As part of Invasive Species Week, I'll be at Esk Mountain in Glengarriff on Saturday 27th of June at 3pm, talking about how alien invasives like sika deer, feral goats & rhodo are destroying native ecosystems. Come along, I believe sika venison will be on the menu!!! eskmountain.com/product-cate...

we need more admire local cats gatherings

Mexico: PEN International is concerned by threats to the Casa del Poeta Ramón López Velarde — an emblematic space for literary memory — and calls on authorities to protect cultural rights and ensure communities have a say in decisions affecting their heritage. www.milenio.com/cultura/casa...

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Through a review of histories on institutional complicity in the Nazi regime, author Lauren Arrington reminds us that fascism is enabled by individual choices—and that “every person might choose—at any moment—to refuse.”

Congratulations to PEN International President Burhan Sonmez, honoured as "Witness of Our Time" at Italy's 42nd Premio Hemingway for literature that gives voice to the persecuted and exiled, and turns writing into civil testimony. www.premiohemingway.it/all-project-...

In a field near Wicken, Cambridgeshire larkspur is grown for London florists along with cornflowers & Nigella. It’s quite a sight just now-some floral dopamine for you 🌿:

One week to go. Our first series of chapbooks is launched at 6.30 p.m. on June 15th at the United Arts Club, Dublin. Here they are in all their glory, now available from www.silverlocust.press

the Women’s History Association of Ireland (WHAI) has teamed up with the Women’s History Network to offer a joint annual book prize which awards £500 for an author’s first single-authored monograph in women’s or gender history. Entries close on 31 July 2026. womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

My publisher @4thestatebooks.bsky.social has made me one of those book tour graphics (I'm very excited as I've never had one of these before.) The next event is Dalkey on June 20: dalkeybookfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... More info for the rest here: sallyhayden.net/2026/04/11/t...

They should build loads of data centers all over the place that contain huge quantities of books that people can borrow for free if they fill out a form to get a data center card and promise to return the books on time and don’t make too much noise in the data center.

I love you, at the very very least, that much (Anonymous) 6 June 2026, Dublin #Dublin #Photography #Streetphotography #Messages

📚 Celebrate #Bloomsday at the National Library of Ireland on June 16! Enjoy theatrical readings from #Ulysses, performances by the Fingal Mummers, Bloomsday Passport stamps, and photo opportunities across our Kildare Street and College Green locations. https://ow.ly/G6Ae50Z89eZ

UK publishing generated £7.4 billion in revenue last year. Compare that to: Premier League football: £6.6 billion Home entertainment: £5.6 billion UK film industry: 2.8 billion Now tell me again why authors don't deserve fair contracts and better pay.

Very sad to hear of the passing of MARJANE SATRAPI. A lot of the 'graphic novels' produced since the format became popular, really are collections, not 'novels' at all. Persepolis was something special. A novel that lived in my mind long, long after I read it. A very sad loss.

Since World Poetry Day, @pen-tlrc.bsky.social has been sharing a poem each day. Today, we're proud to share a poem in Wichí, a language that lies at the heart of the Wichí people’s spiritual and territorial identity, and a unique way of understanding the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljZG...

Happy Pride Month 2026 🌈 all

Attention publishers, agents, and devourers of literature…submissions are now open for the 2027 PEN America Literary Awards! You can find information, guidelines, and the submission portal at pen.org/literary-awa... Submissions close August 1!

There was a celebration recently by my old school for the 250th anniversary of the order that ran it, and have just realised that the Presentation nuns have existed longer than the United States. What I'm saying is that with enough combat-ready nuns, we could take down America

#reading #EuropeanFiction The most wonderful slow read I've had in some time. All about feeling, language, and artistic expression with the foundational setting of Napoli through the twentieth century. Highly recommended. #DomenicoStarnone The House on Via Gemito @europaeditions.bsky.social

Join SILVER LOCUST PRESS to launch our first series of four chapbooks at the United Arts Club, 6.30, 15 June. New work by: @geoffreygatza.bsky.social @lindsayjsedgwick.bsky.social @sarapoetry.bsky.social and Kara Penn. Cover art and book design by @padhraig.bsky.social

We love it when a plan comes together. Our first series of four chapbooks. Hot off the presses, looking only gorgeous. #poetry #flashfiction #chapbooks

A blanket of flowering saxifrage mantles the surface of an old oak in the woods. The magic of an Irish rainforest.

Buying a book for a little girl recently and it's actually maddening how about half of each book shelf in the ages 9-12 kids' section is just books by celebrities now. Harder and harder to find the books by professional children's authors

Brilliant, insightful discussion on 'Iran: Women, Life, Freedom' with Sepideh Farsi and Chowra Makaremi facilitated by Hannah McCarthy. Brava! @ilfdublin.bsky.social

#FreeEritreas12: September 2026 marks 25 years since Eritrean journalists and writers were arrested for speaking out. Said Abdelkadir, editor-in-chief of Admas, was one of the 12. His whereabouts remain unknown. We join PEN Centres to demand proof of life. www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...

#Iran: We welcome the suspension of Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi's sentence and her transfer to hospital after too long. PEN International reiterates its call for all sentences against her to be annulled and for her immediate, unconditional release. www.rferl.org/a/iran-narge...

#Colombia: PEN International condemns the killing of journalist and poet Mateo Rueda, 25, shot while reporting on security conditions in Antioquia. His killing reflects the grave dangers facing local journalists across Colombia. Read our full statement: www.pen-international.org/news/colombi...

'Cassata', my new chapbook is now available for pre-order: silverlocust.press/shop/p/cassa...

We’re currently working to preserve rare poetry recordings, featuring major twentieth-century poets. These recordings have never previously been digitised and made available online. Your donation directly supports their preservation and digitisation. poetryarchive.org/support/dona...

It’s publication day for Runaway Road! If you like the trailer hopefully you’ll find the book out there in bookstores and libraries. Reviews welcome. Hope you enjoy it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U2t...

#Iran: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi is being denied the medical care she urgently needs, and her life is at risk. We call for her to receive urgent medical care and to be released unconditionally and immediately. Read our full statement: www.pen-international.org/news/iran-au....

Hightly recommend #HOKUM brilliant film, unsettling, terrifying with excellent layered story telling. Oh, and gorgeous woodland shots and Cork scenary too. Bravo!

Wonderful capture by Dennis Facun #Foxoftheday #nature #wildlife #photography

Great review for John O'Donnell's new collection Mr Hoo and Other Stories. @jlod.bsky.social joins us at WCLF for a @doirepress.bsky.social event alongside poet @karenjmcdonnell.bsky.social on 10 July. Tickets at link in bio www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

#WorldPressFreedomDay @peninternational.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social Every voice matters

Journalism is not a crime. Governments should take note. On World Press Freedom Day, we continue to fight all forms of repression of speech, in all media, around the globe. #WorldPressFreedomDay

Maksym Sytnikov is the executive director of PEN Ukraine. In this interview, he talks about the org's writer fellowships and wartime cultural advocacy, including travelling to liberated and frontline regions and delivering humanitarian aid and books: vocal.media/education/ma...

Getting really excited about Runaway Road novel coming out this week. It’s like an on-the-run road trip based in Derry and Donegal in 2023. Will be heading on a road trip myself over the next few weeks calling at as many bookshops as I can! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U2t...

‘Tonight we're exploring the 1926 census returns - with four historians who've been looking up their families, and people they're interested in from their own research. Myles is joined by Liz Gillis, Mary McAuliffe, Cormac Moore and Marc McMenamin Tune in to @RTERadio1 from 6PM’ #spéirghorn

In the garden..

🖼️ Yuka Taguchi, 1992. #Caturday

Aideen's Grave • Howth • Dublin It is known locally as Aideen’s Grave, after Aideen, the daughter of Aengus of Ben Edair. Aideen was the wife of Oscar, the son of Oisín. It is said that after hearing of her husband’s death, Aideen died of grief and was buried here #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Archaeology

Dear @dlrcc.bsky.social could you please come and collect what you have left, forgotten, abandoned, behind... at Martello Tower and Seapoint THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! 27 April 2026, Dublin #Dublin #Photography #Dunlaoghaire #Environment #Streetphotography

Persian Cat, a woodblock print, Tsugouharu Foujita, 1929. #Caturday

Listen closely at the beginning and you will hear the woodpecker in action. #birds #saturdaymorning #nature

I'm with you, Snoopy.

Today marks the centenary of J.P. Donleavy’s birth, author of The Ginger Man (1955), first published in Paris. The novel became an international bestseller, selling an estimated 50 million copies worldwide, and remains one of the most widely read books ever, translated into 30+ languages.

Please join us Tues May 5th @ 6pm @booksupstairs.bsky.social For a glass of wine & celebratory reading & panel discussion on 'State, in Relation' w/ Annemaire Ni Churreáin, Susan Tomaselli, Nithy Kasa @oeiny.bsky.social @clarebell.bsky.social & Sonya Gildea booksupstairs.ie/all-events/s...