'You can't fly/ through stone I thought, but what did I know,'

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🌟 ‘Landscape of the Body' by Lani O'Hanlon Lani O' Hanlon , Channel Issue 9
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'You have to wait your whole life wondering how it'll end, and then the sky starts raining balloons like a circus, and you're using your skills from P.E. to stay afloat,'
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📷 ‘Conversation Starters for Therapy' by Roman Vai, Channel Issue 9
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'i will/ be whiter than snow; than cassava pulp'
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🌟 ‘Ten Couplets About My Body’ by Ayòdéjì Israel Ayòdéjì Israel , Channel Issue 9
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Thanks to Phoebe Pascoe The University Times for speaking to us for this great piece on the future of print 👏🏻 universitytimes.ie/2024/04/the-po…

‘And now,/ Green grass and patches of dock and shamrock/ And his BMW hybrid, steaming up.’

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🌟 ‘Queer Pastoral’ by S.J. Delaney, Channel Issue 9
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'The axe/ owns/ the branch/ where the crow sits.'

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🌟 'Crow and Anti-Crow' by Susanna Lang Susanna Lang , Channel Issue 9
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‘Dad thinks anything he builds lives and breathes and withers if you damage its self-esteem too much.’

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🌟 ‘Reef Construction’ by Lucy Zhang Lucy Zhang, Channel Issue 9
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🌱 Join us for The Balcony Project, our community Green Arts collaboration with artist Louis Haugh, now in its third year!

Calling all LGBTQIA+ members and allies in Dublin to embark on a journey of Queer Ecologies.

🗓️ Starting April 10th. Register now: bit.ly/3VA5kNQ

‘If poems are prayers, what do I worship?’

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🌟 ‘New Year’s Resolutions’ by Aoife Riach, Channel Issue 9
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'I was probably seven years old, and I got pneumonia. The / medicine was banana-flavoured / rain got in my bones, the doctor said, or my mother told me / or some voice inserted in the memory /'

From issue 9 (autumn/winter 2019) – an essay by Danny Denton:
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We're delighted to say that Emily Iseult Duggan has joined the Channel team as our 2024 Publishing Intern! ✨

Emily lives in Donegal, where she writes, cooks and makes art. You can find out more about her work on our website 👇
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Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem with us! 👏

Got my ⁦Channel⁩!

Today's the last day to apply for our 2024 internship. We're so grateful for the connections we've made through this programme over the past two years, and can't wait to see who we'll be working with in the year to come 🙏
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📢 LAST CHANCE 2023 SUBMISSIONS ALERT!! 📢 28 literary journals, competitions & opps closing today/tomorrow incl. Anthropocene Channel Granta PN Review The Moth Magazine ROPES Literary Journal The Broken Spine Fawn Press & more. Don't miss out! wp.me/p4bX9D-21a

Look at this beautiful issue of Channel 🥰
I've got a story on dying coral, stubborn dads, and virtual-friends-of-questionable usernames.

📢 END OF MONTH SUBMISSIONS ALERT!! 📢 28 literary journals, competitions and opps closing by 1 Jan incl. Anthropocene Channel Granta PN Review The Moth Magazine ROPES Literary Journal The Broken Spine Fawn Press & more. Don't miss out! angelatcarr.wordpress.com/2023/12/08/poe…

We're looking ahead to the new year, and wondering who'll join us 👀

If you'd like to work in the arts in a way that prioritises sustainability and connection, please do get your application in. We'd love to meet you!
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Only 4 days left to go! ✨

We hope you're having a beautiful holiday season ❄️ And if you've been writing, we hope you'll share it with us 👇
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❄️ New work online! ❄️

'But it was the Blackbird and the Robin and Dreads who brought me slowing back into myself.'

'The Blackbird and the Robin,' by Fergus Hogan 🌺
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