I'll be running a three-day #travelwriting workshop at West Cork Litfest this summer. Loads of other great workshops too, if travel writing isn't your thing...

Signed up. These are brilliant.

Come join me for a three day workshop in beautiful Bantry - writing in the morning and a host of gorgeous West Cork Lit Festival readings at the festival to choose from in the evening ✨️ (readings sold separately)

Speaking about 'This is Also a Love Story at @wcorklitfest.bsky.social on July 13. Tickets go on sale next week. The full line up has now been published on their website: www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2026/...

Our WCLF three-day writing workshops are now on sale. Poetry with @jesstraynor.bsky.social, Novel Writing with Claire Adam, Travel Writing with @timhannigan.bsky.social, Creative Non-Fiction with Katie Goh and Raise your Short Story Game with Cynan Jones www.westcorkmusic.ie/literary-fes...

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026...

The Bluesky account for the Barbellion Prize has changed to @barbellionprize.bsky.social Do please follow! The submission window for authors and publisher is open from now until 1st September, and there are full details on the new website barbellionprize.org

So many great April books in this @irishexaminer.bsky.social mix. Really looking forward to welcoming Katriona O'Sullivan and Louise O'Neill to WCLF in July. Check out our full line-up at the link in our bio www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Something to look forward to… 🧜‍♂️ Excited to be chairing this event with @sachacoward.bsky.social as part of the brilliant @wcorklitfest.bsky.social! 🌈 Sacha Coward: Queer as Folklore. The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters 👉 10am, Monday 13 July www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2026/...

Check out this year's @wcorklitfest.bsky.social programme, and don't miss @sachacoward.bsky.social talking about his book 'Queer as Folklore' on July 13th. #booksky

Delighted to be one of the many writers performing at the wonderful @wcorklitfest.bsky.social this July. I'll be performing and also facilitating a workshop on Poetry and Community - both on July 16th. Hope to see you there. Check out the packed programme below: westcorkmusic.ie/literary-fes...

Coming to West Cork Lit Festival in July: @antonhur.com & @sachacoward.bsky.social & @jencalleja.bsky.social & more! I did a virtual event for the festival during covid times. But haven't (yet) managed to make it over in person... #booksky

And we're live! Check out our 2026 line-up. Priority booking for Festival Friends opens 10am on 7 April. General booking for workshops at the same time and then general booking for all other events at 10am on 14 April. Hope to see you all in Bantry 10-17 July 📚❤️ www.westcorkmusic.ie/literary-fes...

The artwork on the front cover of our WCLF 2026 brochure will be Seán Keating's The Window (1924). We ADORE it and would like to thank everyone in @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social, IVARO (Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation) and the estate of Seán Keating ❤️ crawfordartgallery.ie/work-of-the-...

60 books. 20 years. 1 public vote. To mark our 20th anniversary, we’re revealing 60 books that defined a generation of Irish writing. Now it’s over to you! Choose your favourite: form.typeform.com/to/cSuK4oPu

Dates have been saved! ✅ I'll be heading to Ireland this summer to read at the @wcorklitfest.bsky.social and celebrate the launch of the 2026 Fish Anthology. Thank you to the editors and to @seanluskauthor.bsky.social for selecting my short story, 'The Missing,' as an honorable mention!

💚 Lá Fhéile Pádraig. This is the perfect reading for the day that's in it and for @snagaeilge.bsky.social. Spring Seaweed is Mícheál Ó hAodha's beautiful translation of Máirtín Ó Direáin's Feamainn Bhealtaine and it's published by @mercierpress.bsky.social. Mícheál will be at WCLF in July 💚

Hurrah and congratulations to Jessie Buckley, winner of Best Actress in a Leading Role at this year's Academy Awards for her role in Hamnet, which was adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's novel of the same name #Oscars www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...

The team @stingingfly.bsky.social are looking for an experienced and highly organised individual to be their General Manager. This is a new hybrid and part-time role (28 hours per week). Deadline 31 March stingingfly.org/news/general...

Another amazing line-up from @cuirtfestival.bsky.social. Galway is the place to be this April www.cuirt.ie/whats-on/

❤️ Our fabulous @laureatenanog.bsky.social @pforde123.bsky.social

Delighted to be judging the Francis McManus Short Story competition again this year. Get your best stories submitted asap

Writers over the age of 18 living in Ireland, and Irish writers around the world have until Friday 15th May 2026 to submit their short story, in English or Irish at www.rte.ie/writing. Story wordcounts must fall between 1800 and 2000 words, excluding the title @rte.ie www.rte.ie/culture/2026...

Brilliant opportunity to join the amazing team @childrensbooksireland.ie

In honour of #InternationalWomensDay here is a shout to some incredible authors and translators joining us at WCLF this summer. The full line-up of novelists, poets, non-fiction writers, children's authors, translators, illustrators and workshop tutors will be announced on our website on 1 April

Really looking forward to the Dublin launch of #FewAndFarBetween April 9th @booksupstairs.bsky.social with the lovely @neilhegarty.bsky.social Tickets are free but please book in advance following this wee link booksupstairs.ie/all-events/l...

“When I look at the list of titles that we are looking forward to in 2026, it is remarkable how almost all are Irish,” @kennysbookshop.bsky.social says “...how remarkable it is that an island as small as ours can generate so much talent over so many diverse genres" www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

The fabulous Ennis Book Club Festival starts today and is on all weekend ennisbookclubfestival.com/events-2026/

MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland is hiring! @molimuseum.bsky.social is looking for a Head of Exhibitions & Programming who would like to make Irish writing come alive for their visitors. Deadline 10 March moli.ie/careers

Debut novelist Claire Lynch has been awarded the 2025 Nero Gold Prize, Book of the Year, for A Family Matter, marking the first time a debut novel has won the prize 👇 #BookSky

Seachtain na Gaeilge shona daoibh go léir! 🤩🎉 Bainigí sult as an bhféile a chairde 💜⁠ ⁠ Tá an t-eolas uilig faoin bhféile ar fáil ar snag.ie agus tá liosta na n-imeachtaí ar fáil ar sceal.ie/snag 🤩⁠ ⁠ #SnaG26 #Gaeilge #AGhaeilgeMoCheolThú #Irish #IrishLanguage #Ireland

Happy World Book Day, everyone! Today is all about inspiring children to see reading differently, because reading for fun seriously improves lives. Thanks for joining the fun! #WorldBookDay

Lá Domhanda na Leabhar sona do gach duine! Is é bun agus barr an lae inniu páistí a spreagadh le breathnú ar an léitheoireacht ar bhealach difriúil, mar cuireann léitheoireacht ar son spraoi feabhas dáiríre ar an saol. Go raibh maith agat as bheith páirteach sa spraoi! #WorldBookDay

Delighted to see @kitdewaal.com and @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social amongst the sixteen incredible authors on the @womensprize.bsky.social for Fiction longlist

Incredible longlist @womensprize.bsky.social Lucy Apps, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Elaine Castillo, Susan Choi, Addie E. Citchens, Wendy Erskine, Virginia Evans, Marcia Hutchinson, Sheena Kalayil, Rozie Kelly, Lily King, Katie Kitamura, Megha Majumdar, Charlotte McConaghy, Kit de Waal, Alice Evelyn Yang

We are thrilled to reveal the 2026 #WomensPrize for Fiction longlist. 16 titles that showcase the profound force, resonance and scale of fiction writing: from tackling turbulent global issues to examining the intensely intimate. Discover the longlist here: youtu.be/fyPfDaHddLg

Christine Falls by John Banville is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2026 @dublincitylibs.bsky.social @dublincityoflit.bsky.social www.dublincityofliterature.ie/news/christi...

Looking forward to visiting HD Comics, this new comic shop in Cork city's Market Parade (a lovely arcade leading from Patrick's St into the English Market). Congratulations and best of luck to @hurleybiy.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Can't wait to see this. A documentary about @irishrainforest.bsky.social which premiered at Dublin International Film Festival yesterday

Ireland's libraries are the best! Love this @irishtimes.com piece by @rositaboland.bsky.social about the #CorkCountyCouncil mobile library on the Beara Peninsula ❤️📚🚌 www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Closing date: 5pm today (Friday 27 February). Last call! @hollowaywriter.bsky.social

The 2026 Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction is officially open for nominations. The €10,000 prize will be awarded in Oct 2026 to the author of the best non-fiction book by a writer living in Ireland. The winning author will give the 'Michel Déon Lecture' in France in 2027. www.ria.ie/grants-award...

Love this @irishtimes.com piece on the power of reading & the books that inspire this year's #IrelandReads Ambassadors. Can't wait for Ireland Reads day this Saturday 28 February. Read whatever and wherever you like. Loads of fun events in local libraries 💚📚 www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

The Seanad Public Consultation Committee is seeking submissions from the arts and culture community on the provision of infrastructure including music venues, studios and cultural spaces. Deadline for submissions 10 April @oireachtasnews.bsky.social journalofmusic.com/news/seanad-...

What an incredible longlist for the International @thebookerprizes.com. Thirteen books translated from eleven original languages, by authors and translators representing fourteen nationalities across four continents thebookerprizes.com/media-centre...

Just came across this gorgeous project by the very talented Ruth Medjber @ruthlessimagery.bsky.social. In 2026 she's meeting a new person every day, taking their portrait and sharing their story as a podcast. Anyone living in Ireland can apply to take part www.sinscealeile.com

Wonderful longlist for this year's @dublinlitaward.bsky.social. Great to see Irish literature represented by Sally Rooney and Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin @niamhsquared.bsky.social

Reminder of this fabulous opportunity for aspiring children's writers and illustrators with @childrensbooksireland.ie. WCLF is proud to be partners and can't wait to welcome the Raising Voices fellows to our festival in July. Deadline 19 February

Ireland Reads Day is 28 February and people across Ireland will be encouraged to get lost in a good book. Events are taking places in libraries throughout the country and the brilliant @conalcreedon.bsky.social is coming to #BantryLibrary at 3pm #FreeEvent www.irelandreads.ie

Apply now for Date with an Agent! Held during The Insider’s Guide to Publishing at ILFD in Merrion Square Park, at Date With An Agent, top literary agents meet ten writers one-to-one to offer tailored advice. Deadline Tues 7th April 2026, midnight. ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes... @writing.ie