Julian Day
@julianday.bsky.social
Published by Blackbough Poetry, The Storms Journal, FolkHeart Press. Featured writer in Patricia's Pen, and on A Thousand Shades Of Green podcast and a regular guest reader on Eat The Storms podcast. Best of The Net nominated.
So last year LIVES OF THE FEMALE POETS came out, my first collection in eight years, and I worked really hard on getting back into the poetry scene. Teaching three residential courses, two online, lots of one-off workshops, mentoring, reviewing regularly, writing a poetry substack… 1/3
Author of PLASTIC, Matthew Rice, and Lauren Mooney, will be in conversation at this year's Birmingham Literature Festival 2026 on 9 October 2026. Tickets available through the link below 💙
"Working Hours with Lauren Mooney and Matthew Rice" at The DOOR, Birmingham REP
Tickets are now available for Working Hours with Lauren Mooney and Matthew Rice at The DOOR, Birmingham REP, Birmingham on Friday 9th October 2026 at 8:00PM. Click the link for further information and...
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Today’s Dalkey Archive Essentials Blog — Ralph Cusack’s Prologue to his previously unpublished memoir A HYPHENATED CHILDHOOD — Read it here — www.deepvellum.org/dalkey-archi...
Happy to share that www.humag.co have accepted one of my poems for their October issue. I'll share the link when it's live but enjoy reading their current issue here:
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Huge thanks to all the lovely readers and bookshops that are making Carolyn O'Brien's incredible Rose & Renzo our fastest selling book since The Mare. It only came out in May and we're already eyeing up a third print run 😍 Check it out here: www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
I have some copies of my newest mini chapbook to give away! “A City Bursts Inside Me,” full of 12 tiny city poems. DM me for a copy!
PRIMEVAL AND OTHER TIMES by Olga Tokarczuk, tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones, publishes tomorrow. Head to the link below to pre-order a copy and read an excerpt from the book. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/primev...
Primeval and Other Times | Fitzcarraldo Editions
For the denizens of mythical Primeval, its fields and forests bounded by two rivers, the world beyond is nothing more than a dream. Yet their stories – or Times – are a microcosm of the tumultuous rec...
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Available November 17th 2026 — THE ROBERT POEMS by S. Yarberry A speculative poetic history reimagining Robert Blake, the brother of the poet William Blake, as a trans man in the eighteenth century.
Michael Lentz is coming to NYC to talk SCHATTENFROH — 6PM on September 17th at Deutsches Haus of NYU — RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/schattenfr...
"Schattenfroh:" An Evening with Michael Lentz and Dagmara Kraus
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a reading by Michael Lentz from his acclaimed novel Schattenfroh (2025) and a conversation with the author
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Join poet John Hegley & double bassist Julia Doyle for an evening of poetry and music inspired by Keats (and possibly camels...). Thursday 10 Sept, 7.30pm at the Poetry Cafe. Tickets £6-8 at poetrysociety.org.uk/event/a-came...
Tomorrow! Join poet John Hegley and musician Julia Doyle at The Poetry Cafe for an evening filled with poetry, music, camels and Keats. But strictly no biscuits! Thurs 10 September, 7.30-9.15pm, The Poetry Cafe, London WC2H 9BX Tickets at poetrysociety.org.uk/event/a-came...
*Really* looking forward to the launch of my new book, 'Setting the Land Free – Visions of a Rewilded Ireland' in @waterstones.bsky.social Cork this evening (6.30pm), with @seanronayne.bsky.social also speaking. If you're around, drop in!
Bump! My writing masterclass in Derry is coming up on 12 September. I'll have loads to say. Do come! @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
Writers in the Regions: Writing, a masterclass with Rónán Hession (Derry) - Irish Writers Centre
This masterclass will focus on the writing, editing and publishing of novels of creative literary fiction with Ronan Hession in Derry
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🌅Go Moch ar Maidin - Early in the Morning is an hour of poems, stories and live music at first light featuring Margaret Galvin, Philip Quirke and Paul Hennessy. 🌅 📅Sun 27 Sept 🕛8:00am 📍Stella Maris Centre, Kilmore Quay, Wexford 🎫Free 🔗 www.poetryireland.ie/news-events/...
My sci-fi and fantasy course has booked out. There are still places available for my book illustration course in October. @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/book... #SpeirGorm
Book Illustration with Oisín McGann - Irish Writers Centre
6-week course focusing on learning the skills involved in book illustration with Oisín McGann. Beginning Tuesday 6 October, 6.30-8.30pm.
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Oisín McGann@oisinmcgann.bsky.social · last mo.I'll be running a 6-week course at the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social in Dublin in September on writing science fiction and fantasy. Check out the details on their website if you'd like to join me in my discussions about making stuff up. irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
On 9/14/26, 7:30 pm, I will read with Karen Poppy at the Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th St., Sacramento, CA. My reading will be from THE COSMOS AND ME: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Trio House, 2026), which contains poems selected from ones I've written over about 50 years! This event is FREE.
Happy Pub Day to THE AMYGDALA SAFARI by Carmella de Keyser! Grab your copy today! @carmellapoetry.bsky.social #NewRelease #BookSky #Poetry #TBR #BooksBooksBooks
The Reviews Are In! Thanks to @stevewhitaker1.bsky.social with the Yorkshire Times & @pdevonald.bsky.social with the London Grip for this amazing shout outs to @carmellapoetry.bsky.social's THE AMYGDALA SAFARI!
Fiadh, competing with the Cliffs of Moher for attention - There's only one winner 🤣 County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours
Can't wait for this. I saw Ian Charleson play Ariel in 'The Tempest' and Longaville in 'Love's Labour's Lost' at the RSC when I was a student back in the late 70s. I wish to God I'd seen his 'Hamlet'. Saw Andrew Scott do it, though, so this will be fascinating.
European premiere of director Simon Stone’s Elsinore to open the 70th BFI London Film Festival
The LFF Opening Night Gala is hosted at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on 7 October with screenings around the UK.
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Mary Shelley, author of ‘Frankenstein’, was born on this day in 1797. Mary was tragically widowed at the age of 25 when her husband (the Romantic poet Percy Shelley) drowned off the coast of Italy; she was devoted to his memory and never remarried.
The Irish Writers Centre is delighted to once again partner with Write by the Sea Literary Festival this September, to bring you a host of exciting events! Find out more about the latest stop in our literary roadshow: irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-coming...
Just announced as part of our Black History Month programme (October), Nandi Jola will lead a special workshop for members of the global majority. Find out more, and book your spot: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/crea...
