The Wild Umbrella

16/05/2025

Happy Friday! Featured poet Akumbu Uche read us her piece, ‘Heritage.’

Akumbu Uche is a Nigerian writer and performance storyteller. Her creative work has been published in Aké Review, Brittle Paper, Canthius, The Cincinnati Review, Engaging Borders Africa, Konya Shamsrumi, Sprinng, and Stony Thursday Book, among others. She was shortlisted for the 2024 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry.

16/01/2025

New poetry! This week we are featuring ‘Indelible,’ a piece by poet Megan Cartwright. The full work is available on our website.

Megan Cartwright is an Australian poet and Lit/Drama teacher. Her writing has featured in magazines and journals including Contemporary Verse 2, Cordite Poetry Review, The Sunlight Press and Quadrant, among others.

31/01/2024

If you're quick, and in Dublin, you can immerse yourself in Claire-Louise Bennett's poetry at the Museum of Literature Ireland Until February 18th, 2024.

Claire-Louise Bennett’s “Pond” translated into Dutch as “Poel” by Karina van Santen and Martine Vosmaer, published by Uitgeverij Koppernik (2023).

20/12/2023

Scholarships will be awarded to writers whose work shows significant promise but who would for financial reasons be unable to attend the course. We particularly welcome applications from writers of colour, disabled writers and LGBTQ+ writers.

14/12/2023

A week in Kerry. What could be better than that?

12/12/2023

The chasm between men and women is so vast in Claire Keegan's story collection, "So Late in the Day," that her characters might as well speak different languages. (In two of the three stories, they do.) Each of these tight, potent stories takes place over just a few hours, and each explores the f