Eimear Ryan

‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the D’Olier Street store later on Monday

A great shop that’s so supportivr of writers, and run by the best people. They’re open today if you’re passing, or you can buy a book via their website. @booksupstairs.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

Thinking of @sarahmaintains.bsky.social and the other Irish citizens who are part of the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social, and have been detained by the IDF who illegally intercepted them in international waters.

Here is Sarah’s poem, ‘If I had any other thing’:

The bees have discovered Brutalism

Latest jewel in the crown of Marina Park; the Elevated Tree Walkway leading to Barrington’s folly, woodland walks and picnic areas. Access from the Cork Harbour Greenway beside the playground and slides. Spin out also onto the Marina Prominade and (shortly) the Atlantic Pond. #Cork

Celebrate the launch of Filly by Rosamund Taylor — Banshee Press We hope you can join us to raise a glass to Filly , the beautiful new verse novel by acclaimed poet Rosamund Taylor, in Books Upstairs on Wednesday 15 October! Banshee poetry editor Jessica…

We hope you can join us for the launch of FILLY by @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social on Wednesday 15 October at @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin! It kicks off at 6pm with Banshee poetry editor @jesstraynor.bsky.social introducing Rosamund. All are welcome! ✨

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Our Secondhand Superstar David took Aoife Barry’s article (@sweetoblivion.bsky.social) & Sinéad Gleeson’s anthology (@SineadGleeson.bsky.social) & went searching through the shelves to find …

‘The Two of Hearts’ by Niall McArdle — Banshee Press The birthmark was small but unmissable, a heart-shaped rash-red bump placed precisely over the pulse on the right side of my neck. ‘She has her heart in her throat,’ my mother always said. It…

"The birthmark was small but unmissable, a heart-shaped rash-red bump placed precisely over the pulse on the right side of my neck ... I was always aware when people stared at it."

From issue 4 (spring/summer 2017) -- fiction by Niall McArdle 💕

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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1777:
Everything you experience informs your work. In summer, write about the heat; the vegetation; the scent of the sea. In winter, write about the cold; the darkening sky; the onset of snow. Use everything you feel: grief, anxiety, joy, love, pain. It's all good.

Grassroots to Glory: The GAA’s Living Legacy - Cashel Arts Festival In Association with Durabeds From parish pride to All-Ireland glory, the GAA has shaped the cultural heartbeat of Ireland for over a century. This lively panel brings together sports journalist Stephe...

Looking forward to speaking at this event this evening! 💙💛

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The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.

"The feed no longer surprises but sedates, and in that sedation, something quietly breaks, and social media no longer feels like a place to be; it is a surface to skim."

@jamesosullivan.bsky.social for @noemamag.com: www.noemamag.com/the-last-day...

We have an exciting opportunity for a visiting fellow in Irish Studies at UL! Sponsored by the Irish American Cultural Institute, the O'Malley Fellowship will bring exceptional Irish Studies scholars currently affiliated with US universities to UL for a 12-week stay.

A great read!

Delighted to be reading at Ó bhéal go béal in Cork next Monday. Poems from the new and newest books, featuring some Seán Ó'Ríordáin and some birds

‘When You Unravel’ by Eleanor Hooker — Banshee Press When a honeybee bumps against glass, and silences noise your room, when masonry settles and a knock at the door is harm, when your fingertips bleed and you cannot let go, when your boat arrives…

'When a honeybee bumps against glass,
and silences noise your room,
when masonry settles
and a knock at the door is harm ...'

'When You Unravel' by @eleanorhooker.bsky.social – poetry from issue 9 (autumn/winter 2019) 🧵

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Banshee Press will open for book submissions from 1-15 October — Banshee Press Banshee Press will be accepting book-length submissions of fiction, poetry and memoir from 1-15 October 2025 . All submitted manuscripts will be considered for our 2027 and 2028 lists (and perhaps…

Banshee Press will open for book submissions from 1-15 October. More details to follow soon. Ready your manuscripts! 📝

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❤️ Books Upstairs, Dublin.
#SolidarityIsAVerb 🇵🇸

I can't get over how many writers have chosen to dedicate so much of their time and energy into transphobia rather than writing? Or like if you're going to be an activist, there's a literal genocide. And if you claim to care so much about women being abused, there's a literal genocide.

'There is a halo of yellow far off, where green meets the zone of habitation. Boughs and branches move, leaves seethe and shiver. The night has its mouths.'

From issue 18 (autumn/winter 2024) -- fiction by David Hayden 🌔

@seventydys.bsky.social

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Looks beautiful! Congrats Edel 🤩

Arrived into the office to find the best of parcels - book post! 📚 💙 “Shakespearean Biofiction on the Contemporary Stage and Screen” is now in paperback and priced to move! 😉 @ardenpublisher.bsky.social #Shakespeare #biofiction

E MER B R R M TEE BE RM MER I E MB R R MEER EE B RM M ER I E MB R I remember, Joe Brainard 'A masterpiece.' Paul Auster

Joe Brainard’s ‘I Remember’ (1970-1975) is a small book that is immense inside, not least because of the way it—generously, wittily, companionably—opens up the reader to their own worlds of memory and feeling. There’s no such thing as an everybody book, but this is one. @dauntbookspub.bsky.social.

‘Baubles’ by Anita Goveas — Banshee Press The jewellery set arrives on your thirteenth birthday, the official transition from playing with dolls to planning what to name your children. Your nana is so traditional, Mother says laughingly, no…

'The jewellery set arrives on your thirteenth birthday, the official transition from playing with dolls to planning what to name your children.'

From issue 18 (autumn/winter 2024) – flash fiction by @coffeeandpaneer.bsky.social 💎

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Seamus Heaney Centre Join us for a celebration of Bebe Ashley's second poetry collection published by Banshee Press which explores sign language and longing.

We hope you can join us for the launch of HARBOUR DOUBTS by @bebeashley.bsky.social‬ on Thursday 26 June at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Belfast! It starts at 6pm with the excellent Dawn Watson introducing Bebe's reading. All are welcome! ✨

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Reading James Joyce's Ulysses for Bloomsday (and new fiction galore) - ABC listen A guide to James Joyce from Irish writer Mary Morrissy, ahead of Bloomsday (16 June); New Zealand writer Becky Manawatu continues to explore howls of pain and compassion in her second novel, Kataraina...

Listen to this brilliant interview with Mary Morrissy about #PenelopeUnbound and Bloomsday on The Bookshelf on ABC Australia:

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‘Standing Nude’ by Jane Robinson — Banshee Press I’ve carried you down into the hall and painted you again on a six-foot canvas, your right toe testing the waters of a pool in blues so dense they’ve hollowed a place on the linen threads, …

'I have layered you onto the canvas,
full magentas and yellows and pinks,
then scraped you away – pared

back to some essential silence.'

From issue 7 (autumn/winter 2018), poetry by Jane Robinson:

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‘New Game / Options / Quit’ by Claire Watson — Banshee Press There is nothing. It’s the body without being, and being without a body the nothing is limitless. Flesh turned to pixels, being is malleable. You can begin by forgetting yourself. Discard the name, th...

'There is nothing. It’s the body without being, and being without a body the nothing is limitless. Flesh turned to pixels, being is malleable.'

From issue 18 (now sold out), 'New Game / Options / Quit', a personal essay by @clairiefairie.bsky.social

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delighted to share the cover for my collection After Party, published by Picador in September!

Seamus Heaney Centre The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize, supported by Atlantic Philanthropies.

Congratulations to @gphibbett.bsky.social‬ on their latest triumph: High Jump as Icarus Story has been shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Poetry Prize for a First Collection! We're so proud of the incredible impact that this book has made ✨

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Issue 19 | Spring/Summer 2025 — Banshee Press 128 pages ISSN: 2009-857X ISBN: 978-1-917161-17-6

Issue 19 (spring/summer 2025) is gone to print! View the contents and pre-order your copy at the link in bio 😎

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