On Mom'ss Bday and the judges' citation ends with: 'And one with oness I be: from the river the sea.'

'We cannot, in good faith, align with an organization that has shown such blatant disregard of our collective values.' 29 writers and translators have withdrawn themselves from consideration for The PEN America Literary Awards.
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Follow + Repost to stand a chance to #win Michael Magee’s new novel Close To Home. Comp closes on May 6th [UK Only] Every entry supports disabled awareness. For more information go to tinyurl.com/2kwkxp8f Michael Magee Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚

Students throughout the island of Ireland, including at Queen's University Belfast, take part in Day Of Action in solidarity with the people of Gaza – viewdigital.org/students-take-… - #TLC4P #CeasefireNOW -

'We, the staff and students from universities across the island of Ireland, are taking this co-ordinated action today to voice our horror at what is being done to the Palestinian people'
irishcentral.com/news/ireland-t…

Excited to share this week's Litalist Official Indie Fiction Bestseller Chart!

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The Belfast BookFestival programme has landed: and I'm so proud to have co-curated this year's Festival. Kevin Barry, Sinéad Gleeson, Margaret Drabble, Colm Tóibín, Aingeala Flannery, Jan Carson, Jacqueline Wilson, Mícheál McCann, Lucy Caldwell...
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interesting timing

I was raped by a soldier. His superior was brought to court to laud his character. The reality is that his presentation & conduct at work was absolutely meaningless outside the workplace. Meanwhile my character was continually desecrated. No more excuses Naomi Long MLA SHAMEFUL

Jodi has been suspended from teaching for her article on the Verso blog. Extramural political speech should not subject professors to discipline from university administrators. If you disagree with Jodi, argue with her. Stop the employer intimidation tactics.

Thank you, everyone, for your support this week. Today was such a lovely, busy day. Thanks to all the Twitter (yes, I know it's X) visitors. Always so good to meet people in the flesh! This week's #TopTenBestsellingTitles is such a good stack. Enjoy the rest of your weekend x

BREAKING : Meanwhile Israel continues dropping bombs on civilian homes in South Lebanon in the middle of the night.

Not a peep from the so-called international community.

BREAKING: The West Bank is under attack.

Armed Israeli settlers are burning entire Palestinian villages to the ground.

This is not self-defense. It’s terrorism.

Bought the Irish Times just to read this piece. What a closing paragraph from Mark O’Connell

Andrew Neil: ‘people turned their backs against the terrorism Sands symbolised…’

Bobby Sands’ funeral (100,000 people turned up to mourn his death):

Brilliant interview by Madeleine Nathanael Knowles with Michael Magee exploring everything from the relationship between fiction and memoir to class, the role of place, writing from the margins, and literary representation

The most horrifying thing I’ve read.

Yesterday, revealed Michelle O'Neill & Emma Little-Pengelly met Israeli-linked firms in US.
Here's the letter to prove it 👇
Caterpillar, Forescout, Amazon, and Merck all there. A direct breach of BDS amidst the genocide in Gaza.

Pls support these writers, who are giving up a chance to win a significant prize in order to support the 🇵🇸 people.

I am deeply moved & inspired by their solidarity.

Buy their 📚, follow them, share their posts, tell your libraries to buy their 📚.

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there is no reason why a genocide survivor and a doctor on the frontlines of the medical team in Gaza would be banned from entering a country except to prevent the truth from being told