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Claire Palzer
@clairemsp.bsky.social
she/her // PhD researcher for @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social at the University of Vienna with a focus on Irish spoken word poetry
This was really fun to do - and hopefully it's fun to listen to! If you wanna hear me chat about Ireland's spoken word festival "Lingo", give my episode a listen!
How does it sound when poetry performance researchers talk about their work? If you want to dive into this listening experience, feel free to check out our podcast 'Poetry Off the Page': poetryoffthepage.net/popcast/
Podcast – Poetry Off the Page
poetryoffthepage.net
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Very excited for both of these lectures! It's open to the public and we would love to see Vienna folks there!
EVENT ALERT!!
Come, listen to exciting talks on the uses of poetry in public spaces by Prof. Claudia Benthien and our PI Assoc. Prof. @julialajtanovak.bsky.social on November 3rd at 17:00h!

The event is open to all, please register at the link: www.oeaw.ac.at/veranstaltun...
October 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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August 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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The collection will attend to local/national practices as well as transnational movements and aims to advance the theory and methodology of poetry performance studies. The deadline for submission is 21 November 2025. Please find the ‘Call for Submissions’ at poetryoffthepage.net/wp-content/u...
poetryoffthepage.net
July 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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#CFPAlert Submissions for ‘Poetry Off the Page: International Advances in Poetry Performance Research’ now open!
This special collection of articles will be published by @openlibhums.bsky.social Journal and aims to spotlight new research on contemporary poetry performance from around the globe.
July 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Does anyone know of any literature on poetry films in Ireland? Thanks!
July 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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The Poetry Off the Page team thanks you for making the #PoPAroundtheGlobe conference such a generative experience!

Ft. Shefali Banerji, @julialajtanovak.bsky.social, Emily Poulter, Purva Dua, @clairemsp.bsky.social, Marie Krebs, Rachel Bolle-Debessay, Helen Thomas

📸: © Tsepang (Tespa) Malephane
July 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This was such a joy to host! Getting to platform these amazing poets - headliners and open micers alike - is an absolute pleasure. And MC-ing with Shefali is always a great gig!
We concluded the first day of #PoParoundtheGlobe with performances from poets from 8 countries. Our headliners were Shantanu Anand (IND), Raphael d'Abdon (ZAF), liz breslin (NZL), and Katharina Wenty (AUT).
June 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I'm excited to share that my first peer-reviewed journal article is now out in the world (and it's open access)! If you want to read about a fantastic poetry show and how it adapted to the circumstances of the pandemic, you can do that here: olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
‘All your disembodied little heads floating on a screen’: Liveness During the Pandemic in Mel Bradley’s <em>Ms Noir’s Seven Deadly Sins</em> (2020) <!--EndFragment-->
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK and Ireland in 2020 and the subsequent lockdowns caused a radical rupture in the world of live performances. Both theatre and poetry performance events ...
olh.openlibhums.org
June 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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This is massive news. There was so much data gathered and it's clear this scheme is necessary, especially for those who fell inbetween the cracks of AC funding. For the next round let's ensure it allows people to access funding without sacrificing their disability supports, a major flaw last time.
Minister for the Arts Patrick O'Donovan has publicly backed the retention of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme today saying that its impact is 'far-ranging and affects all aspects of recipients' lives'
Minister backs retention of Basic Income for Arts scheme
Minister for the Arts Patrick O'Donovan has publicly backed the retention of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme today saying that its impact is "far-ranging and affects all aspects of recipients' li...
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May 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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For more information about ‘Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe’, check out popconf2025.univie.ac.at.
For conference registration, visit tinyurl.com/popglobe
For Verse On evening programme tickets, visit tinyurl.com/verseon
Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe – Advances in Poetry Performance Research
popconf2025.univie.ac.at
May 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Sign up by June 1st for the open mic raffle and grab your chance to perform in the lineup. Selected performers will be contacted by June 4th. All rules and details in the sign up form.
Link: tinyurl.com/verseonopenmic
(Yes, we’ll be drawing names out of a hat!😌)
#PoPAroundtheGlobe #PoPAG
Verse On - Open Mic Sign-up Form
Join us in celebrating poetry from around the globe with featured poets from India, South Africa, New Zealand and Austria as well as an open mic. Your MCs for the evening will be Claire Palzer and She...
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May 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Attention Poets! ✨📣 Want to perform at the Open Mic segment of Verse On: An Evening of International Poetry? Featuring 4 phenomenal headliners from around the globe, it’s going to be a night to remember at Literaturhaus Wien on June 13th!
May 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I'm hosting an event at UCD in a little over two week, all about poetry performance in Ireland! With performances by Emmet O'Brien and Stephen James Smith, a roundtable discussion and an open mic. Spread the word!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1312668249...
April 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Congratulations! Can't wait to get my hands on a copy!
Really excited to launch my poetry book We Are An Archipelago, an epic tale told in verse, at @ilfdublin.bsky.social at 6pm on 17 May, told in full with a live band: Patrick O'Laohaire of I Have a Tribe, Dominic Mullan, and Caimin Gilmore. @salmonpoetry.bsky.social ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...
We Are An Archipelago | Erin Fornoff - International Literature Festival Dublin
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April 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This is happening tomorrow!
Very excited to announce that the brilliant William Keohane will be visiting Prague and Vienna as part of the @efacis.bsky.social Irish Itinerary Event Series. If you're in Vienna on April 2nd, make sure to come by!
April 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Very excited to announce that the brilliant William Keohane will be visiting Prague and Vienna as part of the @efacis.bsky.social Irish Itinerary Event Series. If you're in Vienna on April 2nd, make sure to come by!
March 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I cannot tell you how bad the FOMO is... Another great event I'll be missing by being in Austria and not in Ireland 😭
🌼Words in the Air on Parnell Square🌼

We're so excited to bring you a special spoken word showcase hosted by Paul Muldoon.

📅 Sat 5 April 2025, 19.30 - 21.00
📍Irish Writers Centre

Book your ticket before it's too late!

See stellar line up in thread below🧵

irishwriterscentre.ie/words-in-the...
Book your ticket: Words in the Air on Parnell Square (Hosted by Paul Muldoon) - Irish Writers Centre
Tickets are now on sale for a special spoken word showcase taking place on Saturday 5 April 2025, in the Irish Writers Centre.
irishwriterscentre.ie
March 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Anyone want to guess what Irish organisation these transcription mistakes are trying to refer to?
"Forest Nagelga" "1st and Grelga"
March 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Anyone going to the EFACIS conference in Turku who hasn't booked a room yet and might want to share one?
March 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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📢📢 Gleich ist es soweit: Wir treffen uns in Wien um 13 Uhr vor der Hauptuni und gehen über die Spitalgassse und Währingerstraße zum Votivpark zur Abschlusskundgebung
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Bringt Kolleg:innen und Freund:innen mit - denn Wissenschaft ist für alle da
#MarchForScience #StandUpForScience #WissenSchafft
March 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Today's fun transcription errors: "Monster Literature Centre" (Munster Literature Centre), "Quark" (Cork), "Avail", "Ovale" (Ó Bhéal)
March 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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A legend.
March 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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🧵 PIH condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the Trump Administration's mass termination of United States Government grants and contracts supporting essential health care delivery and humanitarian assistance around the world.

Here’s what you need to know—and how you can take action 👇
February 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Happens tomorrow. There is still time to book.
Join us at the National Library for a fascinating day of talks and discussions - please spread the word #literarystudies #diversity www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
Transforming the Canon
Diverse Perspectives in Literary Studies
www.nli.ie
February 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM