Ragaire Literary Magazine

15/09/2026

Culture Night is almost here! 📚✨

Come to Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop in Galway this Friday, 18 September, for a brilliant evening of readings from 25+ Galway writers published in the past 12 months.

The readings run from 5.30pm to 9.30pm, celebrating literary talent in Galway — including three Ragaire contributors:

📖 Liam Boyle
📖 Barbara Dunne
📖 Clare O’Malley

It’s always a wonderful night of books, community and local voices. We’d love to see you there!

📍 Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Galway
🗓 Friday, 18 September 2026
⏰ 5.30pm–9.30pm

11/09/2026

“She sings along, for she knows the song...”

A glimpse of Jennifer Lee performing What If We Begin to Sing?, published in Issue 5 of Ragaire.

Discover the full piece alongside brand new poetry, creative nonfiction, and short fiction from emerging and established voices.

• Get your copy of Issue 5 today:
• Tap the link in our bio to order online at ragmag.ie
Available in store at Kenny’s, Charlie Byrne’s, Raven Books, Chapters, The Winding Stair, and select independent bookshops

05/09/2026

“She sings along, for she knows the song…”

A glimpse of Jennifer Lee performing What If We Begin to Sing?, published in Issue 5 of Ragaire.

Discover the full piece alongside brand new poetry, creative nonfiction, and short fiction from emerging and established voices.

📖 Get your copy of Issue 5 today:
• Tap the link in our bio to order online at ragmag.ie
• Available in store at Kenny’s, Charlie Byrne’s, Raven Books, Chapters, The Winding Stair, and select independent bookshops

23/08/2026

When the person who controlled your life is gone, what does freedom look like?

Cork writer Clare Bohane reads an excerpt from The Exchange, her powerful short story published in Ragaire Issue 5.

Following the death of her husband, a woman leaves for a holiday with her daughter — and begins to navigate a new kind of life, one shaped by loss, freedom and the ties between mother and daughter.

Listen to Clare read an excerpt from The Exchange and then discover the full story in Ragaire Issue 5, alongside new poetry, fiction and nonfiction from Irish and international writers.

Get your copy now at ragmag.ie

12/07/2026

Ragaire’s Open Call for Issue 6 Closes 15th July

Writers and artists are invited to share short stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, and cover art, with Ragaire until July 15th, 2026....

Writers and artists are invited to share short stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, and cover art, with Ragaire until July 15th, 2026.

10/07/2026

We were thrilled to have S.J. Coules read from his short story Stoppage Time published in Ragaire Issue 5 at the Words in the Air Event in the Irish Writers Centre. Great to meet up with Profiles, The Wild Umbrella, The Four Faced Liar, The Storms, Skylight 47, Channel, Open Pages, The Waxed Lemon, Sci-Fi Ireland & Howl. Thanks to the for hosting.

09/07/2026

We were thrilled to have S.J. Coules read from his short story published in Ragaire Issue 5 at the Words in the Air Event in the Irish Writers Centre. Great to meet up with , , , , , , , . Thanks to the for hosting.

09/07/2026

Thanks to the Galway Advertiser for such a great article. We are open for Issue 6 until 15th July. Please send us your new writing: We publish stories, poems and nonfiction.

Advertiser.ie - July deadline for ‘Ragaire’ https://share.google/pcC4ZaISpr0DOKpCb

Following the launch of its fifth issue in May, by celebrated Galway/Congolese poet Nithy Kasa, Ragaire is calling on creatives to contribute to its next edition.

08/07/2026

Take a moment with Sean Rowan as he reads All Human Misgivings, featured in Ragaire Issue 5.

If this excerpt stays with you, you’ll find the full poem and much more in the latest issue.

Order your copy at www.ragmag.ie

06/07/2026

A short snip of Sean Rowan reading his poem All Human Misgivings published in Ragaire Issue 5.
Get your copy now at www.ragmag.ie