Take a look at this wonderful opportunity for emerging writers:
irishpen.com/freedom-to-wri…
Closing date is Monday 27th, so download the application form and get writing!
Viviana Fiorentino John O'Donnell moyra_donaldson Celia de Fréine Neil Hegarty Lia Mills Laura Elliot Therese Kieran

Congratulations to Publishing Women and all the featured poets in Washing Windows IV - which is No.2 in the Bestsellers this week!!

Huge thanks to Alan Hayes : Arlen House for supporting emerging women writers & for creating reading opportunities. I'm chuffed to have a poem in the anthology.

I have long loved Umberto Eco's notion of the 'antilibrary' – the unread books in our lives, and why they are actually more valuable than those already read themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/umb…

Woohooo! Get your applications in 😍🙌

The John Hewitt Society Irish PEN

Arlen House launches new poetry collections by Geraldine Mitchell and Ted Deppe in Books Upstairs D'Olier Street, Dublin 2 on Sunday 19 May at 1pm. Launch speech by Jane Clarke
All welcome

We condemn the sentencing of writer and honorary PEN member #SelahattinDemirtaş to 42 years in prison. This verdict is yet another tragedy for the rule of law in #Türkiye . We continue to stand alongside Demirtaş and all unfairly imprisoned writers until they are free.

On Monday, PEN International, English PEN, and Norsk PEN will return to the #UK High Court in solidarity with #JulianAssange . The hearing will determine whether Assange will be extradited to the #US or granted permission to appeal. We reiterate calls for his immediate release:

My book #TheTainted launched 3 weeks after the 1st Covid lockdown. Indie bookshops in Ireland posted my books (and many thousands of others) to readers right through that terrible year, going well beyond the call of duty. I, for one, will NEVER forget that! Government needs to

🎨✨ This year Mountshannon Arts Festival is offering a cultural extravaganza like no other!
Join us for our community arts festival on the June bank holiday weekend, where we'll be showcasing the talents of local, national AND international artists from around the the globe 🌍

I'm working on experiences of women labelled ‘mad’ in the past, and wondered whether anyone might have stories, however anecdotal, of relatives who were cared for at home or put in asylums before the 1950s? Please retweet, and contact me via my website if you can help. Thanks!

I've always wanted to treat myself to a suprise book...so I did, in Books Upstairs beautifully wrapped with care, complete with bookmark & lovely tantalising prose. Why does the universe want me to read #RosemarysBaby 😀

Lucky mentees... you'll be in great hands with Colm Keegan Irish Writers Centre

Less than a week until our May online launch!
All three poets will be joining us on Tuesday to read and discuss their work with Bloodaxe editor Neil Astley.

This free event will be live at 7pm BST Tues 21 May and available afterwards on YouTube:
bloodaxebooks.com/events?article…

Irish PEN fully supports this statement issued by PEN International condemning the repressive legislation recently passed in Georgia:
pen-international.org/news/georgia-r…
Maria McManus 🇪🇺 John O'Donnell Viviana Fiorentino CatherineDunneAuthor Laura Elliot Neil Hegarty moyra_donaldson Celia de Fréine

Wonderful evening of poetry from among others Helen Fallon Rosemary Jenkinson phyl herbert Sorcha de Brún Siobhan Mac Mahon Helena Nolan Alan Hayes : Arlen House #WashingWindowsIV in my favourite bookshop Books Upstairs So great to be out and about again! 💕

I got to interview the great Anne Enright this evening as part of the Booker Winners series National Library of Ireland
We talked The Gathering; big Irish families; language; readings & audiobooks; and lots of good writingy stuff.
Thanks to Alan Hayes : Arlen House, Sinéad McCoole, & all at the library.

‘I loved Alice Munro’s stories more than any I have ever read’ – Eilís Ní Dhuibhne celebrates the magic of the Nobel laureate author, who has died, aged 92 irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

Join us for a thought-provoking and inspiring conversation that challenges educators and leadership to re-imagine inclusive education and consider the spaces and opportunities that re-imagining can create.