Out this month!

Autonomy is an anthology edited by poet and pro-choice activist Kathy D’Arcy, with all proceeds going towards abortion rights campaigns both in Ireland and abroad (quick note re the latter, in case you were wondering: sales outside of Ireland can’t be used to fund referendum campaigns).

I’m really delighted to have a short story in here, and there’s so many other great pieces included – a lot of poetry that will make you enraged at this country, thought-provoking stories, real-life accounts, and speeches and essays about the state of bodily autonomy in Ireland (or lack thereof).

The Dublin launch is tomorrow night, 6pm at Books Upstairs, and all are welcome. You can also support Together For Yes directly, which over 11,000 of us have done the past few days (I have hope that this thing will actually pass, folks).

Other launch dates for the diary: UCC (April 19th, 5pm), UCD (April 26th, 5.30pm), UL (April 20th, time TBC) for the colleges; also Kilkenny (The Book Centre, April 27th, 5pm), Galway (The Black Gate, May 5th, 6.30pm), Belfast (Book Festival, June 8th, 6pm), London (Etcetera Theatre, April 7th, 7.30pm) and Sydney (venue TBC, May 1st, 7pm)

Meanwhile…

Issue #6 of Banshee is now available to order and also out in the world. We had our Dublin launch last night in the Winding Stair bookshop on Ormond Quay, a treasure-trove for booklovers and a place that’s always very supportive of literary journals.

The Cork launch takes place tonight in Waterstones at 7pm, and we’re already putting together #7 (it never ends!). You can subscribe to Banshee here, if so inclined… two issues a year, arriving on your doorstep before they’re officially launched.

Other things: on May 10th there’s an art pop-up in aid of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, and on April 26th Reading The Future will be launched in Hodges Figgis – both worth checking out!