Sincere thanks to Professor Áine Hyland for her generous endorsement of #LeadingTheWay. Written by John Ger O'Riordan, Anne Twomey and myself, the book will be published by Cork City Libraries in October. Watch this space! 📖 @ucc.ie @johnger60.bsky.social @joh2024.bsky.social

Bristol Short Story Prize now open for stories of up to 4000 words, judged by prize-winning novelists and a literary agent. Also winning stories published. Link below Please share. bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

Poem in December by Gerry Murphy for Jane Fonda www.poetryireland.ie/publications...

I started being regularly published when I was 25. I didn't make my first dollar writing until I was 30. I didn't sell my first novel or screenplay until I was 35. Many of you hadn't even heard of anything I'd written until I was over 40. You have time. There is no expiration date on writers.

Great night at #CLRG24 in UCC. Thanks to all of the participants and to @theresareidy.bsky.social for her expert chairing of the evening. Hard to believe that this was the 9th CLRG Public Lecture Series! @ucc.bsky.social @johnger60.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social

Here’s my big news. Tickets on sale Thursday. Don’t miss out this time!

And so another day on Bluesky draws to an end and here at the ILT we make our nightly reflection upon it: "Was I sleeping, while the others suffered? Am I sleeping now? Tomorrow, when I wake, or think I do, what shall I say of today?"

#WritingTip: You can always fix bad pages. You can’t fix no pages. Write. Just write.

Delighted to be in the Kingdom for the Dingle Literary Festival. Great to see the Dingle Skellig hotel supporting the Irish Examiner. Plenty of reading in the weekend edition, including my interview with author Kate Summerscale and a lovely Books are my Business with @maireadhearne.bsky.social !

Jon Kenny.....suaimhneas síoraí dá anam. May he rest in peace. RIP.

I retired in 2018 after 44 years public service ..... and a book I co-wrote with my good friend Dr. Aodh Quinlivan from University College Cork, about Cork city's longest serving Lord Mayor, was published last year in 2023. Believe me....you are never too old.

(1) Anything by @stevecavanagh.bsky.social (2) That Old Country Music by Kevin Barry (3) Dance Move by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social .......and can I sneak in ...(4) The Home Sommelier by Brigid O'Hora.

#contemporaryirishwriters #writers #books #authors

"To qualify for the award, please remember to tick the box confirming your age when you submit your poem, short story, flash fiction or novel to the 31 May 2025 competition deadline. Remember, it’s never too late…"

"First Citizen" was launched around this time last year by Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Kieran McCarthy. Co-written with my good friend Dr. Aodh Quinlivan of University College Cork, it tells the story of Cork city's longest-serving Lord Mayor. An incredibly fulfilling experience. New book has begun.