Billy Fenton
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Writer. Poetry Ireland Introductions 2025. Work in @rialtopoetry @bansheelit @irishtimes @poetryireland @poetrybusiness @CrannogM @the4facedliar...
Ireland
Joined June 2018
Meet the Stormers of Issue V @BillyFenton7 writes fiction & poetry & has been widely published including The Rialto, Irish Times, Banshee, Poetry Ireland Review & more. He was chosen for Poetry Ireland Introductions 2025 The Storms is supported by @fingalarts & @DublinCityofLit
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Excited to collab with @dublinbookfest for our Introductions | Céadlínte showcase of 14 new English & Irish language poets. 7th and 8th November, 7:30pm The New Theatre, Temple Bar Tickets available via link in bio
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Next SpeakEasy Waterford on Sept 26 with special guest, debut novelist Orla Mackey. Open Mic and music as well.
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Talented novelist to appear at SpeakEasy event in Waterford City
waterford-news.ie
The SpeakEasy literary event returns to Phil Grimes Pub on Friday, September 26
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Next Friday SpeakEasy is back. The brilliant Orla Mackey will be reading from her excellent debut novel Mouthing. Áine McCarthy Kent will be supplying the music. Come along listen, read, and enjoy.
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The 2025 Introductions | Céadlínte programme is underway! We’re delighted to welcome this new cohort of poets and hope that Introductions will provide them with many new creative opportunities as they launch their promising writing careers. Visit to our website to learn more!
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https://t.co/Armrnoz31r So delighted to be part of @poetryireland Introductions 2025. Really looking forward to working with the other poets and the tutors. Thanks to @JessicaTraynor6 for selecting me.
poetryireland.ie
Announcing Poetry Ireland’s Introductions | Céadlínte poets for 2025
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Announcing Poetry Ireland’s Introductions | Céadlínte poets for 2025! Thanks to Jessica Traynor for selecting our Introductions poets and Aifric Mac Aodha for selecting our Céadlínte poets. Supported by @artscouncil_ie and @ArtsCouncilNI National Lottery Funding.
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A lovely line-up of poets at our next online launch - all having a recent collection reviewed in Issue 20. Poetry contributors will also read their selected poems from the current issue. Please join us on Zoom next Friday 25th at 7PM. We'll share the link very soon!
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"This sensational true-life tale from director Walter Salles depicts the abduction of a congressman in military-occupied Brazil in 1970 – and fully deserves its three Oscar nods." @clarisselou @Independent I'm Still Here screens @garterlane, Tuesday, June 10th, at 7.30pm.
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'★ ★ ★ ★ La Diva Eterna lives in Jolie, with a performance as towering as it is understated: sad and soulful and heartbreaking. She has never been better. Brava!' John Nugent @empiremagazine Maria (12A) screens in @garterlane on Tuesday, June 3rd, at 7.30pm. #wffa2025
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“★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A knotty, rough-hewn marvel.” Donald Clarke @IrishTimesCultr Hard Truths (12A) screens in @garterlane on Tuesday, May 27th, at 7.30pm. Further details in this week's newsletter; https://t.co/jYa176Cq2h
#HardTruths #MikeLeigh #MarianneJeanBaptiste #wffa2025
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“★ ★ ★ ★ ★ … a stunning film full of heart and compassion.” @carynjames @BBC_Culture Featuring a titanic performance from Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (12A) screens in @garterlane on Tuesday, May 27th, at 7.30pm. #HardTruths #MarianneJeanBaptiste #wffa2025
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Arlen House - Celebrating 50 Years Galway launch of @LukeMorganPoet *Blood Atlas* Winner of the 2025 Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award Tomorrow, Friday 23 May at 6pm at Charlie Byrne's @ByrnesBooks Galway ALL WELCOME
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Waterford City - Next SpeakEasy Open Mic with some very special guests this Friday. Come along and read, or to listen.
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⏰ Two days left! 🌿 Submissions for @stingingfly Climate Crisis issue (Winter 2025-26 issue) will close at 5pm (Irish time) on the 15th May 🍃ᨒ ོ Find the call here → https://t.co/wtbOvWh0fu
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Celebrating Arlen House at 50 You are warmly invited to the launch of *Featherweight* the debut collection by Noelle Lynskey @noellelynskey Portumna, Sunday 18 May, 5pm Irish Workhouse Centre Launch by Geraldine Mills ALL WELCOME
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May 23, SpeakEasy Open Mic, Waterford with guest poet Mícheál McCann. Mícheál is from Derry City. His poems have been widely published. He holds a PhD from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s. Devotion is his first collection, from Gallery Press.
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So happy to receive this Award. It is an honour and to be in such good company. Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust Announce Winners of the 2025 Student Award | Ireland Chair of Poetry
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Arlen House & dlr Libraries warmly invite you to group readings from the bestselling anthology *Washing Windows V: Women Revolutionise Irish Poetry, 1975-2015* Dundrum Library, Wed 7 May, 6pm dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire (level 3), Sat 10 May, 2pm ALL WELCOME Celebrating 50 Years
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