Louise Maxwell from the Libraries IT recommends listening to the audiobook Karma by Boy George for its home truths and humour. The audio is full of interesting details and marvelous in its tone and originality.

Also available in libraries.

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Over 150 calls for submissions of #poetry #fiction #flash #nonfiction #art #photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in May 2024. Best of luck & pls share! thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog/w…

This is beautiful and I'm so happy to be a part of it.

The Moth Short Story Prize is now OPEN for entries – bookmark this post to save all the key info in one place! 🧵

💸 Cash prizes of up to €3,000 and a trip to Circle of Misse in France (inc. travel stipend) to be won.

🌟 Judged this year by Louise Kennedy.

⏳ Closing 30 June.

#BreakingNews The JHISS24 Community Bursary Scheme is now open for applications. Just follow the link...forms.gle/1GJ7NCpUK1rSKu…
The JHISS will take place, Mon 22 - Sat 27th July Market Place Armagh. Closing date Thursday 10 May, 5pm.

Submissions for Issue Eight of TOLKA are open until Sunday 5 May.

If you're in Cork next Saturday, join us for some poetry performances and chats. Old and new poems on the horizon. Super excited to be at the Cork World Book Fest

Signing the last remaining copy of He Used To Be Me in CharlieByrne'sBooks yesterday New Island Books and before I could put it back in the shelf it was snapped out my hand by a lady from Memphis and is heading towards the States soon. 😊

Come and join us!💙

We are honoured, grateful & v. happy to have been awarded an The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Literature Project Award.

Founding-collaborators Susan Tomaselli 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Nathan O'Donnell Annemarie Ní Churreáin Clare Bell Nithykasa Temple Bar Gallery + Studios & myself are looking forward to working together on this wild & ambitious project.

I've moved to Doubleday Books as commissioning editor!

Send me your literary fiction submissions, especially those that have a speculative edge (think Olga Ravn, Julia Armfield, Bora Chung) and/or literary translation.
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A timely reminder that there's just TWO DAYS left to enter this year's Poetry Prize. What are you waiting for?

Enter here now: thelondonmagazine.org/the-london-mag…

Very excited about this. If you want to hear some of the freshest work around come along. All welcome.

I may be on a half-term podcast break (prepping the 2nd half) but you can still stay bloody poetic with your favourite #poetry #podcast available for free on your preferred podcast platform including the new interview series Behind the Storms this season 💙💙

Excited for this!!! #muldoonspicnic Poetry Ireland

I am delighted to be teaching this course Irish Writers Centre. Looking forward to meeting the writers. Please sign up. Intersectional Humanities
University College Dublin Poetry Ireland
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Thank you so much Irish Independent for featuring my short story ‘Snow Angels’ in New Irish Writing today. I’m thrilled!

You can read it online here: m.independent.ie/entertainment/… or in the books section of Irish Independent

It’s all happening 🎉🎉
Pre-sales have begun for my new poetry collection Back from away and fellow Turas Press writer Emma McKervey and her collection Highland Boundary Fault to be launched on 8th May 🎉🎉

Over 150 calls for submissions of #poetry #fiction #flash #nonfiction #art #photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in April 2024. Best of luck & pls share! #amwriting #callsforsubmissions thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog/w…

Very cool article by Lucy Collins about archive, docupoetry, Vona Groarke’s Hereafter and my National Library of Ireland Radical! book 💙