The Irish Pages Press
@irishpages.bsky.social
Biannual journal, edited in Belfast, publishing writing from Ireland and overseas. Publisher of The Irish Pages Press. Edited by Chris Agee and Kathleen Jamie.
“The poet writes as if making an incision in consciousness. At the site of this wound, language breaks, becomes tentative, interrogational, kaleidoscopic. But it endures.”
~ Carolyn Forché (2024)
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~ Carolyn Forché (2024)
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November 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“The poet writes as if making an incision in consciousness. At the site of this wound, language breaks, becomes tentative, interrogational, kaleidoscopic. But it endures.”
~ Carolyn Forché (2024)
Read the full essay on our website:
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~ Carolyn Forché (2024)
Read the full essay on our website:
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November 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
“It is not easy to find explicit statements by those who favoured the slave trade & fought hard to retain it. But note that abolition was widely viewed as an attack on the ‘right to free trade’. Clearly, only the freedom of the powerful counted...”
~ Janet Dine (2009)
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~ Janet Dine (2009)
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November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“It is not easy to find explicit statements by those who favoured the slave trade & fought hard to retain it. But note that abolition was widely viewed as an attack on the ‘right to free trade’. Clearly, only the freedom of the powerful counted...”
~ Janet Dine (2009)
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~ Janet Dine (2009)
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“The cave-dark we were born in / calls us back.”
~ ‘Swifts’ by Kathleen Jamie
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~ ‘Swifts’ by Kathleen Jamie
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November 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
“The cave-dark we were born in / calls us back.”
~ ‘Swifts’ by Kathleen Jamie
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~ ‘Swifts’ by Kathleen Jamie
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“... there’s mystery enough in the mere fact / of reality...”
~ from ‘A Dove in the House’ by Derek Mahon (2018)
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~ from ‘A Dove in the House’ by Derek Mahon (2018)
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November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“... there’s mystery enough in the mere fact / of reality...”
~ from ‘A Dove in the House’ by Derek Mahon (2018)
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~ from ‘A Dove in the House’ by Derek Mahon (2018)
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“Who knows how much longer I will last, she reflected, conscious of the question’s absurdity. This dripping, trickling, emptying was no longer separate from her, since no tiny hole can exist without its vessel...”
~ Slavenka Drakulić
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~ Slavenka Drakulić
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November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“Who knows how much longer I will last, she reflected, conscious of the question’s absurdity. This dripping, trickling, emptying was no longer separate from her, since no tiny hole can exist without its vessel...”
~ Slavenka Drakulić
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~ Slavenka Drakulić
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“However unknowingly, by whatever mix of chance and intention, the path followed was the one that was taken. The past is inexorable.”
~ Gerard McCarthy
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~ Gerard McCarthy
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November 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“However unknowingly, by whatever mix of chance and intention, the path followed was the one that was taken. The past is inexorable.”
~ Gerard McCarthy
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~ Gerard McCarthy
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Irish Pages author Patricia Craig features in the latest issue of the Dublin Review of Books: writing on the life and times of Muriel Spark, and her "sedately subversive, strikingly elliptical style" 📚
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November 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Irish Pages author Patricia Craig features in the latest issue of the Dublin Review of Books: writing on the life and times of Muriel Spark, and her "sedately subversive, strikingly elliptical style" 📚
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“A movie is a love letter. Poetry, not prose.”
~ from “Dear Orson Welles & Other Essays” by Mark Cousins (2024) 📽️
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~ from “Dear Orson Welles & Other Essays” by Mark Cousins (2024) 📽️
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November 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“A movie is a love letter. Poetry, not prose.”
~ from “Dear Orson Welles & Other Essays” by Mark Cousins (2024) 📽️
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~ from “Dear Orson Welles & Other Essays” by Mark Cousins (2024) 📽️
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Thanks to @immaireland.bsky.social & @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for hosting the 'Conflict & Creation' panel discussion over the weekend, chaired by PATHOS researcher Prof. Ailbhe McDaid:
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Natalya Korniyenko & Ciarán O'Rourke both took part 🎨
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Natalya Korniyenko & Ciarán O'Rourke both took part 🎨
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November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Thanks to @immaireland.bsky.social & @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for hosting the 'Conflict & Creation' panel discussion over the weekend, chaired by PATHOS researcher Prof. Ailbhe McDaid:
www.pathos-project.com
Natalya Korniyenko & Ciarán O'Rourke both took part 🎨
irishpages.org/product/vol-...
www.pathos-project.com
Natalya Korniyenko & Ciarán O'Rourke both took part 🎨
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“if there is something to write that would raise the cities
from the ruins the apartment blocks hospitals schools
that would put the cities back as they were
I would give everything to fill my pen with it”
~ Carolyn Forché
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from the ruins the apartment blocks hospitals schools
that would put the cities back as they were
I would give everything to fill my pen with it”
~ Carolyn Forché
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November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
“if there is something to write that would raise the cities
from the ruins the apartment blocks hospitals schools
that would put the cities back as they were
I would give everything to fill my pen with it”
~ Carolyn Forché
irishpages.org/product/vol-...
from the ruins the apartment blocks hospitals schools
that would put the cities back as they were
I would give everything to fill my pen with it”
~ Carolyn Forché
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Melissa Chevin, our Sales and Marketing manager, on the project of “championing independent, ethical publishing” – speaking after her recent shortlisting at @thebookseller.com awards 2025!
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November 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Melissa Chevin, our Sales and Marketing manager, on the project of “championing independent, ethical publishing” – speaking after her recent shortlisting at @thebookseller.com awards 2025!
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Hearty congratulations to our colleague Melissa Chevin, shortlisted this week for "Sales Professional of the Year" by @thebookseller.com 📚
We consider ourselves lucky to be able to work with Melissa in bringing brilliant books to discerning readers: she deserves every accolade!
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We consider ourselves lucky to be able to work with Melissa in bringing brilliant books to discerning readers: she deserves every accolade!
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November 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Hearty congratulations to our colleague Melissa Chevin, shortlisted this week for "Sales Professional of the Year" by @thebookseller.com 📚
We consider ourselves lucky to be able to work with Melissa in bringing brilliant books to discerning readers: she deserves every accolade!
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We consider ourselves lucky to be able to work with Melissa in bringing brilliant books to discerning readers: she deserves every accolade!
www.irishpages.org
Great to see two of our editors interviewed on the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social blog this week, ahead of our co-hosted event on Saturday!
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Tickets for Saturday's panel discussion here:
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Tickets for Saturday's panel discussion here:
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November 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Great to see two of our editors interviewed on the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social blog this week, ahead of our co-hosted event on Saturday!
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Tickets for Saturday's panel discussion here:
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Tickets for Saturday's panel discussion here:
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@irishlittimes.bsky.social
“Art serves the soul not least by demanding and creating attention. This same attention in its early stages allows us to winnow the meaningful signal from the distracting noise, and ultimately rejuvenates the connection of self to the world.”
~ Sven Birkerts (2007)
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~ Sven Birkerts (2007)
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November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“Art serves the soul not least by demanding and creating attention. This same attention in its early stages allows us to winnow the meaningful signal from the distracting noise, and ultimately rejuvenates the connection of self to the world.”
~ Sven Birkerts (2007)
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~ Sven Birkerts (2007)
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“If one recognizes, as I do, that the root of the problem is the Jewish supremacist character of the state of Israel, it follows that ending the occupation is not enough; Israel, too, needs to be decolonized.”
~ Avi Shlaim (2024)
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~ Avi Shlaim (2024)
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November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“If one recognizes, as I do, that the root of the problem is the Jewish supremacist character of the state of Israel, it follows that ending the occupation is not enough; Israel, too, needs to be decolonized.”
~ Avi Shlaim (2024)
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~ Avi Shlaim (2024)
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Please join us for this vital event on Tuesday! Scottish poet & essayist @kathleenjamie.bsky.social in conversation with Chris Agee 🍃
1pm Tuesday (4 Nov), in Belfast's The Linen Hall 📚
Book your tickets at:
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1pm Tuesday (4 Nov), in Belfast's The Linen Hall 📚
Book your tickets at:
linenhall.com/event/kathle...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Please join us for this vital event on Tuesday! Scottish poet & essayist @kathleenjamie.bsky.social in conversation with Chris Agee 🍃
1pm Tuesday (4 Nov), in Belfast's The Linen Hall 📚
Book your tickets at:
linenhall.com/event/kathle...
@byleaveswelive.bsky.social @irishlittimes.bsky.social
1pm Tuesday (4 Nov), in Belfast's The Linen Hall 📚
Book your tickets at:
linenhall.com/event/kathle...
@byleaveswelive.bsky.social @irishlittimes.bsky.social
The @dublinbookfest.bsky.social is fast approaching!
We're excited to be collaborating with the PATHOS project in hosting this reading/panel discussion, 'Conflict and Creation': 10.30am, @immaireland.bsky.social (Sat Nov 10) 📚
Free entry, but booking required!
www.eventbrite.ie/e/conflict-a...
We're excited to be collaborating with the PATHOS project in hosting this reading/panel discussion, 'Conflict and Creation': 10.30am, @immaireland.bsky.social (Sat Nov 10) 📚
Free entry, but booking required!
www.eventbrite.ie/e/conflict-a...
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The @dublinbookfest.bsky.social is fast approaching!
We're excited to be collaborating with the PATHOS project in hosting this reading/panel discussion, 'Conflict and Creation': 10.30am, @immaireland.bsky.social (Sat Nov 10) 📚
Free entry, but booking required!
www.eventbrite.ie/e/conflict-a...
We're excited to be collaborating with the PATHOS project in hosting this reading/panel discussion, 'Conflict and Creation': 10.30am, @immaireland.bsky.social (Sat Nov 10) 📚
Free entry, but booking required!
www.eventbrite.ie/e/conflict-a...
“For me, one of the great joys of traditional song has always been the power to connect – however partially and however briefly – with the imaginations of others... The joy of inhabiting another’s imagination can transcend death itself.”
~ Sorcha Ní Lochlainn
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~ Sorcha Ní Lochlainn
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October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“For me, one of the great joys of traditional song has always been the power to connect – however partially and however briefly – with the imaginations of others... The joy of inhabiting another’s imagination can transcend death itself.”
~ Sorcha Ní Lochlainn
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~ Sorcha Ní Lochlainn
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“That’s why people love cinema, because you can sit in the dark and you don’t need to have too much.”
~ Mark Cousins, on the Belfast Film Festival 📽️
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More on Mark's "Dear Orson Welles & Other Essays" at
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~ Mark Cousins, on the Belfast Film Festival 📽️
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More on Mark's "Dear Orson Welles & Other Essays" at
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@screenireland.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“That’s why people love cinema, because you can sit in the dark and you don’t need to have too much.”
~ Mark Cousins, on the Belfast Film Festival 📽️
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
More on Mark's "Dear Orson Welles & Other Essays" at
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@screenireland.bsky.social
~ Mark Cousins, on the Belfast Film Festival 📽️
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
More on Mark's "Dear Orson Welles & Other Essays" at
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@screenireland.bsky.social
“... we have an inescapable duty to notice that war is profitable, whereas the means of peaceableness, being cheap or free, make no money[.] The key to peaceableness is continuous practice.”
~ Wendell Berry (2013)
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~ Wendell Berry (2013)
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October 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“... we have an inescapable duty to notice that war is profitable, whereas the means of peaceableness, being cheap or free, make no money[.] The key to peaceableness is continuous practice.”
~ Wendell Berry (2013)
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~ Wendell Berry (2013)
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“People still live amid the ruins. You can see them hanging laundry from a room on the third floor of a building cut in half. You see kids climbing over a ten-foot mound of rubble on their way home with some bread and water. Life has to go on...”
~ Samer Attar (2015)
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~ Samer Attar (2015)
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October 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“People still live amid the ruins. You can see them hanging laundry from a room on the third floor of a building cut in half. You see kids climbing over a ten-foot mound of rubble on their way home with some bread and water. Life has to go on...”
~ Samer Attar (2015)
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~ Samer Attar (2015)
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Please join us on Wednesday week (29 October) for what promises to be an inspiring & thought-provoking conversation with Kathleen Jamie & Don Paterson:
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Details of our 'Scotland' issue at:
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@byleaveswelive.bsky.social @asls.org.uk
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Details of our 'Scotland' issue at:
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@byleaveswelive.bsky.social @asls.org.uk
October 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Please join us on Wednesday week (29 October) for what promises to be an inspiring & thought-provoking conversation with Kathleen Jamie & Don Paterson:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kathleen-j...
Details of our 'Scotland' issue at:
irishpages.org/product/vol-...
@byleaveswelive.bsky.social @asls.org.uk
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kathleen-j...
Details of our 'Scotland' issue at:
irishpages.org/product/vol-...
@byleaveswelive.bsky.social @asls.org.uk
“Even when I reach the open floor of the valley the skies seem to press down – rain-darkened swollen. It feels as though the weather blunts everything, blurring the edges of the landscape, making even nearby sounds seem far away...”
~ Róisín Costello
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~ Róisín Costello
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October 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“Even when I reach the open floor of the valley the skies seem to press down – rain-darkened swollen. It feels as though the weather blunts everything, blurring the edges of the landscape, making even nearby sounds seem far away...”
~ Róisín Costello
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~ Róisín Costello
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“Under international law [an] occupying power does not have the right to self-defence against the people it occupies.”
~ Avi Shlaim (2024)
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~ Avi Shlaim (2024)
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October 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“Under international law [an] occupying power does not have the right to self-defence against the people it occupies.”
~ Avi Shlaim (2024)
irishpages.org/product/geno...
@progintl.bsky.social @pscupdates.bsky.social @ipsc.bsky.social
~ Avi Shlaim (2024)
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