Amanda Bell
@gagebybell.bsky.social
Poet, author, editor: new fiction and poetry titles forthcoming in 2027, from Salt Publishing and Doire Press. Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.
www.amandabell.ie
www.amandabell.ie
Looking forward to this!
Delighted to share that I’ll be a guest on tomorrow (Sun) evening’s Poetry People programme with @rachaelhegarty.bsky.social. It’s on @rteradio1.bsky.social at 7pm. Since it’s #midsummer & #fathersday, I’ll read some #haiku & #senryu on those themes from my brand new collection ‘Wishing Tree Note’
June 21, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Looking forward to this!
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We had a great launch of ‘Wishing Tree Note’ last Thurs in #Dublin. Kim R. from Alba was there & @gagebybell.bsky.social gave a wonderful launch speech 🙏🏻 The book is available to order on my website, maeveosullivan.com. 20% of all sales now go to the Dublin Simon Community, a homeless charity.
June 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
We had a great launch of ‘Wishing Tree Note’ last Thurs in #Dublin. Kim R. from Alba was there & @gagebybell.bsky.social gave a wonderful launch speech 🙏🏻 The book is available to order on my website, maeveosullivan.com. 20% of all sales now go to the Dublin Simon Community, a homeless charity.
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'Would poetry be more effective – that is, interest more people more deeply – if it were more directly concerned with the issues of our time?'
@joriegraham.bsky.social, Don Paterson, @aestallings.bsky.social and more have their say in our 2026 Survey of Poets.
thelondonmagazine.org/article/essa...
@joriegraham.bsky.social, Don Paterson, @aestallings.bsky.social and more have their say in our 2026 Survey of Poets.
thelondonmagazine.org/article/essa...
Essay | A 2026 Survey of Poets - The London Magazine
The London Magazine speaks to Jorie Graham, Don Paterson, A. E. Stallings and more about the state of poetry and poets today.
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June 2, 2026 at 11:46 AM
'Would poetry be more effective – that is, interest more people more deeply – if it were more directly concerned with the issues of our time?'
@joriegraham.bsky.social, Don Paterson, @aestallings.bsky.social and more have their say in our 2026 Survey of Poets.
thelondonmagazine.org/article/essa...
@joriegraham.bsky.social, Don Paterson, @aestallings.bsky.social and more have their say in our 2026 Survey of Poets.
thelondonmagazine.org/article/essa...
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When this bumblebee sounds as though her buzz has inhaled helium it’s because she’s using floral sonication to gather pollen-she increases her wingbeat frequency to ‘buzz’ the pollen from the poppy anthers on to her body.Listen out for this-many bee species use this brilliant way to gather pollen 💯:
June 11, 2026 at 11:37 AM
When this bumblebee sounds as though her buzz has inhaled helium it’s because she’s using floral sonication to gather pollen-she increases her wingbeat frequency to ‘buzz’ the pollen from the poppy anthers on to her body.Listen out for this-many bee species use this brilliant way to gather pollen 💯:
Very much looking forward to launching this lovely collection 💖
May 31, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Very much looking forward to launching this lovely collection 💖
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Haiku by Bashō, translated by Jane Reichhold.
May 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Haiku by Bashō, translated by Jane Reichhold.
Very much looking forward to introducing this fantastic evening of music and poetry on 21 May as part of Harold's Cross Festival
May 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Very much looking forward to introducing this fantastic evening of music and poetry on 21 May as part of Harold's Cross Festival
A fabulous double launch, congratulations @doirepress.bsky.social and all involved 🎉
There was some fine #poetry last night @The Teachers’ Club in #Dublin with a double launch @doirepress.bsky.social: Moyra Donaldson’s, launched by @maryodonnell.bsky.social & Nithy Kasa’s by Fiona Bolger, with fab covers @triona.bsky.social. Nice to see @eatthestorms.com @rachaelhegarty.bsky.social
April 22, 2026 at 9:31 AM
A fabulous double launch, congratulations @doirepress.bsky.social and all involved 🎉
Congratulations to Gilles Fabre and Jean Antonini on this wonderful anthology of francophone and anglophone haiku. I was honoured to be on the editorial team, and delighted to have work included with so many fine haijin.
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Congratulations to Gilles Fabre and Jean Antonini on this wonderful anthology of francophone and anglophone haiku. I was honoured to be on the editorial team, and delighted to have work included with so many fine haijin.
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Thank you Helen Dwyer and team at @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social for talking to me about *Riptide* on 'Rhyme and Reason'
Thank you Helen Dwyer and team at @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social for talking to me about *Riptide* on 'Rhyme and Reason'
Rhyme & Reason - Amanda Bell - 24/10/25
On Rhyme & Reason, Helen Dwyer talks to Amanda Bell, an editor, indexer, poet & writer based in Dublin.
Amanda has published seven books, including poetry, haibun and haiku and creative non-fiction f...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Thank you Helen Dwyer and team at @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social for talking to me about *Riptide* on 'Rhyme and Reason'
Thank you Helen Dwyer and team at @dublinsouthfm.bsky.social for talking to me about *Riptide* on 'Rhyme and Reason'
"Dodder Walk, 31 October", from *Riptide* @doirepress.bsky.social
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social
and *Winter Heliotrope* (Fine Press Poetry, 2023). Thinking today of memories shared with my father, my friends Jake Malone and
@bridmcgrath.bsky.social, and Andrew Moorhouse of Fine Press Poetry.
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social
and *Winter Heliotrope* (Fine Press Poetry, 2023). Thinking today of memories shared with my father, my friends Jake Malone and
@bridmcgrath.bsky.social, and Andrew Moorhouse of Fine Press Poetry.
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"Dodder Walk, 31 October", from *Riptide* @doirepress.bsky.social
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social
and *Winter Heliotrope* (Fine Press Poetry, 2023). Thinking today of memories shared with my father, my friends Jake Malone and
@bridmcgrath.bsky.social, and Andrew Moorhouse of Fine Press Poetry.
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social
and *Winter Heliotrope* (Fine Press Poetry, 2023). Thinking today of memories shared with my father, my friends Jake Malone and
@bridmcgrath.bsky.social, and Andrew Moorhouse of Fine Press Poetry.
Issue 7.2 of The Haibun Journal - the 14th volume, and the last. It's been a pleasure to work with Sean O'Connor, Kim Richardson, and Paul Bregazzi, and a privilege to publish so many fine haibun - 184 writers from 20 countries. Available to order from [email protected]
October 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Issue 7.2 of The Haibun Journal - the 14th volume, and the last. It's been a pleasure to work with Sean O'Connor, Kim Richardson, and Paul Bregazzi, and a privilege to publish so many fine haibun - 184 writers from 20 countries. Available to order from [email protected]
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We at Doire Press invite you to the joint launch of paulperrywriter.bsky.social's Clockhammer and karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social's Tidal on October 16th!
Info on both here:
Clockhammer - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
Tidal - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
Info on both here:
Clockhammer - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
Tidal - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We at Doire Press invite you to the joint launch of paulperrywriter.bsky.social's Clockhammer and karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social's Tidal on October 16th!
Info on both here:
Clockhammer - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
Tidal - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
Info on both here:
Clockhammer - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
Tidal - www.doirepress.com/books/poetry...
#poem #poetry #literature #Irish
Congratulations @sineadgleeson.bsky.social and @louisekennedy.bsky.social and thank you @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social - great to see a big group of people celebrating Norah Hoult today in Terenure 💫
September 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Congratulations @sineadgleeson.bsky.social and @louisekennedy.bsky.social and thank you @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social - great to see a big group of people celebrating Norah Hoult today in Terenure 💫
Great opportunity to work with the excellent @maevedos.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Great opportunity to work with the excellent @maevedos.bsky.social
Congratulations 💫
August 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Congratulations 💫
Honoured that my 2016 collection Undercurrents is the Haiku Foundation's Book of the Week. Thanks to Dan Campbell for his beautiful essay 🙏
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Book of the Week - Undercurrents by Amanda Bell - The Haiku Foundation
Peggy Willis Lyles’ poetry occupies a unique space within the tradition of contemporary nature writing.
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August 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Honoured that my 2016 collection Undercurrents is the Haiku Foundation's Book of the Week. Thanks to Dan Campbell for his beautiful essay 🙏
thehaikufoundation.org/book-of-the-...
thehaikufoundation.org/book-of-the-...
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Friends, I wrote a piece on poet Laura Gilpin, who died of glioblastoma in 2006.
She is best known for “The Two-Headed Calf.”
With gratitude to the Poetry Foundation for allowing me to try to restore this remarkable healthcare practitioner/poet’s legacy.
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/170...
She is best known for “The Two-Headed Calf.”
With gratitude to the Poetry Foundation for allowing me to try to restore this remarkable healthcare practitioner/poet’s legacy.
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/170...
July 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Friends, I wrote a piece on poet Laura Gilpin, who died of glioblastoma in 2006.
She is best known for “The Two-Headed Calf.”
With gratitude to the Poetry Foundation for allowing me to try to restore this remarkable healthcare practitioner/poet’s legacy.
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/170...
She is best known for “The Two-Headed Calf.”
With gratitude to the Poetry Foundation for allowing me to try to restore this remarkable healthcare practitioner/poet’s legacy.
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/170...
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Fascinating piece about poetry, AI, and what it means to be human. Bravo Brendan O'Connor.
Fascinating piece about poetry, AI, and what it means to be human. Bravo Brendan O'Connor.
Can Artificial Intelligence write better poetry than a poet?
Rita Ann Higgins, and entrepreneur & journalist, Mark Little. We asked ChatGPT to “write a poem in the style of Rita Ann Higgins.” We then asked Rita Ann Higgins to read it on air, alongside one of ...
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July 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Fascinating piece about poetry, AI, and what it means to be human. Bravo Brendan O'Connor.
Fascinating piece about poetry, AI, and what it means to be human. Bravo Brendan O'Connor.
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A reminder that this FREE #workshop for #haiku beginners takes place on Fri from 2-330 in the St. Andrew’s Community Centre, as part of this year’s #Rialto #Community #Arts #Festival in #Dublin8. All welcome, no experience of creative writing is required. All event info on: rialtocommunityarts.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A reminder that this FREE #workshop for #haiku beginners takes place on Fri from 2-330 in the St. Andrew’s Community Centre, as part of this year’s #Rialto #Community #Arts #Festival in #Dublin8. All welcome, no experience of creative writing is required. All event info on: rialtocommunityarts.com
For Fathers' Day, from *First the Feathers* @doirepress.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
For Fathers' Day, from *First the Feathers* @doirepress.bsky.social
Thrilled to have 3 new poems in Live Encounters 🙏 @doirepress.bsky.social liveencounters.net/2025-le-pw/a...
Amanda Bell - Before I knew things ended - Live Encounters
Before I knew things ended, poems by Amanda Bell. Live Encounters Poetry & Writing June 2025.
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May 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Thrilled to have 3 new poems in Live Encounters 🙏 @doirepress.bsky.social liveencounters.net/2025-le-pw/a...
Do come and enjoy this fine line-up of poets for a reading this evening in Harold's Cross Community Hall. 💫🎤
A great line-up of poets reading in Harold's Cross Festival on Thursday 15th May - come and join us, and check out the full programme at haroldscross.org
May 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Do come and enjoy this fine line-up of poets for a reading this evening in Harold's Cross Community Hall. 💫🎤
A great line-up of poets reading in Harold's Cross Festival on Thursday 15th May - come and join us, and check out the full programme at haroldscross.org
May 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A great line-up of poets reading in Harold's Cross Festival on Thursday 15th May - come and join us, and check out the full programme at haroldscross.org