This week, I wrote about how nothing you post online is apolitical, once you have a following. m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

Rough Drafts is back! Whether you’re experienced or just getting started, this is an open mic for writers of all levels, genres, and interests. Come share your latest work, meet fellow writers, and get inspired! Let us know if you can come by emailing [email protected].

This week I wrote about the importance of so called ‘soft skills’, and why AI will not and cannot replace them. Don’t let tech bros fool you into thinking humanities degrees are useless! m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

This week I wrote about whatever the hell is going on with Gavin Newsom’s social media presence, and what that means for the democrats. m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

This week I wrote about RushTok, Sydney Sweeney, and ‘tradwife’ being added to the dictionary. m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

This week I wrote about the term ‘clanker’ that’s been popping up online more and more lately. It’s a kind of imagined slur against robots, and it doesn’t speak very highly of our hopes for what the future will bring. m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

This week I wrote about the importance of embracing silence: m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

This week I wrote about the new unskippable ads introduced by meta, the lengths they are going to to avoid regulation, and how we as users are paying the price (while also being the thing that generates revenue). m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

This week I wrote about what it’s like growing up in a cringe culture: m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

This Is How You Remember It has now been translated into Portuguese!! So excited to get my hands on a copy. Translation is such a fine art: a translator has to breakdown and completely remake something in a new language. I’m so excited for my little book to reach more readers.

Just gonna leave this here😎 thank you so much @prasifcat.bsky.social for your kind words... #Athylib info👇 www.kildarecoco.ie/library/Libr...

Catherine Prasifka is the bestselling Irish writer of two novels, None of This Is Serious & This Is How You Remember It. She was shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year at the Irish Book awards in 2022. She holds a BA in English literature from Trinity College Dublin, an MLitt in fantasy literature

I have a piece in the Sunday Independent today about Elon Musk’s new ‘companion’ AI chat bots. m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

This week I wrote about why, shockingly, tiny apartments won’t solve the housing crisis. The issue isn’t the size, it’s that any savings will line the pockets of developers while the quality of the apartment stock is eroded. And they wont be cheap. m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

This week I wrote about Tiny Chef and the attention economy. Mainly, I wrote about Tiny Chef. m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

This week I wrote about people falling in love with chatbots and what the hyper-individualised world of the internet has done to our conception of love and relationships. m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

This week I wrote about why social media vetting for USA visa applications is a big privacy breach, and why it can’t be waved away with ‘if you haha nothing to hide you have nothing to fear’. m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

Today I appeared on the Brendan O’Connor show as part of the Newspaper Panel. I even managed to sneak in something about TikTok tarot card readers. You can listen back now! www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

I can't believe people turned up. Again. And on a swelteringly hot day too... Writehawks 4 at @booksupstairs.bsky.social was from the top drawer with fine choices (in order in the first picture from the top down) from @urchinette.bsky.social, @mrkocnnll.bsky.social, and @prasifcat.bsky.social.

This week I wrote about the dead internet theory, and how the social internet has very quickly become the internet of siloed feeds and bots posing as real people - and why that matters. m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

This is on Thursday, and my last gig until after the Summer. @urchinette.bsky.social @mrkocnnll.bsky.social and @prasifcat.bsky.social Tickets went in a couple of days but as there are frequently cancellations, @booksupstairs.bsky.social keep a wait list: booksupstairs.ie/all-events/w...

This week I wrote about how the language of feminism has been eroded after the 2010s, leaving us with no real way to critique misogyny, and no way to counter the anger of young men. There’s a dichotomy of empowerment. m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

🔥 WRITEHAWKS at Books Upstairs 🔥 Thurs 19 June @rickoshea.bsky.social with another wonderful panel of writers: @urchinette.bsky.social @mrkocnnll.bsky.social & @prasifcat.bsky.social to wax lyrical about some of their favourite books, booking essential : booksupstairs.ie/all-events/writehawks4/

Writehawks 4!!!!!! I'll be talking to @urchinette.bsky.social, @mrkocnnll.bsky.social, and @prasifcat.bsky.social at @booksupstairs.bsky.social about books they love. Tickets are free but usually go in a flash. Go!!!!! booksupstairs.ie/all-events/w...

🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-is-ho...

We're looking forward to our event with @prasifcat.bsky.social next Tuesday, discussing her novel that perfectly captures the feeling of growing up online! Tickets via link below or by popping into the shop to pick up a copy of the book!

Always love the works in translation event ❤️ Thank you to @prasifcat.bsky.social and Laetitia Devaux for speaking with us about their works, very ably moderated by Mary Noonan. Laetitia is Translator in Residence with @ucc.ie @literatureireland.bsky.social & Nano Nagle Place

My article on the Irish narrative of no community looks at young female passivity and disaffect in current fiction. Looking at 18 texts published since 2015 and at @prasifcat.bsky.social 's debut more closely. Open access! If you're in the mood to be disenchanted! doi.org/10.33675/ANG...

Listen back to my segment on the ‘manosphere’ here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Our brilliant Kildare Arts Writer-in-Residence @prasifcat.bsky.social was on @rteradio1.bsky.social this morning talking about the internet and the 'manosphere'. You can listen back here (41.30 minutes in): www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @maynoothuniversity.ie

My article for the Irish Times is up online, you can read it here: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

We have another great event coming up this Thursday 2pm, when Kildare Arts Writer-in-Residence Catherine Prasifka is in conversation with novelist Rosemary Hennigan. All are welcome! @prasifcat.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social @kildarereaders.bsky.social @mulibrary.bsky.social

We have some brilliant authors coming to talk about their work this month: and all events are free and open to the public! @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social @prasifcat.bsky.social @mrkocnnll.bsky.social @oonaf.bsky.social

Psyched to talk to @prasifcat.bsky.social about her brilliant books!

If you like to hear @prasifcat.bsky.social and me chat about novel writing, shame, and being a woman growing up with the internet, you might wanna listen to the newly released @efacis.bsky.social podcast episode www.efacis.eu/podcast

We have a great event next Thursday 2pm: Writer-in-Residence @prasifcat.bsky.social in conversation with @griffski.bsky.social @maynoothuni.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social 🤩 This event is free and open to the public.