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On this coming Friday as part of the Circling the Square Poetry Festival in Thurles, Three Pillars Press will host readings by the winner, runner-up, and some commended poets from its 2026 poetry pamphlet competition.

Oct 16 @ 6.30pm at the Bookworm Bookshop, Thurles.

IT'S A FREE EVENT AND ALL ARE WELCOME.

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Very enjoyable panel, hosted really well by Aoife Barry. With Barbara Leahy and Neil Tully.

Catching up with Evelyn

Nenagh Heritage Centre

And an amazing goodie bag too! Thanks to the DNLF for this!

Joined lovely local Palestine group beforehand 🤍 so friendly

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This writing lark is a bit mad. It’s mainly solitary, and involves much self-doubt and a great deal of rejection. Then a night like last night comes along and makes all the hard work and commitment worthwhile.

It was one of the great privileges of my life to have the singularly talented Eleanor Hooker introduce my poetry pamphlet with such glowing praise, and to share the stage with the wonderful Niamh Twomey, who is only getting started in what I predict will be a long and illustrious career in poetry.

The audience was so welcoming, as was the committee of the Dromineer-Nenagh Literary Festival, which made a very nervous poet feel at ease. The gift bags from the committee were a lovely touch, and it all felt a bit Oscars-esque, with cameras flashing (thanks to @odhran.ducie) and the signing of books.

Many thanks to Ger Duffy, Billy Fenton and Frank Farrelly of Three Pillars Press, who made all this possible. They are excellent poets in their own right, and it is incredibly generous of them to invest their time, expertise and energy into elevating the work of emerging poets through their pamphlet competition.

It opens for entries again in January 2027, and I encourage you to gather your poems, screw your courage to the sticking place, and send them in. You can trust that they will be treated with the utmost respect and consideration by a highly professional team of passionate poets and editors.

Finally, thanks to my long-suffering and deeply-loved muse for backing me all the way. Here’s to the future, my love.

#irishpoetry #debut #motherhood

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A great night at the Dromineer-Nenagh Literary Festival in Nenagh with the launch of two new poetry pamphlets, and a new poetry press Three Pillars Press.

GHOST MOTH by Niamh Twomey
M(OTHER)ING by Elaine Westnott-O'Brien

A big congratulations to the poets. @niamhmariatwomey @elainewob_words

And thanks to @eleanorhooker for judging the competition, and to @dnlitfest for hosting us.

And a huge thanks to all those poets who trusted us with their work and entered the pamphlet competition. You made a new poetry press possible - thank you.

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Opening a literature festival!!!!!

As part of a spoken word showcase 😆

Another first.🙌

It was such an honor to be a guest of @irishwriterscentre at the @dnlitfest in Nenagh on Wednesday night and to share the stage with the wonderful @conorkpoetry @jbgoodtome @olympio_official all beautifully held and curated by the amazing @damiboy . ✨️

Spoiled rotten from start to finish, from the lovely staff of the @abbeycourtnenagh, the gifts left in the room, dinner, the hospitality from Ger and Catherine from the committee, the warm welcome to @unapowellspub and the gorgeous crowd. 🥹✨️🙏

And such a kick the next day walking around the town and seeing our pictures all over the place 😆

Definitely one for the book 📖 😊

thanks to @odhran.ducie for the wonderful photos

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4 poets walk into a bar . . .
Thank you @dnlitfest for having me as part of this years festival.
What a gorgeous welcome from a magic venue @unapowellspub last night. Loved meeting the book club women!
Enormous thanks to @damiboy @irishwriterscentre and also @odhran.ducie for the pics
There’s loads more amazing events in Nenagh in the coming days. Take a look at @dnlitfest
#everybodyisapoem #poetry #liveshow #literaturefestival

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Three Pillars Press is delighted to announce the publication of its first two poetry pamphlets - winner and runner-up of our inaugural poetry pamphlet competition judged by well-known poet Eleanor Hooker:

GHOST MOTH by Niamh Twomey

M(OTHER)ING by Elaine Westnott O'Brien

Both pamphlets will be launched as part of the Dromineer-Nenagh Literary Festival on October 9 @ 6-7pm by Eleanor Hooker.

See https://dnlf.ie/event/three-pillars-press/ for details.

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💘End of an era💘
The closing of the & Other Stories office in Paris marks the end of a place, but definitely not the end of the story.
I feel incredibly lucky to have been part of the adventure from the very beginning, helping shape a concept that felt a little crazy at the time and, most importantly, meeting some truly extraordinary people along the way. People from everywhere, with completely different backgrounds, personalities and ways of seeing the world, who shaped me, inspired me, challenged me and taught me so much about fashion, creativity and work, but also simply about life.
We worked hard, laughed even harder, and travelled the world together from Mexico to Japan, the US to Turkey, China and, of course so many times Sweden (hello story hotel 😂). Somehow, it all became this very special mix of Scandinavian rigour and French joyful chaos, brought to life by the most international group of people.
There were endless projects, unforgettable trips, so many visual goals and presentations , slightly mad ideas always brought to life (hello @a.finck and amazing team), and those legendary parties several times a year always imagined and executed down to the tiniest detail(From the most absurd themes to the recycling bins specially dressed up for the occasion) , with themes, costumes and a level of creativity that sometimes knew absolutely no limits.
But more than anything, I remember the incredible team spirit. We mastered the art of feedback and, very un-Frenchly, learned to actually say thank you and tell people when they’d done a great job but also the true meaning of teamwork, and the simple joy of working, creating and making things happen together.The kind that means that, all these years later, so many of us are still connected, still friends, still there for one another.
So many friendships, so many faces, so many stories and a million memories that time hasn’t erased and that Carole continues to keep alive with so much love, care and attention.
An office is closing, but what a privilege it was to be part of this story.
So many memories, so many people, so much love.
Forever Stories .
Thank you Hennes , thank you Moritz ❤️

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Another gorgeous evening at POEM (early autumn edition) and I was delighted and honoured to share the stage again with some of Fingal's Finest Filí.✨️✨️✨️

Thanks to all who came to support and to the wonderful Jennie for hosting us again. 🥂 😋🙏

Plenty of laughs, tears, hysteria, posing, poems and bubbles 🫧 🍾 ✨️ ♥️

Next stop EP 😁🙏

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Tomorrow at POEM.

An evening of poetry, words and good company.

There are only a few tickets left, so if you’ve been thinking about coming, this is your sign.

Come for the poems. Stay for the feeling.

Tomorrow night at POEM. Tickets via the link in our bio. 🤍

#sustainablefashion #skerries #shoplocalireland #poetryevent

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An appreciation post for the wonderful people who have posted about Clara and Christina on here. You have sent it into the world and into the hands of people who would never have heard of it without your promotion! Thank you all so much - weird books about books and writers need all the help they can get. Thank you, especially to all the people I've never met who are sharing their experience of Christina Darnell, may she live forever.

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