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Gerard Beirne @gerardbeirne.bsky.social · 1h

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 · 1h

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.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 40m

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 · 2h

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 · 4h

Finnegans Wake- sameaseverysauntersaturnday

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mjhxoot.bsky.social @mjhxoot.bsky.social · 1h

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 · 15h

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 · 5h

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.

www.npr.org

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Cristín Leach @cristinleach.bsky.social · 5h

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 · 5h

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 · 4h

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 · 12h

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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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 12h

The @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social has a selection of recently acquired portraits, among them Edna O'Brien, Maeve Binchy, Brian Friel, and the last portrait of J.P. Donleavy.
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The James Joyce Centre @jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social · 5h

We are saddened by the passing of Roland McHugh. Roland was a Joyce scholar of six decades and the author of Annotations to Finnegans Wake.

Rest in Peace.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 4h

Let us know how you get on!

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 5h

That's me sorted for a couple of days.

Actually, the reviews have been a bit difficult to interpret - but, sure, we'll see.
#Banville

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 4h

What book have you been meaning to read all weekend that you haven't got around to yet?

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 4h

"A collection of empty chairs is called an author reading."

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 4h

"A group of people who only remember 'the cover was blue' is called a patron."

Collective Nouns for Librarians

A group of librarians is called a cardigan. A collection of empty chairs is called an author reading. A collection of Eric Carle books covered in s...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 6h

This is truly grotesque. Teachers should not be using this stuff. If a school was pushing it on teachers who work with kids I care about, I'd make a big effing stink until they stopped. We have to not give into this.