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The novel has just been shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize too! therepublicofconsciousness.substack.com/p/short-list...

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I think I can probably call this interview with author + translators an EXCLUSIVE, since I don't think anyone else has done one yet. It features readings from the novel in French and English, a rich discussion of translation strategies, and some info on Gaëlle's next novel

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Episode 2 of Books and Their Makers is here, with excellent timing! In this one I speak to Gaëlle Bélem & translators Karen Fleetwood & @laetitia-stloubert.bsky.social about Bélem's novel There's a Monster Behind the Door, longlisted for the International Booker today: radio.moli.ie/r/gaelle-belem

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Great news for @bullaunpress.bsky.social, the first Irish publisher to have a book longlisted for the International Booker, and for Irish publishing! There's a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem is highly recommended

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Among other things, I commission work on Editors and Editing for the CUP Elements series Publishing and Book Culture. It's truly exciting to see this new title from the strand go live. It's by @wvmierlo.bsky.social and free to download for a limited period. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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I've been enjoying Goblinhood by @jencalleja.bsky.social, a frenzied account of the author's cultural obsessions that gradually becomes a moving meditation on adulthood and grief

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@tapasyanarang.bsky.social put together a fantastic programme yesterday. A pleasure to be part of it

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Does anyone else still regularly remember the time The New Yorker invited Steve Bannon to headline their festival of ideas

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The free booking link and full schedule for tomorrow's event are available here: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

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Thinking fondly of a time when you could have exclusive access to David Bowie and full, uncensored access to the internet

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Great news for the workers at BIMM (join your union)

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An excellent interview in the @irishtimes.com with @ifut.bsky.social activist @deirdreflynn.bsky.social on the corrosive effect of academic precarity. @conorreddy95.bsky.social tinyurl.com/IT182025

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Congrats to Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social & RadioMoLI @molimuseum.bsky.social on this new series. I had the pleasure of interviewing Paul Lynch and Juliet Mabey @oneworldbooks.bsky.social for the opening episode. Funded by @researchireland.bsky.social Pathways programme @ucddublin.bsky.social

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Everyone should listen to this at least once a day

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I'm thrilled to be part of this great event that Tapasya has organised, along with some wonderful people! Happening next week in @nlireland.bsky.social

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The first episode of the Books and Their Makers podcast is here! A wide-ranging chat between Paul Lynch and publisher Juliet Mabey about the aftermath of the Booker win, independent publishing, editing and arguing over book titles, translation, and more: radio.moli.ie/r/paul-lynch...

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Call for Papers: British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies – What Happens Now Conference (BACLS-WHN) 10-12th June 2025, University of Stirling Proposal Deadline: Friday, 7 February docs.google.com/forms/d/1MQD...

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Whenever we're listening to The White Album in the car and my son hears the opening bars to Ob-la-di -when he recognises that smug, sickly jaunt - he calls instantly and loudly for a change. I can't help but take pride in this

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The first episode of the Books and Their Makers podcast is here! A wide-ranging chat between Paul Lynch and publisher Juliet Mabey about the aftermath of the Booker win, independent publishing, editing and arguing over book titles, translation, and more: radio.moli.ie/r/paul-lynch...

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Another entry in the "adding AI where nobody wants it" files

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Trying to figure out how a man ends up with two copies of this, what choices were made and how

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Posters that go hard

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A detail that keeps coming back to me is that Wired declined to name two of Musk’s closest allies in dismantling the government because they are age 21 and under. One graduated high school in 2024.

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8 yrs old

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We are delighted to be longlisted for this year's Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses, with 'There's a Monster Behind the Door.' Congratulations to all & a big thank you to RofC for their longstanding support of independent publishing! www.republicofconsciousness.com/2024-longlist

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Most scholars I know--affiliated or not--just want access to resources behind paywalls--subscription journals, databases, books. No one I know is going "gee I wish I had AI tools to mine those resources for pithy, questionable syntheses." They can't even GET TO the resources. THAT is what they want.

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Deserved mention here for the "extraordinary" MATCHES by @catgander.bsky.social stingingfly.org/review/irish...

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Boosting this as there are a few days left until the CFP deadline (February 3rd)

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Human language was a mistake

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Bought this Stevie Wonder LP at a record fair this morning - the previous owner snipped out an article about Stevie from a newspaper in 1971 and pasted it in different pieces onto the inside sleeve

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I regret to announce that I am now an occasional podcaster. Here's a short trailer for Books and Their Makers, a series of podcasts about contemporary literature and publishing that I'm working on with @molimuseum.bsky.social. First episodes coming soon! radio.moli.ie/r/announcing...

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My (millennial?) complaint is that I do not want manufacturers putting extra protein into chocolate

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The UCU branch chair said members "refuse to pay the price for management's unrealistic projections, bloated salaries and mis-spending on buildings." Terrible to see this familiar story at Newcastle, with around 300 redundancies expected: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/newcast...

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Happy publication day! I co-edited with Phyllis Boumans a themed issue of RISE @efacis.bsky.social on "Remapping Irish Literary and Cultural Landscapes in the Mid-20th Century." It's open access: risejournal.eu/index.php/ri... 😀

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