It’s been a mad busy summer so am only now catching up on all the gorgeous poetry collections launched this spring, including Back from Away by all-round marvel Damien Donnelly from Turas Press ✨

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Hand on my heart this is my favourite book cover yet - thrilled with jacket image for #Charlotte my new novel about Charlotte Brontë's life, afterlife+strong Irish links. Pub Sep 11. Thanks to designer Katie Tooke +hardworking The Lilliput Press team The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Books Ireland

Thrilled that #HighlandBoundaryFault super collection by Emma McKervey has reached longlist of #poetrybookawards! Congrats to other longlisted poets, too. Shortlist out in early Sept. 🤞Waterstones Glasgow Argyle St Raven Books Irish Literary Times Scottish Poetry Library

Coming up in Ep3 of A Poet's Place Sun 18 Aug 7 pm on RTÉ Radio 1 a programme from 2022 with the much missed poet #GeraldDawe exploring the changes & literary past of #DunLaoghaire. Poetry Ireland Olwen Dawe The Gallery Press The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Arts Council of Northern Ireland Aosdána Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre Murray Gordon

I have just listened to thus gorgeous podcast from Susan Richardson, reading poems from #HighlandBoundaryFault, the super new collection by Emma McKervey Thanks so much, Susan! A beautiful rendering of the poems!

#SealeyChallenge The Sealey Challenge Day 22 Back from Away by Damien Donnelly Published by Turas Press The grounding and subtlety of this collection makes a narrative so very accessible and hugely relatable as a result. This is one of the *best* books I have read all month.

Well done, Damien! Super to know that Back From Away is finding a new audience.

This looks super, Damien! Very much looking forward to reading it!

Reminder! Save the date for a very special evening of poetry: Jane Clarke Viviana Fiorentino & Sean Borodale at Greystone's library, Wicklow, 21st Sept 24 - all welcome! CatherineDunneAuthor Celia de Fréine Therese Kieran liz.mcmanus 🙏🏼 Katie Donovan culturenight.ie/event/poetry-f…

Tomorrow I'm off on a German tour supported by Zeitgeist Irland 24 (Culture_Ireland Ireland Embassy Berlin) with Jo Burns and Astrid Köhler (publishers: Doire Press, Ink Press and Makina Books). Here are some of the places you can come see us read:

It’s been an incredible year for us at Fly on the Wall Press!! We’re excited to share all of the amazing books we’ve published so far in 2024. Many more to follow! #yearinbooks #booklovers #readinglist

Looking forward to swapping shark, seal and swim poems with the wonderful Mary O'Malley at Books Upstairs on Sunday 15th September at 2pm. Hope to see you there! Bloodaxe Books Carcanet Press booksupstairs.ie/all-events/don…

Thank you rosamund for the thoughtful review of The Conversation (Doire Press) in the latest issue of Poetry Ireland. A privilege to have our poems so carefully considered.

tinyurl.com/5xu8nmz6 Check out Irish Writers Centre course with #LizMcSkeane, short story & poetry, Sept 10 6 wks, 2-4pm. For beginners & those delving deeper. Poetry Ireland Irish Literary Times Dublin UNESCO Irish Writers' Union Irish PEN Books Ireland @PublishingIre writing.ie

Very much looking forward to our Second Edition!

Coming up in #APoetsPlace 7pm Sun 8 Sept RTÉ Radio 1 #ChandrikaNarayananMohan presents The Salt of Something New with 6 poets from 4 continents. dagzy.ODMH Polina Cosgrave #SimoneSav @NithyKasa @RafaelMendes341 Poetry Ireland Dedalus Press @doirepress The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Coimisiún na Meán

It’s a pleasure - particularly with brilliant Co-curators Enrica Ferrara and Marco Gioacchini! Delighted to welcome such wonderful poets to this, our first poetry event.

tinyurl.com/79ubutaz Troubling conclusions from survey by The Bookseller re payment of advances & royalties to authors, & power dynamic between writers & some publishers & agents Irish Literary Times Irish PEN IrishWriting.ie Irish Writers' Union Dublin UNESCO Books Ireland