Writer, performer, keeper of creatures, Leitrim/Fermanagh border. Roscommon New Writing Award ‘22, ACNI Support ‘22/23. Debut Collection-Stench, Arlen House ‘24
Fermanagh/Leitrim
Joined April 2024
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Please join Trish Bennett at the United Arts Club this coming Friday evening, reading from *Stench*, her critically-acclaimed, bestselling debut poetry collection, published by Arlen House.
FREE: booking essential
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Many thanks to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for supporting new Irish literature.
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TOMORROW, Teachers' Club, Parnell Square at 6.30pm
Arlen House warmly invites you to celebrate the launch of *Shapechangers: 1960s Irish Women Reflect on their Writing Lives* edited by Nessa O'Mahony with readings from a dozen contributors
All welcome
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Just a warning to ye to steer clear of Dundalk on the Friday 29th May. There’s some rare ones up to no good in the bookshop…
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Arlen House is delighted to announce the forthcoming
*Shapechangers: 1960s Women Reflect on their Writing Lives* edited by Nessa O'Mahony
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The 1st sequel to the bestseller
*Look! It's a Woman Writer!*
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Can't believe we've recorded 100 episodes of the #Bookcited! podcast already! So many great interviews with a wide variety of authors and other book related chats.@LibrariesNI
Click to listen @petelibrarian podbean.com/ea/pb-zasqb-1a66…
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Today we take the time to celebrate all the brilliant women in our lives for International Women's Day ♥💪
See here Moyra Donaldson's 'A Dangerous Woman' from Poetry Ireland Review Issue 81, edited by Peter Sirr.
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On this International Women's Day, Arlen House - Ireland's feminist press, celebrating 50 years of world-class publishing - is delighted to announce the first sequel to the critically-acclaimed bestseller *Look! It's a Woman Writer!*
Editor extraordinaire Nessa O'Mahony is compiling an anthology representing Irish women writers born in the 1960s. The range of diverse voices makes for fascinating reading.
Full details in April. Book available 1 June.
Many thanks to the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for supporting superb writing from Ireland for the world.
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🎤 Excited to announce that I’ll be speaking at The London Book Fair from 10–12 March 2026 at Olympia London! ✨
Join my session to explore trends, insights, and the future of creative content. Don’t miss out! 🤝 #LBF #StoriesWithoutLimits
Register here: invt.io/1txbqtymjlh
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Another great excuse to be back in Galway. See ye there!
@ArlenHouse @publishingwomen
Join us for the next instalment of The Poetry Lobby, presented in association with Poetry Ireland, and hosted by Anne Donnellan!
📅 Sunday, March 1st
🕒3:00pm-5:00pm
📍Menlo Park Hotel, Galway
🎫Free entry, Donations Welcome
More info: poetryireland.ie/whats-on/th…
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This week's episode of Bookcited! featured Chloe Dalton as she discusses her remarkable journey - Of course it features the hare! ☺️
Listen to it now 👉 LIBNI.short.gy/xBookcited270…
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If you missed the latest episode of Bookcited! podcast, listen now as Jillian, Pete and Conor discuss the books behind some of 2026's biggest nominations 👉 LIBNI.short.gy/xBookcited130…
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Did you know?
Vona Groarke from Edgeworthstown,(who is now Ireland Professor of Poetry )was the winner of our very first poetry competition back in 1999. Our 2026 competition in open now. details here:
strokestownpoetryfest.ie/hom…
@salmon_poetry @ArlenHouse @dedaluspress @Gallery
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Join us for the first instalment of The Poetry Lobby for 2026, presented in association with Poetry Ireland, and hosted by Anne Donnellan!
📅 Sunday, January 25th
🕒3:00pm-5:00pm
📍Menlo Park Hotel, Galway
🎫Free entry, Donations Welcome
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After a slow start our 2026 competition is tripping along nicely. Full details here: Strokestownpoetryfest.ie please RT to spread the word @poetryireland @IrishWritersCtr @roscommoncoco @strokestownpark
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This beautiful Thought For the Day by Helen Mc Clements on the worth of libraries. ‘Libraries aren t just about books’! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0mlrk…
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I'm truly grateful to @fairfaaye for this creative opportunity - sharing memories of my days in a small rural school in 'Tha Wee Schuil' - launching on Monday as part of #LeidWeek2025 #ulsterscots #film #newwork @UlsterUni @UlsterScotsAgen @USCN1 @HurchinHome @NIScreen
Tha Wee Schuil - a short film in #UlsterScots featuring playwright, poet and writer Anne McMaster @Rosehill_girl to mark #LeidWeek 2025. Available to watch online at derrystrabane.com/ulsterscot… from Monday 24 November 2025
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One of the events that our Literary Festival audience always thoroughly enjoy is our Poetry Reading. We were delighted that poets James Finnegan and @TrishWriter were returning to the Festival.
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Award-winning poet James read from his latest collection A Butterfly and Its Shadow, (@revivalpress, 2024). While we were thrilled there was a festival launch of Trish’s first poetry collection Stench, ( @ArlenHouse - Literature from Ireland for the World, 2024).
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Looking forward to another trip to Belfast to launch 5 beautiful poetry collections:
Ruth Carr *Catching the Missing Beat*
Deirdre Cartmill *Under the Blue Seraphim*
Celia de Fréine *Aibítir Aoise : Alphabet of an Age*
Luke Morgan *Blood Atlas*
Csilla Toldy *Firebird*
@IrishSecretari1 Tuesday 4 November
Sorry - ALL SEATS SOLD OUT
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Excited to be reading from "Blood Atlas" at the @ArlenHouse book launch in Belfast on 4th Nov. Hosted by the @IrishSecretari1, and featuring launches from fellow poets @celiadefreine, Deirdre Cartmill, Ruth Carr and Csilla Toldy.
