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Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 3h

The book isn’t out until January in Ireland and March in the States, but if you’d like a copy eventually here is the pre-order discount code. I’ll share it again and have some launches planned in Bellaghy, Belfast and Dublin for late Feb/ early March. Do come along, I’d be glad to see you.

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Eve Patten @evepatt.bsky.social · 4h

Liking it so far…

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 4h

A short clip from Leonard and Hungry Paul for those who want a quick peek before tomorrow night.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

BBC One - Leonard and Hungry Paul, Series 1, Episode 1, "They don't give this sash to just anybody"

Fire warden Shelley pulls rank on Leonard when a fire alarm goes off in the office.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Eve Patten @evepatt.bsky.social · 12h

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Marvellous cast of characters in Kevin Smith’s Injury Time romp through a mid-life crisis in Belfast and Dublin

Middle age can be a trying time, but be grateful you’re not going through the trials foistered upon Fenton Conville around his 50th birthday. His Belfast tanning salons business had being booming and ...

www.independent.ie

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Eve Patten @evepatt.bsky.social · 13h

Delighted to see the wonderful PHJ properly acknowledged- pictured here with Olivia Manning who was bitterly envious & reviewed her as ‘dreary’.

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 2d

DRUID THEATRE: FIFTY YEARS by PATRICK LONERGAN 🎭

We are delighted to be publishing this fully-illustrated and authorised history of the iconic institution that is Druid Theatre, written by Patrick Lonergan with a foreword from Fintan O'Toole.

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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · 3d

4x4-year, fully-funded PhD opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary group at Trinity College Dublin 2026-2030.

One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods.

www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...

PhD Opportunity - Trinity East - Graduate Studies | Trinity College Dublin

Professor Timothy Stott and his team are inviting applications to doctoral research on the heritage of Trinity East in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin.

www.tcd.ie

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Crossword editor’s desk: clues for Michael Stipe and a life in puzzles

REM’s Michael Stipe declared it an honour to feature in a puzzle; we continue to do those honours

www.theguardian.com

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 6d

A new museum dedicated to the life of Anglo-Irish Antarctic Explorer Ernest Shackleton has opened in his native Kildare.

Among the features at the Shackleton Experience is the actual cabin in which he died in 1922.

http://jrnl.ie/6840929

New museum dedicated to Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton opens in Co Kildare

The museum dedicated to Shackleton’s adventures is located in Athy Town Hall.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 6d

The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement
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The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement

The complete works, including previously unpublished poems and expert notes, are brought together in one volume for the first time

www.theguardian.com

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 8d

"The books seen here are some of the many which will be housed in our new Seamus Heaney Poetry Library at No. 11 Parnell Square."

Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 8d

It has been wonderful to see this image of Seamus Heaney in his study circulating ahead of the launch of his new collection.

The books seen here are some of the many which will be housed in our new Seamus Heaney Poetry Library at No. 11 Parnell Square.

We can’t wait to share them with you all.📖

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 9d

'With a marvellous cast of characters and even an ending that nods at James Joyce's 'The Dead', it's hard to know what more could be asked of this winning piece of work.' - Pat Carthy, Sunday Independent

INJURY TIME by Kevin Smith is out NOW! It's a brilliant novel-

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 12d

“Some writers have no ear for the music.”

I interviewed Ian McEwan for the @irishtimes.com about his new novel, about whether “early school leavers make bad decisions” … and what he didn’t like about his friend Martin Amis’s writing.

In print now, online soon.

Extract from the first paragraphs of my interview with McEwan. Heading is “There’s a sense that we’re somewhat out of control.”

Photo of McEwan and a few other paragraphs from later in the interview.

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 20d

Fun day in the sun with Kevin Smith signing copies of his amazing novel INJURY TIME all over Dublin!

Signed copies are now available at:
📕 @booksupstairs.bsky.social
📘 Dubray Books Mary St
📗 Hodges Figgis

Big ups to the booksellers for their support ✨️

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Jane Casey @janecasey.bsky.social · 13d

Incredibly sad. A man with a most beautiful mind - a true intellectual in the best sense of the word.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13d

The Irish language is a joy not a burden: in what other tongue is a penis a wild carrot? | Una Mullally

Record numbers of pupils are seeking opt-outs from compulsory learning. This is misguided – Irish is a portal to a world of imagination, says journalist Una Mullally

www.theguardian.com

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Eve Patten @evepatt.bsky.social · 14d

October Books of the Month- smart choices from @dubraybooks.bsky.social including #InjuryTime from Kevin Smith @lilliputpress.bsky.social

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Eve Patten @evepatt.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations Gareth, look forward to reading

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15d

Published this month: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/48Hkjfu

The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians

Cover of new Royal Historical Society monograph published on 30 October 2025: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy

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Eve Patten @evepatt.bsky.social · 20d

My other half on book-signing tour for #InjuryTime @lilliputpress.bsky.social & delighted to make the washing-machine window @dubraybooks.bsky.social

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Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social · 21d

📣 It's publication day! 🔥Burning Swamps🔥 is out with @universitypress.cambridge.org ! My book tells the forgotten history of peat in the context of Russia’s industrialization & electrification and points to the lingering presence of past extraction 1/5

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Book cover of "Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia's Fossil Economy" by Katja Bruisch. A black and white photograph shows a woman with a headscarf stacking peat

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 24d

First sighting of Scribendi in the wild! A gorgeous, gorgeous book celebrating the last forty years of Irish writing ❤️

Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 24d

This book of portraits, just published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social, contains over 100 writers from the 1980s to the present. An extraordinary collection.

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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 25d

Wonderful few days in Mexico City hosted by UNAM/La Cátedra Extraordinaria Eavan Boland-Anne Enright de Estudios Irlandeses - thanks to Hannah McCarthy for this great write up also featuring my @ucc.ie colleague Nuala Finnegan

Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 26d

‘It’s a phenomenon - we’re very privileged’: Contemporary Irish women writers celebrated at symposium in Mexico. Irish studies programme in Mexico has introduced students to writers such as Sally Rooney and Claire Keegan, writes Hannah McCarthy

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

‘It’s a phenomenon - we’re very privileged’: Contemporary Irish women writers celebrated at symposium in Mexico

Irish studies programme in Mexico has introduced students to writers such as Sally Rooney and Claire Keegan

www.irishtimes.com

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Darryl Jones @profdarryljones.bsky.social · 25d

We have a cover!

‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!

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Amanda Bell @gagebybell.bsky.social · 26d

Congratulations @sineadgleeson.bsky.social and @louisekennedy.bsky.social and thank you @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social - great to see a big group of people celebrating Norah Hoult today in Terenure 💫

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 26d

Injury Time by Kevin Smith: Engrossing and supremely witty

The protagonist, a marvellous creation, is embedded in the affluent world of north Co Down – a Protestant world of generational wealth and no little ostentation

www.irishtimes.com

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