Eoghan Carrick

I'm fully confident literary magazines will survive the AI apocalypse. There is no better time to become a creative writer. You already have an inside track because most people have never even heard of these things that can never die. We will be here with the cockroaches and Taco Bell

Photograph of pages from an open book; the right-hand page shows a black page from Tristram Shandy.

The Works of Laurence Sterne (1803: 4 vols.)

Photograph of pages of an open book; the right-hand page shows a famous black page from Tristram Shandy.

The Works of Laurence Sterne (1803: 8 vols.)

Bilbao is smaller than Dublin

Loved it. So beautiful.

Frank Gehry obituary Canadian–American architect who explored crumpling and fish curves in such buildings as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73 Parr said his brightly coloured, closely observed pictures of British life were ‘disguised as entertainment’ but they became hugely popular Martin Parr, the British documentary photographer who captured the peculiarities of the nation with clarity and hilarity, has died aged 73. He had been diagnosed with cancer in May 2021. Known for his acute observations of the English class system, Parr’s images covered sunbathers and Conservative clubs, village fetes and coffee mornings, often in vivid colour and with more than a dash of humour. His iconic 1986 photobook The Last Resort: Photographs of New Brighton captured working-class holidaymakers in the Wirral, Liverpool and helped mark a sea change in British documentary photography, from the gritty, black and white style of the past towards a cheekier and more colourful style. Continue reading...

Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73

This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm. How it all began.

Oh shit waddup

Una Mullally: Artists and musicians are constantly hustling. They need more State support Independent musicians in Ireland have created the most exciting and genre-diverse indie scene in the world

Artists and musicians are constantly hustling. They need more State support

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”

A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:

Influential English playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88 Writer rose to prominence after Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead won attention at Edinburgh fringe

Influential English playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88

www.irishtimes.com/culture/stag...

We are thrilled to announce that Ruth McGowan & Alice Malseed will deliver The Gathering 2026!

With Ruth as Curator and Alice as Creative Producer, we are excited to be working with them both to put together a robust programme in Belfast in May ⤵️

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Choose delusion optimistically!

Delighted the news is out about our next two poetry titles from @bansheepress.bsky.social - new collections from Tim MacGabhann and Billy Ramsell coming your way in 2026 ✨️

Everyone is here for that typo.

one brother buys two two calves
and the other brother buys this
beautiful dark blue denim jacket
and that there is the moral
you understand

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🌟 @eoghancarrick.bsky.social, 'Ireland, but money is good, too', Channel Issue 13 🌟
channelmag.org/issue-13/

Thank you for sharing your words with us @eoghancarrick.bsky.social! 👏🏻

Always walk away from bullshit.

Hugh Linehan: Is the newspaper arts review dying or could it be rescued by subscribers? If one culprit looms behind these shifts, it is the early digital consensus that everything should be free

Is the newspaper arts review dying or could it be rescued by subscribers?

www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Aphorisms are the oldest written art form on the planet, perfectly suited to our digital age Cultural observations have always been going viral, from the oral cultures of the ancient world to the have always been going viral, from the oral cultures of the ancient world to the visual cultures...

Aphorisms are the oldest written art form on the planet, perfectly suited to our digital age

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Performing Arts Forum are delighted to introduce the participants of our newly established Independent Artist Working Group (IAWG)!

🔗 You can find out more and be part of our wider Independent Artist Mailing list below

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What does it mean to be a young, working-class male writer in contemporary Ireland?

Join @skeinpress.bsky.social for 'Young Blood' at this year's #DublinSmallPressFair

Tickets are free but limited - find them at www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/you...

Presented in association with Poetry Ireland.

‘In Ireland the level of incompetence is really frustrating’ The visual artist Corban Walker on his middle name, what makes him angry, and how work gives him joy

‘In Ireland the level of incompetence is really frustrating’

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‘In Ireland the level of incompetence is really frustrating’ The visual artist Corban Walker on his middle name, what makes him angry, and how work gives him joy

‘In Ireland the level of incompetence is really frustrating’

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Work published in Minor Literature[s], Channel and Swerve recently [un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] is a cross genre essay in images and words explorating Hans Holbein the Younger’s 1524 Alphabet with Dance of Death. [un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] was p...

Last month, I had work published in @minorliteratures.bsky.social, @channel-lit.bsky.social and @swervejournal.bsky.social. Looking forward to reading the other contributors pieces.

www.eoghancarrick.com/post/work-pu...

An income survey showed me my time had little value and caused an explosion in my marriage Until you meticulously quantify how the hours, days and weeks of your life are really being spent, you can’t possibly know for sure. The BIA survey gave me that knowledge

An income survey showed me my time had little value and caused an explosion in my marriage

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Work published in Minor Literature[s], Channel and Swerve recently [un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] is a cross genre essay in images and words explorating Hans Holbein the Younger’s 1524 Alphabet with Dance of Death. [un]inhabited initials [after Holbein] was p...

Last month, I had work published in @minorliteratures.bsky.social, @channel-lit.bsky.social and @swervejournal.bsky.social. Looking forward to reading the other contributors pieces.

www.eoghancarrick.com/post/work-pu...

Thank you to all who celebrated Issue 13 with us, for a wonderful night of stories, poetry and song 💐

More about the new issue: channelmag.org/issue-13/

Was very sorry to miss it. Hope it was great.