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rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be reading as part of The Shaking Bog festival with music by Ultan O'Brien. It's on Sunday, 12th October, 6pm, at Curtlestown Church in Wicklow. Please join us!

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 12d

We hope you can join us for the launch of FILLY by @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social on Wednesday 15 October at @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin! It kicks off at 6pm with Banshee poetry editor @jesstraynor.bsky.social introducing Rosamund. All are welcome! ✨

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Celebrate the launch of Filly by Rosamund Taylor — Banshee Press

We hope you can join us to raise a glass to Filly , the beautiful new verse novel by acclaimed poet Rosamund Taylor, in Books Upstairs on Wednesday 15 October! Banshee poetry editor Jessica…

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Amnesty International @amnesty.org · 22d

There is no more time for excuses: as the evidence of Israel’s genocide continues to mount the international community cannot claim they didn’t know.

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 26d

Professor Vona Groarke at an appointment ceremony for her new role as The Ireland Chair of Poetry, which took place in the National Concert Hall yesterday. Vona Groarke will be the 10th Ireland Professor of Poetry, and her tenure will run from until November 2028.

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rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social · 22d

That looks amazing! I adore LOTE.

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(Dr) Zosia Kuczyńska @zosiasamosia.bsky.social · 22d

This article on #LOTE has long been a passion project of mine. I can’t express how grateful I am to the brilliant Sarah Sharpe at JISS/Aberdeen for making time/space for (as I was then) unaffiliated ECRs to develop their research and make that idea a thing. jiss.aberdeenunipress.org/article/411/...

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · 28d

FILLY by the brilliant @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social has arrived! Can't wait for this glorious novel in verse to be out in the world ✨️✨️✨️

@bansheepress.bsky.social

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rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social · Sep 5

That's so exciting! Looking forward to it!

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rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social · Sep 5

Looks amazing! Love the cover!

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mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · Sep 5

@evepatt.bsky.social @deschocks.bsky.social @aidanbeatty.com @dralicekelly.bsky.social @ianduhig.bsky.social @johnghoakes.bsky.social @lcollins232.bsky.social @rabarr.bsky.social @fotoole.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @jesstraynor.bsky.social @maryburke.bsky.social

book cover: grey cat with mysterious eyes

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rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social · Jul 31

One more day to preorder Filly on sale! @waterstones.bsky.social @bansheepress.bsky.social

www.waterstones.com/book/filly/r...

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · Jul 30

Poetry Ireland is delighted to announce Alvy Carragher (Ireland) and Ali Choudhary (UK) as winners of the The Eavan Boland Award 2025.

Full press release here: www.poetryireland.ie/education/ne...

@britishcouncil.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · Jul 27

FILLY, Rosamund Taylor's beautiful forthcoming novel-in-verse, is now available for pre-order from Waterstones.com at 25% off RRP. This offer is available until midnight on 31 July. Enter the code SUMMER25 at checkout! #WPreorder

@rosamundtaylor.bsky.social

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rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social · Jun 10

Thank you, Jane! 💜

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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · Jun 10

Congratulations @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social, winner of @rialtopoetry.bsky.social Nature & Place Poetry Competition 2025.

The Rialto @rialtopoetry.bsky.social · May 27

Announcement time. Congrats to all, and thanks to everyone who entered.

www.therialto.co.uk/pages/2025/0...

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Rachel Plummer @smaychel.bsky.social · Jun 3

I'm so proud to see my book The Big Day on this list of May's inclusive children's books alongside other absolutely wonderful stories 🏳️‍🌈💖

The Big Day is a picture book about marriage equality (and giants!) and it makes me so happy seeing it out in the world doing good right now.

Inclusive Books for Children @ibc-reads.bsky.social · May 30

🌷Here are May's newly published inclusive children's books that are here to brighten your bookshelf! 📚🏳️‍🌈 As we get ready to celebrate Pride, there's no better time to share stories that uplift love, identity, and belonging.

www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/collections/...

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The Four Faced Liar @the4facedliar.bsky.social · May 30

Here’s what Micheál McCann is looking for as poetry judge for @the4facedliar.bsky.social competition closing 30th June www.the4facedliar.com/submissions @writing.ie @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social #writing #poetry #writingcommunity

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rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social · May 30

Thank you! And congratulations!

rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social · May 30

Thank you so much! 💜💜💜

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The Four Faced Liar @the4facedliar.bsky.social · May 29

Congratulations to our Issue 3 contributor @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social on winning first prize in @rialtopoetry.bsky.social Poetry and Place competition

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · May 27

They're not just killing the people, they're killing anything that brings joy in the midst of suffering. Eradication of lives, culture, kindness, empathy. Hard not to think the human race is doomed.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · May 26

"She was also Gaza’s youngest influencer, offering practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas.

'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”

Gaza’s youngest influencer aged 11 among children killed by Israeli strikes

Yaqeen Hammad offered tips for surviving life under bombardment and is just one of dozens of minors who have died

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · May 27

Delighted to see @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social has a new poetry collection due out in autumn🍂, published by @bansheepress.bsky.social

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rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social · May 27

This gorgeous ghazal has taken up residence on my head since I heard @usuallyolive.bsky.social read it aloud!

olive franklin @usuallyolive.bsky.social · Jan 11

new poem : www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

Eileen

Eileen, my hilltop-hike, my lucky-strike, watching from the other side of every woman I’ve kissed—leather-bombed, corner-bound, Eileen, you never left me lonely. Leave an Eileen -sized hole in the cit...

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · May 23

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · May 27

Congratulations to @gphibbett.bsky.social‬ on their latest triumph: High Jump as Icarus Story has been shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Poetry Prize for a First Collection! We're so proud of the incredible impact that this book has made ✨

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Seamus Heaney Centre

The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize, supported by Atlantic Philanthropies.

www.qub.ac.uk

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