Afric McGlinchey

Latest: @Salmonpoetry (poetry, à la belle étoile – the odyssey of Jeanne Baré, 2025). Arts Council funded. Mentor@MunLitCentre.

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

I have escaped to bluesky on the same handle 🦋 bye x

[Irish Writers Centre @IrishWritersCtr]

We are delighted to announce the awardees of the 2025 Annaghmakerrig Residencies! 🎉

The five writers selected are:

▪️ Emily Cooper
▪️ Emer Lyons
▪️ Rosa Mäkelä
▪️ Afric McGlinchey @itosha
▪️ Nuala O’Connor @NualaNiC

https://t.co/1IbdqeIDQZ

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

Ahead of my reading at De Barra's in Clonakilty on Wednesday 9th July at 8.30pm, Moze Jacobs interviewed me about my new collection. Would appreciate any listens, and also shares. And it would be lovely to see you on the 9th, if you're around! Free event.
https://t.co/deOJp5Phlf

[writing.ie @writing_ie]

'Jeanne’s experiences helped me reflect on my own sense of doubleness: between rootedness and restlessness, between belonging and feeling an outsider.'

Afric McGlinchey on the process of writing À la belle étoile: the odyssey of Jeanne Baré.

https://t.co/OpLtDouaJj
@itosha

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

Ditto Ruth, and wish I could be there!

[Ruth Quinlan @RuthQuinlan]

Looking forward to seeing this mighty anthology launch tomorrow at @Strokestownpoem. Delighted to have a poem in the mix. Huge thanks due to @ArlenHouse and @NualaNiC.

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

Looking forward to this. https://t.co/k1PEum5cIx

[Strokestown Poetry @Strokestownpoem]

2025 Festival Workshop Submission Deadline extended.Please send two poems – 40 lines or less – to [email protected] by Wednesday, 30th April to reserve your place. More info. https://t.co/re3azZ0g6N @poetryireland @IrishWritersCtr @RoscommonPeople @roscommoncoco

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

@LukeMorganPoet @rosemaryj77 @ArlenHouse One of my favourites, Luke.

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

Congrats Seán. Looking forward to reading Open, Heaven.

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

Thanks to William Wall, for including a poem of mine on Italian radio.

[Carlo Gianuzzi 🇵🇸 @bonhomme69]

Diario d'Irlanda — Sabato #26aprile, alle 14, su
@radiondadurto:
🗒 Attualità da Nord e Sud.
Intervista al regista @alessandroneg11, da Derry.
Una poesia di Afric McGlinchey, @itosha, letta dall'autrice e commentata da William Wall.
📻 Su FM e sul web https://t.co/aw5EEVUGmG

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

https://t.co/sApOXbIL7X

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

Publication day for my new collection, À la belle étoile –the odyssey of Jeanne Baré! More details, and a few poems, here: https://t.co/okRbjhGB08

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

@gerardbeirne @TheFiddlehd Wishing you the very best in your future ventures, Gerard. Loved your collection, and hope you're turing to writing full time!

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

@CauveryMadhavan Oh wonderful! Congratulations Cauvery!

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

This debut collection of short stories by Maggie Armstrong (published by Tramp,s o you can expect good things) is, as the reviewer puts it, 'dark snark'. If you want to learn how to write about your shadow side, here's a master class. https://t.co/CuQVT7EmBg

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

Looking forward to being part of this lovely festival.

[Rose Servitova @roseservitova]

It's wonderful to see this literary festival back again with such a great line-up. Always brilliant yet intimate. #Limerick #literaryfestival

[Afric McGlinchey @itosha]

'Fiction is the art form of human yearning.' Robert Olen Butler

[Joseph O'Neill @JosephONeillx]

It was my recent privilege to be in discussion with one of our greatest writers and consciences, @fotoole, at the Hannah Arendt Center's conference. This is extraordinary. https://t.co/j1FyjzzxeS

[Joseph O'Neill @JosephONeillx]

With xmas in mind, here are some books I've recently (re-read), some for private pleasure, some because of teaching etc. I'm never not reading Pnin.

[Munster Literature Centre @MunLitCentre]

Southword opens for poetry and fiction submissions on the 1st of January 2024!
More details so you can prepare can be found at https://t.co/FskJTb635m
 #southword #submissions #poetryandfictionwriting