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.
@billymills.bsky.social
Irish poet, cricket fan, book reviews, Bob Dylan. See my blog: https://ellipticalmovements #speirgorm "I give as examples Billy Mills, Susan Howe and J.H. Prynne, although the assumption that they write for themselves is entirely my own" J.C.C. Mays
@rte.ie
Raidió Teilifís Éireann | Ireland's National Public Service Multi-Media Organisation www.rte.ie
@nlireland.bsky.social
Sharing Ireland's stories through our unique collections/ Ag roinnt scéal na hÉireann tríd ár mbailiúcháin uathúla. Explore our collections: https://www.nli.ie/collections/our-collections
@katiemanningpoet.bsky.social
Poet, parent, professor. Editor-in-Chief of @whaleroadreview.bsky.social https://www.katiemanningpoet.com/
@davidflemingwrites.bsky.social
Irish writer. Fiction debut in The Honest Ulsterman - https://humag.co/prose/death-valley - Mostly interested in writing about how people’s experiences, memories, hopes, dreams, and fears combine to create an often contradictory and fluid sense of self.
@utopiascifi.bsky.social
We are a paying science fiction magazine dedicated to publishing quality science fiction short stories, science articles, and poetry. Find us here: https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/
@driftwoodpress.bsky.social
Est. 2013. Driftwood Press is a press and annual journal devoted to finding the best in fiction, poetry, comics, and experimental forms. linktr.ee/DriftwoodPress
@afterpoetry.com
Read an exclusive new #ekphrastic or ‘after’ poem each new and full moon. Subs are open Oct 1st–31st annually for the following year. Why not also enjoy quarterly sister journal iambapoet.com? Created and curated by @markantonyowen.com. afterpoetry.com
@poetrysociety.bsky.social
A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview, supports young poets @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social. poetrysociety.org.uk linktr.ee/poetrysociety22
@cballantine.bsky.social
Social scientist, researcher, writer. Currently researching sexual & gender based violence in HEIs. Adjunct fellow, ucd school of geography. Writing in the Stinging Fly, Banshee & elsewhere. She/ Her
@martinconneely.bsky.social
My life is based on a true story. West Galway once, Waterford for a while, Dublin for decades. Today is my favourite day.
@gerardbeirne.bsky.social
Author of 8 books of fiction and poetry. Recent: The Thickness of Ice (novel, Baraka Books, 2024); The Death Poems (Salt, 2023). Shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, the Bord Gais Irish Book Awards, and Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award.
@emccarthywriter.bsky.social
Waterford writer of crime books and short stories. Pushcart Nominee. MA in #CreativeWriting from the University of Limerick. A Philobiblist, Librocubicularist, Dissectologist, running on coffee.
@rachelahandley.com
Philosopher @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social Author. Poet. 🦉 They/Them. Dublin. rachelahandley.com
@waterford.bsky.social
Travel, Theatre, Books, Sport, Meteorology, Astronomy, Music, Food, Genealogy, Fitness, TV, Movies. 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🏳️🌈 Waterford, Ireland
@bookstationeire.bsky.social
Bookstation is Ireland’s best value chain of book and stationery shops. 100% Irish Owned and Operated. 🇮🇪 Find us at: linktr.ee/bookstationie
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
Two lovely bookshops in Dublin, Ireland - named after that famous Oscar Wilde quote... Store Manager Marta posts here whenever she gets a moment.
@unboundsocials.bsky.social
London-based book publisher 📚 An imprint of Boundless Publishing Group - home to @neemtreepress.bsky.social and @boundlessmagazine.bsky.social Visit us at https://www.boundlesspublishinggroup.com/
@tramppress.bsky.social
Independent book publisher. Latest: Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night by Gethan Dick www.tramppress.com Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland. Newsletter eepurl.com/bjjdND
@billyfenton.bsky.social
Writer. Work in @rialtopoetry @bansheelit @irishtimes @poetryireland @poetrybusiness @CrannogM @the4facedliar and more. Poet laureate Carrick-on-Suir 2021.
@rattlepoetry.bsky.social
#Poetry without pretension since 1995. Rattle is a publication of the Rattle Foundation, an independent 501(c)3, and not affiliated with any other organization. www.rattle.com
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
Welsh poetry press based in Swansea with a focus on imagist poetry. Edited by Matthew M C Smith
@iambapoet.com
iambapoet.com is where poetry is seen and heard – four times a year. Accepts new and published work from emerging and established poets. Created and curated by @markantonyowen.com. Want more poetry? Follow #ekphrastic sister journal @afterpoetry.com.
@tolkajournal.bsky.social
Literary journal of formally promiscuous non-fiction. Publishing essays, memoir, autofiction and the overflow. Supported by the Arts Council. tolkajournal.org
@fracturedlit.bsky.social
Fractured Lit publishes flash fiction with emotional resonance. Open year-round and is available to all writers. https://fracturedlit.com/
@clarkesworldmagazine.com
Neil Clarke: Editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, The Best Science Fiction of the Year series, and more. Three-time Hugo Award Winner for Best Editor Short Form. Four-time Chesley Award-winning art director. clarkesworldmagazine.com neil-clarke.com
@afterdinnerconversation.com
Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Fiction Publisher. Top 10 (Chill Subs) LitMag 2023-2024, books, & podcasts. $ subscriptions (& Patreon) pay writers. Links: https://bio.site/afterdinner
@doorisajarmag.bsky.social
Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey. Always open for submissions (guidelines on our website) https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/
@nmoliverpoetry.bsky.social
I'm a husband, dad and reader & writer of poems, from Ireland. I have poems in various journals and a couple of published pamphlets. You can buy them here https://niallmoliverpoetry.bigcartel.com/
@madridlitmag.bsky.social
We're a bilingual literary magazine based in Madrid, Spain. We love new poetry, fiction and art and feature interviews with well-known writers and artists. Our Podcast is on Spotify. Subs closed. Next issue May 28th ✍️
@jackielynam.bsky.social
Dublin writer and librarian. Traces: Poems and Essays published 2023. Longlisted for Carousel Aware Prize for Indie Authors 2024. Arts Council Agility Award recipient 2024. https://linktr.ee/JackieLynam
@maireadhearne.bsky.social
Irish/Cork Book Reviewer/Blogger 💙 📚☘️ Dig. Mkting/PA for writingIE. Views my own #booksky Blog - www.swirlandthread.com
@wcorklitfest.bsky.social
#Bantry: 11-18 July 2025. Check out our line-up & download brochure. Booking open for all events https://linktr.ee/westcorkliteraryfestival
@kennysbookshop.bsky.social
Independent bookshop and art gallery in Galway, Ireland. Free delivery in Ireland and we ship worldwide. New, used and rare books. www.kennys.ie | www.thekennygallery.ie
@poetrybuspress.bsky.social
Tiny but mighty indie press specialising in poetry books and magazines. Hyena! by Fran Lock was shortlisted for the 2023 T.S. Eliot Prize and the PEN Heaney Prize. Grab a copy here https://thepoetrybuspress.onlineweb.shop/
@byddi.bsky.social
Irish Writer - 📚 fiction, 🎭 stage and 🎬 screen. Writes about nature, climate, and local history. Sometimes funny - usually unintentionally. Love my cats and my garden. 📖 Read my latest book & more www.ByddiLee.com
@fionalarkin.bsky.social
Winner of National Poetry Competition 2024. Debut collection Rope of Sand Pindrop Press (2023). Pamphlets Vital Capacity (Broken Sleep, 2022) and A Dovetail of Breath (Rack Press, 2020). Corrupted Poetry projects. https://fionalarkinpoetry.wordpress.com
@poetrysiobhan.bsky.social
Irish poet. Collections include Heat Signature & Cross-Talk (Seren). Co-ed Eavan Boland Inside History. Researches CW practice in post-conflict & social care. Awards in Templar, Troubadour, National etc.
@arrowsmithpress.bsky.social
Arrowsmith Press publishes poetry, prose, works of translation, memoir, and a series of online columns. Support the literary world by checking out our website!
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
We are Frazzled Lit! 🥓 🔥 Looking for Flash, Poetry, CNF and Prose. Eds @lozzawriting.bsky.social and @jmcm.bsky.social www.frazzledlit.com https://ko-fi.com/frazzledlit socials by Laura 🇬🇧🏴🇮🇪 Edinburgh/Dublin
@dustpoetry.bsky.social
Just poetry. Digital UK-based poetry magazine. New, international and marginalised poets always welcome. Edited by Catherine Redford and Tara Wheeler http://dustpoetry.co.uk
@litbowl.bsky.social
I share beautiful words from beautiful books. Mostly poetry. Some prose. Always attributed, always pro-author, and generative AI is theft. (All photos original. All rights reserved by original authors.) Get books here: https://bookshop.org/shop/litbowl
@writing.ie
Award winning magazine for writers at all levels http://www.writing.ie - based in Ireland but for writers everywhere. Featuring book and writing news, tips, technique, competitions, submission opportunities and much more. We want to help! 📚💙
@seanthomasd.bsky.social
Poet. Recent books with BOA Editions, Jacar Press. I work as a Medtech and caregiver, and teach part-time in the Western Connecticut State U MFA Program. Disability rights advocate, father, husband, obsessive Cleveland Cavs fan.
@ryanvine.bsky.social
poet | dad | husband | pal | professor of English | deep north | books: The Cave & WARD @ Texas Review Press; To Keep Him Hidden @ Salmon Poetry; Distant Engines @ Backwaters Press | poems: American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, NPR
@booksireland.bsky.social
Established 1976. Reviews, news, features on Irish books and writing, database of all upcoming books each month. Podcast #BurningBooks. Editor Ruth McKee.
@salopress.bsky.social
Independent publisher of poetry & prose. An obscurity of poets. Updates by Sophie 💖 Norwich, UK.
@gagebybell.bsky.social
Poet, writer, editor: books by Doire Press, Alba Publishing, Fine Press Poetry, wildflower poetry press, and The Onslaught Press. Assistant editor of The Haibun Journal. www.clearasabellwritingservices.ie