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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Aug 14

Featuring amazing essays and short fiction from incredible writers such as Niamh Campbell, Darragh McCausland, Kevin Breathnach, Megan Nolan, Kathryn Scanlan, Roisin Kiberd and many more.

Not to be missed. Link below 🐽

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Aug 14

🐷 End of Summer Sale 🐷

For the next week we have up to 30% off select back issues on our website. There are literally only 1 or 2 of some of these left. So if you’re short one to fill the set (so far), get yourself over to our website before they sell out for good.

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Jul 9

You can read the rest of Paul's brilliant essay in our current issue. Available on our website or in select bookshops. www.thepigsback.ie/shop

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Jul 9

Paul Whyte is a writer and Dad. His work has been published in The Moth, The Lonely Crowd, The Irish Examiner and more. In 2021 his debut novel 'Harrow the Boys' was published by Maverick House. He is currently editing his follow-up and working on an essay collection.

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Jul 9

"I was seventeen years old, pale as pasta water and about to carry out what would become the most elaborate sting operation ever seen in the history of Xtra-Vision video rental, main street, Tipperary Town, Ireland."
— Dove Sta Memoria: My Brain on Video Games, Paul Whyte

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Jun 30

You can read Kathy's fantastic story in our current issue. Available on our website or in select bookshops. thepigsback.ie/shop

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Jun 30

Kathy Stevens is a short story writer from Stratford-upon-Avon, where she works as a butcher. Her stories have appeared in MIR, The Moth, and Granta. She is working on a collection.

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Jun 30

"Peter had told me they couldn’t get you off the mountain—something about money, and you being too heavy. I didn’t get it. I remembered how he used to pick you up like you were a sack of potatoes."
— Snow White, Kathy Stevens

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Jun 24

Our editor Emily is running an 8-week non-fiction editing course with the Irish Writer's Centre.

"Each week we will workshop the participants’ work-in-progress with a focus on peer feedback, editing and structure, with the aim of building self-editing skills."

Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social · Jun 24

🔹 UPCOMING COURSES 🔹

Self-Editing Non-Fiction with Emily Cooper

Aimed at writers with a body of non-fiction (small or large) that they are hoping to polish for publication.

🕣 6.30pm-8.30pm
📅 9 July 2025 (8 sessions)
💻 Online

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Self-Editing Non-Fiction with Emily Cooper - Irish Writers Centre

Starts Wednesday 9 July 2025. 8-week evening course aimed at writers with a body of non-fiction that they are hoping to polish for publication.

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Jun 10

You can read Kerry's excellent story in our current issue. Available on our website or in select bookshops. thepigsback.ie/shop

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Jun 10

Kerry Mahony is a writer and creative based in Dublin. She has had prose published in Worms Magazine and Lesbian Art Circle and writes about art, design and culture for DJ Mag, Totally Dublin, Service95 and The GOO.

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Jun 10

"The woman at reception smiles like nothing bad has ever happened to her. She leads us around the retreat centre with such pride that you would think she built it with her bare hands."
— Saturn Return, Kerry Mahony

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · May 29

For the Irish Itinerary Podcast (@efacis.bsky.social), I had a fun chat with Dean Fee and Emily Cooper of @thepigsback.bsky.social about their editing of the magazine, Irish literary journals and the Journals Fleadh, and their own writing:
www.efacis.eu/podcast

Image for The Irish Itinerary Podcast Episode 60, Emily Cooper & Dean Fee in conversation with Tim Groenland.

Additional info: In their conversation with Tim Groenland, Emily Cooper and Dean Fee discuss the origins of their literary journal, The Pig’s Back, designed as a Donegal-based journal with an international bent. They talk about creating not only an issue, but a beautiful object that stays in people’s minds; blurring fiction and non-fiction; bringing the many literary journals in Ireland together at the Journals Fleadh; and what being edited has thought them as writers and editors.

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · May 28

You can read Sam's brilliant story in our current issue. Order now online or find it in select bookshops. thepigsback.ie/shop

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · May 28

Sam Furlong’s first book of poetry is forthcoming from Macha Press, and they are the poetry editor of The Frustrated Writer’s Group. They are writing a collection of short stories.

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · May 28

"Though Martin often watches home improvement shows and Netflix documentaries about bludgeoned women in bed on his laptop, he doesn’t believe there is any place for a television in an adult’s apartment."
— 'I could not have written this without you' by Sam Furlong.

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · May 23

Issue 19 (spring/summer 2025) is gone to print! View the contents and pre-order your copy at the link in bio 😎

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Issue 19 | Spring/Summer 2025 — Banshee Press

128 pages ISSN: 2009-857X ISBN: 978-1-917161-17-6

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · May 19

You can read Laura's hilarious story in our current issue. Order now online or find it in select bookshops. thepigsback.ie/shop

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · May 19

Laura Fitzgerald is a visual artist working in drawing, painting, installation, video, text and audio. Her writing has been published by PVA, Bog Bodies Press, Onomatopee, and Bloomers. She is currently working on a series of experimental short stories and poems.

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · May 19

'My father had said a lot of quotable things over his lifetime: 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑, or 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑝𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑠ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑. “None of these are head stone appropriate,” I said to him.'
— from Land Eats You by Laura Fitzgerald

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Apr 28

"He thought Susan was a good girl, but foolish and in need of protection. He remembered her appearance on the day he arrested her: sweating, pale and aching in the septic ward of the Sparkhill Women’s Hospital."
— 'I am not going to punish you', Máiréad Enright.

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Apr 28

You can read Máiréad's excellent essay in our current issue. Order now online or find it in select bookshops. thepigsback.ie/shop

The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Apr 28

Máiréad Enright grew up in Kerry and lives in Birmingham. She is a legal academic. This is her first published piece of creative non-fiction.

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The Pig's Back @thepigsback.bsky.social · Apr 28

"He thought Susan was a good girl, but foolish and in need of protection. He remembered her appearance on the day he arrested her: sweating, pale and aching in the septic ward of the Sparkhill Women’s Hospital."
— 'I am not going to punish you', Máiréad Enright.

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