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Neil Hegarty

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Writer, Dublin and Derry. Worlds, words. Novels: The Jewel • Inch Levels. Essays (ed.): Impermanence. Dublin Review•Stinging Fly•Banshee• Tangerine•Cyphers•Irish Times 📖 & 🌿 & 🏳️‍🌈 & 🎂 neilhegarty.com

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Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social · Jun 1

Very glad to have first glimpse of my essay 'Beach Trip to Gaza', in the latest issue of @bansheepress.bsky.social.

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Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social · 1d

'In Fermanagh, the almost total disappearance of greys and re-emergence of red squirrels is being largely put down to pine martens.' This is a great story.

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Pine martens on the move in Northern Ireland

One of Northern Ireland's rarest native mammals have been turning up in some unusual places.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social · 1d

To the Musée national Picasso-Paris today. This photograph shows the Pavilion of the Spanish Republic at the 1937 Paris International Exposition, as the Civil War was raging in Spain itself - and the first public exhibition of 'Guernica', here at centre.

Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's that the smaller reds evolved alongside pine martens, so are adept at avoiding them. The larger greys were introduced, and so are much less adept.

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Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social · 1d

'In Fermanagh, the almost total disappearance of greys and re-emergence of red squirrels is being largely put down to pine martens.' This is a great story.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Pine martens on the move in Northern Ireland

One of Northern Ireland's rarest native mammals have been turning up in some unusual places.

www.bbc.com

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 1d

Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: For those familiar with Heaney’s work, the new poems will keep them going well beyond Christmas. But soon, the core of the book will matter more – the 12 volumes Heaney published in his lifetime placed in sequence.

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Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: ‘A process of finding echoes and associations’

This book contains Heaney’s unpublished poems plus all those from his single books of poetry published

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 3d

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins.

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Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins

The prize, considered the most prestigious literary prize in the world, is worth almost €1 million and has had four Irish winners in the past

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Alexandra Wilson @amwilson.bsky.social · 3d

I am delighted with this review of my new book in The New Statesman. The reviewer really gets what the book is all about.

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When did opera become elitist?

Alexandra Wilson’s history of the art form in Britain shows how it used to appeal to everyone, from miners to lords

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PVA Books @pva-books.bsky.social · 3d

We are delighted to be returning to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social!

Join us on 7 November for a panel discussion exploring the pleasures and pitfalls of writing about different art forms, featuring 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴-contributor Maggie Armstrong. Do come!

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DBF After Dark Festival Club: Echoes on the Page - Dublin Book Festival

Immerse yourself in an evening of artforms at our DBF After Dark Festival Club, where we’ll be exploring books inspired by music, art and film. Anna Carey’s Our Song (Hachette) is a story of second ch...

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Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann @irishpen.bsky.social · 3d

Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the detention of writer Naoise Dolan, one of several Irish citizens taking part in the Thousand Madleens flotilla.

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Thousand Madleens flotilla Statement - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann

8 October 2025 Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the detention of writer Naoise Dolan, one of several Irish citizens taking part in the Thousand Madleens flotilla. The flotilla was ...

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dublinbookfest.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social · 18d

Join us for our festival opening night for a special evening of conversation and culture to celebrate the 100th issue of The Dublin Review in a live broadcast with @rteradio1.bsky.social Arena 🎟️ bit.ly/3KgYZDD

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 5d

I did not believe Israel would reach the point of starving people to death.
I did not believe it would, on average, erase a classroom of children every single day for two whole years.”

- Orly Noy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Disappearing people, disappearing morals – how two years has changed Gaza and Israel | Orly Noy

There can be no healing until the world stares into and acknowledges the void torn open by this conflict, says Israeli journalist Orly Noy

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 6d

Books Upstairs is a fine store with a particularly excellent poetry section. Why not support them by ordering your books online instead: booksupstairs.ie

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 6d

‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack

Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the D’Olier Street store later on Monday

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Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social · 6d

It's true: you were first on the scene with the nooze, Hugo.

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Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann @irishpen.bsky.social · 10d

Please read and reshare our statement on the Global Sumud Flotilla. We at Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann offer solidarity in this time of crisis.

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Global Sumud Flotilla Statement - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann

2 October August 2025 Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the abduction of poet Sarah Clancy, one of several Irish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla. The flotilla was ...

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Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social · 10d

Blue light on stone.

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A month to go! The deadline for entries to this edition of the Michael McLaverty Short Story Award is 31 October.

DerryJournal @derryjournal.com · Jul 9

Derry writer Neil Hegarty to judge Michael McLaverty award with winner set to receive £2,500

Derry writer Neil Hegarty has been named as one of the adjudicators in the Michael McLaverty Short Story Award 2025, the winner of which will be awarded £2,000.

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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · 13d

Wonderful launch for The Hare's Corner on Friday evening. It was a celebration of the book but more importantly everyone who is looking after Irish nature.
Thanks @newislandbooks.bsky.social @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social Jane Carkill Catherine Cleary

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Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social · 13d

Pizdyets: On the morning after the parliamentary elections in Moldova, I read this brilliant essay by Philip Ó'Ceallaigh in @thedublinreview.bsky.social The Dublin Review 98.

Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social · 15d

Oscar and his friends today (at Père-Lachaise).

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Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · 19d

⚡️Meet the Stormers of Issue V ⚡️

Fiona O’Rourke is a Pushcart nominated author/Arts Council Ireland funded writer. Her work has been published in journals and anthologies, broadcasted & translated. fionaO.substack.com

The Storms is supported by #fingalarts & @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

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Ian Mitchell, MD @drivmitch.bsky.social · 19d

1. Shout out to @neilhegarty.bsky.social for the kindness of sending me a copy of his debut novel. I do enjoy getting a package from back home. The hospital in the foreground is where my father, a general surgeon trained at Queen's in Belfast, practiced for his career.

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Ian Mitchell, MD @drivmitch.bsky.social · 19d

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 19d

Discussing Dirty Linen on France 24 ahead of my evrnt with Neil Hegarty at the @centreculturelirlandais on Thursday as part of my month’s residency. If you’re in Paris , come along www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...

Perspective - 'Some wounds have never been allowed to heal': Author Martin Doyle on the Troubles

The author of a new book which tells the story of the troubles in Northern Ireland that spanned three decades has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how his aim was to create a microhistory of the period by ho...

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