Linda McKenna
@lindamckenna.bsky.social
Poet. Two poetry collections with Doire Press, 'Four Thousand Keys' (2024), 'In the Museum of Misremembered Things' (2020). Lives in Downpatrick. Man Utd fan
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Read all about it! Femina Culpa (myself, Emma and @lindamckenna.bsky.social) will be at the Southbank Centre on Wednesday August 6th!
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Who is poetry collective Femina Culpa? | Southbank Centre
Introducing the new all-woman poetry collective that are as much one for the past as they are one for the future.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Read all about it! Femina Culpa (myself, Emma and @lindamckenna.bsky.social) will be at the Southbank Centre on Wednesday August 6th!
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/magazine/who...
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/magazine/who...
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London friends and writers! If you're interested in hearing some poetry from myself @lindamckenna.bsky.social and Emma McKervey we will be on tour in early August 🎉
July 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
London friends and writers! If you're interested in hearing some poetry from myself @lindamckenna.bsky.social and Emma McKervey we will be on tour in early August 🎉
@milenawilliamson.bsky.social Emma McKervey and I are going on tour to London! We will be reading at the Southbank Centre, Keats House Museum, the Bank of England Museum and Bethlem Museum of the Mind. With thanks to Culture Ireland for funding towards this. If you are in London come and join us!
July 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@milenawilliamson.bsky.social Emma McKervey and I are going on tour to London! We will be reading at the Southbank Centre, Keats House Museum, the Bank of England Museum and Bethlem Museum of the Mind. With thanks to Culture Ireland for funding towards this. If you are in London come and join us!
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1) Our latest episode features Irish Poet Linda McKenna reading "Fifty Miles" from her collection "Four Thousand Keys" published by Doire Press
#IrishPodcast #IrishPoetry #Poetry #LostInBelfast #Writing @lindamckenna.bsky.social @doirepress.bsky.social #NorthernIreland #Malahide #Kinsealy
#IrishPodcast #IrishPoetry #Poetry #LostInBelfast #Writing @lindamckenna.bsky.social @doirepress.bsky.social #NorthernIreland #Malahide #Kinsealy
June 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
1) Our latest episode features Irish Poet Linda McKenna reading "Fifty Miles" from her collection "Four Thousand Keys" published by Doire Press
#IrishPodcast #IrishPoetry #Poetry #LostInBelfast #Writing @lindamckenna.bsky.social @doirepress.bsky.social #NorthernIreland #Malahide #Kinsealy
#IrishPodcast #IrishPoetry #Poetry #LostInBelfast #Writing @lindamckenna.bsky.social @doirepress.bsky.social #NorthernIreland #Malahide #Kinsealy
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Sunday June 1st our @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social & @lindamckenna.bsky.social will be reading at @writersweek.bsky.social
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May 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Sunday June 1st our @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social & @lindamckenna.bsky.social will be reading at @writersweek.bsky.social
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⭐️ The Not-So-Secret Book Festival takes place 20—22 June in Carrickfergus ⭐️
@kellycrimebooks.bsky.social @jozebwrites.bsky.social @boylemo.bsky.social @lindamckenna.bsky.social @milenawilliamson.bsky.social
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@kellycrimebooks.bsky.social @jozebwrites.bsky.social @boylemo.bsky.social @lindamckenna.bsky.social @milenawilliamson.bsky.social
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The Secret Bookshelf to host summer book festival - Books Ireland
The Not-So-Secret Book Festival takes place 20—22 June in Carrickfergus.
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May 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
⭐️ The Not-So-Secret Book Festival takes place 20—22 June in Carrickfergus ⭐️
@kellycrimebooks.bsky.social @jozebwrites.bsky.social @boylemo.bsky.social @lindamckenna.bsky.social @milenawilliamson.bsky.social
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@kellycrimebooks.bsky.social @jozebwrites.bsky.social @boylemo.bsky.social @lindamckenna.bsky.social @milenawilliamson.bsky.social
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Some recent and wonderful additions to the River Mill library.
@lindamckenna.bsky.social
@garrettcarr.bsky.social
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
@doirepress.bsky.social
@lindamckenna.bsky.social
@garrettcarr.bsky.social
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
@doirepress.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Some recent and wonderful additions to the River Mill library.
@lindamckenna.bsky.social
@garrettcarr.bsky.social
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
@doirepress.bsky.social
@lindamckenna.bsky.social
@garrettcarr.bsky.social
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
@doirepress.bsky.social
If you are around Waterford next weekend come along and listen to @milenawilliamson.bsky.social , Emma McKervey and me reading from our new collections. With thanks to Ger Duffy.
February 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you are around Waterford next weekend come along and listen to @milenawilliamson.bsky.social , Emma McKervey and me reading from our new collections. With thanks to Ger Duffy.
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Read three new poems by @lindamckenna.bsky.social in Issue 14.
January 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Read three new poems by @lindamckenna.bsky.social in Issue 14.
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The 50 of '24!
50 Poetry Collections, chapbooks, collaborations or journals that Rocked the Storms this year. Merry Christmas to reader & writer
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50 Poetry Collections, chapbooks, collaborations or journals that Rocked the Storms this year. Merry Christmas to reader & writer
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A Year at the Storms
I turn 50 in 2025! Ah! Therefore, in order to prepare and feel the weight of the number itself, here are my 50 from 2024, 50 poetry collections that rocked the Storms, either by appearing on the po…
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December 18, 2024 at 11:28 PM
The 50 of '24!
50 Poetry Collections, chapbooks, collaborations or journals that Rocked the Storms this year. Merry Christmas to reader & writer
eatthestorms.com/2024/12/18/a...
50 Poetry Collections, chapbooks, collaborations or journals that Rocked the Storms this year. Merry Christmas to reader & writer
eatthestorms.com/2024/12/18/a...
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Here's the link to book tickets for a pre-Christmas reading at Clifton House with Emma McKervey, Lynda Tavakoli and me. We will be reading from our new collections.
Here's the link to book tickets for a pre-Christmas reading at Clifton House with Emma McKervey, Lynda Tavakoli and me. We will be reading from our new collections.
Femina Culpa's Christmas Reading
We will be reading poetry exploring the lives of 19th working class and the legal system, using a blend of aresearch, oral history and myth.
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December 6, 2024 at 8:42 AM
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Here's the link to book tickets for a pre-Christmas reading at Clifton House with Emma McKervey, Lynda Tavakoli and me. We will be reading from our new collections.
Here's the link to book tickets for a pre-Christmas reading at Clifton House with Emma McKervey, Lynda Tavakoli and me. We will be reading from our new collections.
Saw someone called George Russell trending on twitter and immediately thought 'why is AE trending?'
December 5, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Saw someone called George Russell trending on twitter and immediately thought 'why is AE trending?'
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Join @milenawilliamson.bsky.social Emma McKervey and me at Clifton House on 19 December for a Femina Culpa reading.
Join @milenawilliamson.bsky.social Emma McKervey and me at Clifton House on 19 December for a Femina Culpa reading.
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December 5, 2024 at 7:59 AM
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Join @milenawilliamson.bsky.social Emma McKervey and me at Clifton House on 19 December for a Femina Culpa reading.
Join @milenawilliamson.bsky.social Emma McKervey and me at Clifton House on 19 December for a Femina Culpa reading.
Privileged to share Doire's poetic stage this year with Emily, Jo and Michael. Do read their great collections if you haven't yet. @doirepress.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Privileged to share Doire's poetic stage this year with Emily, Jo and Michael. Do read their great collections if you haven't yet. @doirepress.bsky.social
A few wintry poems from my new collection, 'Four Thousand Keys', (Doire Press), which is just over a month in the world now!
November 26, 2024 at 6:32 PM
A few wintry poems from my new collection, 'Four Thousand Keys', (Doire Press), which is just over a month in the world now!
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Thanks to BBC Radio Ulster's Your Place and Mine for the chance to chat about 'Four Thousand Keys' this morning. They also made a lovely soundscape for 'Hinterland'. You can listen again on BBC Sounds. #irishpoetry @irishtimes.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Thanks to BBC Radio Ulster's Your Place and Mine for the chance to chat about 'Four Thousand Keys' this morning. They also made a lovely soundscape for 'Hinterland'. You can listen again on BBC Sounds. #irishpoetry @irishtimes.bsky.social
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This book. Now more than ever.
Number 40 in a list of books by alumni of the Seamus Heaney Centre, Belfast. THE LAST SPRING OF THE WORLD by Maureen Boyle, published by Arlen House. "A wise collection of poems on Irish identity and womanhood," says the Harvard Review.
November 16, 2024 at 7:01 AM
This book. Now more than ever.
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And my 5 #poets, for today, have also been published by Hedgehog #Poetry Press:
@meggiepoet.bsky.social
@philvernon.bsky.social
@nmoliverpoetry.bsky.social
@bethbpoet.bsky.social
@carolinejohnstone.bsky.social
#PoetsOnBluesky
@meggiepoet.bsky.social
@philvernon.bsky.social
@nmoliverpoetry.bsky.social
@bethbpoet.bsky.social
@carolinejohnstone.bsky.social
#PoetsOnBluesky
My five for today:
@suefinch.bsky.social
@gaynorkanepoet.bsky.social
@stormshelter.bsky.social
@prudelaide.bsky.social
@pmosbornewriter.bsky.social
It's been my privilege to get to know these poets through the Hedgehog Poetry Press where we all have books. 🦔 #Poetry #PoetsOnBluesky
@suefinch.bsky.social
@gaynorkanepoet.bsky.social
@stormshelter.bsky.social
@prudelaide.bsky.social
@pmosbornewriter.bsky.social
It's been my privilege to get to know these poets through the Hedgehog Poetry Press where we all have books. 🦔 #Poetry #PoetsOnBluesky
November 16, 2024 at 8:49 AM
And my 5 #poets, for today, have also been published by Hedgehog #Poetry Press:
@meggiepoet.bsky.social
@philvernon.bsky.social
@nmoliverpoetry.bsky.social
@bethbpoet.bsky.social
@carolinejohnstone.bsky.social
#PoetsOnBluesky
@meggiepoet.bsky.social
@philvernon.bsky.social
@nmoliverpoetry.bsky.social
@bethbpoet.bsky.social
@carolinejohnstone.bsky.social
#PoetsOnBluesky
Hi everybody. Found quite a few of the poets and writers. Still trying to find more and the gardeners and the Man U supporters......as my first post here's a wee poem that combines all of the above! Ps all my pics are terrible!
November 14, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Hi everybody. Found quite a few of the poets and writers. Still trying to find more and the gardeners and the Man U supporters......as my first post here's a wee poem that combines all of the above! Ps all my pics are terrible!