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Poems from Ukraine’s Frontline Ukrainian Soldier and Poet Yaryna Chornohuz in conversation with Martina Devlin.

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Celebrate Jennifer Johnston Her family, authors of this petitition, and those who admired her tremendous body of work and passion for life would like to see her celebrated  as a woman writer, all  too neglected, and as...

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Celebrate Jennifer Johnston Her family, authors of this petitition, and those who admired her tremendous body of work and passion for life would like to see her celebrated  as a woman writer, all  too neglected, and as...

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Horrifying @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social latest column www.independent.ie/opinion/comm... about the US imposing taxes on remittances to other countries by migrant workers. Think how much more Ireland would have suffered through the 50s and 60s if such measures had been imposed on us!

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Victoria Amelina Fellowship 2026: Open Call INDEX announces the second open call for the Victoria Amelina Fellowship programme for creative non-fiction writers....

The INDEX Institution in Lviv has launched the second open call for the Victoria Amelina Fellowship for writers:
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İlhan Sami Çomak on Books for Breakfast podcast

While İlhan Sami Çomak and İpek Õzel were here for the Dublin Book Festival, they were interviewed by Enda Wyley and Peter Sirr for the Books for Breakfast podcast during a Meet the Poet session in the Café at IMMA. What a great weekend that was!…

Don't Spoil the Story on Instagram: "You're invited to a Poetry Performance for Gaza Wednesday 22nd October, 7-8pm Gutter Bookshop, Cow's Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 8 An evening of experimental poetry... 43 likes, 3 comments - dont_spoil_the_story on October 11, 2025: "You're invited to a Poetry Performance for Gaza Wednesday 22nd October, 7-8pm Gutter Bookshop, Cow's Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 8 An e...

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Writer and broadcaster Manchán Magan dies aged 55 - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann All at Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann are saddened by the untimely passing of writer and documentary maker Manchán Magan.  Through all his work, Magan was authentic in exploring and using many languages – ...

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Martina Devlin: Remembering a hero who gave her life to speaking out against the evils of war It is not open warfare but nor can it be called peace. Vladimir Putin is prosecuting a hybrid war in Europe, amid an escalation of Russian drone infiltration, and fears have heightened about infrastru...

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Global Sumud Flotilla Statement - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann 2 October August 2025 Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the abduction of poet Sarah Clancy, one of several Irish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla. The flotilla was ...

Tead Irish PEN @irishpen.bsky.social statement re abduction of @sarahmaintains.bsky.social & other Irish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla illegally intercepted and seized by armed Israeli forces in international waters approx 70 nautical miles from Gaza irishpen.com/2025/10/02/g...

Global Sumud Flotilla Statement - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann 2 October August 2025 Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the abduction of poet Sarah Clancy, one of several Irish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla. The flotilla was ...

Please read and reshare our statement on the Global Sumud Flotilla. We at Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann offer solidarity in this time of crisis.

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Global Sumud Flotilla Statement - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann 2 October August 2025 Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the abduction of poet Sarah Clancy, one of several Irish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla. The flotilla was ...

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Virginia Woolf had doubts too

This is why I love reading diaries, letters and (good) biographies of writers. This morning, I came across this quote from a letter Virginia Woolf wrote to Violet Dickinson in the early 1900s: No one really takes very much interest, why should they, in my scribblings.…

Breaking news: Thirty-one journalists were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a newspaper complex in Yemen last week, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

They say it was “the deadliest strike on journalists in the Middle East.”

This campaign needs you now Support Sally Rooney & the Right to Peaceful Protest in Democratic Society

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Carol Ann Duffy writes ‘bombsite’ poem about Trump’s UK state visit Exclusive: Former poet laureate has reader contrasting pomp and ceremony of banquet with ruins left by war

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Statement on drone attacks against the Global Sumud Flotilla - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann expresses its grave concern about the recent drone attacks and threats directed against the Global Sumud Flotilla as it sails toward Gaza. These acts of intimidation against ...

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When I left India, Ireland welcomed me in. I won’t let bigotry destroy the country we love | Cauvery Madhavan People from the Indian community, and others, are facing violence that was once unthinkable. We must not give in to the racists, says novelist Cauvery Madhavan

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Handmaid's Tale Banned in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Schools And everyone and their pet canary wants me to "comment."

Handmaid's Tale Banned in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Schools
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Statement on Israeli attack on the Nasser Hospital, Gaza. - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann condemns the recent Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. Among the more than 20 people killed in the strike on 25 August were five journalists: Mohammad...

Irish PEN condemns the recent Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. Among 20+ people killed in the strike on 25 August were five journalists: Mohammad Salama, Hussam al-Masri, Mariam Abu Daqqa, Ahmed Abu Aziz, and Moaz Abu Taha. READ MORE HERE:
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Closing date: Thursday 4 September 2025 , 1pm

DLRCC Arts Office offer 5 artist studies opportunities to award for 1 year. ... online briefing session 11am, Thursday 21 August. email arts@dlrcoco.ie with the subject heading BAS25 to book.

Normal People? Sally Rooney has blown up a storm around herself since she wrote a piece in the Irish Times against genocide in Gaza, and more specifically, pro the now banned Palestinian Action Group.

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Normal People? Sally Rooney has blown up a storm around herself since she wrote a piece in the Irish Times against genocide in Gaza, and more specifically, pro the now banned Palestinian Action Group.

Normal People?
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Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper – but that would now be illegal

Brave, principled piece by Sally Roonet in Saturday's @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social

Statement on arrests following Palestine peaceful protest in London - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann The arrest yesterday in the UK of dozens of peaceful protestors, including the world renowned poet Alice Oswald, seems excessive and heavy-handed. While noting that Palestine Action is currently a pro...

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YouTube video by Mothers Against Genocide A Mother's Heart for Palestine

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Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is new Laureate for Irish Fiction The writer takes over the laureateship from author Colm Tóibín

Congratulations to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, the new Laureate for Irish Fiction

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