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Adam Hanna @adamhanna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A magnetic reading by UCC poet-in-residence Dean Browne at the Granary Theatre the other night. Caroline Bird said it best: Dean writes 'poems that sneak in the side-door then exit through the ceiling’...

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Talk about nominative determinism.

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just occasionally, you come across a new poem from a young poet that reassures you all is well with the future of poetry. Dean Browne, from his debut Picador collection ‘After Party’

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Louis Macneice, who died 63 years ago, in 1963, on the feast day of St Mac Nissi

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Richard @sirlariato.northsky.social · 30/07/2026

Terry Funk's story about the Insane Clown Posse, after they used pirated Japanese wrestling footage from Funk's stint in IWA-Japan for their legendary 'Stranglemania' tapes 🤼

And so the Insane Clown Posse came into the house, and Vicki had some chili cooked up. They sat down and ate a bowl of chili apiece and talked to me. They said they were sorry if I was upset over what they had said on that tape, and we buried the hatchet.
Then Violent Jay said, "Terry, we want to leave you some money for using that tape of you."
I said, "No, no, don't do that!"
"Yes, Terry, we're going to leave it under this jar, on this counter here!"
I kept telling them not to, but I walked into the next room before them.
They followed me in, and told me they had to go. We said our goodbyes, and the Insane Clown Posse drove off in their bus.
And I walked back into the other room, to get the money I knew they'd left. I have to tell you, I was excited. I was thinking, "Oh boy, I bet they left me twenty bucks, or maybe even forty," which would have just tickled me pink. I thought I'd have enough to pay for the chili, at least, and so I was really happy at the notion of having twenty bucks.
I went in there, lifted up the jar...and there was four thousand dollars there!
And so let me tell you people something right now - I love the Insane Clown Posse! The next retirement match I have, they're going to be in the semi-final! They're the greatest band in the world, and I have all their records. Haven't got around to listening to the yet, but I have them here somewhere.

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

'Do not stand at my grave and weep'...

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Queen's University Belfast @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Congratulations to Dean Browne, who has just been announced as the winner of the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2026. Read all about it: ow.ly/eM6150ZgajQ A huge well done, Dean, from all of us here at Queen's. 🙌

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Queen's announces Dean Browne as the winner of the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2026

The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s announces Dean Browne as the winner of the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2026.

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Perhaps you'd like to hear the Odyssey read by Batman's robot butler

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Michael Dooley @michaeldooley.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Warmest congratulations to my pal, the incomparable @deanbrowne.bsky.social. His is a collection like no other, and it's sublime to see it reach these magnificent and deserved heights. A book of singular imaginative vision and craft - long may After Party reign.

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Graeme Richardson @ravoon.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I don't have infallible judgement, but I chose "After Party" by @deanbrowne.bsky.social as one of my Sunday Times Books of 2025 - and I know how much Dean deserves this prize.

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Dreamt a friend of mine had written Pink Floyd's Hey You but the lyrics were a little different in the dream. Hey you With shaving cream on your nose Can you hear me Etc

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I GET LOGGED OUT. BUT I LOG IN AGAIN

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

'Jimmy Fear, Chief Executive of Death'. I'm almost certain I misheard the radio over the sound of my cooking but I want to believe

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Jen Matthews @jenwritesagain.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Just really enjoying the world of @deanbrowne.bsky.social ‘s After Party. Confident strokes drawing a very emotionally “true”otherworldliness. #amreading

Cover of poetry book: After party by Dean Browne.

Text of a poem called ‘Oink’ by Dean Browne, from After Party.

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Malcolm Farley @malcolmfarley.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

From @deanbrowne.bsky.social's wonderful debut, "After Party." @picadorbooks.bsky.social #Irish #Irishpoetry #donegal #gametheory #wizarding

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Late 30s. My grandfather Laurence bottom left. My great grandfather John top left. My great great grandfather Laurence next to him

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The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

NEW on our website | Ellen Orchard reviews 2025 Irish poetry collections: 🍙Morsels by Susanna Galbraith @machapress.bsky.social 🏝️The Oasis by Charles Lang @skeinpress.bsky.social 🎈After Party by Dean Browne (Picador Poetry) 💧Infinity Pool by Vona Groarke (Gallery Press)

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

remember Catherine O Hara tonight by folding some broken cheese

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Catherine O’Hara we love you get up

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

from St John's Famine graveyard back home

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

delighted to see After Party reviewed in The High Window! thehighwindowpress.com/2025/12/14/t...

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Ellen Dillon @drnollid.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This year as writer in residence at UCC has been an absolute joy, and before I head off into the sunset I'm reading at this fundraiser for Gaza go Bragh at UCC Library, organised by the mighty Nell Korben on December 10th. Tickets at link in comments. Bígi linn, saoirse don phalaistín 🇵🇸

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Michael Dooley @michaeldooley.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Great to see the tour de force that is After Party by @deanbrowne.bsky.social in today's Sunday Times.

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

A joy to see After Party is one of The Times six poetry collections of the year!

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Munster Literature Centre https://munsterlit.ie/ @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Date: Wednesday 26 November 2025, 6pm Location: Dr Dora Allman Room, the Hub, UCC Tickets: Free at Eventbrite

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Take them to the peachtree dance

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Dublin and adjacent, I'll be launching After Party in Books Upstairs on Wednesday! With the brilliant Tom Morris

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Fiona Larkin @fionalarkin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Enjoying @deanbrowne.bsky.social ‘s After Party very much

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Paul Maddern @pmaddern.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social (@picadorbooks.bsky.social) and Eilish Martin (@machapress.bsky.social) are this year's poets for the John Hewitt Birthday Reading Oct 27th Tickets selling well. www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/joh...

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

“The bogs, rivers, mountains, and shorelines are more than preservers of old myths, bones, and memories. They are energy banks and time sponges, and what is held within them seeks release.” ― Manchán Magan, Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the Wisdom of What Lies Beneath Us

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

'August 2, 1914: Germany has declared war on Russia. Swimming in the afternoon.' Kafka

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

lovely notice for After Party here in The Telegraph!

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I'm delighted to be judging this year's Gregory O'Donoghue Poetry Competition! Get your glorious poems in munsterlit.ie/odonoghue-co... @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social

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Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition – Munster Literature Centre

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

ain't no Houellebecq, girl ain't no Houellebecq

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Mat Riches @matriches.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Seems as good a day as any of late to read this poem from Leontia Flynn’s collection, Radio, for the first time.

Forgive me the line breaks go awry.

GOVERNMENT SERVANTS
after Catullus 28

Government servants with your dinky backpacks, cohorts of bullshit, at its beck and call: friend-of-my-youth, and you, my bosom buddy, how is it going? Have you had your fill of corporate wine and state-subsidised hunger fiddled expenses, claim forms and books cooked to show some profit? Ah, well I remember, back in my time, I also cooked the books for a boss - who then proceeded to bend me down and slowly, and systematically, fuck me over, while being, simultaneously, in turn, yes, thoroughly shafted by his manager ... an even bigger cock. God help us all taught thus to aspire to the 'professional' classes: what blots on humanity. May they rot in hell.

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Michael Dooley @michaeldooley.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

If you happen to have read the little book, please consider leaving a rating/review here www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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In Spring We Turned to Water

In Spring We Turned to Water is the first full-length c…

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The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Poetry by TLM Poetry Prize 2025 Winners: Kevin Graham, @deanbrowne.bsky.social and Batool Abu Akleen, as well as Michaela Coplen, Mai Serhan, Edward Limb, Serena Alagappan, @victoriaspires.bsky.social, Luke Dunne and @fiddes.bsky.social. Order here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/curr...

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Dean Browne @deanbrowne.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

delighted to share the cover for my collection After Party, published by Picador in September!

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