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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · 16d

Delighted to see my short story Oboe highly commended in the Bridport Prize. @bridportprize.bsky.social
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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · 18d

A huge thanks to @daithitoms.bsky.social and Shane Tivenan for a great conversation at Prismatic Pages in Oslo last weekend.

David Toms @daithitoms.bsky.social · Sep 9

I'm excited to chat with Shane Tivenan and Catriona Shine about (built) environments and their works To Avenge A Dead Glacier and Habitat respectively in October here in #Oslo. Both out from @lilliputpress.bsky.social

Free, sign up here:

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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · Oct 6

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Sosialdemokratiske spøkelser

En syrlig allegori over det norske samfunnet anno 2025, der det sosiale — og materielle — fundamentet bokstavelig talt begynner å slå sprekker, skriver vår anmelder om boken «Habitat» av Catriona Shin...

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Sep 3

Israeli drones drop grenades near UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

Force describes incident as ‘one of the most serious attacks on Unifil personnel and assets’ since end of Israel-Hizbullah war

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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · Aug 13

Dagens avis: klassekampen.no/utgave/2025-...

Ubehag i nabolaget

Catriona Shines roman «Habitat», lagt til en norsk bygård i fritt forfall, er blitt hyllet i irske medier.

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Cork World Book Fest @corkworldbookfest.bsky.social · Aug 5

Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social is an Irish-Norwegian writer and architect. Her debut novel, Habitat, published by the Lilliput Press, was a Sunday Times, Irish Times and The Journal Most Anticipated Book of 2024, RTÉ Book of the Week, and was longlisted for the McKitterick Prize. Catriona

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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · May 21

Great news!

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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · May 3

Calling all European creators, please read and sign this open letter to the European Commission for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy calling for AI regulation, and copyright protection and enforcement.
creators-for-europe-united.eu
#AI #europe #creators #copyright

Creators for Europe United

Open letter to the Executive Vice-President of the EU Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy to protect Europe’s creative soul.

creators-for-europe-united.eu

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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thanks to all at Cork World Book Fest!

Cork World Book Fest @corkworldbookfest.bsky.social · Apr 22

Cork World Book Fest starts today!

Hope to see you later along with Laurie Legrande, ER Murray, Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Dan Boyle @theformerdanboyle.bsky.social Christine Dwyer Hickey, Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social Kevin Curran, Mary Morrissy, William Wall & Liam Ronayne.

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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · Apr 20

Greetings!

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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · Apr 19

It has been a wonderful privilege to stay at Hawthornden Castle for a writers’ residency. It’s a beautiful place and I made some great friends. #writing #hawthornden #writingretreat #novel #edinburgh #scotland #castle

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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · Apr 17

I'll have the pleasure of reading and conversing with Christine Dwyer Hickey, Kevin Curran (another Lilliput author) and Mary Morrissy at the opening to Cork World Book Festival this Tuesday 7pm at Cork City Library. Come along if you can!

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · Apr 15

Free to enter #writing competition as part of annual #literaryfestival in lovely Ponta Lopud near #Dubrobnik #Croatia entry can be short story, poetry, essay. Theme is hotels: 'what do their walls feel+what stories do they long to tell?' Info and t+cs here

Book Bridge - Competition - Ponta Lopud Creative Platform

September 18 to 20, 2025 2025 BOOK BRIDGE The second edition of the Ponta Lopud Book Bridge will bring a nuanced creative buzz to Lopud exploring the relationship between Literature and social controv...

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TheBlindboyPodcast @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social · Apr 14

What are the good search engines now that Google is broken?

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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · Apr 14

I’ve been using Ecosia for environmental reasons.

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Mark O’Connell @mrkocnnll.bsky.social · Apr 14

I wrote about Gaza, and about writing about Gaza www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Apr 13

Making an effort to repost (not just like) all the posts on goodness, kindness, beauty, optimism. Be the change you want to see in the world (or at least on BlueSky) 😊

Wide horizon and small sailing boat in colours of blue and grey

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The Lonely Crowd @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social · Apr 13

Read Mary Morrissey’s short essay on her Issue 14 short story, Mature People

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Shakespeare and Company @shakespeareandcompany.com · Apr 10

⌛Solvej Balle on Time, Wonder, & Writing the Impossible⏳

On this week's podcast Solvej Balle returns to the bookshop she once called home to discuss her monumental "On the Calculation of Volume".
🎧: pod.fo/e/2c6094

@thebookerprizes.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @ndbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · Apr 10

Congratulations! This sounds wonderful!

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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · Apr 8

There's a lovely review of Habitat by Madeline Beach Carey in World-Architects Magazine today. #Habitat #buildingnovels #architecturebooks #architecture #novel #oslo
www.world-architects.com/en/architect...

Habitat: An Autopsy of Collective Collapse - Building Novels

Habitat is the debut novel of Catriona Shine, an architect who grew up in Ireland and now works in Oslo, and the latest installment in Madeline Beach Carey's...

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · Apr 2

Really lovely to have work included here in such brilliant company ✨️

David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · Apr 2

There's a @winterpapers.bsky.social archive online with work by Claire Kilroy, Hugh O'Connor, Jess Traynor, June Caldwell, Sara Baume, Brian Leyden, Peter Murphy, Martin Dyar, Jess Raymon, me, and an interview with Cathal Coughlan by Siobhán Kane. winterpapers.com/selected-work

Winter Papers Selected Work

Winter Papers

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Druid Theatre @druidtheatre.bsky.social · Apr 2

Founded in 1975, this year marks Druid's 50th anniversary

We're celebrating with a double bill of Synge’s Riders to the Sea and Shakespeare’s Macbeth in Galway this July, followed by Macbeth in Dublin and Beckett’s Endgame in New York

Come join us in the celebrations 🎉

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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social · Mar 28

I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...

Protest Meta's Theft of Irish Writing

I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?

my.uplift.ie

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Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @kennysbookshop.bsky.social · Mar 18

Irish businesses will struggle to compete with Amazon ie, both online and in the high street.

Shop direct with your Irish retailers, who already exist.

Support local, not the billionaires.

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