Nuala O'Connor
@nualaoconnor.bsky.social
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Writer. Irish. Autistic. Latest book: Menagerie (poetry).
https://nualaoconnor.com/
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Newly elected members at our official welcome to AosdĂĄna, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland. (L-R) Paul Brady (Music), Nuala OâConnor (Literature), Mufutau Yusuf (Choreography), Ăine NĂ Ghlinn (Literature), Orla Barry (Vis Arts), Paul Mercier (Literature) and Locky Morris (Vis Arts).
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
3 days ago
The booking link for our May Reading Group is now live. Link below. We're reading *The Shelbourne*, a fascinating trot through the Dublin hotel's provenance and progress, stylishly written by Bowen. Online at 7pm BST, 27th May. All welcome!
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
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National Flash Fiction Day
9 days ago
Thinking of submitting to NFFDâs FlashFlood (opens on Sunday for a week. Up to 300 words), why not have a read of last yearâs stories? You can see the full list here:
flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com?m=1
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
9 days ago
âď¸ SAVE the DATE âď¸ The Bowen Society in association with
@irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
are holding a Bowen symposium in Dublin, Ireland, on 6th June 2026. In person & online. Booking link soon!
#whybowenmatters
#ElizabethBowen
#ElizabethBowenSociety
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Is the book world ableist? Yup.
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When an author says she had to decline a $175,000 prize, what does it say about the publishing world? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Helen DeWitt turning down the Windham-Campbell literary award caused controversy. But her bold act highlights that such prizes arenât always as meritocratic as they might seem, says Guardian columnist...
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
11 days ago
In the new Modernist Review, from PhDer Tabitha Rowland: 'The Female Network: Gossip in the Life and Works of Elizabeth Bowen'. Aims is to show that gossip is essential in the formation and potential destruction of identities and communities.
#modernistreview
#tabitharowland
#ElizabethBowen
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Pushbike Prize for Flash Fiction A new flash prize and I'm judging! CrannĂłg Magazine is delighted to announce the inaugural Pushbike Prize for Flash Fiction judged by Nuala O'Connor. âŹ1500 in prizes Subs open May 1st to 21st.
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publisher of fiction and poetry
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
21 days ago
đŁ Happy Easter from the Bowen Society đŁ From Bowen's story, 'The Easter Egg Party': "The glossy blues, the faint greens, the waxy buff-pinks, the freckles seemed to her to be for nothing: while the sisters, breathless...â"
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
27 days ago
Book Feature - *Elizabeth Bowen in Context*, ed. by Allan Hepburn. Fr.
@universitypress.cambridge.org
'*Elizabeth Bowen in Context*Â came into being because of the diversity and range of scholarship on her fiction that has emerged in the past couple decades. ' More here:
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
about 1 month ago
Save the date! Next Reading Group: 27th May 7pm GMT, online. We're reading *The Shelbourne* by Elizabeth Bowen, in which she takes us on an evocative tour through the history of the landmark Dublin hotel.
#ShelbourneHotel
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
about 1 month ago
Bowen Essay Competition 2026 âď¸DEADLINE 30th Sep. 2026âď¸ The editors of the Elizabeth Bowen Review invites undergrad and postgrad students to submit essays that focus on Bowenâs life or work. 4,000 wds More info: Dr Nick Turner / Dr Nicola Darwood, at bowen @ beds .ac .uk
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
about 1 month ago
Last call for The Last Day! Bowen Reading Group: 25th Mar. 7pm GMT, online. All welcome! *The Last Day at Bowen's Court* by the late
#eibhearwalshe
, explores Bowen's rich and complex life, & particularly her long love affair.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
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âď¸ LĂĄ 'le PĂĄdraig faoi mhaise âď¸
about 1 month ago
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
about 1 month ago
âď¸ Happy St Patrick's Day from the Bowen Society âď¸ '...though one can be callous in Ireland one cannot be wholly opaque or material. An unearthly disturbance works in the spirit; reason can never reconcile one to life; nothing allays the wants one cannot explain.' Elizabeth Bowen
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
about 2 months ago
We are reading this beautiful novel at the mo, ahead of our Reading Group: 25th Mar. 7pm GMT, online. Booking link below. All welcome! *The Last Day at Bowen's Court* by the late
#eibhearwalshe
, explores Bowen's rich and complex life, & a long love affair.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
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For World Book Day, a visit to the CaitlĂn Maude poetry bench, with her poem Na BlĂĄtha, and my translation The Flowers, at the Uni of Galway. Thanks @juno_mcl for pics.
#worldbookday
#CaitlĂnMaude
#poetrytranslation
#filĂocht
about 2 months ago
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Dr Shauna Gilligan
about 2 months ago
Congratulations to John MacKenna
@lilliputpress.bsky.social
on a wonderful and jam-packed launch in the gorgeous Athy Library
@kildarelibrary.bsky.social
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
about 2 months ago
Booking link, March Reading Group: 25th, 7pm GMT, online. *The Last Day at Bowen's Court* by
#eibhearwalshe
, exploring Bowen's complex life, particularly the love rectangle she formed w/ her lover Charles Ritchie, his wife Sylvia, and EB's husband Alan Cameron.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
2 months ago
Elizabeth Bowen died
#otd
in 1973, in University College Hospital, London, aged 73. She is buried with her husband in St Colman's churchyard in Farahy, Co. Cork, close to the gates of her family seat, Bowen's Court.
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crredwards
2 months ago
Yvonne McCann, in Rush, has been running a rescue for hedgehogs for years now. If you want to make a donation, even a small amount really helps the effort. There's also a list of items you can donate instead!
hedgehogrescuedublin.com
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Kathryn Petruccelli
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Protect our hedgehog pals!
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Bid to encourage protection for hedgehogs as numbers fall
A new initiative is to be launched in a bid to encourage people to help protect hedgehogs as numbers of the mammal "dramatically" decline across Europe.
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2 months ago
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On a pod today talking poetry, hope, autism, and Emily Dickinson with excellent host
@kpetruccelli-poet.bsky.social
#melodyorwitchcraft
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2 months ago
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
2 months ago
đ Happy Valentine's Day đ 'I am torn and demented by longing for you...I think you *are* my soul.' Elizabeth Bowen, in a letter to Charles Ritchie, April 1950.
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National Library of Ireland
2 months ago
In this episode, NLI Podcaster in Residence
@zoecomyns.bsky.social
's guest is writer
@nualaoconnor.bsky.social
â they discuss writing historical fiction and specifically the case of An CailĂn BĂĄn â Ellen Hanley. đ§ Listen here:
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Hear a new story I wrote for
@nlireland.bsky.social
podcaster-in-res
@zoecomyns.bsky.social
& an interview with me about the process, for her pod The Reader. Link below. 'White Ellen' is about the Colleen Bawn.
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Podcaster in Residence - Episode 6 - An CailĂn BĂĄn - Nuala O'Connor
In this episode ZoĂŤ Comynsâ guest is writer Nuala OâConnor â they discuss writing historical fiction and specifically the case of An CailĂn BĂĄn â Ellen Hanley. An CailĂn BĂĄn/The Colleen Bawn was 15-y
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2 months ago
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
3 months ago
The lost, lovely Bowen's Court. It's in our next Reading Group pick *The Last Day at Bowen's Court* by the late
#eibhearwalshe
, in which he explored the love rectangle EB formed with her lover Charles Ritchie, his wife Sylvia, and EB's husband Alan Cameron. 25th Mar, 7pm GMT, online. Link soon.
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đ Happy birthday, Jim đ James Joyce, born February 2nd, 1882 in Dublin
#jamesjoyce
#otd
#collageart
#candlemas
3 months ago
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Irish Literary Times
3 months ago
IWC - We Are Hiring: Programme Administrator
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We Are Hiring: Programme Administrator - Irish Writers Centre
Programme Administrator for the Irish Writers Centre 15 January 2026  ABOUT THE ROLE JOB TITLE: Programme Administrator CONTRACT: Full time, permanent, with six-month probation period. SALARY:  âŹ31...
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Irish Literary Times
3 months ago
Fighting Words: Weâre thrilled to announce the Brendan Behan Celebration on Saturday, February 7th from 11am to 3pm! Join us as Dublin City Council unveils a new plaque honouring Brendan Behanâs legendary contributions to Irish literature at Behan Square, the site of Brendan's childhood home.
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Why is scammer Raynor Winn still being pubbed by Penguin?! Apparently her next book is due...I don't get it. Interesting article here:
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A Pinch of Salt - DRB
David Blake Knox writes: A literary storm raged during this summer. The eye of that storm could be found in the UK, but it concerned a book that has been an international multi-million bestseller. The...
https://drb.ie/a-pinch-of-salt/
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
3 months ago
Save the date! Next Reading Group: 25th March GMT, online. We're reading *The Last Day at Bowen's Court* by the late, lovely
#eibhearwalshe
, in which he explored Bowen's rich and complex life, & the love rectangle she formed with her lover Charles Ritchie, his wife Sylvia, & EB's husband Alan.
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Reminder for our Elizabeth Bowen Society Reading Group, 28th Jan, Weds, 7pm GMT.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
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Petition for a Jennifer Johnston statue:
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Celebrate Jennifer Johnston
Her family, authors of this petitition, and those who admired her tremendous body of work and passion for life would like to see her celebrated as a woman writer, all too neglected, and as...
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3 months ago
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
3 months ago
Blue Monday today but remember the ticket link is live for our discussion of Bowen's *Love's Civil War* online, 28th January. 7pm, GMT. All are welcome to join our free, online reading group to discuss this brilliant read.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
3 months ago
Book your place - link below & join us online for the Elizabeth Bowen Reading Group, Wednesday, 28th January, 7pm GMT, as we discuss *Loveâs Civil War: Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie, Letters and Diaries 1941â1973*, ed V Glendinning in collab w/ Robertson.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
3 months ago
Proposals invited: special issue: *Feminist Modernist Exiles*, to show how womenâs ongoing experiences of transnational, transcultural, and translingual experiences in voluntary and involuntary exile continue to generate new forms of feminist modernism. Info: phyllisl @ northwestern .edu
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Booking link now up for our first Bowen Reading Group of 2026 đ
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4 months ago
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Daryl Feehely
4 months ago
I got this lovely book as a Christmas present this year. I read
@nualaoconnor.bsky.social
's great introduction after re-reading the story, which for me was like an interesting post-match analysis, pointing to some themes I hadn't picked up on. Highly recommended.
#Speirgorm
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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1
4 months ago
One of the most perfect short stories ever written! Look at the very last paragraph - it does something unusual (as pointed out to me by an incredible writer).
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âď¸ Nollaig na mBan faoi mhaise âď¸ It's the day for reading this wondrous story, preferably in the exquisite hardback edition from
@newislandbooks.bsky.social
I've written a new intro to this volume.
4 months ago
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
4 months ago
The Bowen Society wishes all its friends & followers a Happy New Year. Join us for our next Reading Group meeting, to chat about *Love's Civil War* ed. by Victoria Glendinning. Online, 28th Jan., 7pm GMT. Link to follow.
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
4 months ago
The festive front image of the Elizabeth Bowen to Elizabeth Taylor Christmas card, owned by
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
4 months ago
'Around Christmas, the sun rises late behind a group of elms some way up the lawn in front of the house, casting the shadows of the tree trunks in spokes, fanwise, toward the door. Seldom does snow fall: everything is shining and moist and still...' EB on Bowenâs Court at Xmas
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Association of Freelance Editors, Proofreaders, Indexers Ireland
5 months ago
Christmas is a great time to sort your 2026 calendar, and the Ennis Book Club Festival in March is always a fantastic buzz! Running in 2026 from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th March, there'll be workshops, author talks, book quizzes and more. Get the details at
ennisbookclubfestival.com
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Ennis Book Club Festival - Ennis Book Club Festival
Ennis Book Club Festival is an annual event in Ennis Co. Clare where readers come to share the joy of reading.
https://ennisbookclubfestival.com/
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
4 months ago
A Christmas card from Elizabeth Bowen to writer Elizabeth Taylor, sold with a copy of Bowen's Court at Jonkers Auctioneers.
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
5 months ago
We've such a treat for our Jan. Reading Group, the great *Love's Civil War* ed. Victoria Glendinning. Online, 28th Jan, 7pm GMT. Link anon. This book explores the letters and diaries of Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie, the Canadian diplomat with whom she was in love for more than thirty years.
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Link to my virtual visit, with
#NoraNovel
to Argentina and the
#jamesjoycecentreargentina
Lovely people!!
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đâConociendo a Nuala - Meeting Nuala
YouTube video by James Joyce Centre Argentina
https://youtu.be/tER8jKcT5oU?si=U10pFnLdkInm-4mC
5 months ago
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âď¸ Happy birthday, Emily Dickinson, born 10th December 1830 âď¸ 'Time is short and full, like an outgrown Frock.' ED
#collageart
#emilydickinson
#10thdecember
5 months ago
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society
5 months ago
Vol 7 of the Elizabeth Bowen Review is now available to read online
www.bowensociety.com/wp-content/u...
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It was such a pleasure to take part in this series from
@irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
Dublin, One City, Many Stories, alongside
#PeterSirr
& with Rick O'Shea ably steering the convo.
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