Kevin MacAlan
Poet/writer/ditherer. MA in Creative Writing. Living in rural West Waterford. Contributor of stuff to books and mags and the occasional live event.
Mentored by the best.
@pnamblath.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Son, Brother. Kilgobinet GAA, LFC, Munster/Ireland rugby, Déise Hurling/Football & Donegal GAA Fan Tea addict - history nerd and taphophile Occasional Guinness drinker • Ballinroad, Contae Port Láirge #SpéirGhorm #speirgorm #IrishNews
@stove-g-art-poetry.bsky.social
Poet, hobbyist, leisure advocate. Check out links to my book here: https://linktr.ee/stoveg
@magmapoetry.bsky.social
The poetry magazine with a different editor every issue. Join #TheMix https://magmapoetry.com/
@doirepress.bsky.social
Award-winning publisher based in the west of Ireland. Free worldwide shipping on all orders over €60. Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
@skeinpress.bsky.social
Independent publisher of voices and stories not commonly featured in Irish literature. Passionate about storytelling and counter-storytelling in all its forms. 📚 Current: The Oasis by Charles Lang 📚 Forthcoming: This Is Not A Cookbook by Roxana Manouchehri
@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
I’m not terrific but I’m competent All bookings via website www.jancarson.co.uk
@lucyrebeccaholme.bsky.social
Writer | Work in The Stinging Fly, Banshee & more | Shortlisted | Brotherton Prize & Mairtín Crawford Award ‘24 |🥇Cúirt New Writing Award & Southword Editor’s Prize ‘24 | 𝕋𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕤 & 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 𝔻𝕚𝕒𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕤 | Broken Sleep Books
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
Award winning indie publisher | Poetry | Essays | Fiction | Lay out your unrest | Widening access to the arts | Editor: @godzillakent.bsky.social | For reviews: [email protected] | Founded: 2018 Website: brokensleepbooks.com
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
Bloodaxe Books, Britain's leading international poetry publisher. www.bloodaxebooks.com
@bredaspaight.bsky.social
Collection from Arlen House: Watching for the Hawk, finalist in the Farmgate Cafe National Poetry Award '24. Arts Council Lit. Bursary. Forward Prize s/list Best Poem Written '23.
@thebookshopie.bsky.social
A Tipperary, Ireland based indie bookseller of new, old and inbetween books. Spend €20 & get free shipping ! Gaeilge agus fáilte. www.thebookshop.ie linktr.ee/thebookshop.ie https://www.instagram.com/thebookshop.ie/
@bansheepress.bsky.social
lit mag & small press | supported by the Arts Council of Ireland | issue 19 (spring/summer 2025) out now | latest book: Tenterhooks by Claire-Lise Kieffer | https://bansheepress.org/
@paulmccarrick.bsky.social
Attempts to put words after one another. Highly Commended - Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 2024.
@leggettbohan.bsky.social
Writer💥 Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award '24 R-UP. Work in Dedalus Press, Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, Banshee, Aesthetica, The Pomegranate London, Magma, and more. Ed. at HOWL New Irish Writing ✍️ Website: https://inkstainedwings.com/
@salmonpoetry.bsky.social
Salmon Poetry, established in 1981, is Ireland's most prolific poetry publisher. Directors: Jessie Lendennie & Siobhan Hutson Salmon Poetry established The Salmon Bookshop & Literary Centre, Ennistymon, Co.Clare, Ireland, in 2012
@sineadgriffin.bsky.social
Poet, Dublin. Co-editor for poetry @the4facedliar.bsky.social
@lozzawriting.bsky.social
Writer, Edinburgh. Editor: @frazzledlitmag BOTN nominated 2024. On all socials same name. Writing for children: @lozzakidwriting Website: https://lauracooneywriting.wixsite.com/website Editing: www.kofi.com/lozzawriting
@corkworldbookfest.bsky.social
Cork’s celebration of all that’s great about books and reading. Coming next 22-27 April 2025
@markburrow.bsky.social
Writer of Coo, a novella, published by Alien Buddha. Short stories in Frazzled Lit. Punk Noir. Underbelly. Urban Pigs. Roi Fainéant. Flight of the Dragonfly. AEOS Magazine. The Selkie. Pushcart & BotN noms. Brighton, UK https://linktr.ee/markburrow
@howlwriting.bsky.social
New Irish writing from home and abroad | Subs reopen 2026 | Cork City Arts
@dtheherring.bsky.social
Beckett & Dante my rocks; Anne Carson, Judith Butler & Angie Estes my muses. I dream of a liveable planet for our futures - so ❤️ XR. I'm Lead Editor of indie poetry press Dithering Chaps which I post about here. He/him. https://www.ditheringchaps.com
@munsterlitcentre.bsky.social
Cork based non-profit arts organisation promoting Irish and international literature since 1993. ➡️ Southword Editions [email protected]
@jason-m-thornberry.bsky.social
Writer Music Fanatic Blood Type: Marmite #Epilepsy #Disability jmthornberry.wordpress.com pw.org/directory/writers/jason_m_thornberry
@williampotter.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, writer, reader, publishing, book reviews. I support indie authors. I follow back all authors, publishers, editors etc. #WritingCommunity 🍁
@adamhaver.bsky.social
Writer • Poet • Fiction • Willie Morris Award • Translation • Wolf Conservation • Community Specialist for a Fiction Writing Community https://tinyurl.com/CWCFiction
@vespertine4.bsky.social
Cardiff poet. Best of the Net nominee. Author of two poetry collections - 'Spectrum of Flight' published in 2020 & 'Dawn's Incision' in 2024. Co-Poetry Editor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
@judithnangala.bsky.social
Poet & visual artist on unceded Yuin Walbunga Country in Australia. Afterlife portraits of animals & birds. Alternative darkroom with drawing & painting. Grainger Gallery and Anima Mundi. Poetry collections with Puncher & Wattmann. Member of FNAWN & Oculi.
@ellenharrold.bsky.social
Artist, writer and editor-in-chief of @metachrosislitmag.bsky.social. Eating vegetable tempura in my limited spare time🌼
@darlingorlaith.bsky.social
Research Ireland postdoc @ UCD in contemporary literature, affect, and late capitalism | Previously postdoc @ JLU Giessen | PhD @ Trinity College Dublin | Tuirseach, traochta agus cáite amach | Free Palestine Work @ https://orlaithdarling.com
@laurenodonovanw.bsky.social
Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award | Fool for Poetry Chapbook Comp | Cúirt New Writing Prize | Southword Poetry Prize | Howl New Irish Writing & Lime Square Poets | Arts Council Supported
@hollyannepoet.bsky.social
Poet. The Becoming of Lady Flambé - Indigo Dreams Publishing 20 - Drunk Muse Poetry Co-edits www.atriumpoetry.com Loves snoods, tea, crime (reading, not doing).
@oonaghmontague.bsky.social
Writer. Solo parent. Lecturer. Trainer. Exjournalist. Mostly nice, unless you kick the dog.
@davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social
(he/him) Belfast/Coleraine poet. Black Eyed Peace, is available as free eBook from Wordpress, inc. the Pushcart nominated Hunting for the Aurora. MA student at MMU - davidatkinsonpoet.wordpress.com
@crabtalesmagazine.bsky.social
A SFF flash fiction magazine about crabs. Art submissions: OPEN. Fiction submissions: CLOSED. 🦀 EIC @rachelhandley.bsky.social Submit: crabtalesmagazine.com Support: https://ko-fi.com/crabtalesmagazine Dublin
@poetryireland.bsky.social
Connecting Poetry and People. Funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon & the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. www.poetryireland.ie
@itosha.bsky.social
Irish poet with African connections. Prose-poetry memoir, Tied to the Wind (Broken Sleep Books). The lucky star of hidden things, Ghost of the Fisher Cat, À la belle étoile (Salmon Press). Hennessy winner. Arts Council funded. www.africmcglinchey.com
@joemarshallauthor.bsky.social
Irish 🇮🇪 Seosamh O'Marascal, from County Laois, immigrant and emigrant, writing Irish fiction about families, social injustice, and rural life. Woodworker by day, writer by night. Unbound Book Festival board member. Featured in Past Ten.
@winterpapers.bsky.social
An annual anthology for the arts in Ireland and beyond. www.winterpapers.com Supported by the Arts Council Posts by Olivia.