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'the preponderance of northern names led some local wags to label the forthcoming festival the ‘continuity writers’ week''—that's a new one to me mick clifford in the Irish Examiner today irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…

this week’s bit for the andersonstown news on being up a mountain and watching a story about me play out in different ways (and a bunch of men discussing me on facebook)

oh yeah?

‘the winner of the rooney prize for 2023 is michael magee for close to home’

For one bookshop owner, corneal transplants have been "transformative and so important" - but, with people regularly choosing not to donate them, patients in Northern Ireland are facing a longer wait due to a shortage of available corneas. bbc.in/3MBQ9i8

Demons, geese, The Laughing Cow, marching bands, LSD and pistols smuggled home from the USSR. A stunning debut collection, bringing the ghettoised working-class into contemporary Irish poetry. Scott McKendry

tickets are on sale on monday for these all-island events more information here: irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

all four events are now sold out

Vicar Street is now on sale! ticketmaster.ie/irish-writers-…

Armagh 5k, NI & Ulster Intermediate/Masters XC, Raheny 5 mile, Trim 10 mile… catch all of this in Episode 10 of The Back Straight Podcast ft. Special guest, stephen connolly (Stephen Connolly!). We hope you enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/0ZTFmz…

💫The Cúirt 2024 programme is now live Discover the full programme online now at cuirt.ie and join us this April 23-28 in Galway. We are honoured to feature this incredible artwork from Galway based artist Miriam de Búrca #Cúirt2024 #galway #discoverireland