I'll be speaking in Tralee, Thursday June 6th. See you there! ☺️

Congratulations to Paula Meehan who has just been announced as the recipient of the 2024 Pigott Poetry Prize for her latest collection, The Solace of Artemis (Dedalus Press, 2023).

The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University Belfast has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Poetry Prize for a First Collection! 🏆
qub.ac.uk/schools/seamus…

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Constellations was published this week in South Korea, and it's the first time an existing artwork has been used for the cover: Nude in Orange and Yellow (1929-30) by the brilliant Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

“This is poetry as storytelling, and it’s quite a story to tell.” Thank you, @sarahclareconlon and PN Review for this really interesting wonderment. Yes, to be honest, confinement did help!

Thank you VP 🌷 & Frieze for this close read of Nell, her artistic practice and Hagstone. Great that Cecilia Vicuña’s Kon Kon is mentioned - I'll never forget seeing it at NYC's Guggenheim Museum. frieze.com/article/sinead… 4th Estate Books Cormac Kinsella RCW Literary Agency

A group of 9-12 year old kids from a community centre in Cork met up with kids living in refugee accommodation nearby.
They made this track, & it’s gone viral; 📺 watch, & see why.
🔉 Sound up for💥The Spark, by the Kabin Crew & the Lisdoonvarna Crew 🇮🇪!

How often do you get a IrelandChairOfPoetry Paul Muldoon poem penned especially for you? It's a cracker.

Thanks to Paul for writing 'AFTER THE WAR' for our Georgetown University Library exhibition.

Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation Poetry Ireland Seamus Heaney Centre

There will be *some* standing-room tickets on the door so do turn out even if you haven’t got a ticket!

Poets! 📢 Big recommendations on these incredible collections for this week's TopTweetTuesday book boosts Top left: DESIRE LINES Jessica Mookherjee Broken Sleep Books Top right: REALLY NOT REALLY Fee Griffin Broken Sleep Books Bottom left: IKTSUARPOK Nora Nadjarian Bottom right: EGG/SHELL Dr Victoria Kennefick (She/Her)🍉

Faber staff proofs (and pizza) have arrived ♟️💙

Join me on the morning of Saturday 13 July at MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland for a special curator’s tour of IS THIS A POEM?

Presented by Poetry Ireland in collaboration with MoLI.

Tickets €25 - book here: eventbrite.ie/e/christodoulo…

About the exhibition: moli.ie/exhibitions/is…

📚 Poetry deadline alert! 🌱Submissions portal for the next issue of The Stinging Fly is now open until 29th May!✨We eagerly await your poems! You'll find all the info here ➡️ stingingfly.org. Spread the word! #poetry #poetry submissions #poetry community

Thread of childhood artworks by famous artists 🧵

1. Edward Hopper, 9 years old

'All Down Darkness Wide' by Seán Hewitt @seanehewittt, published by Penguin Random House Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚 is one of the six shortlisted books for the 2024 #MichelDéonPrize for non-fiction.

Learn more: bit.ly/4g0r4+

Supported by Irish Foreign Ministry.

They are all fantastic and should be in your collection! 💚

Dr Jo Clement Corinna Board Dr Victoria Kennefick (She/Her)🍉 Matthew M C Smith

Ok Dr Victoria Kennefick (She/Her)🍉 leave some reason for the rest of us to write poems…

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Victoria Kennefick is one of the poets featuring on Poetry People this weekend.

Tune in on Sunday from 7pm ✍️ 📻