Áine Greaney, author
@ainegreaney.bsky.social
Irish writer in Boston area. Words: New York Times, Boston Globe, Books Ireland, Best American Essays, et al. 5th book, "Trespassers" available now. Free wellness and writing resources + workshop list (and my 5 books!) at https://linktr.ee/ainegreaney
@writeforwellbeing.bsky.social "... smiling triggers the release of endorphins, dopamine, and serotonin, reducing physiological stress and enhancing social cohesion." This note ⬇️from a writing student made *me smile* (about smiling). #WorldSmileDay #wellness
What makes you instantly smile🙂?
What makes you instantly smile🙂?
October 2, 2026 at 8:48 PM
@writeforwellbeing.bsky.social "... smiling triggers the release of endorphins, dopamine, and serotonin, reducing physiological stress and enhancing social cohesion." This note ⬇️from a writing student made *me smile* (about smiling). #WorldSmileDay #wellness
What makes you instantly smile🙂?
What makes you instantly smile🙂?
My latest read:
As a lifelong reader, this novel by Charmaine Wilkerson ticked all the boxes:
✔️Multinational settings (Caribbean, UK, US)
✔️Past and present timelines
✔️Really, really lively characters
✔️Lives and loves built on family lies and what happens when those lies get discovered.
As a lifelong reader, this novel by Charmaine Wilkerson ticked all the boxes:
✔️Multinational settings (Caribbean, UK, US)
✔️Past and present timelines
✔️Really, really lively characters
✔️Lives and loves built on family lies and what happens when those lies get discovered.
September 27, 2026 at 4:08 PM
My latest read:
As a lifelong reader, this novel by Charmaine Wilkerson ticked all the boxes:
✔️Multinational settings (Caribbean, UK, US)
✔️Past and present timelines
✔️Really, really lively characters
✔️Lives and loves built on family lies and what happens when those lies get discovered.
As a lifelong reader, this novel by Charmaine Wilkerson ticked all the boxes:
✔️Multinational settings (Caribbean, UK, US)
✔️Past and present timelines
✔️Really, really lively characters
✔️Lives and loves built on family lies and what happens when those lies get discovered.
It's #NationalPunctuationDay! What's your punctuation "oops!" or "ouch!"
September 24, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It's #NationalPunctuationDay! What's your punctuation "oops!" or "ouch!"
#NationalBookLoversDay - #Booksky 📖This is my favorite read so far this year. Heartbreaking novel and gorgeously written. What's yours? Go!
August 9, 2026 at 9:50 PM
#NationalBookLoversDay - #Booksky 📖This is my favorite read so far this year. Heartbreaking novel and gorgeously written. What's yours? Go!
@writingcommunity.bsky.social✍️ My #1 tip for writers:? Find it in this Mrs Write podcast interview, at stop 37.57 (But it'd be lovely if you listened to other subtopics here, too!). #booksky #Irishwriters #Authors #fiction #essays
LINK: 👇👇
youtu.be/fzvDXwQimU4?...
LINK: 👇👇
youtu.be/fzvDXwQimU4?...
July 22, 2026 at 9:46 PM
@writingcommunity.bsky.social✍️ My #1 tip for writers:? Find it in this Mrs Write podcast interview, at stop 37.57 (But it'd be lovely if you listened to other subtopics here, too!). #booksky #Irishwriters #Authors #fiction #essays
LINK: 👇👇
youtu.be/fzvDXwQimU4?...
LINK: 👇👇
youtu.be/fzvDXwQimU4?...
@writingcommunity.bsky.social Isn't this the perfect place to lead a conversation and writing workshop on writing about place? Lovely day and people yesterday at
@thefellsestate on Sunapee Lake, New Hampshire. #writing #writingworkshops
@thefellsestate on Sunapee Lake, New Hampshire. #writing #writingworkshops
July 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM
@writingcommunity.bsky.social Isn't this the perfect place to lead a conversation and writing workshop on writing about place? Lovely day and people yesterday at
@thefellsestate on Sunapee Lake, New Hampshire. #writing #writingworkshops
@thefellsestate on Sunapee Lake, New Hampshire. #writing #writingworkshops
Today is International #SelfCareDay. Here's my very fave act of self-care. Or should I have ordered decaffeinated (I'm talking about the beverage, not the spill-the-guts writing)? #journaling #WritingCommunity.
June 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Today is International #SelfCareDay. Here's my very fave act of self-care. Or should I have ordered decaffeinated (I'm talking about the beverage, not the spill-the-guts writing)? #journaling #WritingCommunity.
Monday writing blahs? A #writing prompt may help.
1. Just write about what you see here
2. What can you hear in these woods?
3. Today, as you go about (or complete) your usual Monday 'stuff,' what trickles beneath the surface--that version of you that you show to the public world? #writingprompts
1. Just write about what you see here
2. What can you hear in these woods?
3. Today, as you go about (or complete) your usual Monday 'stuff,' what trickles beneath the surface--that version of you that you show to the public world? #writingprompts
May 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Monday writing blahs? A #writing prompt may help.
1. Just write about what you see here
2. What can you hear in these woods?
3. Today, as you go about (or complete) your usual Monday 'stuff,' what trickles beneath the surface--that version of you that you show to the public world? #writingprompts
1. Just write about what you see here
2. What can you hear in these woods?
3. Today, as you go about (or complete) your usual Monday 'stuff,' what trickles beneath the surface--that version of you that you show to the public world? #writingprompts
@writingcommunity.bsky.social ✍ Some writing conference + retreat venues for this summer 2026. Fiction + nonfiction. #writingworkshops #writing Also have a few lined up for Autumn 2026--and a few spots open for both creative and #wellness -writing workshops.
April 9, 2026 at 10:27 PM
@writingcommunity.bsky.social ✍ Some writing conference + retreat venues for this summer 2026. Fiction + nonfiction. #writingworkshops #writing Also have a few lined up for Autumn 2026--and a few spots open for both creative and #wellness -writing workshops.
Great event on Sunday at the Irish Center in Portland, Maine. We looked at the architecture of stories and the importance of immersive scenes for fiction authors, memoir writers et al. Lovely group of writers @irishexpat.bsky.social #Irish @writingcommunity.bsky.social @womenwritersnet.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Great event on Sunday at the Irish Center in Portland, Maine. We looked at the architecture of stories and the importance of immersive scenes for fiction authors, memoir writers et al. Lovely group of writers @irishexpat.bsky.social #Irish @writingcommunity.bsky.social @womenwritersnet.bsky.social
#BBF2025 - Incredible day yesterday at Boston Book Festival. Our panel topic: how our creative writing confront issues of place, displacement and the concept of home. It was a thrill to see everyone coming together to honor literacy and literature. @belmontbooks.bsky.social
#BostonBookFestival
#BostonBookFestival
October 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
#BBF2025 - Incredible day yesterday at Boston Book Festival. Our panel topic: how our creative writing confront issues of place, displacement and the concept of home. It was a thrill to see everyone coming together to honor literacy and literature. @belmontbooks.bsky.social
#BostonBookFestival
#BostonBookFestival
#BBF2025 - 📗Only 2+ days until Boston Book Festival on October 23. I'm on an author panel, "Place and Displacement: How We Find and Make Home," at 2pm. Discussing how we shape, and are shaped by, the places we call home. #writingcommunity #Authors #Immigrantwriters bostonbookfest.org/schedule/
October 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#BBF2025 - 📗Only 2+ days until Boston Book Festival on October 23. I'm on an author panel, "Place and Displacement: How We Find and Make Home," at 2pm. Discussing how we shape, and are shaped by, the places we call home. #writingcommunity #Authors #Immigrantwriters bostonbookfest.org/schedule/
One of my summer 2025 highlights was the week-long women's ✍writing retreat at The Pyramid Life Center, NY. On our final day, one workshop participant slipped a thank-you note onto my desk. It really doesn't get better than this. ❤️ 🙏 #Writing #writingandbooks #writingcommunity #writingworkshops
September 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
One of my summer 2025 highlights was the week-long women's ✍writing retreat at The Pyramid Life Center, NY. On our final day, one workshop participant slipped a thank-you note onto my desk. It really doesn't get better than this. ❤️ 🙏 #Writing #writingandbooks #writingcommunity #writingworkshops
#WritingCommunity - New writing journal. I've been doing this since I was 14 and it still feels magical. Also, my writing pen was crafted from two old dining room chairs. #Authors
August 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#WritingCommunity - New writing journal. I've been doing this since I was 14 and it still feels magical. Also, my writing pen was crafted from two old dining room chairs. #Authors
#Bealtaine here on the #Massachusetts coast. Very low tide this morning.
May 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#Bealtaine here on the #Massachusetts coast. Very low tide this morning.
@writingcommunity.bsky.social @wrtrstat.bsky.social "Finding and Keeping the Joy in Writing." I loved writing this guest blog, including my 4 tips. Get link to full article and a review of my short-fiction collection, "Trespassers and Other Stories" at LINK 👉 tinyurl.com/yr7fcpz2
April 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@writingcommunity.bsky.social @wrtrstat.bsky.social "Finding and Keeping the Joy in Writing." I loved writing this guest blog, including my 4 tips. Get link to full article and a review of my short-fiction collection, "Trespassers and Other Stories" at LINK 👉 tinyurl.com/yr7fcpz2
#SundaySentence - "Story is the most powerful force in the world--in our world, maybe in all worlds." From: "Bad Indians," by Deborah A. Miranda. Reading this brilliant, multi-genre #memoir now. #booksky #WritingCommunity.
February 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
#SundaySentence - "Story is the most powerful force in the world--in our world, maybe in all worlds." From: "Bad Indians," by Deborah A. Miranda. Reading this brilliant, multi-genre #memoir now. #booksky #WritingCommunity.
#Booksky - One of the short stories in my upcoming collection is named "American Wake." Quiz time: Who knows the historic significance or meaning of "the American Wake?" #authors. #author #Irishwriters #Ireland.
February 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#Booksky - One of the short stories in my upcoming collection is named "American Wake." Quiz time: Who knows the historic significance or meaning of "the American Wake?" #authors. #author #Irishwriters #Ireland.
#authors - It's been a "long and winding road," but my 5th book, a collection of transatlantic short fiction is here. Releasing in early March. Available for craft interviews, podcasts, book blogs.
January 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
#authors - It's been a "long and winding road," but my 5th book, a collection of transatlantic short fiction is here. Releasing in early March. Available for craft interviews, podcasts, book blogs.
#Writers - Got your 2025 Resolutions in place. Start your new year off 'write' with these 3 steps. #authors #NewYearsResolution. #amwriting
January 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
#Writers - Got your 2025 Resolutions in place. Start your new year off 'write' with these 3 steps. #authors #NewYearsResolution. #amwriting
Your #NewYear2025 resolutions include trying a new writing genre? This April, visit the beautiful La Muse Retreat (France) for a fun, affordable workshop and retreat on #writing the personal #essay. #WritingCommmunity #writingtips.
Website/registration: → www.lamuseretreat.com
Website/registration: → www.lamuseretreat.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Your #NewYear2025 resolutions include trying a new writing genre? This April, visit the beautiful La Muse Retreat (France) for a fun, affordable workshop and retreat on #writing the personal #essay. #WritingCommmunity #writingtips.
Website/registration: → www.lamuseretreat.com
Website/registration: → www.lamuseretreat.com
In the hustle to complete and edit, then find a good publisher, it's easy to forget what a privilege it is to be a writer. But today, I'm feeling blessed and lucky to have this collection of transatlantic short #fiction heading out into the world. #authors #Blueskywriters #Irishauthors #amwriting
December 23, 2024 at 8:13 PM
In the hustle to complete and edit, then find a good publisher, it's easy to forget what a privilege it is to be a writer. But today, I'm feeling blessed and lucky to have this collection of transatlantic short #fiction heading out into the world. #authors #Blueskywriters #Irishauthors #amwriting
Working on a piece about growing up on our farm in Mayo. The focus is on our limestone stone walls. But then, I came across this stone wall here in #Massachusetts. So should I title it, 'War of the Walls?' Or, 'Walls at War?'😀 #writers #blueskyauthors #Irishwriters #amwriting
December 11, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Working on a piece about growing up on our farm in Mayo. The focus is on our limestone stone walls. But then, I came across this stone wall here in #Massachusetts. So should I title it, 'War of the Walls?' Or, 'Walls at War?'😀 #writers #blueskyauthors #Irishwriters #amwriting
My 5th book will be published in March 2025. These 11 stories are set in greater #Boston and my native #Ireland. Available for pre-order. #Bostonauthors #Writers #Fiction #Irishwriters #authors #amwriting Now booking events → www.ainegreaney.com/books
November 13, 2024 at 9:26 PM
My 5th book will be published in March 2025. These 11 stories are set in greater #Boston and my native #Ireland. Available for pre-order. #Bostonauthors #Writers #Fiction #Irishwriters #authors #amwriting Now booking events → www.ainegreaney.com/books