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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks to the organisers of IASIL 2025 for such a rich conference. I delivered a paper on DH methods that help analyse how mythopoeic structures are replicated in contemporary feminist texts & took part in a roundtable on "Irish Women's Genre Fiction", based on an upcoming special issue in LIT!

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Aug 5

Many of the pieces - including those by @eoghancarrick.bsky.social @cballantine.bsky.social & @nualaoconnor.bsky.social - are accompanied by recordings in the authors' voices. I would highly recommend giving them a listen as you read. They bring incredible new dimensions to already captivating work

Eoghan Carrick @eoghancarrick.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thanks to @laurencassidy.bsky.social for selecting four of my poems to be included in the Quare Éire anthology. Great to be among such a strong selection.

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Four Poems Published in Quare Éire: An Anthology of Neo-mythmaking

It was great to see Quare Éire: An Anthology of Neo-mythmaking go live on August 1st and see four of my poems included in the anthology. As Dr Lauren Cassidy, the editor of the anthology, writes in he...

https://www.eoghancarrick.com/post/four-poems-published-in-quare-éire-an-anthology-of-neo-mythmaking

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Aug 5

"they typecast the transformation of a somebody dressed
as nobody needing some body to be a somebody again" - Eoghan's four poems, collectively called "Line Readings: Kathleen, Cathleen", are such innovative de/re-constructions of the play. Thank you so much for allowing me to publish them!

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Irish University Review @irishunireview.bsky.social · Aug 5

Sarah Churchill's blog post "Will the Housing Crisis Kill the Irish Art Scene?" is now live on EUP's website. Churchill asks contemporary Irish artists Aideen Barry and Spicebag for their thoughts on how Ireland's housing crisis is shaping Irish art today.

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Will Housing Crisis Kill the Irish Art Scene? - Edinburgh University Press Blog

How is Ireland’s housing crisis shaping Irish art today? Sarah Churchill asks contemporary Irish artists Aideen Barry and Spicebag for their thoughts.

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Nuala O'Connor @nualaoconnor.bsky.social · Aug 5

🌙 New poem 🌙

I have a new poem in the #quare_eire anthology. A prose poem about autism and awkwardness, two things that are forever to the forefront for me.
Thanks to editor Dr Lauren Cassidy for selecting my piece.
@laurencassidy.bsky.social

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Aug 5

"Take me dark-poled and equator scorched" - the language of your piece is haunting. Delighted to include "Áine / The Moon" in Quare Éire - thanks so much for trusting me with it 🌙

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Aug 4

ALSO @cballantine.bsky.social published a non-fiction piece that explores motherhood, the experience of raising a trans* child, the Irish language, and more. It's incredibly moving & seamless in its ability to explore how Ireland has changed & how it has not
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Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · Aug 3

...Making myself a mother by Catherine Brogan is a marvellous essay about newer, queerer forms of motherhood and Irishness - themes close to my heart quareeire.wordpress.com/making-mysel...
(I'll come back to this thread tomorrow with more hot tips)

Making Myself a Mother

Non-fiction by Catherine Brogan Download Bio: Cat Brogan is a queer Irish poet from Omagh. Winner of the BBC Edinburgh Fringe Slam, her work explores identity, legacy, and place. Her poetry has app…

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Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · Aug 3

... and this very clever comic by Aodhán Morris definitely deserves your attention. Revisiting Irish fairy tales from a range of perspectives...
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the motif

A one-page comic by Aodhán Morris Bio: Aodhán Morris is a queer transmasculine artist and scholar, currently doing a PhD in Political Science and Sociology at the University of Galway (which allows…

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Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · Aug 3

I've had the chance this weekend to absorb some of the glorious poetry, imagery, music and story-telling in @laurencassidy.bsky.social's marvellous anthology.
I especially loved this gorgeous image, by @justinegc-artist.bsky.social
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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Aug 1

"Quare Éire: An Anthology of Neo-mythmaking" has now launched at the following link: quareeire.wordpress.com
It was unintentional, but as artist and "Quare Éire" contributor Yvonne Salmon noted earlier today, it is fitting that the anthology launches on Lughnasadh, the Celtic festival of the harvest

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Irish University Review @irishunireview.bsky.social · Jul 17

📢Great news!📢 Our May 2024 special issue on Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is now an open-access special feature on EUP's website! Read all of our amazing articles about Ní Dhuibhne's contributions to Irish literature and culture at the following link: www.euppublishing.com/toc/iur/54/1

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Irish University Review @irishunireview.bsky.social · Jul 15

Huge congratulations to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne on her appointment as the new Laureate for Irish Fiction! In May 2024, the IUR published a special issue dedicated to Ní Dhuibhne’s contributions to Irish literature and culture.

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Jul 5

None of this would be possible without Quare Éire's incredible contributors. I'm very excited to share their incredible work at the end of this month!

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Jul 1

Updates to come in the following weeks!

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Jul 1

The website is currently under construction & "Quare Éire: An Anthology of Neo-mythmaking" will launch at the end of July! The anthology received incredibly rich submissions & will include a vibrant collection of poetry, short stories, personal essays, artwork, a song, a comic strip & more!

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Irish University Review @irishunireview.bsky.social · Jun 27

Emily Mark-Fitzgerald & Emma Radley introduce "'Making a Mess of Things': Irish Studies Beyond the Text", the latest issue of the IUR, which analyses the proliferation of multi- and inter-disciplinary collections, special issues, events & more that have emerged in Irish studies over the last 5 years

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Jun 17

Spoke to the Irish Independent about the problematic representation of Irish myth & folklore in contemporary Romantasy (particularly the ACOTAR series): 'Cassidy describes it as “emptying out the signifiers”, by erasing the historical meaning behind such legends': www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

Romantasy island: ‘I picked up the book, and I became feral! I read the first book in a day, then the second in a day, which is 700 pages. It was intense’

As the clock ticked towards midnight on January 21, crowds gathered outside bookstores around the world in fevered anticipation of the release of Onyx Storm, the third instalment in Rebecca Yarros’s E...

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Claire Palzer @clairemsp.bsky.social · Jun 4

I'm excited to share that my first peer-reviewed journal article is now out in the world (and it's open access)! If you want to read about a fantastic poetry show and how it adapted to the circumstances of the pandemic, you can do that here: olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...

‘All your disembodied little heads floating on a screen’: Liveness During the Pandemic in Mel Bradley’s <em>Ms Noir’s Seven Deadly Sins</em> (2020)

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK and Ireland in 2020 and the subsequent lockdowns caused a radical rupture in the world of live performances. Both theatre and poetry performance events ...

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · May 31

Unfortunately, I had to miss what looked to be an amazing launch last night, but delighted to be included in the latest issue of Ragaire Magazine. Huge thank you to the editors and my fellow contributors.

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thanks to the wonderful editors of The Martello Journal for curating (& including me) in their issue, Ragin'. The world is indeed burning ...

my poem asks what we can in spite ... or to spite a climate of hate on our doorsteps.

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Apr 24

Only 1 week left to submit ⏳️

Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Apr 10

LESS THAN 1 MONTH LEFT TO SUBMIT.

Send all submissions to [email protected] as document attachments (website with detailed submission page below). Send me all of your mythmaking & remaking 🥀
(Particularly interested in receiving more visual artwork & photography)

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Lloyd Meadhbh Houston @lejhouston.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thrilled to announce a series of research events and performance masterclasses I'll be helping to facilitate with the amazing trans theatre collective piss/CARNATION as part of R&D for their new show "Orlando: A Pornobiography" this May in Cambridge:

www.english.cam.ac.uk/news/archive...

‘Orlando: A Pornobiography’ – Research Events, Theatre-Making Masterclasses, and a New Performance from piss / CARNATION (’52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals’ and ‘Ugly Sisters’) | English Faculty N...

www.english.cam.ac.uk

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Apr 10

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Submission Guidelines

Please note: this is a digital anthology & all accepted submissions will be part of an open-access showcase on this online platform. Accepted contributors may be asked to record their submissio…

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Apr 10

LESS THAN 1 MONTH LEFT TO SUBMIT.

Send all submissions to [email protected] as document attachments (website with detailed submission page below). Send me all of your mythmaking & remaking 🥀
(Particularly interested in receiving more visual artwork & photography)

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