PEN International is delighted to announce the appointment of literary giant and Nobel Prize-winning Polish writer and activist Olga Tokarczuk as Vice President of PEN International. Read more ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/nobel-l...

📢 We’re Hiring! The Poetry School is seeking an Artistic Director & Joint CEO (Maternity Cover) for a 12-month, part-time role (3 or 3.5 days per week). 💷 £60–65k FTE (pro rata) 📍 Hybrid – London (Somerset House) / Leeds (1 City Square)

We’re looking for a dynamic, strategic leader with Arts Council reporting experience, a passion for poetry, and strong communication skills. 🗓 Apply by Mon 22 Sept 2025, 9am 💻 Interviews w/c 29 Sept Application details: poetryschool.com/ope... #ArtsJobs #PoetrySchool #CreativeCareers #Hiring

One Mountain: Sold, Arlen Press launched into the world this summer. It details the threat of a gold mine to the remote & stunning Sperrin Mountains, NI. ‘You surrendered wisdom to bullion, imagination to ingot’ Thanks to all who came to the launch! @arlenhouse.bsky.social #poetry #newbooks #ni

#Türkiye: We are deeply concerned by detentions of journalists and sweeping restrictions on social media platforms and demonstrations following the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu. All those held for peacefully expressing their views must be released. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Book now for my poetry performances of One Mountain:Sold about the devastating wreckage of the Sperrins by a proposed gold mine. #flowerfieldartscentre 28 March, 7.30pm #ancreagan, Omagh 29 March, 7.00pm With live music by the inimitable Lauren Kinsella & dan nicholls #saveoursperrins #poetry

The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 100 to No 51 www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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If the River is Hidden @cherrysmyth.bsky.social & Craig Jordan-Baker ‘…a moving and vital work.’ ‘The kind of writing the world needs.’ #books

Bluesky has made it. I can once again explain very online things to my not very online wife and have her stare at me, bewildered. We’re back baby!!!!