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ainegreaney.bsky.social
@massaabb.bsky.social Ever tried to write about a painful or scary topic? I have! 👻My 5 tips may help: www.ainegreaney.com/writingonwri... #writing #memoir #essays #Irishwriting
Writing Our Scary Stories — Áine Greaney
Scary as they first seem, our painful memoirs can look and feel differently when we’ve taken the time to step back, self-reflect and then find the key–or keys–to unlock your story and its power.
www.ainegreaney.com
October 30, 2026 at 9:29 PM
thebookshopie.bsky.social
This refers primarily to new books, which are in print, and are available for us to sell. Reposts appreciated! #speirgorm #irishwriting
September 29, 2026 at 1:54 PM
newislandbooks.bsky.social
Huge congratulations from all of us at New Island to Seán Farrell on his debut novel Frogs for Watchdogs being announced for the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies prestigious John McGahern Annual Book Prize.

#FrogsForWatchdogs #JohnMcGahernPrize #IrishWriting #DebutNovel
Portrait of author Seán Farrell, winner of the University of Liverpool’s John McGahern Book Prize, pictured beside the cover of his novel frogs for watchdogs. The orange book cover features a figure balancing on horizontal bars with scattered lettering.
September 23, 2026 at 2:38 PM
jamesgwriter.bsky.social
"The Best of Irish"
Delighted to see THE LIGHTNING in @easonireland.bsky.social O'Connell St Dublin today in this fabulous display!
And alongside such wonderful authors!
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#IrishWriting #Fiction #DebutNovel #writing #lighthouses
September 20, 2026 at 5:42 PM
simplybooks1791.bsky.social
This sign sums up my difficulties with this account - too often I just sits and does nothing...
In other words, too much thinking, not enough action.
I've read lots of #books but haven't posted about any of them.
#BookSky #reading #literature #IrishWriting #IrishLiterature #IrishAuthors
Looking over a hedge to a sign which says, "Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits." Beyond the sign, the ground slopes upwards and is covered with plants in autumn colours.
September 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
wjpme.bsky.social
What a wonderful privilege it was listen to Donal Ryan talking about his newest novel ‘Where are the Kings’ at West Kirby Bookshop last evening! Please read this book or any of Donal’s books! You will not be disappointed. #IrishWriting
Cover of: Where are the Kings By Donal Ryan Synopsis: Something terrible has happened to Jack, but no one seems to want to talk about it. His uncles can tell him about everything from quantum physics to how to hunt for deer, but they can't seem to tell him anything about their own sister, or why Jack doesn't feel sad for her in the way he should, or why Grandad tries to shoot Jack's dad when he gets out of the hospital. Still, there's work to be done in the oily wonderland of his uncles garage; there's his beautiful aunt Rose to hypnotize him, and his loving grandparents to console him; then there's JJ, who wants to fight him one day and save him the next. But with so many questions, in a family with so many secrets, it is difficult for Jack to understand the person he is becoming. How can a simple boy learn to become a king?
September 11, 2026 at 7:22 AM
simplybooks1791.bsky.social
This is where we stayed last weekend - then I came home to a very busy week. So, not much reading for me.. but what have you been reading for #WeekendBooks, or have you a review for #WeekendBookReviews?
#NorthernIreland #Ireland #IrishLiterature #IrishWriting #IrishAuthors #IrishFiction
A holiday cottage surrounded by flowers.
August 30, 2026 at 5:25 PM
donalconaty.bsky.social
Is nothing something? Lines from Splintered, a poem in 100 parts. #blueskypoetry #Irishwriting #prosepoetry
August 21, 2026 at 8:32 AM
simplybooks1791.bsky.social
I'm busy this weekend, so I'm a bit late posting for #WeekendBooks.
Got this in a second-hand bookshop last week...Graham Swift's first novel - "The Sweet Shop Owner" - which I'll be reading soon, even though it isn't #IrishWriting.
What are you reading this weekend?
#BookSky #Ireland
The cover of a Graham Swift novel called The Sweet Shop Owner. The cover is blue, with the writer's name and the title in yellow. In the centre of the cover there's a striped candy cane.
August 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
byddi.bsky.social
If you prefer reading an ebook, 'Barren' is ready to pre-order on Kindle right now!

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F1P71YXF

#booksky 💙📚 #Barren #irishwriting
Barren
Barren eBook : Lee, Byddi: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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March 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
byddi.bsky.social
Pre-order discount on buythebook_ie - buy your signed copy before 10th April if you live in the Republic of Ireland www.buythebook.ie/product/barr...
#booksky📚💙 #irishwriting ☘️
Barren | Buythebook.ie
In drought-struck California, pregnant Irish emigrant Aisling looks forward to becoming a mother. She tends her idyllic garden, speaking to her unborn baby and imagining their new life together. When ...
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March 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
byddi.bsky.social
Check out this @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social online writing course with the brilliant facilitator Fiona O'Rourke irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...
#writing #writingcourses #irishwriting #writingthetroubles
Writing the Troubles with Fiona O'Rourke - Irish Writers Centre
This course is suitable for those seeking clarity and focus at the beginning of their writing project, by aiming to guide the writer in prioritising their writing, focusing their concept, and becoming...
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January 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
solasnuadc.bsky.social
Hear from Betsy Cornwell, author of Ring of Salt.

✨ Give today at www.solasnua.org/support-us and help shape the future of Irish arts in DC and beyond.
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#SolasNua #IrishArts #IrishWriting #LiteraryArts #DCArts #AuthorVoices #SupportTheArts
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
solasnuadc.bsky.social
🎉 Did you hear? You can download a copy of The Stinging Fly for free! 🎉

Get your FREE copy @ www.solasnua.org/sites/defaul...
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#TheStingingFly #FreeDownload #IrishWriting #ContemporaryLiterature #LitMagLove #PoetryCommunity #ReadMoreBooks #SolasNua #IrishWriters #FreeRead #NewVoices
May 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
medindonews.bsky.social
How a person survives the unsurvivable is the stark subject of a Dublin GP’s debut novel. David Lynch talks to author Dr Claire Gleeson

https://bit.ly/3ObCl1y

@HodderBooks @SceptreBooks @WomenMedIreland #irishwriting #writing #medicalwriting #gp
February 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM
medindonews.bsky.social
How a person survives the unsurvivable is the stark subject of a Dublin GP’s debut novel. David Lynch talks to author Dr Claire Gleeson

https://bit.ly/3ObCl1y

@HodderBooks @SceptreBooks @WomenMedIreland #irishwriting #writing #medicalwriting #gp
February 18, 2026 at 9:00 AM
medindonews.bsky.social
How a person survives the unsurvivable is the stark subject of a Dublin GP’s debut novel. David Lynch talks to author Dr Claire Gleeson

https://bit.ly/3ObCl1y

@HodderBooks @SceptreBooks @WomenMedIreland #irishwriting #writing #medicalwriting #gp
February 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM
medindonews.bsky.social
How a person survives the unsurvivable is the stark subject of a Dublin GP’s debut novel. David Lynch talks to author Dr Claire Gleeson

https://bit.ly/3ObCl1y

@HodderBooks @SceptreBooks @WomenMedIreland #irishwriting #writing #medicalwriting #gp
February 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
ainegreaney.bsky.social
Among all of my published essays, this one has always had a special place in my heart. It was cited in "Best American Essays." Happy to have it re-published by the wonderful editors at @doublebackreview.bsky.social #writers #immigrantwriters #irishwriting

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Áine Greaney - Doubleback Review
Permanent Resident From your office parking lot the GPS lady tells you to exit south even though today you are headed north, to the INS building in Lawrence, Massachusetts. You are going there to rene...
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January 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
jonwesleyhuff.bsky.social
Today I'm reviewing for you The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien, a fine, witty and very strange absurdist existential comedic novel. Phew. Now, if that sounds a little intimidating, don't be. Or, at least, watch the video first before you decide to be. #BookSky #BookReviews #IrishWriting
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 AM
ottawakiwi.bsky.social
“Lowland humour is the art of laughing at a man while passing him the butter."
Just published in #HonestUlsterman: my piece on inheriting this deadpan, understated wit, from Ulster-Scots roots to Norm Macdonald echoes and family court.

#UlsterScots #Humour #IrishWriting #CanadianLit #speirgorm
Honest Ulsterman - Article - Catch Yourself On: The Inheritance of Lowland Humour from February 2026 Edition
The Honest Ulsterman is a long-running Northern Ireland literary magazine that was established by James Simmons in 1968.
www.humag.co
February 6, 2026 at 10:08 AM
fhayesmccoy.bsky.social
I did not imagine nearly fifty years ago that tomorrow I'd be doing this

#Spéirgorm #Irishwriting @dinglelit.bsky.social @gaiabanks.bsky.social
Image, taken in London almost fifty years ago, shows Irish author Felicity Hayes-McCoy at her first electric typewriter. Dingle Literary Festival poster for How To Shape A Story, a workshop which will be led tomorrow, Nov 22nd, by Irish author Felicity Hayes-McCoy (Image shows colourful festival logo (l) and smiling author headshot (r) superimposed on a b+w view of Dingle town. Typography above, advertises the event.)
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
fhayesmccoy.bsky.social
I loved thinking this through for @writing.ie

#spéirgorm #books #IrishWriting #booksky #booktalk
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
fhayesmccoy.bsky.social
A fine piece by one of the best of us. As a fellow-novelist and fellow-Irishwoman, I'm proud of and have great admiration for its humanity, humour, courage, grace and commonsense

#spéirgorm #Ireland #Irishwriting @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social @theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
fhayesmccoy.bsky.social
The paperback of my novel #TheBooksellersGift comes out Oct 2 in a cool new cover

It's set in an #Irish indie bookshop so if you pre-order or plan to buy a copy I'd love it to be from your local bookseller's website or shop

#spéirgorm #booksky #IrishWriting #shoplocal
September 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM