Neil Hegarty

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‘It’s another form of imperialism’: how anglophone literature lost its universal appeal There’s a growing appetite for stories from around the globe – if only we can avoid the cliches and exoticism of recent years, writes the International Booker nominee

One for you, @ronanhession.bsky.social - great piece:

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Visitors stage anti-migrant march in Galway Galway city centre was especially busy last Saturday, with racegoers, summer tourists and the unusual addition of a march by far-right agitators, met by an anti-fascist counter demonstration, causing ...

Brilliant reporting by the galway advertiser. Absolutely perfect www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

A photo of my computer screen. On it is a window that has 'Epson Printer Connection Checker' as a header bar, then a blue circle with an exclamation mark inside. Next to that are the words 'Problems are found. Fix them.'

Is everyone's printer this rude, or just mine?

What lessons does the Irish Boundary Commission hold for how borders are made – and unmade – in contested spaces? Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Enjoyed speaking to ⁦‪Hugh Linehan about my book The Root of All Evil: The Irish Boundary Commission on the Irish Times Inside Politics podcast‬⁩. You can listen to our conversation here.
www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...

An Interview with Liadan Ní Chuinn — TOLKA by Catherine Hearn

“What has happened in the past is still playing out now.”

New online — Tolka editor Catherine Hearn spoke to Liadan Ní Chuinn about their debut short story collection Every One Still Here, published by @grantabooks.bsky.social and @stingingfly.bsky.social. www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

Very glad you enjoyed the book, Ian, and happy too that it's in circulation as far away as British Columbia!
Hope you had a good trip.

Miami Showband massacre 50 years on: ‘The trauma lasts for ever’ – Stephen Travers British collusion was systemic in Troubles, survivor says, and went far higher than UDR foot soldiers

Miami Showband massacre 50 years on: ‘The trauma lasts for ever’ – Stephen Travers. Today is the 50th anniversary of the Miami Showband murders. The Irish Times has published the chapter in Dirty Linen about it, based on my interview with survivor Stephen Travers.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, New Generation Thinkers, In Praise of Flatness Noreen Masud finds inspiration in fenlands, polished tables and Kazuo Ishiguro's novels.

@rid9way.bsky.social: this essay on Radio 3 some time ago hooked me into Noreen Masud's writing.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

" ... they think they deserve every bit of their lives built upon the suffering of others... "

I'm very late to it, but Noreen Masud's essay Quietly the World Shifts, for @tolkajournal.bsky.social, is great. You can hear her reading it and talking about it on this podcast - pca.st/episode/2b4c...

Broadcaster and actor Seán Rocks dies aged 63 Broadcaster and actor Seán Rocks, the voice of Arena on RTÉ Radio 1, has died aged 63.

We at Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann are so sorry to hear of the passing of Seán Rocks: a great artist, a most consummate broadcaster, and a passionate champion of the arts and culture in Ireland.

Rest in peace.

www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

so very very sad to hear the news of the lovely Sean Rocks’ @rteradio1.bsky.social Arena passing.
He kept the arts and culture in the front line every evening at 7pm. RIP.

The programme for 2025 Write by the Sea Festival has just been announced and I'm really pleased to be heading back to Kilmore Quay in September! I'll be interviewing the brilliant @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social and Donal Ryan on Sun 28th Sep at 11.30am ✨️
writebythesea.ie

In the new issue of 'Reading Ireland' I write about the plays of the much missed Jennifer Johnston. Thanks as ever to R.I. editor Adrienne Leavy and on another packed issue.
www.readingireland.net

A close-up of the quilt

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Here is the guy's woodblock prints

(Bluesky coders, please allow us to attach multiple videos in one post!!)

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Sorry for the string of videos, but this is amazing and makes me wonder if this is what life could be like if we all just logged off the internet.

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I love this thread, and photies, from @dieworkwear.bsky.social

Tomorrow! Join us at @booksupstairs.bsky.social Books Upstairs in Dublin for the launch of Looking at Women Looking at War, the remarkable title by our late, courageous, and much-missed friend Victoria Amelina.
29 July, 6pm.

French sign saying (in French) "Crepes and chocolates", left arrow. "Cruel world", right arrow. Harvested from the webs, no idea of attribution.

Hello. I’m a woman in a film who woke up in a full face of make up and put on a man’s shirt to make coffee. I buttoned it badly

Hello, I am someone in a TV drama entering the house and putting the shopping down while cheerily telling you about my day / the traffic / next door's cat knocking over the bins again. You are almost certainly dead.

If you loved an author’s book, tell them! They will completely ignore it because they’re fixated forever on the anonymous person who once gave them two stars on goodreads but it’s probably good for your karma

I'm talking at the John Hewitt summer school in Armagh one week from today, tickets & info here: marketplacearmagh.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Beautiful cover, Nicholas. Congratulations.

So, the book has a cover, thanks to the kindness of Colin Davidson. Out in January 26 with some events in Ireland the end of February, start of March. Will be available in the US slightly later. Thanks to you all for encouragement along the way.

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