We are welcoming applications to our #NationalLottery Minority Ethnic Artists Mentoring & Residency Programme. Through this programme we wish to create opportunities for specialized training, research, cultural exchanges, networking and learning for individual artists, creative

It was wonderful to be part of this discussion, talking about the #migrant experience and #BedTableDoor. Thanks to The John Hewitt Society Byddi Lee No Alibis Bookstore #JHSS2024

Irish PEN stands against racism in all its forms. As a community of writers we are in full solidarity of an inclusive & diverse community. We condemn racially motivated attacks, and the abuse of social media to publish & incite hatred. We support safety, security & peace for all.

Happy Women in Translation Month! Who are you reading? In this collection spanning over 100 years, 6 female Spanish short story writers delight/upset/shake up with passion humour and insight. #WITMonth24 Dedalus Books

This Friday, 9 August marks 4 years since the widely disputed Presidential elections in #Belarus. Today, we share an extract of the poem 'All through' by writer, lawyer, and academic, #MaksimZnak. Znak is currently serving a 10-year sentence in a penal colony in #Belarus on

We stand together against racism. Demonstrate your support by helping the many businesses in our communities that were affected by the hateful riots on Saturday in Belfast gofund.me/c7bfd12b Maria McManus 🇪🇺 Therese Kieran Csilla Toldy Nandi Jola - Poet/Playwright/Facilitator Irish PEN

First time enjoying lunch at Sahara Shisha Cafe in Botanic Ave. Delicious food, excellent service and lovely staff. One of our community’s brilliant local businesses. Highly recommended ❤️

index.hu/kultur/2024/08… fantasztikus review #Budapest #WWII #Wallenberg thank you to Andras Gall #JaneHaining Yad Vashem Open Books Ragnar Almqvist

Good Saturday afternoon reading: stumbling upon a poem by Kinga Tóth translated by Annie Rutherford in the Salam to Gaza issue of ⁦Modern Poetry in Translation⁩ #pride #humanrights #Hungary ⁦Hungarian Literature Online⁩

TSF founder Declan Meade spoke to the Guardian about the importance of funding to the arts and the brilliant Irish writing community. theguardian.com/books/article/…

Frame to Frames news  – a Big thanks to Patricia Killelea writing for Moving Poems for this great interview on Frame to Frames and adaptation. movingpoems.com/2024/08/from-p… Dr. Meriel Lland @liberatedwords @csillatoldy Outlier Moving Pics @tbfstudio

#freethepoet #freeilhancomak Conor Fortune English PEN Wales PEN Cymru Amnesty International Amnesty Ireland Front Line Defenders İlhan Sami Çomak Aurélia Dondo

Oh, it is lovely to see Kata alongside Salman Rushdie ❤️on display in Hungarian bookstores. Arts Council of Northern Ireland PAGE & STAGE NI #Budapest #KaradyKatalin Ragnar Almqvist

Looking forward to conversing about poetry with amazing poets from Italy and Ireland. #FIILI2024 IIC Dublino with Stefania Glockner Graziano, Franca Mancinelli, Celia de Fréine & Stephen Sexton. Thanks CatherineDunneAuthor & Enrica Ferrara for the amazing work you put into organising it.

For #InternationalLiteracyDay a story: I could write before I could read. I was about 4. I wrote words, I loved how the letters curled. One of them was “etető”- I ran to my sister: look I can write! What does it say?

Chatting to Dr Niall Kennedy at Warrenpoint Library about past and future projects #GoodRelationsWeek

A coffin has been carried through the streets of the Cathedral Quarter followed by The New Orleans Funeral Band in protest at the absence of Culture Night which was last held in Belfast three years ago. 🎥 Mal McCann

Martin Tyrrell's review of Bed Table Door is now online: fortnightmagazine.org/wp-content/upl… #GoodRelationsWeek Hodges Figgis Dublin No Alibis Bookstore Belfast