The Swimmer, 180cm x 110cm. Philip Hammial, 2015
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Featured Artist: Philip Hammial
- Phil Hammial: S C U L P T U R E – 6 April to 4 May 2026
- Philip Hammial: 5 Sculptures
- Philip Hammial 5 poems from Inveigling Snafus (Issue 30, 2020)
- A Direct Invocation of Supernature : John Hawke launches Ticket to Ride by Philip Hammial (Issue 14, 2015)
2026 Bloomsday Supplement
- Table of Contents
- Mark O’Flynn: ‘If Joyce had Spellchack’
- Melissa Ridge: ‘Dublin Soundscape’
- Mark Roberts: ‘Cities that are not Dublin’
- Anne Casey: ‘ERASURE: Monumental Decision of the United States on the Ban on Books’
- Karen J McDonnell: ‘The Book’
- Bronwyn Rodden: ‘Dublin April’
- Jennifer Harrison: ‘Flaneur’
- Philip Davison: Two Dublin haiku
- Ger Duffy ‘Letter to Miss H Weaver’
- Mark O’Flynn: ‘Chatroom Narcissus’
- Devika Brendon: ‘Consensuality’
- John Bennett: ‘Gate 22B, Dublin Airport’
- Erik Korhel 3 Poems
- Stephen Smithyman: ‘Dublin: A Reverie’
- Helen Hagemann: ‘Driving into Dublin’
- Bronwyn Rodden: ‘National Gallery
- Linda Adair ‘The Long Journey to the Martello Tower’
- Lynn White ‘Words Words Words’
- Richard Clarke ‘Metempsychosis’
- Molly Twomey: ‘The Citizen’s Wife’ a Poetry Film for Ulysses 2.2 (Republished)
- Justin Lowe: ‘Paddy Dignam’
- Carl Walsh: ‘on pilgrimage – with only St James’ gate to guide us (2002)’
- Marguerite Doyle: ‘Her Odyssey’
- Michael (MRS K): ‘Finnegan’s Wake’ (Book Club)’
- Mark Roberts: ‘Mr Bloom takes a walk’
- Lisa McKimmie: ‘Field (the snotgreen sea)’
- Anne Casey (video) reading: ‘ERASURE: Monumental Decision of the United States on the Ban on Books’
- Remembering Gabrielle Carey ‘James Joyce a Life’
Reviews
- Obedience, coercion & the ability to push back: Mark Roberts reviews A Simple Intervention by Yael Inokai
- Range and sensitivity: Mark Mahemoff reviews New Ordinance for the Dead by Ron Atilano
- Nature, myth and everyday life: Barbara Dunne reviews Ballast By Jamie O’Halloran
- Turning great & small events into poetry: Beatriz Copello reviews Ring the Bells by Colleen Keating
- Hinting at alternative ways of reading: Ian Gibbins reviews CASCADE by Tim Gaze
- I ain’t sayin’ she’s a …: Alan Fyfe reviews Gold Digger by Lisa Collyer
Launches
- Cartography of the Heart: Liana Joy Christensen launches Good Grief by Coral Carter
- A true, brave pugilistic poet: Mike Rann launches Nostalgic Adelaide by Geoff Goodfellow
- Threads that weave between poems: Emilie Collyer launches Alight on all Things Precious by Sarah Rice
- Humility, generosity & understanding: Michael Campbell launches A Blink of Time’s Eye by David Adès
- Soulful Empiricism: Liana Joy Christensen launches The Twilight Observatory by Jennifer Kornberger
- A meta-narrative trip through the dark disco ball of a writer’s skull: Tug Dumbly launches More Lies by Richard James Allen
- An exploration of memory and unearthing of meaning: Ray Liversidge launches What It Feels Like by Brendan Ryan
- Navigating inequality and darkness: Rae White launches Poetry of Flight, the Liquid Amber Prize Anthology 2025
Poetry/Prose
- Peer Smits: manman
- Antonio Montaine: Lasseters Reef
- Ray Liversidge: 5 Poems from his New & Selected Work 2003-2025
- Elizabeth Walton: 4 poems from How to Read A City, Your Place of Last Resort
- Glen Hunting: 3 Poems
- Megan Cartwright: 2 Poems
- Eileen Sheehan: 6 Poems
Visual Arts
Obituary
- Vale Narelle Adair Coxhead
- Vale Louise Wakeling
- Remembering Louise Wakeling
- Vale David Malouf – Mark Roberts remembers
Essays
