Author, journalist, photographer, irritant. Pronouns: I and Me.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined March 2009
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Critics of Sinn Féin aren't engaged with thoughtfully. Instead, they're labeled 'headcases,' accused of working for MI5, or dismissed as drunks. This tactic attacks the person, not the argument accroding to @malodoherty #IrishPolitics #SinnFein #MediaBias #ira
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Are we really on the brink of giving up reading for good?
✍️: @malodoherty
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Is English football really a secular religion for fans who talk about how ‘we’ did on the pitch?
✍️ @malodoherty
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'Remind Me How Often' from Frank Ormsby's just-published eighth collection The Tumbling Paddy was featured as Poem of the Week in @IrishTimes of 27 June (available online by subscription).
Frank Ormsby served as Ireland @ChairOfPoetry from 2019 to 2022.
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Today is publication day for our three June titles by John Challis, Frank Ormsby and Lawrence Sail!
Available to order now from the Bloodaxe website and in all good bookshops.
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Malachi O'Doherty retweeted
Excellent and much needed article in today's Irish News. Worth reading in full.
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Less than a week to go until our free online launch event for new books by John Challis, Frank Ormsby and Lawrence Sail!
Join us live (or later) on YouTube on Tuesday 23 June, 7pm BST
Find more details and sign up for reminders here: bloodaxebooks.com/events?art…
The assumption that migrants generally can be understood by the behaviour of one or a few is the very definition of racism.
Malachi O'Doherty retweeted
.@malodoherty writing on new collections & themes from N Irish poets @cartmilldeirdre Mícheál McCann @BoyleMo Frank Ormsby Patrick Ramsey in @BelTel @ArtsCouncilNI
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Northern Irish poets seem to be quietly reviving devotional writings in surprising ways, writes @malodoherty belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme…
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The peace process was saved in 1998, yet the compromises made then nearly broke unionism afterwards, writes @malodoherty belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme…
Malachi O'Doherty retweeted
This is very good from @malodoherty.
Would another agreement have happened if there had been failure in 1998?
Probably not immediately but
I suspect that terrorism in the West became unthinkable after 11th September 2001.
The peace process was saved in 1998, yet the compromises made then nearly broke unionism afterwards, writes @malodoherty belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme…
Malachi O'Doherty retweeted
30 yrs ago, I was on work experience with Talkback and Jim came in one day. He's the only bit I remember. He whipped out the typewriter and in seconds, composed a gem of a piece. Wow! I never met Jamshid, but mum talked fondly of him. I've still got the painting bought from him.
Malachi O'Doherty retweeted
There is a time to live and a time to die... but in my personal experience so many seem to leave us at the wrong time
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Malachi O'Doherty retweeted
On May 20, I'll be talking about my new book 'This is Also a Love Story' at the International Literature Festival Dublin. Info & tickets here: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/festi… Thanks so much to them for inviting me.
Malachi O'Doherty retweeted
Lucky, Teflon or protected from on high?.....
@malodoherty piece in @TheSundayIndo
