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The Blackbird Anthology

Blackbird Anthology showcases new writing from the Poetry and Creative Writing programmes at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's. 

Blackbird Anthology 2025, ed. Dawn Watson and Tara West
New writing by 

 

Blackbird Anthology: Vol. 3 and 4

Blackbird Anthology: Vol 3 (Oct 2022)

Guest ed. Wendy Erskine and Denise Riley
New writing by Fiona Anderson, Jamie Anderson, Helen I. Brower, Eimear Devlin, Maggie Doyle, Viviana Fiorentino, Michael Hall, Eoin Kelly, Morgan Ventura Leathem, Megan McGarrity, Matthew McGlinchey, Conall McGuigan, Charlie McIlwain, Sorcha Ní Cheallaigh, Alanna Offield, John James Reid, Fionnbharr Rodgers, Gianna Sannipoli, Akshay Anilal Sreeja, Joseph Scott, Eoghan Totten, Clare Watson, Chris Wright.

Blackbird Anthology: Vol 4 (Jan 2025)

Ed. Dawn Watson and Tara West
New writing by Claire Harrison, Clare Duffy, Conal McManus, Connor Donahue, Darlene Corry, Eamonn Duffy, Grace Kully, Matthew Hopkins, Melissa McPhilips, Olivia Rana, Alanna Offield, Amy O'Brien, Emma Buckley, Joshua Beatty, Kali Joy Cramer, Kate Morgan, Maeve McKenna, Matthew Rice, Niamh Twomey, Sarah Michaelides, Shakeema Edwards.

Blackbird Anthology: Vol 1 and 2

Blackbird Anthology: Vol 1 (Dec 2016)

Ed. Darran McCann
New writing by Elizabeth Byrne, Brian Wilson, Eleanor Ford, Tara West, Noel Russell, Joanne Higgins, Kerri Ward, Emma Devlin, Peter Alexander Arden, Emily S. Cooper, Andrew Maguire, Joseph Robinson, James Patterson, Mick Draine, Stephen Cunningham, Patrick Macfarlane, Jonathan Vischer, Kerry Miller, Damien Loughlin, Nathan Murtagh, Terry McCartan.

Blackbird Anthology: Vol 2 (Jan 2019)

Ed. Darran McCann
New writing by Roisin Maguire, Dawn Watson, Gary Hunter, Adam Gittin, Louise Kennedy, Toby Buckley, Corinne McNulty, Claire McSherry, Jim Simpson, Bonnie Staines, Adeline Henry, Emily Lee, David Riley, Maisha Hossein, Eva Isherwood-Wallace, Jo-Anne Foster, Francis Hesketh, Hannah King, Katherine May, Stephanie Lyttle, Milena Williamson, Shahminee Selvakannu, Andrew Soye, Roisin Turner, Aswin Vijayan, Lesley Walsh.

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