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Great to see this from Ali Smith.

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

25.01.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah very glad you liked it, Jan.

23.01.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Essay - Winterreisen - Stevie by Wendy Erskine - BBC Sounds New short story by Wendy Erskine about a winter journey at Christmas, inspired by Schubert

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
A beautiful new story here from Wendy Erskine.

30.12.2025 11:31 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Coming soon…

07.11.2025 20:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy to have recently joined the board of Irish PEN and would encourage more writers to become members. Find out more here:

irishpen.com/become-a-mem...

29.10.2025 19:32 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Cork launch of Banshee issue 20 β€” Banshee Press Celebrate ten years of Banshee at the Cork launch of our speculative fiction-themed 20th issue. Join us at the Staff Common Room in the Quad, UCC , on Thursday 30 October at 6pm to raise a glass ...

Join us next Thursday 30 October in @ucc.ie at 6pm to celebrate the launch of Banshee issue 20! Hear readings from our brilliant contributors and raise a glass to ten years of Banshee πŸ“š

bansheepress.org/events/cork-...

23.10.2025 11:16 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Submissions for issue 21 are open until midnight IST on Friday 31 October ✍️

27.10.2025 18:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Winter Papers Launch - Dublin Book Festival Volume 11 of Winter Papers, Ireland’s annual anthology for the arts, is published by Curlew Editions. It offers fiction, non-fiction, photography, visual art, along with craft interviews and in-conver...

WP 11 is almost ready - come say hello to the new volume @dublinbookfest.bsky.social All welcome, free entry, book tickets here:
dublinbookfestival.com/event/winter...

28.10.2025 11:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Well that was great fun! Thank you @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social and @declanmeade.bsky.social and everyone in Dublin who made it such a great evening!

23.01.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Me and Tom from @scratchbooks.bsky.social and @declanmeade.bsky.social will be talking in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social in Dublin in 24 hours.

Thank you to whomever put my mad book in the middle of the display 😚. Come see us here from 6pm tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd)

21.01.2025 17:18 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Sunday with Steven Rainey - What’s Elon Musk’s Endgame?, Video Nasty, Unstoppable, Maeve Brennan & The Rose Garden - BBC Sounds With Elon Musk’s interest in US and now European politics, what is his endgame?

Interview here towards the end of Sunday’s programme, 1hr 39 mins in, with Angela Bourke - talking to Steven about Maeve Brennan’s life, her work and her legacy.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

15.01.2025 21:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
This is a promo image for creative writing workshops aimed at LGBTQIA + people and it has a picture of me on it with a rainbow background. All the other information is already in text on it.

This is a promo image for creative writing workshops aimed at LGBTQIA + people and it has a picture of me on it with a rainbow background. All the other information is already in text on it.

Anyone LGBTQIA+ or a migrant to Ireland, Ennis Book Club Festival has a great new project of free creative writing workshops aimed at certain groups- I'll be facilitating these ones and to book just email info@ennisbookclubfestival.com

09.01.2025 14:47 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Editing Ireland: David Marcus - RTÉ Radio 1 This programme dedicated to the rich legacy of David Marcus is led by Paul Delaney and Deirdre Madden, editors of the 2024 book Editing Ireland and its publisher, Declan Meade.

Over the holidays, you may have missed this special programme celebrating the life and work of David Marcus and the recent publication of Editing Ireland @stingingfly.bsky.social - listen back here
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

13.01.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to talking to Claire next week.

13.01.2025 22:42 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anne Haverty left us with plenty to think about and to savour when she delivered the @stingingfly.bsky.social Annual Lecture in October.
Full text here:
stingingfly.org/2024/12/05/w...

15.12.2024 13:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dozens of tents set up outside Leinster House by asylum seekers who were housed in CityWest during the cold weather but were told no more accommodation would be provided for them.

The men say there were empty beds in CityWest when they were told to leave and have been protesting at the DΓ‘il since

04.12.2024 21:09 πŸ‘ 137 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
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⏰Submission Deadline Alert⏰

There's one week left to apply to the 2025 poetry workshop.

This brand new workshop will help poets developing a project or manuscript over a four-month period (Jan-May 2025).

Deadline: 5pm Monday 9th December.

More info: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...

02.12.2024 15:54 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1