Joyce Butler
@joycebwriter.bsky.social
Married Mam. Writer. Poet. Author. Historical fiction. Contributor - Irish Times, Poetry as Commemoration, The Galway Review. From Waterford, Ireland. www.joycebwriter.com
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Delighted to get a place on this series of @thegallerypress.bsky.social poetry Workshops with the brilliant Grace Wilentz. 🙏🏻
Wow. What a cover!
December 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Wow. What a cover!
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Stoked to have a #ShortStory 🌀Night Of The Big Wind🌀 in #TheClimateIssue of @stingingfly.bsky.social Huge thanks to Editor Lisa McInerney. I'm also super grateful to @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for a 2025 Literature Bursary Award. I'll be reading this story at #DoolinWritersWeekend in January.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Stoked to have a #ShortStory 🌀Night Of The Big Wind🌀 in #TheClimateIssue of @stingingfly.bsky.social Huge thanks to Editor Lisa McInerney. I'm also super grateful to @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for a 2025 Literature Bursary Award. I'll be reading this story at #DoolinWritersWeekend in January.
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It's that day.
As i've got older, I have felt the death of John Lennon more deeply.
What a fucking waste
A genius
As i've got older, I have felt the death of John Lennon more deeply.
What a fucking waste
A genius
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's that day.
As i've got older, I have felt the death of John Lennon more deeply.
What a fucking waste
A genius
As i've got older, I have felt the death of John Lennon more deeply.
What a fucking waste
A genius
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The poet and their accountant
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The poet and their accountant
@talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Is the place to be this Christmas 🎄
A warm festive stocking of Yuletide nostalgia, with a little "Bah, Humbug," this Christmas on #TPTV The nation's favourite channel with #TommyCooper #DavidNixon #ManFromUncle #DameEdna #Scrooge and so much more!
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
@talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Is the place to be this Christmas 🎄
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“The Train” (1920) by Claughton Pellew (1890-1966) who I'm sure all my friends in Cornwall know well. I didn't know him well at all so here's a few notes for anyone as thick as me: www.bookroomartpress.co.uk/.../claughto... and trunchhistory.weebly.com/artists.html
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“The Train” (1920) by Claughton Pellew (1890-1966) who I'm sure all my friends in Cornwall know well. I didn't know him well at all so here's a few notes for anyone as thick as me: www.bookroomartpress.co.uk/.../claughto... and trunchhistory.weebly.com/artists.html
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Howya - just figured out how to really switch from X/Twitter and I'm properly here now! (I think)
If we've never met WHAT IS THE CRAIC!
This is my website colmkeeganpoetry.com
And here's an example of the type of poems I write
Nice to meet you 👋
If we've never met WHAT IS THE CRAIC!
This is my website colmkeeganpoetry.com
And here's an example of the type of poems I write
Nice to meet you 👋
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Howya - just figured out how to really switch from X/Twitter and I'm properly here now! (I think)
If we've never met WHAT IS THE CRAIC!
This is my website colmkeeganpoetry.com
And here's an example of the type of poems I write
Nice to meet you 👋
If we've never met WHAT IS THE CRAIC!
This is my website colmkeeganpoetry.com
And here's an example of the type of poems I write
Nice to meet you 👋
My debut WW2 novel, Love Will Have Its Way, would make a great Christmas present. Set in #waterford, Ireland, Cornwall and Kent. Available in The Book Centre, Waterford and through my website www.joycebwriter.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My debut WW2 novel, Love Will Have Its Way, would make a great Christmas present. Set in #waterford, Ireland, Cornwall and Kent. Available in The Book Centre, Waterford and through my website www.joycebwriter.com
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HYMN TO ALL THE RESTLESS GIRLS
by Annemarie Ní Churreáin
&
FALLEN
by Audrey Molloy
The Gallery Press Launch @booksupstairs.bsky.social last week 💫
by Annemarie Ní Churreáin
&
FALLEN
by Audrey Molloy
The Gallery Press Launch @booksupstairs.bsky.social last week 💫
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
HYMN TO ALL THE RESTLESS GIRLS
by Annemarie Ní Churreáin
&
FALLEN
by Audrey Molloy
The Gallery Press Launch @booksupstairs.bsky.social last week 💫
by Annemarie Ní Churreáin
&
FALLEN
by Audrey Molloy
The Gallery Press Launch @booksupstairs.bsky.social last week 💫
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The Benefactors is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year. I could not be more pleased.
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The Benefactors is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year. I could not be more pleased.
My WW2 novel, Love Will Have It’s Way is on sale in The Book Centre, Waterford for Christmas 🎄 For those with an interest in local history. The story is set in #Waterford #Kent and #Cornwall during WW2. It’s also available to order through my website. Link in my bio.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My WW2 novel, Love Will Have It’s Way is on sale in The Book Centre, Waterford for Christmas 🎄 For those with an interest in local history. The story is set in #Waterford #Kent and #Cornwall during WW2. It’s also available to order through my website. Link in my bio.
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Leonard McCombe, Dublin, 1957
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Leonard McCombe, Dublin, 1957
Well done, Rekha 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Bumper Issue V of The Storms @eatthestorms.com is out and I'm in it with my short prose THE BIRTH 📗 super thrilled to be part of multiple launches print edition, audio recording, podcast, Youtube 🎤 enjoy the many #poetry #prose #reading 📖 #writing ✍️ eatthestorms.com/the-storms-a... 📚 #silicasun 📙❤️
The Journal
The Storms Issue 5 Issue 5 of The Storms, the printed journal of poetry, prose and visual art, is honoured to be supported by Fingal Arts / Fingal C…
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November 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Well done, Rekha 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
What a great cover!
Definite date for the diary tomorrow Banshee issue 20 launch
Date: Thursday 30 October at 6pm
Location: Staff Common Room, the Quad, UCC
Date: Thursday 30 October at 6pm
Location: Staff Common Room, the Quad, UCC
October 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
What a great cover!
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So sorry to hear about Prunella Scales.
After Henry is STILL one of my favourite sitcoms of all time.
After Henry is STILL one of my favourite sitcoms of all time.
October 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
So sorry to hear about Prunella Scales.
After Henry is STILL one of my favourite sitcoms of all time.
After Henry is STILL one of my favourite sitcoms of all time.
October 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) has gone to print! Our landmark 20th issue, guest edited by acclaimed author @clarakiyoko.bsky.social, has a speculative fiction theme and marks our tenth anniversary in print. The beautiful cover art is by @erinconnally.bsky.social ✨
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Issue 20 | Autumn/Winter 2025 — Banshee Press
Guest edited by Clara Kumagai 154 pages ISSN: 2009-857X ISBN: 978-1-917161-18-3 Cover art by Erin Connally
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October 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) has gone to print! Our landmark 20th issue, guest edited by acclaimed author @clarakiyoko.bsky.social, has a speculative fiction theme and marks our tenth anniversary in print. The beautiful cover art is by @erinconnally.bsky.social ✨
bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
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Trespasses | Official Trailer | 4TheDrama
YouTube video by 4 The Drama
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Whey-hey!!
AGENT ZO has been shortlisted for the Polish Foreign Ministry’s biannual history book prize! I couldn’t be more delighted!
Full list: www.gov.pl/web/diplomac...
AGENT ZO has been shortlisted for the Polish Foreign Ministry’s biannual history book prize! I couldn’t be more delighted!
Full list: www.gov.pl/web/diplomac...
October 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Whey-hey!!
AGENT ZO has been shortlisted for the Polish Foreign Ministry’s biannual history book prize! I couldn’t be more delighted!
Full list: www.gov.pl/web/diplomac...
AGENT ZO has been shortlisted for the Polish Foreign Ministry’s biannual history book prize! I couldn’t be more delighted!
Full list: www.gov.pl/web/diplomac...
@junec.bsky.social Thanks for following! And congrats on the Arts Council Literature Bursary Award 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
October 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
@junec.bsky.social Thanks for following! And congrats on the Arts Council Literature Bursary Award 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@mollytwomey.bsky.social Hi Molly, thanks for following. That’s made my day ☺️
October 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@mollytwomey.bsky.social Hi Molly, thanks for following. That’s made my day ☺️
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An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
October 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
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The rooks and cathedral bells bid you goodnight. 🖤
#stdavidspembrokeshire
#stdavidspembrokeshire
October 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The rooks and cathedral bells bid you goodnight. 🖤
#stdavidspembrokeshire
#stdavidspembrokeshire