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Often reading - sometimes writing. Substack @ChaseTheWren Editor
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The Four Faced Liar
2 days ago
We're excited to announce the cover for Issue 4 of The Four Faced Liar, our competition issue, with artwork by the wonderful Jenny Lawlor!
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@irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
@writing.ie
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Iâm a bit of a fiend for author biographies, and this six part series on Jane Austen discussing her politics, reading life, and more, is just delicious.
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Jonathan Edward Durham
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Pantoneâs vibe of the year is uneasy institutional silence
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Sarah Webb
8 days ago
From tomorrow, 5th Dec
#BookElves2025
will be on hand to recommend brilliant Irish books for all ages - from tots to teens. if you'd like a recommendation - ask away below. I'd be delighted to help! And I'll be posting some of my favourite Irish books of the year every day.
#discoveririshkidsbooks
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Congratulations
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!!!!
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Dublin Small Press Fair
17 days ago
LITERARY MAGAZINES FOR EVERY READER at the
#DublinSmallPressFair2025
Nov. 28-29 at Pearse St. Library
dublinsmallpressfair.com
for full details!
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Christodoulos Makris
23 days ago
Come to a new hourlong performance from my ongoing durational writing project DIAL (Chapter 11: November) w/ sound interventions from Keith Lindsay, closing this Fridayâs FLUXUS / John Cage inspired extravaganza programmed by Kirkos at The Complex. Tickets:
www.thecomplex.ie/event/kirkos
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KIRKOSKIRKOS
https://www.thecomplex.ie/event/kirkos
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McSweeney's
about 1 month ago
"We have included an advance copy of the hardcover edition of your diary, which Simon & Schuster will be releasing this winter. We think the photo of the time you laughed so hard in the school cafeteria that milk came out of your nose makes for a perfect cover."
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We Regret to Inform You That Your Middle School Diary Has Lapsed into the Public Domain
This letter is to inform you (the author) that your intellectual property (middle school diary) has officially entered the public domain due to you...
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SinĂŠad Griffin
about 1 month ago
Thanks to The Marrow Poetry for highlighting my poem âLong Haulâ today
www.themarrowpoetry.com/issue-five/l...
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depths of wikipedia
about 1 month ago
french wikipedia is the only language that has a "list of bastards" article
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âFor a short story to lure me in, I need one thing: great voice. If your narrator and/or character doesnât have a unique or bizarre voice, Iâm back to Netflix or staring at my neighbour across the road arguing with his bins.â â June Caldwell
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âBecause survival is insufficient.â đ
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McSweeney's
about 2 months ago
MOM: You canât spend all day moping. Not on Lotteryâs Eve! TESSIE: I have to find a way to get my life back. I donât have time for the Lottery. MOM: There's always time for family. Help your sister roll her wheelchair down to the creekbed to collect some stones for tomorrow.
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The Hallmark Channel Presents: Shirley Jacksonâs âThe Lotteryâ
INT. BIG CITY HEDGE FUND Tessie Jacobs (30-something, blonde) stares at a bar graph with two columns: âmoneyâ and ânot money.â Her boss (you know h...
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Banshee Press
about 2 months ago
Submissions for issue 21 are open until midnight IST on Friday 31 October âď¸
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Profound dignity throughout the poems in âIn Her Jawsâ, lighting a way through trauma towards persistence & survival. Loving, too, learning about women I hadnât known of before liked Caroline Herschel and Dora Richter
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@rosamundtaylor.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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Poetry Ireland / Ăigse Ăireann
about 2 months ago
We can't wait for our
@dinglelit.bsky.social
partnership event with award winning poet Gustav Parker Hibbett. We will explore Gustav's work in 'High Jump as Icarus Story', a collection that gifts us visions of flight and falling. Book via
www.eventbrite.com/e/flight-and...
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Flight and falling: Gustav Parker Hibbett in conversation with Liz Quirke
Join multi-award-winning poet Gustav Parker Hibbett as they read from and discuss their debut poetry collection 'High Jump as Icarus Story'
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flight-and-falling-gustav-parker-hibbett-in-conversation-with-liz-quirke-tickets-1698027930249?aff=odcleoeventsincollection&keep_tld=1
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Banshee Press
about 2 months ago
Join us next Thursday 30 October in
@ucc.ie
at 6pm to celebrate the launch of Banshee issue 20! Hear readings from our brilliant contributors and raise a glass to ten years of Banshee đ
bansheepress.org/events/cork-...
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Cork launch of Banshee issue 20 â Banshee Press
Celebrate ten years of Banshee at the Cork launch of our speculative fiction-themed 20th issue. Join us at the Staff Common Room in the Quad, UCC , on Thursday 30 October at 6pm to raise a glass ...
https://bansheepress.org/events/cork-launch-of-banshee-issue-20
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Stunning poem by Anne Tannam đ
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about 2 months ago
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Chuck Wendig
about 2 months ago
I'd say "let's burn it all down" but putting AI in everything will kind of burn it down for us, soooooo
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Patrick Freyne
2 months ago
I feel like most Irish and British writers who complain about being silenced have never done anything as brave as what Naoise has done here
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âThe opportunity to move from despair to action.â đđđ
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Tramp Press
2 months ago
We are delighted to share the cover for a very special project we've been working on for Christmas 2025! An Alternative Irish Christmas is an anthology of stories, in traditional, unusual, extract, and essay form by some of our favourite authors. 1/đ§ľ
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Wear The Peace
2 months ago
Greta Thunberg gives her first words after she was released from Israeli prison where she was beat and forced to kiss the Israeli flag. She says the story is not about them, the story is about Gaza.
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Anne O'Leary
2 months ago
Aldi Pretty Horses
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SinĂŠad Gleeson
2 months ago
A great shop thatâs so supportivr of writers, and run by the best people. Theyâre open today if youâre passing, or you can buy a book via their website.
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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âReally shockingâ: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack
Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the DâOlier Street store later on Monday
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2025/10/06/really-shocking-independent-dublin-bookstore-damaged-in-arson-attack/
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Irish Literary Times
2 months ago
Via Sarah Clancy's partner Anne Mulhall: "Friends I am so happy to tell you that Sarah and all the Irish flotilla heroes are in the air flying to Athens and will all be on flights home to Dublin tonight or tomorrow. Sarah will be arriving into Dublin airport at 11pm tonight."
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âAre you well? Such a useless question.â Binging Anne Tannam this morning and have had two lovely cries already by page 25.
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Allan
2 months ago
If I may make a suggestion, call your local TDs and councillors. Being a constituent is important to these people, they hate hearing from us.
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign
2 months ago
There are lots of actions around the country in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla and Palestine today.
#LiftTheSiege
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Just rang Dept of Foreign Affairs and was read an official statement that was an essentially a PFO. (BTW The woman on the line was very helpful, and I have no doubt theyâve put this down to someone who has no input or control.) She explained that they were noting the phone calls received. (1/2)
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Iâm so absorbed with worry about
@sarahmaintains.bsky.social
. I know so many of us are. She is the goodest of good eggs and one of the few people that actively fight for a better world in a meaningful way. This pain in our corner of the worldâ I cannot conceive of the pain in Gaza.
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SinĂŠad Gleeson
2 months ago
Thinking of
@sarahmaintains.bsky.social
and the other Irish citizens who are part of the
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social
, and have been detained by the IDF who illegally intercepted them in international waters. Here is Sarahâs poem, âIf I had any other thingâ:
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Allan
2 months ago
Sarah Clancy and Chris Andrews have both been kidnapped by the IDF. Contact Dept of Foreign Affairs: Address: Iveagh House, 80 St Stephenâs Green, Dublin 2, D02 VY53 Website:
www.ireland.ie/dfa
Telephone: +353 1 408 2000
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Sheila Killian
2 months ago
here is the
@irishpen.bsky.social
statement on the Global Sumud Flotilla
irishpen.com/2025/10/02/g...
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Global Sumud Flotilla Statement - Irish PEN/PEN na hĂireann
2 October August 2025 Irish PEN/PEN na hĂireann is gravely concerned about the abduction of poet Sarah Clancy, one of several Irish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla. The flotilla was ...
https://irishpen.com/2025/10/02/global-sumud-flotilla-statement/
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Jess Traynor
2 months ago
Can't wait for the Dublin launch of New Arcana, happening tomorrow at
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
with the wonderful SeĂĄn Hewitt. Come join us đŽâ¨ď¸
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
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Jan Carson
2 months ago
Ever wonder how Shirley Jackson went about writing The Lottery? Well, here you go. This is my 9th Jackson of the year and it was full of many such overlooked gems
#MyYearWithSJ
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TaraNicRĂłibĂn
2 months ago
Contact your elected reps to demand a diplomatic intervention to keep humanitarians safe.
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RĂłnĂĄn Hession
2 months ago
@bansheepress.bsky.social
open for book submissions from 1-15 Oct đ (Pl read the sub guidelines.)
bansheepress.org/read/banshee...
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Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October â Banshee Press
Banshee Press is open for book-length submissions of fiction, poetry and memoir from 1-15 October 2025 . All submitted manuscripts will be considered for our 2027 and 2028 lists (and perhaps beyond)....
https://bansheepress.org/read/banshee-press-will-open-for-book-submissions-from-1-15-october?fbclid=IwY2xjawNKdPpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpo1_FByQgqOW02nEQKLl2XIJwLQB9XdvoLPbj6XzZKRsiAmr4Vz-WvmUPaM_aem_0VAR429GO4Mu_cvMe6B30g
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Sarah Clancy
3 months ago
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Credible threats to three Clare activists en route to Gaza - The Clare Champion
A credible threat to sink the boats carrying three Clare based activists in the Mediterranean was received by the Global Sumud Flotilla yesterday evening, September 24. Speaking to The Clare Champion ...
https://clarechampion.ie/credible-threats-to-three-clare-activists/
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Literature Supporter
3 months ago
very tempting...
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Bleak House by Charles Dickens: A Preview and Reading Schedule
Join us starting October 14 to read Bleak House by Charles Dickens with Yiyun Li
https://substack.com/home/post/p-151793093?source=queue
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This poem. đ
3 months ago
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Will be searching out Wilson collections next payday. Would love to just sit with this poem for a while.
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Literature Ireland
4 months ago
Would you like to contribute to the public consultation about the Basic Income for the Arts? đĄ Fill out this survey from Minister OâDonovan at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport:
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
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Basic Income for the Arts public consultation
https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/2025-public-consultation-BIA
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
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Raider
5 months ago
Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
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The Four Faced Liar
6 months ago
Reminder! Our competition closes in just under 2weeks.
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@irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
@poetryireland.bsky.social
@writing.ie
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@the4facedliar.bsky.social
is running a Creative Non Fiction competition- deadline 30 June. More about our judge here!
www.the4facedliar.com/submissions
#cnf
#writingcommunity
#creativenonfiction
6 months ago
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This. Story. Subtle, precise, and all the feels at once.
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Opportunities for
#poetry
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#creativenonfiction
#shortstories
and
#flashfiction
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