The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 16/10/2026“Britain created the conditions that made the Palestinian Nakba possible.” ~ Avi Shlaim 📚 irishpages.org/product/geno... 011 1
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 14/10/2026“Trivial, I know. But I remember placing those limpid notes on the page with such care, so delicately, as if they were fragile. And I remember thinking: simplicity like this, innocence like this, that’s closer to the heart of it, isn’t it?” ~ Brian Friel, ‘Performances’ (Janacek speaking); 2003. 010 1
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressCiarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Glad to have a new poem published in the October edition of 'The Honest Ulsterman' 🎨 Plenty of good reading in the issue as a whole 📚 www.humag.co/poetry/in-june 022 2
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 13/10/2026“In Yeats’s “Easter, 1916”, the “stone” of fixed opinion encounters the pulse of life, the pulse of the poem itself. This “living stream” potentially erodes the iconic oxymoronic stasis of “terrible beauty.”” ~ Edna Longley irishpages.org/product/the-... 010 1
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Ciarán O’Rourke’s poem “Old Walls” (after a painting by Jack B. Yeats, 1945) was published in The Irish Times yesterday 🎨 It also features in his new collection, Prophetstown: irishpages.org/product/prop... @corourke91.bsky.social #poetry 062 6
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressConic @conic.film · 09/10/2026A SUDDEN GLIMPSE TO DEEPER THINGS - directed by @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social featuring Tilda Swinton as the voice of artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham - now available to pre-order on dual format Blu-ray + DVD. Releasing in partnership with @barns-grahamtrust.org.uk, pre-order now via the link in bio. 093 9
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressCiarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Thanks to @irishtimes.com for publishing this poem today: ‘Old Walls’, after a painting by Jack B. Yeats (held in @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social) 🎨 It also appears in my new poetry collection, Prophetstown (from @irishpages.bsky.social) 📚 1154 15
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 10/10/2026irishtimes.comPoem of the week: Old WallsA new work by Ciarán O’Rourke 042 4
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 10/10/2026Poem of the week: Old Wallsirishtimes.comPoem of the week: Old WallsA new work by Ciarán O’Rourke 011 1
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 10/10/2026“In reading poems as witness, we read all that the poet endured, all that she saw, felt, tasted, and smelled. These are reports from the human soul, from the depths of being...” ~ Carolyn Forché (2024) irishpages.org/product/vol-... 020 2
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Some photos of the UK launch of 'Rotten London, Rotten Elsewhere: Letters to Power' by Ahmed Olayinka Sule 👏 It was a superb send-off for a powerfully resonant work of political critique: congratulations to Ahmed, and thanks to everyone who attended on the night 🎨 irishpages.org/product/rott... 000 0
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressMark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/d...whatson.bfi.org.ukMark Cousins: The Story of Documentary Film | BFI London Film Festival 2026Acclaimed filmmaker and writer Mark Cousins joins us for a fascinating exploration of documentary cinema. 0367 36
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressCiarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Thanks 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 📚 132 3
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressCiarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Heading 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 📚 042 4
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressMark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Am doing an illustrated talk on documentary - Stockholm on Monday: www.mynewsdesk.com/se/svenska-f...mynewsdesk.comDokumentärsamtal med Mark Cousins i FilmhusetVälkommen till det andra samtalet i Filminstitutets samtalsserie om dokumentärfilm Vad bara dokumentären kan måndagen den 5 oktober i Filmhuset. Hur... 0144 14
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Any of our friends/followers in London: please do join us for what promises to be a fascinating discussion and reading this Saturday! All welcome (and full details below) 📚 000 0
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“... he informed it all with an inherited respect for the power and potential of an emancipatory egalitarianism.” ~ An extract from ‘[John] Hewitt on Ulster’ by Michael D. Higgins (2014) irishpages.org/product/the-... 021 2
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A reminder that next weekend, Ciarán O’Rourke will be reading from his new #poetry collection ‘Prophetstown’: - at 3pm on Sat 3 Oct, Galway Westside library (@poetryireland.bsky.social) - & at 2pm on Sun 4 Oct, @booksupstairs.bsky.social📚 All welcome! booksupstairs.ie/all-events/l... 074 7
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressMark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This morning's autumn light is making my white flat look like this 6893 89
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Under international law... an occupying power does not have the right to self-defence against the people it occupies.” ~ Avi Shlaim irishpages.org/product/geno... 032 3
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please join us for the London launch of ‘Rotten London, Rotten Elsewhere’ by Ahmed Olayinka Sule, in conversation with Jacob Agee 🎨 Saturday 3 October, 17.30-19.30 at The Courthouse Hotel, London – 19-21 Great Marlborough Street, London W1F 7HL: all welcome! irishpages.org/product/rott... 010 1
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 20/09/2026 “As “sustainable” is a word that now carries the additional meaning of “permitting life on Earth to continue”, I imagine us de-constructing the prejudices arising from our Eurocentrism and taking lessons form those who live and practise ecokinship...” ~ Judith Hoad (2008) 020 2
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It is our privilege to publish ‘Rotten London, Rotten Elsewhere: Letters to Power’ by Ahmed Olayinka Sule (the latest batch of which has just arrived from the printers!) 📚 irishpages.org/product/rott... 041 4
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressBernie @berniet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A clear picture without the distraction of muddled commentary and what passes for balance these days. Oxford Professor Avi Shlaim, an Arab Jew, lays out the Palestinian story with a clear account of the history behind this ongoing horror. #avishlaim #palestine #genocide @irishpages.bsky.social 012 2
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressMark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Tried to talk about the great Jeremy Thomas on this BBC radio 4 programme, tomorrow, 4pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Last Word, 18/09/2026Radio 4's weekly obituary programme 063 6
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 14/09/2026For any #poetry fans in Galway: @corourke91.bsky.social will be reading from his collection 'Prophetstown' in Galway Westside Library on Oct 3rd, followed by a discussion with Rachel Coventry 🎨 www.poetryireland.ie/news-events/... In partnership with @poetryireland.bsky.social 📚 073 7
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“The earth is traced with paths. They are like the wrinkles on an old man’s face: deepened by pain, drawn taut by vigilance, cast with a quiet light from tears of bitterness and joy, with death they become overgrown. They leave a trace...” ~ Krzysztof Czyżewski (2002) 001 1
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressMark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 12/09/2026One of the greatest film producers, Jeremy Thomas, died last night. Bad Timing, Eureka, The Hit, Sexy Beast, The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, Crash, Naked Lunch. I made it back from America to be with him at the end. We drank red wine and cried. Truly loved him. 1522337 223
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressDavid Hudson @dwhdaily.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In this terrific road movie — Jeremy Thomas never flew to Cannes, but drove — @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social invites us to hang with the man and hear about what motivated him to ally with Bertolucci, Cronenberg, Roeg, Miike … www.criterionchannel.com/the-storms-o...criterionchannel.comThe Storms of Jeremy Thomas - The Criterion ChannelDirected by Mark Cousins • 2021 • United Kingdom For decades, legendary film producer Jeremy Thomas has driven from England to the Cannes Film Festival. This time, he’s joined by acclaimed filmmaker ... 01410 14
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“... New Yorkers Intuitively Understand This Hamster-like Gangster” ~ ‘Trump Rant’ by Chris Agee: irishpages.org/product/trum... #Trump #NoKings 010 1
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“Protect the territory of conscience. Try to imagine at least once a day that you are not an American. Go even further: try to imagine that you belong to the vast, the overwhelming majority of people on this planet who don't have passports” ~ Susan Sontag (2003) irishpages.org/product/empi... 011 1
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressMark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Wow, the Getty Villa in Malibu is astonishing. The ancient faces alone 2323 32
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“The background reality for those who live far from the war zone is the war itself. It shares the darkness with us, the moment of night.” ~ Carolyn Forché (2024) irishpages.org/product/vol-... 010 1
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressMark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026After 5 yrs making it, just premiered full 16 hrs of The Story of Documentary Film here in Telluride. Festival brought audience pizza. I brought each person a flower - memory of suffragette Helen Todd's "Bread and Roses" If you're in LA Sept 9 7pm, Laemele Royal Santa Monica Blvd I'll be there 0648 64
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Please join us for the Dublin launch of ‘Prophetstown’ by @corourke91.bsky.social: 2pm on Sunday, Oct 4th, in @booksupstairs.bsky.social, introduced by Dr. Tom Walker 📚 All welcome! (Attendance is free, but pre-booking is advised) booksupstairs.ie/all-events/l... @poetryireland.bsky.social 052 5
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 06/09/2026“It is not possible to return to childhood and youth, I cannot resurrect my father or my brother, nor can I go back to a country that does not exist.... And yet, it all exists, because it is a part of my present identity” ~ Slavenka Drakulić (2007) 🌊 irishpages.org/product/the-... 040 4
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressMark Cousins @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Deactivated my account here for political reasons, but am back and at Telluride film fest, a radical Brigadoon 0514 51
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Tonight! All welcome 🌊 Full information about this highly original #poetry collection is available here: irishpages.org/product/firt... 010 1
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressRaven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026There's @corourke91.bsky.social back in stock after the first batch sold out almost instantly 174 7
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 02/09/2026“Shadows race across the glen... I can’t avoid the fact that the people who once lived here are gone, and now I, a stranger can pitch my tent wherever I like, and make myself at home.” ~ Margaret Elphinstone, ‘An Ecology of Haunting’ (2024) irishpages.org/product/vol-... 064 6
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“If we are serious about innovation, must we not conclude that we need something new to replace our perpetual ʻwar to end warʼ?” ~ ʻThoughts in the Presence of Fearʼ by Wendell Berry (2013) irishpages.org/product/memo... #RIP 040 4
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A reminder that Garry MacKenzie’s ‘Firth’ will be launching this Thursday in Toppings (St Andrews), 7pm 📚 Please do join us! www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/st-an... @vickymackenzie.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @byleaveswelive.bsky.social 052 5
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 30/08/2026“A burnished, reflecting surface: a reverberation... It is in this sense that I have undertaken the honourable task of translating Mr Seamus Heaney’s work.” ~ Poet Pura López Colomé, who in our 2008 issue translated 10 sonnets by Seamus Heaney (died #OTD in 2013) 🎨 irishpages.org/product/lang... 032 3
Reposted by The Irish Pages PressCiarán O'Rourke @corourke91.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Reviewed 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... 061 6
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“Sometimes we write out of darkness, / sometimes out of cool morning light.” ~ ‘Spoons’, a #poem by Moya Cannon, published in our Criticism issue (2018) 📚 irishpages.org/product/crit... 030 3
The Irish Pages Press @irishpages.bsky.social · 28/08/2026“My intention had been to travel by bus from Lukavica, in Serb Sarajevo, to Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro... ” ~ Chris Agee, ‘A Day with the VJ’ (2007) irishpages.org/product/the-... 020 2