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Anne McMaster

@annierose25.bsky.social

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Poetry. Films. Photographs. Plays. Novels. Images my own unless a repost. Writing in English/Ulster-Scots. I chase words and the light. Available on tour, in books and on BBC Radio/TV. New work autumn 2025. Never too many cats.

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Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Mar 18

My life as an Ulster-Scots poet. Stunning voices from the past. Interviews with inspiring NI women writers. And the old farm. It was an honour to take this journey. With warmest thanks to @doublebandfilms.bsky.social, @niscreen.bsky.social @bbcnireland.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Out of the Silence

Poet Anne McMaster explores how writing has moved from the margins to the mainstream for women, and how Ulster-Scots has been embraced and revitalised by a new generation.

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Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · 21d

@jacksondouglas5h.bsky.social Nice photo of an English celebrity cook! Fake account 😂😂

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Aug 15

View from a train. Elemental beauty lifts the heart 💙

#poet #nature #Donegal #train #BlueSky

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Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Aug 6

It was a lovely evening altogether and great to catch up with you! It's a good thing to celebrate writing opportunities in Ulster Scots 😁

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 28

Writing life 💙
#poet #writer #writing #Iamstilllearning #BlueSky

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 28

Writing life 💙
#poet #writer #writing #Iamstilllearning #BlueSky

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 28

Writing life 💙
#poet #writer #writing #Iamstilllearning #BlueSky

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 28

Writing life 💙

#poet #writer #writing #Iamstilllearning #BlueSky

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 28

Writing life 💙

#poet #writer #writing #Iamstilllearning #BlueSky

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 27

Connection 💙

#poet #Castlerock #Donegal #summer #photography #blackandwhite #sky #sea #look #BlueSky

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 27

You're absolutely right! No offence to Kerry today, but #GoDonegal 😁

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 27

The edge of the island. Castlerock looking out to a shadowed Donegal 💙

#poet #nature #ocean #sky #colour #summer #July #BlueSky

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Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 27

Donegal summer, some time ago. Beautiful always 💙

#poet #nature #Donegal #sky #water #summer #BlueSky

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 27

Beautiful!

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 27

Rippling through hedgerows. Quiet beauty and scent. The year turns. Honeysuckle blossoms at the old farm 💙

#poet #nature #seasons #wild #theoldfarm #rural #BlueSky

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 24

Absolutely! That's going to be running through my thoughts next time I watch a sky like this - thank you ☺️

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 23

This is awful. I'm so sorry.

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 22

😁

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 22

That's the most gloriously apt description of LinkedIn I've ever read; thank you! 😂

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Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 22

Small country road. Summer sky. This is how we roll 💙
#poet #nature #rurallife #summer #BlueSky

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Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 20

This 💔

Justice Info @justiceinfo.bsky.social · Jul 18

"Afghanistan is fading from the public memory around the world while the Taliban are being normalized despite their brutal policies."

- Shaharzad Akbar 👉 @shaharzadakbar.bsky.social

Read her article on Justice Info 👇
www.justiceinfo.net/en/147963-ke...

#Afghanistan #Taliban #GenderApartheid

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 20

That's more than kind of you - much appreciated!

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 20

Today's sky. Changeable. I wait for summer but enjoy the energy above me 💙
#poet #summer #nature #sky #clouds #theoldfarm #BlueSky

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 18

Find goodness in quiet spaces. In awkward, diffident folks who don't speak in polished soundbites but who offer quiet wisdom. In the small ordinary moments that have their own beauty 💙

#poet #goodness #BlueSky

Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 18

This 💙 #poet #Wildewords #BlueSky

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Anne McMaster @annierose25.bsky.social · Jul 17

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