near St Patrick's Cathedral 🏞

A fabulous evening of readings from @the4facedliar.bsky.social this evening. Highly recommend getting a copy. I'm honoured that the editors chose my poem to include. 🙏 @doirepress.bsky.social

Some good news: my 4-week workshop for emerging haiku poets is going ahead on Zoom, from Tu 21/1 to Tu 11/2, 630-830pm (GMT). We’ll cover advanced #haiku writing techniques (incl. the use of metaphor), plus an intro to #tanka (5-line form) & #haiga (form combining haiku & image). Cost €100 / €75 unw

My Christmas poem from *Riptide* @doirepress.bsky.social, with warm wishes to everyone this midwinter 💫

Here's my solstice poem, from *First the Feathers* (Doire Press, 2017) @doirepress.bsky.social. The world feels very dark this year, so here's to a turn towards the light 🌓

inksweatandtears.co.uk/amanda-bell/ Thrilled to have 'Spindles' - a new poem - on Ink, Sweat & Tears. Memories of being both daughter and parent during lockdown.

If you're struggling with the short days, dingy dreich weather and losing daylight half way through the afternoon as I am, it might help to know that this kind of thing👇is just 12 weeks away...🌿

December by Brendan Kennelly

Congratulations Alice Kinsella and Daniel Wade on this captivating book, beautifully produced by Mayo Books Press, launched in Dublin today at Books Upstairs. Stunning. 🐳

Literary magazine, The Honest Ulsterman, invited me to reflect about the process of writing A Change in the Air. www.humag.co/features/a-c...

Thank you @aislingwalsh.bsky.social - this is invaluable 🌠

What a busy week for Alba Publishing last week. I was delighted to launch my IWC mentee Liz Norris's book on Wednesday, @maevedos.bsky.social lovely book launched on Thursday, and Sean O'Connor's followed on Friday.

Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER! #litmags #writer #writingcommunity go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j

A fantastic launch, and a great collection Maeve - a real celebration 🌠

Words To Live By Number 132

Easy now, it’s Sunday so start your day with a good companion, the audio companion to issue 4 now available from Eat The Storms on most platforms. 53 voices celebrating Dublin City including @gagebybell.bsky.social @rjbreathnach.bsky.social @catherinekay.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6arV...

The November super moon seemed like a good time to join here - and how lovely it is to find so many familiar names. As an intro, here's a recent piece featuring some of my interests www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...