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@irishlittimes.bsky.socialOh beautiful Inishowen. Lived in that neck of the woods for years.
@martindoyle.bsky.socialReposted by @irishlittimes.bsky.socialJohn McGahern, A Writing Life: Biography of literary giant who understood the human condition
Frank Shovlin provides an authoritative insight into a private man who was dedicated to his craft
@nlireland.bsky.socialReposted by @irishlittimes.bsky.socialThe National Library of Ireland preserves our cultural heritage by safeguarding born-digital and digitised collections. We ensure valuable digital materials—from modern culture to historical archives—remain accessible for future generations: https://ow.ly/mBMx50ZUViK
@susanlanigan.bsky.socialReposted by @irishlittimes.bsky.socialA pleasure to be there for my shortlisted novel The Planter’s Daughter and to meet @booknannyeditor.bsky.social
@irishlittimes.bsky.socialcongratulations
@kennysbookshop.bsky.socialReposted by @irishlittimes.bsky.socialA recent poll by the The Booksellers Association of Ireland and the UK generated a number of interesting statistics, showing the positive impact that physical bookshops have on mental wellbeing. When are you next planning to go into a bookshop? 📚
@niamhroisin.bsky.socialReposted by @irishlittimes.bsky.socialI have not seen much evidence of attempts to avert it… (beyond what sound like attempts to discredit union positions). Are tractors on the roads blocking refineries the only way to get talks to begin these days? Strike action is serious and important.
@chaptersbookstore.bsky.socialReposted by @irishlittimes.bsky.socialWhy is it so difficult to walk across the Irish countryside?
Lovely to welcome @timhannigan.bsky.social to Chapters to sign The Pathless Land, his 678km journey exploring Ireland's lost footpaths, land history and belonging.
Thank you, Tim! 💚
@irishlittimes.bsky.socialThe ILT's needs are simple.
@sineadoshea.bsky.socialReposted by @irishlittimes.bsky.social58 students from Gaza have won scholarships to Irish universities but are unable to secure visas from the Irish Government. The refusal rate has risen from 13% last year to 83% this year.
The Government needs to grant these visas.
See gazascholarsireland.org for more info.
@independent.ieReposted by @irishlittimes.bsky.socialThe US ambassador to Ireland has spoken to the US State Department in Washington to encourage them to seek the help of Bertie Ahern to broker a peace deal in the Middle East
@martindoyle.bsky.socialReposted by @irishlittimes.bsky.socialEoin McNamee: Annie Dillard said: “I had been my whole life a bell and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.”
You have to make a bell of yourself and allow the world to ring it. (Although being lifted and struck might well be what I deserve.)
@darach.bsky.socialReposted by @irishlittimes.bsky.socialI’m asking the important questions this week in @thejournal.ie this spooky season.
Was WB Yeats a vampire?
The proof is in the poetry jrnl.ie/7188070
@nlireland.bsky.socialReposted by @irishlittimes.bsky.socialOnline Book Club | Over Nine Waves
Join us on Teams for a chat about this month's book, 'Over Nine Waves', by Marie Heaney.
📅 Friday, 30 October at 1pm:
https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/online-book-club-over-nine-waves
This book club is for everyone, you don't need to be a poetry expert!
@gerardbeirne.bsky.socialReposted by @irishlittimes.bsky.socialA weekend of treats with still more to come
@johncreedon.bsky.socialReposted by @irishlittimes.bsky.socialHuge gratitude to everyone who encouraged and helped me get to here. It's not something I will ever take for granted. Míle buíochas. linktr.ee/johncreedoni...
@irishlittimes.bsky.socialI can well imagine.
@irishlittimes.bsky.socialTonight's treat from @druidtheatre.bsky.social :
@irishlittimes.bsky.socialAre you on the road again!!
@irishlittimes.bsky.socialBook Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting
www.wired.com/story/book-p...
