An absolutely gorgeous time at @ilfdublin.bsky.social - thank you so much for supporting Conn and I (and letting me play D & D with some very Chaotically Good writers!)

Thank you so much to all who braved the weather to join us at @ilfdublin.bsky.social on Friday evening, and of course to our wonderful contributors for sharing their work 🩵 Order the new issue now via our website and we’ll ship it straight to your door 🚢 tolkajournal.org/shop

Thank You from ILFD! 🙏📚 As the curtain falls on this year’s International Literature Festival Dublin, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who made it unforgettable: the brilliant writers, passionate readers, curious minds, and dedicated teams behind the scenes. #ILFD25

Those who've seen me at the @ilfdublin.bsky.social, this weekend, will know it's never about ME. It's always about pleasing my adoring public. I am so GIVING. I don't want to put words in your mouth but I suspect 'Christlike' or 'saintly' spring to mind. Here are a couple of snaps taken post-event.

Graphic novelist Aimée de Jongh describes going undercover to research life in a #Lesbos #refugee camp. “Drawing is a tool to show something journalists can’t,” she says. @ILFDublin.bsky.social #NewDutchWriting

I'm in the "fangirling historians" faze of life. Could've listened to Serhii Plokhy for hours, so grateful to the @ilfdublin.bsky.social for bringing him to Dublin.

The brilliant @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social at the @ilfdublin.bsky.social ...can listen to her for hours.

#REVIEW #THEATRE Sensory Storytime @ilfdublin.bsky.social "a very fun experience"🌟🌟🌟🌟 www.thereviewshub.com/sensory-stor... #DUBLIN

Brilliant night @ilfdublin.bsky.social with Emmet O'Brien, Jan Brierton and John Cummins

Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for the wisdom, truth and hope this evening (and also for the shout-out to librarians for having the facts :)) #ILFD @ilfdublin.bsky.social

From the Date with an Agent audience seven years ago to the stage today. Thanks so much @samblakebooks.bsky.social for hosting such a brilliant event @ilfdublin.bsky.social

Join bestselling author-illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson for a magical, fun-filled event all about Marnie Midnight & The Minibeast Mission! 🌙🐛🎨 Discover how real-life creatures inspire her stories, then get creative and design your own minibeast. Perfect for young imaginations – happening tomorrow!

If I was in Dublin today I would be attending @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social 's event at the @ilfdublin.bsky.social (but I'm not, so I can't). ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...

What a pleasure it was to hear @roxanegay.bsky.social be interviewed at @ilfdublin.bsky.social tonight! Truly a balm.

I'm off to Ireland to spread some Moomin love at the International Literature Festival Dublin. The car to the airport hasn't even left the drive yet and I'm sweating like an overweight Hemulen! #Moomins @ilfdublin.bsky.social

At @ilfdublin.bsky.social last night, in conversation with Garrett Carr and Gerbrand Bakker. It was an excellent event: big thanks to everyone who came along. @garrettcarr.bsky.social

🏆 The Adversary by Michael Crummey has won the 2025 Dublin Literary Award! 🏆 Nominated by Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries and published by Knopf Canada, this powerful novel takes the top honour in the award’s 30th year. 🎉 #DublinLitAward #DLA30yrs

Another packed day ahead at ILFD25, with the Dublin Literary Award, Roxane Gay, Hwang Bo-reum and even more to discover! 📚✨🌍

Reading from my story ‘Jenny and the Viking’ last weekend @ilfdublin.bsky.social for the launch of the summer issue @stingingfly.bsky.social. Superb readings from Tara Bergin, Aoife Bhreatnach, James Hudson, Liz Quirke, and Tenaya Steed. Thanks to all involved. Photo by Ger Holland.

Tenaya’s winning story, ‘Missing the Eclipse’: stingingfly.org/product/summ... Tenaya was announced as the winner of the award at our launch event at @ilfdublin.bsky.social last Saturday. She has a new story ‘Water Lilies’ in the new Summer 2025 issue. stingingfly.org/product/summ...

And yes he was brilliant Headed home now with a bagful of books, a head full of images and ideas and filled new hunger for literature and reading #JavierCercas @ilfdublin.bsky.social

Dublin & booky peeps. I have two spare tickets for Rebecca Solnit at @ilfdublin.bsky.social this Friday at 8pm. I've got a horrible Summer cold & I don't want to cough for an hour & spread my germs. No need to pay, I'd just rather the seats weren't wasted! ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...

I'll be chatting on this panel about curating Wired Our Own Way (a book of #Autistic #Essays published by @newislandbooks.bsky.social ) this Saturday @ilfdublin.bsky.social with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social @chandrikanm.bsky.social and @aislingwalsh.bsky.social

Really excited to be attending this, author of one of my favourite novels 'Soldiers of Salamis', my favourite political work 'The Anatomy of a moment' the Terra Alta not too bad either #JavierCercas @ilfdublin.bsky.social

Really grateful to @ilfdublin.bsky.social for having me over the weekend. I gave workshops and was part of a lineup with people whose work I’ve loved for years! Highly recommend the festival next year if you’re into books, art, or just a great day out. #ILFDublin #ChildrensBooks #LiteraryFestival

Gorgeous night playing D & D live for @ilfdublin.bsky.social! Huge thanks to our (very patient) DM @ianthegreen.bsky.social, and stalwart companions @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @natural20.bsky.social, and of course, all the sinister voices, couldn't have died without you

Grateful to all at @ilfdublin.bsky.social for having me at the Festival last Saturday. I was privileged to share the stage with @susancahill.bsky.social, Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social, and @kieranlarwood.bsky.social - a dream! Heart-thanks to @rurooie.bsky.social for 📸

Such an interesting event, especially for translation geeks interested in different approaches taken for fiction, non-, and books like this one that lie somewhere inbetween. Excellent chairing by Emilie Pine. Merrion Square a fantastic location for the @ilfdublin.bsky.social

⭐️I HATE EVERYTHING EVENT⭐️ I cannot wait to be back @ilfdublin.bsky.social THIS WEEKEND… Details below and TICKETS HERE… ilfdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... @simonkidsuk.bsky.social

⭐️FUN ALERT⭐️ I cannot wait to be back @ilfdublin.bsky.social THIS WEEKEND with the HAPPY HILLS WORLD TOUR! Details below and TICKETS HERE… ilfdublin.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... @simonkidsuk.bsky.social

Walking Dublin's Queer Literary History Tour - 10 Years of Marriage Equality 🌈 📅 Thur 22 May Explore Dublin’s intimate relationship with the written word through the people, places and texts of the city’s queer past.

Introducing our winners from the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards 2025 🤩 Our thanks to lead sponsors KPMG, to the Arts Council & Arts Council NI for their support and our hosts @ilfdublin.bsky.social. Read all about our winners here⬇️ childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...

⭐️Winners of the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards⭐️ ‘Thirty-five years on, these awards continue to recognise the incredible & enduring talent we have on this island.' — Elaina Ryan @childrensbooksireland.ie @rickoshea.bsky.social @ilfdublin.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/kpmg-childre...

A fine weekend at @ilfdublin.bsky.social - talking to @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social, wandering the gorgeous site in the sun, at the @stingingfly.bsky.social launch...

Kicking off Monday with a lineup of exciting events at #ILFD25, featuring writing workshops, inspiring conversations, and live music to start your week strong 🎤📚

What better way to spend a Sunday than with books in the park, family fun, and hands-on art workshops? Here’s a look back at yesterday’s sunshine-filled moments 📚🌳🎨 ✨ Photos by Ana Duca

Day three in the giant @ilfdublin.bsky.social Speranza tent. I now live here. Doors about to open for the @childrensbooksireland.ie Awards 2025...

God I love book festivals @ilfdublin.bsky.social @sineadohart.bsky.social @susancahill.bsky.social @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social @kieranlarwood.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who came to the interview with Augustín Fernández Mallo at @ilfdublin.bsky.social last night. A fascinating writer. Does really interesting things with story structure. So open in how he absorbs high and low culture ideas into his writing. A lovely man too – absolute gentleman.

Today at 1pm!

Fascinating interview with Spanish writer Augustín Fernández Mallo at the @ilfdublin.bsky.social this evening. Skilfully interviewed by @ronanhession.bsky.social. Adding ‘The Book of all Loves’ to my TBR list. Published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social .

In my happy place! In a book tent, talking books with booky people! @ilfdublin.bsky.social @samblakebooks.bsky.social #ILFDublin #GettingPublished

Huge thanks to the Books for Breakfast podcast for featuring this year’s International Literature Festival Dublin (16–25 May). In this episode, Enda chats with Gethan Dick and Patrick Holloway, who’ll be appearing at the festival. booksforbreakfast.buzzsprout.com/1162427/epis...

It's a lovely day for a literature festival! 🌞🎪📚 #KeepingitLit #ILFD25

Thank you Annemarie Ní Churreáin editor @stingingfly.bsky.social for including 2 of my new poems in Summer 2025 Issue - there's a wealth of fine poetry & fiction to be discovered here as ever. Launch Sat 17th May 8pm Merrion Square @ilfdublin.bsky.social

Prep for the weekend. Come see me talk to the brilliant @ecetemelkuran.bsky.social tomorrow night at @ilfdublin.bsky.social...

✨ 10 more Unmissable Family & Kids Events at ILFD! Looking for brilliant stories, bold characters and belly laughs? These events are packed with robots, monsters, ducks, donuts and more – all happening at International Literature Festival Dublin!

Friday 16 May · What’s On ✨ Opening day of #ILFD25 is here! From kids events and lunchtime readings to a literary walking tour through Joyce’s Dublin and a special visit from Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, the festival kicks off with something for everyone.

Saturday will be a perfect day in #Dublin @ilfdublin.bsky.social First the book talk with @rickoshea.bsky.social , then The Secret of Santa Vittoria screening — the film I’ve written about in #Together , when proposing “to be a sheep rather than a lion”:) See you at Merrion Square Park!

“An unbroken thread of duplicity, mendacity, chicanery & skulduggery connects British foreign policy from the beginning of its mandate to the Nakba.” ~ Avi Shlaim Do join us in @ilfdublin.bsky.social for a discussion with Atef Abu Saif & Ra Page: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes... @naamoduk.bsky.social