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Great to see two of our titles listed in the '10 of the best Irish short story collections' this week @rte.ie by journalist @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social

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1. Kevin Barry - There Are Little Kingdoms (2007) t.co/rzORCbHNAb

6. Colin Barrett - Young Skins (2013) t.co/50JJvsOQZg

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NEW: Jade Bailey Brock reviews A Hut at the Edge of the Village

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A newly-reissued anthology of excerpts from the work of Irish writer and philosopher John Moriarty, edited by writer & storyteller Martin Shaw, and published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social in April 2025

Had the nicest day with my @stingingfly.bsky.social writers @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social talking, laughing and furiously critiquing some great short stories. What an amazing bunch of folk.

Liadan Ní Chuinn's Every One Still Here

‘Extraordinary’ Guardian
‘Astonishing’ Sunday Times
‘Phenomenal’ Observer
‘Utterly brilliant’ Daily Mail
‘Deserves to be considered among the best Irish books of the 21st century’ Irish Times
‘Phenomenal' Lucy Caldwell
'A properly exciting writer' Max Porter

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More good news🎉📚

Wendy Erskine's debut novel The Benefactors (Sceptre Books) shortlisted for the Eason Novel of the Year award

You can vote now
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We published Wendy's two short story collections, Sweet Home (2018) and Dance Move (2022).

BIG NEWS 📚🎉

We couldn't be happier to see this year's shortlist for 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards!

Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year: Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn (The Stinging Fly Press)

You can vote now
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Was a great evening!

“This making of meaning seems to me one of the gifts that writers offer readers. Here is structure, linearity, not necessarily justice and a happy ending but at least a well-crafted tragic ending, offering the consolation of catharsis.”

Here are some photos from the lecture by Dublin-based photographer Patrick Fleming.

See more on our Instagram page:

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The text of the 2025 Stinging Fly Annual Lecture is now available to read on our website.

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We were delighted to have Sarah Moss deliver the The Stinging Fly 2025 Annual Lecture at Pearse Street Library in Dublin on the 25th of September.

Please spread the word!

Join our meet and greet session on Thursday October 30th to share your experiences as a writer with a disability, as we devise a range of targeted supports for disabled writers.

Please contact Declan Meade by Wednesday October 22nd

We’d love to hear from you.

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Join our meet and greet session on Thursday October 30th to share your experiences as a writer with a disability, as we devise a range of targeted supports for disabled writers.

Please contact Declan Meade by Wednesday October 22nd

We’d love to hear from you.

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We get a lot of questions about commissioning, editing, line-editing etc. If you're able to get to Naas LIbrary & Cultural Centre this Friday 10 OCt, we will be on a panel with @stingingfly.bsky.social 's Lisa McInerney to talk about all this and more!

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NEW FICTION: On our website, Eamon McGuinness's story ‘Los Sotos’

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“Swallows are everywhere. Golondrinas, I say to myself and remember the day on the balcony when Pilar taught me that word. She used to praise them for eating the mosquitos in summer.”

NEW: Philip Ó Ceallaigh reviews Goat Song, a novel from 1928 by the Russian writer Konstantin Vaginov, published this year in English for the first time by New York Review Books

– translated by Ainsley Morse.

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STORY PACK📚Limited time offer ⏰

Order 3 of these 6 great books for 20 euro including postage within Ireland, 30 euro to GB and Europe.

Offer is only available until Monday.

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BIG NEWS: Dublin, Written In Our Hearts
@dublincityoflit.bsky.social
is now available as an audiobook! You can access the audiobook via
@dublincitylibs.bsky.social
BorrowBox online library service 🎧

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NEW: on this month's episode, host Nicole Flattery is joined by Rosa Mäkelä to read from and discuss her story ‘Breathwork’, published in the Summer 2025 issue of The Stinging Fly Issue 52 Volume Two.

Listen 🔗https://stingingfly.org/podcast/rosa-makela/

A limited number of tickets have been made available for this Thursday's TSF annual lecture.

The lecture will be delivered by Sarah Moss and is entitled Losing the Plot: Reading, writing, realism and reality.

Tickets are free but booking is essential.
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We are delighted to announce that Ellen Flanagan is the inaugural recipient of the Irish Writers Centre New Writing Prize for ‘A Typical Barbie’, which is her first published piece of fiction.

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We are delighted to announce that Ellen Flanagan is the inaugural recipient of the Irish Writers Centre New Writing Prize for ‘A Typical Barbie’, which is her first published piece of fiction.

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Announcing the Inaugural Winner of the New Writing Prize - Irish Writers Centre We are delighted to announce Ellen Flanagan as the winner of the 2025 Irish Writers Centre New Writing Prize in partnership with The Stinging Fly. Ellen has won the prize for her short story, ‘A Typic...

We are delighted to announce that Ellen Flanagan is the inaugural recipient of the Irish Writers Centre New Writing Prize for ‘A Typical Barbie’, which is her first published piece of fiction.

Full announcement: irishwriterscentre.ie/announcing-t...

NEW on our website | Liz Quirke @lizquirke.bsky.social's essay 'The fear of stepping into focus' the latest instalment in our This So Called Writing Life series (edited by Olivia Fitzsimons @oneflawediris.bsky.social)

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Essay wherein I talk about poetry, queer motherhood and my body and consider the writing of my third collection. Thanks for @stingingfly.bsky.social stingingfly.org/2025/09/09/t...

Feel extremely lucky to work with the class act, poetic genius, and all round legend that is @lizquirke.bsky.social. Read her new essay in @stingingfly.bsky.social, it's amazing!!

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