Amanda Bell
@gagebybell.bsky.social
Poet, writer, editor: books by Doire Press, Alba Publishing, Fine Press Poetry, wildflower poetry press, and The Onslaught Press. Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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Amanda Bell
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· Nov 16
The Oldcastle Bell, by Amanda Bell
On tending to the perfect apple glade in East Mayo
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The November super moon seemed like a good time to join here - and how lovely it is to find so many familiar names. As an intro, here's a recent piece featuring some of my interests
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Thank you Helen Dwyer and team at @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social for talking to me about *Riptide* on 'Rhyme and Reason'
Thank you Helen Dwyer and team at @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social for talking to me about *Riptide* on 'Rhyme and Reason'
Rhyme & Reason - Amanda Bell - 24/10/25
On Rhyme & Reason, Helen Dwyer talks to Amanda Bell, an editor, indexer, poet & writer based in Dublin.
Amanda has published seven books, including poetry, haibun and haiku and creative non-fiction f...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Thank you Helen Dwyer and team at @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social for talking to me about *Riptide* on 'Rhyme and Reason'
Thank you Helen Dwyer and team at @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social for talking to me about *Riptide* on 'Rhyme and Reason'
"Dodder Walk, 31 October", from *Riptide* @doirepress.bsky.social
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and *Winter Heliotrope* (Fine Press Poetry, 2023). Thinking today of memories shared with my father, my friends Jake Malone and
@bridmcgrath.bsky.social, and Andrew Moorhouse of Fine Press Poetry.
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and *Winter Heliotrope* (Fine Press Poetry, 2023). Thinking today of memories shared with my father, my friends Jake Malone and
@bridmcgrath.bsky.social, and Andrew Moorhouse of Fine Press Poetry.
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"Dodder Walk, 31 October", from *Riptide* @doirepress.bsky.social
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social
and *Winter Heliotrope* (Fine Press Poetry, 2023). Thinking today of memories shared with my father, my friends Jake Malone and
@bridmcgrath.bsky.social, and Andrew Moorhouse of Fine Press Poetry.
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social
and *Winter Heliotrope* (Fine Press Poetry, 2023). Thinking today of memories shared with my father, my friends Jake Malone and
@bridmcgrath.bsky.social, and Andrew Moorhouse of Fine Press Poetry.
Issue 7.2 of The Haibun Journal - the 14th volume, and the last. It's been a pleasure to work with Sean O'Connor, Kim Richardson, and Paul Bregazzi, and a privilege to publish so many fine haibun - 184 writers from 20 countries. Available to order from thehaibunjournal@gmail.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Issue 7.2 of The Haibun Journal - the 14th volume, and the last. It's been a pleasure to work with Sean O'Connor, Kim Richardson, and Paul Bregazzi, and a privilege to publish so many fine haibun - 184 writers from 20 countries. Available to order from thehaibunjournal@gmail.com
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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
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
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
Info on both here:
Clockhammer - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
Tidal - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
Congratulations @sineadgleeson.bsky.social and @louisekennedy.bsky.social and thank you @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social - great to see a big group of people celebrating Norah Hoult today in Terenure 💫
September 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Congratulations @sineadgleeson.bsky.social and @louisekennedy.bsky.social and thank you @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social - great to see a big group of people celebrating Norah Hoult today in Terenure 💫
Great opportunity to work with the excellent @maevedos.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Great opportunity to work with the excellent @maevedos.bsky.social
Congratulations 💫
August 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Congratulations 💫
Honoured that my 2016 collection Undercurrents is the Haiku Foundation's Book of the Week. Thanks to Dan Campbell for his beautiful essay 🙏
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Book of the Week - Undercurrents by Amanda Bell - The Haiku Foundation
Peggy Willis Lyles’ poetry occupies a unique space within the tradition of contemporary nature writing.
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August 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Honoured that my 2016 collection Undercurrents is the Haiku Foundation's Book of the Week. Thanks to Dan Campbell for his beautiful essay 🙏
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Friends, I wrote a piece on poet Laura Gilpin, who died of glioblastoma in 2006.
She is best known for “The Two-Headed Calf.”
With gratitude to the Poetry Foundation for allowing me to try to restore this remarkable healthcare practitioner/poet’s legacy.
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She is best known for “The Two-Headed Calf.”
With gratitude to the Poetry Foundation for allowing me to try to restore this remarkable healthcare practitioner/poet’s legacy.
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/170...
July 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Friends, I wrote a piece on poet Laura Gilpin, who died of glioblastoma in 2006.
She is best known for “The Two-Headed Calf.”
With gratitude to the Poetry Foundation for allowing me to try to restore this remarkable healthcare practitioner/poet’s legacy.
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/170...
She is best known for “The Two-Headed Calf.”
With gratitude to the Poetry Foundation for allowing me to try to restore this remarkable healthcare practitioner/poet’s legacy.
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/170...
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Fascinating piece about poetry, AI, and what it means to be human. Bravo Brendan O'Connor.
Fascinating piece about poetry, AI, and what it means to be human. Bravo Brendan O'Connor.
Can Artificial Intelligence write better poetry than a poet?
Rita Ann Higgins, and entrepreneur & journalist, Mark Little. We asked ChatGPT to “write a poem in the style of Rita Ann Higgins.” We then asked Rita Ann Higgins to read it on air, alongside one of ...
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July 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Fascinating piece about poetry, AI, and what it means to be human. Bravo Brendan O'Connor.
Fascinating piece about poetry, AI, and what it means to be human. Bravo Brendan O'Connor.
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A reminder that this FREE #workshop for #haiku beginners takes place on Fri from 2-330 in the St. Andrew’s Community Centre, as part of this year’s #Rialto #Community #Arts #Festival in #Dublin8. All welcome, no experience of creative writing is required. All event info on: rialtocommunityarts.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A reminder that this FREE #workshop for #haiku beginners takes place on Fri from 2-330 in the St. Andrew’s Community Centre, as part of this year’s #Rialto #Community #Arts #Festival in #Dublin8. All welcome, no experience of creative writing is required. All event info on: rialtocommunityarts.com
For Fathers' Day, from *First the Feathers* @doirepress.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
For Fathers' Day, from *First the Feathers* @doirepress.bsky.social
Thrilled to have 3 new poems in Live Encounters 🙏 @doirepress.bsky.social liveencounters.net/2025-le-pw/a...
Amanda Bell - Before I knew things ended - Live Encounters
Before I knew things ended, poems by Amanda Bell. Live Encounters Poetry & Writing June 2025.
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May 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Thrilled to have 3 new poems in Live Encounters 🙏 @doirepress.bsky.social liveencounters.net/2025-le-pw/a...
Do come and enjoy this fine line-up of poets for a reading this evening in Harold's Cross Community Hall. 💫🎤
A great line-up of poets reading in Harold's Cross Festival on Thursday 15th May - come and join us, and check out the full programme at haroldscross.org
May 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Do come and enjoy this fine line-up of poets for a reading this evening in Harold's Cross Community Hall. 💫🎤
A great line-up of poets reading in Harold's Cross Festival on Thursday 15th May - come and join us, and check out the full programme at haroldscross.org
May 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A great line-up of poets reading in Harold's Cross Festival on Thursday 15th May - come and join us, and check out the full programme at haroldscross.org
Delighted to have a haibun about our cat Tamburlaine the Great on @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social tomorrow 🙏💫
March 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Delighted to have a haibun about our cat Tamburlaine the Great on @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social tomorrow 🙏💫
Congratulations to Rosie O'Reilly, DCC's Biodiversity Artist in Residence, on this inspiring sound walk, *Abhainn*, on the Dublin Discovery Trails app. I'm thrilled to have *Flotsam* from *Undercurrents* used for the section near St Patrick's Cathedral 🏞
February 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Congratulations to Rosie O'Reilly, DCC's Biodiversity Artist in Residence, on this inspiring sound walk, *Abhainn*, on the Dublin Discovery Trails app. I'm thrilled to have *Flotsam* from *Undercurrents* used for the section near St Patrick's Cathedral 🏞
A fabulous evening of readings from @the4facedliar.bsky.social this evening. Highly recommend getting a copy. I'm honoured that the editors chose my poem to include. 🙏 @doirepress.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A fabulous evening of readings from @the4facedliar.bsky.social this evening. Highly recommend getting a copy. I'm honoured that the editors chose my poem to include. 🙏 @doirepress.bsky.social
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Some good news: my 4-week workshop for emerging haiku poets is going ahead on Zoom, from Tu 21/1 to Tu 11/2, 630-830pm (GMT). We’ll cover advanced #haiku writing techniques (incl. the use of metaphor), plus an intro to #tanka (5-line form) & #haiga (form combining haiku & image). Cost €100 / €75 unw
robin from teen titans go is driving a car with haiku ed written on it
ALT: robin from teen titans go is driving a car with haiku ed written on it
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January 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Some good news: my 4-week workshop for emerging haiku poets is going ahead on Zoom, from Tu 21/1 to Tu 11/2, 630-830pm (GMT). We’ll cover advanced #haiku writing techniques (incl. the use of metaphor), plus an intro to #tanka (5-line form) & #haiga (form combining haiku & image). Cost €100 / €75 unw
My Christmas poem from *Riptide* @doirepress.bsky.social, with warm wishes to everyone this midwinter 💫
December 24, 2024 at 5:01 PM
My Christmas poem from *Riptide* @doirepress.bsky.social, with warm wishes to everyone this midwinter 💫
Here's my solstice poem, from *First the Feathers* (Doire Press, 2017) @doirepress.bsky.social. The world feels very dark this year, so here's to a turn towards the light 🌓
December 20, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Here's my solstice poem, from *First the Feathers* (Doire Press, 2017) @doirepress.bsky.social. The world feels very dark this year, so here's to a turn towards the light 🌓
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Am excellent, hits-home piece by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social on burnout, capitalism, doing too much and remembering to make time for the people and things you love. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
December 14, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Am excellent, hits-home piece by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social on burnout, capitalism, doing too much and remembering to make time for the people and things you love. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Thrilled to have 'Spindles' - a new poem - on Ink, Sweat & Tears. Memories of being both daughter and parent during lockdown.
Thrilled to have 'Spindles' - a new poem - on Ink, Sweat & Tears. Memories of being both daughter and parent during lockdown.
Amanda Bell | Ink Sweat and Tears
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December 14, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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Thrilled to have 'Spindles' - a new poem - on Ink, Sweat & Tears. Memories of being both daughter and parent during lockdown.
Thrilled to have 'Spindles' - a new poem - on Ink, Sweat & Tears. Memories of being both daughter and parent during lockdown.