We're looking for a new Publishing Intern for 2026 – someone who can bring a fresh eye and a steady hand to Channel's work as we navigate a time of transition. Find out more: channelmag.org/join-the-team/ 🌸

And there, beyond the range of the live camera's tick-tick-ticking, an infant clings to his young mother, his grip strong enough to secure him. @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social, 'Pan and the Ironwood', Channel Issue 13 channelmag.org/issue-13/

We're delighted that Channel has been selected for feature at #DABF25, running 4-14 December 2025 at @tbgands.bsky.social 💙 We'll be represented by Issue 13 and our first single-authored publication, Annette Skade's beautiful chapbook Holdfast. www.templebargallery.com/exhibitions/...

We're thrilled to be taking part in the inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair next weekend! You'll find us with a range of literary journals at the Leabharlann Beag table organised by Sans. Press. Full details at dublinsmallpressfair.com ✨️

A massive thank you to everyone who submitted to Issue 14 of Channel 🩷 Submissions for this issue are now closed. We’re so excited to read all of your wonderful work 📖

🔔 Just a few hours left to get submissions in! Go go go 💚

Comedown like a steel spade. My skull feels split. I picture mangoes bleeding into roadside pebbles. 🥭Tim MacGabhann (@elfodongo.bsky.social), ‘From a Correspondent’s Failed Memoir', Channel Issue 13 🥭 channelmag.org/issue-13/

Only a couple of days left to submit to Issue 14 of Channel! We’re welcoming submissions of poetry, fiction and essays in English or Irish until this Thursday, 20 November. Submission guidelines at the link ⬇️📝🌿🌼 channelmag.org/submissions/

This ash still threatens the house on stormy nights—I once found a dead bird in its living cavity, and now rats have learned to find winter in the same heart. 🌳Sinéad McClure (@thecalendarroad.bsky.social), 'Ash', Channel Issue 13 🌳 channelmag.org/issue-13/

one brother buys two two calves and the other brother buys this beautiful dark blue denim jacket and that there is the moral you understand --- 🌟 @eoghancarrick.bsky.social, 'Ireland, but money is good, too', Channel Issue 13 🌟 channelmag.org/issue-13/

Channel got started in 2019, fuelled by that year's global climate strikes. What a pleasure to be taking to the streets again 💪🏻💚

Thank you for sharing your words with us @eoghancarrick.bsky.social! 👏🏻

One week left to share your work with us for Channel Issue 14! We would love to hear from you 💚 Submission guidelines: channelmag.org/submissions/

Thank you to Podge Meehan for sharing a sample from his beautiful story published in Issue 13 🔥 channelmag.org/issue-13/

Thrilled to be joining tomorrow's @culturefile.bsky.social Debate at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social! Come show the bugs some love 🦗🪳🦟🪰 dublinbookfestival.com/event/the-cu...

Thank you to Gabrielle Fullam for her beautiful essay on housing, wastage and the National Children's Hospital 🔥 Read 'Waste(rs)' in full in Issue 13: channelmag.org/issue-13/

Thank you to all who celebrated Issue 13 with us, for a wonderful night of stories, poetry and song 💐 More about the new issue: channelmag.org/issue-13/

We can’t wait for our launch on Thursday! Come along for an evening of readings and music 🎤 🎶

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

We’re delighted that Sailhymn will be the musical guest at our launch event next week 🙌 Sailhymn is a singer-songwriter from the west of Ireland and will be treating us to some tunes as we launch Issue 13 on Thursday evening. sailhymn.bandcamp.com

Next up in our series of recorded readings from Issue 13: Valerie Nieman reads 'You Can't of Course' 🌾 channelmag.org/issue-13/

Did you know Channel has subscription and patronship options? For a contribution of €50, patrons receive a subscription lasting one year (two issues), access to our digital archive of back issues, a personalised thank you note and acknowledgement in print and online.

Only one week to go until our launch night! We can’t wait to share Issue 13 with you. channelmag.org/issue-13/

Here’s Cindy A. Velasquez reading her poem ‘Hilanat’ or ‘Fever’ in its original Cebuano and in English 🌼 This gorgeous poem will feature in Issue 13 of Channel channelmag.org/issue-13/

Is iris í Channel a fhoilsíonn ábhar litríochta comhaimseartha bainteach le cúrsaí timpeallachta agus dúlra sa chiall is leithne. Ba mhaith linn, go háirithe, cur lenár líon ábhar as Gaeilge. ✍️📧 channelmag.org/submissions/

Next up in our series of recorded readings previewing Issue 13: Ramona Herdman reads her poem ‘Well’ 👏 channelmag.org/issue-13/

🔔 Submissions open! 🔔 Channel is now accepting submissions of poetry, fiction and essays in English or Irish for Issue 14. We can’t wait to read your work - get it to us before the deadline of 20 November 📝🌿🌼 channelmag.org/submissions/

Congratulations to our past contributor @susanlanigan.bsky.social on the publication of her new novel The Planter's Daughter, which is launching on 7 November in Cobh 👏 www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...

San alt dírbheathaisnéise seo pléann an t-údar leis na ceangail shuaithinseacha idir an teaghlach, an áit dúchais agus an ábhar a dtagann as ithir na háite sin, ag tarraingt ar a stair phearsanta féin. Tuilleadh faoi eagrán 13: channelmag.org/issue-13/

Delighted to have a piece in this upcoming issue of Channel. Looking forward to reading the other contributors.

We're delighted to announce the birth of our thirteenth issue! Here she is out and about before our launch at the end of the month. We're so grateful to all the authors who contributed work to this issue, as well as Aaron Sunderland Carey for the wonderful cover art. channelmag.org/issue-13/

We can't wait to celebrate Issue 13 with all these talented souls - seven brilliant contributors plus musical guest Sailhymn ✨️ Join us on 30 October at @booksupstairs.bsky.social to hear from them all. channelmag.org/issue-13/

Issue 13 is well on its way from our brilliant print partners at Anglo Printers - all printed and ready for binding 🤩 Pre-order your copy: channelmag.org/issue-13/

Next up, Eric Krewson reads 'My son touched light' 💛👏🏻 More on Issue 13: channelmag.org/issue-13/

First up in a series of recordings offering previews of Issue 13, we're very grateful to @thecalendarroad.bsky.social for sharing this reading of her beautiful poem 'Ash' with us 🍂 More about Issue 13: channelmag.org/issue-13/

Pre-orders are now available (and make our day ✨️) channelmag.org/issue-13/

We're honoured to be publishing the work of all these talented writers in Issue 13. Join us for the launch in @booksupstairs.bsky.social on 30 October to hear from some of them 👏🏻 channelmag.org/issue-13/

We're so grateful to the talented Aaron Sunderland Carey for the wonderful cover art for our forthcoming issue🥰

We'll be launching Issue 13 in @booksupstairs.bsky.social on 30 October 🍁✨️ A big thank you to this issue's talented contributors, and to Aaron Sunderland Carey for the beautiful cover art. We can't wait to celebrate this issue with you all! channelmag.org/issue-13/

Liam Ó Maonlaí leads tributes to Manchán Magan who has died aged 55 “At the end of the night, the three of us held hands and said a prayer for Manchán on the street. It was before the word came. We got to the B&B and Rónán came in and said: ‘Tá sé imigh’.” www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

Have you read 'How the World Was Made' by Rory O'Sullivan? Find it and more in Issue 12 of Channel 🌍 channelmag.org/current-issue/

Didn’t get enough culture on #CultureNight last week? Dip into our poetry and prose - our back catalogue is available at a special bundle rate 📖 channelmag.org/back-issues/

Tomorrow at 1pm ❤️

Can we take a moment to appreciate the gorgeous artwork by artist Angela Duffy on our Issue 12 cover? 👏

Today’s the day! We are thrilled to announce our full programme of events for Dublin Book Festival 2025. All events now up on our website to browse and getting booking ✨ bit.ly/46ixJu1

🗣️🗣️Calling all writers! Curious about developing imagery in your work? Award-winning poet and facilitator David McLoghlin's course 'Poetry, The Object Correlative' starts next Wednesday 10 September Find out more 👇 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/find...

Heading to the Bere Island Arts Festival? Annette Skade will be there with her wonderful poetry book Holdfast, published by Channel last year. www.bereislandartsfestival.ie/saturday-20t...

We love this essay by Mai Ishikawa in our latest edition 🏙️ Have a read of it in Issue 12 of Channel: channelmag.org/current-issue/

Finishing off our recap of recorded readings from Issue 12, here's Kate Cheney coming to us from her Atlantic island home with a selection of poetry 🌊

The next instalment in our recap of recorded readings from Issue 12 is @clairebooker.bsky.social with 'Pansies, Tray of Six' ❤️