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Ireland’s First Spoken Word Magazine

BND Spoken Word Magazine is Ireland’s premiere magazine and blog dedicated to documenting and promoting the vibrant spoken world community in Ireland.

Spoken Word on Culture Night 2025

Spoken Word on Culture Night 2025

Culture Night, EventsBoundless & BareSeptember 5, 2025Culture Night 2025, September 2025

Minding Creative Minds delivers mental health and practical guidance for the arts sector

Events, Artist SupportsBoundless & BareAugust 27, 2025Minding Creative Minds, mental health, wellbeing, supports

Spoken word and performance mark strong line-up at Electric Picnic 2025

Spoken word and performance mark strong line-up at Electric Picnic 2025

Festival, Spoken WordBoundless & BareAugust 19, 2025Electric Picnic 2025, 2025, August 2025, Sepetember 2025, Spoken Word

Spoken Word Highlights at Dublin Fringe Festival 2025

Spoken Word Highlights at Dublin Fringe Festival 2025

UCC launches world’s first university-accredited course on neurodiversity in the arts

UCC launches world’s first university-accredited course on neurodiversity in the arts

News, EducationBoundless & BareAugust 15, 2025UCC, University College Cork, Neurodiversity, Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet, Eleanor McSherry, Neurodiversity for the Arts and Creative Sector, Cork

Last Chance to Sign Up for Liú Lúnasa Slam Filíochta

Last Chance to Sign Up for Liú Lúnasa Slam Filíochta

Call Out, Events, FestivalBoundless & BareAugust 14, 2025Liú Lúnasa Slam Filíochta, August 2025, Belfast, Sinéad Ní Uallacháin

President Higgins to Release Debut Spoken Word Album

President Higgins to Release Debut Spoken Word Album

NewsBoundless & BareAugust 12, 2025President, Michael D. Higgins, Spoken Word, Album, Event, Ireland, Irish, September 2025, 2025

Solidarity events planned ahead of Mo Chara court hearing

Solidarity events planned ahead of Mo Chara court hearing

Events, NewsBoundless & BareAugust 10, 2025Kneecap, Mo Chara, Palestine, Protest, Solidarity, Court, UK, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, Concert, Event, Rap, Rapper, Irish, Belfast, August 2025, 2025

Coventry Poets to Visit Cork and Clonakilty as Part of Annual Exchange

EventsBoundless & BareAugust 7, 2025Cork-Coventry Twin Cities Poetry Exchange, Coventry, Cork, Clonakilty, DeBarra's Spoken Word, Ó Bhéal go Béal, August 2025

The Moth Emerges: Carpet Muncher soars at the intersection of drag, spoken word and queer resistance

The Moth Emerges: Carpet Muncher soars at the intersection of drag, spoken word and queer resistance

Events, Festival, Interview, NewsBoundless & BareAugust 7, 2025Mothman, Carpet Muncher, Jo Morrigan Black, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Spoken Word, Drag, queer resistance, August 2025, 2025

Kalle Ryan Named “Creative Communicator of the Year” at 2025 Irish Enterprise Awards

Kalle Ryan Named “Creative Communicator of the Year” at 2025 Irish Enterprise Awards

NewsBoundless & BareAugust 6, 2025Kalle Ryan, Creative Communicator of the Year, Irish Enterprise Awards, EU Business News

Grassroots spirit and emerging talent at the heart of The Works Festival 2025

Grassroots spirit and emerging talent at the heart of The Works Festival 2025

FestivalBoundless & BareAugust 5, 2025The Works Festival, August 2025, Dublin, Music, Spoken Word, Smithfield Creatives, Adam Kelly

Axis Ballymun announces 2025 Assemble Artists, championing bold and diverse creative voices

Axis Ballymun announces 2025 Assemble Artists, championing bold and diverse creative voices

Funding, NewsBoundless & BareAugust 5, 2025Axis Ballymun, Axis Ballymun Assemble, 2025

Ireland’s spoken word calendar heats up this August

Ireland’s spoken word calendar heats up this August

Events, Gig GuideBoundless & BareAugust 4, 2025Spoken Word Gig Guide, August 2025, Events Guide, Open Mic

Colm Keegan leads Saturday Walkshops along the Dodder

Colm Keegan leads Saturday Walkshops along the Dodder

Events, WorkshopsBoundless & BareJuly 1, 2025July 2025, Colm Keegan, The Saturday Walkshops

The Ties That Bind Returns: a north-south creative exchange rekindled in Ballydehob

The Ties That Bind Returns: a north-south creative exchange rekindled in Ballydehob

EventsBoundless & BareJune 28, 2025Shared Island Cultural Exchange, The Ties that Bind, Levis' Corner House, The Duncairn, Belfast, Ballydehob, West Cork, Creative Ireland, July 2025, Rua, Sammy Copley, Luke Howard, Polar Bolero, Joshua Burnside Trio, Creative Collective

Praise for Match in the Dark: advocating fair pay and treatment for writers in Ireland

Praise for Match in the Dark: advocating fair pay and treatment for writers in Ireland

BND Magazine ExclusiveBoundless & BareJune 27, 2025Match in the Dark, Writers Pay & Conditions, Melissa Ridge, #SayWhatYouPay, Dani Gill, Brendan MacEvilly

Bursaries and development grants available for creatives throughout summer and autumn

Bursaries and development grants available for creatives throughout summer and autumn

FundingBoundless & BareJune 26, 2025Create, Artist in the Community, AIC, Bursary Award, July 2025, Funding Opportunity, Grant, Leitrim, Donegal, Dún Laoghaire

Kinsella and Fleming to Headline Broken Sleep Books Launch at Irish Writers Centre

Kinsella and Fleming to Headline Broken Sleep Books Launch at Irish Writers Centre

EventsBoundless & BareJune 24, 2025Alice Kinsella, Daragh Fleming, Broken Sleep Books, Irish Writers Centre, Alvy Carragher, Alicia Byrne Keane, Joe Caslin

BND 2.2 Exclusive: Staceyann Chin — “Think of Your Poems as a Soundtrack for Your Life”

BND 2.2 Exclusive: Staceyann Chin — “Think of Your Poems as a Soundtrack for Your Life”

Interview, BND Magazine ExclusiveBoundless & BareJune 17, 2025BND Magazine 2.2., Staceyann Chin, Melissa Ridge