Poetry by @yvonnecullenwrites.bsky.social from issue 19 (spring/summer 2025) ✨️ 'I had as many things to say to you as the chestnut tree has leaves about a heartbreak of Deliveroo cyclists on Parkgate Street at leaf-fall-smell and cherry-red tail-light time.' bansheepress.org/read/i-had-a...

‘I had as many things to say to you’ by Yvonne Cullen — Banshee Press

I had as many things to say to you as the chestnut tree has leaves about a heartbreak of Deliveroo cyclists on Parkgate Street at leaf-fall-smell and cherry-red tail-light time. A backbreak of…

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and ‘Slow Descent’ is wonderful, Dylan #fiction @bansheepress.bsky.social bansheepress.org/read/slow-de...

‘Slow Descent’ by Dylan Brennan — Banshee Press

I Breakfast consists of a plate of blackened comal-fried eggs and beans flavoured with those ever-present, anti-flatulence leaves of epazote. An ancient woman sells me some tepache on the ...

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I remember reading and loving this piece. Fun fact: @dylanbrennan.bsky.social and I were also in that issue (my first published piece!) Forever grateful to @bansheepress.bsky.social.

from Sage @bansheepress.bsky.social #FlashFiction

Sage - my ghost flash fiction published in the first ever issue of Banshee (2015). @bansheepress.bsky.social #FlashFiction bansheepress.org/read/sage-by...

‘Sage’ by Eleanor Hooker — Banshee Press

She lived with us for three days after she drowned. The old fishermen tied their boats along the quay and joined the gathering crowd on the Cobb. They stood with their backs to the weather, agai...

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@rosamundtaylor.bsky.social will be in Cork this Wednesday 19 August to celebrate Filly's selection as One City One Book! Join her at Cork City Library from 3pm for a playful, creative poetry workshop ✍️

Short story by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social in @bansheepress.bsky.social

Patrick Freyne@patrickfreyne.bsky.social · last mo.

Here's a weird, horrory short story I wrote for issue 8 of the excellent @bansheepress.bsky.social, which they've just put online: bansheepress.org/read/the-red... (It's quite different from Experts in a Dying Field)

Limerick Poetry Alert! The brilliant Billy Ramsell will be reading at The White House Bar, tonight, Wednesday Aug 5th, 7.30. New book from @bansheepress.bsky.social

Here's a weird, horrory short story I wrote for issue 8 of the excellent @bansheepress.bsky.social, which they've just put online: bansheepress.org/read/the-red... (It's quite different from Experts in a Dying Field)

‘The Red Child’ by Patrick Freyne — Banshee Press

My child was born in the time when newborn babies would leap from the womb and run for higher ground. This was new then and it was shocking to us, though it seems like nothing compared to all of the t...

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'My child was born in the time when newborn babies would leap from the womb and run for higher ground.' From issue 8 (spring/summer 2019): fiction by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social 📖 bansheepress.org/read/the-red...

‘The Red Child’ by Patrick Freyne — Banshee Press

My child was born in the time when newborn babies would leap from the womb and run for higher ground. This was new then and it was shocking to us, though it seems like nothing compared to all of the…

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'Good morning bright damp bedroom! Good morning bedmate! Good morning crumple of pyjamas on the bathroom floor! Right where we left them! Good morning Sunday morning shift!' 'Aubade!' by @oliviaheggarty.bsky.social – poetry from issue 19 ✨️ bansheepress.org/read/aubade-...

‘Aubade!’ by Olivia Heggarty — Banshee Press

God’s terrors are marshalled against me. – Job 6.4 Good morning bright damp bedroom! Good morning bedmate! Good morning crumple of pyjamas on the bathroom floor! Right where we left them! Good…

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Catch Billy Ramsell reading alongside @mollytwomey.bsky.social and @deanbrowne.bsky.social at a @westcorkmusic.bsky.social coffee & chat event on Saturday morning – a phenomenal lineup of poets! ☕️ www.westcorkmusic.ie/literary-fes...

Poetry: Dean Browne, Billy Ramsell & Molly Twomey

Cork has a wealth of incredible poets living within the city and county and it is an honour to bring three of them together in this event, with Dean Browne, Billy Ramsell and Molly Twomey all reading ...

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'The awe-inspiring imaginative panache and chutzpah of this book are overwhelming. Through poems that are spirited and funny, Ramsell imagines the breadth of a poetic life.' From Mícheál McCann's review of Billy Ramsell's Render in last weekend's Irish Times: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

New poetry: Rachel Long’s boisterous follow-up; imaginative panache from Billy Ramsell

Mícheál McCann reviews new collections by Rachel Long, Billy Ramsell, Máighréad Medbh and Moyra Donaldson

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Am so enjoying Billy Ramsell’s new collection ‘Render’ - congratulations to Billy and to @bansheepress.bsky.social on another gorgeous book. Read the whole world in the sum of ‘A Pocket Square’, a tiny poem, as economic and controlled as it expansive and expressive... #Poetry

We are delighted to share the cover for THE MOST NORMAL WOMAN: ESSAYS ON APPEARANCES by Roisin Kiberd, forthcoming August 27th! Designed by Elisha Zepeda What is normal, anyway? Find out more and pre-order here: tramppress.com/product/the-...

There's less than a week to go until the unique collaborative event between The Stinging Fly x @bansheepress.bsky.social at @corkmidsummer.bsky.social on Saturday, 20th June🎊🌞 In the meantime, lets meet the four writers who will be sharing new writing in response to Seán Mac Erlaine's music 🎤🎵

Any followers in Mexico City? I'm doing two events there next week: one at the Irish Embassy on June 22nd with the great @dylanbrennan.bsky.social, and one at Cafebrería El Péndulo (Polanco) on June 23rd. Both free, just register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/bloomsday-... @literatureireland.bsky.social

We're excited to collab with @stingingfly.bsky.social at @corkmidsummer.bsky.social! Join us on Saturday 20 June at the Granary Theatre @ucc.ie for The Music of What Happens feat. Seán Mac Erlaine, Mary Dunne, Chetna Maroo, Thomas Morris and Billy Ramsell: www.corkmidsummer.com/whats-on/the...

Last Thursday we launched Billy Ramsell’s RENDER to a packed Lavit Gallery in Cork! A wonderful night. Huge thanks to @adamhanna.bsky.social for the fantastic speech, Donal O’Sullivan for the atmospheric music & to the whole Cork poetry community for the incredible support. 📸 by Bana Aassy

Congratulations to my @ucc.ie colleague @eimearryan.bsky.social, editor @bansheepress.bsky.social, on the publication of Billy Ramsell’s new collection of poetry, Render. Masterfully launched by our other colleague, @adamhanna.bsky.social. Get it while you can: bansheepress.org/shop/p/rende...

The Stinging Fly & @bansheepress.bsky.social are going to @corkmidsummer.bsky.social 🎉 Join us for ‘The Music of What Happens’: a unique call-and-response exploration of the imaginative boundaries between writing and music, and the act of creativity itself www.corkmidsummer.com/whats-on/the...

Banshee issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) is now winging its way to subscribers! Order at the link below ☀️ bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...

Today's Feature: "High Jump as Divination" by @gphibbett.bsky.social from High Jump as Icarus Story published by @bansheepress.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/high-ju...

High Jump as Divination

how you get down governs how you fly; you either leave with wings or you stay human,

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It will be an honour to launch Billy Ramsell's superb collection *Render* in Lavit Gallery in Cork, 4 June, 6pm. Come and hear some excellent poetry. On what more distant somewheres will their tidings, their indigo gospel, their weightlessness have settled by morning? from 'Two Boys' See less

Banshee Press@bansheepress.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join us for the launch of RENDER by Billy Ramsell! On Thursday 4 June we'll gather at Lavit Gallery in Cork city at 6pm to celebrate this superb collection. The book will be launched by Dr Adam Hanna of UCC, with music by Donal O'Sullivan. All are welcome! ☀️ bansheepress.org/read/celebra...

Join us for the launch of RENDER by Billy Ramsell! On Thursday 4 June we'll gather at Lavit Gallery in Cork city at 6pm to celebrate this superb collection. The book will be launched by Dr Adam Hanna of UCC, with music by Donal O'Sullivan. All are welcome! ☀️ bansheepress.org/read/celebra...

Celebrate the publication of Render by Billy Ramsell — Banshee Press

Join us for the launch of Render by Billy Ramsell! On Thursday 4 June we'll gather at Lavit Gallery in Cork city at 6pm to celebrate this superb collection. The book will be launched by Dr Adam…

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My award-winning chapbook 'We Fall We Carry' has landed. The official launch is at #corkinternationalpoetryfestival on Saturday the 16th of May at 3pm. It would be lovely to see you there. 🩶 @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social

Huge thanks to Margaret Donnellan and all at @echolive.bsky.social for this fabulous feature on our festival director Eimear. Read about some of the highlights of this year's festival and why you should all join us in Bantry from 10-17 July www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-418...

Issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) has gone to print! View the contents, pre-order a copy or renew your subscription at the link below ✨ bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...

Issue 21 | Spring/Summer 2026 — Banshee Press

104 pages ISSN: 2009-857X ISBN: 978-1-917161-23-7

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Read this and be floored by the twist.

Banshee Press@bansheepress.bsky.social · 4mo ago

'Someone once described the dusky hues of a dawn sky as a good morning greeting from the maker himself. I laughed till I cried. From issue 7 (autumn/winter 2018): fiction by @lmack.bsky.social🍧 bansheepress.org/read/too-sma...

'Someone once described the dusky hues of a dawn sky as a good morning greeting from the maker himself. I laughed till I cried. From issue 7 (autumn/winter 2018): fiction by @lmack.bsky.social🍧 bansheepress.org/read/too-sma...

‘Too Small to be Seen’ by Lauren Mackenzie — Banshee Press

In criminally reductive paraphrasing, Freud posits that the objective correlative of your first sexual stirrings will mark you for life, be that a shoe, an old woman or a teenage boy, leaving you in…

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