NEW: Delighted to have this tribute to the magnificent Alice Munro from the wonderful Tessa Hadley. stingingfly.org/2024/05/24/ali…

Not too late (or too soon) to join me for this workshop at Listowel. We'll be talking Melville & whales & bears... oh my. Writers' Week

Ravelling by Estelle Birdy - read an extract rte.ie/culture/2024/0… via RTÉ

Not missing this one. MacGillivray for me is one of the most interesting imaginative experimental avante garde poet/artists from Scotland. Anyone else fancing coming to this event at SPL tomoro evening? Tkts in link below.

🐷The Journals Fleadh🐷 Come join us in Rathmullan, Donegal, as we celebrate the wonderful literary journal community we have on this island. There will be readings, workshops, an editor meet-and-greet, morning sea swims, storytelling, music, beers, sun and craic. Details below:

Happy birthday to Anni Albers, who was born 125 years ago today. ... Image: Anni Albers, ca. 1935. Photograph by Josef Albers #annialbers #albersarchives #otd

If a tigress and a butterfly came together to write poems… this would be the result. It’s excellent. Scottish Poetry Library Morag Anderson Fly on the Wall Press

Anne Enright filling St Patrick’s Church with laughter at the Dalkey Book Festival… brilliantly interviewed by Merve Emre. Dalkey Book Festival #thewrenthewren

‘a beautifully observed portrait of five young men growing up on the edge of Dublin’s underworld’ Barney Norris reviews ‘Ravelling’ by Estelle Birdy… The Lilliput Press Dublin Book Festival The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Irish Writers Centre Barney Norris

‘amp.theguardian.com/books/article/… ‘What is most successful in the novel is Birdy’s depiction of an immediately recognisable young manhood that will be familiar to readers far beyond the Liberties area in Dublin, where Ravelling is set. Birdy has a fantastic ear, and is meticulous in

Here they are, all 12 of the Lantern Scottish Poetry Podcasts 😍 With the best poets in Scotland and beyond, we explore themes like Male Friendship, Memory, Traditions and Animal Spirits Thanks to Scottish Poetry Library for laying them out here x scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/lanter…

NEW! 40 POETS/40 YEARS #1 Kathleen Jamie reads 'The Dash' #SPLat40

We are delighted to reveal our banner for our new home Poetry Ireland House / Áras Éigse Éireann at No.11 Parnell Square which we will be sharing with our partners Irish Heritage Trust.   Sign up to our mailing list for updates on this + news & opps: poetryireland.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1b…

Proud to be an ambassador for this year’s Read Mór and to have Ravelling in the midst of this list of incredible books going into prisons across the country on Culture Night. Read Mór is a brilliant initiative that helps to bring people into Culture Night who might otherwise

Sharing books on Culture Night simply makes the world a better place… Read Mór is a brilliant idea, and what a selection of books! The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Culture Night #ReadMór

The first time I’ve had to dance The Gay Gordons before a poetry reading… a huge honour to help the Scottish Poetry Library celebrate 40 magnificent years! Scottish Poetry Library Poetry Ireland The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Consul General of Ireland, Edinburgh

✨It’s a huge honour to be a Culture Night Ambassador this year for the The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Read Mór book gifting project in Irish Prison Service✨ Fíor-bhuíoch! 💫I'll be visiting the Dóchas Women's Centre, Mountjoy ✩ Eolas: artscouncil.ie/read-mór/ #thepoisonglen

Lovely to have Estelle Birdy Booky Thingies pop in to sign copies of her novel "Ravelling" (one sold on the spot!) and to hear a little about her involvement with the Read Mór campaign, a Culture Night book gifting project from the Arts Council (artscouncil.ie/read-mor/)

The incredible Estelle Birdy Booky Thingies is one of Culture Night's ambassadors for the #ReadMór initiative. Follow Culture Night & The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon for details. #OneNightForAll #OícheDárSaol

‘A glorious novel, tough and hilarious and full of heart’ Take a journey through Dublin's Liberties as a group of boys become men in Ravelling. Debut novel by #ArtsCouncilSupported author Estelle Birdy Published by The Lilliput Press #ReadWithAC read it: lilliputpress.ie/product/ravell…