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. Available now: blackstaffpress.com/stand-up-spe... #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 📕 Find it wherever you listen 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👇 dublinbookfestival.com #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. dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...

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...

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📕 @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/ni-chuireann...

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). www.rspb.org.uk/northern-ire... #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: dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...

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

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. blackstaffpress.com/twelve-thous...

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: www.independent.ie/entertainmen... #SoYoung #BOY

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).

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: tinyurl.com/2xcf7zyh

Nature at the Fringe, TODAY! Wonderful @rubyfreewild joins us at 1pm with an ode to a very special island and its dizzying array of wildlife. Rathlin is a memoir of seabirds & conservation & island living written from the heart!

Earlier this month, Ruby Free was hosted by @lighthousebks.bsky.social for @edfringe.bsky.social #bookfringe to another sold out event! She discussed the importance of intersectional #environmentalism and why it’s so important to use your voice in the places & spaces that need it most. #rathlin

BOY: An unforgettable life in words and music 11th September – 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm £20.00 The Linen Hall invites you to the Northern Ireland premiere of a landmark production from Leonard Barry and Damian Gorman. linenhall.com/.../boy-an-u... #LinenHall #OpeningMinds #Belfast

From the football pitch to the airwaves — few wear as many hats as well. Passionate, principled, and pure #Ballymoney. #LiamBeckett #NIfootball #football blackstaffpress.com?s=liam+beckett

Climbing out of the book bunker for a Jennifer Johnston event with Claire Kilroy & Christine Dywer Hickey, 06/09. Curated by @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social at @paviliontheatre.bsky.social, featuring Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Dermot Bolger, Frank McGuinness, Carlo Gebler. www.eventbrite.com/e/readers-da...

Join Ruby Free @lighthousebks.bsky.social on Sun 10 August @1pm. She will be discussing her time living on remote islands alongside nature, the writing process, & wilding at Ballyconnelly Farm, with a few readings & a Q&A. lighthousebookshop.com/events/a-wil... #Rathlin #seabirds #islandlife

Homebirds – A beautiful journey through Northern Ireland’s birdlife, from garden visitors to coastal flyers. Perfect for bird lovers, nature seekers, and curious wanderers. blackstaffpress.com/homebirds-97... #Birdwatching #NorthernIreland #Homebirds #NatureLovers

‘I was part of a movement of women writers of Ireland’ The new Laureate for Irish Fiction, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, on language, grief and how reading a book as Gaeilge isn’t as hard as some might think. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... #eilisnidhuibhne #irishfiction #irishwriting #gaeilge

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. blackstaffpress.com/twelve-thous...

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne was announced yesterday by the Arts Council as the New Laureate for Irish Fiction (2025–2028) 📚 Explore her powerful and imaginative storytelling through works like Twelve Thousand Days and Hurlamaboc available now in MU Library. #MULibrary #IrishFiction

Huge congratulations to Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, the new Laureate for Irish Fiction! youtu.be/a-3Utp8tdDw?...

Wed 23 July | 7–9pm | Flowerfield Arts Centre | Free | Booking essential: www.flowerfield.org/events Join us for a special evening with #RubyFree, award-winning writer, campaigner, and #conservation #biologist, as she chats about her book #Rathlin: A Wild Life! #RedSailsFestival #Portstewart

#Booksky Just finished this brilliant and uplifting love letter to Rathlin & the healing power of the natural world. Thoroughly recommended. @rubyfree.bsky.social

Announcing the July Climate Writing Session!🍃 For the July session, @alkinsel.bsky.social will be joined by campaigner, writer and conservation biologist Ruby Free and farmer and researcher Sinéad Moran. 🗓️ Wednesday 30 July 2025 🕥 7.00pm-8.30pm 💻 Online irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/cli...

Join Evelyn Conlon on Tuesday 17 June for a workshop at the 17th International Conference on the Short Story in English in Killarney. For more information: advantagepco.eventsair.com/icsse/worksh...

☘️ Thrilled that this reprint has arrived! ☘️ 'Irish Folk & Fairy Tales', edited by Gordon Jarvie blackstaffpress.com/irish-folk-a... #yeats #folklorefriday #folklore #folkloreart #irishfolklore #celticmythology #Celtic #leprechauns #Magic #Fairies #mermaid #witches #giants #giantscauseway

⚽️🏆🎁 Hoping to score a perfect goal this Father's Day? We've got you covered. 🎁🏆⚽️ blackstaffpress.com/fields-of-wo... #fathersday #FathersDay2025 #FathersDayGift #fathersdaygiftideas #footballfans #footballgift #ClackityFilms #EvanMarshall

🌿Gone Wild with Bob Salisbury🌿 📍Strule Arts Centre | 🗓️ 19th June Discover how Bob and Rosemary Salisbury transformed 17 acres near #Seskinore into an award-winning #wildlife haven over the past 20 years. Tickets here: tinyurl.com/strulewild #conservation #fieldofdreams #nature #struleartscentre

Looking for the perfect Father's Day gift? We've got three! Colin Breen's 'A Force Like No Other' trilogy is available at blackstaffpress.com and local bookshops. #FathersDay #Fathersdaygiftideas #shoplocal #choosebookshops #booksaremybag #BooksMakeGreatGifts #BooksWorthReading

@rubyfree.bsky.social is incredibly excited to be chairing this discussion between some inspirational people – Aaron Kelly (Black Mountain), Dakota Reid (Wild Belfast) and Anne-Marie McDevitt (@rspbni.bsky.social) – this Sunday at the Crescent Arts Centre. belfastbookfestival.com/whats-on/wil...

We are pleased to announce that Ruby Free will be at Waterstones Coleraine on Saturday 5th July at 6.00pm to talk about her book, Rathlin: A Wild Life and her experience working for the RSPB on Rathlin Island This is a free event with no booking required. #rubyfree #rathlinisland

We are so sad to hear of the passing of Kenneth Bloomfield. It was honour to work with such an exceptional man, who dedicated his life to serving the people of Northern Ireland. Our condolences go to his wife, Lady Elizabeth, his family and his friends.

Two decades on from her critically acclaimed book, ‘Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People’, Susan McKay talks again to the Protestant community in Northern Ireland. 'Northern Protestants: On Shifting Ground' is available from Blackstaff Press: blackstaffpress.com/northern-pro...

Ruby Free signing books yesterday at @rspbni.bsky.social's Rathlin West Light #Seabird Centre, the place where ‘Rathlin, A Wild Life’ was conceived! Ruby will be back on #Rathlin this Monday for Seisiúin Fhiáine – Wild Sessions, part of the #RathlinSoundFestival. Hope to see you there! #Puffins