This is a cracking read⦠new novella coming soon from Danielle McLaughlin. Published by @stingingfly.bsky.social
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Irish poetry 2025: Morsels | The Oasis | After Party | Infinity Pool β The Stinging Fly
A thoughtful and generous review from @stingingfly.bsky.social about Susanna Galbraith's debut morsels as well as a few lines of praise to Sam Furlong's debut Crowd Work. Thank you so much to reviewer Ellen Orchard!
Read it here: stingingfly.org/review/irish...
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βIf this global moment is marked by βprevailing untruthβ and widespread dissemination of lies, all four of these collections show an acute awareness of the poetβs duty to exactitude of language: the importance of trying to say exactly what it is that you mean.β
stingingfly.org/review/irish...
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NEW on our website | Ellen Orchard reviews 2025 Irish poetry collections:
πMorsels by Susanna Galbraith @machapress.bsky.social
ποΈThe Oasis by Charles Lang @skeinpress.bsky.social
πAfter Party by Dean Browne (Picador Poetry)
π§Infinity Pool by Vona Groarke (Gallery Press)
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Deadline approaching!
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The Ten by Ten Workshop (presented by the Irish Writers Centre and The Stinging Fly) - Irish Writers Centre
The Ten by Ten Workshop will provide a group of ten writers the opportunity to push forward with their writing over ten Saturdays.
The applications window for the Ten by Ten Workshop from us & @stingingfly.bsky.social, led by Nicole Flattery & RoisΓn O'Donnell, closes today at 5pm.
Check the link below for all the information you need, and to apply before the deadline!
irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...
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The deadline for our Ten by Ten Workshop, run in partnership with @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social, is today at 5pm!!
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The deadline for applications to our Ten by Ten workshop is tomorrow, Tuesday 6th January at 5pm Irish time.
Make sure to read the submission guidelines and get your application in before the deadline. @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
stingingfly.org/the-ten-by-t...
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ICYMIβ¨
Only 3 weeks left to apply βοΈ
Motivated writers working on a specific fiction project (short-story collection/novel), can apply for a chance to have their work closely read by our workshop leaders & like-minded participants @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
stingingfly.org/the-ten-by-t...
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We are delighted to announce the return of The Ten by Ten Workshop
An in-person, intermediate-level workshop for fiction writers, presented by @stingingfly.bsky.social & @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. The workshop will be led by RoisΓn O'Donnell and Nicole Flattery
stingingfly.org/the-ten-by-t...
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2026 Ten by Ten Workshop Leaders β¨
RoisΓn O'Donnell's first novel Nesting won @irishbookawards.bsky.social Novel of the Year 2025
Nicole Flattery was recently appointed as @artscouncilireland.bsky.social 2026 Writer in Residence @uniofgalway.bsky.social
Apply here: stingingfly.org/the-ten-by-t...
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2026 Ten by Ten Workshop Leaders β¨
RoisΓn O'Donnell's first novel Nesting won @irishbookawards.bsky.social Novel of the Year 2025
Nicole Flattery was recently appointed as @artscouncilireland.bsky.social 2026 Writer in Residence @uniofgalway.bsky.social
Apply here: stingingfly.org/the-ten-by-t...
12.12.2025 17:50 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
The Irish Writers Centre and @stingingfly.bsky.social are delighted to announce the return of Ten by Ten: an in-person, intermediate-level workshop for fiction writers, led by RoisΓn O'Donnell and Nicole Flattery.
irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...
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Hello #booksky ππ
@ccrrll.bsky.social has had a piece of eco-criticism featured in The Climate Issue of @stingingfly.bsky.social!
A Thousand, Thousand Slimy Things is about a real-life sea voyage taken by Claire, @gary-grace.bsky.social and her grandpa this summer.
Congratulations, Claire!
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We are delighted to announce the return of The Ten by Ten Workshop
An in-person, intermediate-level workshop for fiction writers, presented by @stingingfly.bsky.social & @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. The workshop will be led by RoisΓn O'Donnell and Nicole Flattery
stingingfly.org/the-ten-by-t...
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Final call for applications - deadline is today at 5pm!
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Poetry Workshops β The Stinging Fly
The deadline for applications to our 2026 Poetry Workshop is tomorrow, Tuesday 2nd December at 5pm Irish Time.
Be sure to read the submission guidelines and get your application in on time.
More info: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
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Our 2026 Poetry Workshop runs from January until May and will provided a group of likeminded poets the opportunity to seriously pursue and develop their craft.
The deadline for applications is Tuesday 2nd December, 5pm Irish time.
Apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
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Applications for the 2026 TSF Poetry Workshop are open and close on Tuesday 2nd December at 5pm Irish time.
More information on how to apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
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Applications for the 2026 TSF Poetry Workshop are open and close on Tuesday 2nd December at 5pm Irish time.
More information on how to apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
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I'll be reading at The Stinging Fly launch on Thursday. A character's personal tempest inside literal one or lesbian road trip with supernatural fairies, damaged bogs, an upturned camper van, high jinx, creepy haunting and winks to The Wizard of Oz & an historic storm that battered Ireland in 1839.
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THE CLIMATE ISSUE π
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week!
Join us as we celebrate the launch in The Digital Depot, Dublin 8 next Thursday 27th November from 7pm π
This event is free but space is limited and booking essential - book your ticket here: stingingfly.org/product/wint...
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NEW: on the latest episode of The Stinging Fly Podcast host Nicole Flattery is joined by OdrΓ‘n Waldron to read from and discuss his story βTemporaryβ, published in the Summer 2025 issue of The Stinging Fly.
Listen Here: stingingfly.org/podcast/odra...
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THE CLIMATE ISSUE π
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
π¨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
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We're launching next Thursday 27th November in the Digital Depot - come one, come all!!
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NEW: on the latest episode of The Stinging Fly Podcast host Nicole Flattery is joined by OdrΓ‘n Waldron to read from and discuss his story βTemporaryβ, published in the Summer 2025 issue of The Stinging Fly.
Listen Here: stingingfly.org/podcast/odra...
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Stoked to have a #ShortStory πNight Of The Big Windπ in #TheClimateIssueΒ of @stingingfly.bsky.socialΒ Huge thanks to Editor Lisa McInerney. I'm also super grateful to @artscouncilireland.bsky.socialΒ for a 2025 Literature Bursary Award. I'll be reading this story at #DoolinWritersWeekendΒ in January.
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NEW FICTION
Miriam Needham's story βSometimes Women Find It Strangeβ
βHow can this man be so sure of himself, RΓ³isΓn thinks, when he is so strange, so different to the people around him? Itβs almost offensive, the level of comfort he has with himself.β
full storyπ
stingingfly.org/2025/11/12/s...
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THE CLIMATE ISSUE π
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
π¨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
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New independent publisher. Ireland's first press dedicated to literature in translation.
#artscouncilsupported
The Manchester Review is an online literary journal that brings together the best of new international writing.
https://www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/
Programme Manager @ The Stinging Fly
Professional Goblin
Literature Ireland is the national agency in Ireland for the promotion of Irish literature abroad.
Funded by Culture Ireland & The Arts Council.
https://www.literatureireland.com/
www.beefolklore.ie
IG: eimear_beefolklore
Sharing folklore & pictures of things I like. Lover of nature, bees, animals & the wonderful world of myths & legends across all folk traditions.
Eimear ChaomhΓ‘nach, author of 'The Keeper of the Bees' #bookskyππ
Leading support and development organisation for writers in Ireland. Programmes | Resources | Courses | Events | #InternationalDebutNovelCompetition π
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland.
Signed comic prints: beetlemoses.bigcartel.com
El Chabon perdura.
https://msha.ke/handmadeplaylists
Broadcaster @rte.ie - currently on Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social.
Runs Ireland's largest book club, patron @epilepsyireland.bsky.social, board of Fighting Words NI.
Arts event curator and moderator.
Quizzer.
Links: https://linktr.ee/rickoshea
Writer & dog botherer
armstrongsheila.com
Literary journal of formally promiscuous non-fiction.
Publishing essays, memoir, autofiction and the overflow.
Supported by the Arts Council.
tolkajournal.org
Art in words | Journal | Publisher (Gorse Editions) | Next issue: gorse 12: Language (April 25); in preparation: gorse 13 (Taboo)| Next Gorse Editions: New Green Fool by Alan Cunningham | Funded by Arts Council Ireland | http://gorse.ie
Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Moth Short Story Prize 2024 & 2014 | 'Somebody' expo 2020 | Room Little Darker 2018 | Stinging Fly; gorse; The Moth; Winter Papers; Galway Stories; Orca; Irish Times; Lonely Crowd; BBC4; Paper Visual Art; The 32; L'Esprit; Globe & Scales; Long Gaze Back +
Independent book publisher. Latest: Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night has been shortlisted for the Kate O'Brien Award. Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
