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Homebirds tells the inspiring and often funny story of Anne Marie McAleese and Dot Blakely's birding adventures around Northern Ireland.

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@bto-ni.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdwatchers #BirdwatchingUK #birdwatchingireland #northernireland

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#mystory by🥇 #MaryPeters🥇

The definitive account of #Olympics #goldmedalist and truly remarkable woman: ‘Mary P.’

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Absolutely delighted to be invited to the portrait unveiling of Monica McWilliams at the Great Hall in Queen’s University. Well deserved tributes to Monica’s decades of campaigning for women & her peacebuilding work with the Women’s Coalition & after. Brilliant to see so many activist women again.

Monica McWilliams broke the mould in so many ways, as a woman, as an activist and as a politician. In her frank and fascinating memoir, #StandUpSpeakOut she tells her extraordinary story.

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#LyseDoucet #MonicaMcWilliams

A super event Women Writing History at the Main Hall @immaireland.bsky.social as part of the fabulous Dublin Book Festival @dublinbookfest.bsky.social

Thank you to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social & speakers @sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social & writers Evelyn Conlon & Rebecca Pelan

For our North American readers 👇

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is our latest guest on Burning Books 📕
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Supported by the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

We have three Blackstaff Press authors taking part in @dublinbookfest.bsky.social this week: Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Evelyn Conlon and Ruby Free. For more info👇

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#blackstaffpress #dublinbookfest #eilisnidhuibhne #evelynconlon #rubyfree #Rathlin #rahlinisland

LAST TICKETS!

Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life.

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What is Your Dream Residency? Millicent Borges Accardi interviews with Evelyn Conlon,

i was looking for a link and came across this Atticus interview I did with the wonderful Irish novelist Evelyn Conlon in 2023, What is Your Dream Residency? atticusreview.org/what-is-your...

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Ní chuireann sí fiacail ann | She tells it straight at the Dublin Book Festival - Books Ireland Áine Ní Ghlinn, Rita Ann Higgins, and Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne in bilingual conversation at the Dublin Book Festival this November.

A formidable trio are in conversation at the Dublin Book Festival for what promises to be a provocative, challenging, and zesty bilingual event!

📕Ní chuireann sí fiacail ann | She tells it straight📕
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Congratulations to our 'Homebirds' author Dot Blakely who was awarded the Spirit of the RSPB Award for her ongoing commitment and support for the RSPB Northern Ireland and at Belfast's Window on Wildlife (WOW).

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#birdwatching #birding #wildlife #wildlifeconservation

Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life. Tickets have nearly sold out:
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Excited to announce that The Cork International Short Story Festival takes place from 15th - 18th October. All the details on the programme and how to book your tickets go to www.corkshortstory.net
#shortstory #corkevents #shortstoryfestival

Join us for a powerful morning of conversation with authors Evelyn Conlon, Sinéad Gleeson and Clodagh Finn, exploring the impact of women activists in Ireland through the decades, and some of the great writing that captures their stories 🎟️ bit.ly/4mFkhbu

We're really looking forward to this Dublin Book Fair event in November with Evelyn Conlon (author and UCD Press co-editor of After the Train) and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with author and journalist Clodagh Finn!

Saturday, 8 November
11 am
IMMA, RHK

🎟️ Get your tickets: bit.ly/dbf-att

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Blue Lights is back!

Why not "Take a beat!" and read the Real Life stories?

#bbc1 #BlueLights #bluelights2025 #crimedrama #colinbreen

Get it here: blackstaffpress.com?s=A+Force+Li...

'President Michael D. Higgins this afternoon received the newly appointed Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025 – 2028, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, at Áras an Uachtaráin.' #SpeirGorm @president.ie

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne’s candid and moving memoir tells the story of her thirty-year relationship with the love of her life, internationally renowned folklorist Bo Almvqvist, capturing brilliantly the compromises and adjustments and phases of their relationship.

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Brilliant conversion between new Laureate for Irish Fiction, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and Niall MacMonagle at @nlireland.bsky.social. Sounds like Éilís has great plans for her three-year tenure. @cormackinsella.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

A privilege to be part of the NI premiere of the searingly powerful BOY by Damian Gorman @thelinenhall 11 Sept. The story, in words & music, of his brother Gerard who endured horrific abuse at the hands of Fr Malachy Finegan. Gerard’s courage inspired many other men to come forward.

'Gerard Gorman’s experiences are brought to the stage with poems by his brother Damian and music by piper Leonard Barry. It is a story of hope amidst the darkness.'

Kathy Donaghy's piece in the Irish Independent on B O Y:

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#SoYoung #BOY

B O Y - an unforgettable life in words and music: Followed by a Q&A - Irish Cultural Centre Here at the Irish Cultural Centre, we invite you to check out B O Y - an unforgettable life in words and music: Followed by a Q&A. Book your tickets today!

Too many stories in Ireland have gone unheard. Many a lot like this one. Acclaimed Poet Damian Gorman and Master Uilleann Piper Leonard Barry give it voice through poetry and music – a stunning performance of courage, resilience & hope. 🗓️ Fri 19 Sep 2025 irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/b-o-y-...

Tech completed for the world premiere of B O Y in @hawkswellsligo.bsky.social Theatre, Sligo this evening (Wednesday, September 10th).

f.mtr.cool/fvyulgjilg for remaining tickets.

(Photo: Lorcan Doherty)

Now completely SOLD OUT. You can still catch the 1st outing of the show at its world premiere in Sligo's Hawk's Well Theatre (Sept 10th); at the New Gate Arts and Culture Centre (25th); or at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith (19th).

Introducing the Fourth Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025-2028: Éilís Ní Dhuibhne The NLI is delighted to host this inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025-2028 event.

Join Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, in her first public event as the 4th Laureate for Irish Fiction, as she discusses her writing career to date and her role as Laureate. She will be joined in conversation with Niall MacMonagle.

Tues 16 Sept, 6–8pm @nlireland.bsky.social. Book here:

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