Publishing Ireland @publishingireland.bsky.social Celebrating books published in Ireland 📚
Publishing Ireland is the Irish Book Publishers' Association.
Learn more about us at www.publishingireland.com
Elena Again @elenaagain.bsky.social #hike #travel published poet and author 🩷
#cancersurvivor 💙 #autoimmune 💜 #SCA10min ❤️ Army Vet
Here I am, again 🦋 love must triumph
#loveofblsky
substack.com/@elenaagain
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Brendan Kennelly Literary Trust (BKLT) @bkltrust.bsky.social The BKLT celebrates & promotes the life & work of Brendan Kennelly, one of Ireland's foremost poets, educators, & writers. Our vision is to ensure that his poetry & literary scholarship continue to inspire twenty-first-century audiences around the world.
The Laureate for Irish Fiction @laureateirishfict.bsky.social Celebrating Ireland's finest writing. The Laureate for Irish Fiction is an initiative of the Arts Council.- K Koss @kossworks.bsky.social
@bestofthenet.bsky.social @bestofthenet.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/bestofthenet2006
Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social Poet—latest book: "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Writer. Herbalist—Green Witch. Therapist. Systemic or Family Constellation. Health Artist. #WOMPO https://www.julenetrippweaver.com
Lesley Wheeler @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social Poetry Ed of Shenandoah. Author of Mycocosmic, Poetry’s Possible Worlds, Unbecoming, The State She’s In, & Radioland—poetry, fantasy fiction, CNF, scholarship. She/they. linktr.ee/lesleymwheeler
Circling The Square @circlingpoetry.bsky.social A vibrant celebration of poetry in memory of Thurles-born poet Dennis O'Driscoll held annually at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and other venues in the town.
This year's festival will take place on October 16th, 17th & 18th.- H @hennessypg.bsky.social @hennessypg.bsky.social
Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social Sparks is a literary journal located in the midlands of Ireland that champions short stories, poetry and flash fiction that 'sparks' the imagination.
https://linktr.ee/sparksliteraryjournal
Tom Busel @tombusel.bsky.social 
Evalyn Lee @evalynlee.bsky.social Poet, Alumna of @CBSNews @60Minutes @BBCWorld @FaberAcademy. Shortlisted by @bridportprize.bsky.social Love @britishlibrary & @VanguardRead #amwriting #poetry #visual #journal #travellingwithdevices 🧶 #crochet #StitchingTogether for the #CommonGood
@campbellisms.bsky.social @campbellisms.bsky.social 
J.Kenny @jkenny.studio author | composer | ghostwriter
music – https://jasonkenny.bandcamp.com
also – https://djangoflowers.bandcamp.com
writing – https://jasonkenny.com
newsletter on writing and creative act – https://jasonkenny.com/dispatch
Vicky MacKenzie @vickymackenzie.bsky.social Writer, cat lady, wrote a novel about medieval mystics, forthcoming novel about John Ruskin. Aspiring anchoress. https://victoriamackenzie.net/
Substack: https://victoriamackenzie.substack.com/
Denise O'Hagan @deniseohagan.bsky.social Poet/editor • Monica Taylor Poetry Prize • NSW Poetry Prize • Dalkey Poetry Prize • What the Mirror Tells (5 Islands Press) • Anamnesis (Eric Hoffer Book Awards Finalist & Rubery Book Award shortlist) • denise-ohagan.com
Sam Szanto @samszanto.bsky.social Poet, short story writer, PhD researcher. Books with Hedgehog Press, Dreich, Alien Buddha. Best of the Net and Pushcart nominated. Workshop 13th Sept: https://poetryschool.com/courses/microchimerism-loss-connection-writing-absence-attachment-in-parenthood/
Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social Poet and Neonatologist.
Debut pamphlet “Hatchery” published with V. Press - you can buy hatchery here https://vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/hatchery.html?m=1
https://linktr.ee/elizabeth.osmond
Claire McAlpine 📚 @clairewords.bsky.social Reads, Reviews at Word by Word
#WITMonth Women in translation, Literary Fiction, Nature Writing, Creative Non-fiction
Adoptee
France, NZ
clairemcalpine.com 📚
flairesse.com 🕊🙏🏻🇫🇷
Maeve O'Sullivan @maevedos.bsky.social Dublin-based poet, educator and mentor who also likes to sing & travel. My sixth collection of poetry is ‘Where All Ladders Start’ (Alba Publishing, Nov 2024). Haiku nerd / ninja. Website URL (incl. current book info & sales): www.maeveosullivan.com
Oisín Breen @oisinbreen.bsky.social Poet, Financial Journalist
www.oisinbreen.com
Catherine O'Brien @catherineobrien.bsky.social Writer/Scríbhneoir. Gaeilge - gar dod’ chroí 's beimid mar chairde. BOTN’23 nominee @JanusLiterary
BSF ‘23 nominee @BendingGenres
Paul McMahon @paulmcmahonpoet.bsky.social Poet, musician. https://www.paul-mcmahon.com/
Sarah O @palimpsest22.bsky.social Mainly poetry in independent presses, art, glass, theatre & people playing. Allotment life. York with Glasgow links. UK.
Not every act of kindness is part of a plan.
Website :www.sarahowriter.com
Stephen Paul Wren @moleculesunlimited.bsky.social Poet. PINE/NEEDLES out Sept ‘26. BOtN nominated. Director of Molecules Unlimited. Leads Wren research group. University of Cambridge PhD. AFC. Chiefs.
Line Stockford @linecaro.bsky.social Turkish poetry translator
Poet, writer
Cymraes she/they
Caroline Stockford
https://palewellpress.co.uk/bookstore/human-rights/wtwt/
Poetry translations: https://estoniacordfrock.wordpress.com/
Jerm Curtin @jermcurtin.bsky.social Irish poet living in Spain
Cacti & other poems
https://munsterlit.ie/bookshop/cacti/
Patrick Kavanagh Award 2021
http://iambapoet.com/wave-fourteen
Eibhlís Carcione @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social Children's writer-Carnegie nominated. Irish poet. BLACK GABLES. THE MIDNIGHT HOUSE. WELCOME TO DEAD TOWN RAVEN MCKAY Rep'd by Silvia Molteni PFD
eibhliscarcione.com
Cork, Ireland
Dr. Eleanor Hooker FLS @eleanorhooker.bsky.social Poet & Writer | PhD non-naturalistic narratives of trauma | RNLI Lifeboat Press Officer | Fellow of Linnean Society | Michael Hartnett & Markievicz Awards | Of Ochre and Ash (DedalusPress) | Where Memory Lies(Bonnefant Press) www.eleanorhooker.com
Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social 🏳️🌈Poet, Mother, Southerner
📜Archives, Material Media Studies, American Poetry, Artists’ Books
🎓MA, MLS, MAE, MFA, ABD PhD (C&IS)
👩🏼🏫Teach: Typography, Games, Poetry, Gender Studies
🌐 https://linktr.ee/thedaybooks
🤐Posts don’t reflect my institutions
Danielle McMahon @dehm000.bsky.social EIC @the-engine-idling.bsky.social
https://www.d-mcmahon-writes.net
author of 4 poetry chapbooks & 2 microchaps
latest: rowhouse song (Ghost City Press '25) | irl (Stanchion '26)
https://www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/irl
Brittany Griffiths @bmariegriffiths.bsky.social Director of Editorial, Design, and Production @cornellupress.bsky.social
Into anything in the realm of publishing studies, nautical history, horror, urban studies, media studies, or WWII.
Colm Brennan @colmgbrennan.bsky.social Poet & Writer
Poetry Ireland Review • Banshee • The Waxed Lemon • Sonder • The Cormorant • Profiles • The Ogham Stone • Arts Council Literature Bursary • MA in creative writing from UL
colmgbrennan.com
Mo Schoenfeld @moschoenfeld.bsky.social Published poet, writer, parent, married. Human rights are non-negotiable.
#haiku #senryu #tanka #poetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity
Unless cited, writing, photos/videos are my ©, she/her, ally 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🧡 💙
Please use alt-text on images & video 🙏
Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social Poet, Wife, Mom, LongCovid/MECFS. Looking to connect and learning to advocate. EIC, Poetry @epistemiclit.Bsky.social, @nimblewitlit.bsky.social. Micropoetry chapbook Lift the Mask available widely. www.kristinhoulihan.com
Dave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social Lecturer in Environmental Literature at the University of Glasgow's School of Social & Environmental Sustainability: ecopoetry, walking, place - environmental humanities
Red Ogre Review @ogre.red We're an indie arts press:
https://ogre.red
Submissions:
https://redogrereview.submittable.com/submit
Books:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH3QKYKX?binding=paperback
Poetry readings and music:
https://www.youtube.com/@redogrereview
Finn Cassidy @finncassidy.bsky.social An occasionally enlightened earthling muddling through the mayhem, madness and magic of our chaotic cosmos, dabbling in life for it to become poetry.
🇫🇷 France 🇮🇪 Ireland
J @jaseomcn.bsky.social 
Liam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social Author of memoir Call Mother a Lonely Field. Haiku poet (first collection Belfast Twilight just published by Salmon Poetry). Director of IMRAM Féile Litríochta Gaeilge/Irish-language Literature Festival.
Lucy Holme @lucyrebeccaholme.bsky.social Writer | Work in The Stinging Fly, Banshee & more | Shortlisted | Brotherton Prize & Mairtín Crawford Award ‘24 |🥇Cúirt New Writing Award & Southword Editor’s Prize ‘24 | 𝕋𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕤 & 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 𝔻𝕚𝕒𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕤 | Broken Sleep Books
@seanydunne.bsky.social @seanydunne.bsky.social 
@ilovehugh.bsky.social @ilovehugh.bsky.social 
Michelle Penn @michpenn.bsky.social Poet
RETABLO FOR A DOOR (shearsmanbooks, 2026)
PAPER CRUSADE (arachnepress, 2022)
SELF-PORTRAIT AS A DIVINER, FAILING (paper_swans_press, 2018)
michellepennwriter.com
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Fiftywords @fiftywords.bsky.social Thinks too much and tries to make sense of the world’s chaos, beauty, and commas; mostly through poetry.
Vincent Hanley @vincenthanley.bsky.social Superannuated Man - I roam about; not to and from - I’m In thrall to Knockaderry and Limerick GAA! Twitter migrant. Website: vinhanley.wordpress.com
Reynout @reynout.bsky.social Father of six. Legal professional at university. European at heart, with a soft spot for Ireland. Reader of literature. Horseman minding his head.
Michael Waldron @michaelwaldron.bsky.social art historian, writer, cat dad, curator of collections @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social, deputy chair Sample-Studios
my own views and musings
he/him 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇮🇪
Phelim Kelly, London @phelimkellycom.bsky.social 😍: 🇪🇺 HowToEnjoy.eu
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TrionaKayla @trionakayla.bsky.social 
Adriana Janaína Poeta @adrianajanainapoet.bsky.social Adriana Janaína Poeta, CPF.:01233034782/ Adriana Janaína Alves de Oliveira. Escritora, editora, casada com Marcelo Bernardo de Oliveira. Criadora/ fundadora e proprietária do Clube de Leitura dos Poetas.
adrianajanainapoeta01233034782@gmail.com
@lorettafahy.bsky.social @lorettafahy.bsky.social 
Pavilion Theatre @paviliontheatre.bsky.social Unforgettable theatre, music, cinema, comedy, dance, family events and talks in the heart of Dún Laoghaire.
Supported by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the Arts Council of Ireland.
Female Feedback Film Festival @femalefilmfestival.bsky.social The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcase the best of female talent from around the world.
https://femalefilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/FEEDBACKFemaleFilmFestivalFFFF
John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social I blog about poetry at Poor Rude Lines: https://johnfield.org 
Jorge @pedradegranito.bsky.social 🔴 AVISO LEGAL 🔴 as opinións vertidas nesta conta só me representan a min mesmo e á cantante e bailarina brasileira Regina Do Santos.
Niamh Ni Chearbhaill @niamhstudiocearuil.bsky.social Artist, Writer and Tutor at Studio Cearuil
Pascale Petit 🌿🐅🌱🐆🌿🦜 @pascalepetit.bsky.social BEAST April 2025 (Bloodaxe),’Tiger Girl’ shortlisted Forward Prize, ‘Mama Amazonica’ won Ondaatje & Laurel prizes. 1st novel ‘My Hummingbird Father’ from Salt 2024 http://www.pascalepetit.co.uk
HM @helenmarianne.bsky.social poems
@bestfootforward.bsky.social @bestfootforward.bsky.social 
Independent Publishers Guild @independentpublishersguild.com The IPG is the UK's largest association of independent publishers, supporting 600+ members with events, resources, training and much more.
https://linktr.ee/IndependentPublishersGuild
VegPlotter: Online Vegetable Garden and Allotment Planner @vegplotter.com The best online Vegetable Garden & Allotment planning software to get you organised in the garden.
Fully featured garden planner vegplotter.com
Frost dates and growing zone calculator frostdates.com
Adam Rowan @shinjutnt.bsky.social Black lab dad. Writer and ambient musician. The Dynasty of the Divine out now!
www.adamrowan.ccard.co
Read my book (free in Kindle Unlimited): https://www.amazon.com/Dynasty-Divine-Adam-Rowan-ebook/dp/B0FS3G3WWH/ref
Bríd Heffron @bridnotbird.bsky.social Avid reader, lover of theatre, dogs, nature, poetry. 
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social Sincerely Anonymous • Open mind • Robust disputation • Politics/History/Economics/Art/Sociology/Human Rights • Gaeilge nó Béarla • Éire💡🕊️
📕📖📚 Read the essays:
🔗 https://forlouth.medium.com
Dr Stephanie Conn @stephanieconnpoet.bsky.social Poet. 'off-kilter', 'The Woman on the Other Side', 'Island' (Doire Press). 'Copeland's Daughter' (Smith/Doorstep) Research: Poetry & Chronic Illness
Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social Irish 🇮🇪 / gender Historian, feminist, academic (UCD), lefty / 2 cat 🐈⬛ Mom / Research-gendered & sexual violence in the Irish revolutionary wars / afterlives of Irish revolutionary women / Irish sexualities / she/her / Dublin via north Kerry/ views mine
t.m.d. lee @tmdlee.bsky.social Dark words | Bright lines
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social Poet. Newest collection, "This Much Very," was published in 2025 by Alien Buddha Press. Founder of Poetry X Hunger -- bringing a world of poets to the anti-hunger cause. HiramLarewPoetry.com and PoetryXHunger.com
Ann Tigone @anntigone.bsky.social Poet. Dramatic but lazy. Wistfully nonchalant. Passionately disinterested in oxymorons.
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.
Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social Editor of Forgotten Ground Regained (https://alliteration.net), a website devoted to modern English alliterative verse. If you like Beowulf, or Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or Tolkien's Fall of Arthur or Sigurd and Gudrun, you're in for a treat.
Joanne Touhey-Francis @joanne2efrancis.bsky.social Branch Librarian | PhD Literary Practice @TrinityCollegeDublin | MSc Library & Info Mgmt @UlsterUni | MA Writing @UniversityofGalway |
Cyberflaneurs @cyberflaneurs.bsky.social 
Kirsten Miles, Author 🌹 @kirstenmiles.bsky.social Author 🖊 Vegan 🥬 Libra ♎️
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The Reader Berlin @thereaderberlin.bsky.social ✍️ Berlin's Platform for Creative Writers since 2011 ✍️
www.thereaderberlin.com
Creative Writing Workshops & Writing Classes / Mentoring / Readings / The Berlin Writing Prize- E @endah.bsky.social @endah.bsky.social
The Berlin Literary Review @theberlinreview.bsky.social Home to some of the world’s best new writing.
http://theberlinliteraryreview.com
Sarah McGrath @bug79.bsky.social 
Malachy Moran @malformed-poetry.bsky.social Poet. 🇺🇸 immigrant in 🇳🇴 Writing something every day, even if it’s bad. My work is available in Rattle: Poetry, The Brussels Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and others. My poetry has also been featured on Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
Christina Hennemann @christina-writer.bsky.social poet & writer
www.christinahennemann.com
Pádhraic Quinn @quinnpadhraic.bsky.social 2025 Irish Book Awards Winner for New Irish Writing Best Short Story
2025/26 London Library Emerging Writer
https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/new-irish-writing/new-irish-writing-all-the-birch-trees-were-waving-by-padhraic-quinn/a1765826609.html
Ciarán Mc Mahon @cjamcmahon.bsky.social taking care of ancient lore
The Cincinnati Review @cincinnatireview.bsky.social Publishing great literature and art since 2003.
Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social A literary nonprofit bringing you great poetry from across places, eras, and traditions.
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/
Daniel Hinds @danielghinds.bsky.social Poetry collection New Famous Phrases @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social, UNESCO Bridges of Struga Award, Ilkley New Northern Poet, New Writing North North East Poet, BBC New Creative
https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/daniel-hinds-new-famous-phrases
Crawford Art Gallery @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social Where art and ideas meet across the centuries
We’re transforming our Gallery | Reopening 2028
Visit https://crawfordartgallery.ie/redevelopment-main-page/ to find out more.
Charity No.: CHY 18818 | Registered Charity Number (RCN): 20072926
Ann O’Sullivan @osullivanannie.bsky.social Law Librarian with wanderlust living in Dublin 🍉 @biall.org.uk @laibluesky.bsky.social @aslibraries.bsky.social #repealedthe8th #vitaminsea
Charles Reyna Art @charlesreynaart.bsky.social Hi, I'm Charles Anthony Reyna, Abstract Visual Artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. My inspiration comes from nature as well as urban areas.
Cáit Pléimionn @caitpleimionn.bsky.social Corcaigh | Iníon léinn PhD i Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge, UCC | Taighde Éireann | File 📚