Writer, performer, keeper of creatures, Leitrim/Fermanagh border. Roscommon New Writing Award ‘22, ACNI Support ‘22/23. Debut Collection-Stench, Arlen House ‘24
Joined April 2024
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Had an absolute blast at Dundalk Poetry Festival in Roe River Books last Friday 29th May. These amazing photos by Zane from Astory Media show the craic and the crowds. Thanks to John, and Marian, and Tom and the wonderful bookshop staff. @arlenhouse roeriverbooks.store/gallery/…
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Just a warning to ye to steer clear of Dundalk on the Friday 29th May. There’s some rare ones up to no good in the bookshop…
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Arlen House is delighted to announce the forthcoming
*Shapechangers: 1960s Women Reflect on their Writing Lives* edited by Nessa O'Mahony
PRE-ORDER: booksupstairs.ie/product/sha…
The 1st sequel to the bestseller
*Look! It's a Woman Writer!*
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✨ April Poetry Evening ✨
Trish Bennett
📅 Friday 10th April
🕢 7:30pm
🎟️ Free - booking but booking essential tr.ee/7RdO2qtT13
Join us at the United Arts Club, Dublin for another beautiful evening of poetry, words, and humour!
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Flip me, can’t believe I said all that! Thanks to @justjillianblog and Pete helping me to spill the beans. @leitrimcoco @fermanaghomagh @aboutleitrim @The_JHS @KiltyLive @kiltyclogher_hc @BangorLiterary @BoyleMo @ArlenHouse @ACNIWriting @artscouncil_ie
Mar 20
Ahead of World Poetry Day, this week’s Bookcited! Podcast features Trish Bennett! 😄
She joins Jillian and Pete to discuss her poetry and capturing life in verse - Listen now 👉 orlo.uk/lG1qM
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Mar 11
Can't believe we've recorded 100 episodes of the #Bookcited! podcast already! So many great interviews with a wide variety of authors and other book related chats.@LibrariesNI
Click to listen @petelibrarian podbean.com/ea/pb-zasqb-1a66…
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Today we take the time to celebrate all the brilliant women in our lives for International Women's Day ♥💪
See here Moyra Donaldson's 'A Dangerous Woman' from Poetry Ireland Review Issue 81, edited by Peter Sirr.
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On this International Women's Day, Arlen House - Ireland's feminist press, celebrating 50 years of world-class publishing - is delighted to announce the first sequel to the critically-acclaimed bestseller *Look! It's a Woman Writer!*
Editor extraordinaire Nessa O'Mahony is compiling an anthology representing Irish women writers born in the 1960s. The range of diverse voices makes for fascinating reading.
Full details in April. Book available 1 June.
Many thanks to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for supporting superb writing from Ireland for the world.
blackwells.co.uk/.../Look-It…
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🎤 Excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at The London Book Fair from 10–12 March 2026 at Olympia London! ✨
Join my session to explore trends, insights, and the future of creative content. Don’t miss out! 🤝 #LBF #StoriesWithoutLimits
Register here: invt.io/1txbqtymjlh
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Thanks to Alan for getting my work out there despite my best efforts.
Thanks to all of you who’ve supported me, those who laughed, who hugged, and booked me for gigs, and kept me going this past year. You’re the best. Xx
Delighted to announce that Trish Bennett's bestselling debut poetry collection *Stench* is now in its second edition. The first 1000 copies sold out - and now on to the next thousand books.
Distributed by @ArgosyBooks and worldwide by Syracuse @SUPress
Many thanks to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for supporting contemporary writing from Ireland for the world.
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Another great excuse to be back in Galway. See ye there!
@ArlenHouse @publishingwomen
Join us for the next instalment of The Poetry Lobby, presented in association with Poetry Ireland, and hosted by Anne Donnellan!
📅 Sunday, March 1st
🕒3:00pm-5:00pm
📍Menlo Park Hotel, Galway
🎫Free entry, Donations Welcome
More info: poetryireland.ie/whats-on/th…
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Feb 27
This week's episode of Bookcited! featured Chloe Dalton as she discusses her remarkable journey - Of course it features the hare! ☺️
Listen to it now 👉 LIBNI.short.gy/xBookcited270…
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Feb 18
If you missed the latest episode of Bookcited! podcast, listen now as Jillian, Pete and Conor discuss the books behind some of 2026's biggest nominations 👉 LIBNI.short.gy/xBookcited130…
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See ye in Galway on March 1st. Thanks so much to Anne Donnellan for the invite. X
Join us for the next instalment of The Poetry Lobby, presented in association with Poetry Ireland, and hosted by Anne Donnellan!
📅 Sunday, March 1st
🕒3:00pm-5:00pm
📍Menlo Park Hotel, Galway
🎫Free entry, Donations Welcome
More info: poetryireland.ie/whats-on/th…
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2days. Come on for the craic! X
An Anti-Valentine’s Night of Unromantic Poetry & Dark Love Stories. This is an evening that is determinedly not romantic. These are not declarations of devotion, but explorations of love without illusion.
Click on the link
bit.ly/3NAXYId
for Eventbrite tickets.
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8th Feb 2.30pm, ‘This is Not a Love Song’. We’ll send ye home in top order. Go-wan, ya know ya want to. Book now, and enjoy the craic in the coolest hotel in Belfast. #HarrisonChambersOfDistinction
@publishingwomen eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-is-n…
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