Mrs Vicky Day
@mrsvickyday.bsky.social
I’m officially Irish 🇮🇪
What could possibly go wrong… 😱
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
What could possibly go wrong… 😱
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“The main thing is to write
for the joy of it. Cultivate a work-lust
that imagines its haven like your hands at night
dreaming the sun in the sunspot of a breast.
You are fasted now, light-headed, dangerous.
Take off from here.”
― Seamus Heaney, Station Island
for the joy of it. Cultivate a work-lust
that imagines its haven like your hands at night
dreaming the sun in the sunspot of a breast.
You are fasted now, light-headed, dangerous.
Take off from here.”
― Seamus Heaney, Station Island
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“The main thing is to write
for the joy of it. Cultivate a work-lust
that imagines its haven like your hands at night
dreaming the sun in the sunspot of a breast.
You are fasted now, light-headed, dangerous.
Take off from here.”
― Seamus Heaney, Station Island
for the joy of it. Cultivate a work-lust
that imagines its haven like your hands at night
dreaming the sun in the sunspot of a breast.
You are fasted now, light-headed, dangerous.
Take off from here.”
― Seamus Heaney, Station Island
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We’re delighted to see photos from our collection featured in this fascinating initiative by our friends at #NationalArchivesofIreland. They’re seeking stories from Irish people aged 100 and over - a wonderful opportunity to preserve and celebrate living history: www.irishstar.com/news/ireland...
National Archive launches search for Irish people who are 100 years or over
The very first census carried out after Ireland gained its independence from Britain will be digitized and published online to celebrate its 100 year anniversary
www.irishstar.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We’re delighted to see photos from our collection featured in this fascinating initiative by our friends at #NationalArchivesofIreland. They’re seeking stories from Irish people aged 100 and over - a wonderful opportunity to preserve and celebrate living history: www.irishstar.com/news/ireland...
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NEWS: Emma Dabiri joins as our new non-fiction editor.
Emma Dabiri FRSL is an award-winning broadcaster & bestselling author of Don’t Touch My Hair, What White People Can Do Next and Disobedient Bodies.
Emma will be reading for the current open submission round.
stingingfly.org/news/announc...
Emma Dabiri FRSL is an award-winning broadcaster & bestselling author of Don’t Touch My Hair, What White People Can Do Next and Disobedient Bodies.
Emma will be reading for the current open submission round.
stingingfly.org/news/announc...
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
NEWS: Emma Dabiri joins as our new non-fiction editor.
Emma Dabiri FRSL is an award-winning broadcaster & bestselling author of Don’t Touch My Hair, What White People Can Do Next and Disobedient Bodies.
Emma will be reading for the current open submission round.
stingingfly.org/news/announc...
Emma Dabiri FRSL is an award-winning broadcaster & bestselling author of Don’t Touch My Hair, What White People Can Do Next and Disobedient Bodies.
Emma will be reading for the current open submission round.
stingingfly.org/news/announc...
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Winterverse is back!
Merriment to melt midwinter. Sunday 7 December from 5pm in The Marine Bar - free admission.
#poetry #spokenword #waterford #openmic
Merriment to melt midwinter. Sunday 7 December from 5pm in The Marine Bar - free admission.
#poetry #spokenword #waterford #openmic
November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Winterverse is back!
Merriment to melt midwinter. Sunday 7 December from 5pm in The Marine Bar - free admission.
#poetry #spokenword #waterford #openmic
Merriment to melt midwinter. Sunday 7 December from 5pm in The Marine Bar - free admission.
#poetry #spokenword #waterford #openmic
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Next West Waterford Poets meet: Mon 17 Nov, 7:30pm. Prompt: write an acrostic, spoonerisms/malapropisms a bonus!
New members - of all abilities - always welcome!
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity #booksky #poetrysky #waterford #westwaterfordpoet #SpéirGhorm
New members - of all abilities - always welcome!
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity #booksky #poetrysky #waterford #westwaterfordpoet #SpéirGhorm
November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Next West Waterford Poets meet: Mon 17 Nov, 7:30pm. Prompt: write an acrostic, spoonerisms/malapropisms a bonus!
New members - of all abilities - always welcome!
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity #booksky #poetrysky #waterford #westwaterfordpoet #SpéirGhorm
New members - of all abilities - always welcome!
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #skypoets #writingcommunity #booksky #poetrysky #waterford #westwaterfordpoet #SpéirGhorm
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In today's edition of our free #MonumentMonday newsletter, we take a trip to Boa Island on Lough Erne to visit two of the most enigmatic characters in Irish archaeology.
November 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In today's edition of our free #MonumentMonday newsletter, we take a trip to Boa Island on Lough Erne to visit two of the most enigmatic characters in Irish archaeology.
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Featuring our very own @allgumsblazing.bsky.social - well done Alan!
Launch No 2 for The Storms, the printed journal of poetry, prose & visual art, is the audio companion on Eat the Storms, the podcast.
This bumper episode episode is 2 hours+ and is now available on #Applepodcasts #AmazonPodcasts #Podbean and #Spotify
spotify.link/6cfE2v1lYXb
This bumper episode episode is 2 hours+ and is now available on #Applepodcasts #AmazonPodcasts #Podbean and #Spotify
spotify.link/6cfE2v1lYXb
November 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Featuring our very own @allgumsblazing.bsky.social - well done Alan!
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This Thursday!
Do come.
Free but booking required 👇
Do come.
Free but booking required 👇
Looking forward to reading from Ghost Mountain and taking part in a Q&A at 7pm on 6th November at the Dublin Book Fesitval
I'll be with Elaine Feeney & Lisa Harding. Live music from I Have a Tribe. Hosted by Derek Hand.
Free but booking required 👇
dublinbookfestival.com/event/class-...
I'll be with Elaine Feeney & Lisa Harding. Live music from I Have a Tribe. Hosted by Derek Hand.
Free but booking required 👇
dublinbookfestival.com/event/class-...
Class Acts: Equality, Connection and Belonging - Dublin Book Festival
Curated in partnership with DCU Cultural Arts Officer Marcella Bannon and Arts Council Writer in Residence Sarah Gilmartin. A day-long event that highlights writers who illuminate often underrepresen...
dublinbookfestival.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This Thursday!
Do come.
Free but booking required 👇
Do come.
Free but booking required 👇
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Y, felizmente, ¡mi nombre está en esa lista también! 🍾
All Hail The Amazing Issue 6 Poets! Among them @oyoguhito.bsky.social @ewenglass.bsky.social @carmellapoetry.bsky.social @josehernandezdz.bsky.social @lauracamacho.bsky.social @samszanto.bsky.social and @ciaranbuckley.bsky.social #Poets #poems #Amazing #sensational #gorgeous #newpoetry
November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Y, felizmente, ¡mi nombre está en esa lista también! 🍾
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Meet these great indie poets at the Poetry Genre Indie Authors Starter Pack! If you wish to be included in the starter pack, reply here. #poetrycommunity #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets go.bsky.app/FBSDdFZ
Poetry Genre Indie authors
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Meet these great indie poets at the Poetry Genre Indie Authors Starter Pack! If you wish to be included in the starter pack, reply here. #poetrycommunity #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets go.bsky.app/FBSDdFZ
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Storylines Europe: A New Celebration of European Literature, Translation, and Ideas
Saturday 22 November 2025 | Europe House, Dublin
Free but booking essential: storylineseurope.ie
Saturday 22 November 2025 | Europe House, Dublin
Free but booking essential: storylineseurope.ie
November 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Storylines Europe: A New Celebration of European Literature, Translation, and Ideas
Saturday 22 November 2025 | Europe House, Dublin
Free but booking essential: storylineseurope.ie
Saturday 22 November 2025 | Europe House, Dublin
Free but booking essential: storylineseurope.ie
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🏛️ Director's Tour:
Explore the National Library of Ireland with Director Dr Audrey Whitty
📅 Thursday, 13 November at 6pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
Meet in the Front Hall of National Library of Ireland, 7/8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Explore the National Library of Ireland with Director Dr Audrey Whitty
📅 Thursday, 13 November at 6pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
Meet in the Front Hall of National Library of Ireland, 7/8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Director's Tour of the National Library of Ireland
www.nli.ie
November 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🏛️ Director's Tour:
Explore the National Library of Ireland with Director Dr Audrey Whitty
📅 Thursday, 13 November at 6pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
Meet in the Front Hall of National Library of Ireland, 7/8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Explore the National Library of Ireland with Director Dr Audrey Whitty
📅 Thursday, 13 November at 6pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
Meet in the Front Hall of National Library of Ireland, 7/8 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
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16 years ago today we opened the doors to Dublin's newest bookshop.That @gutterbookshop.bsky.social continues to thrive today brings me so much joy. We created something that brought people together & celebrated books & reading. I feel like I added something good to the world & I'm so proud of that.
November 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
16 years ago today we opened the doors to Dublin's newest bookshop.That @gutterbookshop.bsky.social continues to thrive today brings me so much joy. We created something that brought people together & celebrated books & reading. I feel like I added something good to the world & I'm so proud of that.
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📅 Tomorrow (4th Nov) is #AskAConservator Day!
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes to preserve our collections? This annual event is your chance to ask all your conservation-related questions! 🧤📚✨
💬 Drop your questions about #conservation in the comments below!
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes to preserve our collections? This annual event is your chance to ask all your conservation-related questions! 🧤📚✨
💬 Drop your questions about #conservation in the comments below!
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
📅 Tomorrow (4th Nov) is #AskAConservator Day!
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes to preserve our collections? This annual event is your chance to ask all your conservation-related questions! 🧤📚✨
💬 Drop your questions about #conservation in the comments below!
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes to preserve our collections? This annual event is your chance to ask all your conservation-related questions! 🧤📚✨
💬 Drop your questions about #conservation in the comments below!
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All Hail The Amazing Issue 6 Poets! Among them @oyoguhito.bsky.social @ewenglass.bsky.social @carmellapoetry.bsky.social @josehernandezdz.bsky.social @lauracamacho.bsky.social @samszanto.bsky.social and @ciaranbuckley.bsky.social #Poets #poems #Amazing #sensational #gorgeous #newpoetry
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
All Hail The Amazing Issue 6 Poets! Among them @oyoguhito.bsky.social @ewenglass.bsky.social @carmellapoetry.bsky.social @josehernandezdz.bsky.social @lauracamacho.bsky.social @samszanto.bsky.social and @ciaranbuckley.bsky.social #Poets #poems #Amazing #sensational #gorgeous #newpoetry
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Our very own @kevinmacalan.bsky.social has two poems in the latest edition of @madridlitmag.bsky.social - well done Kevin!
Thrilled to have a couple of poems in this journal. One called “I Don’t Know S C Flynn” - which is true, but I do follow him (@scyflynn.bsky.social) on BlueSky. As should you all! 😏
Check out our amazing Issue 6 cover art by Lita Cabellut. You know you want in - themadridreview.com/subscriptions
#arte #art #portada #litacabellut #litmag #subscribenow
#arte #art #portada #litacabellut #litmag #subscribenow
November 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Our very own @kevinmacalan.bsky.social has two poems in the latest edition of @madridlitmag.bsky.social - well done Kevin!
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Thrilled to have a couple of poems in this journal. One called “I Don’t Know S C Flynn” - which is true, but I do follow him (@scyflynn.bsky.social) on BlueSky. As should you all! 😏
Check out our amazing Issue 6 cover art by Lita Cabellut. You know you want in - themadridreview.com/subscriptions
#arte #art #portada #litacabellut #litmag #subscribenow
#arte #art #portada #litacabellut #litmag #subscribenow
November 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thrilled to have a couple of poems in this journal. One called “I Don’t Know S C Flynn” - which is true, but I do follow him (@scyflynn.bsky.social) on BlueSky. As should you all! 😏
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Launch No 2 for The Storms, the printed journal of poetry, prose & visual art, is the audio companion on Eat the Storms, the podcast.
This bumper episode episode is 2 hours+ and is now available on #Applepodcasts #AmazonPodcasts #Podbean and #Spotify
spotify.link/6cfE2v1lYXb
This bumper episode episode is 2 hours+ and is now available on #Applepodcasts #AmazonPodcasts #Podbean and #Spotify
spotify.link/6cfE2v1lYXb
November 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Launch No 2 for The Storms, the printed journal of poetry, prose & visual art, is the audio companion on Eat the Storms, the podcast.
This bumper episode episode is 2 hours+ and is now available on #Applepodcasts #AmazonPodcasts #Podbean and #Spotify
spotify.link/6cfE2v1lYXb
This bumper episode episode is 2 hours+ and is now available on #Applepodcasts #AmazonPodcasts #Podbean and #Spotify
spotify.link/6cfE2v1lYXb
Fab cover! And inside you’ll find a wonderful contribution by @kevinmacalan.bsky.social too.
Check out our amazing Issue 6 cover art by Lita Cabellut. You know you want in - themadridreview.com/subscriptions
#arte #art #portada #litacabellut #litmag #subscribenow
#arte #art #portada #litacabellut #litmag #subscribenow
November 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Fab cover! And inside you’ll find a wonderful contribution by @kevinmacalan.bsky.social too.
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A timeline cleanse. Two hummingbirds taking shelter from the rain inside a rose.
Good night Bluesky.🥰
Good night Bluesky.🥰
October 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A timeline cleanse. Two hummingbirds taking shelter from the rain inside a rose.
Good night Bluesky.🥰
Good night Bluesky.🥰
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We're delighted to present ‘An Island of Many Nations’, the latest in our series Dublin, One City, Many Stories, in partnership with @dublincityoflit.bsky.social & @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social, shot by Arcade Film. We hope you enjoy watching!
youtu.be/atva_9ZiBSY
youtu.be/atva_9ZiBSY
Dublin, One City, Many Stories, Video 4, An Island of Many Nations
YouTube video by Irish Writers Centre
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We're delighted to present ‘An Island of Many Nations’, the latest in our series Dublin, One City, Many Stories, in partnership with @dublincityoflit.bsky.social & @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social, shot by Arcade Film. We hope you enjoy watching!
youtu.be/atva_9ZiBSY
youtu.be/atva_9ZiBSY
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Poetry needs you! 🫵🏼
The second annual waterford competition. Free to enter and open to all. Entries close at midnight on 15 November 2025. Visit waterford.carrd.co for full details and entry form.
Waterford
Waterford poetry format and poetry competition
waterford.carrd.co
October 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Poetry needs you! 🫵🏼
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Writing our listings email tonight
If you have a submission call, competition, event, course or anything else writers would like to know about, please let us know!
If you have a submission call, competition, event, course or anything else writers would like to know about, please let us know!
October 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Writing our listings email tonight
If you have a submission call, competition, event, course or anything else writers would like to know about, please let us know!
If you have a submission call, competition, event, course or anything else writers would like to know about, please let us know!
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Let's learn together on #Skool
I have just started and don't really know what I'm doing on there to be honest, but do come and join my community and we can muddle our way through together...
www.skool.com/remotely-soc...
I have just started and don't really know what I'm doing on there to be honest, but do come and join my community and we can muddle our way through together...
www.skool.com/remotely-soc...
Remotely Social
Come and join if you want to learn how to work remotely as a social media manager, or indeed how to manage the social media for your own business
www.skool.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Let's learn together on #Skool
I have just started and don't really know what I'm doing on there to be honest, but do come and join my community and we can muddle our way through together...
www.skool.com/remotely-soc...
I have just started and don't really know what I'm doing on there to be honest, but do come and join my community and we can muddle our way through together...
www.skool.com/remotely-soc...