Dr Shauna Gilligan
@shaunagilligan.bsky.social
Writer, Educator, Feminist, full of heart, cats, literacy for all. Awards incl Jack Harte Bursary 2025 and 2024 Brigid1500. Latest Pub: Co-editor of anthology of art & writing
https://www.kennys.ie/shop/fire-brigid-and-the-sacred-feminine-9781851323289
https://www.kennys.ie/shop/fire-brigid-and-the-sacred-feminine-9781851323289
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The winter holidays are here, and PEN America is ready to celebrate them in our favorite way — curled up with a good book!
But this year — as our holiday season Banned Books Reading List shows — even heartwarming holiday tales aren't safe from bans: bookshop.org/lists/happy-...
But this year — as our holiday season Banned Books Reading List shows — even heartwarming holiday tales aren't safe from bans: bookshop.org/lists/happy-...
Happy Holidays: A Banned Books Reading List
The winter holidays are here, and PEN America is ready to celebrate them in our favorite way — curled up with a good book!
bookshop.org
December 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The winter holidays are here, and PEN America is ready to celebrate them in our favorite way — curled up with a good book!
But this year — as our holiday season Banned Books Reading List shows — even heartwarming holiday tales aren't safe from bans: bookshop.org/lists/happy-...
But this year — as our holiday season Banned Books Reading List shows — even heartwarming holiday tales aren't safe from bans: bookshop.org/lists/happy-...
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#RussianFederation: Writer Larisa Tuptsokova faces years in prison in absentia for her work promoting Circassian language and culture. We urge the authorities to drop all charges and to end mounting acts of transnational repression. www.pen-international.org/news/russian...
Russian Federation: Drop spurious extremism case against Circassian writer Larisa Tuptsokova — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
“ The preposterous case against Larisa Tuptsokova is in direct retaliation for her work promoting Circassian language and culture. The Russian authorities must end their relentless onslaught on free...
www.pen-international.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
#RussianFederation: Writer Larisa Tuptsokova faces years in prison in absentia for her work promoting Circassian language and culture. We urge the authorities to drop all charges and to end mounting acts of transnational repression. www.pen-international.org/news/russian...
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Annua Winter Exhibition
opens tonight at 6.00 PM
at
Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin
with works -among the others- by Seán Connolly, Peter Cleary, Paul Doran, John Gibbons, Patrick Graham, Eileen Leonard Sealy & .... nerosunero
hillsborofineart.com/art/winter-e...
#Dublin #Art #Painting #Exhibitions
opens tonight at 6.00 PM
at
Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin
with works -among the others- by Seán Connolly, Peter Cleary, Paul Doran, John Gibbons, Patrick Graham, Eileen Leonard Sealy & .... nerosunero
hillsborofineart.com/art/winter-e...
#Dublin #Art #Painting #Exhibitions
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Annua Winter Exhibition
opens tonight at 6.00 PM
at
Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin
with works -among the others- by Seán Connolly, Peter Cleary, Paul Doran, John Gibbons, Patrick Graham, Eileen Leonard Sealy & .... nerosunero
hillsborofineart.com/art/winter-e...
#Dublin #Art #Painting #Exhibitions
opens tonight at 6.00 PM
at
Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin
with works -among the others- by Seán Connolly, Peter Cleary, Paul Doran, John Gibbons, Patrick Graham, Eileen Leonard Sealy & .... nerosunero
hillsborofineart.com/art/winter-e...
#Dublin #Art #Painting #Exhibitions
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PEN America mourns the passing of bestselling author Madeleine Wickham, better known by her pen name, Sophie Kinsella. She told the Boston Herald in 2004, "My first aim is to make people laugh." Across 30+ books translated into over 40 languages, she most certainly did. www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n...
Author Sophie Kinsella, who penned the 'Shopaholic' books, has died at 55
The author, whose real name was Madeleine Sophie Wickham, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in late 2022.
www.npr.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
PEN America mourns the passing of bestselling author Madeleine Wickham, better known by her pen name, Sophie Kinsella. She told the Boston Herald in 2004, "My first aim is to make people laugh." Across 30+ books translated into over 40 languages, she most certainly did. www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n...
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Advent by Patrick Kavanagh
We have tested and tasted too much, lover –
Through a chink too wide there comes in no wonder.
We have tested and tasted too much, lover –
Through a chink too wide there comes in no wonder.
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Advent by Patrick Kavanagh
We have tested and tasted too much, lover –
Through a chink too wide there comes in no wonder.
We have tested and tasted too much, lover –
Through a chink too wide there comes in no wonder.
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PEN America and @bardcollege.bsky.social announce the launch of Kronika, a new digital platform designed to safeguard journalism globally and ensure that the historical record cannot be obliterated by censorship. More: pen.org/press-releas...
Global Platform Launches to Combat Authoritarian Censorship and Preserve Independent Journalism
New digital platform designed to safeguard journalism globally and preserve historical records from being obliterated by censorship
pen.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
PEN America and @bardcollege.bsky.social announce the launch of Kronika, a new digital platform designed to safeguard journalism globally and ensure that the historical record cannot be obliterated by censorship. More: pen.org/press-releas...
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Santawiches.
Watch me eat Christmas sandwiches or read me describing eating Christmas sandwiches (if that’s your thing) www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/12...
Patrick Freyne’s quest for the best Christmas sandwich in Dublin: ‘I give it five Santas out of five’
Warning: please bear in mind that our food-critic-for-a-day has the taste buds of a junkyard dog and finds almost all food delicious
www.irishtimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Santawiches.
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Huge congratulations to Elif Shafak, newly elected President of the Royal Society of Literature. A powerful advocate for free expression and the unifying force of storytelling. We celebrate this well-deserved recognition!. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Elif Shafak named new president of the Royal Society of Literature
The British-Turkish writer was elected after a vote among the society’s fellows, with outgoing president Bernardine Evaristo describing her selection as ‘terrifically inspired’
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Huge congratulations to Elif Shafak, newly elected President of the Royal Society of Literature. A powerful advocate for free expression and the unifying force of storytelling. We celebrate this well-deserved recognition!. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
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#DayoftheImprisonedWriter, we honour #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli.
Messages of hope may seem small, but for writers unjustly imprisoned, they are a lifeline. Stand with them 📢 www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Messages of hope may seem small, but for writers unjustly imprisoned, they are a lifeline. Stand with them 📢 www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter, we honour #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli.
Messages of hope may seem small, but for writers unjustly imprisoned, they are a lifeline. Stand with them 📢 www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Messages of hope may seem small, but for writers unjustly imprisoned, they are a lifeline. Stand with them 📢 www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
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Writing from Gaza, Palestinian journalist Ibtisam Mahdi explores how women have played—and will continue to play—a critical role in rebuilding life and culture amid genocide. Mahdi has interviewed nearly 100 women about profound hardship in Gaza. Read more: pen.org/women-on-gen...
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Writing from Gaza, Palestinian journalist Ibtisam Mahdi explores how women have played—and will continue to play—a critical role in rebuilding life and culture amid genocide. Mahdi has interviewed nearly 100 women about profound hardship in Gaza. Read more: pen.org/women-on-gen...
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Dublin Photography & Street Photography
Best of December 2025.... so far!
ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
#Dublin #Photography #Streetphotography #December
nerosunero.art/dublin-autum...
Best of December 2025.... so far!
ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
#Dublin #Photography #Streetphotography #December
nerosunero.art/dublin-autum...
December 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Dublin Photography & Street Photography
Best of December 2025.... so far!
ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
#Dublin #Photography #Streetphotography #December
nerosunero.art/dublin-autum...
Best of December 2025.... so far!
ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
#Dublin #Photography #Streetphotography #December
nerosunero.art/dublin-autum...
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PEN America mourns the death of Tom Stoppard, one of the world's most influential playwrights and a tenacious defender of free expression.
Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award.
pen.org/press-releas...
Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award.
pen.org/press-releas...
PEN America Mourns Death of Playwright Tom Stoppard, a Tenacious Defender of Free Expression
PEN America statement on Tom Stoppard death: “From his early plays like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead that shocked audiences, to his most recent and most autobiographical play Leopoldstadt— in...
pen.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
PEN America mourns the death of Tom Stoppard, one of the world's most influential playwrights and a tenacious defender of free expression.
Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award.
pen.org/press-releas...
Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award.
pen.org/press-releas...
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We're in a piece by @johnmeaghermedia.bsky.social today in the Indo looking at the impact a large online American corporation has had on Irish retailers
November 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We're in a piece by @johnmeaghermedia.bsky.social today in the Indo looking at the impact a large online American corporation has had on Irish retailers
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This month’s reading list is themed “From Behind Bars” in for our #DayoftheImprisonedWriter campaign. These works, born from experiences behind bars remind us that the human voice endures even when freedom is taken away.
Take action for those behind bars: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Take action for those behind bars: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This month’s reading list is themed “From Behind Bars” in for our #DayoftheImprisonedWriter campaign. These works, born from experiences behind bars remind us that the human voice endures even when freedom is taken away.
Take action for those behind bars: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Take action for those behind bars: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
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This just blew my mind a bit
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This just blew my mind a bit
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Today marks 97 months since the brutal assassination of #DaphneCaruanaGalizia in #Malta
97 months without full justice for her killing.
Scottish PEN continues to fight for #JusticeForDaphne
#JournalismIsNotACrime
@peninternational.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social
97 months without full justice for her killing.
Scottish PEN continues to fight for #JusticeForDaphne
#JournalismIsNotACrime
@peninternational.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today marks 97 months since the brutal assassination of #DaphneCaruanaGalizia in #Malta
97 months without full justice for her killing.
Scottish PEN continues to fight for #JusticeForDaphne
#JournalismIsNotACrime
@peninternational.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social
97 months without full justice for her killing.
Scottish PEN continues to fight for #JusticeForDaphne
#JournalismIsNotACrime
@peninternational.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social
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This is journalist, Furkan Karabay, 29 yrs old who has been held in pre-trial detention in Turkey since May 2025, charged with insulting his president in his news reports. His next trial is 2nd December & he faces 6-15 years in prison if sentenced. We call for his release. Please repost for Furkan.
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is journalist, Furkan Karabay, 29 yrs old who has been held in pre-trial detention in Turkey since May 2025, charged with insulting his president in his news reports. His next trial is 2nd December & he faces 6-15 years in prison if sentenced. We call for his release. Please repost for Furkan.
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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 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We're launching next Thursday 27th November in the Digital Depot - come one, come all!!
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I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
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Okay whoever decided on that ridiculous story about suspected foxes cutting wires in Dublin needs to own up. They don't even have any proof and there's a whole piece with interviews etc.
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Okay whoever decided on that ridiculous story about suspected foxes cutting wires in Dublin needs to own up. They don't even have any proof and there's a whole piece with interviews etc.
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
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Fabulous resource on classic women’s literature, focusing mainly on women who wrote in the English language, as well as global authors who were translated extensively:
www.literaryladiesguide.com
www.literaryladiesguide.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Fabulous resource on classic women’s literature, focusing mainly on women who wrote in the English language, as well as global authors who were translated extensively:
www.literaryladiesguide.com
www.literaryladiesguide.com
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#DayoftheImprisonedWriter: Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit — the voice of the Hirak movement — is in prison just for speaking truth to power. Join PEN International in demanding his immediate and unconditional release.
Take action today: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
Take action today: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
Mohamed Tadjadit Day of the Imprisoned Writer — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of E...
www.pen-international.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter: Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit — the voice of the Hirak movement — is in prison just for speaking truth to power. Join PEN International in demanding his immediate and unconditional release.
Take action today: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
Take action today: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
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Michael D Higgins to receive lifetime achievement award at An Post Book Awards
Michael D Higgins to receive lifetime achievement award at An Post Book Awards
Former president has published five poetry collections and several others of essays and speeches
www.irishtimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Michael D Higgins to receive lifetime achievement award at An Post Book Awards
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Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
Healthy oceans, safe future: stop the toxic shark trade
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now!
action.wemove.eu
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...