Dr. Eleanor Hooker FLS
@eleanorhooker.bsky.social
Poet & Writer | PhD non-naturalistic narratives of trauma | RNLI Helm & Lifeboat Press Officer | Fellow of Linnean Society | Michael Hartnett & Markievicz Awards | Of Ochre and Ash (DedalusPress) | Where Memory Lies(Bonnefant Press) www.eleanorhooker.com
Wraiths, frantic over the surface of the lake tonight. #LoughDerg
January 23, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Wraiths, frantic over the surface of the lake tonight. #LoughDerg
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This morning's optical phenomenon: a #Brocken #spectre around my head in #fog shortly after sunrise. It's unusual to see it at ground level - usually seen from aircraft over clouds. It's distinct from a #Heiligenschein, which produces a #halo around the observer's shadowed head from dew reflection.
January 21, 2026 at 11:13 AM
This morning's optical phenomenon: a #Brocken #spectre around my head in #fog shortly after sunrise. It's unusual to see it at ground level - usually seen from aircraft over clouds. It's distinct from a #Heiligenschein, which produces a #halo around the observer's shadowed head from dew reflection.
Conferred with my PhD blu this morning @unioflimerick.bsky.social- a fabulous occasion, beautifully choreographed, uplifting positive speeches, inclusive and celebratory.
Associate Professor Mariano Paz, one of my supervisors, presented me with my cap. All the hard work is so worth it. #ULGraduation
Associate Professor Mariano Paz, one of my supervisors, presented me with my cap. All the hard work is so worth it. #ULGraduation
January 20, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Conferred with my PhD blu this morning @unioflimerick.bsky.social- a fabulous occasion, beautifully choreographed, uplifting positive speeches, inclusive and celebratory.
Associate Professor Mariano Paz, one of my supervisors, presented me with my cap. All the hard work is so worth it. #ULGraduation
Associate Professor Mariano Paz, one of my supervisors, presented me with my cap. All the hard work is so worth it. #ULGraduation
Northern Lights making a watercolour of Lough Derg. #NorthernLights
January 20, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Northern Lights making a watercolour of Lough Derg. #NorthernLights
Aurora Borealis over the majestic River Shannon this evening. #NorthernLights
January 19, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Aurora Borealis over the majestic River Shannon this evening. #NorthernLights
Looking forward to reading with Alan McMonagle. Amy Barry & Marion Moynihan at the #PoetryLobby on January 27. The event is hosted by poet Anne Donnellan. #Poetry @poetryireland.bsky.social
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The Poetry Lobby hosted by Anne Donnellan - January | Poetry Ireland
The Poetry Lobby hosted by Anne Donnellan - January
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January 18, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Looking forward to reading with Alan McMonagle. Amy Barry & Marion Moynihan at the #PoetryLobby on January 27. The event is hosted by poet Anne Donnellan. #Poetry @poetryireland.bsky.social
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✨ Spring Series 2026 with the newly appointed Ireland Professor of Poetry, Vona Groarke.
Vona Groarke will open the series with a public lecture at Trinity College Dublin on Thurs 26 Feb.
🔗 Booking via: www.eventbrite.ie/e/vona-groar...
📷 Joe Shaughnessy
Vona Groarke will open the series with a public lecture at Trinity College Dublin on Thurs 26 Feb.
🔗 Booking via: www.eventbrite.ie/e/vona-groar...
📷 Joe Shaughnessy
January 16, 2026 at 2:47 PM
✨ Spring Series 2026 with the newly appointed Ireland Professor of Poetry, Vona Groarke.
Vona Groarke will open the series with a public lecture at Trinity College Dublin on Thurs 26 Feb.
🔗 Booking via: www.eventbrite.ie/e/vona-groar...
📷 Joe Shaughnessy
Vona Groarke will open the series with a public lecture at Trinity College Dublin on Thurs 26 Feb.
🔗 Booking via: www.eventbrite.ie/e/vona-groar...
📷 Joe Shaughnessy
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We are delighted that the first Southword Poetry Podcast of 2026 is out now with Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and is available to listen to on our website - southword.buzzsprout.com/share
#podcast
#podcast
Southword Poetry Podcast
The Southword Poetry Podcast is produced by the Munster Literature Centre. Each episode, a guest poet talks in depth about their latest work and shares a few of their poems. We also hear a poem from a...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM
We are delighted that the first Southword Poetry Podcast of 2026 is out now with Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and is available to listen to on our website - southword.buzzsprout.com/share
#podcast
#podcast
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Join us for the first instalment of The Poetry Lobby for 2026, presented in association with Poetry Ireland, and hosted by Anne Donnellan!
📅 Sunday, January 25th
🕒3:00pm-5:00pm
📍Menlo Park Hotel, Galway
🎫Free entry, Donations Welcome
📅 Sunday, January 25th
🕒3:00pm-5:00pm
📍Menlo Park Hotel, Galway
🎫Free entry, Donations Welcome
January 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Join us for the first instalment of The Poetry Lobby for 2026, presented in association with Poetry Ireland, and hosted by Anne Donnellan!
📅 Sunday, January 25th
🕒3:00pm-5:00pm
📍Menlo Park Hotel, Galway
🎫Free entry, Donations Welcome
📅 Sunday, January 25th
🕒3:00pm-5:00pm
📍Menlo Park Hotel, Galway
🎫Free entry, Donations Welcome
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Beyond excited to share the news that my first poetry collection, Midnight at the Saltmarsh, will be published by @thegallerypress.bsky.social in May 2026! 💫✨
January 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Beyond excited to share the news that my first poetry collection, Midnight at the Saltmarsh, will be published by @thegallerypress.bsky.social in May 2026! 💫✨
. @deptcultureirl.bsky.social & Patrick O’Donovan TD - it would be pretty awesome if you could help us save #TheComplex, a crucial inner Dublin city location for artists and the arts - the deadline to preserve #TheComplex is looming, we’re still hopeful of a last minute intervention. #Irish #Artists
Please help save #TheComplex, a vital #cultural and #artistic space in the heart of Dublin town.
Artists need these rare affordable studios in which to work, create and collaborate.
Please sign the petition and share.
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Artists need these rare affordable studios in which to work, create and collaborate.
Please sign the petition and share.
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Save The Complex in Dublin
I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share
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January 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
. @deptcultureirl.bsky.social & Patrick O’Donovan TD - it would be pretty awesome if you could help us save #TheComplex, a crucial inner Dublin city location for artists and the arts - the deadline to preserve #TheComplex is looming, we’re still hopeful of a last minute intervention. #Irish #Artists
‘Through the Ears of a Fish’ from my collection ‘Of Ochre and Ash’ (Dedalus Press)
Thanks so much to poet Maurice Devitt, curator at the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies for posting my poem on their social media. #poetry #PoetsSupportingPoets
Thanks so much to poet Maurice Devitt, curator at the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies for posting my poem on their social media. #poetry #PoetsSupportingPoets
January 8, 2026 at 12:25 AM
‘Through the Ears of a Fish’ from my collection ‘Of Ochre and Ash’ (Dedalus Press)
Thanks so much to poet Maurice Devitt, curator at the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies for posting my poem on their social media. #poetry #PoetsSupportingPoets
Thanks so much to poet Maurice Devitt, curator at the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies for posting my poem on their social media. #poetry #PoetsSupportingPoets
New Year’s Day 2026
Shannon one Design calendar ⛵️
Shannon one Design calendar ⛵️
January 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
New Year’s Day 2026
Shannon one Design calendar ⛵️
Shannon one Design calendar ⛵️
Saddened to hear the news of Seamus O'Brien, a dear, kind friend to our family. He will be greatly missed.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
#Botanist
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Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
#Botanist
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December 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Saddened to hear the news of Seamus O'Brien, a dear, kind friend to our family. He will be greatly missed.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
#Botanist
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Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
#Botanist
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Her work in Creative Writing participatory action research continues with her project 'Making Space for NHS Voices' with University Hospitals Tees, where she recently launched The Writers' Nook alongside the arts committee of North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
December 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Her work in Creative Writing participatory action research continues with her project 'Making Space for NHS Voices' with University Hospitals Tees, where she recently launched The Writers' Nook alongside the arts committee of North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
Fantastic news, huge congratulations @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social Professor of Poetry and Creative Writing Practice with @ouliterature.bsky.social - as a graduate from the OU, I can only say lucky, lucky students! #Poetry #CreativeWriting
Poet Siobhan Campbell is now Professor of Poetry and Creative Writing Practice at The Open University. Siobhan's six books of poetry are published in Ireland/UK and the USA by publishers including Templar, Seren, Rack Press and Blackstaff Press.
@poetrysiobhan.bsky.social
@poetrysiobhan.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Fantastic news, huge congratulations @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social Professor of Poetry and Creative Writing Practice with @ouliterature.bsky.social - as a graduate from the OU, I can only say lucky, lucky students! #Poetry #CreativeWriting
“What If It’s Not Writer’s Block?
Niall Campbell contemplates the other reason writing stops” @northseapoets.bsky.social
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Niall Campbell contemplates the other reason writing stops” @northseapoets.bsky.social
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What If It’s Not Writer’s Block?
Niall Campbell contemplates the other reason writing stops
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December 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
“What If It’s Not Writer’s Block?
Niall Campbell contemplates the other reason writing stops” @northseapoets.bsky.social
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Niall Campbell contemplates the other reason writing stops” @northseapoets.bsky.social
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Last walk of the day and frost-defying, brave daffodils are arrived above ground…so early. Too early? #Daddodils 🌼
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Last walk of the day and frost-defying, brave daffodils are arrived above ground…so early. Too early? #Daddodils 🌼
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The third and final part of our Books of the Year special is now online, featuring choices from John Lavin @maryodonnell.bsky.social @tazrahman.bsky.social @eleanorhooker.bsky.social @devaneemily.bsky.social @glynedwards.bsky.social
Jackie Gorman & Penny Simpson.
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Jackie Gorman & Penny Simpson.
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Books of the Year 2025 / Part Three
Contributors to The Lonely Crowd choose the books they have most enjoyed this year. John Lavin Twenty years in the making, Sarah Hall’s seventh novel, Helm, is an imaginative tour de force. …
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December 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The third and final part of our Books of the Year special is now online, featuring choices from John Lavin @maryodonnell.bsky.social @tazrahman.bsky.social @eleanorhooker.bsky.social @devaneemily.bsky.social @glynedwards.bsky.social
Jackie Gorman & Penny Simpson.
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Jackie Gorman & Penny Simpson.
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It's a great honour to judge the inaugural Three Pillars Press Poetry Pamphlet Awards.
Congratulations to poets Ger Duffy and @billyfenton.bsky.social on this great initiative. #Poetry
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Congratulations to poets Ger Duffy and @billyfenton.bsky.social on this great initiative. #Poetry
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December 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It's a great honour to judge the inaugural Three Pillars Press Poetry Pamphlet Awards.
Congratulations to poets Ger Duffy and @billyfenton.bsky.social on this great initiative. #Poetry
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Congratulations to poets Ger Duffy and @billyfenton.bsky.social on this great initiative. #Poetry
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Stopped in Tuamgraney today to walk Prof. before continuing the drive home - passed the entrance to Edna O’Brien’s homeplace. #EdnaOBrien
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Stopped in Tuamgraney today to walk Prof. before continuing the drive home - passed the entrance to Edna O’Brien’s homeplace. #EdnaOBrien
Vanessa Fielding, CEO & Artistic Director of #TheComplex and George Hooker, artist with studio space there, both interviewed in today’s @IrishTimes.com
If you can, please sign the petition below to save this inner city Dublin site for #artists, their #art and #culture
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If you can, please sign the petition below to save this inner city Dublin site for #artists, their #art and #culture
my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa...
December 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Vanessa Fielding, CEO & Artistic Director of #TheComplex and George Hooker, artist with studio space there, both interviewed in today’s @IrishTimes.com
If you can, please sign the petition below to save this inner city Dublin site for #artists, their #art and #culture
my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa...
If you can, please sign the petition below to save this inner city Dublin site for #artists, their #art and #culture
my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa...