stephen connolly

i'm reaching out and engaging / listowel @writersweek 2023 / poems in poetry magazine, poetry ireland, etc / views are my own, etc

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

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:

https://t.co/bNSB9SKFRt

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

@michaelmagee__ @sarahgilmartin_ i believe it was kim jong mick

[Cúirt Festival @CuirtFestival]

💫The Cúirt 2024 programme is now live
Discover the full programme online now at https://t.co/vT5t20Qky9 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

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

@PolBrugha @michaelmagee__ weird thing to say

[thebackstraight @thebackstraight]

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! https://t.co/MINt6ZGNF4

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

@_IAFP mohammed el-kurd @m7mdkurd reading his own poems, via video, and a poem by—of all people—padraic fiacc @_IAFP

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

stephen sexton reading poems by @TohaMosab in belfast tonight, in solidarity at the @_IAFP event in the black box

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

@_IAFP glenn patterson reading from ‘love story in ramallah’ by ibrahim nasrallah in the black box in belfast @_IAFP

[Ellen Reay @ellenreay]

Vicar Street is now on sale!

https://t.co/n8XIFROQM6

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

i tell you what: kerry’s a beautiful place

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

there’s so much dingle in door into the dark

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

all four events are now sold out

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

tickets are on sale on monday for these all-island events

more information here:

https://t.co/PiMTMFdlix

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

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. https://t.co/118qHL83Pn

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

tickets are on sale on monday for these all-island events

more information here:

https://t.co/PiMTMFdlix

[Little, Brown UK @LittleBrownUK]

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

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

‘the winner of the rooney prize for 2023 is michael magee for close to home’

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

@AGRMoore @superhughesie I’m guessing these are gone, but if you hear of any going, keep me in mind—i thought i’d be living in kerry and missed the boat

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

@arboristmusic @rorynellis Yes!!