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Image: Jaki Irvine, 𝘚𝘴𝘩 𝘖𝘸, 2025. Installation View, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-On-Sea. Photo: Rob Harris.

🔊 New on the website: 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘇 writes about Jaki Irvine’s recent exhibition, 𝘚𝘩𝘩 𝘖𝘸, at De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, which featured a new live work performed on Saturday 24 May, entitled 𝘚𝘏𝘞𝘖 𝘌𝘔 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘞𝘈𝘠 𝘖𝘛 𝘎𝘖 𝘏𝘔𝘖𝘌.

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Image: Maria Fusco and Margaret Salmon, 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵, 2023, film still. Courtesy the artists.

🔊 New on the website: Maria Fusco and Margaret Salmon in conversation with Pádraic E. Moore on their experimental opera-film, 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵, recently exhibited at @goldenthreadni.bsky.social.

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Image: Hamad Butt, 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘴 3: 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘦 (1992). Installation at John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, 1992. Vacuum-sealed glass, crystal iodine, liquid bromine, chlorine gas, water and steel. Overall display dimensions variable. Courtesy John Hansard Gallery and Tate.

🔊 New on the website: Rosa Abbott reviews 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘵: 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, the recent retrospective @immaireland.bsky.social.

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Image description: A stack of PVA Books' latest title, In the good seats: Essays on film, sits alongside other festival titles in ILFD's festival bookshop.

A reminder that our @ilfdublin.bsky.social event - with Maggie Armstrong, Francis Halsall, and Cathy Sweeney - is taking place this Sunday!

🗓️Sunday 25 May
🕗7.00pm
📍Merrion Square
🎟€12/€10

In the meantime, here we are in the gorgeous ILFD bookshop.😍

Tickets: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...

We are delighted to be taking part in Belfast Book Festival! 🎉 Catch Michael Magee, @susannahdickey.bsky.social, and Darran Anderson in conversation on Sunday 8 June.

🗓️Sunday, 8 June
🕗4.00pm
📍Crescent Arts Centre
🎟Pay what you decide (rec. £12.50)

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Image: The poster for upcoming ILFD event The View from the Good Seats. Image text: International Literature Festival Dublin The View from the Good Seats Maggie, Armstrong, Francis Halsall & Cathy Sweeney Sunday 25 May / 19.00

We're heading to @ilfdublin.bsky.social! 🎥 Join us on 25 May to hear Maggie Armstrong, Francis Halsall, and Cathy Sweeney chat about cinema, essay-writing, inspirations, and more with writer and art critic Declan Long.

🗓️Sunday 25 May
🕗7.00pm
📍Merrion Square
🎟€12/€10

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A lovely evening of film clips, readings, & conversation @corkworldbookfest.bsky.social with Francis Halsall & Cathy Sweeney! Thanks to all who came along!

Image: Eva Richardson McCrea, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯/𝘕𝘢 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘓á, installation view, Project Arts Centre, 2025. Single-channel 4K video, sound, 01:06:34. Photo: Louis Haugh. Courtesy the artist and Project Arts Centre.

Installation view of Eva Richardson McCrea's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯/𝘕𝘢 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘓á at Project Arts Centre. Three figures slouch across a set of beanbags, gazing up at a party scene projected across a blank white wall.

🔊 New on the website: John Graham reviews Eva Richardson McCrea's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯 / 𝘕𝘢 𝘋𝘦𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘓á at Project Arts Centre.

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New from Paper Visual Art, Essays on Film. Contributors include Ali Smith, Maggie Armstrong, and Cathy Sweeney.

💫 A colourful trio! Available @molimuseum.bsky.social

Great readings last night @booksupstairs.bsky.social by Maggie Armstrong, Francis Halsall, Ian Maleney & Cathy Sweeney

@pva-books.bsky.social 'IN THE GOOD SEATS
Editors Nathan O'Donnell, Adrian Duncan & Niamh Dunphy

Stunning.

Thanks for coming, Sonya! It was a lovely night 🙂

This evening @ 6pm✨

An extract of the wonderful essay on 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘻 by @michaelmagee.bsky.social was published in the @irishtimes.com weekend supplement on Saturday.

we will be launching 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 in @booksupstairs.bsky.social this Wednesday from 6 pm. Do come!

🚀Join us on Wednesday, 26 February for the launch of 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 at Books Upstairs. All very welcome!

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Congratulations to our Independent Bookshop of the Year Finalists: Island of Ireland 🤩

Bridge Books, Little Acorns Bookstore, Tales for Tadpoles, Tertulia Bookshop and The Secret Bookshelf!

See the full list of finalists 👉 buff.ly/4b0bBbD #BookSky

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Writers and artists are forever in need of financial support, so we have gathered together a list of current Bursaries and Grants for Writers you may be eligible to apply for.

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💥 Just landed! Our latest collection, 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴, has arrived! This is the third in the series and will available in bookshops very soon.

Pre-order via our shiny new website: pva-books.com

Beautiful design by Daly & Lyon. Thanks 🙏🏼 @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for the support.

🙏🏼Delighted that 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴: 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 is featured in the list of forthcoming books to watch out for. Thank you @dublinbookfest.bsky.social!

#pvabooks #inthegoodseats

With contributions by Darran Anderson, Maggie Armstrong, Dodie Bellamy, Susannah Dickey, Maria Fusco, Francis Halsall, Daisy Lafarge, Michael Magee, Ian Maleney, Toye Oladinni, K Patrick, Devika Ponnambalam, Ali Smith, and Cathy Sweeney.

Funded by @artscouncilireland.bsky.social 🙏

📽️ Forthcoming from PVA Books: IN THE GOOD SEATS is a collection of essays in which each of the writers sets their sights on what’s so alluring and moving about film and cinema.

Launch details coming soon! In the meantime, you can pre-order a copy here 👉 papervisualart.com/shop

#film #cinema