@artscouncil_ie @ucddublin Writer in Residence 2023: Poet @VKennefick 'Eat or We Both Starve'(@Carcanet 2021) @HeaneyCentre First Collection Prize 2022 She/Her
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This is a new Twitter account for the @artscouncil_ie @ucddublin Writer in Residence. It's me, @VKennefick, for 2023! Follow along for poetry prompts, submission opportunities, poetry news and events! I feel very lucky to have this position, so if you're @ucddublin get in touch!
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Annemarie Ní Churreáin as one of our adjudicators for The Pigott Poetry Prize 2024! With a poetic voice that resonates deeply, brings a wealth of experience to the panel. Stay tuned for the shortlist announcement! 🎉 #kerrycountycouncil #failteireland #ArtsCouncilSupported – at Kerry, Ireland
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🇵🇸💫Come, experience the powerful voice of Palestinian poet @MarwanMakhoul 25-29 April ✨I'll be hosting Marwan @JamesJoyceCentr & then on to @WorldBookFest ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Readings in Arabic, Irish, English💫INFO ➡️@hotpress. In assoc w @Feile_IMRAM @poetryireland @PENIreland Bí linn
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This heart-breaking poem by Mohammed El-Kurd appeared in the Spring 2024 issue of Poetry Review. We're glad to see it striking a chord with so many.
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What a pair @Carcanet 🥚🐇🦢🧸
New books!
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ALT Baby Schema by Isabel Galleymore and egg/shell by Victoria Kennefick
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Paschal Donohoe TD (Irish Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform) spotted with @VKennefick's Egg/Shell @KennysBookshop in Galway!
Order your copy here: carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/index…
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Deeply honoured to launch 'Oh, Love', a gorgeous book of poems by one of my favourite poets and artists, Maggie O'Dwyer. Get along to Club Na Múinteoirí/ the Teachers Club next Thurs April 11th at 6.30pm to hear Maggie read, get your copy and raise a glass to her wondrous work!
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Celebrate the online launch of Egg/Shell by @VKennefick on Wednesday 13th March! 🥚🍳
Victoria will be reading a selection of poems from the new collection, and will be joined in conversation by host Elaine Feeney.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Thanks to Enda & Peter for the SPF shoutout during their brilliant podcast remembering Philip Casey. TS Eliot prize. Hear @jane_janeclarke read at our 2024 festival booksforbreakfast.buzzsprout… #poetry #WritingCommu @artscouncil_ie @IrishTimes @UCD_writer @IrishWritersCtr @RosLibrary
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UCD’s writer in residence @ColinBarrett82 is now accepting applications for One to One Creative Writing Feedback Sessions in Fiction and Prose for writers of all experience levels!✍️
Details on how to apply: ucd.ie/englishdramafilm/news…
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Celebrate the online launch of Egg/Shell by @VKennefick on Wednesday 13th March! 🥚🍳
Victoria will be reading a selection of poems from the new collection, and will be joined in conversation by host Elaine Feeney.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Egg/Shell (@Carcanet) spotted in the window of @LRBbookshop hanging out in some very illustrious company 🥚🐣🍳🦢🖤
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Celebrate the online launch of Egg/Shell by @VKennefick on Wednesday 13th March! 🥚🍳
Victoria will be reading a selection of poems from the new collection, and will be joined in conversation by host Elaine Feeney.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Pre-order your copy of Egg/Shell using the code FEBBOOKS for 20% off and free UK P&P 🔗bit.ly/487lqS4
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...Kennefick, in the follow-up to her best-selling Eat or We Both Starve, breaks new ground with generosity, emotional complexity, formal ingenuity and wit.
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Acclaimed as one of the boldest poetic voices to emerge in recent years...
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...her second book Egg/Shell is a diptych, a double album, which explores early motherhood and miscarriage, and the impact of a spouse's gender transition and the dissolution of a marriage.
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The lives depicted by Victoria Kennefick alter, shatter and recombine in stunning monologues, innovative hybrid forms and piercing lyrics...
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GRUB'S UP 🥚🐣🍳🖤
This month we are publishing Egg/Shell by @VKennefick, which was named the Poetry Book Society Spring Choice! 🍳
