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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted to see Vona Groarke on the shortlist for this year's
T. S. Eliot Prize for her collection, Infinity Pool. Congratulations to all selected authors.
@tseliotprize.bsky.social

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · 2d

Brian Patten 1946 - 29 September 2025

Eamon Carr and I had the pleasure of publishing beautiful poems by Brian in Capella.

I read with him in Dublin, Liverpool and Edinburgh. He was the 'marvellous boy' of the 60s and early 70s, an influential figure and a friend.

May he rest in peace.

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · 7d

Audrey Molloy's third poetry collection, Fallen, is available to order now: gallerypress.com/product/fall...

From the opening line of Fallen there is a sense of danger and intimacy. What does it mean to be a fallen woman? And can she ever redeem herself?

#ArtsCouncilSupported #irishpoet

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · 20d

Clifden bound? This is for you. Kevin and Molly reading from their new collections @artscouncilireland.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social #newirishpoetry #clifdenartsfestival

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · 20d

This is a terrific interview/conversation with Colm Tóibín on SHIP IN FULL SAIL. Well worth taking the time to listen.

www.buzzsprout.com/1162427/epis...

83: Colm Tóibín, A Ship in Full Sail - Books for Breakfast

In this episode we invite Colm Tóibín to the breakfast table to discuss his new book A Ship in Full Sail: The Laureate Lectures and Other Writings. The book collects the blogs he wrote during his term...

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · 23d

Today is the last day for applications!

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · 27d

Check out Colm Tóibín in last Saturday’s Ticket talking about new publications including SHIP IN FULL SALE and much more @irishlittimes.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Sep 4

Colm Tóibín @booksupstairs.bsky.social signing SHIP IN FULL SAIL: Laureate Lectures and Other Writings. Grab a copy while the signed ones last! @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Sep 1

Excited to publish Colm Tóibín’s SHIP IN FULL SAIL this week. “Throughout there is a sense of a writer who continually surrenders to an intense and vital curiosity about the worlds he has experienced and the worlds he has invented.” #laureatelecturesandblogs @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Aug 25

So good to see Gallery authors taking part in events far and wide. Bringing Irish poetry and poets to new audiences. Here’s news of John McAuliffe’s reading in Singapore this Wednesday (27th) @poetryireland.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.sg/e/a-rustle-i...

A Rustle in the Pages: Listening in the World of Writing

In a world where it feels increasingly difficult to hear ourselves, how does writing carve through the noise to create space for reflection?

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Aug 22

Vona Groarke and Frank McGuinness on their new collections (Infinity Pool and The River Crana) this coming Sunday. Listen in! @poetryireland.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social #irishpoetry #irelandprofessorofpoetry

The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Aug 20

RTE Culture here and Molly Twomey on the often difficulty of the writing of a second poetry collection @poetryireland.bsky.social @mollytwomey.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

Chic to be Sad: Molly Twomey's poetry from the ashes

'I'll never write anything worth reading again', I think as I shackle myself to a desk, picking at my skin and calling myself names.

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Aug 13

Looking forward to this! We’re on the poetry Online Poetry Workshop campaign trail again this Autumn. Apply yourself or pass details on to friends who might be interested gallerypress.com/news/gallery...

Gallery Goes Workshopping - The Gallery Press

Gallery Goes Workshopping presents three online poetry workshops with Gallery authors Peter Sirr, Grace Wilentz and Annemarie Ní Churreáin.

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Aug 12

Gallery Goes... Online Poetry Workshops with facilitators John FitzGerald, Peter Sirr, and Grace Wilentz.

Applications open Friday, 15 August
Deadline: 15 September

Only 12 participants per workshop!

For further information and to apply visit: gallerypress.com/news/gallery...

#poetryworkshop

Gallery Goes Workshopping - The Gallery Press

Gallery Goes Workshopping presents three online poetry workshops with Gallery authors Peter Sirr, Grace Wilentz and Annemarie Ní Churreáin.

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Aug 8

We are excited about our approaching publication (Sept 4) of Colm Tóibín's Ship in Full Sail: The Laureate Lectures and Other Writings

gallerypress.com/product/ship...

@artscouncilireland.bsky.social
#ArtsCouncilSupported #irishliterature #irishessays #contemporaryirishwriter #literatureireland

Ship in Full Sail - The Gallery Press

In Ship in Full Sail Colm Tóibín’s ‘Laureate Lectures’ bookend thirty-four crystal clear essays, written in the course of his tenure as Laureate of Irish Fiction

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Jul 28

'The best thing that could happen for Irish poetry is for people to buy poetry books' — Vona Groarke, The Irish Times

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

#contemporaryirishpoetry #IrelandProfessorofPoetry #irishpoet @poetryireland.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

Vona Groarke: ‘The best thing that could happen for Irish poetry is for people to buy poetry books’

The new Ireland Professor of Poetry is looking forward to bringing some fresh ideas to the role but is ‘not in the business of ramming poetry down anybody’s throats’

www.irishtimes.com

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Jul 25

Photos from the @Waterstones Cork launch of Chic To Be Sad by Molly Twomey on Tuesday. Our thanks to John Breen for the photos.

#artscouncilsupported #poetryireland @artscouncilireland.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Jul 22

Join Molly Twomey and Dean Browne at 6.30pm this evening (Tuesday 22 July) in Waterstones Cork for the launch of Molly's new poetry collection, Chic To Be Sad.

#irishpoetry #irishpoet #corkpoetryevents #munsterpoetry
@poetryireland.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Jul 21

Gallery Goes . . . to the John Hewitt International Summer School

Vona Groarke, Polina Cosgrave and Kelly Michels
@john-hewitt.bsky.social

11.15am
Friday 1 August
The Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, Armagh
Tickets: £12 marketplacearmagh.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Jul 21

Gallery Goes... Yeats International Summer School

Poetry event with Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Kelly Michels and Peter Sirr

8.00pm
Wednesday 30 July
Yeats Building, Sligo
Tickets: €12.00
tinyurl.com/3u3bzw4e

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Jun 27

Listen in to RTÉ Radio 1's Poetry People this Sunday evening at 7pm for readings by Vona Groarke (infinity Pool) and Ciaran Berry (States) from their new collections.

#irishpoetry #irishwriters #literatureireland #poetryireland #ArtsCouncilSupported @rteradio1.bsky.social

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · Jun 24

Just Published in partnership with The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Annaghmakerrig in a limited edition of 250 copies: ⁠
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'Dear Mr Friel': Letters of a Celebrated English Theatre Director to a Young Irish Writer with an introductory essay by Brian Friel.⁠

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#ArtsCouncilIRL

The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · May 28

Listen back to a terrific interview with Frank McGuinness on Arena last night: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

The River Crana - Frank McGuinness

Frank McGuinness on his new poetry collection, The River Crana.

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · May 23

Listen back here to Vona Groarke talking about her new collection INFINITY POOL
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Infinity Pool - Vona Groarke

Poet Vona Groarke on her new collection, Infinity Pool.

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The Gallery Press @thegallerypress.bsky.social · May 23

This tonight in Waterford City 👇👇👇