Jessica Grene
@jgrenewriter.bsky.social
Irish writer. Reader. Mother of redheads. Leftie nerd. She/her.
https://www.jessica-grene-writer.com
https://www.jessica-grene-writer.com
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I’m hearing rumors about a “new year”, do we really want another one of these things?
December 2, 2023 at 9:51 PM
I’m hearing rumors about a “new year”, do we really want another one of these things?
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Not doing Black Friday because I'm against the creeping Americanisation of Irish life and can't afford to as a small artist, but WILL be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every piece of art you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com/artprints I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Not doing Black Friday because I'm against the creeping Americanisation of Irish life and can't afford to as a small artist, but WILL be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every piece of art you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com/artprints I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies
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Gerald Dawe Poetry Bursary - Deadline extended to Wednesday 3rd Dec.
Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann invites applications from poets for the inaugural Home Again - Gerald Dawe Poetry Bursary aimed at the development and creation of new work.
www.poetryireland.ie/news/home-ag...
Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann invites applications from poets for the inaugural Home Again - Gerald Dawe Poetry Bursary aimed at the development and creation of new work.
www.poetryireland.ie/news/home-ag...
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Gerald Dawe Poetry Bursary - Deadline extended to Wednesday 3rd Dec.
Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann invites applications from poets for the inaugural Home Again - Gerald Dawe Poetry Bursary aimed at the development and creation of new work.
www.poetryireland.ie/news/home-ag...
Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann invites applications from poets for the inaugural Home Again - Gerald Dawe Poetry Bursary aimed at the development and creation of new work.
www.poetryireland.ie/news/home-ag...
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Nature: Winter is a time of slowing down, resting, conserving energy and recovering for the year ahead
Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE
Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Nature: Winter is a time of slowing down, resting, conserving energy and recovering for the year ahead
Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE
Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE
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This email could have been a heartbreaking debut novel for fans of Matt Haig and Jodi Picoult.
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This email could have been a heartbreaking debut novel for fans of Matt Haig and Jodi Picoult.
‘This decision (a ‘bathroom ban’) will not make women safer, but it will undoubtedly endanger trans and non-binary people, who already face higher rates of harassment and violence.’
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
‘This decision (a ‘bathroom ban’) will not make women safer, but it will undoubtedly endanger trans and non-binary people, who already face higher rates of harassment and violence.’
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Dublin bookshop to host festive late-night shopping event following arson attack | Irish Independent share.google/spCMW7qYvg79...
Dublin bookshop to host festive late-night shopping event following arson attack
A much-loved Dublin bookshop will kick off the festive season next week with a late-night Christmas shopping party featuring cocktails, cookies and surprise author signings.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Dublin bookshop to host festive late-night shopping event following arson attack | Irish Independent share.google/spCMW7qYvg79...
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Hey @miseryvulture.bsky.social , nach mbeadh sé greannmhar dá tabharfá cic sa thóin di?
Irish is a 'gift' says President Connolly as she visits gaelscoil on first full day in office jrnl.ie/6871895
Irish is a 'gift' says President Connolly as she visits gaelscoil on first full day in office jrnl.ie/6871895
Irish is a 'gift' says President Connolly as she visits gaelscoil on first full day in office
As she arrived Gaelscoil Inse Chór this morning, students from the school chanted her name.
jrnl.ie
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Hey @miseryvulture.bsky.social , nach mbeadh sé greannmhar dá tabharfá cic sa thóin di?
Irish is a 'gift' says President Connolly as she visits gaelscoil on first full day in office jrnl.ie/6871895
Irish is a 'gift' says President Connolly as she visits gaelscoil on first full day in office jrnl.ie/6871895
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There is no winning. Read a book in public, you get accused of being performative. Don't read a book in public, Joyce Carol Oates says you are a human shell with no inner life. 😞
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
There is no winning. Read a book in public, you get accused of being performative. Don't read a book in public, Joyce Carol Oates says you are a human shell with no inner life. 😞
This is an excellent book. I highly recommend!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Flashlight by Susan Choi review – big, bold and surprising
Stretching from Indiana to North Korea, the US writer’s sixth novel is a study of absence, alienation and affection in a family rocked by tragedy
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This is an excellent book. I highly recommend!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
But the book is called GLORIOUS EXPLOITS.
This is great news! It’s a fantastic book.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
But the book is called GLORIOUS EXPLOITS.
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Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Heresies
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Heresies
The €10,000 prize, awarded annually since 1976, celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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This premise for a novel by @richycraven.bsky.social is easily the most fun thing to come out of this presidential election.
I'm going to write a Rom Com about a hot shot reporter who's sent to cover the Cavan-Monaghan constituency count and falls in love with the local schoolteacher as she's stuck there for the 3 weeks it takes to get the final result
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This premise for a novel by @richycraven.bsky.social is easily the most fun thing to come out of this presidential election.
Really enjoyed seeing Be Careful at the Project last night. Written and performed by Mallika Taneja.
October 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Really enjoyed seeing Be Careful at the Project last night. Written and performed by Mallika Taneja.
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The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow
Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent
The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.
www.rte.ie
October 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow
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It's publication day for our three brilliant September titles: @poetclare.bsky.social's Lives of the Female Poets, @jesstraynor.bsky.social's New Arcana, and @emiliejelinek.bsky.social's The Sky Around My Father, winner of the @mslexia.bsky.social Women's Poetry Pamphlet Competition 2024.
September 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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New statement from Irish foreign minister Simon Harris:
"There is a genocide taking place in Gaza and the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry earlier this week make clear that this is the case.
The need for action has never been more urgent. In fact, it is long past due."
"There is a genocide taking place in Gaza and the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry earlier this week make clear that this is the case.
The need for action has never been more urgent. In fact, it is long past due."
September 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New statement from Irish foreign minister Simon Harris:
"There is a genocide taking place in Gaza and the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry earlier this week make clear that this is the case.
The need for action has never been more urgent. In fact, it is long past due."
"There is a genocide taking place in Gaza and the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry earlier this week make clear that this is the case.
The need for action has never been more urgent. In fact, it is long past due."
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Irish media reporting on road collisions too often dehumanises victims and hides driver responsibility. Cyclists and pedestrians are people first — the language we use matters.
Read our full statement below.
Read our full statement below.
September 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Irish media reporting on road collisions too often dehumanises victims and hides driver responsibility. Cyclists and pedestrians are people first — the language we use matters.
Read our full statement below.
Read our full statement below.
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Dismayed by the "I loathe Gl**ner but his arrest should scare us all" takes. The bar for arrest over a social media post *should be extremely high*, but a guy who's harassed trans people 19 hours a day for 8 years, telling his 600k fans to attack any trans women they see, clears that bar v easily?
September 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Dismayed by the "I loathe Gl**ner but his arrest should scare us all" takes. The bar for arrest over a social media post *should be extremely high*, but a guy who's harassed trans people 19 hours a day for 8 years, telling his 600k fans to attack any trans women they see, clears that bar v easily?
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Kitty O'Brien: "The video of me being beaten went viral because I’m white, but the violence I experienced is just a drop in the ocean compared to what my Palestinian, Arab and other racialised comrades have endured at the hands of the German state police over the past two years.”
September 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Kitty O'Brien: "The video of me being beaten went viral because I’m white, but the violence I experienced is just a drop in the ocean compared to what my Palestinian, Arab and other racialised comrades have endured at the hands of the German state police over the past two years.”
Interesting to read Adam Roberts’ review of ‘The Rest of Our Lives’ by Ben Markovits.
I've read another of the Booker 2025 longlist: profadamroberts.substack.com/p/ben-markov...
Ben Markovits, ‘The Rest of our Lives’ (2025)
Rabbit, Tom
profadamroberts.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Interesting to read Adam Roberts’ review of ‘The Rest of Our Lives’ by Ben Markovits.