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Fiction Extract for Patrons: WB Yeats’s First Breach with Charley Johnston

This extract for patrons from Orna Ross's novel A Life Before features Charles Johnston (1867 – 1931), Irish schoolfriend of W.B. Yeats and one of the core founders of the Theosophist Movement. A Sanskrit scholar, Johnston wrote numerous books on Theosophy, as well as many Sanskrit translations. His wife Vera Vladimirovna de Zhelihovsky was niece to the (in)famous Madame Blavatsky—who is also a real-life character in the novel series

Bereavement Poetry Book News: Open Poetry Post

My latest poetry project, Night Light: Poems for Bereavement and Other Hard Times, has sparked an accompanying initiative.

In addition to the book, I’m creating a special poetry kit for bereavement counsellors and humanist celebrants.

This kit is designed to integrate the healing power of poetry into the sensitive work of supporting others through life’s most challenging moments–offering the healing power of poetry when it’s most needed.

Maud Gonne Statue Campaign: Update 1:3

This is your latest update about the Maud Gonne Statue campaign, with information about Kickstarter late pledges, a new “stretch reward” book, and formation of the Maud Gonne Society as a company limited by guarantee, seeking charity status.

A Crowd of Stars

Read WB Yeats' poetry with commentary by the muse

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Read Maud Gonne's words about the poetry she influenced