Ian Irwin
@mrirwin.bsky.social
Out-Spoken Press Emerging Poet 2022. Published in Poetry Review, Propel, Alchemy Spoon, Outcrop, berlin lit, Carmen et Error, Trasna. Photographer.
Sunday’s Kiss The Sky had many highlights. Manganaro’s headline set was powerful, drawing on q’s of identity, language, place, connection. They’re touring venues across the country with their debut pamphlet ‘This Is Where I’m From’. We’ve got a great eve lined up for Mar! 📸 @mrirwin.bsky.social
Alice Oswald arrested this afternoon for supporting Palestine Action.
Delighted to have been shortlisted by @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social for their debut chapbook competition 🙏🏻🦊⭐️
Fox and Star Books@foxandstarbooks.bsky.social · last yr.We have our first list of shortlistees for our debut chapbook competition! Thanks to everyone who entered, and congratulations to Bridgette James, @cerimair.bsky.social, Nick Currass, @mrirwin.bsky.social, Angela Cheveau, @racheljeffcoat.bsky.social, June Wentland, Nadia Yahlom, Victoria Punch...
on the mic @rtbspokenword.com last week... a brilliant event with quality open mic and a privilege to share the feature spot with Kaycee Hill
Come and see myself and Kaycee Hill perform for @rtbspokenword.com next Tuesday 15th July tickets available here: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/the...
Fady Joudah at Bristol Folk House last night with Sabrin Hasbun as part of Awraq Festival. Challenging, essential conversation and poetry. awraqfestival.com . www.outspokenldn.com/shop/fadyjou... .
Tonight (Saturday 7th) in Bristol and Monday (9th) in Cardiff - an opportunity to hear a reading and conversation with Palestinian poet Fady Joudah www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/the... awraqfestival.com/2025-festiva...
Fady Joudah UK tour 2025 - Awraq Festival
(UK Tour)A conversation with Fady Joudah Fady Joudah is the author of […]. He has also published five other collections of poems, including Textu, a book-long sequence of short poems whose meter is ba...
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'beside my sister, beside the sea' out now in Dust issue 14 . i.m. Clare Chadwick 1969-2013 . @dustpoetry.bsky.social thank you for including my work www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/beside-...
beside my sister, beside the sea by Ian Irwin
beside my sister, beside the sea I push against the water sure to stay near my own geometrya moment where I’m guarded from light I’m alone and scared; our pastjust air - the bend of space ...
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I love this cover! Excited to have a poem in @dustpoetry.bsky.social issue 14, out Saturday 🌊
Dust Poetry@dustpoetry.bsky.social · last yr.COVER REVEAL: We are delighted to have Janet Brooke’s ‘Catching the Wind’ on the cover of Issue 14, which is out on Saturday!
Available now from @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social go get it
Acid Bath Publishing@acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · last yr.#PublicationDay 📦📖 NIGHT TERRORS: An #Anthology of the Drunk & Debaucherous has burst onto the scene 🥂 “The night is for all. The night releases all. This is for you, who wander in the dark.” - James Rance, Editor 💬 #OrderNow ➡️ acidbathpublishing.com
We're super-excited that the wonderful Richard Scott will be editing Propel Issue 16 (out end-July 2025)! SUBMISSIONS are OPEN to 31 May If you're a UK/IE-based poet yet to publish a full collection, do send us your poems > propelmagazine.submittable.com/submit
A joy to be present at @tomsastry.bsky.social book launch and to take this candid little snap @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social
Nine Arches Press@ninearchespress.bsky.social · last yr.Thanks to all who came to @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social Bristol for the sold-out launch of Life expectancy begins to fall by @tomsastry.bsky.social Thanks to Ian Irwin for this great photo. Get hold of a copy from your local #IndieBookshop or direct from us: ninearchespress.com/publications...
Time to preorder Night Terrors from @acidbathpublishing.bsky.social including a piece from me 💚
Acid Bath Publishing@acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · last yr.BIG NEWS! Our new #book NIGHT TERRORS: An #Anthology of the Drunk & Debaucherous is available to #PREORDER NOW at www.acidbathpublishing.com 📖💃 "Through works of #poetry, #prose & visual #art, this anthology traverses the boundaries between delight & depravity, lamentation & liberation."
Wander the archive! Find my poem! (Summer 2024 p46 👍🏻) Happy #worldpoetryday Thanks @poetrysociety.bsky.social
The Poetry Society@poetrysociety.org.uk · last yr.Happy World Poetry Day! To celebrate the occasion, we are making The Poetry Review modern archive freely available for the next 24 hours for everyone to enjoy the best in international poetry. Click here to take advantage of this offer! bit.ly/4irqvug 📚
a piece in Carmen et Error from last year... Thanks to @thebraag.bsky.social for publishing it 🙏🏻 carmenerror.com?page_id=370
Issue 8.0 - Carmen et Error
cherry chapstickby Jenny Danes walking to the date with katy perry ribboned around my brain in a hopeful bow in the first pub our knees touch & i remind myself that she will be able to feel it that ...
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Tonight @bookhaus.bsky.social 🩷 plus @mrirwin.bsky.social walked me to the station so I didn’t get lost ❤️❤️
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Acid Bath Publishing@acidbathpublishing.bsky.social · last yr.The team have been working hard to get our next #anthology NIGHT TERRORS ready for #publication later this month 🗓👀 Pre-Orders will be opening very soon... 🙌📖 Thanks to the many #contributors who have been incredibly patient & encouraging over the months. It's nearly here....
Love this from the excellent @tomsastry.bsky.social and the brilliant @ninearchespress.bsky.social
Nine Arches Press@ninearchespress.bsky.social · last yr.'Navigating the Peri-Apocalypse with Radical Self-Care': starting from the premise that 'writing against type generally throws up something interesting' we're given 5 memes & @tomsastry.bsky.social explains their pattern & intentions - at our #blog ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-c...
You can read a poem of mine in the latest issue of @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social Thanks to @leiabutler.bsky.social for selecting my piece for inclusion amongst great new writing www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2025...
firmament by Ian Irwin — Full House Literary
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Happy Sunday! A new issue of FH just dropped! It's fantastic, even if I do say so myself. The gorgeous piece on the cover is by Shee, and you can read the thread to check out the featured contributors. Access the PDF, listen to recordings, and enjoy ❤️ www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue1-2025
Really enjoyed reading at Outcrop Poetry's Issue 4 launch on Saturday, in @batterseabookshop.bsky.social deep inside the Power Station... Issue 4 for sale soon... #outcroppoetry #batterseapowerstation #poetry
Reading this Saturday at the launch of Outcrop Poetry issue 4 #outcroppoetry @batterseabookshop.bsky.social
