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Catriona Shine
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Writer, architect, occasional actor. Debut novel, Habitat, published March 2024 by the Lilliput Press http://bio.site/CatrionaShine
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Delighted to see my short story Oboe highly commended in the Bridport Prize. @bridportprize.bsky.social
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A huge thanks to @daithitoms.bsky.social and Shane Tivenan for a great conversation at Prismatic Pages in Oslo last weekend.
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

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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
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.
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#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.
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Thanks to all at Cork World Book Fest!
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.
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
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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What are the good search engines now that Google is broken?
I’ve been using Ecosia for environmental reasons.
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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) 😊
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Read Mary Morrissey’s short essay on her Issue 14 short story, Mature People

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⌛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

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Congratulations! This sounds wonderful!
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Really lovely to have work included here in such brilliant company ✨️
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
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Winter Papers
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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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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.