June Caldwell
@junec.bsky.social
Lamplight Fellowship 2025 | Moth Short Story Prize 2024 | Somebody expo 2020 | Room Little Darker 2018 | Stinging Fly; gorse; Moth; Winter Papers; Orca; Lonely Crowd; Pennsylvania English; BBC4; Paper Visual Art; L'Esprit; Globe & Scales; Long Gaze Back +
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Stoked to have a #ShortStory 🌀Night Of The Big Wind🌀 in #TheClimateIssue of @stingingfly.bsky.social Huge thanks to Editor Lisa McInerney. I'm also super grateful to @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for a 2025 Literature Bursary Award. I'll be reading this story at #DoolinWritersWeekend in January.
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Blend 900gms Chestnut mushrooms into #vegan 'mince'. Fry 2 onions, 4 X garlic, chopped rosemary + 2bsp olive oil for 10 mins to soften. Add mushrooms 15 mins, then 300mls red wine & simmer 15 till reduced by 2/3. Add 3 tins X organic tomatoes, s&p, 1 tbsp marmite, simmer 45-1hr. Serve with pasta. 😋
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Blend 900gms Chestnut mushrooms into #vegan 'mince'. Fry 2 onions, 4 X garlic, chopped rosemary + 2bsp olive oil for 10 mins to soften. Add mushrooms 15 mins, then 300mls red wine & simmer 15 till reduced by 2/3. Add 3 tins X organic tomatoes, s&p, 1 tbsp marmite, simmer 45-1hr. Serve with pasta. 😋
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And this is what the very kind Jonathan had to say about my debut which will be published 3-3-26!
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
And this is what the very kind Jonathan had to say about my debut which will be published 3-3-26!
Blend 900gms Chestnut mushrooms into #vegan 'mince'. Fry 2 onions, 4 X garlic, chopped rosemary + 2bsp olive oil for 10 mins to soften. Add mushrooms 15 mins, then 300mls red wine & simmer 15 till reduced by 2/3. Add 3 tins X organic tomatoes, s&p, 1 tbsp marmite, simmer 45-1hr. Serve with pasta. 😋
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Blend 900gms Chestnut mushrooms into #vegan 'mince'. Fry 2 onions, 4 X garlic, chopped rosemary + 2bsp olive oil for 10 mins to soften. Add mushrooms 15 mins, then 300mls red wine & simmer 15 till reduced by 2/3. Add 3 tins X organic tomatoes, s&p, 1 tbsp marmite, simmer 45-1hr. Serve with pasta. 😋
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@stingingfly.bsky.social Launch of ISSUE 53 The Climate Issue @ Digital Depot, introduced by Declan Meade & Editor Lisa McInerny, w/readings from @junec.bsky.social, Simon Costello & many others 💫
@eoieoin.bsky.social in the raffle hat w/writers Lianne O'Hara, Ella Gaynor & Kasandra Ferguson✨
@eoieoin.bsky.social in the raffle hat w/writers Lianne O'Hara, Ella Gaynor & Kasandra Ferguson✨
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
@stingingfly.bsky.social Launch of ISSUE 53 The Climate Issue @ Digital Depot, introduced by Declan Meade & Editor Lisa McInerny, w/readings from @junec.bsky.social, Simon Costello & many others 💫
@eoieoin.bsky.social in the raffle hat w/writers Lianne O'Hara, Ella Gaynor & Kasandra Ferguson✨
@eoieoin.bsky.social in the raffle hat w/writers Lianne O'Hara, Ella Gaynor & Kasandra Ferguson✨
Super impressed with #MASA on Drury Street (D2) yesterday, great tasty small plates at equally great prices. I had the vegan soya tacos and Susan had pulled pork. The nachos with salsas & guacamole were great to start, and a Mexican beer for the washdown. 8/10.
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Super impressed with #MASA on Drury Street (D2) yesterday, great tasty small plates at equally great prices. I had the vegan soya tacos and Susan had pulled pork. The nachos with salsas & guacamole were great to start, and a Mexican beer for the washdown. 8/10.
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I've written a novel, Experts in a Dying Field. It's out on Penguin Sandycove in June. It's about about a band and a tragedy & art for art's sake & aging & loss & community & Dublin. There's a fox in it. & sheet music. The beautiful cover's by Jack Smyth. You can preorder: linktr.ee/expertsinady...
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I've written a novel, Experts in a Dying Field. It's out on Penguin Sandycove in June. It's about about a band and a tragedy & art for art's sake & aging & loss & community & Dublin. There's a fox in it. & sheet music. The beautiful cover's by Jack Smyth. You can preorder: linktr.ee/expertsinady...
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Thirty five new courses @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social in early #2026 to mark 35 years in operation...including #WritingAShortStory with me and 'Autoportraits: Making Stories from Art with Susan Tomaselli', info below:
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/auto...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/auto...
Autoportraits: Making Stories from Art with Susan Tomaselli - Irish Writers Centre
This 6-week course will explore the characteristics of autofiction, ekphrasis (written description of a visual work), and creative non-fiction with Susan Tomaselli. Starts Tuesday 3 February 2026, 6.3...
irishwriterscentre.ie
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Thirty five new courses @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social in early #2026 to mark 35 years in operation...including #WritingAShortStory with me and 'Autoportraits: Making Stories from Art with Susan Tomaselli', info below:
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/auto...
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From Gaza to Dublin: ‘When I saw bananas for the first time in two years, I almost screamed’
From Gaza to Dublin: ‘When I saw bananas for the first time in two years, I almost screamed’
Gazan student says new life in Dublin is ‘a miracle’
www.irishtimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
From Gaza to Dublin: ‘When I saw bananas for the first time in two years, I almost screamed’
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I am delighted to be on the Gordon Burn longlist because number one, I am a Gordon Burn nut, and number two the books I have already read on this list are brilliant. Thank you so much.
November 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I am delighted to be on the Gordon Burn longlist because number one, I am a Gordon Burn nut, and number two the books I have already read on this list are brilliant. Thank you so much.
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I'll be reading at The Stinging Fly launch on Thursday. A character's personal tempest inside literal one or lesbian road trip with supernatural fairies, damaged bogs, an upturned camper van, high jinx, creepy haunting and winks to The Wizard of Oz & an historic storm that battered Ireland in 1839.
THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week!
Join us as we celebrate the launch in The Digital Depot, Dublin 8 next Thursday 27th November from 7pm 🎉
This event is free but space is limited and booking essential - book your ticket here: stingingfly.org/product/wint...
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week!
Join us as we celebrate the launch in The Digital Depot, Dublin 8 next Thursday 27th November from 7pm 🎉
This event is free but space is limited and booking essential - book your ticket here: stingingfly.org/product/wint...
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I'll be reading at The Stinging Fly launch on Thursday. A character's personal tempest inside literal one or lesbian road trip with supernatural fairies, damaged bogs, an upturned camper van, high jinx, creepy haunting and winks to The Wizard of Oz & an historic storm that battered Ireland in 1839.
That's so fabulous.
Heavens to Murgatroyd!
We've just had to press the button on another reprint.
This is the third in 10 weeks.
Marvelous!
FYI @ronanhession.bsky.social
@bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
We've just had to press the button on another reprint.
This is the third in 10 weeks.
Marvelous!
FYI @ronanhession.bsky.social
@bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
That's so fabulous.
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We've reduced the price of the paperback for a while too: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/paperback-sh...
ALL MY PRECIOUS MADNESS — Galley Beggar Press
‘Unapologetically erudite and frequently brutal... a devastating satire on the way in which class, education and masculinity act as a kind of trap.’ — The Telegraph READ THE FIRST CHAPTER HERE...
www.galleybeggar.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We've reduced the price of the paperback for a while too: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/paperback-sh...
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It took 7 yrs to find a publisher for my 1st novel because young women writers in the early 2000s weren't currency. Finally a balancing out & the menz are unhappy. Good points here:
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated
As debates over the ‘disappearing’ young male novelist rumble on, some authors and critics push back against claims that fiction has closed its doors to men. Hannah Ewens learns that the real problem ...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It took 7 yrs to find a publisher for my 1st novel because young women writers in the early 2000s weren't currency. Finally a balancing out & the menz are unhappy. Good points here:
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...
I'll be reading at The Stinging Fly launch on Thursday. A character's personal tempest inside literal one or lesbian road trip with supernatural fairies, damaged bogs, an upturned camper van, high jinx, creepy haunting and winks to The Wizard of Oz & an historic storm that battered Ireland in 1839.
THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week!
Join us as we celebrate the launch in The Digital Depot, Dublin 8 next Thursday 27th November from 7pm 🎉
This event is free but space is limited and booking essential - book your ticket here: stingingfly.org/product/wint...
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week!
Join us as we celebrate the launch in The Digital Depot, Dublin 8 next Thursday 27th November from 7pm 🎉
This event is free but space is limited and booking essential - book your ticket here: stingingfly.org/product/wint...
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I'll be reading at The Stinging Fly launch on Thursday. A character's personal tempest inside literal one or lesbian road trip with supernatural fairies, damaged bogs, an upturned camper van, high jinx, creepy haunting and winks to The Wizard of Oz & an historic storm that battered Ireland in 1839.
Made this Butternut & Sage #Risotto as I had it recently at Circle of Missé Writers Retreat, France. Owner/chef Aaron Tighe is putting together a #cookbook of grub he feeds to writers! He makes his veg stock fresh, so I did too. It's very rich as it uses butter & cheese; once in an orange moon dish.
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Made this Butternut & Sage #Risotto as I had it recently at Circle of Missé Writers Retreat, France. Owner/chef Aaron Tighe is putting together a #cookbook of grub he feeds to writers! He makes his veg stock fresh, so I did too. It's very rich as it uses butter & cheese; once in an orange moon dish.
I'll be reading at this launch!
We're launching next Thursday 27th November in the Digital Depot - come one, come all!!
THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I'll be reading at this launch!
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I went to Assassination Custard, the most precisely chaotic and singularly wonderful restaurant in Dublin, and had a very, very nice time.
observer.co.uk/style/restau...
observer.co.uk/style/restau...
Assassination Custard, Dublin: ‘Precisely chaotic and singularly wonderful’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I went to Assassination Custard, the most precisely chaotic and singularly wonderful restaurant in Dublin, and had a very, very nice time.
observer.co.uk/style/restau...
observer.co.uk/style/restau...
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Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of “giving money to people who need it” is tried, it turns out to work.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of “giving money to people who need it” is tried, it turns out to work.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
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So i did this #TedX talk in October in Tralee -a different way of communicating for me- it was a nerve-wracking but fascinating experience, & met some wonderfully diverse speakers on the day. Hope it gets more notice for the Irish 🇮🇪 revolutionary women #tedxtralee #speirgorm youtu.be/FLRIKMiJ5Qc?...
Revolutionary Women | Mary McAuliffe | TEDxTraleeWomen
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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November 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So i did this #TedX talk in October in Tralee -a different way of communicating for me- it was a nerve-wracking but fascinating experience, & met some wonderfully diverse speakers on the day. Hope it gets more notice for the Irish 🇮🇪 revolutionary women #tedxtralee #speirgorm youtu.be/FLRIKMiJ5Qc?...
Thirty five new courses @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social in early #2026 to mark 35 years in operation...including #WritingAShortStory with me and 'Autoportraits: Making Stories from Art with Susan Tomaselli', info below:
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/auto...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/auto...
Autoportraits: Making Stories from Art with Susan Tomaselli - Irish Writers Centre
This 6-week course will explore the characteristics of autofiction, ekphrasis (written description of a visual work), and creative non-fiction with Susan Tomaselli. Starts Tuesday 3 February 2026, 6.3...
irishwriterscentre.ie
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Thirty five new courses @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social in early #2026 to mark 35 years in operation...including #WritingAShortStory with me and 'Autoportraits: Making Stories from Art with Susan Tomaselli', info below:
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/auto...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/auto...
Love a #VeggiePie in winter. Roast 500gms mushrooms, 1 onion, 3 garlic, 2tsp ras el hanout, 1tsp salt, 2tbsp olive oil: 1 hour at 160⁰. Roast 3 sweet spuds, 1 celeriac, 2tbsp oil 45 mins. Add tin puy lentils, ½ lemon juice & coriander to mushrooms, mash spuds adding 100gms cheddar; grill for 6 mins.
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Love a #VeggiePie in winter. Roast 500gms mushrooms, 1 onion, 3 garlic, 2tsp ras el hanout, 1tsp salt, 2tbsp olive oil: 1 hour at 160⁰. Roast 3 sweet spuds, 1 celeriac, 2tbsp oil 45 mins. Add tin puy lentils, ½ lemon juice & coriander to mushrooms, mash spuds adding 100gms cheddar; grill for 6 mins.
Received my contributor copy of The Stinging Fly yesterday and am dipping in & out as the pages fall open. Nandini Rawat's story *Tulipa* - about the human cost of the logistics industry under capitalism - is absolutely brilliant. Spiky, zany-paced and genuinely terrifying, what a fantastic writer.
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Received my contributor copy of The Stinging Fly yesterday and am dipping in & out as the pages fall open. Nandini Rawat's story *Tulipa* - about the human cost of the logistics industry under capitalism - is absolutely brilliant. Spiky, zany-paced and genuinely terrifying, what a fantastic writer.
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Stoked to have a #ShortStory 🌀Night Of The Big Wind🌀 in #TheClimateIssue of @stingingfly.bsky.social Huge thanks to Editor Lisa McInerney. I'm also super grateful to @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for a 2025 Literature Bursary Award. I'll be reading this story at #DoolinWritersWeekend in January.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Stoked to have a #ShortStory 🌀Night Of The Big Wind🌀 in #TheClimateIssue of @stingingfly.bsky.social Huge thanks to Editor Lisa McInerney. I'm also super grateful to @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for a 2025 Literature Bursary Award. I'll be reading this story at #DoolinWritersWeekend in January.
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When we watched Jaws, the SHARK wasn't scary. The fin was. When we can see the monster, the scary factor disappears. Join me for this four week #WritingWorkshop and learn tools to imply the horror:
www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p958/w...
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Writing #SpeculativeFiction
www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p958/w...
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Writing #SpeculativeFiction
ONLINE Writing Horror Without Blood in Short Fiction
When we watched Jaws, the SHARK wasn't scary. The fin was. When we can see the monster, the scary factor disappears. Join me for this four week course to learn tools to imply the horror. Build dread t...
www.alexandrawriters.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
When we watched Jaws, the SHARK wasn't scary. The fin was. When we can see the monster, the scary factor disappears. Join me for this four week #WritingWorkshop and learn tools to imply the horror:
www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p958/w...
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Writing #SpeculativeFiction
www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p958/w...
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Writing #SpeculativeFiction