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Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · 1h

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.

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Clare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social · 3h

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

‘After the reading, the poets hold each other’: what happens when Ukraine’s largest literary festival comes under Russian attack

Fiona Benson was invited to Lviv’s BookForum by Ukrainian poet-soldier Artur Dron’. She recounts falling in love with the city and its thriving literary culture, before an air raid siren sounds

www.theguardian.com

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Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · 3h

⚡️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

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Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 2h

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!

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Siobhan Campbell @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social · 2h

@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

Dr. Siobhan Campbell, creative writing lead on the Creating Space for NHS voices project in front of The Writers' Nook wall at North Tees Hospital.

NHS writers read their creative works on display in Teesside Restaurant, University Hospital North Tees

Plaque acknowledging NHS writers, the Creative Writing workshop series, Mel McEvoy Nurse Consultant, Convenor Dr. Sally Blackburn-Daniels and the Northern Cancer Alliance for the Open University Knowledge Exchange Project - Creative Writing for psychosocial support of NHS workers.

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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 22d

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...

The Hare's Corner - The Poetry Book Society

The Hare’s Corner celebrates farmers, families, schools and community groups all over Ireland who are restoring habitats, reviving biodiversity and reconnecting people with the land. Uplifting stories...

www.poetrybooks.co.uk

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Tramp Press @tramppress.bsky.social · 19d

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'.

Sam Jordison @samjordison.bsky.social · 20d

An article on the pressures on publishing, rising costs, what can be done about it - and how readers can also help.

open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/w...

(This ran in the Society of Authors quarterly, The Author, earlier this year. They've kindly given me permission to reproduce it on my Substack.)

What does it cost to produce a book?

Why small presses in the UK are struggling - and what can be done about it.

open.substack.com

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Karen J McDonnell @karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social · 2d

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.

Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 3d

Mindless environmental crimes happening daily #Spéirghorm - native trees hundreds of years old felled - used access through State agency Coillte www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe... forget Dept of Agriculture - gardai should be informed. @antaisce.bsky.social

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Siobhan Campbell @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social · 13h

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

Commemorative plaque on the Knowledge Exchange collaboration with Crestive Writing lead Siobhan Campbell of the Open University and North Tees NHS Trust, with thanks to Northern Cancer Alliance and the Higher Education Innovation Fund.

NHS staff reading creative writing by their colleagues on a newly created 'nook' wall in the staff restaurant, Teesside hospital.

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Susie Campbell @susiecampbell.bsky.social · Aug 31

'Partners in Crime': my latest substack about how my rescue dog Charlie became an active collaborator in my 'Wastelands' poetry project (available to pre-order www.guillemotpress.co.uk/poetry/susie...)
Substack link: susiecampbell.substack.com/p/partners-i...

Close up of a dog's face with a pink nose and a white stripe on his forehead

A different close up of the same dog, this time curled up

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Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 4d

Edited by poet and author Sam Riviere, and based in London, If a Leaf Falls Press publishes limited-edition titles with an emphasis on appropriative & procedural writing processes. You can find their titles at #smallpublishersfair25, Conway Hall, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct
smallpublishersfair.co.uk

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Louise Kennedy @louisekennedy.bsky.social · 4d

Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 5d

New Louise Kennedy novel out next year.
Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

New Louise Kennedy novel out next year

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

www.irishtimes.com

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Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · 4d

⚡️Meet the Stormers of Issue V ⚡️

Margaret Royall has 7 poetry books plus a memoir. She was chosen as a featured Erbacce Prize poet for their Autumn journal. She is a creative writing retreat tutor & leads a women’s poetry group.

The Storms is supported by @fingal.ie @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 4d

Irish library staff have been subjected to repeated harassment by far-right extremists, with attempts to remove queer books from shelves & threats of book burning. This new LGBTQ+ group is a welcome step for defending free speech, the library LGBTQ community & library users, in Ireland.

First LGBTQ+ network launches in Library Association of Ireland

The new queer network had its first meeting this October, marking a big step for the LGBTQ+ library community.

gcn.ie

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Siobhan Campbell @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social · 4d

Delighted to do a session for Freedom to Write 25 - what a great group from all over the island. John Hewitt Society and @irishpen.bsky.social - these writers are ones to watch! Great to see the Shared Island Initiative in action!

The Freedom to Write authors at the final workshop around the table at the Irish Georgian Society's premises, Dublin.

Poet Siobhan Campbell with the Freedom to Write banner, logos of the Shared Island initiative and Arts Council NI

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Siobhan Campbell @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social · 4d

@machapress.bsky.social @boylemo.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social

Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · Aug 19

John Hewitt Birthday Readings!

Presented by The John Hewitt Society as part of @belfastfestival.bsky.social in association with Poetry Ireland!

Monday 27 October 2025 @ 8:00pm
The John Hewitt Pub, Belfast
Tickets: £8-10
Book tickets here: www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/joh...

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OU English and Creative Writing @ouliterature.bsky.social · 26d

Congratulations Ed! Great piece of work.

Dónall Mac Cathmhaoill @donallmac.bsky.social · 26d

Just had a blissful half hour listening to my colleague, Ed Hogan's story, Little Green Man, on R4. Really compelling storytelling, beautifully written. It's available on Listen Now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

BBC National Short Story Award - BBC National Short Story Award 2025 - Little Green Man by Edward Hogan - BBC Sounds

Edward Hogan's tender story is in the running for the 20th BBC National Short Story Award.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social · 12d

"Every old man I see
In October-coloured weather
Seems to say to me
'I was once your father.'"

Declan O'Connor performs Patrick Kavanagh's "Memory of My Father" in our latest film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 16d

Joining this knockout panel as part of this year's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
are @gphibbett.bsky.social, Sam Furlong & Sophie White, in conversation with @mollytwomey.bsky.social.

Saturday 08th November @ 11:30 am
@irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

dublinbookfestival.com/event/writin...

#DBF25

Writing the Body - Dublin Book Festival

Joining our panel are poet and essayist Gustav Parker Hibbett whose debut collection High Jump as Icarus Story won the 2025 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize, Sam Furlong whose just-p...

dublinbookfestival.com

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 11d

Don't miss Confluences and Collaborations at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Wednesday October 29th at 6pm:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/confluence...

#ACNISupported #NationalLottery #ThanksToYou and @LottoGoodCauses & #BelfastCityCouncil #FundedBelfastCCSupported

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 7d

We are delighted to announce that Susanna Galbraith's MORSELS will be launched in Dublin @gutterbookshop.bsky.social
as part of this year's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social

Tickets available at: dublinbookfestival.com/event/morsel...

#ACNISupported #NationalLottery #ThanksToYou

Book Launch: morsels - Dublin Book Festival

Susanna Galbraith’s debut collection, morsels (Macha Press) is a formally ambitious multi-sequence debut collection. The title series ‘morsels’ explores the ways language and its absences shape our re...

dublinbookfestival.com

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Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · 15d

📕Lots of new releases coming in October!
Here is just a small sample (of over 150 titles)—check out our fully searchable database First Flush 📕
booksirelandmagazine.com/new-releases/

@bansheepress.bsky.social @lilliputpress.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · Aug 8

Now available to pre-order: FILLY, the stunning novel in verse by award-winning poet Rosamund Taylor. Out 9 October 2025 ✨

@rosamundtaylor.bsky.social

bansheepress.org/shop/p/filly...

Filly by Rosamund Taylor — Banshee Press

248 pages Paperback 9 October 2025 ISBN: 978-1-7393979-8-2

bansheepress.org

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Katy Mack @katymack.bsky.social · 13d

A little reminder that my pamphlet First, I Turn Off the Light is currently out with @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social 💡

www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Katy Mack - First, I Turn Off the Light | Broken Sleep Books

Katy Mack's First, I Turn Off the Light is as unsettling and disarming as it is compassionate and brave. Mack's poems are an exploration of illness and mental health, and in doing so are lyrical, imag...

www.brokensleepbooks.com

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 9d

Macha's Susanna Galbraith
in this weekend's @belfasttelegraph.co.uk: 'I’d be a big believer that nobody is writing on their own.'

photo credit, Susanna Galbraith: @jos.mcgookin

@abridgedmagazine.bsky.social

#ACNISupported #NationalLottery

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/feature...

NI poets discuss expression through the form and why it still entrances: ‘I don’t write these things willingly, I have to do it’

“I think it was in the air in some ways,” says Paul Muldoon, when asked about where his love for poetry comes from.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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