How great is this write-up in Electric Literature? 'Their expansive vision of Irish literature embraces expat writers, peripheral voices, and overlooked titles ...' We're in incredible company here electricliterature.com/the-internatio…

If you missed Maggie at Electric Picnic this weekend, here's another chance to watch her on a GREAT panel talking about her lauded debut #OldRomantics

Horrifying to watch, thinking of our Scottish friends

“i am 12 years old and running fast feels so so good. But destroying people feels better.” Celebrating its tenth year – and with a roll-call of fantastic writers and past winners – the 2024/25 GBP Short Story Prize is currently open to submissions. While it is, we’re

In my capacity as Little Lord Birthday, I hereby command you all to preorder "Your Own Dark Shadow" from your preferred purveyor of phrightening phantoms! Okay, 'command' is going a bit far. 'Strongly suggest while implying that I'll feed you to a boogeyman otherwise' is better.

May we all find such productive ways of directing righteous anger. What a legend irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0… #NellMcCafferty

Coming in late November from Tramp Press is Jack Fennell 🏳️‍⚧️ third edited anthology of supernatural fiction - Your Own Dark Shadow.This collection focuses on bringing 11 short stories from lesser known historical Irish authors into a new ( yet still shadowy..) light. Preorder now!

Tramp Press Jack Fennell 🏳️‍⚧️ Link to order - thebookshop.ie/jack-fennell-e…

For the day that is in it I wrote about my Leaving Cert, many moons ago 🌛🌛🌛 📚 🎉💤

impatiently waiting for the next Sally Rooney like the rest of the world - meanwhile here's some recs to get you over the hump (including our very own Sara Baume AND Maggie Armstrong!) theconversation.com/five-irish-nov…

Sara Baume isn't in Dublin too often - this event with Christodoulos Makris will be SO GOOD

How great is this line up for the Kildare Readers' Festival? Sara Baume, Maggie Armstrong, Mike McCormack Sinéad Gleeson, and loads more! October 10-13 at the Riverbank kildarenow.com/news/home/1592…

✨Join us on Friday 25th October 2024 for ‘Text/Textile’ at NCAD. Creative Futures Academy (CFA) through our Public Engagement Fund are delighted to support this one-day symposium in association with The NCAD library➡️creativefuturesacademy.ie/news/text-text… #CreativeFutures Tramp Press

To all the poets out there: I'm pulling together a new anthology for Macmillan, and I would love to read your submissions. If you've any poems about FEELINGS - joy, happiness, anxiety, sadness, etc - I'd love to hear from you! Please DM me.

Be there or be cuboid.

Doireann Ní Ghríofa - tonight! Tune in rte.ie/gaeilge/2024/0…

Ooo new Eimear McBride novel incoming!

Applications now open for The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Writer in Residence positions at UCC Ireland University College Dublin Trinity College Dublin Maynooth University Dublin City University Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway. Deadline 3 October

1/3 Violence against women,  children and LGBTQIA+ people in Ireland continues to be an omnipresent threat. Last year Women’s Aid recorded record high disclosures - and we know that those who seek help represent only a fraction of those who experience gender based violence