Hi Tone Books invite you to the launch of Acts of Defiance by Rose Comiskey on Thursday, 28 May at 6.00pm at Photo Museum Ireland, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

"Data from "AI-aestheticed" advertising shows it attracts at least six times more reader attention than previous benchmarks, and more than 12 times conversion to e-commerce interaction." Can Nadim share the source of this 'data'? I won't hold my breath. @thebookseller.com

Here's this month's book covers of note

The Irish Times claiming AI slop is a photograph of Ardnacrusha workers on site from 1929. Why not just fill the paper with text gobbledygook as well, or is it only the visual that you treat with contempt? No publication with a shred of integrity would allow this to happen. @irishtimes.com

Thrilled to take delivery of our new Gorse Editions title, New Green Fool by Alan Cunningham. Readers will be familiar with Alan's work from his pieces in the journal & on our website. Pre-order details to follow. Cover art: @hitoneie.bsky.social. With thanks to @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

Interesting that the physical and technical aspects of the archival document are not considered information. - Was it handwritten - Was it printed - Was it copied - Was it transmitted - Was it stamped - Was it signed - Was it forged - Was it redacted - Was it damaged - What typefaces were used …

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Exciting news - the cover of our next title in translation, The Rarest Fruit, has arrived! Design by @hitoneie.bsky.social #booksky 📚

The 46a was merged with the 10 which shared it's number with the tram line that previously ran on the NCR. Now the 46a (on this stretch) is being replaced by the 11 which is just one digit out and has no historic resonance. #Bringbackthe10

This photograph of Newgrange in 1950 never ceases to amaze me. What exists there now is an abomination.

A sneak peek at a very special issue of gorse. Coming early next year. #herecomesthesun #gorse14

Looking forward to the launch of Tony Murray's Dubs this Thursday in City Hall, Dame St at 6.00pm. The book contains over 230 evocative photographs of Dubliners and their city taken in the late 1970s and early 1980s. With an introduction by Daithí Ó Corráin and essay by Peter Sheridan. All welcome.

Looking forward to the launch of Tony Kearn's Stall Time tomorrow evening in Hen's Teeth. Wonderful photographs of London markets in the late 1980s and early 1990s with text by Orla Fitzpatrick. Thanks to Conor Horgan @conorhorgan.bsky.social for doing the honours. hitonebooks.ie/stall-time/

Incredible funeral invite from 1746 for the funeral procession of Dublin woman Elizabeth Cordiner. This piece is included in John Lewis' Printed Ephemera but is misattributed to being from London.