Well that was great fun! Thank you @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social and @declanmeade.bsky.social and everyone in Dublin who made it such a great evening!

Me and Tom from @scratchbooks.bsky.social and @declanmeade.bsky.social will be talking in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social in Dublin in 24 hours. Thank you to whomever put my mad book in the middle of the display 😚. Come see us here from 6pm tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd)

Interview here towards the end of Sunday’s programme, 1hr 39 mins in, with Angela Bourke - talking to Steven about Maeve Brennan’s life, her work and her legacy. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Anyone LGBTQIA+ or a migrant to Ireland, Ennis Book Club Festival has a great new project of free creative writing workshops aimed at certain groups- I'll be facilitating these ones and to book just email [email protected]

Over the holidays, you may have missed this special programme celebrating the life and work of David Marcus and the recent publication of Editing Ireland @stingingfly.bsky.social - listen back here www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Looking forward to talking to Claire next week.

The great Edna O’Brien would’ve been 94 today. In 2015, I chaired an event with her, and hardly had to ask any questions. She spoke - as she wrote - in perfect paragraphs. Erudite, funny, and one of few writers I ever interviewed to get a standing ovation. Listen: m.soundcloud.com/dlr-soundclo...

Anne Haverty left us with plenty to think about and to savour when she delivered the @stingingfly.bsky.social Annual Lecture in October. Full text here: stingingfly.org/2024/12/05/w...

Dozens of tents set up outside Leinster House by asylum seekers who were housed in CityWest during the cold weather but were told no more accommodation would be provided for them. The men say there were empty beds in CityWest when they were told to leave and have been protesting at the Dáil since

⏰Submission Deadline Alert⏰ There's one week left to apply to the 2025 poetry workshop. This brand new workshop will help poets developing a project or manuscript over a four-month period (Jan-May 2025). Deadline: 5pm Monday 9th December. More info: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...

Three Maeve Brennan reissues in 12 months is a gift… 📗 The Long-Winded Lady, essays (Peninsula Press, foreword by me) 📗 The Rose Garden, short stories (The Stinging Fly, foreword by Angela Bourke, MB’s biographer) 📗 The Visitor, novella, (Peninsula Press, Jan 2025, foreword by Lynne Tillman)