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Gerard Beirne @gerardbeirne.bsky.social · 7h

Shutting up shop tonight with this one - Blaze Foley

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If I Could Only Fly

YouTube video by Blaze Foley - Topic

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 11h

Along with writer Ling Ma and Chicago Public Library star Stephen Sposato, I’m to be one of the three judges of the 2025 Story Prize, and I’m super thrilled about this (plus honored).

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

Congratulations.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 11h

That Irish writing should stop looking backwards.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 18h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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

Former Dingle cinema bought by Cillian Murphy and Yvonne McGuinness receives almost a million in state funding www.radiokerry.ie/news/former-...

Former Dingle cinema receives almost a million in state funding | RadioKerry.ie

The former Phoenix cinema in Dingle has been allocated €933,000 under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund | Radio Kerry News

www.radiokerry.ie

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

Article by Naoise Dolan who has returned to Ireland.

Naoise Dolan @naoisedolan.bsky.social · 8h

Israel kidnapped me on Wednesday morning. I’m out now. We will keep at it for not only a ceasefire, but full justice and self-determination for Palestine. Here’s an article I wrote that was published shortly after I had to throw my phone into the water www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We fear what Israel will do to us if they seize our ship. But we are not turning back | Naoise Dolan

Our captured flotilla colleagues have been subjected to violence and degrading conditions in an Israeli prison. This has only made us more determined, says Irish writer Naoise Dolan

www.theguardian.com

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

Delighted to hear that! Kudos. 🙏

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 14h

Muireann Bradley is California dreamin’ after landing dream gig with Neil Young and Lana Del Rey www.donegaldaily.com/2025/10/09/m...

Muireann Bradley is California dreamin’ after landing dream gig with Neil Young and Lana Del Rey - Donegal Daily

FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint Ballybofey blues star Muireann Bradley will share the stage with Neil Young, Beck and Lana Del Ray at a…

www.donegaldaily.com

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 14h

Adapted from the novel by Louise Kennedy: Set in 1975 in a town outside Belfast, Trespasses follows Cushla, a young Catholic schoolteacher whose world changes when she meets Michael-an older, married Protestant barrister. Their connection is instant. Their affair, forbidden.
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Trespasses | Official Trailer | 4TheDrama

YouTube video by 4 The Drama

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 18h

Book shopping from @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social

Chaos Theory by @sylvialeatham.bsky.social An exciting Irish debut novel that I've heard lots about.

Congratulations Sylvia!

Cover: image of a man and woman kissing in an office environment.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 14h

How wonderful.

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Liam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 17h

Drawings by Niamh Lawlor of poets at last night's Cultivating Voices online reading. Myself, Catherine Ann Cullen, Lauren O'Donovan and Molly Twomey. And a big thanks to Sandy Yannone for bringing us together for a lovely night of poems, and the stories within the poems, of which there were many.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 21h

You inspired me to get the book, and I actually started it last night I bed!

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 1d

Just turning the light out at the ILT headquarters. Will head home, light the candle, put the kettle on for tea, & listen to the wireless before retiring. It's getting to that time of year that I might have to wear the nightcap with the gown tonight and maybe put a few embers in the bedwarmer.

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Gerard Beirne @gerardbeirne.bsky.social · 1d

I remember publishing Clea way back in The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social. Great to see that she has a new collection out.

Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · 1d

On Oct 26, hear from three local authors of outstanding new short story collections: Bill Gaston (Tunnel Island), Clea Young (Welcome to the Neighbourhood), & Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross (The Longest Way to Eat a Melon). Moderated by Holly Flauto.

writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 1d

a woman is screaming in a shower with her mouth open .

ALT: a woman is screaming in a shower with her mouth open .

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

Please nobody tell professional writer praising professional journalists Caitlin Flanagan what "out of whole cloth" means

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Not now but soon enough, there will be major stories about The Free Press being the creation of three female founders who constructed a hugely successful digital business out of whole cloth.

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orchis.bsky.social @orchis.bsky.social · 1d

Finnegans Wake- sameaseverysauntersaturnday

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mjhxoot.bsky.social @mjhxoot.bsky.social · 1d

The World that Made New Orleans, Ned Sublette. I'll get back to it. Brilliant book about slavery, empire, and music. Among other things.

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John Creedon @johncreedon.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Nenagh for the full house, the warm welcome and the laughter. It was a blast!
Lovely to finally work with @paulashields.bsky.social

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 1d

I was on NPR talking about the Nobel Prize

(They cut the part where I said who I'd personally like to see win, where I think César Aira, Yoko Ogawa, Don DeLillo, and Ben Okri were names I tossed out) www.npr.org/2025/10/11/n...

How to win the Nobel Prize in Literature

Author and critic Lincoln Michel talks about Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai's Nobel win and what it shows about who gets recognized in world literature.

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Cristín Leach @cristinleach.bsky.social · 1d

Second place! Thanks to judge Roisín O’Donnell and congrats to everyone. The stories will all be published in Issue 4 of The Four Faced Liar.

Text graphic with competition results:

Short Story Competition

First
The First Electrical Measurement of Starlight by Aoife Esmonde

Runner-Up
This Time Baby by Cristín Leach

Highly Commended
The Shandon Clock Tower Strikes a New Hour by Lorna Mulvany
Puce by Christine Maguire
Middle Floor by Ben Tufnell
Court by Emer O'Hara

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

Catherine Connolly accuses FG of politics of ‘fear’ and ‘smear’ in latest debate

Polls show TD with significant lead over Heather Humphreys, who was combative in exchanges

www.irishtimes.com

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 1d

Reminds me of a different portrait of Sinéad O’Connor at a concert rehearsal with the image of the Observer photographer Jane Bown reflected in her pupils.

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Also Catherine Corless, Lenny Abrahamson, and that extraordinary one of Sinéad O'Connor at the back of the bus which I appear to not have taken a photo of. Worth going to see the real thing.
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