profiles

The latest issue is now in stock!

Special shout out to the lovely folks at Stillgarden Distillery who will be hooking us up with drinks on the night!

Thank you to Duin UNESCO City of Literature and Dublin City Council for supporting our fourth issue.

Picture credit: 'Cau Cau', acrylic on linen, by Zully Mejía.

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.

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!

Thank you to @dublincityoflit and @dublincityartsoffice for supporting our fourth issue.

Picture credit: 'Cau Cau', acrylic on linen, by Zully Mejía.

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.

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!

'Painted in acrylic on linen, this work is part of a series that draws on photographs and memories from my childhood. It captures an intimate moment in which my grandmother is feeding me. The title, Cau Cau, refers to a traditional Peruvian stew and one of my favourite dishes as a child.'

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.

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

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.

Today is your last chance to get your submissions in for Profiles issue 4!

Last few days to get your submissions in!

Lovely to spot ourselves in such good company at the @literatureireland.bsky.social journal stand at London Book Fair!

Poster for a submission call for Profiles Journal

✨Submissions deadline: 18th March 2025✨

'Profiles is a print journal published in Dublin, Ireland. We feature work by writers, translators and artists living in Ireland and abroad.'

Read more at:
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With a huge thank you to Dublin City Council for making this issue possible.

Artwork: 'Aimée', watercolour on paper, by Marie Le Men (@marie_lemen_artworks) in Profiles issue 3.

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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.

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!

It is decorated with a flower pattern and within it nettle leaves are cooking. To her left, a hand offers a pomegranate and a laptop is open with pictures of various recipes on display.

She is wearing an iteration of a traditional galway shawl, decorated with a pattern of apples, hazelnuts, hands, mussels/cockles, wood sorrel and dulse (seaweed). To her right hangs a long handled frying pan.

Alt-text description: The mixed-media painting 'Self-Portrait' by Megan Luddy O'Leary depicts – in gouache on raw cotton, with embroidered details – the artist standing peacefully and half-clothed. Her eyes are shut and she appears relaxed. Her hair is cropped in a bob.

Happy publication week to TENTERHOOKS, the stunning debut collection of stories by Claire-Lise Kieffer

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Artwork: Megan Luddy O'Leary, 'Self-Portrait', gouache and embroidery on raw cotton.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Profiles Issue 3 - James Joyce Centre, Dublin, Ireland Art Exhibition 30 November 2024 — 31 January 2025 Profiles is an independent literary and vis-arts journal dedicated to character studies and portraiture edited by Clare Healy & Sarah Sturzel. The Jam...

The exhibition features the artwork from our third issue by the incredible artists eaturing work Aisling Dunne, Éadaoin Glynn, Salvatore of Lucan, Philip Rainey, Juliette Morrison, Glen Quigley, Thom Kofoed and Marie le Men. For more details see: jamesjoyce.ie/events/profi...

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.

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...

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!

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.

🎉 @profilesjournal.bsky.social are here now

Thank you Louisa and @ravenbooks.bsky.social for the warm welcome to bluesky and the support from day one!

Rick O’Shea: Buying a gift for a choosy reader? I know just the thing When I was seven or eight, my grandmother started buying me a copy of Commando comic every week because I had picked it up one Saturday when I had been out with her. She didn’t realise that later the ...

I've had this column planned for a while. I hope it brings nothing but curious new subscribers to Ireland's brilliant literary journals.

In tomorrow's @irishindependent.bsky.social Review section or at www.independent.ie/entertainmen... right now...

'What is the artist to do in the face of every damn thing?'—Issue 3 of profiles  - Books Ireland The thematic echoes and interconnectedness of work lends a Joycean quality to the issue.

"profiles issue 3 may not leave you optimistic, but it will leave you in no doubt that there is still a power of truth left in art."

A deep dive into the new issue of profiles by @eoghansmith.bsky.social ❤️

Launching tonight @jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social
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