Since postponing this event, things have only gotten worse in Gaza & will be worse again come June 2nd, so if you have the time and the cash then please consider making this benefit your weekend June Bank Holiday activity. It'll be mint

Ticket link: shorturl.at/owCY7

THE SECRETS OUT!

Our 2024 line-up has been revealed..

Find out more at our website - dalkeybookfestival.org where you can also subscribe for pre-sale access!

Tickets on pre-sale 10AM Thursday April 25th
General Sale 10AM April 26th

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Happy publication week to Elaine Feeney and Niamh Mulvey. We're discussing our new books with Barry Pierce at Foyles Bookshop tomorrow at 7pm. Tickets: foyles.co.uk/events/irish-w…

An amazing day getting to speak in the Seaned Eireann about the issues I face as a disabled Irish Traveller and to get listen to other Irish Traveller activists and to meet so many amazing people, I left the Dáil feeling very empowered and more determined to make those important…

The hill I'm willing to die on is 'teh' should be an acceptable alternative spelling for 'the'. Think of the time we'd all save. Think of the productivity gains.

Friday 7th June 3.45pm
The Rookery 
A SUMMONING: Sinéad Gleeson discusses her eerie first novel, Hagstone, which finds an artist on a secluded island challenged and transformed by a mysterious commune of women. In conversation with journalist PatrickFreyne

‘Jesus Christ, the doors are locked’: The full story of the Stardust fire, with new testimony

irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

I wrote about the Full Irish Hidden Camera Show and Fallout, both of which are apocalyptic in their own ways irishtimes.com/culture/tv-rad…

Applications are open for the Music Network and
St. John's Theatre Musician-in-Residence Programme:

🔷 open to professional musicians in Ireland who identify as Autistic/Person with Autism

🔷 4-month residency

🔷 €8,000 bursary

More info 👉 loom.ly/MngvEL8

I wrote about the Full Irish Hidden Camera Show and Fallout, both of which are apocalyptic in their own ways irishtimes.com/culture/tv-rad…

I think of the (excellent) album Hames by one of my favourite Irish bands, Rollers Sparkers.

The Dublin Review is hiring a part-time Deputy Publisher. This is an administrative role, requiring strong organisational and customer service skills. Deadline: Monday, 29 April. Full details below.
publishingireland.com/job_listing/de…

I’ve come very late to reading Dirty Linen but it’s just as powerful, moving and honest as everyone says it is. There’s no one definitive book on the Troubles but if you’re one of the people who’ve asked me what to read to learn about here, this feels like a good place to start

Gather up those husks, put down your phone, parse the OED definition of essay (actually please don't...). It's Tolka time!

In this review of Is it Cake? I referred to an object which was secretly cake as a 'Baudrillardian simulacrumb' and I feel like I should be allowed to retire now irishtimes.com/culture/tv-rad…

For Guardian Saturday, I wrote about long walks, books with maps, melancholy, even - why not - the Moomins. Thanks Merope for commissioning this, which is a little more personal than usual, and Cian Oba-Smith for struggling up Helm Crag. The glamour! theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Great first column from Mark for the Irish Times

PatrickFreyne