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Often reading - sometimes writing. Substack @ChaseTheWren Editor
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Patrick Freyne
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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
7 days 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§”
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Wear The Peace
7 days 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
8 days ago
Aldi Pretty Horses
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Sinéad Gleeson
7 days 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
7 days 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
10 days 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
11 days 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
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. 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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Sinéad Gleeson
11 days ago
Thinking of
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and the other Irish citizens who are part of the
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, 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
12 days 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
11 days 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
12 days 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 đźâšïž
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
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Jan Carson
12 days 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
12 days ago
Contact your elected reps to demand a diplomatic intervention to keep humanitarians safe.
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RĂłnĂĄn Hession
12 days ago
@bansheepress.bsky.social
open for book submissions from 1-15 Oct đ (Pl read the sub guidelines.)
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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
18 days 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
16 days 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
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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
2 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:
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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
3 months ago
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Raider
3 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
4 months ago
Reminder! Our competition closes in just under 2weeks.
@irishpen.bsky.social
@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
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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
. Deadline end of June! Please share x
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McSweeney's
4 months ago
"Performing the role of 'body' for you has been akin to participating in an irreparably toxic workplace environment. One where management actively ignores the research and trauma-backed warnings I issue on a regular basis."
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I Am Your Body and I Am Done Keeping Score
Itâs me, your body, the one youâve inhabited for thirty-plus years. I refuse to say exactly how many, because, as of today, keeping a precise count...
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The Four Faced Liar
4 months ago
Weâre thrilled to have Cathy Sweeney judging the Flash Fiction category of our competition, hereâs what she likes to see. Open until June 30th
www.the4facedliar.com/submissions
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The Four Faced Liar
4 months ago
Our writing competition is open until 30th June with amazing guest judges. Weâre also accepting submissions of visual art
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Competition for flash judged by Cathy Sweeney, open through 30th June
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Opportunities for
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#shortstories
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Banshee Press
5 months ago
Issue 19 (spring/summer 2025) is gone to print! View the contents and pre-order your copy at the link in bio đ
bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
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Issue 19 | Spring/Summer 2025 â Banshee Press
128 pages ISSN: 2009-857X ISBN: 978-1-917161-17-6
https://bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue-19-springsummer-2025
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The Four Faced Liar
5 months ago
Weâre thrilled to announce our guest judges for Issue 4 of The Four Faced Liar! Guest Judges: MĂcheĂĄl McCann â Poetry Tim MacGabhann â Creative non-fiction RoisĂn O'Donnell â Short story Cathy Sweeneyâ Flash fiction
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The Four Faced Liar
5 months ago
Submissions are now open for Issue 4 of the journal. Our guest judges will judge this special competition issue, and cash prizes are offered to winning writers. Send us your best workâwe look forward to engaging with it.
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The Onion
5 months ago
Woman Reminds Self Not To Catastrophize After Spotting 4 Skeletal Horsemen On Horizon
theonion.com/woman-r...
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Woman Reminds Self Not To Catastrophize After Spotting 4 Skeletal Horsemen On Horizon
LOWELL, MAâDoing her best to follow her therapistâs advice for dealing with stressful situations, area woman Holly Debling reportedly reminded herself Tuesday not to catastrophize after she spotted four skeletal horsemen on the horizon. âOkay, Holly, remember: Just because a great trumpet has sounded at the arrival of four unearthly riders, that doesnât necessarily mean [âŠ]
https://theonion.com/woman-reminds-self-not-to-catastrophize-after-spotting-4-skeletal-horsemen-on-horizon/
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âAnd I realized writing was not writing a respectable email to get a job. It was a medium of understanding suffering.â
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/m...
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âThe Interviewâ: Ocean Vuong was Ready to Kill. A Moment of Grace Changed His Life. (Gift Article)
The poet and novelist on the real reason he became a writer.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/magazine/ocean-vuong-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EU8.bTRK.qUCUbfZpu-kA
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âThe Interviewâ: Isabel Allende Understands How Fear Changes a Society (Gift Article)
The beloved author left Chile at a time of great turmoil and has longed for the nation of her youth ever since.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/magazine/isabel-allende-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ck8.1-Ck.Q4dvGlkeK8Xx
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Dave Infante
6 months ago
Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on
@bookshop.org
for not mincing words, though:
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Sarah Davis-Goff
6 months ago
Just a publisher asking writers (but mostly poets) to please not track down a home address and send writing by postcard instead of following the submissions guidelines
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Lauren Groff
6 months ago
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we donât have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please donât promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
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Moby Dick
6 months ago
I cannot bawl very heartily and work very recklessly at one and the same time.
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Sarah Clancy
6 months ago
When Trump picks on a minority group and stokes people to a fervour against them its anti- trans it's bad... When terfs pick on a minority group and stoke people to a fervour against them it's reasonable and feminist and actually for their own good...
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Kit de Waal
6 months ago
Lots of opportunities here - including a ÂŁ2k commission to create a unique piece of artwork marking 25 yrs of advocacy and support in opening up arts and culture to deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audiences. Please share :)
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Jobs - Disability Arts Online
https://disabilityarts.online/opportunity-listings/
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Ian Duhig
6 months ago
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