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Ciarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thanks to everyone who came to the Dublin launch of my new #poetry collection over the weekend 📚 A shout-out as well to Louisa & Maurice at @booksupstairs.bsky.social; to Tom Walker of TCD English for his generous introduction; and to Chris & the crew at @irishpages.bsky.social for all their work 📚

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Ciarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Heading to Galway to read (for the 1st time) from my new #poetry collection today: Westside Library at 3pm, with thanks to Rachel Coventry for the invite 🌊 It's also having a Dublin launch in Books Upstairs tomorrow afternoon 📚

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Ciarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Reviewed some movies recently (with thanks as always to @brian-bowe.bsky.social & Sarah Cullen) 🎬 'Manhunter' headstuff.org/entertainmen... 'The Invite' headstuff.org/entertainmen... 'The Death of Robin Hood' headstuff.org/entertainmen... 'The Devil Wears Prada' headstuff.org/entertainmen...

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Ciarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"Higgins is a master of this kind of propulsive plainsong, deploying a conversational address that builds, gradually & almost casually, to a critique of the nation, brassy & stinging." My review of Rita Ann Higgins's latest (@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social) 📚 www.culturematters.org.uk/propulsive-p...

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Ciarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Exciting to be able to pick this up from Louisa and Lily at @ravenbooks.bsky.social today: 'Prophetstown', my 3rd #poetry collection 📚 Thanks to them, to the crew at Irish Pages, & to my family/friends for their support 🌻 Published by @irishpages.bsky.social & distributed by Gill 🍃 ravenbooks.ie

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Ciarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Thanks to Cassandra Voices for taking this new #poem, based on the 'Memoirs and Correspondences' of Robert Stewart ("Castlereagh") – a copy of which I was able to consult in @ucdlibrary.bsky.social special collections earlier in the year 📚 cassandravoices.com/poetry-cat/a...

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Ciarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

“In the poem your butchers / fear to breathe, the murdered nurseries // are clean, the brimming / table-top restored...” ~ From a #poem i.m. Refaat Alareer, included in my new collection from @irishpages.bsky.social 🇵🇸 irishpages.org/product/prop... Full support to the @bdsmovement.bsky.social ✊️

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Ciarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Excited to hear my third #poetry collection, Prophetstown, is on the way from @irishpages.bsky.social: thanks to Chris and the crew for all their work behind the scenes 📚 I wrote about the collection here: www.ragpickerpoetry.net/prose/cultur... More details at irishpages.org/product/prop...

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