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#TrinityBooksale Feb. 11-13th The 32nd annual Trinity Secondhand Booksale opens at 12.00 noon on Tuesday 11th February 2025 in the Exam Hall, Front Square, Trinity (admission €3.00).   The globally renowned auction of rare books will take place at 5.30pm. tcd.ie/sustainability…

Scratch Books take over Hodges Figgis on 22nd January! Join the brilliant 🌊🌊 and the immense Declan Meade of The Stinging Fly in conversation! Tickets free!

Shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize this year, Gustav Parker Hibbett speaks to Jamie Cameron about form, identity and their latest collection, 'High Jump as Icarus Story' (Banshee Press). Read the full interview here: thelondonmagazine.org/interview-gust…

Thinking of applying for the Literature Bursary award? Don't miss the upcoming Info Clinics! Join our literature team to talk through the process, guidelines and other info for the Literature Bursaries in Irish and English 29 & 30 Jan Info & register: artscouncil.ie/News/Literatur…

Gaslight, gatekeep, guest edit (Send me your poems please I'm starving)

Virginia Woolf’s writing table

🇮🇪🇳🇱 Embassy of Ireland, The Netherlands, Hamilton Gallery & Pulchri Studio Studio present ‘Bloodroot’, an exhibition of 110 works by Irish female artists, responding to #bloodroot (@Doirepress) by Annemarie Ní Churreáin 📌 Jan 22- Feb 5 Pulchri Studio, The Hauge ✨ Image by Caroline Coyle & Nicole McKenna)

Next up is Gustav Parker Hibbett, shortlisted for their collection 'High Jump as Icarus Story', published by Banshee Press Banshee Press

'High Jump as Icarus Story' is Parker's début collection, where the high jump becomes a dazzling conceit, used to explore the Blackness, the queerness and the maddening contrariness of life. #tseliotprize

“I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to leave and yet somehow I’m back” - from High Jump as Icarus Story by Gustav Parker Hibbett T. S. Eliot Prize Banshee Press > poetrybooks.co.uk/products/high-…

What a beautiful reading from Parker T. S. Eliot Prize ceremony just now. Well done Gustav Parker Hibbett & all Banshee Press ❤️

Fantastic reading from Gustav Parker Hibbett’s wonderful debut collection with Banshee Press!

Congratulations to Colin Barrett on winning the Nero Debut Fiction Award for 'Wild Houses'! 🎉🎉 Colin Barrett #nerobookawards

On this day in 1963, The Bell Jar was published for the first time under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. This copy of the book from our archive was the first edition to bear Sylvia Plath's own name, with a cover by Faber designer Shirley Tucker.

Applying for the Bursary Award for the first time? Step 1: Register for an ARN This process can take up to 5 days so make sure to leave yourself plenty of time! Any Qs you can get in touch: 01-6180200 or [email protected] Register: onlineservices.artscouncil.ie/Register.aspx

OPEN CALL: Mirrorlamppress X The Complex -Writing Residency 2025. Read our latest blog post on how to apply: thecomplex.ie/post/open-call… Deadline: February 10th

Really looking forward to this event on Wednesday evening. All welcome!

'Duets' Scratch Books A January gift by post from TatianaTa and London💙

Today, we're delighted to announce the 2025 Arts Council Artists in Residence across literature, film and traditional arts. We're proud to partner with third level institutions across Ireland on the residencies, working to embed creativity in education. bit.ly/3E0csN5

Tomorrow 6pm Hodges Figgis - Declan Meade will be in conversation with Claire Carroll about her very fine, very powerful short-story collection, The Unreliable Nature Writer – published by Scratch Books. Admission is free – all welcome!