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It’s Black History Month and here we are featuring Angolan-French poet Landa wo, an immigrant writer who has read many of his poems for the Irish Poetry Reading Archive, which are preserved for future generations in UCD Special Collections.

His poems have appeared in literary journals and anthologies in Ireland and abroad, and his manuscript ‘Poet in Exile’ was a finalist for the 2023 Patrick Kavanagh Award, among other recognitions.

Here he reads his poem ‘Chila Menga’ (published in Michigan Quarterly Review (Vol. 59, No. 3, 2020). Discover more of his readings and those of other Black poets in the IPRA on the Special Collections website.
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#Landawo #LandawoPoet #BlackHistoryMonth #IrishPoetryReadingArchive #UCDLibrary

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Annemarie Ní Churreáin is an Irish poet, editor and librettist who grew up in the Donegal Gaeltacht. She was the UCD/Arts Council Writer in Residence for 2025 and has published several books of poetry, including ‘Bloodroot’ (2017), ‘Town’ (2018), ‘The Poison Glen’ (2021) the powerful ‘Ghostgirl’ (2023) and ‘Hymn To All the Restless Girls’ (2025). Ní Churreáin is currently Irish Writer-in-Residence at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.

Here she reads “A Villager Speaks of Eithne” from ‘The Poison Glen’ (The Gallery Press, 2021). Altogether, Ní Churreáin has read sixteen of her poems for inclusion in the Irish Poetry Reading Archive; find out more and watch her readings on YouTube via the UCD Special Collections website at www.ucd.ie/specialcollections/ipra
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#AnnemarieNiChurreain #IrishPoetry #IrishPoetryReadingArchive #UCDSpecialCollections

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Congratulations to curator Prospera Tedam, who along with Mark Doel and Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila successfully launched the Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Stories photo exhibition for #BlackHistoryMonth Click the QR code in the last pic to see more photographs and the stories behind them.
#SocialJustice #SocialWork #photography

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Three of my favorites on display right here: modernism, marriages rooted in mutual respect (bonus points if both love books) & @margaret_kelleher12! Can’t wait to dig into this beautiful book!!!

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Catch Banshee Press at Dublin Book Festival in November! Author Rosamund Taylor and editor Jessica Traynor feature on the Girlhood Remixed panel with Banshee contributor Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan, while editor Eimear Ryan speaks on the Future of Publishing with Brendan Barrington, Noelle Moran and Banshee contributor Jonathan C. Creasy. Banshee authors @poempoet, Tim MacGabhann and @gustavparker also feature throughout the festival! Grab your tickets now – links in bio 🎟️

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Are you looking to get your first book published, compile an edited collection or convert your PhD into a book? Hear from key editors Ben Doyle (Bloomsbury Publishing), Noelle Moran (@ucdpress) and Sinead Neville (@corkuniversitypress) at our virtual seminar on Wednesday, 28th October at 11am.

This is a wonderful chance to meet the editors and ask your own questions on getting your book published. All UCD researchers, staff and students welcome.

Register at the link in our bio.
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#BookPublishing #UCDResearch #UCDLibrarySeminar #LibrarySupport

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Join UCD Library and UCD Access and Lifelong Learning for a joint presentation during @nationalheritageweek offering a behind-the-scenes look at the National Folklore Collection as it prepares for relocation to UCD's James Joyce Library.

Jonny Dillon, Director of the NFC, will introduce the collection, its history and scope, while Julia Poirier, UCD Book and Paper Conservator, will share insights into the careful work of rehousing and preparing the material for its move next year. Together, they will trace the journey of the collection into its next chapter.

This talk takes place on Wednesday, 19 August at 10.30am in the James Joyce Library. Find details and a link to booking at www.heritageweek.ie/event-listings/the-next-chapter-preparing-the-national-folklore-collection-for-relocation-to-ucd-library. The link is in our bio!
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#NationalFolkloreCollection #HeritageWeek #IrishFolklore #UCDLibrary #NationalHeritageWeek

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The sun is out in UCD and we're up and running at the Thinking Gender Justice conference today!

#gender #socialjustice #feminism

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Superb keynote Speaker Professor Sarah Richardson University of Glasgow

‘Law-breaking justified'

Many congratulations to @whaireland.bsky.social and all speakers and chairs. Inspiring!

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Míle buíochas to everyone who turned out at O'Mahony's Booksellers Tralee on Friday evening for the launch of my new book, "From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923-33" which is published by UCD Press. Many thanks to Minister Norma Foley for launching the book, to Bridget McAuliffe on MC duties, to Maureen and Bridget for being such welcoming hosts, and to friends, family and fellow historians for celebrating with me. And huge thanks to Michelle Breen Crean Photography for the lovely images of a most enjoyable occasion. The book is available now in all good bookshops and from www.ucdpress.ie

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It's been a quiet few weeks for proof copies in the post and then they all arrive at once.

Upcoming @jancarsonstories, Bryan Washington, @maggieofarrellofficial, @allan_radcliffe, Kang Jiyoung (that cover!), @seamasoreilly1, @bookmeridian, @the.muldoon, @yamazaki_nao_cola, and @unexpectedjoyof!

And those are just the ones I am genuinely excited about..

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