Rory Gleeson

Trump Announces Seal Team 6 Killed U.S. Protester In Daring Overnight Raid

04.09.2025 17:01 — 👍 1412    🔁 302    💬 29    📌 20

New short story, The Gregor Montgomery by Rory Gleeson @rorygleeson.bsky.social as part of our online fiction series.

”Gregor Montgomery, she said, sweeping her palm to behold the clouds. He was the one who set that night sky alight.”

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14.08.2025 12:21 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Listen to a perfect Birth Plan experience here:

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04.07.2025 12:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A wonderfully dynamic PGR workshop to begin #BAFTSS2025 co-chaired by @mattbruce007.bsky.social & Ocean Xu. @lrjdmnr.bsky.social @rorygleeson.bsky.social, @xanthepajarillo.bsky.social & James Dunlop MBE spoke on the interrelationship between academia & industry!

@baftss2025.bsky.social

26.03.2025 12:30 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 2

London's creative writing open mic has three rules: 10 minutes max, no phones — and no apologizing The Creative Writing Open Mic event takes place monthly during term time in London, with faculty, staff and students all contributing.

I am personally angling for nationwide adoption of these rules.
No Goddamn Apologising.

19.02.2025 12:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I wrote a piece about microfiction but it was too flash.

06.01.2025 17:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Preparing 15 weeks of short fiction lectures and shamelessly inserting as many 'keeping it brief' puns as possible.

06.01.2025 17:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A Poem for your Club | National Literacy Trust A Poem for your Club is an exciting new collaboration between the National Literacy Trust and five football clubs. It will provide an opportunity for fans from across generations and different communi...

If I'd any interest in soccer, and if poetry wasn't the cheapest of the low art forms, I'd be on this residency like culchies on butter.

29.11.2024 13:05 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The Argument for Children, by Rory Gleeson A doting father on the pros and cons of parenthood

An item on the State Broadcaster in which I discuss how my son pissed in his own face.

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

28.11.2024 12:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Registration of the Birth of Tadhg, by Rory Gleeson A serenade to a delightful and tiny new Irishman in London

And on the introduction of Next Gen gingers.

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

27.11.2024 10:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just gonna start posting stuff I've done to fill out the profile with nothing but high-quality Gleeson.

Speaking of which:

27.11.2024 10:11 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged Gaza war crimes Warrants for Israeli PM and former defence minister put them at risk of detention if they go to some other countries

Be lovely if news reports even just mention this when they let Israeli gov speakers rattle off lies during interviews.

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21.11.2024 13:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Really missing that guy who goes: Single greatest scene in history of movies?

I'll start:

14.11.2024 16:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Genovese, by Rory Gleeson On regional idiosyncrasies and national stereotypes from Italy to Ireland

Taking a swipe at the Italians? It's a free hit. Listen here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

26.09.2023 10:04 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0