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Our Useful Links Column with bestselling author Lucy O'Callaghan is a great place to be inspired

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A Great Story
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The Saggy Middle
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Setting
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Creating a Routine
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#writersky
January 26, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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📢REMINDER - Upcoming Writing Competition DEADLINES

The Cúirt New Writing Prize 2026 - 31st Jan '26

Footnote x Counterpoints Prize for Fiction - 13th Feb '26

Fish Flash Fiction Prize 2026 - 28th Feb '26

The Mairtín Crawford Awards 2026 - 11th Mar '26

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www.writing.ie/category/wri...
#writersky
January 22, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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YT's Poem of the Week: 'And Then the Sun Broke Through' by David Butler @doirepress.bsky.social
yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/Poem...
Poem of the Week: <i>And Then the Sun Broke Through</i> By David Butler
And Then the Sun Broke Through A sea of jade and muscatel; the sky, gun-metal.
yorkshiretimes.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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A quiet nudge for the week ahead.

#WednesdayWIPs is coming up.
A space to share what you’re working on — or how it’s going.
A line. A paragraph. A struggle. A pause.

No polish required.
Progress counts.
Care is reciprocal here.
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
January 1, 2026 at 12:57 PM
December 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Wishing you all the best for the holidays, John & Lisa
December 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
December 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Very sad to hear the news of Des Kenny's death. A truly lovely man and a big supporter of literature and very supportive of us from day 1. We will miss you Des.
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Reprints on the way for SOME OF THESE STORIES ARE TRUE by Maurice Devitt; THE CLOUD ARCHITECT by Matthew Geden; CARE by @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social and CORK STORIES, edited by @madeleinedwriter.bsky.social and Laura McKenna!!

@artscouncilireland.bsky.social

#justintimeforchristmas
November 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
For those who may have missed it - @paulperrywriter.bsky.social's Clockhammer is available now!

Buy it here -> www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...

#literature #poetry #irish
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Reminder that @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social is reading at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social later today!
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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jenniferhorgan.bsky.social will be speaking at Dublin Book Festival!

Event details here -> dublinbookfestival.com/event/poetry...

#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
October 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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@michaeldooley.bsky.social , author of the exceptional debut collection, 'In Spring We Turned to Water', published by @doirepress.bsky.social, will read at next weekend's Circling The Square.
Details of the festival and booking options here:
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
October 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
"A surreal / experimental edge perforates these poems [...] A refreshing and energetic book."
— Mícheál McCann, Irish Times

@karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social's Tidal is available here:
www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #literature #irish
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
October 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today's the day! paulperrywriter.bsky.social's Clockhammer and karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social's Tidal are launching later today.

Info on both here:
Clockhammer - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
Tidal - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...

#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Tomorrow, @chennessybooks.bsky.social is being interviewed by Zoe Miller at Red Line Book Festival!

Booking + Info here -> redlinefestival.ie/events/in-th...

#poetry #poem #literature #irish
October 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We at Doire Press invite you to the joint launch of paulperrywriter.bsky.social's Clockhammer and karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social's Tidal on October 16th!

Info on both here:
Clockhammer - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
Tidal - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...

#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Something Gothic this way comes… Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds.

Closing date: October 31st

#PoetrySubmissions #SubmissionWindow #TheHavishamSteps #ModernGothicPoetry
Something Gothic This Way Comes: Submit to The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry - The Broken Spine
Submissions Open Throughout October 2025 | Publication in 2026
thebrokenspine.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Best of luck to paulperrywriter.bsky.social and chennessybooks.bsky.social at Dromineer Nenagh Literary Festival today!

Info here -> dnlf.ie/event/words-...

#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
October 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Two of our authors, paulperrywriter.bsky.social and chennessybooks.bsky.social, will be doing a reading at Dromineer Nenagh Literary Festival!

Info here -> dnlf.ie/event/words-...

#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
October 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
jenniferhorgan.bsky.social will be speaking at Dublin Book Festival!

Event details here -> dublinbookfestival.com/event/poetry...

#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
October 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Delighted to be starting work on MR HOO AND OTHER STORIES by the fab @jlod.bsky.social, forthcoming next spring

#staytuned
October 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM