Join us for our festival opening night for a special evening of conversation and culture to celebrate the 100th issue of The Dublin Review in a live broadcast with @rteradio1.bsky.social Arena 🎟️ bit.ly/3KgYZDD

I did not believe Israel would reach the point of starving people to death. I did not believe it would, on average, erase a classroom of children every single day for two whole years.” - Orly Noy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Books Upstairs is a fine store with a particularly excellent poetry section. Why not support them by ordering your books online instead: booksupstairs.ie

Please read and reshare our statement on the Global Sumud Flotilla. We at Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann offer solidarity in this time of crisis. irishpen.com/2025/10/02/g...

Blue light on stone.

A month to go! The deadline for entries to this edition of the Michael McLaverty Short Story Award is 31 October.

Wonderful launch for The Hare's Corner on Friday evening. It was a celebration of the book but more importantly everyone who is looking after Irish nature. Thanks @newislandbooks.bsky.social @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social Jane Carkill Catherine Cleary

Pizdyets: On the morning after the parliamentary elections in Moldova, I read this brilliant essay by Philip Ó'Ceallaigh in @thedublinreview.bsky.social The Dublin Review 98.

Oscar and his friends today (at Père-Lachaise).

⚡️Meet the Stormers of Issue V ⚡️ Fiona O’Rourke is a Pushcart nominated author/Arts Council Ireland funded writer. Her work has been published in journals and anthologies, broadcasted & translated. fionaO.substack.com   The Storms is supported by #fingalarts & @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

1. Shout out to @neilhegarty.bsky.social for the kindness of sending me a copy of his debut novel. I do enjoy getting a package from back home. The hospital in the foreground is where my father, a general surgeon trained at Queen's in Belfast, practiced for his career.

Discussing Dirty Linen on France 24 ahead of my evrnt with Neil Hegarty at the @centreculturelirlandais on Thursday as part of my month’s residency. If you’re in Paris , come along www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...

Very glad to have first glimpse of my essay 'Beach Trip to Gaza', in the latest issue of @bansheepress.bsky.social.

At the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris.

'Engrossing and supremely witty ... Smith has given us a poignant study of masculinity - and a penetrating portrait of a world under tremendous strain.' - Neil Hegarty, Irish Times A brill review of INJURY TIME, the latest novel from Kevin Smith 🍷🎉

Emily in Paris.

Congratulations to all 10 brilliant writers on this shortlist. We had an absolute blast reading your work and talking at length about how varied and intriguing your stories are.

Very glad to have judged this year's RTE Short Story Competition, alongside Jan Carson and Tristan Rosenstock: the shortlist is now published. Great writing this year. The winners are announced on 24 October. @rteradio1.bsky.social @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social

A room with a view.

Someone asked if I was ready for the fall, and it actually took me a moment to realize that they meant autumn, not the complete collapse of democracy.

Only Dublin could treat the provision of public toilets as if they were being asked to land people on Mars.

100 ISSUES OLD TODAY! The new issue of The Dublin Review features work by Nathan O’Donnell, Laura Morris, Tara McEvoy, Molly McCloskey, Conor Dawson, alongside the mighty Colm Tóibín who also appeared in our very first issue 25 years ago. NUMBER 100 is out now in bookshops, or at thedublinreview.com

Arrival in Paris, and settling into a month's writing residency. Thank you to Centre Culturel Irlandais for this wonderful opportunity.

In today's @theguardian.com country diary, Mary Montague describes a beautiful freshwater ecosystem at risk from gold mining. #countrydiary #naturewriting

'Super Trouper' is blazing away today.

My @irishtimes.com fiction in translation column is now online for subscribers. Fiction from Romania, Italy, Haiti, China and Gaza. Fiction in translation: Yang Hao an exciting new voice in Chinese – and Irish – literature www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

A Year with Gilbert White by Jenny Uglow: a loving reminder of ecological writer’s legacy

Woke up and it wasn't raining so we headed to Strandhill strand for a pre-breakfast walk. Cold but beautiful 😍 #LoveSligo

A dahlia, at last!

Today’s the day! We are thrilled to announce our full programme of events for Dublin Book Festival 2025. All events now up on our website to browse and getting booking ✨ bit.ly/46ixJu1

Dublin Book Festival is on the way - and I'm happy to be moderating two special events: 7 Nov: Writing the Unspeakable, with Gaia Schoeters and Audrey Magee; 8 Nov: Out on the Page, with Soula Emmanuel, Seán Hewitt, and Anne Walsh Donnelly. join us! dublinbookfestival.com/explore-the-...

We review or preview (deep breath)… The Traitors Ireland, The Paper, NewDad, a new book about Waking the Feminists, Sanatorium, Spinal Tap II, CMAT… and more! And guests telling us what they got around to lately in culture are: Michael Fry, Alison Spittle and actor Frank Blake.

Starting tomorrow, meet the stars 🌟 of issue V of The Storms, the printed journal of poetry prose & visual art. Supported by @fingal.ie & Dublin City of Literature & Dublin City Council 🙏 Issue V will be have its first launch on 1 Nov with full launch details coming soon 🎉

Derry acorn.

A simple but important way to support Palestinian writers is to read their work. A helpful list is in the link below but please do explore @arablit.bsky.social more widely as well as publishers like @commapress.bsky.social

Listened to our arts & culture podcast Get Around To It yet? We’re number one in Arts in Apple podcasts in Ireland! Thanks so much to everyone who has listened in so far - please do spread the word. Listen in here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g... or here open.spotify.com/episode/0Mqg...

With just 5 days to go until the deadline of the International Debut Novel Competition, we asked leading international publishers + agents for their advice on getting your manuscript read! Find out more ⬇️ irishwriterscentre.ie/agents-and-p...

All the colours.

At Coventry Cathedral.

I’m thrilled too. This time 38 years ago, I left home and moved to Maynooth. The first person in my family to finish secondary school and go to college. It was a life-changing experience. ❤️ 📚

Our Euonymus 'Chinese spindle tree' is now in beautiful full flower.

If Starmer gave a shit about human rights, having a decent and harmonious society, and sticking up for the vulnerable, he wouldn't be busy chasing Farage down the gutter. It's quite simple. Trying to out-fash the fash leads to oblivion. Everyone is telling him this - why is he not listening?

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

Autumn evenings are back.

If you fail to grasp the fundamental significance of the ECHR here, then you have not been paying attention to the last 50+ years.

Important that we recognize the work of translators. They do so much to bring books into other languages, including pitching books and advocating for writers' work. Without wishing to nag, I hope people agree that it's important to #namethetranslator when posting here about translated work.