This is a sporadically-updated newsletter from the desk of Maeve O’Brien.

Through writing here, I hope to rekindle my love of putting pen to paper. I will write about what I know (poetry, my own life, social justice issues) and also hope to engage in learning from others across the world.

My Substack will always be free - but I’m sending a huge thank you to those who have been so kind as to support my writing. It means more than you can know!


From the north of Ireland, I’m currently based in Dublin city. I consider myself to be a friend, comrade, sister, daydreamer, and sea-swimmer.

in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

I work in the field of digital preservation and once upon a time I wrote a PhD on silence in the poetry of Sylvia Plath. You can check out my co-edited collection of essays on her work.

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