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Jenny Jones @greenjennyjones.bsky.social · Sep 11

Very beautiful.

Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · Sep 10

Let’s go inside Bryn Celli Ddu Neolithic passage tomb!

Built about 5,000 years ago to align with the rising sun on the Summer Solstice! 🌅

Look for the stone pillar inside the burial chamber, like a tomb guardian keeping watch from the shadows!

Anglesey, Wales 🎥 by me

#Archaeology

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 19d

Listen to what @petitecreature1.bsky.social is saying here. Not just the bit about how good @iambapoet.com is for poets looking to bring their words vividly to life, but also to the really important part about auditions being open RIGHT NOW (and for only the next five days).

iambapoet.com/audition

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Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · 19d

www.capartscentre.com/2025/08/the-...

The Monthly discusses Lough Neagh (Loch nEathach) and The Meeting the Lough on its Own Terms Project with artist Ami Clarke – Part 1 – Artistic Practise

Why do you work with multiple artistic genres? Thanks Gordon, that’s a great question I started off as a sculptor and though my practice has evolved into a multi-media, installation-based approach, t...

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Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · 19d

www.capartscentre.com/2025/08/the-...

The Monthly talks to Palestinian dancer, Hanna Tams – Part 2 – Through a commitment to dance we can "scream without screaming"

PART 1 OF THIS INTERVIEW IS HERE What kind of issues regarding Palestinian life did you want to discuss through your work as a dancer? I come from a deeply political family. My grandfather was sho...

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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 24d

A very happy feast of Hildegard of Bingen to all nuns and medievalists!

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UCD Archives @ucdarchives.bsky.social · 24d

The Archiving Conflict and Reconciliation Fund Project Report July 2025 is available to read online. UCDA was a member of the steering committee. We continue to be part of the Writing Peace (www.quillproject.net/m2/research/...) strand of the Quill Project.

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Quill Project

The Quill Project models the negotiation of constitutions, treaties and laws.

www.quillproject.net

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Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Sep 7

Delighted to have a poem in issue 5.

Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · Aug 12

Thanks to everyone who submitted to issue V of The Storms journal.

Subeditor @rhonagreene.bsky.social & myself ate, drank & dreamt of each offering and now have 89 star Stormers, lots of new names to the Storms family alongside many returning to the Storm shelter.

@fingal.ie #DublinUNESCO 🙏🙏

Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Aug 30

This is from 2022 but informative about the Farset Hotel for the Homeless. I was at a poetry reading there on 26 Aug organised by Marty McKenna of Button Press as a fundraiser. So glad to know about this place. Brilliant. belfastmedia.com/hotel-for-ho...

‘Hotel for Homeless’ on Springfield Road is a safe haven

FARSET Hotel on the Springfield Road has been fast gaining a reputation as “the best homeless hostel in Belfast".

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · Aug 29

Congratulations to Andrew on publication of his important #book, Waterscapes, examining histories of environment, people & #water supply. You can read his excellent blog post about the new book here: blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/08/28/w...
@uolpress.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org

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Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Aug 27

Last night at a poetry reading at Farset Hotel for the Homeless. Organised by Marty McKenna, Button Press. A fundraiser for this beautiful venue on the Springfield Road, Belfast. @poetrysociety.org.uk @poetryireland.bsky.social

Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Aug 20

This will be reviewed by @richardwynjones.bsky.social in October's #499 of Fortnight , Northern Ireland's leading politics & culture magazine. I'm guest-editing the Arts section.

Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

‘This timely book from one of Britain’s most perceptive commentators provides an illuminating entryway into this essential history.’ Sathnam Sanghera

These Divided Isles, a vital history from award-winning journalist @philipstephens.bsky.social, publishes 28 August.

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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · Aug 17

Special call for the #SilverBranch series - 31st August only, an exclusive opportunity for those who have participated in the ‘Crafting Your Year…’ workshop. 💎

blackboughpoetry.com/events

#writing #poetry

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Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social · Aug 16

Six weeks or so now to get up to speed on Norse and Icelsndic poetic forms like drottkvaett, malagattr, or rimur!

Submission deadline, Oct 1st

alliteration.net/call-for-submissions #alliterative #poetry #CallForSubmissions #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #skypoets #poetsonbluesky

Call for Submissions: Norse and Icelandic Forms

Submit your alliterative poems to Forgotten Ground Regained by October 1

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Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Jun 4

CULTURE & DEMOCRACY PRESS will publish a new volume of poetry to commemorate life & works of IOLO MORGANWG in 2026, 200th anniversary of his death. Submissions to Phil Cope, c & d editor, [email protected]. Deadline
1 Sept 2025. Selected poets receive 3 free copies. @poetrysociety.bsky.social

Portrait of Iolo Morgannwg at The Bear Hotel, Cowbridge.

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Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Jun 4

CULTURE & DEMOCRACY PRESS will publish a new volume of poetry to commemorate life & works of IOLO MORGANWG in 2026, 200th anniversary of his death. Submissions to Phil Cope, c & d editor, [email protected]. Deadline
1 Sept 2025. Selected poets receive 3 free copies. @poetrysociety.bsky.social

Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Jun 4

CULTURE & DEMOCRACY PRESS will publish a new volume of poetry to commemorate life & works of IOLO MORGANWG in 2026, 200th anniversary of his death. Submissions to Phil Cope, c & d editor, [email protected]. Deadline
1 Sept 2025. Selected poets receive 3 free copies. @poetrysociety.bsky.social

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Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Aug 16

@paulodonovan.bsky.social hello Paul!

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Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Jun 4

CULTURE & DEMOCRACY PRESS will publish a volume of poetry to commemorate the life and works of IOLO MORGANWG in 2026, the 200th anniversary of his death.
Send submissions to Phil Cope, c&d editor [email protected] by 1 September 2025. All selected poets will receive 3 copies of the book.

Portrait of Iolo Morgannwg in The Bear Hotel, Crickhowell

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Robert Fergusson (1750-74) @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social · Aug 8

We're thrilled to announce 'O'er a' my labours sey your skill: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson.
Across Scots, English and Gaelic, a wealth of contemporary poets respond to Fergusson's work, proving that, 250 years since his death, his song immortal lives!
taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-...

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Anne-Marie Fyfe @anne-marie-fyfe.bsky.social · Aug 4

Great to see #NoFarShore 'Charting Unknown Waters' –uncharted for me at least – including super
@serenbooks royalties cheque showing just how many📚have set sail in past year, & being recognised in a café from author pic (see prev. post), both thanks to @theopenuniversity & Prof. Fiona Doloughan💐

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · Aug 2

But there’s a lot more to say re publishing’s culpability in perpetuating these myths - as @bookwormvaught.bsky.social wrote about so well in @bookbrunch.bsky.social - and the effect of that on disabled people’s lives and care. It’s striking this guardian piece quotes well on writing illness BUT

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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · Aug 1

What role does memory play in creating the history of a nation?

'Memory and Nation' brings together exciting new research on writing and performing the history of Wales, from the Middle Ages to the modern period.

Order your copy: www.uwp.co.uk/book/memory-...

‘This excellent set of essays, ranging from early
medieval charters to historical writing of the
present day, is a tribute to the achievements of
Huw Pryce over a lifetime of dedication to
Welsh history. It will be of value for historians of
the Middle Ages and of contemporary Wales
alike.’

Professor Barry Lewis, School of Celtic Studies,
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

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Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Jul 30

Sean o Faolain international s story comp closes tomorrow up to 3000 words. Michael Mc Laverty comp closes 31 oct

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Angela Graham @angelagraham.bsky.social · Jul 28

@paulaber.bsky.social Paul, I wonder if you would be interested in reviewing a new book. Do you still use the aber email you had a few years ago? I cd send info via that.