Gustav Parker Hibbett (they/them)
@gphibbett.bsky.social
black poet / essayist / mfa dropout
phd @ tcd english
High Jump as Icarus Story (Banshee Press, 2024)
https://bansheepress.org/shop/p/high-jump-as-icarus-story-by-gustav-parker-hibbett
phd @ tcd english
High Jump as Icarus Story (Banshee Press, 2024)
https://bansheepress.org/shop/p/high-jump-as-icarus-story-by-gustav-parker-hibbett
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Lovely to see New Arcana in the @thebookseller.com 🔮✨️
Very excited to get this one out into the world! News on launches & festival appearances coming soon - get in touch if you'd like to book a reading this autumn 🍂
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Very excited to get this one out into the world! News on launches & festival appearances coming soon - get in touch if you'd like to book a reading this autumn 🍂
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Lovely to see New Arcana in the @thebookseller.com 🔮✨️
Very excited to get this one out into the world! News on launches & festival appearances coming soon - get in touch if you'd like to book a reading this autumn 🍂
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
Very excited to get this one out into the world! News on launches & festival appearances coming soon - get in touch if you'd like to book a reading this autumn 🍂
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
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Congratulations to @gphibbett.bsky.social on their latest triumph: High Jump as Icarus Story has been shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Poetry Prize for a First Collection! We're so proud of the incredible impact that this book has made ✨
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Seamus Heaney Centre
The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize, supported by Atlantic Philanthropies.
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May 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Congratulations to @gphibbett.bsky.social on their latest triumph: High Jump as Icarus Story has been shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Poetry Prize for a First Collection! We're so proud of the incredible impact that this book has made ✨
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/seam...
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/seam...
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Gustav Parker Hibbett is the winner of the John Pollard International Poetry Prize! Congratulations Parker!! 💛🧡
Judge Eoin McNamee said of High Jump as Icarus Story: 'At once exalted and humble this is work of the highest order.'
@gphibbett.bsky.social
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Judge Eoin McNamee said of High Jump as Icarus Story: 'At once exalted and humble this is work of the highest order.'
@gphibbett.bsky.social
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Gustav Parker Hibbett wins John Pollard Prize
Books newsletter: a roundup of the latest news and preview of Saturday’s pages
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May 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Gustav Parker Hibbett is the winner of the John Pollard International Poetry Prize! Congratulations Parker!! 💛🧡
Judge Eoin McNamee said of High Jump as Icarus Story: 'At once exalted and humble this is work of the highest order.'
@gphibbett.bsky.social
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Judge Eoin McNamee said of High Jump as Icarus Story: 'At once exalted and humble this is work of the highest order.'
@gphibbett.bsky.social
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Poetry Ireland would like to congratulate Victoria Kennefick on being awarded the Farmgate Café National Poetry Award!👏
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We'd also like to congratulate Gustav Parker Hibbett on being awarded the 2025 Pollard International Poetry Prize! 🎉
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We'd also like to congratulate Gustav Parker Hibbett on being awarded the 2025 Pollard International Poetry Prize! 🎉
@gphibbett.bsky.social
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May 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Poetry Ireland would like to congratulate Victoria Kennefick on being awarded the Farmgate Café National Poetry Award!👏
@munsterlitcentre.bsky.social
We'd also like to congratulate Gustav Parker Hibbett on being awarded the 2025 Pollard International Poetry Prize! 🎉
@gphibbett.bsky.social
@munsterlitcentre.bsky.social
We'd also like to congratulate Gustav Parker Hibbett on being awarded the 2025 Pollard International Poetry Prize! 🎉
@gphibbett.bsky.social
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Congratulations to @gphibbett.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize!
@sean-carlson.bsky.social interviews @erinfornoff.bsky.social and @gphibbett.bsky.social in this interview at a literary fest in County Kerry, Ireland.
Home and/or Home: Seán Carlson Interviews Erin Fornoff and Gustav Parker Hibbett
ERIN FORNOFF<br>You sometimes have to modulate these stories from home. Like, I would be at the pub, talking to Irish people, and mention that my childhood dog got killed by a bear. And it was just…
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May 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Congratulations to @gphibbett.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize!
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@bansheepress.bsky.social in rainbows celebrating @gphibbett.bsky.social John Pollard Prize win 🌈
May 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
@bansheepress.bsky.social in rainbows celebrating @gphibbett.bsky.social John Pollard Prize win 🌈
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A lovely trio of winners for the Farmagate Poetry Prizes led by Victoria Kennefick's gorgeous Egg/Shell & with a joint win for @gphibbett.bsky.social & @michaeldooley.bsky.social for their debuts. Delighted for all involved!
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May 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A lovely trio of winners for the Farmagate Poetry Prizes led by Victoria Kennefick's gorgeous Egg/Shell & with a joint win for @gphibbett.bsky.social & @michaeldooley.bsky.social for their debuts. Delighted for all involved!
@bansheepress.bsky.social
@doirepress.bsky.social
@carcanet.bsky.social
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"[I was] thinking of...the sentence as a fabric I was stretching over the poetic line."
@gphibbett.bsky.social appears on this week's episode of The Glimpse, speaking about the lyric “I,” the Icarus myth, and how to write about an ambitious subject.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
@gphibbett.bsky.social appears on this week's episode of The Glimpse, speaking about the lyric “I,” the Icarus myth, and how to write about an ambitious subject.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
May 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"[I was] thinking of...the sentence as a fabric I was stretching over the poetic line."
@gphibbett.bsky.social appears on this week's episode of The Glimpse, speaking about the lyric “I,” the Icarus myth, and how to write about an ambitious subject.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
@gphibbett.bsky.social appears on this week's episode of The Glimpse, speaking about the lyric “I,” the Icarus myth, and how to write about an ambitious subject.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/podcast/seas...
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Since the 2nd of March, Israel has been preventing food from entering the Gaza Strip.
May 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Since the 2nd of March, Israel has been preventing food from entering the Gaza Strip.
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New episode of The Glimpse!
@gphibbett.bsky.social chats with Seán Hewitt about about metamorphosis poems, trusting the rhythm of the body, and more. They read their poem “Joni Mitchell dresses up as me" and @donikakelly.bsky.social's "Love Poem: Chimera." Listen now!
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@gphibbett.bsky.social chats with Seán Hewitt about about metamorphosis poems, trusting the rhythm of the body, and more. They read their poem “Joni Mitchell dresses up as me" and @donikakelly.bsky.social's "Love Poem: Chimera." Listen now!
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
The Glimpse, S2E7: A Chorus of Selves with Gustav Parker Hibbett
Poet Gustav Parker Hibbett joins host Seán Hewitt for a chat about metamorphosis poems, trusting the rhythm of the body, and Joni Mitchell’s artistic betrayal. Parker reads their poem “Joni Mitchell dresses up as me (parts one and two)” and Donika Kelly’s poem “Love Poem: Chimera.”
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April 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
New episode of The Glimpse!
@gphibbett.bsky.social chats with Seán Hewitt about about metamorphosis poems, trusting the rhythm of the body, and more. They read their poem “Joni Mitchell dresses up as me" and @donikakelly.bsky.social's "Love Poem: Chimera." Listen now!
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
@gphibbett.bsky.social chats with Seán Hewitt about about metamorphosis poems, trusting the rhythm of the body, and more. They read their poem “Joni Mitchell dresses up as me" and @donikakelly.bsky.social's "Love Poem: Chimera." Listen now!
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
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April 2025 is Poetry month in Limerick. For Poetry month we will have a reading each week celebrating Nature. Our last of 4 readings is Gustav Parker Hibbett reading Inis Meáin from the collection High Jump as Icarus Story. Watch here: youtube.com/shorts/5xl82... @gphibbett.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
April 2025 is Poetry month in Limerick. For Poetry month we will have a reading each week celebrating Nature. Our last of 4 readings is Gustav Parker Hibbett reading Inis Meáin from the collection High Jump as Icarus Story. Watch here: youtube.com/shorts/5xl82... @gphibbett.bsky.social
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Just a reminder that the Oscar winning documentary NO OTHER LAND, co-directed by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers, is available to stream free on Channel 4’s catch-up service. Essential viewing. #FilmSky #NoOtherLand
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No Other Land
(2024) Oscar-winning film offering a powerful view of destruction in the West Bank
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March 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Just a reminder that the Oscar winning documentary NO OTHER LAND, co-directed by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers, is available to stream free on Channel 4’s catch-up service. Essential viewing. #FilmSky #NoOtherLand
www.channel4.com/programmes/n...
www.channel4.com/programmes/n...
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Home and/or Home: Seán Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social Interviews Erin Fornoff and Gustav Parker Hibbett
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Home and/or Home: Seán Carlson Interviews Erin Fornoff and Gustav Parker Hibbett
SEÁN CARLSON with ERIN FORNOFF and GUSTAV PARKER HIBBETT <br>You sometimes have to modulate these stories from home. Like, I would be at the pub, talking to Irish people, and mention that my childhood...
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March 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Home and/or Home: Seán Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social Interviews Erin Fornoff and Gustav Parker Hibbett
www.thecommononline.org/home-and-or-...
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I’m thrilled to be part of this brilliant lineup of poets!! Thank you to Seán & @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social for having me 🧡💛🧡💛 the season starts March 18th!
Our podcast, The Glimpse, is back with a season of Irish poets!
Season 2 host Seán Hewitt interviews Victoria Kennefick, Mícheál McCann, Nithy Kasa, @kitfryatt.bsky.social, Martina Evans, Stephen Sexton, @gphibbett.bsky.social & @janeclarke.bsky.social in 8 new episodes.
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Season 2 host Seán Hewitt interviews Victoria Kennefick, Mícheál McCann, Nithy Kasa, @kitfryatt.bsky.social, Martina Evans, Stephen Sexton, @gphibbett.bsky.social & @janeclarke.bsky.social in 8 new episodes.
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March 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I’m thrilled to be part of this brilliant lineup of poets!! Thank you to Seán & @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social for having me 🧡💛🧡💛 the season starts March 18th!
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How gorgeous is this? Such a lovely surprise to see Midwinter from Pit Lullabies read so beautifully. Big thanks to Ayesha and Matthew and all at @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social & @radalondon.bsky.social ❄️
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"No sun this morning, but the promise of a tilt
and so men on the radio talk about things we can’t see."
Ayesha Ostler performs @jesstraynor.bsky.social's poem "Midwinter" in a film produced with @radalondon.bsky.social.
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and so men on the radio talk about things we can’t see."
Ayesha Ostler performs @jesstraynor.bsky.social's poem "Midwinter" in a film produced with @radalondon.bsky.social.
youtu.be/eE1DSoRfrck
Ayesha Ostler reads Jessica Traynor's "Midwinter"
Jessica Traynor's poem "Midwinter," as read by Ayesha Ostler. Part of the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation's Read By series of poetry films.
Directed by Matthew Thompson and produced in collaboration with @rada_london.
Learn more about Ostler and Traynor and explore more poetry at https://www
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February 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
How gorgeous is this? Such a lovely surprise to see Midwinter from Pit Lullabies read so beautifully. Big thanks to Ayesha and Matthew and all at @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social & @radalondon.bsky.social ❄️
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
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So very delighted to see @gphibbett.bsky.social shortlisted for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize in excellent company ✨️
Congratulations to Parker @gphibbett.bsky.social (& all @bansheepress.bsky.social) as well as all those shortlisted ✨
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February 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So very delighted to see @gphibbett.bsky.social shortlisted for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize in excellent company ✨️
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Brilliant news!!! Congrats @gphibbett.bsky.social ✨🥂⚡️😍
Brilliant news!!! Congrats @gphibbett.bsky.social ✨🥂⚡️😍
Congratulations to Parker @gphibbett.bsky.social (& all @bansheepress.bsky.social) as well as all those shortlisted ✨
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February 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Brilliant news!!! Congrats @gphibbett.bsky.social ✨🥂⚡️😍
Brilliant news!!! Congrats @gphibbett.bsky.social ✨🥂⚡️😍
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Congratulations @gphibbett.bsky.social! 🔥
Congratulations to Parker @gphibbett.bsky.social (& all @bansheepress.bsky.social) as well as all those shortlisted ✨
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www.tcd.ie/news_events/...
February 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Congratulations @gphibbett.bsky.social! 🔥
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Congratulations to Parker @gphibbett.bsky.social (& all @bansheepress.bsky.social) as well as all those shortlisted ✨
www.tcd.ie/news_events/...
www.tcd.ie/news_events/...
February 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Congratulations to Parker @gphibbett.bsky.social (& all @bansheepress.bsky.social) as well as all those shortlisted ✨
www.tcd.ie/news_events/...
www.tcd.ie/news_events/...
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NBCC member @sean-carlson.bsky.social's interview with @erinfornoff.bsky.social ("We Are an Archipelago," 2025) and @gphibbett.bsky.social ("High Jump as Icarus Story," 2024) on their experiences growing up in the U.S. and writing poetry in Ireland, was published in The Common:
Home and/or Home: Seán Carlson Interviews Erin Fornoff and Gustav Parker Hibbett
ERIN FORNOFF<br>You sometimes have to modulate these stories from home. Like, I would be at the pub, talking to Irish people, and mention that my childhood dog got killed by a bear. And it was just…
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February 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
NBCC member @sean-carlson.bsky.social's interview with @erinfornoff.bsky.social ("We Are an Archipelago," 2025) and @gphibbett.bsky.social ("High Jump as Icarus Story," 2024) on their experiences growing up in the U.S. and writing poetry in Ireland, was published in The Common:
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Published today! 🎉
Out 20/02/25: A new paperback edition of Mary Morrissy's Penelope Unbound, described by John Banville as 'ingenious'
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New paperback edition of Penelope Unbound by Mary Morrissy — Banshee Press
Having sold out of the original print run of Mary Morrissy’s acclaimed novel Penelope Unbound , we’re delighted to announce the release of a new mass market paperback edition on 20 February 2025. ...
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February 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Published today! 🎉
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Three American poets chat about finding roots in Ireland in this new interview featuring @sean-carlson.bsky.social , @erinfornoff.bsky.social , @gphibbett.bsky.social
Home and/or Home: Seán Carlson Interviews Erin Fornoff and Gustav Parker Hibbett
ERIN FORNOFF<br>You sometimes have to modulate these stories from home. Like, I would be at the pub, talking to Irish people, and mention that my childhood dog got killed by a bear. And it was just…
thecommononline.org
February 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Three American poets chat about finding roots in Ireland in this new interview featuring @sean-carlson.bsky.social , @erinfornoff.bsky.social , @gphibbett.bsky.social
i’m so grateful to @sean-carlson.bsky.social for transcribing and polishing this conversation between him, me, and @erinfornoff.bsky.social from last year’s Listowel Writers’ Week & finding a home for it in @commonmag.bsky.social 🏡♥️ so nice to see it digitally in print! ♥️
I have read @commonmag.bsky.social since its very first issue, so it's especially sweet to see my conversation with @erinfornoff.bsky.social and @gphibbett.bsky.social in these pages. Such fun discussing their poetry and experiences in the U.S. and Ireland: www.thecommononline.org/home-and-or-...
Home and/or Home: Seán Carlson Interviews Erin Fornoff and Gustav Parker Hibbett
ERIN FORNOFF<br>You sometimes have to modulate these stories from home. Like, I would be at the pub, talking to Irish people, and mention that my childhood dog got killed by a bear. And it was just li...
www.thecommononline.org
February 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
i’m so grateful to @sean-carlson.bsky.social for transcribing and polishing this conversation between him, me, and @erinfornoff.bsky.social from last year’s Listowel Writers’ Week & finding a home for it in @commonmag.bsky.social 🏡♥️ so nice to see it digitally in print! ♥️
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Inspired by @gphibbett.bsky.social’s amazing TS Eliot outfit 🩷
January 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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