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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 1d

We are delighted to announce that Susanna Galbraith's MORSELS will be launched in Dublin @gutterbookshop.bsky.social
as part of this year's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social

Tickets available at: dublinbookfestival.com/event/morsel...

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Book Launch: morsels - Dublin Book Festival

Susanna Galbraith’s debut collection, morsels (Macha Press) is a formally ambitious multi-sequence debut collection. The title series ‘morsels’ explores the ways language and its absences shape our re...

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Abridged @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social · 3d

Our Susanna is in the news...

Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 3d

Macha's Susanna Galbraith
in this weekend's @belfasttelegraph.co.uk: 'I’d be a big believer that nobody is writing on their own.'

photo credit, Susanna Galbraith: @jos.mcgookin

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www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/feature...

NI poets discuss expression through the form and why it still entrances: ‘I don’t write these things willingly, I have to do it’

“I think it was in the air in some ways,” says Paul Muldoon, when asked about where his love for poetry comes from.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 3d

Macha's Susanna Galbraith
in this weekend's @belfasttelegraph.co.uk: 'I’d be a big believer that nobody is writing on their own.'

photo credit, Susanna Galbraith: @jos.mcgookin

@abridgedmagazine.bsky.social

#ACNISupported #NationalLottery

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/feature...

NI poets discuss expression through the form and why it still entrances: ‘I don’t write these things willingly, I have to do it’

“I think it was in the air in some ways,” says Paul Muldoon, when asked about where his love for poetry comes from.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 4d

Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 5d

Book your tickets here: outburstarts.com/festival/cat...

catflap #5 Launch - Outburst Arts

The hottest publication in queer lit is back, as we launch the fifth edition of catflap, Outburst’s annual journal of smart queer writing with a disco heart! Distributed globally and featuring local a...

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 5d

Don't miss Confluences and Collaborations at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Wednesday October 29th at 6pm:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/confluence...

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 5d

Sam Furlong reads as part of this year's Outburst Festival catflap 5 launch with CAConrad & invited guests:

Saturday 15 November, 8:00 pm, Black Box Belfast, tickets 10 / 5 concession, 16 with catflap copy

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 8d

Macha’s Sam Furlong & Eilish Martin at last week’s Clifden Arts Festival. Many thanks to Lorna Shaughnessy for the candid snapshots

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 10d

Joining this knockout panel as part of this year's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
are @gphibbett.bsky.social, Sam Furlong & Sophie White, in conversation with @mollytwomey.bsky.social.

Saturday 08th November @ 11:30 am
@irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

dublinbookfestival.com/event/writin...

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Writing the Body - Dublin Book Festival

Joining our panel are poet and essayist Gustav Parker Hibbett whose debut collection High Jump as Icarus Story won the 2025 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize, Sam Furlong whose just-p...

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 16d

This is tomorrow! Thank you Clifden Arts Festival.

clifdenartsfestival.ie/event/macha-...

Macha Press Presents: Sam Furlong and Eilish Martin - Clifden Arts Festival

Eilish Martin is a poet and artist with two published collections: ‘Slitting the Tongues of Jackdaws (1999)’ and ‘Ups Bounce Dash (2008)’. Her work features widely in national and international...

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 19d

@julianmanev @kathleenmccracken44 with Eilish Martin & Kathryn White at last night's panel Confluences & Collaborations @belfastschoolofart - what a night!

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 20d

This event is tonight! 7pm! At Ulster University in the Conor Lecture Theatre.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/confluence...

Book your ticket and come along!

Confluences & Collaborations: Eilish Martin with Macha Press

This free event will feature poet & artist Eilish Martin alongside designer Julian Manev and Macha Press Editor Kathleen McCracken.

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 24d

Free, all very welcome: booking advisable via Eventbrite

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/confluence...

Tickets still available!

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 24d

Free, all very welcome: booking advisable via Eventbrite

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/confluence...

Tickets still available!

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · 27d

We are so excited to be part of the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social

Dublin launch of Susanna Galbraith's morsels:
dublinbookfestival.com/event/morsel...

Sam Furlong on a panel "Writing the Body":
dublinbookfestival.com/event/writin...

Check out this amazing programme and Dublin, see you soon!

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Siobhan Campbell @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social · 28d

Confluences and Collaborations - event Sept 18th - and don't we need more of it! @machapress.bsky.social

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · Sep 7

Another candid incidental from design meeting for @susannagalbraith’s MORSELS, with @julianmanev & @kathleenmccracken44. We can’t wait to show you what we’ve cooked up together!

MORSELS is now available for preorder as part of our Macha Year Two Subscription

www.machapress.com/subscription...

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · Sep 4

Free, all very welcome: booking advisable via eventbrite

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/confluence...

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · Sep 3

Check out the upcoming events for Macha Press on the calendar on our website!

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · Sep 1

A sneak peak of more design work from Julian Manev... coming soon for Susanna Galbraith's morsels, her debut poetry collection!

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · Aug 31

Susanna Galbraith's debut collection MORSELS is now available for preorder as part of our Year Two Subscription package available at machapress.com. Yet again, Julian Manev thrills with sublime cover design!

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · Aug 29

Another reminder to mark your calendars for September 23rd and the Clifton Arts Festival. We're getting excited!

Tickets here: clifdenartsfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · Aug 27

Eilish Martin and Sam Furlong reading together on 23 September 2025 as part of the Clifton Arts Festival. Don't miss it!

clifdenartsfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social · Aug 26

Another dynamic display of books @bsoa_artshop featuring CROWD WORK by @godblessthechickpea and ! ALL'ARME / ? AND WHAT... IF NOT by Eilish Martin.

Support our local retailers and stop by to pick up a copy today!