I’ll be having the chats with Andrew Cunning and @ruthmckee.bsky.social about their brilliant debut novels next Friday afternoon at the John Hewitt Society summer school. If you’re in the vicinity of Armagh you should probably join us.
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Creative Writing : Wellbeing in education : Irish & French culture: Trying to know better to do better on a daily basis!
Just spent a great afternoon at Rathmullan House listening to @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social in conversation. An very entertaining and thought provoking listen- thank you Jan &Andrew and all at the #EAF
Our Summer School just wrapped up🌞🎊 We hope all the writers who attended had a productive & enjoyable experience🌸🌟 If you are looking for an opportunity to dedicate more time to your fiction project, our 6-Month Fiction Workshops are open for applications for 1 week stingingfly.org/6-month-work...
I very much enjoyed participating in an @stingingfly.bsky.social Summer School this week. Lots of great feedback and advice from #DanielleMcLaughlin - and lovely fellow participants- many thanks to all involved 😊
www.facebook.com/share/r/1CAn... A lovely day and evening of poetry in Derry yesterday. Thank you @lukemorganpoet.bsky.social for the brilliant workshop and Cat Brogan & @littleacornsbooks.bsky.social for all the organising
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So, my new book, Runaway Road, is published 7th May 26, but for the next few days Waterstones have 25% discount on online pre-orders… waterstones.com/book/runaway-r… From May 7th it’ll be available in a wide range of bookshops across the UK and Ireland (and maybe further afield).
Looking forward to reading at this event in March - and at the poetry workshop before it @littleacornsbooks.bsky.social @lukemorganpoet.bsky.social
Short biographies being completed for the proof copy of the Black Bough Christmas-winter anthology, no. 6! Bios usually take 2-3 hrs to do. 🎄🤶❄️🔔🎁📖
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Fantastic workshop tonight in Derry with students from the Lycée Français de Madrid school. They’ve used Guard Your Heart as a novel to learn about Northern Ireland - and even visited places in the book on their tour here! (Most excellent goody bag too…)
Attended this excellent workshop today run by @suedivinwriter.bsky.social in the very beautiful @shhomeplace.bsky.social I’m feeling very inspired. 😊
This averages out at a violation roughly every four hours, around the clock, continuously since 10 October. At what point do we stop calling it a ceasefire when Israel has just literally not ceased firing
Thanks to @pauldanielrafferty.bsky.social and # Amy Louise Wyatt for inviting me to read my Ekphrasic Challenge story at #BangorLitMagazine poetry awards. It was a lovely event held at Bangor Castle
This Soundwaves Showcase in Portrush was a lovely event. I was delighted to win the trophy for Best Prose Piece 2025. Congratulations to the other winners # GaryDevenny and #ColinDardis . Thanks to all who made it such a great night #MaryFarrell @suedivinwriter.bsky.social @tenx9belfast.bsky.social
It’s here. The Book Bag with @gillbarr.bsky.social collection A Wide River Divides Us published by Cinnamon Press Plus news & opps including; @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @frazzledlit.bsky.social @eatthestorms.com
Paul@paulwritespoems.bsky.social · 11mo agoThe Book Bag is here. This week we cross A Wide River Divides by Gill Barr, published by Cinnamon Press. One of the top ten books I've read this year. Read my thoughts here. Also news, opps and the regular playlist.
What a beautiful anthology created by choice housing and @niamhymcnally.bsky.social.I hear the launch was great. The People Place Space project was a lovely one to be involved in .
Loved calling in to the wonderful Elk Books in Warrenpoint for the first time today. Great to have an independent bookshop in this stunning part of the world.
Delighted to have this short story of mine published in @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social - thanks giving it a home 😊
darkwinterlitmag@darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social · 12mo agoHeartbreak and hope all in one beautiful story. New fiction Stepping Stone Boy by Catherine Kay now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/steppin...
Starting tomorrow, meet the stars 🌟 of issue V of The Storms, the printed journal of poetry prose & visual art. Supported by @fingal.ie & Dublin City of Literature & Dublin City Council 🙏 Issue V will be have its first launch on 1 Nov with full launch details coming soon 🎉
Great night at Flash Fiction Armagh in Crannagael House, Armagh Food and cider festival 2025
Delighted to have been ask to read at this event last night. Lovely atmosphere, great stories and friendly people . Thank u @byddi.bsky.social for the opportunity 😊
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Catherine Kay@catherinekay.bsky.social · last yr.Delighted to be reading a flash fiction piece @ Flash fiction Armagh on 4/9/25 www.byddilee.com/flash-fictio... Tickets for the event can by bought here £11 for flash fiction, a drink and mezze armagh-navancentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Delighted to be reading a flash fiction piece @ Flash fiction Armagh on 4/9/25 www.byddilee.com/flash-fictio... Tickets for the event can by bought here £11 for flash fiction, a drink and mezze armagh-navancentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
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The depths that wait within. Compelling new poem Angry River by John Ganshaw @johnnyg63.bsky.social now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/angry-r...
Angry River by John Ganshaw
The water moved so fast as it hurled itself over the upper falls. The rapids were of which I had never seen. The majestic power [...]
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I’m delighted to have three of my poems published in the latest issue of Impspired magazine. Thank you to Charlie Cawte and Mary Farrell for their support and encouragement impspired.com/2025/07/25/c...
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Catherine Kay lives in the wild and beautiful Inishowen Peninsula in Donegal, Ireland. Her writing has been performed in the Waterside Theatre, Derry, Greencastle’s Words by the Water Event and at…
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Minister Patrick O’Donovan has announced a 6-month extension to the Pilot Scheme for Basic Income for the Arts. The NCFA are raising the profile of the sector call to Retain, Extend and Expand Basic Income for the Arts 🔗 ncfa.ie/2025/06/19/j... / email info@ncfa.ie link with your local constituency
So proud to be a producer on Dublin, One City, Many Stories, a collaboration between the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social & Dublin City of Literature A 6-part video series celebrating literature & legacy. In Video 1, Joseph O’Connor talks to Madeleine Keane. irishwriterscentre.ie/video-series...
Video Series: Dublin, One City, Many Stories - Irish Writers Centre
A 6-part video series celebrating literature and legacy in Dublin, featuring 23 iconic, contemporary and recently emerging writers based in Ireland, all sharing their observations, experiences and wri...
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Subeditor @rhonagreene.bsky.social and EIC Damien B. Donnelly are now working through the shortlist for Issue 5 and hope to have our final selection before the end of July 2025! In the meantime, you can Flip through Issue 2, with cover art by Jane Rainey… online.fliphtml5.com/uggrh/rqoj/
The Storms Issue 2
The printed journal of poetry, prose and visual art with cover as by Jane Rainey. This issue was printed in Ireland in January 2023.
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