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Tim Groenland
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Academic in Dublin. Contemporary literature & publishing.
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Here's something that me and Evan Brier have been working on for ages: a special issue on editors in postwar US literature, full of essays by brilliant scholars. Delighted to see it published! post45.org/sections/iss...
Issue 9: Editing American Literature - Post45
Edited by Evan Brier and Tim Groenland
post45.org
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love to see a mention of @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social in my favorite newspaper, @dublininquirer.com 🩷🩷🩷🩷

www.dublininquirer.com/things-to-do...

come on down to Pearse Street Library from 6-9 Friday night and 10-4 Saturday! #DublinSmallPressFair2025
Things To Do: Ponder a move to Wexford, celebrate independent publishers, reflect on failure, prepare for a busy Friday
Our latest recommendations, and community noticeboard listings.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Started actually posting on Instagram for the very first time to promote this small press fair and I've never felt older. What is a "reel." Why do pictures have to be that size. I'll kill you
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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numbers 5 and 6 are, 16 months later, making their way into the worl--and I just ordered more postage than I can reasonably afford so watch your mailboxes for these

and letters too
Abundant Number volume 1 is at one printers; text-message/postcard inclusion has arrived from the other.

want to find out more about this mail art experiment/Fluxus-dscended print object/zine/indie weekly [biannual?] paper/slow motion publishing-as-art project? okay:

abundantnumber.ohbara.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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sneak peek at new stuff/recent reprints:
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Just updated the Plaintext Distro site with the new zines we will have next week at the Dublin Small Press Fair!

Check 'em out: plaintextdistro.neocities.org

And check out the event if you're in Dublin!
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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🎫 Tickets are live 🎫
We're delighted to be part of the December First Fridays at @molimuseum.bsky.social – talking to @groenbot.bsky.social Groenland about the art of editing, followed by readings from our stellar Issue Ten contributors!
moli.ie/events/first...
First Fridays
moli.ie
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I'm looking forward to speaking to the @tolkajournal.bsky.social editors in @molimuseum.bsky.social on Friday December 5th! I'll be asking them about their experiences of making the first ten issues of one of the best literary journals around. Free booking link below.
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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a little write-up in Totally Dublin! thanks for asking us to talk about the #DublinSmallPressFair2025, and for taking the time to include us!

www.totallydublin.ie/arts-culture...
Pressing Issues - Dublin Small Press Fair 2025
“I love the way that small press fairs can remind us that actually, literature can be produced wherever you are.” - Éireann Lorsung
www.totallydublin.ie
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Many thanks to Dublin Small Press co-founders Tim Groenland and Éireann Lorsung for this generous mention @rte_culture!

www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
In praise of small presses: Ireland's indie publishers celebrated
Ahead of the inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair this November, co-founders Tim Groenland and Éireann Lorsung salute a golden age for independent publishing in Ireland.
www.rte.ie
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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and!
LITERARY MAGAZINES FOR EVERY READER at the #DublinSmallPressFair2025

Nov. 28-29 at Pearse St. Library

dublinsmallpressfair.com for full details!
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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presses! presses! presses! distros! #DublinSmallPressFair2025 is this Friday 6-9 p.m. and Saturday 10-4 at Pearse St. Library in Dublin!
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Exciting news ~ TL/TH in book
form, from Peninsula Press in 2026✨

Too Little/Too Hard (edited by Lucy Mercer and Livia Franchini), a collection of essays from some of the most exciting contemporary writers about literature, work, time, and value (shipping May)

peninsulapress.co.uk/products/202...
2026 subscription
We are pleased to announce our 2026 subscription: a selection of five books publishing next year, each delivered at least one month ahead of publication, all for a special price of £55 (saving £12 on ...
peninsulapress.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Excited to see some of you in Pearse Library this Friday and Saturday at the @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social 📚

Open to the public on Friday between 6-9 pm, and on Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm 📚

Be sure to come by and say hello at our stand, and peruse our selection of translated titles! 📚
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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We are so delighted to be taking part in the inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair later this month ✨️

Come along to Pearse Street Library on November 28 and 29 to say hi, browse our wares and celebrate all of the amazing indie publishers, literary magazines, writers, zines and-
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Top-tier promotional materials for the inaugural @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social, happening at Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2, on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 November. All welcome, admission free. Hope to see some of you there.
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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have just won the Oscars of small-press-fair publicity; thank you @longbarrowpress.bsky.social
Top-tier promotional materials for the inaugural @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social, happening at Pearse Street Library, Dublin 2, on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 November. All welcome, admission free. Hope to see some of you there.
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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spent a rejuvenating few hours talking with Rita Hynes of Cailleach Books, who is doing a pop-up in Dingle for the days of the @dinglelit.bsky.social Festival at a tiny shop down the road from An Díseart (run by Sarah, also lovely and an invigorating imaginer, but whose last name I didn't catch)
Cailleach Books
Cailleach Books
www.cailleachbooks.ie
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I had reason to purchase a brass bell today, so me and the kid ended up in a garage where an old gentleman proudly showed us his geodes, elaborate homemade marble runs, and what he claimed were dinosaur teeth. All made possible by the magic of adverts dot ie
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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more life! more weird books! (and I know Tim would agree, more weird book-makers, and that includes you!)
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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"small-press publishers are the spirit that animates our literature. [They] put on the most community-led, exciting and engaging literary events, forming life-giving networks that sustain the industry at large"

yes! yes!
wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!

www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
www.thebookseller.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Like an underground river, small presses are a source of deep life for the literary industry. However, they are facing a severe crisis that is now draining them dry, down to the riverbed"
wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!

www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
www.thebookseller.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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We're launching Issue 10 at @molimuseum.bsky.social First Fridays on the eve of 5 December 🎺

Featuring an editorial conversation, and readings from seven amazing contributors 🔥

Time tbc, and registration will open soon 👀
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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One ticket available (face value) for tonight’s very secret #mbv gig at National Stadium to anyone who can meet me there in about an hour.
#ticketfairy
@foggynotions.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Meditating, floating, escaping the cycle of suffering by communing with the official RTE Sport super slo-mo version of the Parrott goal on repeat
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Come and meet Road Books at the #DublinSmallPressFair2025. Not only publishers of artists books, they also run a small artists' residency. Love that breadth of vision! See more at the link below and in Pearse St. Library on Nov. 28+29:

roadbooks.ie
road books
Artists Books by Judy Kravis and Peter Morgan
roadbooks.ie
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM