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Join us as we close our inaugural Eavan Boland Weekend with a powerful celebration of her enduring poetic legacy. ✨ 📅 Saturday 25 April @ 6:30pm 📍 James Joyce Centre, 35 North Great Georges Street, Dublin 1 🎟️ Tickets via poetryireland.ie/news-events/ea…

Thrilled to see this shortlist including Tom French @mollytwomey1 @NiChurr from @TheGalleryPress Congratulations to all poets listed @MunLitCentre @poetryireland @artscouncil_ie

A rare chance to hear Kevin Graham reading his work @poetryireland #irishpoetry #irishpoet

Looking forward 🥳🥳 @poetryireland @artscouncil_ie #newirishpoetry #irishpoetry #irishpublishing

And Gallery Press!

We spy a few Gallery titles here - Irish-published books making their way into the hands of NYC residents and visitors courtesy of @IrishArtsCenter 👏🏻👏🏻

Great news about Rick O'Shea getting the gig @RTEArena and fronting the fabulous team there 👏🏻👏🏻

Our Poem for the week: Dear Pigeon by Alvy Carragher An encounter with a pigeon leads to a surprising comparison in this lyrical ode delving into themes of belonging and ancestry. Read it in our most recent issue at humag.co

Get to know the performers for our special, bilingual event in celebration of Seachtain na Gaeilge: 'Words in the Air on Parnell Square/Focail san Aer ar Cearnóg Parnell' on 12th March! Aifric Mac Aodha is the Irish-language poetry editor of Poetry Ireland Review. Her first poetry collection, Gabháil Syrinx(The Taking of Syrinx), was published by An Sagart in 2010 and her work has been published in various magazines and journals, including POETRY Young Irish Poets. Her poetry has been translated to many languages, including French, German, Italian, Spanish and Czech. She has been awarded several bursaries by The Arts Council. Her latest collection, Old Friends, with translations by David Wheatley, was published by The Gallery Press in 2024. She lives in Dublin where she works for the Irish-language publisher, An Gúm. *** Tá Aifric Mac Aodha ag obair ina heagarthóir Gaeilge le Poetry Ireland Review. D’fhoilsigh An Sagart an chéad chnuasach filíochta léi, Gabháil Syrinx, sa bhliain 2010. Cuireadh dánta dá cuid i gcló ar irisí éagsúla, POETRY Young Irish Poetsina measc. Aistríodh a saothar go teangacha éagsúla, an Fhraincis, an Ghearmáinis, an Iodáilis, an Spáinnis agus an tSeicis san áireamh. Bhronn An Chomhairle Ealaíon mórchuid sparánachtaí uirthi. Is é Old Friends (The Gallery Press, 2024) an cnuasach is déanaí léi. Tá cónaí uirthi i mBaile Átha Cliath, áit a bhfuil sí ag obair ina heagarthóir cúnta leis an nGúm. Tickets are here for this special, bilingual event: eventbrite.ie/e/focail-san-a…

A full house in TCD for Vona Groarke's first public lecture as Ireland Professor of Poetry. Vona discussed the relationship between poets, poems and loneliness. Vona will be giving more lectures and readings over the coming months - details here: poetryireland.ie/news/ireland-p…

The Ireland Chair of Poetry presents the Spring Series for 2026 by Ireland Professor of Poetry, Vona Groarke, who begins her tenure (2025–2028). Vona will present her first lecture this evening at 7.30 If you would like to attend please email irelandchairofpoetry@gmail.com

Vona Groarke looks forward to her first public lecture as Ireland Professor of Poetry, which will explore the relationship between poets, poems and loneliness. 📆 26 February at 7:30pm 📍 Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin Book your place: bit.ly/3MiqfmF

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin in Conversation and Reading from her New Selected Poems at Hammersmith Irish Cultural Centre this Thursday (19th) at 7pm. Tickets £10 irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/eilean-n…

What it means to write in times of political, social and environmental crisis. All events free and open to the public - to reserve a seat email ucdwritingfestival@gmail.com

Hats off to Liam Donnelly and Tony Hayes of @HodgesFiggis for their well-deserved award of @OBrienPress Bookseller of the Year. Gina will be smiling down on you. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Today is our 56th birthday!⁠ ⁠ 56% OFF All* Hardbacks⁠ *excludes package deals, limited editions and ebooks. (Plus P&P).⁠ One copy per title. ⁠ ⁠ 24 hours only Friday 6 February 2026 ⁠ Use code BIRTHDAY56 ⁠ ⁠gallerypress.com/product-catego… #ArtsCouncilSupported

NEW: Ellen Orchard reviews 2025 Irish poetry collections from Susanna Galbraith, Charles Lang, Dean Browne and Vona Groarke. stingingfly.org/review/irish-p… “If this global moment is marked by ‘prevailing untruth’ and widespread dissemination of lies, all four of these collections show an acute awareness of the poet’s duty to exactitude of language: the importance of trying to say exactly what it is that you mean.”

🇺🇲 Hymn to All the Restless Girls crosses the pond for a series of U.S. readings to celebrate Lá Fhéile Bríde 2026 🍀 Indiana 🍀 Chicago 🍀 Miami @TheGalleryPress

To read this year’s Shortlisted poets on their collections in their own words, head over to the Poetry School's website for their Writers’ Notes: poetryschool.com/category/t-s-e…