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Jane Clarke

@janeclarke.bsky.social
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Poet: 'The River', 'When the Tree Falls', 'A Change in the Air', 'Coracle' (Bloodaxe 2015, 2019, 2023 &2026) www.janeclarkepoetry.ie

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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's not too late to book a place for this online Masterclass in Ecopoetry, Friday 2 October, 10 - 12. @arvonfoundation.bsky.social
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our show in Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre, Bray next Friday 2nd October - reported in the Wicklow People. Places still available & booking on the Mermaid County Wicklow Arts Centre website. www.independent.ie/county/wickl...
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Acclaimed Wicklow poet fronts nature-themed performance of poetry, music and video
Award-winning Wicklow poet Jane Clarke will join a group of acclaimed Irish musicians and visual artists for a new performance at Mermaid Arts Centre next month exploring themes of nature, loss and re...
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Do join me for this masterclass on writing ecopoetry - www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Masterclass: Ecopoetry | Poems of the earth | Arvon
‘The poetry of earth is never dead’ – John Keats Join award-winning poet Jane Clarke to explore the art of writing ecopoetry. At this time of ecological crisis, it can be hard to know what we want and...
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few places have just become available on our poetry & ecology walk for Culture Night - Friday at 6.30 in Glenmalure. Free but booking essential. www.eventbrite.com/e/culture-ni...
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Culture Night - Avonbeg River Poetry and Ecology Walk
Join East Wicklow Rivers Trust ecologist Faith Wilson and poet Jane Clarke for a relaxed walk along the Avonbeg river for Culture Night.
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happy to lead a poetry & music walk in the TU Dublin Grangegorman campus 4 November at 11am. Details below @greenfoundationirl.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The brilliant author and academic Belinda McKeon will introduce my new collection at the Dublin Book Festival on 8 November at 3.30 in the Royal Irish Academy of Music. All welcome - I'd love to see you there. dublinbookfestival.com/event/book-l...
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Book Launch: Coracle - Dublin Book Festival
Join us at Dublin Book Festival 2026 for the launch of Coracle by acclaimed poet Jane Clarke
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Culture Night - Avonbeg River Poetry and Ecology Walk
Join East Wicklow Rivers Trust ecologist Faith Wilson and poet Jane Clarke for a relaxed walk along the Avonbeg river for Culture Night.
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Culture Night - Avonbeg River Poetry and Ecology Walk
Join East Wicklow Rivers Trust ecologist Faith Wilson and poet Jane Clarke for a relaxed walk along the Avonbeg river for Culture Night.
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Very excited to tell you about this new show in the Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray on 2 October 2026. An invitation to reflect through music & poetry on care, loss & renewal and to reconnect with the earth we love. Details & Booking below. www.mermaidartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
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Coracle - Mermaid Arts Centre
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Paddy Woodworth @paddywoodworth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit... @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social
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The Irish Times view on sea temperatures: further signs of global warming
A less visible but vital impact of climate change
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Delighted to celebrate the publication of Coracle alongside Carolyn Forché and Chase Twichell who will be reading from their new collections. This online launch will be hosted by Neil Astley @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social on 20th October at 7pm.
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Fingal Poetry Festival is back for one night only. Looking forward to reading from my forthcoming collection Coracle alongside Keith Payne & Áine Uí Fhoghlú with music from Keith Brady. fingalpoetryfestival.com/the-2026-eve...
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The 2026 Event
Poetry at the Mills: A night of poetry and music at Skerries Mills Fri 11 September, 8 pm, Skerries Mills. Tickets €15 on Eventbrite (plus Eventbrite fee), at Greg Reddin’s School and Office …
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Delighted to read and talk about poetry at the inaugural Greystones Book Festival. Do join us - Sunday 9th August, 1pm Greystones Rugby Club Tickets €7.50
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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh 🚲 🌳🗻🎨✍️ @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Someone I love very much is dying just now and I keep thinking of this poem by @janeclarke.bsky.social - the work that poets do is vital - thank you www.elementumjournal.com/elementum-on...
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Cypress – a poem by Jane Clarke. 'When the Tree Falls', Bloodaxe Books | Elementum Journal
Cypress – A poem by Irish poet Jane Clarke from her new collection, 'When the Tree Falls', published by Bloodaxe Books (2019)
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Paddy Woodworth @paddywoodworth.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit... @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social Irish Times Editorial July 23rd 2026
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The Irish Times view on Irish wildfires: the spreading menace
Lighting camp fires and using disposable barbecues under current conditions is a gross irresponsibility
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This week only Waterstones are offering 25% discount on preorders for Bloodaxe Books poetry books out in October. #WPreorder offer closes 24 July. Just go to www.waterstones.com, paste 9781780377964 into search box, click PREORDER and add code SUMMER26 for the discount.
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mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Thanks to Professor Adrian Frazier for this review and to @martindoyle.bsky.social for printing it. @liamills.bsky.social @johnghoakes.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @jesstraynor.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @sonyagildea.bsky.social @maryburke.bsky.social @carolineheafey.bsky.social
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Happy to tell you that my new collection CORACLE will be published by Bloodaxe Books, 22 October 2026. The cover image 'Shades of Evening' by Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941) one of Ireland’s first professional women artists. Thanks @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social for permission.
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Do join me on Lyric FM, Sunday 14th June at 6pm as I explore the Avonmore River Co. Wicklow through poetry & conversation w ecologists, archaeologist & historian. All poems from my collections w @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social With thanks to producer Claire Cunningham, Rockfinch Productions & Lyric FM.
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Amsterdam Review @amsterdamreview.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"He learned to read the land / by colour: not to tread / on lime-green moss, / but to let yellow anthers / of deergrass and pink-purple / clusters of heather / guide him to drier ground." Two poems by @janeclarke.bsky.social in the Spring issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity
The Man from the Bogs Commission 
liked to amuse his wife with stories 
of the peasants he met in the midlands; 

friendly to a fault, he writes, often witty 
but sadly illiterate. Their affection 

for frothy swathes of bog cotton 
is quaint, and the names they give it 

shows a puzzling reverence for a plant 
of little importance: ceannbhán
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Paddy Woodworth @paddywoodworth.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The Copernicus report shows that Europe is heating twice as fast as any other continent. We cannot postpone radical action any longer. @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Opinion: We’re now experiencing the terrible cost of the feedback loops of climate change
A super-hot El Niño climate phenomenon in the Pacific suggests worse climate news this year
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Wonderful - these children know what is at stake. Let's try to do as they ask. www.youtube.com/watch?v=agjw...
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Meadow Magic
YouTube video by Louth County Council
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Paddy Woodworth @paddywoodworth.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Irish Times view on Ireland’s nature plan: implementation must not fail @whittledaway.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @hometreecharity.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
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The Irish Times view on Ireland’s nature plan: implementation must not fail
Encouraging work by advisory committee but it needs to be built on
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Limerick Literary Festival @limericklitfest.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 22: A book connected with the land - The Hare’s Corner By Jane Clarke and Catherine Cleary #readirishwomenchallenge #books #irishauthor #femaleauthors #femalewriters @bookaneer808.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @newislandbooks.bsky.social
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Delighted to have 2 new poems in this issue of @amsterdamreview.bsky.social amidst so much brilliant writing.
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Amsterdam Review @amsterdamreview.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Our Spring 2026 issue is OUT NOW! Featuring #interviews with Eleni Sikelianos and Jane Zwart, as well as works by Raúl Zurita, Jane Clarke, Khadijah Queen, Tom Laichas, Dian Parker, Susan Irvine, and many more. Read here: bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #fiction #translations #amsterdam 🇳🇱
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Tina Claffey Photography @tinaclaffey.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Life can seem calm and quiet in the woodland, but life is in full tilt when we slow down to see. A leaf miner moth larva has etched his trail to adulthood on this bramble leaf and is now enjoying his winged life @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Lovely to have two new poems in the Amsterdam Review. Both will be included in my new collection Coracle - out Oct. 2026 w @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social www.amsterdamreview.org/two-by-jane-...
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Two by Jane Clarke | Amsterdam Review
Read "The Man from the Bogs Commission" and "Rooks" by Jane Clarke
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Limerick Literary Festival @limericklitfest.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 Day 13: A book that is an anthology- Windfall Irish nature poems to inspire and connect. #readirishwomen #read #irishwriter #femalewriters @hachettelibrary.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @bookaneer808.bsky.social
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Paddy Woodworth @paddywoodworth.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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The Irish Times view on the latest Irish climate change review: a powerful, troubling picture
Extremes dominated every aspect of climate in 2025 and Ireland is not prepared
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Caroline Smith @csmithpoet.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Come to our great event in Wembley. Home not just to football but also to poetry! Listen to wonderful poets Jane Clarke & Jessica Mookherjee - with the chance to share a poem in the open mic @janeclarke.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Still some free tickets available for my reading w @jessmookherjee.bsky.social Wembley Library, Thursday 5th March at 6.30. Also open mic slots to read your work to 85 people and counting! Really looking forward to a day of poetry in Wembley! Workshop sold out. @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
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Paddy Woodworth @paddywoodworth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Esther Woolfson's remarkable book 'Corvus' is the subject of my latest Naturalist's Bookshelf broadcast on RTE Lyric FM's Culture File. You can hear it from 15.40 on the link below: @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
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Crows and Corsets
Rion Hanora O'Donovan on the place of 'bad' graffiti in her clothes designs; Dermot Rogers puts some sunlight on the legacy of jazz guitarist, Louis Stewart; Paddy Woodworth slips Esther Woolfson on t...
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Paddy Woodworth @paddywoodworth.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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The Irish Times view on Ireland’s waterbirds: a worrying decline
It is one more instance of our failure to value the diversity with which nature has endowed this island
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
An intimate concert of music & poetry to celebrate St. Brigid and the first day of spring. Do join Martin Dyar, Izumi Kimura, Eamon Sweeney and myself today at 3pm in Ashford Heritage Centre, Co. Wicklow. Details below and tickets (€20) available at the door.
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Iran: Authorities must end brutal crackdown on protests and internet shutdowns   — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide www.pen-international.org/news/iran-au...
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Iran: Authorities must end brutal crackdown on protests and internet shutdowns   — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
“We are horrified to see such a deadly response to people’s legitimate demands for better economic conditions. Iranian authorities have systematically stifled and repressed dissent over the years. We ...
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
All welcome to my writing workshop in Wembley Library on Thursday 5 March 2026. Details below. @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @jessmookherjee.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-in-...
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Poetry In Wembley: “Roots” Writing Workshop
Join us for a creative journey exploring our roots through poetry at the Wembley Library workshop.
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Thanks to Brigid O'Dea for her review of The Hare's Corner in Saturday's The Irish Times "A thorough delight" is her conclusion. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Books in brief: The Hare’s Corner, Making Space for Nature; Grand Rapids; and The Marionette and the Maestro
New works by Jane Clarke and Catherine Cleary, Natasha Stagg, and Tanya Farrelly
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Circling The Square @circlingpoetry.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Lots of photos from last year's Circling The Square, including Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue, talking to Declan O'Driscoll, @eleanorhooker.bsky.social, @janeclarke.bsky.social and @michaeldooley.bsky.social
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
In advance of this year's T. S. Eliot Prize readings on 18 January I was invited to write a short piece about my experience when A Change in the Air @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social was shortlisted for the 2023 prize.
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T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist Readings: Jane Clarke on ‘this place of listening’ – T. S. Eliot Prize
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Lovely to listen back to this programme of music, conversation & poetry. It was recorded at the Dublin Book Festival 2025 in the National Botanic Gardens. Colm Mac Con Iomaire Catherine Cleary & Jane Carkill with myself & Paddy Woodworth. @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
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The Culture File Debate: The Hare's Corner XXXL Edition
An ancient Irish farming tradition that sees the wisdom of leaving some farm land free from the imperatives of production --  ‘The Hare’s Corner’ -- is celebrated in poetry, story, discussion and musi...
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Delighted to tell you that the very popular ROOTS exhibition will have a second outing from the 9 - 31 January 2026. Do join us for the launch & poems in Green Acres Gallery Wexford town Sat. 10 January 2026, 3 pm. Entry free & all welcome. @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Add Nature’s Acre to your list with other lovely nature books like The Hare’s Corner by Catherine Cleary & @janeclarke.bsky.social and Donna Mullen’s Make Your Home a Nature Reserve! #speirgorm @laibluesky.bsky.social @rickoshea.bsky.social
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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Lovely Christmas Day edition of RTE Radio 1's Poetry People with host Rachael Hegarty and guests. Featuring festive poetry and music, starting with @janeclarke.bsky.social reading her poem 'Sing' from her debut collection The River (from 1:30). www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Poetry People Thursday 25 December 2025
Rachael Hegarty brings us a festive special packed with poems, chat and cheer from Vona Groarke, Theo Dorgan, Frank McGuinness, Jane Clarke, Áine Ní Ghlinn and a host of guests.
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Lovely Christmas Day edition of @rteradio1.bsky.social Poetry People hosted by Rachael Hegarty. I was delighted to set the ball rolling with a reading of 'Sing' from The River, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Poetry People Thursday 25 December 2025
Rachael Hegarty brings us a festive special packed with poems, chat and cheer from Vona Groarke, Theo Dorgan, Frank McGuinness, Jane Clarke, Áine Ní Ghlinn and a host of guests.
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Tina Claffey Photography @tinaclaffey.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Delighted to have my article Windows to Winter featured in the December issue of Live Encounters Magazine liveencounters.net/16th-anniver... @peatlandecr.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social @janeclarke.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social @charleenhurtubise.bsky.social
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Tina Claffey - Windows To Winter - A Photo Feature - Live Encounters
Tina Claffey – Windows To Winter – A Photo Feature. Live Encounters Magazine.
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Many thanks for all the feedback about this beautiful book. Creating it w @newislandbooks.bsky.social @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social Catherine Cleary & Jane Carkill was a privilege. I learned so much about the communities & individuals making space for nature - working for all our futures.
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Do join us if you are in Dingle tomorrow evening, Saturday 22nd. Just one of a wonderful programme of events for the @dinglelit.bsky.social @brinkerhoffpoetry.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/poetry-is-...
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Poetry Is Language Caught Alive: An evening of poetry and film
Join four of Ireland's leading poets for an intimate multimedia evening event in partnership with The Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Excellent article by @jesstraynor.bsky.social.
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