Darcey Dugan
@darceydugan.bsky.social
Loved being a part of this year’s PIR intros cohort! The publication is now available, we each have two poems and an essay in here 🩵💙
The Art of Surfacing, our e-book featuring work from the 14 emerging poets of this year's Introductions / Céadlínte series is now available to purchase!
Purchase via www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G29TSB5R/
Artwork provided by Julie O'Gorman. 🌊
Purchase via www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G29TSB5R/
Artwork provided by Julie O'Gorman. 🌊
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Loved being a part of this year’s PIR intros cohort! The publication is now available, we each have two poems and an essay in here 🩵💙
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One of the many brilliant poets from Introductions / Céadlínte 2025 Jacob Ray-Halliday reading at the showcase with Dublin Book Festival. 🎤
Jacob’s poems, along with many others from our Introductions / Céadlínte poets will be available in an e-pub coming out later this week!
Jacob’s poems, along with many others from our Introductions / Céadlínte poets will be available in an e-pub coming out later this week!
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
One of the many brilliant poets from Introductions / Céadlínte 2025 Jacob Ray-Halliday reading at the showcase with Dublin Book Festival. 🎤
Jacob’s poems, along with many others from our Introductions / Céadlínte poets will be available in an e-pub coming out later this week!
Jacob’s poems, along with many others from our Introductions / Céadlínte poets will be available in an e-pub coming out later this week!
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Excited to collab with @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for our Introductions | Céadlínte showcase of 14 new English & Irish language poets.
7th and 8th November, 7:30pm
The New Theatre, Temple Bar
Tickets available via link in bio
7th and 8th November, 7:30pm
The New Theatre, Temple Bar
Tickets available via link in bio
September 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Excited to collab with @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for our Introductions | Céadlínte showcase of 14 new English & Irish language poets.
7th and 8th November, 7:30pm
The New Theatre, Temple Bar
Tickets available via link in bio
7th and 8th November, 7:30pm
The New Theatre, Temple Bar
Tickets available via link in bio
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The 2025 Introductions | Céadlínte programme is underway! We’re delighted to welcome this new cohort of poets and hope that Introductions will provide them with many new creative opportunities as they launch their promising writing careers.
Visit to our website to learn more!
Visit to our website to learn more!
September 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The 2025 Introductions | Céadlínte programme is underway! We’re delighted to welcome this new cohort of poets and hope that Introductions will provide them with many new creative opportunities as they launch their promising writing careers.
Visit to our website to learn more!
Visit to our website to learn more!
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Anyone who knows Galway poet @sarahmaintains.bsky.social knows that in her day job, writing and life. An activist to the bone; advocating for those in Direct Provision, LGBTQI rights, & against racism & fascism, She joins Greta Thunberg today on globalsumudflotilla.org
www.rte.ie/news/middle-...
www.rte.ie/news/middle-...
Aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg set to sail for Gaza
A flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and Irish poet Sarah Clancy, is due to leave from Barcelona today to try to "break the illegal s...
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August 31, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Anyone who knows Galway poet @sarahmaintains.bsky.social knows that in her day job, writing and life. An activist to the bone; advocating for those in Direct Provision, LGBTQI rights, & against racism & fascism, She joins Greta Thunberg today on globalsumudflotilla.org
www.rte.ie/news/middle-...
www.rte.ie/news/middle-...
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Announcing Poetry Ireland’s Introductions | Céadlínte poets for 2025!
Thanks to Jessica Traynor for selecting our Introductions poets and Aifric Mac Aodha for selecting our Céadlínte poets.
Supported by @artscouncilireland.bsky.social and Arts Council Northern Ireland National Lottery Funding.
Thanks to Jessica Traynor for selecting our Introductions poets and Aifric Mac Aodha for selecting our Céadlínte poets.
Supported by @artscouncilireland.bsky.social and Arts Council Northern Ireland National Lottery Funding.
August 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Announcing Poetry Ireland’s Introductions | Céadlínte poets for 2025!
Thanks to Jessica Traynor for selecting our Introductions poets and Aifric Mac Aodha for selecting our Céadlínte poets.
Supported by @artscouncilireland.bsky.social and Arts Council Northern Ireland National Lottery Funding.
Thanks to Jessica Traynor for selecting our Introductions poets and Aifric Mac Aodha for selecting our Céadlínte poets.
Supported by @artscouncilireland.bsky.social and Arts Council Northern Ireland National Lottery Funding.
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We're pleased to present the Abridged 0 - 109: Never A Rose Submission Call. Details can be found here: www.abridged.zone/abridged-0-1... Go ahead, submit! @artscouncilireland.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social #poetry #art #Ireland #NorthernIreland #Derry
August 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
We're pleased to present the Abridged 0 - 109: Never A Rose Submission Call. Details can be found here: www.abridged.zone/abridged-0-1... Go ahead, submit! @artscouncilireland.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social #poetry #art #Ireland #NorthernIreland #Derry
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Three writers & a visual artist share their experiences on the BIA pilot scheme.
Read the full interview
stingingfly.org/2025/08/07/b...
”...the Basic Income meant I could choose to have a child without the same financial insecurity and without the fear that I would have to give up creative work“
Read the full interview
stingingfly.org/2025/08/07/b...
”...the Basic Income meant I could choose to have a child without the same financial insecurity and without the fear that I would have to give up creative work“
August 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Three writers & a visual artist share their experiences on the BIA pilot scheme.
Read the full interview
stingingfly.org/2025/08/07/b...
”...the Basic Income meant I could choose to have a child without the same financial insecurity and without the fear that I would have to give up creative work“
Read the full interview
stingingfly.org/2025/08/07/b...
”...the Basic Income meant I could choose to have a child without the same financial insecurity and without the fear that I would have to give up creative work“
Had so much fun at the John Hewitt Summer School this week thanks to funding from Lisburn City Council & The Island Arts Centre 💙 met such interesting people and gathered ideas for new poems!!
August 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Had so much fun at the John Hewitt Summer School this week thanks to funding from Lisburn City Council & The Island Arts Centre 💙 met such interesting people and gathered ideas for new poems!!
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📣 Our submission window is now OPEN for the month of August. Get your blooms to us while the sun is shining! badlilies.uk/submit
Submission FAQ — Bad Lilies
Guidelines to submit to Bad Lilies
badlilies.uk
August 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
📣 Our submission window is now OPEN for the month of August. Get your blooms to us while the sun is shining! badlilies.uk/submit
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me: hmmm this poem is bad
me: *spends an hour cutting it down, refining language, condensing imagery, strengthening metaphors, distilling meaning*
me: hmmm now the poem is bad and small
me: *spends an hour cutting it down, refining language, condensing imagery, strengthening metaphors, distilling meaning*
me: hmmm now the poem is bad and small
May 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
me: hmmm this poem is bad
me: *spends an hour cutting it down, refining language, condensing imagery, strengthening metaphors, distilling meaning*
me: hmmm now the poem is bad and small
me: *spends an hour cutting it down, refining language, condensing imagery, strengthening metaphors, distilling meaning*
me: hmmm now the poem is bad and small
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Come celebrate the release of Zara Meadows’ debut pamphlet “The End of Art” at the Seamus Heaney Centre in Belfast.
Zara will be reading poems from the book, along with support from Cal O’Reilly, Dawn Watson, and Mícheál McCann.
Grab a ticket via the link in our bio!
Zara will be reading poems from the book, along with support from Cal O’Reilly, Dawn Watson, and Mícheál McCann.
Grab a ticket via the link in our bio!
February 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Come celebrate the release of Zara Meadows’ debut pamphlet “The End of Art” at the Seamus Heaney Centre in Belfast.
Zara will be reading poems from the book, along with support from Cal O’Reilly, Dawn Watson, and Mícheál McCann.
Grab a ticket via the link in our bio!
Zara will be reading poems from the book, along with support from Cal O’Reilly, Dawn Watson, and Mícheál McCann.
Grab a ticket via the link in our bio!
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📢 If you’re in/around Edinburgh on February 4, head to
Toppings to hear Charles Lang read from his forthcoming collection The Oasis, alongside the brilliant @edmorgantrust.bsky.social finalists & winners! A sneak preview of some of the finest new poetry.
🎫Tickets: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
Toppings to hear Charles Lang read from his forthcoming collection The Oasis, alongside the brilliant @edmorgantrust.bsky.social finalists & winners! A sneak preview of some of the finest new poetry.
🎫Tickets: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
An Evening of Poetry with the Edwin Morgan Poetry Shortlist & Winners at Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh
toppingbooks.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📢 If you’re in/around Edinburgh on February 4, head to
Toppings to hear Charles Lang read from his forthcoming collection The Oasis, alongside the brilliant @edmorgantrust.bsky.social finalists & winners! A sneak preview of some of the finest new poetry.
🎫Tickets: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
Toppings to hear Charles Lang read from his forthcoming collection The Oasis, alongside the brilliant @edmorgantrust.bsky.social finalists & winners! A sneak preview of some of the finest new poetry.
🎫Tickets: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
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Throughout the next few weeks, we will be spotlighting writing tips from poets we've worked with to help boost and maintain creativity at the start of a brand new year. First up in our Writers' Habits series is a useful tip from Greta Stoddart.
Thank you, Greta!
Thank you, Greta!
January 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Throughout the next few weeks, we will be spotlighting writing tips from poets we've worked with to help boost and maintain creativity at the start of a brand new year. First up in our Writers' Habits series is a useful tip from Greta Stoddart.
Thank you, Greta!
Thank you, Greta!
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Even though my site is still under construction, welcome to the first post on Widely Read!
Its going to be a monthly newsletter with essays on books, reading, and writing. Starting things off with an essay on Marie Howe and my dad dying. Typical positive me.
widely-read.ghost.io/on-rereading...
Its going to be a monthly newsletter with essays on books, reading, and writing. Starting things off with an essay on Marie Howe and my dad dying. Typical positive me.
widely-read.ghost.io/on-rereading...
On Rereading Marie Howe's What the Living Do
In late August, my father died. This is the first time I’m writing that down in a place were others will see it. It feels like I’m actually pointing to my grief instead of just piling more dirty cloth...
widely-read.ghost.io
December 27, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Even though my site is still under construction, welcome to the first post on Widely Read!
Its going to be a monthly newsletter with essays on books, reading, and writing. Starting things off with an essay on Marie Howe and my dad dying. Typical positive me.
widely-read.ghost.io/on-rereading...
Its going to be a monthly newsletter with essays on books, reading, and writing. Starting things off with an essay on Marie Howe and my dad dying. Typical positive me.
widely-read.ghost.io/on-rereading...
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We are tremendously excited to announce that pre-orders for our new poetry collection, The Oasis by Charles Lang, are now open! tinyurl.com/27bv5hpx
❄️ Special festive offer: all pre-orders received before December 16 will arrive beautifully gift-wrapped with a unique bespoke postcard! ❄️
❄️ Special festive offer: all pre-orders received before December 16 will arrive beautifully gift-wrapped with a unique bespoke postcard! ❄️
December 4, 2024 at 4:30 PM
We are tremendously excited to announce that pre-orders for our new poetry collection, The Oasis by Charles Lang, are now open! tinyurl.com/27bv5hpx
❄️ Special festive offer: all pre-orders received before December 16 will arrive beautifully gift-wrapped with a unique bespoke postcard! ❄️
❄️ Special festive offer: all pre-orders received before December 16 will arrive beautifully gift-wrapped with a unique bespoke postcard! ❄️
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Just read this brilliant Job poem in the current issue of Propel
www.propelmagazine.co.uk/olivia-hegga...
www.propelmagazine.co.uk/olivia-hegga...
Olivia Heggarty, Conversation Between Job and his Wife — Propel Magazine
www.propelmagazine.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Just read this brilliant Job poem in the current issue of Propel
www.propelmagazine.co.uk/olivia-hegga...
www.propelmagazine.co.uk/olivia-hegga...
A couple of my poems printed recently an Edinburgh magazine where artists respond to a prompt, then to each other 💛🧡💙 www.palimpsestmagazine.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:47 PM
A couple of my poems printed recently an Edinburgh magazine where artists respond to a prompt, then to each other 💛🧡💙 www.palimpsestmagazine.com
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Alice Oswald on Ted Hughes, featuring archive readings by Hughes
youtu.be/vop3NOGMExs
'The Thought Fox' (from 02:11)—I adore Hughes' explanation of the three foxes—empiric fox, filmic fox, oneiric fox—coalescing as one. 🦊
#poetry #tedhughes #aliceoswald
youtu.be/vop3NOGMExs
'The Thought Fox' (from 02:11)—I adore Hughes' explanation of the three foxes—empiric fox, filmic fox, oneiric fox—coalescing as one. 🦊
#poetry #tedhughes #aliceoswald
Alice Oswald on Ted Hughes, featuring archive readings by Hughes
YouTube video by London Review Bookshop
youtu.be
August 13, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Alice Oswald on Ted Hughes, featuring archive readings by Hughes
youtu.be/vop3NOGMExs
'The Thought Fox' (from 02:11)—I adore Hughes' explanation of the three foxes—empiric fox, filmic fox, oneiric fox—coalescing as one. 🦊
#poetry #tedhughes #aliceoswald
youtu.be/vop3NOGMExs
'The Thought Fox' (from 02:11)—I adore Hughes' explanation of the three foxes—empiric fox, filmic fox, oneiric fox—coalescing as one. 🦊
#poetry #tedhughes #aliceoswald
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Over 140 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, nonfiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in August 2024. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
Writing and Poetry Calls for Submissions – August 2014 — WORDBOX
Over 140 literary calls for submissions including poetry, fiction, creative
nonfiction, art, photography, and more - competitions, contests, literary
journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or w...
www.thisiswordbox.com
August 9, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Over 140 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, nonfiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in August 2024. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...