Carolann North

Researcher & Poet💜
Specialism: Identity Studies in Spec Fic.
Nerd interests: Poetry, Cats, Climbing. Views my own🏳️‍🌈she/her

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

Fireworks outside, The Haunting of Bly House on the TV, and my familiars to keep me company 🐾🖤
Happy Samhain all, may the mummers keep the spirits from your door 🧡💀🎃

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

Always nice to read on a rainy day 🧡🌧️📚
(Nearly had Sky Plus, but Courtney kept moving 😅)

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

If you need a good spoopy show for Halloween, look up From.
Three seasons, and fair warning: you're gonna break your heart bingeing through all of them 😭💔

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

A silent book club in #Coleraine? I can't wait 📚🫖
Loving the cozy fall vibes this year @letsinfuse🧋🧡 So many cool Autumn events!! 🍁🍂

(I'll be bringing Heaven by @mieko_kawakami and the poetry collection Dangerous Enough by Becky Varley-Winter! See you there! 🥰)

[INFUSE Tea Bar @letsinfuse]

Launching our very first Silent Book Club this Thursday 17th from 7pm at the Tea Bar. 📍Find us opposite Sports Direct in Coleraine. Bring yourself and a book, no charge to attend, till will still be open for drinks & treats. Going to be a monthly occurrence, every 3rd Thursday.

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

Massively important to also acknowledge translators and translation theory in Kang's work after the controversy Deborah Smith endured for The Vegetarian.

That being said, Kang won the Nobel on her merit as a storyteller. A simply stunning writer who more than deserves the prize.

[Jen Calleja @niewview]

✨ As always, make sure you also celebrate the translators! Han Kang was crafted into English by @videshi_beti @p_niyahmorris & Emily Yae Won ✨

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

Amazing!! One of my favourite authors! Korean fiction for the win! 🥳

[Olga Ravn @OlgaRavn]

It is no longer dream but reality. The Nobel to Han Kang! I SCREAMED!

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

My chonkiest, floofiest idiot is getting a lump removed for testing today 😢
She's had to fast since 8pm last night, so I expect a very sore and hangry cat when I pick her up this evening! 😅

[Ulster University @UlsterUni]

Yesterday in Coleraine we hosted a special poetry reading as part of Poetry in Motion.

A joint @Translink_NI and UU initiative inviting writers from across NI to submit their work, Poetry in Motion celebrates our creative voices.

More: https://t.co/bs0arjx92X

#WeAreUU

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

The Academy of American Poets has published this poem, and that is a very, very good thing.

[Anne Louise Avery @AnneLouiseAvery]

🦊🍁🍂Competition time! To celebrate Autumn & to cheer the darkening evenings, I'm giving away a signed edition of my 'Reynard the Fox' book, a lovely tall tin of rich chocolate & salted caramel biscuits, a large bar of Swiss chocolate & a magical arctic fox companion! Simply like, retweet & follow to enter! A winner will be picked on Friday.🍂🍁🦊

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

@amyelkheart @gaynorkane @BridportPrize OMG this is so cool!!! Congrats!! 💜

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

Come along and hear some poetry from me & @NiamhyMcNally as part of @Translink_NI & @at_ulster Poetry in Motion collab! 🚌✍️💜
@UlsterUni

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

In Coleraine next Thursday, great opportunity for @at_ulster students to drop in and learn about scriptwriting & the creative sector!!

[English at Ulster @at_ulster]

Something big is going happen on the Coleraine Campus on Monday...watch this space for more details...

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

@vincentscarpa The Vegetarian by Han Kang. More about mental illness than the psych ward directly, but does feature institutionalisation, and deals with the role of women in Korean society.

[Poetry Off the Page @PoetryOff_Page]

The Call for Papers for our conference “Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe”, to take place in Vienna on 13-14 June 2025, is NOW LIVE!🌍 (See below!) Deadline for Abstracts: 20th December 2024. For any questions, write to us at [email protected]

#PoPAroundtheGlobe 🎙️✨

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

Finally, #Thankstoyou @ArtsCouncilNI, #NationalLottery & thanks to National Lottery players for money raised for @LottoGoodCauses! I couldn't do my work without their support ❤️ #ACNISupported

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

Still in shock: 2nd place in the All-Ulster Poetry Slam Finals!! 🥈🥳
Now just to perform at the All-Ireland Final in Dublin!! (I'm not freaking out, you are lol 😅)

Many thanks to all the organisers, other poets (amazing ppl, all of you ❤️) and to @aspectsfestival for hosting!

[Dr Kendra Reynolds @Dr_K_Reynolds]

Still time to vote if you haven't already! I would really appreciate it 😊❤️

[Carolann North @DrCNorth]

@JennyMitchellGo My aunt bought me the Macmillan Treasury of Poetry for Children. I still have it 3 decades later, spine broken, pages faded from turning. I know every poem in there, some of them off by heart.
Buy books for kids. It's matters.