Your job is to pick the worst actor to play James Bond.
Your job is to pick the worst actor to play James Bond.
Great cover!
Astrid, Aghast by Ian Roy is now available for pre-order! gaspereaupress.com/books/astrid...
Wanna lead Iran?
Wanna lead Iran?
That also entitles you to three meals
Sheβs finally here. Welcome to the world, book number 9. Such a gorgeous article. One month till publication #FewAndFarBetween
The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living writersβwithout their permission.
www.wired.com/story/gramma...
Cleaned my laptop screen and keyboard today, and suddenly the literary cyberworld reveals itself in all its enormityβwho knew Irish writers were so successful? Annual cleaning, whether needed or not, from here on out.
and co-edited with Dimitra Xidous this great online poetry and art mag - The Pickled Body
thepickledbody.com
Celebrating ##worldbookday #abookshoplikenoother
you got to hand it to them
We're thrilled to announce the 2026 Young Writer Delegates who will attend and contribute to @cuirtfestival.bsky.social this year! π₯³
The 2026 Delegates are: Liam Carton, Luke Condon, Eddie Critchley, Shauna Murphy, and Val Carton!
Read more about them here: irishwriterscentre.ie/announcing-o...
International Debut Novel Competition
Beautiful design
Render proofs are out in the world! So excited for us to share this brilliantly inventive collection with you all β¨οΈ
@bansheepress.bsky.social
Like when you rush into the pub with a thirst and there's an open mic going on in the corner.
That's quite the commitment.
The first biography I ever read (in my mid-teens) was about themβa tad sad as I recall. (The next one was on Jack Benny and Bob Hope after that.)
It sure is.
Bok tour to watch for with @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
Making the Poem Spring Programme 2026 continues with readings and interview with Patrick Chapman.
π21st March
π’2:00pm
πWestside Library, Galway
π« Free
πMore details www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/mak...
If, like me, you can put up with the constant verbal abuse and no salary or prospects, the job here could be yours.
The Paddy's Week junket to the US must be preserved at all costs.
If the Yanks reduced the planet to a smoking apocalyptic wasteland, there'd be an Irish politician crawling through the ashes to present a bowl of radioactive shamrock to the last remaining American mutant.
A sensible cost savings measure.
I think we need a tea trolley at the ILT offices. Maybe if I embraced AI, I could divert some of the staff from our Accounts department to operate it. I'm thinking about a tiered tray of cakes and pastries too, but the people from accounts might find that an unnecessary expense. They can be tight.
Happy Christmas!
Tomorrow the postman is bringing me my new book; this is basically Christmas Eve for a writer.
βIβm so happy. I love writing songs. I love Ireland. I love Dublin. Up the Dubs. Up Bohs. Up Dunboyne. Free, free Palestine.β