Catherine Kay
@catherinekay.bsky.social
Creative Writing : Wellbeing in education : Irish & French culture: Trying to know better to do better on a daily basis!
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Short biographies being completed for the proof copy of the Black Bough Christmas-winter anthology, no. 6!
Bios usually take 2-3 hrs to do.
🎄🤶❄️🔔🎁📖
Bios usually take 2-3 hrs to do.
🎄🤶❄️🔔🎁📖
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Short biographies being completed for the proof copy of the Black Bough Christmas-winter anthology, no. 6!
Bios usually take 2-3 hrs to do.
🎄🤶❄️🔔🎁📖
Bios usually take 2-3 hrs to do.
🎄🤶❄️🔔🎁📖
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Share, like, boost in whatever way if you would like another Christmas and winter anthology next year - 2026 (and therefore a submission period in the new year) 🎅 🖊️ 📑 💻 ❄️ 🦌 ⛄️ 🎄 🪵 🔥 🎁 💝
a penguin sits in a chair reading a book
ALT: a penguin sits in a chair reading a book
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November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Share, like, boost in whatever way if you would like another Christmas and winter anthology next year - 2026 (and therefore a submission period in the new year) 🎅 🖊️ 📑 💻 ❄️ 🦌 ⛄️ 🎄 🪵 🔥 🎁 💝
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Fantastic workshop tonight in Derry with students from the Lycée Français de Madrid school. They’ve used Guard Your Heart as a novel to learn about Northern Ireland - and even visited places in the book on their tour here! (Most excellent goody bag too…)
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Fantastic workshop tonight in Derry with students from the Lycée Français de Madrid school. They’ve used Guard Your Heart as a novel to learn about Northern Ireland - and even visited places in the book on their tour here! (Most excellent goody bag too…)
Attended this excellent workshop today run by @suedivinwriter.bsky.social in the very beautiful @shhomeplace.bsky.social
I’m feeling very inspired. 😊
I’m feeling very inspired. 😊
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Attended this excellent workshop today run by @suedivinwriter.bsky.social in the very beautiful @shhomeplace.bsky.social
I’m feeling very inspired. 😊
I’m feeling very inspired. 😊
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This averages out at a violation roughly every four hours, around the clock, continuously since 10 October. At what point do we stop calling it a ceasefire when Israel has just literally not ceased firing
October 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This averages out at a violation roughly every four hours, around the clock, continuously since 10 October. At what point do we stop calling it a ceasefire when Israel has just literally not ceased firing
Thanks to @pauldanielrafferty.bsky.social and # Amy Louise Wyatt for inviting me to read my Ekphrasic Challenge story at #BangorLitMagazine poetry awards. It was a lovely event held at Bangor Castle
October 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Thanks to @pauldanielrafferty.bsky.social and # Amy Louise Wyatt for inviting me to read my Ekphrasic Challenge story at #BangorLitMagazine poetry awards. It was a lovely event held at Bangor Castle
This Soundwaves Showcase in Portrush was a lovely event. I was delighted to win the trophy for Best Prose Piece 2025. Congratulations to the other winners # GaryDevenny and #ColinDardis .
Thanks to all who made it such a great night #MaryFarrell @suedivinwriter.bsky.social @tenx9belfast.bsky.social
Thanks to all who made it such a great night #MaryFarrell @suedivinwriter.bsky.social @tenx9belfast.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This Soundwaves Showcase in Portrush was a lovely event. I was delighted to win the trophy for Best Prose Piece 2025. Congratulations to the other winners # GaryDevenny and #ColinDardis .
Thanks to all who made it such a great night #MaryFarrell @suedivinwriter.bsky.social @tenx9belfast.bsky.social
Thanks to all who made it such a great night #MaryFarrell @suedivinwriter.bsky.social @tenx9belfast.bsky.social
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It’s here. The Book Bag with @gillbarr.bsky.social collection A Wide River Divides Us published by Cinnamon Press
Plus news & opps including;
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
@eatthestorms.com
Plus news & opps including;
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
@eatthestorms.com
The Book Bag is here. This week we cross A Wide River Divides by Gill Barr, published by Cinnamon Press.
One of the top ten books I've read this year.
Read my thoughts here.
Also news, opps and the regular playlist.
One of the top ten books I've read this year.
Read my thoughts here.
Also news, opps and the regular playlist.
The Book Bag: A Wide River Divides Us By Gill Barr
Welcome back to The Book Bag. I hope you’ve had a poetic week. It’s been a productive week in the allotment with strawberry runners being planted, the fruit cage being finalised and the cold frame started. Things are taking shape. Last Sunday we went to Wallington, a National Trust property not far from Morpeth. It was a perfect day for a long autumn walk. We also got to take in the photography exhibition dotted throughout the East Wood. I may write an ekphrastic piece about one of the images. The below, I took on my phone.
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October 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It’s here. The Book Bag with @gillbarr.bsky.social collection A Wide River Divides Us published by Cinnamon Press
Plus news & opps including;
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
@eatthestorms.com
Plus news & opps including;
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
@eatthestorms.com
What a beautiful anthology created by choice housing and @niamhymcnally.bsky.social.I hear the launch was great. The People Place Space project was a lovely one to be involved in .
September 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
What a beautiful anthology created by choice housing and @niamhymcnally.bsky.social.I hear the launch was great. The People Place Space project was a lovely one to be involved in .
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Loved calling in to the wonderful Elk Books in Warrenpoint for the first time today. Great to have an independent bookshop in this stunning part of the world.
September 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Loved calling in to the wonderful Elk Books in Warrenpoint for the first time today. Great to have an independent bookshop in this stunning part of the world.
Delighted to have this short story of mine published in @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social - thanks giving it a home 😊
Heartbreak and hope all in one beautiful story. New fiction Stepping Stone Boy by Catherine Kay now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/steppin...
Stepping Stone Boy by Catherine Kay
‘See you down there then - the old stepping stones?’ You jerk your chin in that direction, rough stubble looking patchy and immature. [...]
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September 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Delighted to have this short story of mine published in @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social - thanks giving it a home 😊
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Starting tomorrow, meet the stars 🌟 of issue V of The Storms, the printed journal of poetry prose & visual art.
Supported by @fingal.ie & Dublin City of Literature & Dublin City Council 🙏
Issue V will be have its first launch on 1 Nov with full launch details coming soon 🎉
Supported by @fingal.ie & Dublin City of Literature & Dublin City Council 🙏
Issue V will be have its first launch on 1 Nov with full launch details coming soon 🎉
September 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Starting tomorrow, meet the stars 🌟 of issue V of The Storms, the printed journal of poetry prose & visual art.
Supported by @fingal.ie & Dublin City of Literature & Dublin City Council 🙏
Issue V will be have its first launch on 1 Nov with full launch details coming soon 🎉
Supported by @fingal.ie & Dublin City of Literature & Dublin City Council 🙏
Issue V will be have its first launch on 1 Nov with full launch details coming soon 🎉
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Great night at Flash Fiction Armagh in Crannagael House, Armagh Food and cider festival 2025
September 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Great night at Flash Fiction Armagh in Crannagael House, Armagh Food and cider festival 2025
Delighted to have been ask to read at this event last night. Lovely atmosphere, great stories and friendly people . Thank u @byddi.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
September 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Delighted to have been ask to read at this event last night. Lovely atmosphere, great stories and friendly people . Thank u @byddi.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
Delighted to be reading a flash fiction piece @ Flash fiction Armagh on 4/9/25
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Tickets for the event can by bought here £11 for flash fiction, a drink and mezze
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www.byddilee.com/flash-fictio...
Tickets for the event can by bought here £11 for flash fiction, a drink and mezze
armagh-navancentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Ticketbooth
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August 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Delighted to be reading a flash fiction piece @ Flash fiction Armagh on 4/9/25
www.byddilee.com/flash-fictio...
Tickets for the event can by bought here £11 for flash fiction, a drink and mezze
armagh-navancentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
www.byddilee.com/flash-fictio...
Tickets for the event can by bought here £11 for flash fiction, a drink and mezze
armagh-navancentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Ticketbooth
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August 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Delighted to be reading a flash fiction piece @ Flash fiction Armagh on 4/9/25
www.byddilee.com/flash-fictio...
Tickets for the event can by bought here £11 for flash fiction, a drink and mezze
armagh-navancentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
www.byddilee.com/flash-fictio...
Tickets for the event can by bought here £11 for flash fiction, a drink and mezze
armagh-navancentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
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The depths that wait within. Compelling new poem Angry River by John Ganshaw @johnnyg63.bsky.social now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/angry-r...
Angry River by John Ganshaw
The water moved so fast as it hurled itself
over the upper falls. The rapids were of which I had never seen.
The majestic power [...]
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August 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The depths that wait within. Compelling new poem Angry River by John Ganshaw @johnnyg63.bsky.social now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/angry-r...
I’m delighted to have three of my poems published in the latest issue of Impspired magazine. Thank you to Charlie Cawte and Mary Farrell for their support and encouragement
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Catherine Kay
Catherine Kay lives in the wild and beautiful Inishowen Peninsula in Donegal, Ireland. Her writing has been performed in the Waterside Theatre, Derry, Greencastle’s Words by the Water Event and at…
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August 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I’m delighted to have three of my poems published in the latest issue of Impspired magazine. Thank you to Charlie Cawte and Mary Farrell for their support and encouragement
impspired.com/2025/07/25/c...
impspired.com/2025/07/25/c...
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Minister Patrick O’Donovan has announced a 6-month extension to the Pilot Scheme for Basic Income for the Arts.
The NCFA are raising the profile of the sector call to Retain, Extend and Expand Basic Income for the Arts
🔗 ncfa.ie/2025/06/19/j...
/ email [email protected] link with your local constituency
The NCFA are raising the profile of the sector call to Retain, Extend and Expand Basic Income for the Arts
🔗 ncfa.ie/2025/06/19/j...
/ email [email protected] link with your local constituency
August 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Minister Patrick O’Donovan has announced a 6-month extension to the Pilot Scheme for Basic Income for the Arts.
The NCFA are raising the profile of the sector call to Retain, Extend and Expand Basic Income for the Arts
🔗 ncfa.ie/2025/06/19/j...
/ email [email protected] link with your local constituency
The NCFA are raising the profile of the sector call to Retain, Extend and Expand Basic Income for the Arts
🔗 ncfa.ie/2025/06/19/j...
/ email [email protected] link with your local constituency
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So proud to be a producer on Dublin, One City, Many Stories,
a collaboration between the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social & Dublin City of Literature
A 6-part video series celebrating literature & legacy.
In Video 1, Joseph O’Connor talks to Madeleine Keane.
irishwriterscentre.ie/video-series...
a collaboration between the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social & Dublin City of Literature
A 6-part video series celebrating literature & legacy.
In Video 1, Joseph O’Connor talks to Madeleine Keane.
irishwriterscentre.ie/video-series...
Video Series: Dublin, One City, Many Stories - Irish Writers Centre
A 6-part video series celebrating literature and legacy in Dublin, featuring 23 iconic, contemporary and recently emerging writers based in Ireland, all sharing their observations, experiences and wri...
irishwriterscentre.ie
July 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
So proud to be a producer on Dublin, One City, Many Stories,
a collaboration between the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social & Dublin City of Literature
A 6-part video series celebrating literature & legacy.
In Video 1, Joseph O’Connor talks to Madeleine Keane.
irishwriterscentre.ie/video-series...
a collaboration between the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social & Dublin City of Literature
A 6-part video series celebrating literature & legacy.
In Video 1, Joseph O’Connor talks to Madeleine Keane.
irishwriterscentre.ie/video-series...
This will be a lovely event. Congratulations, Gill 😊
Delighted to be launching my debut poetry collection @newgatearts on 6th August. Thanks to Cinnamon Press and @PatrykSadowski_ for his graceful, modern and mysterious image.
July 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This will be a lovely event. Congratulations, Gill 😊
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Subeditor @rhonagreene.bsky.social and EIC Damien B. Donnelly are now working through the shortlist for Issue 5 and hope to have our final selection before the end of July 2025!
In the meantime, you can Flip through Issue 2, with cover art by Jane Rainey…
online.fliphtml5.com/uggrh/rqoj/
In the meantime, you can Flip through Issue 2, with cover art by Jane Rainey…
online.fliphtml5.com/uggrh/rqoj/
The Storms Issue 2
The printed journal of poetry, prose and visual art with cover as by Jane Rainey. This issue was printed in Ireland in January 2023.
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July 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Subeditor @rhonagreene.bsky.social and EIC Damien B. Donnelly are now working through the shortlist for Issue 5 and hope to have our final selection before the end of July 2025!
In the meantime, you can Flip through Issue 2, with cover art by Jane Rainey…
online.fliphtml5.com/uggrh/rqoj/
In the meantime, you can Flip through Issue 2, with cover art by Jane Rainey…
online.fliphtml5.com/uggrh/rqoj/
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Aspiring novelists,
a date to note 😉
a date to note 😉
SAVE THE DATE.
Full details 8 July.
Submissions open 1 August.
The Irish Writers Centre International Debut Novel Competition (IDNC)
You may have known me as Novel Fair 😉
#internationalwritingcompetition #debutnovelist #writingcompetition #writingcommunity #novel #writer #literature
Full details 8 July.
Submissions open 1 August.
The Irish Writers Centre International Debut Novel Competition (IDNC)
You may have known me as Novel Fair 😉
#internationalwritingcompetition #debutnovelist #writingcompetition #writingcommunity #novel #writer #literature
July 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Aspiring novelists,
a date to note 😉
a date to note 😉
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Programmes, curations and the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
Hear from our Head of Programming, Damien B. Donnelly, on Curating the Centre with thanks to @writing.ie
Curating the Irish Writers Centre by Damien Donnelly
Damien Donnelly on his ‘hopes and dreams’ as the Programme Director for The Irish Writers Centre in Dublin. Arriving hot on the heels of my beginning at the Irish Writers Centre (while still producing my journal and podcast series), was our new…
Damien Donnelly on his ‘hopes and dreams’ as the Programme Director for The Irish Writers Centre in Dublin. Arriving hot on the heels of my beginning at the Irish Writers Centre (while still producing my journal and podcast series), was our new…
July 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Programmes, curations and the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social