E R Murray
@ermurray.bsky.social
Writer of novels, essays, short fiction & poetry. Novels include The Nine Lives Trilogy (The Book of Learning, The Book of Shadows, The Book of Revenge) & Caramel Hearts. Rep'd: Sallyanne Sweeney She/her #workingclass #blacklivesmatter
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Labyrinth, 1991 by Leonora Carrington, UK-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. #womensart
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Labyrinth, 1991 by Leonora Carrington, UK-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. #womensart
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'Heart of the Dragon, Socotra, Yemen' by photographer Beth Moon on her fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees of the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa #WomensArt
October 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
'Heart of the Dragon, Socotra, Yemen' by photographer Beth Moon on her fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees of the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa #WomensArt
Thank you so much @rurooie.bsky.social 🥰
Day 4 of #DIKBCHALLENGE25: a book that's perfect for bookclub
I feel like a good mystery is always a safe bet for bookclubs, and the intrigue and twists and turns in Arabella Pepper by @ermurray.bsky.social are guaranteed to grip any reader 🔍
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social
I feel like a good mystery is always a safe bet for bookclubs, and the intrigue and twists and turns in Arabella Pepper by @ermurray.bsky.social are guaranteed to grip any reader 🔍
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Thank you so much @rurooie.bsky.social 🥰
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Day 4 of #DIKBCHALLENGE25: a book that's perfect for bookclub
I feel like a good mystery is always a safe bet for bookclubs, and the intrigue and twists and turns in Arabella Pepper by @ermurray.bsky.social are guaranteed to grip any reader 🔍
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social
I feel like a good mystery is always a safe bet for bookclubs, and the intrigue and twists and turns in Arabella Pepper by @ermurray.bsky.social are guaranteed to grip any reader 🔍
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Day 4 of #DIKBCHALLENGE25: a book that's perfect for bookclub
I feel like a good mystery is always a safe bet for bookclubs, and the intrigue and twists and turns in Arabella Pepper by @ermurray.bsky.social are guaranteed to grip any reader 🔍
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social
I feel like a good mystery is always a safe bet for bookclubs, and the intrigue and twists and turns in Arabella Pepper by @ermurray.bsky.social are guaranteed to grip any reader 🔍
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social
@2waystreet.bsky.social hello lovely! I hope all is well with you 🥰 I feel I’ve lost contact with people a bit with the way social media has changed !
September 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
@2waystreet.bsky.social hello lovely! I hope all is well with you 🥰 I feel I’ve lost contact with people a bit with the way social media has changed !
I’ll be facilitating another online Build A Strong Writing Foundation workshop for the Irish Writers Centre starting November 12th This is a generative workshop, designed to build confidence & kickstart a viable writing routine - booking details: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/buil...
Please share! ♥️
Please share! ♥️
September 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I’ll be facilitating another online Build A Strong Writing Foundation workshop for the Irish Writers Centre starting November 12th This is a generative workshop, designed to build confidence & kickstart a viable writing routine - booking details: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/buil...
Please share! ♥️
Please share! ♥️
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And this morning the Shed is a tiny coach, made from a single walnut-shell, and drawn by a team of bumble-bees…
September 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
And this morning the Shed is a tiny coach, made from a single walnut-shell, and drawn by a team of bumble-bees…
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We've got a new Storyshaped podcast episode for you - and it's a banger! We recorded this chat with @kieranlarwood.bsky.social at @ilfdublin.bsky.social earlier this year, and now you can check it out wherever you get your podcasts! @susancahill.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/68Fz...
open.spotify.com/episode/68Fz...
Getting Storyshaped with Kieran Larwood
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September 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
We've got a new Storyshaped podcast episode for you - and it's a banger! We recorded this chat with @kieranlarwood.bsky.social at @ilfdublin.bsky.social earlier this year, and now you can check it out wherever you get your podcasts! @susancahill.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/68Fz...
open.spotify.com/episode/68Fz...
Went foraging for mushrooms, found samphire instead 🤷♀️💙 #westcorklife
September 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Went foraging for mushrooms, found samphire instead 🤷♀️💙 #westcorklife
When you go to a coffee shop to write for the first time in ages… & forget paper 🤯 very grateful to those with a bit of spare cardboard box & some baking paper 🤩 #oldschool #writingfail #trustmeimapro 😂😂😂
September 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
When you go to a coffee shop to write for the first time in ages… & forget paper 🤯 very grateful to those with a bit of spare cardboard box & some baking paper 🤩 #oldschool #writingfail #trustmeimapro 😂😂😂
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The Sibyls, a stunning new show by Alice Maher, has just opened at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery and runs until October 11th. Terrific conversation led by Jesse Jones on hair, power, lies and dispossession. Great to see Vivienne Dick (writing about her in the next book) www.kevinkavanagh.ie/exhibitions/...
September 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Sibyls, a stunning new show by Alice Maher, has just opened at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery and runs until October 11th. Terrific conversation led by Jesse Jones on hair, power, lies and dispossession. Great to see Vivienne Dick (writing about her in the next book) www.kevinkavanagh.ie/exhibitions/...
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September 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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and that is the final post transferred onto the Big Bearded Bookseller blog and it was the author interview with @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social and that is all the 97 interviews on the blog now
bigbeardedbookseller.uk/questions-fo...
#WritersLift #Author #BookSky 💙📚
bigbeardedbookseller.uk/questions-fo...
#WritersLift #Author #BookSky 💙📚
September 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
and that is the final post transferred onto the Big Bearded Bookseller blog and it was the author interview with @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social and that is all the 97 interviews on the blog now
bigbeardedbookseller.uk/questions-fo...
#WritersLift #Author #BookSky 💙📚
bigbeardedbookseller.uk/questions-fo...
#WritersLift #Author #BookSky 💙📚
Was in Finland for August on residency… redrafted a whole book, met some wonderful people, saw some beautiful skies…
September 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Was in Finland for August on residency… redrafted a whole book, met some wonderful people, saw some beautiful skies…
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If you're an artist based in Ireland, this survey relates directly to you. It'll take three or four minutes, if that (it's actually too short).
Please check it out.
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Please check it out.
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Basic Income for the Arts public consultation
ec.europa.eu
August 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you're an artist based in Ireland, this survey relates directly to you. It'll take three or four minutes, if that (it's actually too short).
Please check it out.
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Please check it out.
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
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My next show is in DUBLIN!! If you fancy having a laugh about some of the absurdities of being a woman & getting older, grab your gal pals, your sisters, your Ma, your daughters and your fellas and come along to the gorgeous Stillgarden Distillery on 12 Sept
stillgardenbarbarascully.eventbrite.ie
stillgardenbarbarascully.eventbrite.ie
OLDER, BOLDER, WISER...
Barbara Scully's One Woman Show is a mixture of stand up comedy and story telling as she muses on life as a woman and getting older.
stillgardenbarbarascully.eventbrite.ie
July 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
My next show is in DUBLIN!! If you fancy having a laugh about some of the absurdities of being a woman & getting older, grab your gal pals, your sisters, your Ma, your daughters and your fellas and come along to the gorgeous Stillgarden Distillery on 12 Sept
stillgardenbarbarascully.eventbrite.ie
stillgardenbarbarascully.eventbrite.ie
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Another joyous day yesterday at @wcorklitfest.bsky.social interviewing the effervescent @pollyrowena.bsky.social about her fab book, The Company of owls. After which I joined @ermurray.bsky.social at the Bantry Day Cebtre for chats, readings & craic with real wise owls. (Forgot photos there tho)
July 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Another joyous day yesterday at @wcorklitfest.bsky.social interviewing the effervescent @pollyrowena.bsky.social about her fab book, The Company of owls. After which I joined @ermurray.bsky.social at the Bantry Day Cebtre for chats, readings & craic with real wise owls. (Forgot photos there tho)
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Pure joy to interview Carol Drinkwater at @wcorklitfest.bsky.social in Bantry last night. Her new novel One Summer in Provence is a warm and thoroughly satisfying read.
July 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Pure joy to interview Carol Drinkwater at @wcorklitfest.bsky.social in Bantry last night. Her new novel One Summer in Provence is a warm and thoroughly satisfying read.
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It always feels like we’re just getting there in comics breaking into the mainstream in Ireland and the UK, the way they are in other European countries, and yet we never quite reach that tipping point. With reading stamina levels going the way they are, comics really need to be pushed more.
Okay, I’ve heard of multiple big UK publishers getting cold feet over graphic novels. I’m going to try cohere some thoughts for anyone involved with publishing as to why this is incredibly shortsighted:
July 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It always feels like we’re just getting there in comics breaking into the mainstream in Ireland and the UK, the way they are in other European countries, and yet we never quite reach that tipping point. With reading stamina levels going the way they are, comics really need to be pushed more.
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The @wcorklitfest.bsky.social is in full swing until the end of next week.
I’m on the ferry to Whiddy a island with Eimear, festival boss and huge book fan, and my friend @ermurray.bsky.social writer.
I’m on the ferry to Whiddy a island with Eimear, festival boss and huge book fan, and my friend @ermurray.bsky.social writer.
July 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The @wcorklitfest.bsky.social is in full swing until the end of next week.
I’m on the ferry to Whiddy a island with Eimear, festival boss and huge book fan, and my friend @ermurray.bsky.social writer.
I’m on the ferry to Whiddy a island with Eimear, festival boss and huge book fan, and my friend @ermurray.bsky.social writer.
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Come and hear @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social at Bantry Bookshop today (Saturday morning 11.30am) #FreeEvent #WCLF2025
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/cauvery-madhavan/
www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar...
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/cauvery-madhavan/
www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar...
Cork author: I got my new book to Graham Norton - via a fishmongers!
Ahead of her appearance at West Cork Literary Festival this weekend, author Cauvery Madhavan tells JENNIFER HORGAN about the amazing connectivity in ...
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July 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Come and hear @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social at Bantry Bookshop today (Saturday morning 11.30am) #FreeEvent #WCLF2025
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/cauvery-madhavan/
www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar...
@hoperoadpublish.bsky.social
www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/cauvery-madhavan/
www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar...
In fabulous company - I’ve read each book & love them all. Thank you @rurooie.bsky.social & @booksireland.bsky.social for taking the time to read & review #ArabellaPepperBook 💙🧡
📕Ruth Ennis chooses books for young readers with plenty of twists and turns📕
@rurooie.bsky.social @ermurray.bsky.social @guppybooks.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social
booksirelandmagazine.com/mice-monster...
@rurooie.bsky.social @ermurray.bsky.social @guppybooks.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social
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Mice, Monsters, & Machines—Mysteries for Young Readers - Books Ireland
Ruth Ennis chooses books for young readers with plenty of twists and turns.
booksirelandmagazine.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In fabulous company - I’ve read each book & love them all. Thank you @rurooie.bsky.social & @booksireland.bsky.social for taking the time to read & review #ArabellaPepperBook 💙🧡
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This is hardly even parody, especially the last bit.
July 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is hardly even parody, especially the last bit.
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Almost full moon, Mir space station joined in the fun, sparkling across the sky. The sea was like warm silk, and then midnight Prosecco under the stars. A perfect Wicklow night. 🙂 🏊 🌕 🍾🥂 ✨
July 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Almost full moon, Mir space station joined in the fun, sparkling across the sky. The sea was like warm silk, and then midnight Prosecco under the stars. A perfect Wicklow night. 🙂 🏊 🌕 🍾🥂 ✨
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*crying in art director* Please please please let your #portfoliday gift to yourself be adding your contact info (email), portfolio (link), and NAME to your socials. Some of you are missing opportunities because we can't reach you!!!!! 🫣
July 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
*crying in art director* Please please please let your #portfoliday gift to yourself be adding your contact info (email), portfolio (link), and NAME to your socials. Some of you are missing opportunities because we can't reach you!!!!! 🫣