Aimée Walsh

Two Irish writers up for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest news

Two Irish writers up for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. Congratulations to Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin and Catherine Airey. And to Clair Wills, shortlisted for the Ackerley memoir prize

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Gladstones library! Pub, shop & restaurants close by — and you get to stay in an old library!

A conversation with Lucy Caldwell and Aimée Walsh — TOLKA by Liam Harrison

Weekend reading: a conversation with Lucy Caldwell and Aimée Walsh www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...

Pop culture made millennial women hate themselves I spoke with Sophie Gilbert about the relationship between pop culture and modern women in her book Girl on Girl

From Britney’s breakdown to Pamela Anderson’s sex tape, pop culture made millenial women hate themselves substack.com/@thereadpart...

I feel this in my bones right now! Solidarity x

Protest Meta's Theft of Irish Writing I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?

This might be of interest to Irish writers.

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I'm looking to speak with people effected by the US visa terminations due to being pro-Palestine. Rubio has said more than 300 visas have already been cancelled. Are you an org. who works with those in ICE detention? Email: aimee.walsh@reachplc.com #journorequests

Monday is #TransDayofVisibility & I'd love to speak to trans people about what the day means to them. This piece will be a celebration and a call for #transrights. If interested email: aimee.walsh@reachplc.com Hope to speak on Monday ✨ #journorequests

‘I am floored’: Anne Enright on winning $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize Booker Prize-winning author becomes eighth Irish writer to win one of the literary world’s most generous prizes

‘I am floored’: Anne Enright on winning $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize. Booker Prize-winning author becomes eighth Irish writer to win one of the literary world’s most generous prizes

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Dylan Mulvaney's debut book is a lifeline for those searching for trans joy Famous for her Tiktok transition series, Dylan Mulvaney is now ready to tell all in her life-line debut Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer, from the beer backlash to transitioning in the public eye

Today I reviewed Dylan Mulvaney’s debut memoir Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer for the Mirror.

Joyous, beautiful & heart-wrenching, Paper Doll is a lifeline for those searching for trans joy ✨

#booksky #bookreview #LGBTQ #TransRights #DylanMulvaney

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New Voices: North 2025 - Irish Writers Centre We invite applications for a new, online development programme funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland – New Voices: North. Deadline: 19 Feb 2025

Calling emerging writers living in the North!

We’re delighted to announce a new, online mentoring programme with writer-mentors Jan Carson & Stephen Sexton.

The 5 awardees will showcase their work-in-progress at Belfast Book Festival.

DEADLINE: 19 Feb 2025

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Page Turners: ‘Nesting’ author Roisín O’Donnell | IMAGE.ie Here, we sit down with Roisín O’Donnell to discuss how magical fiction can be crafted from the most ordinary of surroundings.

"Then, aged thirty, I took an evening course at the Irish Writers Centre, where I was encouraged to take my writing seriously for the first time."

Thanks Roisín O'Donnell! Great to learn our courses helped you on your writing journey. Read about Roisín's debut #Nesting 🔽

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sarahjessicaparker So very pleased to bring THESE DAYS to readers. Our next SJP Lit release is Lucy Caldwell's already award-winning novel, taking place over four nights during the Belfast Blitz in 1941. Lucy Caldwell's characters leap from the page in all their joy and devastation. It has already garnered heaps of praise from some of our most cherished writers. "Adroit, precise storytelling, atmospheric and satisfying; These Days is a novel of real substance." — Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall You can pre-order now at the link in my story to be the first to receive a copy. Happy, happy reading, X, SJ 2 hours ago

It’s official! THESE DAYS will be out in the US on 8 April with Sarah Jessica Parker’s imprint at Zando, SJPLit. I love the ethos of the imprint and I LOVE the US cover - a detail from a painting by Scottish artist Alberto Morocco.

Former soldier Cathal Crotty jailed for two years for assault on Natasha O'Brien The Court of Appeal has overturned the fully suspended sentence handed down to Crotty last year.

Ex-soldier Cathal Crotty jailed for two years as court overturns suspended sentence for attack on Natasha O'Brien.

I'm delighted to share the advert for a collaborative PhD which I'll be co-supervising with Dr Paddy Fitzgerald of the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies (Omagh). This project, 'Finding "home" in a cultural landscape of migration & belonging' has a deadline of 10 March
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not the typo 💀

I can’t get on with Storygraph either. There’s something soulless about all the percentages. I’m going back to pen & paper list of books read in 2025. I did try excel this year, but felt too much like work.

I’ve read a handful of (in my opinion) perfect books this year & this is one of them. Sneaking right in at the end of the year. Short & brutal. Brilliant. Can’t believe it’s a debut!

Debut Novelists Aimée Walsh, Patrick Holloway & Cathy Sweeney - Ennis Book Club Festival With her first novel, Exile, Aimée Walsh opens out a world of unsettling possibilities and haunted territories, when the life of her young protagonist, Fiadh, is changed forever one night. In The Lang...

Debut Novelists @thereadparts.bsky.social, Patrick Holloway & Cathy Sweeney
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Oh no! Sorry to hear this, Emma x

Happy birthday! 💐

Solidarity with my colleagues at the Observer and the Guardian who are striking today and tomorrow. There is a virtual picket line, too. If you value the paper, its history, its staff, and freelancers like me, please support them by avoiding reading and sharing any articles for the next 48 hours.

West Cork Literary Festival podcast. Photo of interviewer Oonagh Montague and author Jan Carson just before they went on stage at West Cork Literary Festival in July 2024. The photo was taken on the balcony of the Maritime Hotel in Bantry

Today we released episode 3 of our WCLF podcast. Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social was in conversation with
Oonagh Montague & their event was recorded in #Bantry on 17 July 2024. Tune in (& subscribe) wherever you get your podcasts ❤️ #WestCorkLiteraryFestival open.spotify.com/show/2gHrqGc...

Susannah Dickey wins the inaugural PEN Heaney Prize - English PEN

Together with @irishpen.bsky.social and the Estate of Seamus Heaney, we’re delighted to announce Susannah Dickey’s ISDAL @picadorbooks.bsky.social as the winner of the inaugural #PENHeaneyPrize.

Find out more ⤵️
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Ferdia Lennon wins Wodehouse Prize and is one of several Irish authors on Nero Awards shortlists Colin Barrett, Donal Ryan and London-Irish writer Orlaine McDonald make fiction shortlists

Ferdia Lennon wins Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction and is one of several Irish on Nero Awards shortlists with Colin Barrett, Donal Ryan and London-Irish writer Orlaine McDonald. Paul Murray and Michael Magee won last year. Murray has also won the Wodehouse

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Really excited about the new Stinging Fly poetry workshop — applications close next Monday!

so far only seeing book & writing posts - the dream!

The Read Parts | Aimée Walsh | Substack weekly newsletter of essays on culture, literature, and the process of writing. Click to read The Read Parts, by Aimée Walsh, a Substack publication.

Since giving up the bird app, I've spent my time reading (a lot of contemporary fiction but have returned to Anna Karenina!) & writing weekly thoughts on Substack. If that sort of thing interests you: thereadparts.substack.com

I deleted Twitter last month & forgot I set up this account last year! Hello! Is this app. nicer to be on?

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