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Publishing portraiture in prose and visual art
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We are delighted to invite you to @booksupstairs.bsky.social on November 27th for our Issue 4 launch! Eoin Greally, Matty Kennedy, Sofie De Smyter, Emily Mc Gardle and Colm Lennon will be in conversation with editors Clare Healy and Sarah Sturzel.

Free but booking is essential - see link in bio!
Announcement of Profiles Issue 4 launch and speakers in a purple and red theme: contributors Eoin Greally, Matty Kennedy, Sofie De Smyter, Emily Mc Gardle and Colm Lennon will be speaking. Accompanied by Profiles Issue 4 cover image depicting a woman in a striped dress who feeds a wide-mouthed child in a high chair. The kitchen has stylised purple and red tiles and cookware, creating a warm, nurturing atmosphere.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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We're so happy to share with you our issue 4 contributors! Profiles issue 4 will be launching in Books Upstairs on November 27th and is now open to preorder at the link in our bio. Keep an eye out for further details on the launch!
Announcement of Profiles issue 4 contributors in a purple and red theme: writers Sofie De Smyter, Michela Esposito, Rhys Evans, William Keohane, Matty Kennedy, Colm Lennon, Fenagh Mahoney and artists Caro Dranow, Koen Fillet, Eoin Greally Emily Mc Gardle, Zully Mejía, Nuala O'Dea, Rosie O'Mahoney and Bob Roes. Accompanied by profiles issue 4 cover image depicting a woman in a striped dress who feeds a wide-mouthed child in a high chair. The kitchen has stylised purple and red tiles and cookware, creating a warm, nurturing atmosphere.
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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We're hyped to reveal our issue 4 cover, 'Cau Cau' by the incredily talented Zully Mejía (@zullymgmejia)! Launching November 27th, we can't wait to share this issue with you! Available for pre-order now: tinyurl.com/4jnv8ehx
A woman in a striped dress feeds a wide-mouthed child in a high chair. The kitchen has stylised purple and red tiles and cookware, creating a warm, nurturing atmosphere.
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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The annual profiles radio special will be airing on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social at 14.00 this Thursday! The special ft. interviews with contributors Tom Roseingrave, Aisling Dunne, Chris Beausang and r alice, accompanied by original music inspired by their work by FARO-P, DU$T€€ ÓG and El Pacto.
April 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Today is your last chance to get your submissions in for Profiles issue 4!
March 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Lovely to spot ourselves in such good company at the @literatureireland.bsky.social journal stand at London Book Fair!
March 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Submissions are now open for Profiles issue 4! Check out the submit section at profilesjournal.com for further details. We're looking for submissions of fiction, non-fiction, translation and visual art and can't wait to see what you have in store for us!
Poster advertising that Profiles' open call for submissions will be opening from February 18th to March 18th. Text accompanied by a cropped version of Marie Le Men's watercolour painting 'Aimée' which depicts a woman sitting by a bed covered in red and pink checkered sheets. The woman has red hair fashioned in a distinctive braided hairstlye and is wearing a colourful outfit that combines geometric patterns.
February 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Read her vibrant and tenderly nostalgic story 'Eating My Mother', on our website, complemented by Megan Luddy O'Leary's wonderful 'Self-portrait', which was originally published alongside Claire's piece in Profiles issue 2. Link in bio!
February 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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It's a big day for one of our past contributors, the brilliant Claire-Lise Kieffer - her debut short story collection, Tenterhooks, is now available via @bansheepress and in all good bookshops.
February 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Submissions for our fourth (!) issue will be opening on Feb 18th for one month. We're looking for submissions of fiction, non-fiction, translation and visual art. 

Thank you to Dublin City Council for supporting this issue.

Artwork: 'Aimée', watercolour, by Marie Le Men in Profiles issue 3.
Poster advertising Profiles' open call for submissions will be opening from February 18th to March 18th. Text accompanied by a cropped version of Marie Le Men's watercolour painting 'Aimée' which depicts a woman sitting by a bed covered in red and pink checkered sheets. The woman has red hair fashioned in a distinctive braided hairstlye and is wearing a colourful outfit that combines geometric patterns.
February 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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All are welcome to visit our free exhibition in the
@jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social, Dublin 1. Our issue 3 artists' beautiful work can be viewed in the Kenmare Room (first floor) throughout January. While you're there, why not pick up a copy of Profiles at the centre's bookshop...
Winter light pools in from a large Georgian window, brightly illuminating the watercolour painting 'Aimée' by Marie le Men. The painting features a woman sitting by a bed covered in red and pink checkered sheets. She has a distinctive hairstyle with braided hair and is wearing a colourful outfit that combines geometric patterns. Asleep next to her on the bed is a ginger cat. The oil painting 'Estranged Lady Cooking Stew' by Juliette Morrison hangs on the wall to the right of a large white door that is ajar. The painting depicts a woman sitting cross-legged beside a stove that has an active fire in a pot. She seems contemplative and indifferent to the fire roaring beside her. The background features muddy, abstract colours, creating an unsettling atmosphere. The image shows two literary journals on a wooden shelf, Profiles (issue 2) and Profiles (issue 3). The cover on the left features a woman with enlarged lips and a piercing stare. The one on the right depicts a figure seated on the edge of a bed and holding a device, but their head is obscured by the darkness.
January 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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A bit surreal yesterday reading Kevin Power's very kind words about Profiles in his literary journal round-up for the Irish Times. Christmas has come early with Dara Higgins and Chris Beausang's stories getting a special spotlight!
December 22, 2024 at 1:27 PM
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In case you missed it, profiles issue 3 is out now! We ran around town dropping off copies to The Winding Stair, Books Upstairs, Hodges Figgis and The Library Project last Saturday and An Post has kindly taken care of the rest, sending copies to bookshops and art galleries nationwide.
December 8, 2024 at 2:08 PM