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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

SONGS FOR GHOSTS is out in the US today! 👻

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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Please share this fundraiser far and wide; help us to raise much-needed funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians. If you have any questions, please do get in touch with the email on our website.

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I’m offering a signed and personalised copy of Songs for Ghosts and a ms critique as part of the Irish Kidlit for Palestine Fundraiser! Check out the items from brilliant writers and illustrators here: www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit...

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Irish KidLit for Palestine — Ruth Ennis

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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 01/08/2025

live action catbus looking pretty sweet

orange cat lying on floor with square lights reflected on his flank that resembles lit windows

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🌟 Hey, YA readers! You won't want to miss these 40 exciting new young adult books being published in August 2025! 🌟 popgoesthereader.com/hot-off-the-... #BookSky #YALit #KidLit

A compilation of ten book covers of ten young adult books being published in August 2025. Books featured include A Beautiful and Terrible Murder, This Place Kills Me, Starstrike, Lady Dragon, The Devil's In The Dancers, A Spell To Wake The Dead, Mistress of Bones, The Executioner's Three, Girls of Dark Divine and Woven From Clay.

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I just finished my 48 hour fast as part of the collective Hunger Strike for Gaza. I’m okay because there is food at hand for me to eat. Within 48 hours of Sunday and Monday, about -9 adults and 2 children have died of starvation in Gaza -76 people were killed while seeking aid

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Myself and Dave are joining other writers across Ireland & UK and doing a 48 hour hunger strike for Gaza! This is to raise urgent funds for The Sameer Project, to raise awareness of the engineered famine in Gaza, and to show solidarity with Palestinians who have been starved for months now.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Gaza is being starved by Israel. Aid is available but the Israelis are refusing to allow access to those who need it. Time is running out fast. If you’re based in Ireland, please email your TD now to demand the government takes action to ensure the aid gets in. action.uplift.ie/campaigns/ga...

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Gaza needs food - not words

I just emailed my local TDs demanding the government does all it can to let food into Gaza. Will you do the same?

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

SONGS FOR GHOSTS is out in two weeks in Canada and three weeks in the US! And here is a ✨starred✨ review from Kirkus to usher it across the Atlantic! 💙📚

Graphic with a background of the night sky with clouds and stars at the top. Below this reads ‘STARRED REVIEW’.
On the left is an image of the US/Cdn cover of SONGS FOR GHOSTS.
To the right is text that reads:

“Kumagai’s sophomore novel is an exciting blend of paranormal, mystery, and romance elements. The past and present are entwined and parallel one another in this beautifully emotional story of love, betrayal, heartbreak, death, and family. A thrilling and creative story of growth.”
- Kirkus Reviews

Below is text which reads:
Out in Canada Aug. 5th
Out in the US Aug. 12th

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Currently reading: The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin 💙📚

Copy of The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I.Lin on a wooden table

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 20/07/2025

In the post, Yu says: "Japanese is my mother tongue. I was born & raised here. Do you hold the rights to the use of the Japanese language? Do I have to obtain your permission to use Japanese?"

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Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 20/07/2025

The surge in anti-immigrant sentiment in Japan has led to increasing online attacks against award-winning author Yu Miri (TOKYO UENO STATION). Attackers tell her not to write in Japanese and "go home." Yu is Zainichi Korean, born in Japan. Japanese is her native language.

X post by Yu Miri. JP: 日本語は、私の母語です。
日本で生まれ育ちましたから。

あなたが、日本語の使用権をお持ちなのでしょうか？

あなたに、日本語を使う許諾をとらなければならないのでしょうか？

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Currently reading: Young Hag by Isabel Greenberg. Photo taken during that happy time when it wasn’t lashing rain

Copy of Young Hag by Isabel Greenberg among green grass that needs a mowing

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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 17/07/2025

Our latest selection of Recommended Irish Reads in partnership with Eason is now live! Check out the selection here and let us know what you're going to read next below! ⬇️ childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Currently reading: The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

A copy of The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith on a dark wooden table. The cover is red with a dark silhouette of a man’s upper body. Within it is the figure of a man walking through a doorway.

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Not me welling up at these messages

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Currently reading: The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg

Copy of The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg on a wooden table. Cover illustration is two women reaching hands to each other and between them in the distance is a ship.

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Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · 30/06/2025

The 2025 Vancouver Writers Fest Reading List is here! Browse 120+ books that will be featured at #VWF2025. We can’t wait to hear from all these authors. From October 20–26, Granville Island transforms into Vancouver’s biggest book club. Start building your TBR pile: writersfest.bc.ca/2025-books

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Currently reading: The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King (out July 31st!) 📚💙

Copy of The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King on a wooden table

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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Ballymena Pride yesterday. The town showed up yesterday against hate in a massive way. This was one of the most important Prides these islands have ever has seen.

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

If you’re in Dublin then why not pop by the Holy Show launch party? I’m DJing! Come and find out what I’ll play because after weeks of intense thought I still don’t know

Poster for Holy Show issue #07 launch
27 June 6-8pm MoLi
Launching: Seán Hillen
Reading: David McGovern
DJ-ing: Nicole Flattery, Clara Kumagai, Jess Raymon, Eoin Rogers, Ishmael Claxton and more

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

There's a kind of male violence that is often misinterpreted as being in defense of women when it's actually in defense of who has the right to harm women (in a "we do; they don't" mode, see KKK, southern lynching, etc.)

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Currently reading: Solo by Gráinne O’Brien 💙📚

Copy of Solo by Gráinne O’Brien on a wooden table

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Currently reading: Little Bang by Kelly McCaughrain 💙📚

Copy of Little Bang by Kelly McCaughrain on a wooden table

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I had such a wonderful time with these young writers!

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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 09/06/2025

📖 Reading Together with Refugees in partnership with @unhcr.org Ireland 📖 Updated for 2025, the guide features a wide selection of stories showing different perspectives and compassion around the world 🌍 Refugee Week Ireland is the 16th–22nd June Info⬇️ childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommen...

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Currently reading: On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle 💙📚

A copy of On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle on a wooden table

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Currently reading: Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami

Copy of Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami on a wooden table

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Co-ord for this evening’s event at Waterstones Covent Garden 👘

Red and black checked kimono with a silver and black obi patterned with stars

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

A delight to be part of this summer line up 😎Thank you Elaina!!

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

This evening! Do come along 🙇🏻‍♀️

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Rainy day at @hayfestival.bsky.social but it’s actual very atmospheric for my kimono and for telling ghost stories

Clara taking a mirror selfie wearing a red and black checked kimono and an obi printed with a skeleton ukiyo-e

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

My kimono co-ord for my event at @hayfestival.bsky.social tomorrow! Excited to wear my skeleton obi and talk about ghost stories 👻

Folded red and black checked kimono with an obi depicting a horror ukiyo-e of a skeleton

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Currently reading: Call Me Ishmaelle by Xiaolu Guo 📚💙

Copy of Call Me Ishamelle by Xiaolu Guo on a wooden table

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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 19/05/2025

Today is the day! Follow along this thread for all the latest from the 2025 KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2025. Stream the event here www.crowdcast.io/c/cbi-awards... Or fb.me/e/3ftoXrKIa

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Currently reading: Open, Heaven by Seán Hewitt

Copy of Open, Heaven by Seán Hewitt sunbathing on overgrown grass

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The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Submissions for the Stinging Fly Climate Crisis issue (Winter 2025-26 issue) is closing in less than 7 hours⏰ Read the submission call: stingingfly.org/news/submiss...

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Submission call: Climate Crisis focus in Issue 53 – The Stinging Fly

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Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social · 12/05/2025