Martina Dalton
Poet | Poems in Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, Banshee, The Irish Times, Irish Independent, Rattle, Magma. | Irish Book Awards Poem of the Year ‘22
- Reposted by Martina DaltonThe new Abridged Elixir Submission Call is now open! See www.abridged.zone/abridged-0-1... for info. Don't be tardy! Submit! #irishpoetrymagazine #abridged @artscouncilireland.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social
- Reposted by Martina Dalton@su-anna.bsky.social's debut MORSELS is available for purchase: Supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Ireland, and the Shared Island Civic Society Fund, managed by the DFAT. www.machapress.com/subscription... @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social
- Reposted by Martina Dalton📗Our friends over at the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social have published all the juicy opportunities for you this February📗 booksirelandmagazine.com/competitions...
- Reposted by Martina Dalton❤ Join us for the launch of Poetry Ireland Review Issue 147, edited by Theo Dorgan.❤ Thursday, February 12th from 6:00pm at Notre Dame Dublin. We look forward to launching this special love-themed issue ahead of Valentine's Day. Book your spot at www.eventbrite.ie/e/launch-of-...
- Reposted by Martina DaltonGalway People! I’m curating a new reading series, in association with Poetry Ireland, in Westside Library. First event on the 7th of March at 2pm
- Reposted by Martina DaltonHappy publication day to Found in a Context of Destruction, the debut collection of poems from acclaimed writer Tim MacGabhann. Available now in all good bookshops or from the Banshee Press website 🖤 bansheepress.org/shop/p/found...
- Reposted by Martina DaltonI’m delighted to be running the Contemporary Irish Short Story online course at the Irish Writers Centre. Bookings are now open. irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/the-...
- Reposted by Martina DaltonAnd for Dublin friends I’ll be having a launch for Late Heaney in conversation with John Brannigan on Tuesday 3 March at 6pm in Hodges Figgis. It would be good to see you, discounts for Bohs fans.
- Reposted by Martina DaltonLight Light The visible reminder of Invisible Light. T. S. Eliot Stephen Gill
- Reposted by Martina DaltonHave you listened to our podcasts? They are all available on our site – click the link in our bio #podcasts
- Reposted by Martina DaltonComing this Sunday in Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social, my interview with Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social, about his novels INCH LEVELS and THE JEWEL. Neil is a true artist, and in this clip he talks about the evolution of a novel, and how the work reveals itself to the writer.
- Reposted by Martina DaltonMy new poetry collection, Experimental Eclecticisms, is out now! www.lulu.com/shop/rose-kn... #poetry #experimentalpoetry #Dadaism #Surrealism #Avantgarde #micropoetry #haiku
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Tomorrow!- Get some excellent sci-fi, fantasy, and horror plugged right into your brain by joining me and some fabulous authors for a free online reading! I'll be reading from Possible Worlds and Other Stories and I am PUMPED. 6th Feb, 5 pm GMT! TIckets: www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom... #SWSWQR
- Reposted by Martina DaltonYou’re invited! 🎉 Join us at F.E. McWilliam Gallery on 14 February and fall in love with contemporary art at the opening of Constellations: Selected Work from Crawford Art Gallery! This free event will be held from 3pm-4:30pm. #CrawfordArtGallery #FEMcwilliam #Constellations #TouringandSharing
- Reposted by Martina DaltonWe are now taking Fiction submissions for Southword. Just over 3 weeks to get your entry in!Click on the website link to submit your entry. Good luck! #poetry #southword #fictionwriting
- Reposted by Martina DaltonVery limited tickets left! Join Poet Laureate Simon Armitage for an evening of readings from his two new poetry books: Dwell and New Cemetery. 📅 Saturday 7th March ⏰ 7.30pm 🎟️ £20 Secure your tickets now! > tinyurl.com/2pu9yrn9
- Reposted by Martina DaltonOur submission window for WP 12 opened today - great to see the work coming in. (Window closes midnight 18th Feb) Do encourage interested parties to submit winterpapers.com/submissions
- Reposted by Martina DaltonIt's something I'm hugely proud of artistically, and in moments like this, socially. If I do not much else, I've done that. bansheepress.org/shop/p/pacem...
- Reposted by Martina DaltonWe are excited to announce a special Climate Issue – Online Event next Tuesday 10th February 🌊 Our Climate Issue offers variety of responses to the changing climate and our responsibility to the present political moment 🍃 Free event. Registration is required 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Reposted by Martina DaltonWe delighted to share the Issue 4 has arrived! Available from our shop www.the4facedliar.com/product-page...
- Reposted by Martina DaltonWe ran as if to meet the moon. Robert Frost
- Reposted by Martina Dalton🌸 Happy Pub Day 🌸 to MORE FLOWERS! None of this happens alone & I’m grateful to so many for their support in bringing this book to life! In honor of the release, I’d also like to offer some light where we need it most, so please consider donating or ordering a book from @triohousepress.org! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
- Reposted by Martina DaltonStarting in April, I’m teaching a six-week writing workshop at the wonderful Writers & Books in Rochester, NY. If you live in the area, please join me.📚💚 wab.org/event/bright...
- Reposted by Martina DaltonWe’re thrilled to announce Julie Goo as the Irish language guest editor for HOWL New Irish Writing 26. www.howlwriting.ie/post/welcomi...
- Reposted by Martina DaltonTo hear, one must be silent. Ursula Le Guin
- Reposted by Martina DaltonI’m supporting #ReadItForward2026! If you buy my books Black Gables, The Midnight House or Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay during February bookshop.org will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social #KidLitUk #supportindiebookshops
- Reposted by Martina DaltonJoin us for an evening of conversation and music with Neil Hegarty and Iarla Ó Lionáird to celebrate the publication of Nicholas Allen’s Late Heaney. 📅 Saturday 28th February ⏰ 7.30pm 🎟️£15 Secure your tickets here > tinyurl.com/4k4e7avx @neilhegarty.bsky.social @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social
- Reposted by Martina DaltonOver 50 calls for literary competitions & submissions incl. poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - with deadlines in February 2026. Please share & best of luck! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
- Reposted by Martina DaltonI moonbathed diligently, as others sunbathe. Denise Levertov
- Reposted by Martina DaltonNEW 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)
- Reposted by Martina DaltonOur new issue is online and free to read. Go see! If you like it and have a spare quid or two, we'd be grateful for a donation! You can here: www.abridged.zone/obtaining-ab... Ta!
- Reposted by Martina DaltonWe’re delighted to share some very good news: Molly Twomey and Gunnhildur Jónatansdóttir are joining the HOWL 26 team working on English language poetry and fiction. More @ www.howlwriting.ie/post/new-add...
- Reposted by Martina DaltonThoroughly enjoying Anne Enright’s book ‘Attention: Writing on Life, Art and the World’ @thewrengirl.bsky.social #Essays
- Reposted by Martina DaltonVery grateful to see my chapbook Superposition reviewed in the winter issue of The Poetry Review by Godelieve de Bree. There’s no greater joy to a poet than a careful, generous reading — especially from a journal that has shaped so much of the poetry landscape.
- Reposted by Martina Dalton🌬️ The Air’s Story | Heaney and the Element of Air “Air from another life and time and place.” 📅 Sat, 31 Jan at 2pm: https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/airs-story-heaney-and-element-air This walking tour at Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again will highlight air as a force of nature.
- Reposted by Martina DaltonFEB 2nd 6.30pm ONLINE launch of two new pamphlets from Dialect Press: Rock, Paper, Scissors by Ella Duffy and Adam Horovitz & Sardines by Vasiliki Albedo and Lucy Holme. Pre-orders live now on the Dialect website. Grab your seat via the link in bio www.dialect.org.uk/events
- Reposted by Martina DaltonIreland Professor of Poetry Vona Groarke Spring Series 2026 The Ireland Chair of Poetry has announced the Spring Series for 2026 by the newly appointed Ireland Professor of Poetry, Vona Groarke. Vona Groarke will begin her three-year tenure (2025–2028) in residence at Trinity College Dublin for…
- Reposted by Martina DaltonAfternoon. We're pleased to present the Abridged 0 - 107: Elixir Submission Call. Poetry Required! See www.abridged.zone/abridged-0-1... for info! @artscouncilireland.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social
- Reposted by Martina DaltonHappy to announce I've joined the team at Strokestown International Poetry Festival! Get your entries in for the competition, judged by the mighty @rachaelhegarty.bsky.social. The prize is €1,000 and the closing date is 6th Feb! More details on website. strokestownpoetryfest.ie/meet-the-team/
- Reposted by Martina DaltonEvery month, we bring you a round-up of opportunities for writers from around the world. (If you'd like to be the first to receive this link and more helpful info for writers, sign up to our newsletter 📩) irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...
- Reposted by Martina DaltonEsker Sessions returns for volume VII with Annemarie Ní Churreáin and Geraldine O’Neill. 🖋 Esker Sessions takes place at Esker Arts on Friday 13th February at 8pm, tickets are €8 and available at eskerarts.ie. See more details on www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/esk...
- Reposted by Martina DaltonWudja look at this!! Very proud to be published by The Lilliput Press, and am in love with my book's beautiful cover ❤️🔥
- FOUR NIGHT SEAS by Niamh Mac Cabe 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 We are so excited to be publishing the debut collection from writer and artist @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social! Mac Cabe's stories take the ordinary - people, animals, trees - and casts them in a way that is beguiling fresh.
- Reposted by Martina DaltonIssue 4 is launching! The competition issue will be presented by the journal's four editors, Stephen Brophy, Sinéad Griffin, Patrick Holloway and Jennifer Matthews in Waterstones, Cork, on Tuesday 17th February 2026 at 6.30PM, and will include readings from contributors
- Reposted by Martina DaltonOur new March and April Spring course have just arrived and they are sparkling 🎉 online and in-person at the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Martina DaltonJoin us to celebrate the publication of FOUND IN A CONTEXT OF DESTRUCTION, the debut collection of poetry by Tim MacGabhann! We're launching in @booksupstairs.bsky.social on 12 February and in No Alibis in Belfast on 19 February. All are welcome! bansheepress.org/read/join-us...
- Reposted by Martina DaltonOnly a few days left to get your entries in! Our poetry competition closes at the end of the week - 31st January 2026 11.59pm GMT magmapoetry.com/competition/
- Reposted by Martina DaltonWinter solitude- in a world of one colour the sound of the wind. Basho
- Reposted by Martina DaltonPoets! This is your 🚨last🚨 week to book Leeanne Quinn's 8-week poetry course, kicking off online next Wednesday! This promises to be a thought-provoking and generative programme for poets at any stage of their career. Book here: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/poet...
- Reposted by Martina Dalton"Snipped it has the weight of a deflating balloon. Drop it and it makes no sound." #TodaysPoem #poetry Lilac by @MartinaDalton.bsky.social (2017 @poetryireland.bsky.social)
