i'm reaching out and engaging / listowel @writersweek 2023 / poems in poetry magazine, poetry ireland, etc / views are my own, etc
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15 Aug 2023
i'm getting quite a few requests for comment and interviews, etc, about listowel, so if you haven't read it then here is what i actually wrote:
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stephen connolly retweeted
6 Mar 2024
💫The Cúirt 2024 programme is now live
Discover the full programme online now at cuirt.ie and join us this April 23-28 in Galway.
We are honoured to feature this incredible artwork from Galway based artist Miriam de Búrca
#Cúirt2024 #galway #discoverireland
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stephen connolly retweeted
7 Feb 2024
Armagh 5k, NI & Ulster Intermediate/Masters XC, Raheny 5 mile, Trim 10 mile… catch all of this in Episode 10 of The Back Straight Podcast ft. Special guest, @closeandslow (Stephen Connolly!). We hope you enjoy! open.spotify.com/episode/0ZT…
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28 Nov 2023
stephen sexton reading poems by @TohaMosab in belfast tonight, in solidarity at the @_IAFP event in the black box
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28 Nov 2023
glenn patterson reading from ‘love story in ramallah’ by ibrahim nasrallah in the black box in belfast @_IAFP
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stephen connolly retweeted
23 Nov 2023
Vicar Street is now on sale!
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13 Nov 2023
all four events are now sold out
10 Nov 2023
tickets are on sale on monday for these all-island events
more information here:
irishtimes.com/culture/books…
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stephen connolly retweeted
10 Nov 2023
For one bookshop owner, corneal transplants have been "transformative and so important" - but, with people regularly choosing not to donate them, patients in Northern Ireland are facing a longer wait due to a shortage of available corneas. bbc.in/3MBQ9i8
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10 Nov 2023
tickets are on sale on monday for these all-island events
more information here:
irishtimes.com/culture/books…
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stephen connolly retweeted
10 Nov 2023
Demons, geese, The Laughing Cow, marching bands, LSD and pistols smuggled home from the USSR.
A stunning debut collection, bringing the ghettoised working-class into contemporary Irish poetry.
@al_mac_e
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24 Oct 2023
‘the winner of the rooney prize for 2023 is michael magee for close to home’
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9 Oct 2023
oh yeah?
8 Oct 2023
The Irish Mail reports some of the friction behind the scenes at the #LateLateShow is due to the ‘large proportion of northern guests’ since the relaunch.
‘It seems there’s a higher quota of guests from the North than the rest of the country. It’s not going down well with staff”
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24 Aug 2023
this week’s bit for the andersonstown news on being up a mountain and watching a story about me play out in different ways (and a bunch of men discussing me on facebook)
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23 Aug 2023
'the preponderance of northern names led some local wags to label the forthcoming festival the ‘continuity writers’ week''—that's a new one to me
mick clifford in the @irishexaminer today
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stephen connolly retweeted
20 Aug 2023
"...his relentlessly radical approach to his artistic life and work would have caused a seismic shift in the culture of any city lucky enough to have him as an inhabitant."
Lovely tribute to the much-loved and much-missed Ciaran Carson by @closeandslow.
belfastmedia.com/a-carson-tr…
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