Tomorrow I'll be talking to the lovely folks at Aberystwyth University about Philosophy, literature, and creative writing!

Thanks for the invite Tasha Alden!

great day to be a visible lesbian 🌈✨☎️

hugely grateful to Abi Fellows 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ and Hannah Chukwu for being such champions of this book from the very beginning 🫶

I'm so pleased that my poem, 'They', will be a part of Washing Windows IV, a poetry anthology published by Publishing Women Alan Hayes : Arlen House, in May.

'They' is part of a series of poems I've written about my experience of being non-binary.

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I've just finished a new poem 💪

We are delighted to stock this incredible poetry and art magazine Abridged!

Pick up free copies at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin (while stocks last)

'A story, not knowing it was one, finds itself to be a story. The story becomes another story, then another, then another.'

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Workshop complete! I had a blast. Hopefully, the students did, too!

I'm giving a creative writing workshop + a mini lecture on doing philosophy via fiction at UCD tomorrow and I am super excited for it!

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A few thoughts on Sunday and the feeling of timelessness/limbo: buttondown.email/RachelHandley/…

ICYMI: My poem, Ribcage, was recently published in Issue 15 of Impossible Archetype.

The poem is all about my experience of being non-binary.

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Would anyone who has won an Arts Council Agility Award be willing to share their application with me?

Some exciting new arrivals!

Hey, allies! 🏳️‍⚧️

For Trans Day of Visibility, you should buy books by trans authors. Buy two copies, one for yourself and one for a trans friend! 📚

You are also obligated to share this post. I don’t make the TDoV rules, I only enforce them. 😘

My poem, Ribcage, was just published in issue 15 of Impossible Archetype!

You can read the full issue here: impossiblearchetype.wordpress.com/15-2/

My poem, Ribcage, was just published in issue 15 of Impossible Archetype!

You can read the full issue here: impossiblearchetype.wordpress.com/15-2/

Dr Rachel Handley 🏳️‍🌈 returns to Thinker HQ on July 8th for another evening of fiction, philosophy, and creative writing. The first event in December was SO good -- don't miss out, book your place! thethinkerhub.com/event-bookings…

Early stroll. Time is painting the sky. A first draft of mist by the river. A dropped pen packed with language. Trees held in a puddle’s stillness. A bird lands on a streetlight and the light goes out.

I'm delighted to say that a poem of mine will be included in Washing Windows IV by Alan Hayes : Arlen House, co-edited by Alan Hayes and Nuala O'Connor!

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