@machapress.bsky.social
experimental / formally hybrid / intercultural / recovered poetries Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland & Shared Island Civic Society Fund, DFAT machapress.com
@sa.galbraith @godblessthechickpea will discuss social engagement and ecological concerns in their debut collections with two editors from Macha Press, who will also outline the Macha Press call for submissions.
Free event, bookings via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eng...
@sa.galbraith @godblessthechickpea will discuss social engagement and ecological concerns in their debut collections with two editors from Macha Press, who will also outline the Macha Press call for submissions.
Free event, bookings via Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eng...
Susanna Galbraith's work was reviewed in The Stinging Fly recently and in the same piece, author Ellen Orchard also refers to Sam Furlong's work briefly as "stunning and skilled"
If you want to hear from both poets come along to this event: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eng...
We can’t wait @maighreadmedbh.bsky.social
28.02.2026 15:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I'll be performing poems from my forthcoming book, Dwelling, (Macha Press) tomorrow night, Sunday 1st, at Seatons of Sailortown, Belfast BT15 1LF. Susanna Galbraith will also be reading, from her new book, Morsels. Music by Bossa Nova Blue @machapress.bsky.social
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This weekend! @looknorthbelfast.bsky.social
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Don't miss a night of music and poetry this Sunday at 7:30 pm! Book your tickets here!
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@ouliterature.bsky.social Students welcome to this free event in OU Belfast 5 March!
25.02.2026 06:49 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
@maighreadmedbh.bsky.social's DWELLING is a compelling poetic hybridity, a work of excavation, and a work of breath and vertigo. We are made up to be bringing this collection print this May!
Available for preorder now:
www.machapress.com/subscription...
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social
Mark your calendars: Bossa Nova and Macha poets Susanna Galbraith and Máighréad Medbh as part of next weekend's Look North festival.
www.tickettailor.com/events/theno...
Thank you so much! :)
20.02.2026 17:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This will be great if anyone is in Belfast on 5th March.
17.02.2026 16:02 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Susanna Galbraith's work was reviewed in The Stinging Fly recently and in the same piece, author Ellen Orchard also refers to Sam Furlong's work briefly as "stunning and skilled"
If you want to hear from both poets come along to this event: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eng...
@su-anna.bsky.social's debut MORSELS is available for purchase at machapress.com
Supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
www.machapress.com/subscription...
#ACNISupported #NationalLottery #ThanksToYou
@su-anna.bsky.social's 'visually arresting debut' reviewed by Declan Ryan in this week's @irishtimes.com
@declanryan.bsky.social - very many thanks!
Thank you to the Belfast School of Art Shop for stocking our books! We appreciate the support :)
04.02.2026 13:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
@su-anna.bsky.social's debut MORSELS is available for purchase:
Supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Ireland, and the Shared Island Civic Society Fund, managed by the DFAT.
www.machapress.com/subscription...
@abridgedmagazine.bsky.social
A great review of our Susanna's new book! We like the Red Riding Hood imagery.
stingingfly.org/review/irish...
@machapress.bsky.social
“If this global moment is marked by ‘prevailing untruth’ and widespread dissemination of lies, all four of these collections show an acute awareness of the poet’s duty to exactitude of language: the importance of trying to say exactly what it is that you mean.”
stingingfly.org/review/irish...
What a generous engagement - so very many thanks @stingingfly.bsky.social
30.01.2026 12:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NEW on our website | Ellen Orchard reviews 2025 Irish poetry collections:
🍙Morsels by Susanna Galbraith @machapress.bsky.social
🏝️The Oasis by Charles Lang @skeinpress.bsky.social
🎈After Party by Dean Browne (Picador Poetry)
💧Infinity Pool by Vona Groarke (Gallery Press)
A thoughtful and generous review from @stingingfly.bsky.social about Susanna Galbraith's debut morsels as well as a few lines of praise to Sam Furlong's debut Crowd Work. Thank you so much to reviewer Ellen Orchard!
Read it here: stingingfly.org/review/irish...
A demonstrable connection to Northern Ireland is necessary as on this occasion, submissions will only be considered by writers from Northern Ireland / living in Northern Ireland / with ongoing connection to the literary ecology of Northern Ireland.
28.01.2026 09:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Worldwide submissions are accepted, but the work must be written in or translated into English. Please note that we also welcome work in the Irish language.
28.01.2026 09:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0We are inviting submissions of a sample of 15-20 pages maximum of a collection manuscript. We are looking for work from emerging poets seeking to publish a debut collection.
28.01.2026 09:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Exciting news from Macha Press! We are opening for submissions for two weeks in April. Read about it here:
www.machapress.com/submissions
@sa.galbraith's debut collection MORSELS is available for purchase at machapress.com, and also as part of our Year Two Subscription alongside DWELLING, the forthcoming (May) title by @maighreadmedbh.bsky.social
www.machapress.com/subscription...
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These days our website is looking good! You can find more information about Máighréad Medbh's upcoming poetry collection Dwelling and pre-order too!
www.machapress.com/subscription...
