So deeply honoured to be among those participating in this symposium in honour of a truly remarkable man, a brilliant scholar, trusted mentor, and dear friend.
Green Carnations:
Remembering Γibhear Walshe
Wednesday 10 September
University College Cork
www.eventbrite.ie/e/green-carn...
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Kneecap at Electric Picnic. #FreePalestine #SolidarityIsAVerb π΅πΈ
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This is a video of me, in a black watermelon sweatshirt leaning on a tree trunk letting people know I'm joining the global sumud flotilla globalsumudflotilla.org please follow and support while keeping the Palestinian people at the centre of everything we do.
Some news from me, thanks to a team of super activists who have been working for months, the biggest flotilla to try and break the siege on Gaza is leaving on Aug 31st. I'm proud to be going on it and obviously nervous. We'd love if you'd follow globalsumudflotilla.org #FromEveryRiverToEverySea
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Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a βsupporter of terrorβ under UK law, so be it www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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I don't know if there's anyone using the privilege of their platform as well as Sally Rooney is, right now. Hard to overstate how different the world might look if everyone in a position like hers pushed on issues they way she does.
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Sally Rooney putting her money where her mouth is (figuratively of course). Bravo.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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AutoetnografΓa de la traducciΓ³n en cuatro actos:
1. Una traductora italiana, Ilaria Oddenino, traduce una novela fantΓ‘stica de una autora norirlandesa, @oneflawediris.bsky.social.
2. Traductora y autora se hacen amigas y hacen un viaje juntas por Irlanda, visitando los escenarios de la novela.
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Basic Income for the Arts public consultation
Would you like to contribute to the public consultation about the Basic Income for the Arts? π‘
Fill out this survey from Minister OβDonovan at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
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Friendly reminderπ
Applications for the in-person Six-Month Fiction Workshop are open until 5pm (Irish time) Tuesday July 22 β°
This is our first fully in-person workshop since the pandemic.
πΈPatrick Fleming, Summer School 2025
@irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
π stingingfly.org/6-month-work...
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Fantastic review for Every One Still Here in @theguardian.com The collection is out now across UK with @grantabooks.bsky.social π
More readers for Liadan NΓ Chuinnβs brilliant and important work! π
Book is also forthcoming in US with @fsgbooks.bsky.social π
π www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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New short story, The Lake by Juliana Adelman as part of our online fiction series.
"The day of the first accident wasnβt especially hot or sunny, I remember. We were having a barbecue in the car park for my sonβs eighteenth birthday."
stingingfly.org/2025/07/02/t...
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Brilliant.
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If there's one thing you read today, read Camilla Grudova's essay on the precariousness of making a living from writing when you're from an underprivileged background and the ways that writers shift and adapt snd often have to make do. I felt so incredibly seen by it.
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The Golden Pie of Literature β The Stinging Fly
Camilla Grudova writes brilliantly about how precarious it is to live as a successful & dedicated writer who doesnβt come from money. Recommended reading especially for publishers, institutions & funding bodies
stingingfly.org/2025/06/25/t... @stingingfly.bsky.social
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NEW essay by CAMILLA GRUDOVA, part of our ongoing series of reflection on the writing life edited by @oneflawediris.bsky.social
βMoney matters: whatever other job a writer does, whether shop assistant or professor, it is subsidising the publisher.β
Read more: stingingfly.org/2025/06/25/t...
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The first print issue of fallow magazine, based in Ireland and out soon, includes: Helen Charman, OisΓn Fagan, Wayne Koestenbaum, Patrick Nathan, Ellen Dillon, Eva Griffin, Chris Beausang, and Greg Gerke, & interviews with Gabriel Josipovici and Pascale Sardin. fallowmedia.com/shop/fallow-01
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Hello everyone! I'm making the move to Bluesky. Writing community people please follow! UL Summer Festival is on from April 9-11 with a fantastic lineup. And winter school is back too: details here: 617b1c91637ae.site123.me
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Submissions open until 19 Feb πππ
12.02.2025 18:46 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Had a great evening at Prismatic Pages in Oslo chatting about writing, disability and related topics of community building. It's been a while since I spoke about writing my book Pacemaker & it was nice to revisit it, and those themes.
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Word of the day is βarsleβ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.
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NEW on our website: Lily NΓ Dhomhnaill reviews four Irish poetry collections from 2024:
'Vulgar Errors / Feral Subjects' by Fran Lock, 'The Conversation' by Jo Burns & Emily Cooper, 'STORM DRAIN' by Francis Jones, and 'The Electron-Ghost Casino' by Randolph Healy.
stingingfly.org/review/irish...
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We're delighted to be collaborating with @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social on the Ten by Ten Workshop.
Are you working on a short-story collection or novel? Do you want to deepen your craft amongst like-minded writers?
Applications are now open. Find out more here stingingfly.org/the-ten-by-t...
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Very thrilled to be the course tutor for Writing Literary Short Fiction for the Granta Writersβ Workshop this spring. The course has been developed and is convened by the incredible Eley Williams. workshops.granta.com/courses/shor...
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Sublime.
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Writehawks at Books Upstairs | Books Upstairs
*THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED. TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE WAITING LIST PLEASE EMAILΒ SHOP@BOOKSUPSTAIRS.IEΒ WITH YOUR FULL NAME* The Rick OβShea Book Club presents: Writehawks at Books Upstairs Join broadcas...
Looking forward to taking part in a SOLD OUT* Writehawks this Thursday.
There's a waiting list, so if you booked but can't make it (1) I forgive you (2) do let them know, so someone else can sub in.
*Free event but you know what I mean.
booksupstairs.ie/all-events/w...
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Putting together a -very- small stack of books that have been banned (in the U.S.) for a customer
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I hope we see more of this kind of bravery in the weeks and months to come.
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Do join us at Books Upstairs for Writehawks 2 on January 30th @ 6.30pm, hosted by @rickoshea.bsky.social Kevin Curran, Eithne Shortall and I will be offering live, in-person book chat and reading recommendations.
It's free but you need to book (link in Rick's post below).
Do come!
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