For the day that’s in it, I thought I’d share my personal essay which featured in the Winter 2025 issue of Trasna. I wrote about Nollaig na mBan, the birth stories we share, and the ones we don’t: bit.ly/3YW758z #nollaignamban #nollaignamban2026 #littlechristmas #epiphany #braidedessay

It’s just not good enough leaving these children without school places. They have the same basic right to access education as ALL children. Solidarity with these parents.

Sorry to hear this news today. I’m a big admirer of her work. A dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

Roses are red, Violets are blue, A regular verb in the past tense gets a séimhiú

⭐️ I’m grateful to the editors for including my personal essay in the new Winter 2025 issue of Trasna ⭐️ I wrote about Nollaig na mBan, the birth stories we share, and the ones we don’t. trasna.online/maire-t-robi... #adoptionstory #creativenonfiction #braidedessay

Discovered recently that Pilates was invented by a man called Joseph Pilates and couldn’t stop laughing. It’s like finding out that yoga was actually invented by someone called David Yoga.

Hello, all. Because of the entry system screw up last night and we're a little low on entries, we'll reopen for 24 hours as soon as we can make it happen on Monday morning, so you have the weekend to get your entry ready, and we'll announce Monday when we're open! Share?! bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

Last week's storm revealed not just the power of nature but also our own vulnerabilities, Declan Varley writes this week www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

In 2007, a clip went viral of a man being stopped on the street by a Guangzhou TV reporter. The man was asked about a sex scandal that was all over the news at the time and his reply has been a popular Chinese slang phrase for not getting involved ever since. He said “I’m just here to buy soy sauce”

The surface wind report right now for Storm Éowyn, looks a tad alarming! Charge those batteries & phones! #SpéirGorm

Live footage of Verona Murphy in The Dáil

David Lynch gave us the language we needed to better articulate the indescribable strangeness of our shared reality. “Lynchian” is so overused because it’s a viscerally understandable word without any known synonyms. I can’t imagine a more beautiful artistic legacy than that.

RIP David Lynch A one of a kind artist. Genuinely saddened to hear of his passing.

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

If you didnt get a chance to see it in Cinemas, An An Cailín Ciúin / The Quiet Girl has its tv premiere tonight on TG4 at 8.

Tá mí na Nollag anseo! Christmas-mode activated…

Agree 100%. Skillfully done. Proper public service broadcasting 🙌

🇮🇪 Best teller outfit ever. #irishelection #ge24

I love shadows. Was thinking about how Vivian Maier interposed the shadow self in her photos.

Looks like a lovely festival. Hope to go next year 🤞🏽

The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.

She did it. What a brave woman you are Nikita Hand! I hope you find peace in the not so distant future x

Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. **Tell Everyone** www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...

“I'm Jupiter! the biggest planet, I'm humungous, gargantuan I spin the fastest, rap the fastest, plus I'm handsome, BLAM SON!”

📚We're reopening to unagented manuscripts in January. We really encourage LGBTQ+ folk, marginalised and underrepresented writers, disabled, non-London based authors, authors over 40, and writers from working class backgrounds to submit to us.

So, I got starter-pack FOMO and decided to make one for writing people who know stuff and pass it on through courses, workshops, newsletters etc. It includes all the savants who teach me stuff. I've probably missed people but these were the ones who sprung to my head. go.bsky.app/K7ftxtv

The long term effect of the “Beast from the East” on the Irish psyche needs to be studied. I saw that lil snowflake icon on my weather app today and my bread-buying mode was immediately activated. Legged it to the shop to buy two sliced pans. ❄️ 🏃‍♀️ 🍞 #sneachta

Ooh, a toughie! Since I’m on a CNF/memoir buzz recently I’m gonna go with: -The Speckled People, Hugo Hamilton -I Am, I Am, I Am, Maggie Farrell -A Ghost in the Throat, Doireann Ní Ghríofa 💚💚💚

Happy to support National Pyjama Day this Friday! I think It’s also important to note that ANY day can be pyjama day if you’re running late enough for the school drop-off 🫡

Every year, we build a book tree for Christmas at Kennys. Here is this year's which we put up this week, and we especially love this one. We hope you do too! ✨️

After multiple suggestions and scouring BlueSky for the last few days, the Irish Literary Community Starter Pack still has a few spaces left as more people make their way over or if there is anyone I might have missed, skeet me! go.bsky.app/M7713mj

this flash & short fiction writers starter pack filled up incredibly quickly (150 is the max, and I guess there are a lot of us). Anyway share if you're into short and flash fiction! go.bsky.app/53R6ziA

Made a nonfiction pub starter pack, but there’s a minimum of accounts so I added a few editors for now just until more solely-CNF mags, pubs, podcasts & events join BlueSky! go.bsky.app/ALZoHKu

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

Edward Gorey on the proper disposal of fruitcake.

We have, for the first time in quite a while, awarded five stars to three films this week. Three very different films, as it happens. First, Margo Harkin's heart-breaking STOLEN. [Click] 1/3 www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...

Voting closes November 9th! I am so honored to be on this shortlist with such great writers (and stories!). If you love my story, PEACE PROCESS, please consider voting for it for AnPostIBAS writing_ie Irish Short Story of the Year HERE: irishbookawards.ie/vote/. kisses!

New blog post: a list of Irish literary journals - there are so many!

Next stop: Limerick Junction

Received my contributor copy of The Waxed Lemon ✨🍋✨ It includes my folklore-inspired short story “Featherbrain” 🐦 Congrats to editors Derek & Joanne for putting a beautiful issue together. The fab cover art is by Emma Eustace. #thewaxedlemon #newirishfiction