Liz Quirke
Lecturer in Creative Writing @ucc | Poet @salmonpoetry | 🏳️🌈 Mom @ Juno & Nova | Lover of certain women and tiny dogs
- Reposted by Liz QuirkeI was precarious for a long time & in three different countries. I have a lot to say on the topic, so it's nice to start saying some of this tomorrow at the International Postgraduate Conference in Irish Studies, Centre for Irish Studies, CU Prague. irishpostgradprague.ff.cuni.cz/programme/ke...
- Reposted by Liz QuirkeNEW on our website | Liz Quirke @lizquirke.bsky.social's essay 'The fear of stepping into focus' the latest instalment in our This So Called Writing Life series (edited by Olivia Fitzsimons @oneflawediris.bsky.social) stingingfly.org/2025/09/09/t...
- "How long is my minus life, nonexistence so much resembles immortality." - Anna Swir www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48637/...
- Essay wherein I talk about poetry, queer motherhood and my body and consider the writing of my third collection. Thanks for @stingingfly.bsky.social stingingfly.org/2025/09/09/t...
- Frank O'Hara poem for the end of a long week. "oh Lana Turner we love you get up......": poets.org/poem/poem-la...
- The poet Ellen Dillon read at O’Bhéal go Béal tonight to a packed house. What an artist. Master of craft and scholar of poetry. Proof that good writing takes time and effort. Excited for her next book. Properly achieved poetry tonight. No short cuts.
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- Reposted by Liz Quirke♦️ Job opportunity at UCC! ♦️ 5-year Lecturer in Old English position, commencing in September. This will be a great opportunity for someone to join a thriving department, and to really put their own mark on the discipline. Please share widely! www.ucc.ie/en/future-hu...
- Nice to see a firm stance by a university: Trinity College Dublin board votes to cut ties with Israeli universities and companies www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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- Great buzz at the Stinging Fly launch
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- Really enjoyed moderating the event with @janeclarke.bsky.social & Pádraig Ó Tuama last night at Cork International Poetry Festival. Onwards to Dublin for the Stinging Fly launch! Hup!
- Reposted by Liz QuirkeAre you excited for our Summer 2025 issue launch? if so, you're in luck! You can pre-order the new issue now ahead of the launch @ILFDublin on May 17th. preorder here: stingingfly.org/product/summ...
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- Hammering out the last wrinkles in a few notes on Thom Gunn’s Lament for this colloquium tomorrow. Looking forward to a bit of kite flying.
- Reposted by Liz QuirkeThe Sun's Return by Lorna Shaughnessy Lorna is a poet, translator, editor and researcher. She has published five books of poetry, most recently Lark Water (Salmon Poetry, 2021) and is co-founding editor of Macha Press. Find Poetry Day Poems across @irishrail.bsky.social services. ℹ️ poetryday.ie
- Happy to have a ghostly aul poem in this beaut!
- #PIR145 Cover Reveal!📒👀 Poetry Ireland Review Issue 145, edited by Victoria Kennefick, is now is now available for pre-order! 📦 Pre-order online via our website: www.poetryireland.ie/publications... Funded by The Arts Council Ireland & National Lottery through Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
- Excellent Circus image for the next @stingingfly.bsky.social edition, fitting too that my poem is part of the period of my life I refer to as “running away with the ….” Looking forward to the publication/launch/festivities
- Cover Credits: Cover image is from a series by the photographer Ronan McCall from Dublin. You can see more of Ronan's work on Instagram, @ronanmccalldotcom Cover design: Eimear Gavin.
- Ordering a copy immediately!
- Catching up on reading and loving this @ellafrears.bsky.social essay on Judy Grahn. A tribal elder gave me the JG reader eight years ago and I’ve been quietly obsessed since. Good punning in this essay as well 👌
- I have a poem in the current issue of Impossible Archetype, a journal of LGBTQ+ poetry, called Gin Weekend, part of my next collection, the divorce book
- Reposted by Liz QuirkeI'm stealing Donal's photo here but just want to say thanks to @lizquirke.bsky.social for a really lovely intro at UCC yesterday for the conference on Ireland and Transnational Solidarities it was an honour to be invited.
