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Reminder! @ucc.ie writer-in-residence Ellen Dillon @drnollid.bsky.social will give a reading on Thursday

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Save the date! Volume 2, Issue 1 will be open for submissions from March 1-May 1. Send us your sad stuff, your celebrations, the weird stuff, the life changing stuff, or anything else in between. We can’t wait to read your work! Subs guide: turningleafjournal.com/submissions/

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We'll be tuning in this Tuesday to see which books are on the International @thebookerprizes.bsky.social Longlist

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Event with Sally Hayden on her book and a panel discussion on human rights and displacement 3rd March Museum if Literature Ireland @sallyhayd.bsky.social

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Wonderful @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social @nytimes.com "Groundbreaking, genre-defying literature in translation... 42 books translated from 18 languages, incl Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Eastern Armenian, Kazakh, Kannada, Bengali, Uzbek, Turkish" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/b...

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Lovely to see Joseph O'Connor, Róisín O'Donnell and @garrettcarr.bsky.social on this @thetimes.com list of the best books of 2025 so far 💚📚 www.thetimes.com/article/b991...

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Ennis Book Club Festival is coming up very soon and the line-up is fabulous. Ennis is the place to be 5-7 March ennisbookclubfestival.com/events-2025/

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#opportunity 👉SAFE TO CREATE: Upcoming Training @IrishTheatreInstitute ▶️ Box Office & FOH staff ▶️Governance Training for Managers ▶️LGBTQIA+ Inclusion for Board Members ▶️CEO & Chair Board Training 📋https://www.performingartsforum.ie/opportunity/safe-to-create-upcoming-training-opportunities/

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Another amazing line-up from @cuirtfestival.bsky.social in Galway. They celebrate their 40th edition from 8 to 13 April www.cuirt.ie/whats-on/

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Congratulations to the twelve authors longlisted for this year's Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Especially delighted to see WCLF2024 author Kevin Barry and WCLF2025 author Ferdia Lennon on the list 💚📚 #HistoricalFiction www.walterscottprize.co.uk/the-2025-wal...

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#TheSeventhBody by @catherinekirwanbks.bsky.social publishes March 6th Introducing us to Det. Garda Alice McCann Seven bodies discovered in an archaeological excavation Six men who died centuries ago The seventh is different...😱 Launch Waterstones #cork Mar 12th 6.30pm 🗓

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The shortlist for the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award was announced today @thetimes.com Congratulations to Harriet Baker, Moses McKenzie, @scottprestonauthor.bsky.social and Ralf Webb www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

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🚨 Editorial assistant role 🚨 Please help spread the word: we are hiring an ed asst at @sceptrebooks.bsky.social! Obv I'm biased but it is a great team with many wonderful books and not infrequent snacks... Happy to answer any questions. www.hachette.co.uk/landing-page...

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Congratulations to Cook Architects who are shortlisted in the Building and Architect of the Year Awards for their conservation work on Bantry Library buildingoftheyear.ie/shortlist

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Throwback to last Friday when we were finalists in the Southern Star West Cork Business and Tourism Awards. Congratulations to #BestWestCorkFestival Feel The Force Dunmanway. We all felt like winners with the gorgeous lunch in Fernhill House Clonakilty 😋💚 www.westcorkbusinessandtourismawards.ie

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Was strange but genuinely lovely to be over on t'other side of the tracks yesterday talking to @kierancuddihy.bsky.social on @newstalkfm.bsky.social about #IrelandReads, how great libraries are, the future of radio, and, of course, @rtegold.bsky.social... www.newstalk.com/podcasts/the...

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Schull Library in West Cork is inviting aspiring writers to join their monthly creative writing group which will be supported by Cork County Council's writer in residence, Leanne O'Donnell. Email [email protected] to sign up!

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Well, this is exciting!!! RTE news : Cast announced for @mariankeyes.bsky.social's The Walsh Sisters @rteone.rte.ie @screenireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

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Whether you celebrate Valentine's, Galentine's or Palentine's Day, here are some gorgeous poems chosen by Irish writers about love in all its forms 🥰💕 www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... @irishtimes.com @martindoyle.bsky.social

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Couldn't make it to London in person to attend the Sceptre Salon but it's great to be able to tune in from home (without the chats, drinks and canapés sadly 😉😊) Lovely intro by publisher @mrfeditor.bsky.social and so many wonderful authors being showcased. Thanks for the invite @louisecc.bsky.social

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Congratulations to the 16 amazing authors longlisted for the 2025 @womensprize.bsky.social for Non-Fiction womensprize.com/announcing-t...

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"The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in Non-Fiction written by women. The 2025 longlist varies in subject matter, style and genre, and the 16 books make for an incisive and original reading list." womensprize.com/prizes/women...

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"Sixteen authors are in contention for the £30,000 [Womens' Prize for Non-fiction] launched last year to redress the gender imbalance in nonfiction awards in the UK" www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

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This will be a wonderful event! A brand new @catherinekirwanbks.bsky.social novel launched by @maireadhearne.bsky.social in #WaterstonesCork on 12 March

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Don't miss this event in Cork on Thursday! A Fix Of Light is the gorgeous new novel by @kelmenton.bsky.social, published by @littleislandbooks.bsky.social. Kel will also join us at WCLF in July

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We're open for submissions of art and writing for issue 5 of Metachrosis Literary. We're looking for funky and experimental work celebrating art, sciences, and humanities. You can check out all our submission guidelines via our website: metachrosislitmag.com/submission-g.... #opencall #litmag 🍍🐅👽💚

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This a great competition, dear to my heart (got an honorary mention many years ago) run by lovely people. Polish off those bits of flash and enter. Please share :)

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On 20 March, Safe to Create and Shout Out are coming to Cork to host a #Free workshop on LGBTQIA+ inclusion and allyship for people in positions of leadership, senior management and board members of arts organisations www.eventbrite.ie/e/safe-to-cr...

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The Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Prize is open for entries until 28 February and will be judged by @taniahershman.bsky.social. The top ten will be published in the Fish Anthology which will be launched at WCLF this July www.fishpublishing.com/competition/...

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This is where we will be today! Really excited about the Awards luncheon. Best of luck to all finalists in the #WestCork Business & Tourism Awards & especially our fellow finalists in the #BestWestCorkFestival category. Thanks to award sponsors Southern Star & Carbery Group #WestCorkIsTheBusiness

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Congratulations to the amazing authors, illustrators and publishers of the 10 gorgeous books shortlisted for the KPMG @childrensbooksireland.ie Awards childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...

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Tomorrow @ucc.ie. Moved to the Aula Maxima due to demand. Last few tickets available at link below

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We're delighted to be a finalist in the Best West Cork Festival category. We can't wait to join our category friends Bere Island Arts Festival, Feel The Force Festival Dunmanway and Clonakilty Old Time Fair at the awards ceremony on Friday. We're all winners! www.southernstar.ie/news/meet-th...

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In order to accommodate applicants currently experiencing power/internet outages, @artscouncilireland.bsky.social have extended deadlines for funding schemes: 🔹 Bursary Award 🔹 Commissions Award 🔹 Dance Artist Residency Scheme 🔹 Deis Recording and Publication Award www.artscouncil.ie/available-fu...

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📣 Call for nominations! As Professor Paul Muldoon completes his term as Ireland Professor of Poetry in October, The Ireland Chair of Poetry Trust invites nominations for the Ireland Professor of Poetry for 2025-2028. Learn More: irelandchairofpoetry.org/call-for-nom...

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Our favourite brutalist building is definitely #BantryLibrary www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Where the River Rises, presented by poet @janeclarke.bsky.social, weaves together conversation, music and Jane's poetry as she explores the Avonmore River with the help of naturalists and historians. A beautiful and fascinating Lyric Feature. @rteradio.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...

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#PerkOfTheJob. Recent book post. Can't wait to read all of these. #FestivalPlanning #AmReading #BookPost #WorksInTranslation #TranslatedBooks

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Eimear McBride's new novel 'The City Changes Its Face' will be published by @faberbooks.bsky.social this month and we can't wait to welcome her back to WCLF this July www.ft.com/content/82c1... @financialtimes.com

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In the new episode of Continental Riffs @rteradio1.bsky.social at 7.30pm today, artists Maud Cotter and Sara Baume will be in conversation about "objects and experiences chosen by them to punctuate ideas, emotions and realizations with a focus on the continent of Europe" www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

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Every day is Ireland Reads Day when you work for a literary festival 😃 We love this initiative to get more people reading. 22 February is Ireland Reads Day and it is a "national celebration of reading". Read whatever you want for as long or as little as you want 💚 www.irelandreads.ie

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Just catching up on this article from last week's Sunday Times @thetimes.com. Lots of reading inspiration from some of our favourite authors 📚 www.thetimes.com/article/556b...

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NEWS: Calling all writers! Receive mentoring from an acclaimed Irish writer of your choice. Writers living in all 32 counties can apply. Accepted forms: fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and Children's/YA fiction. Deadline to apply: Sun 2 March 2025, 5pm irishwriterscentre.ie/national-men...

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What a wonderful Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Tóibín has been. We were very lucky to welcome him to WCLF during his tenure and #BantryLibrary hosted one of his The Art of Reading Book Clubs in 2022. Thank you Colm. In this video he reflects on his time as Laureate www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFoQ...

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