PERVERSE 9E is out today! This week features poems by Phoebe Gilmore, Philip Gross, Philip Chijioke Abonyi, Linda Black and Ellie Li. Read all five poems from this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9e

Excited to announce the launch of the Writers’ Nook in Café Wilbers, Tees Restaurant, UHNT, Stockton on Tees, developed with Dr. Siobhan Campbell of @openuniversity.bsky.social and Nurse Consultant Mel McEvoy. Official unveiling on Tuesday 14 October, 3pm. PLEASE SHARE AND COME ALONG!

Listen to this wonderful podcast 'Do books have the power to heal us?' to hear more about our exciting new collection 'A Hundred Years of Bibliotherapy' edited by Siobhan Campbell, Sara Haslam, & Edmund G. C. King podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/d... www.routledge.com/9781032749297

Fabulous launch of @eoindevereuxwriter.bsky.social new poetry book ‘Gardening Leave:New and Collected Poems’ (451 Editions) at O’Mahony’s in Limerick Page to page poems in this superb collection vividly describe life in all its persistence and persuasion. #poetry

@ouliterature.bsky.social congratulations Francesca!

Thanks for the repost @trendingworld.bsky.social The conference is online, and free! The Sigrid Nunez and Karen McCarthy Woolf talks will be hosted by OU writers @emmaclairesweeney.bsky.social and @janeyeh3.bsky.social #literature #freeonline

This is on tonight - the Dublin Review at 100 - also to be aired on Arena on RTE Radio 1

And we are thrilled to host @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social on 7/Nov at the Letters and Literature conference. One week to go! Tickets here: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/... @carcanet.bsky.social @tseliotprize.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social 4 m

#DBF kicks off tomorrow and we're delighted to be part of it with: ✨Class Acts Poetry on Class and Belonging: dublinbookfestival.com/event/class-... ✨Thinking Aloud, Thinking Together with Phil Mullen & Afua Hirsch: dublinbookfestival.com/event/thinki... ✨This Is Not a Cookbook Launch: BOOKED OUT

Joining this knockout panel as part of this year's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social are Gustav Parker Hibbett, Sam Furlong and Sophie White in conversation with @mollytwomey.bsky.social. Saturday 08th November @ 11:30 am @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social dublinbookfestival.com/event/writin...

We were at our Susanna's book launch in that there Belfast last night and very groovy it was indeed. You can order it from @machapress.bsky.social and you really should. If you like the Abridged you'll like this!

A storm makes land & then makes it to the post office! This Saturday we launch in Dublin www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-storms... then Audio Companion on 2nd Nov on Eat the Storms & zoom launch 4th Nov at 8pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-storms... Buy The Storms V eatthestorms.com/the-storm-sh...

The Storms Journal issue V just arrived! Thanks to @eatthestorms.com Delighted to contribute!

Meet the Stormers, Issue V Tobi Alfier’s credits include Arkansas Review, The American Journal of Poetry, Cholla Needles, Gargoyle, James Dickey Review.  She is co-editor of San Pedro River Review (www.bluehorsepress.com) The Storms is supported by @fingal.ie @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

Postcards continue to arrive from speakers all over the globe as we prepare for the upcoming international conference, Letters and Literature. Full details of the programme at digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/... @modernistudies.bsky.social @mklitfest.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social

Issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) has gone to print! Our landmark 20th issue, guest edited by acclaimed author @clarakiyoko.bsky.social, has a speculative fiction theme and marks our tenth anniversary in print. The beautiful cover art is by @erinconnally.bsky.social ✨ bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...

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

It’s that time again. More info on the website. Entry is open.

So looking forward to taking part in Circling The Square next week, a festival in honour of the great Dennis O'Driscoll.

The first of a series of postcards for our free online conference: Letters and Literature 1500-2025, 5-7 November 2025. Full programme: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/... Every day we'll share a postcard sent to us by one of our guest speakers. Watch out for tomorrow’s!

Reminder that submissions are open for Issue 14 until 20 November ✍️ channelmag.org/submissions/

We are delighted to be supporting the W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize 2025 with @writersandartists.bsky.social @ruppin.bsky.social, @societyofauthors.bsky.social and @openuniversity.bsky.social Submissions open on 1st November 2025. www.writersandartists.co.uk/about-wa-wor... PLEASE SHARE

Great lineup, including @eleanorhooker.bsky.social, looking forward!

Returning to this; work that feeds a reader!

This Thursday, reading and launch - poet Susanna Galbraith, Belfast. FREE Sign up now!

The John Hewitt Summer School will be held earlier in 2026: June 29th to July 4th. The move is necessitated by major renovations to the Market Place Theatre in July. @artscouncilireland.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social @irishlittimes.bsky.social

Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social (@picadorbooks.bsky.social) and Eilish Martin (@machapress.bsky.social) are this year's poets for the John Hewitt Birthday Reading Oct 27th Tickets selling well. www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/joh...

If this book had a song, it would be Power by Little Mix. Tuesday night @poetrysociety.org.uk with @natalie-whittaker.bsky.social @marymulholland.bsky.social hosted by @alicehiller.bsky.social. This book reminds me how important it is to write exactly what you want. @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

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)

⭐Shortlists for the An Post Irish Book Awards have been announced⭐ (If you're curious about the submission and judging process, you can find more here 🔽🔽🔽) www.irishbookawards.ie/submissions/ booksirelandmagazine.com/shortlists-f...

Join us next Thursday 30 October in @ucc.ie at 6pm to celebrate the launch of Banshee issue 20! Hear readings from our brilliant contributors and raise a glass to ten years of Banshee 📚 bansheepress.org/events/cork-...

Don't miss the catflap launch with Sam Furlong, CAConrad and so many others! Thank you Outburst Arts! Saturday November 15th at the Black Box #outburst2025 #queerart #queerperformance Tickets: outburstarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Susanna Galbraith's debut collection MORSELS is now available for pre-order at machapress.com. www.machapress.com/subscription... #ACNISupported #NationalLottery #ThanksToYou @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social

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

⚡️Meet the Stormers of Issue V ⚡️ @helenlaycock.bsky.social is a Pushcart-nominated poet, winner of Black Bough Poetry’s Chapbook contest. Her collection‘FRAME’ was chosen as Book of the Month at the East Ridge Review. The Storms is supported by @fingal.ie @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

Great write-up in @thenorthernecho.bsky.social for The Writers' Nook at UHNT: tinyurl.com/ya9wu4jz Over 200 visitors in less than a week! Well done @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social, Mel McEvoy, @drsallybd.bsky.social and all involved. @ouhealtharts.bsky.social @ncch.bsky.social @thechc.bsky.social

45% of all AI answers had at least one significant issue. 31% of responses showed serious sourcing problems – missing, misleading, or incorrect attributions. 20% contained major accuracy issues, including hallucinated details and outdated information. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Submissions for Tolka Issue Eleven are now open until 6 November. We publish all kinds of non-fiction – essays, memoir, reportage, autofiction and the things that fall in between. Full submission guidelines here www.tolkajournal.org/submit

... and Jess Fahy took us through the new Picasso exhibition at the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social. All those and everything else from the week wherever you get your podcasts or on the Arena page on the @rteradio1.bsky.social website. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Our @downham.bsky.social recently had a chat with the @vikingologypodcast.bsky.social team about her upcoming Penguin Classics volume on the Viking Age and other viking matters. Listen to the podcast at vikingology.substack.com/p/catching-u... #vikingsky #medievalsky #booksky

Creative Non-fiction, here’s what judge Tim MacGabhann had to say about the winning pieces due to be published in Issue 4 @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie

I have been lucky to support @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social and Mel McEvoy with the Creative Writing to support Healthcare workers Knowledge Exchange project at @ouliterature.bsky.social Yesterday we launched The Writers’ Nook at UHNT, showcasing impactful work of CW workshop participants.

Fiona Benson. And an incredible poem by Artur Dron at the end. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

⚡️Meet the Stormers of Issue V ⚡️ @erinemilyann.bsky.social is a Canadian poet currently based in the Orkney Islands. Her first collection of poetry, A History of Touch, was published by Guernica Editions (Toronto) in 2022. The Storms is supported by @fingal.ie @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

So delighted to be nominated in the Arts Journalism and Criticism category of the Irish Journalism Awards - for these three columns in the Sunday Times. Feels like a huge moment after going freelance in 2023!

@drsallybd.bsky.social @teessidelive.bsky.social @hwstockton.bsky.social @bnteesside.bsky.social @ouliterature.bsky.social Thanks to Gary Wright & Dr. Jean McCleod, University-Hospitals-Tees at The Writers' Nook exhibit-NHS voices, an OU Knowledge Exchange, supported bythe Northern Cancer Alliance

Thanks very much to the Poetry Book Society for recommending The Hare's Corner- illustrated poetry & prose inspired by individuals & groups all over Ireland making space for nature. @newislandbooks.bsky.social & @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/the...

Please read this excellent article about the dramatic rise of costs in publishing by a truly great indie press. When you buy a book, 'you are buying a stake in the survival of our world of letters'.

This is typical of government departments not doing their jobs. Access was denied by Coillte, yet there was trespassing and after that, environmental destruction. The Gardai should have been alerted the minute that machinery appeared.

Congrats to all the NHS writers at the launch of The Writers' Nook exhibit, University Hospital of North Tees. Making new health and arts connections & creating new knowledge via workshop series in writing for psychosocial support. Inspiring! @ouliterature.bsky.social