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Courtney Smyth

@cswritesbooks.bsky.social
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Irish. writes murder, likes books | author of The Undetectables series: THE UNSOLVABLE CASE out now 👻🔍 | Rep: The Bent Agency they/them 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ campsite.bio/cswritesbooks

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We're also delighted to announce that @cswritesbooks.bsky.social books will now be joining us at the altar to chair our Dublin event! 💒 Sadly, @griffski.bsky.social is no longer able to join this event, but she will still be chairing in Newcastle.
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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
THE UNSOLVABLE CASE by @cswritesbooks.bsky.social is out now! 🔎 The queer witchy series concludes in one last mystery for the gang, as they have to solve their biggest, and most important case of all - who killed Theodore... tinyurl.com/mvkc7wf 🪲
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We should bring back button badges. Remember when button badges were a thing? They should be a thing again
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
rip Bonnie Tyler you would’ve loved 2026 partial eclipse of the evening sky
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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
THE UNSOLVEABLE CASE by @cswritesbooks.bsky.social is coming soon... ✨ The series concludes in one last mystery for Mallory, Cornelia and Diana as they have to solve their biggest, and most important case of all - who killed Theodore. tinyurl.com/mvkc7wf
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Dunes tour soon, kings? 👀 @lsdunes.bsky.social
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Harry Houdini I love your work
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
WHAT’S THE POINT OF ALLERGIES Asking the real questions @waterparksbandtx.bsky.social #Jinx
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 22/07/2026
The mainstream media's reporting of the BMA's critique of the Cass Review contained "misinformation" and was "factually wrong", members of the doctors union say 
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Reporting about British Medical Association critique of Cass Review was 'factually wrong'
The mainstream media's reporting of vital information about trans healthcare was wrong. Again.
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Juliet loves the beat and the lust it commands, drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands Romeo
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
PSA on the Victoria Line tube in London. Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note.
Are you having fanatical thoughts about other people's crotches?
Has hating a minority group become your entire personality?
Do you obsess over other people's toilet use?
If so, you could be a danger to others - it's time to seek help.
Contact our team: youneedhelp@leavetranspeoplealone.com
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 13/07/2026
JKR and her new org apparently helped get the new Amnesty International report on how TERF organizations destroy lives taken down from their site. Well, guess what? The Streisand Effect is real. Here's the entire report in a thread. Read it. Share it.
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Look at me. Listen. Spice bags are Irish. They were invented in the Sunflower Chinese takeaway in Terenure Dublin in 2010.
The “you wouldn’t steal a car” meme edited to say “you wouldn’t colonise a spice bag”
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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"If all of these industries are so essential to the healthy functioning of the Irish economy, then why does the Irish economy feel so terrible for so many people? The whole trade-off of building your economy around such awful things is that at least the economy is supposed to be good." New column!
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Surrealing in the Years: Government deserves little credit for passing the zombified Territories Bill
We’re sacrificing everything at the altar of an economy that doesn’t even work.
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The (enclosed, separate sink, lockable room) bathrooms in a venue I was in yesterday being referred to as the “gents” vs “female toilets” was a stark reminder that everyone in the U.K. is being subjected to stupid TERFland gendered bullshit when trying to do something as simple as peeing
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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:
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Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books
The Queer Torments of the AI-sphere
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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Well, another Wrath Month has rolled around and we still don’t have a book. About that… 💙📚 #BookSky #SmallPress #Publishing #QueerBooks #AI (1/20)
What the fuck happened?
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RTÉ @rte.ie · 03/07/2026
New rules to be signed into law today will give consumers the legal right to speak to a person instead of an AI chatbot when buying financial products or services either online or over the phone. www.rte.ie/news/2026/0703/1581517-f…
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New legal right to speak to a human for finance consumers
New rules to be signed into law today will give consumers the legal right to speak to a person instead of an AI chatbot when buying financial products or services either online or over the phone.
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This meme is why the Hayley Williams song goes “now I know better / never let me leave home without a pair of shoes”
(Screenshot of Twitter meme text):

 [Sky-diving]
INSTRUCTOR: pull your shute!
ME: my shoe?
INSTRUCTOR: your parachute!
ME: my pair of shoes?
[later]
CORONER: where's his shoes?
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This meme is why the Hayley Williams song goes “now I know better / never let me leave home without a pair of shoes”
(Screenshot of Twitter meme text):

 [Sky-diving]
INSTRUCTOR: pull your shute!
ME: my shoe?
INSTRUCTOR: your parachute!
ME: my pair of shoes?
[later]
CORONER: where's his shoes?
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Speaking of which, you know Audible is owned by Amazon, right? For those of you who like a good audio book and care where your money goes, @libro.fm is an excellent choice. We've just signed up so you can support us *and* treat your ears⤵️ libro.fm/ravenbooks
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Buy audiobooks & support Raven Books
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through Raven Books.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Just to explicitly say: The Minister has forced through a law which is in direct contravention with the AI Act, justifying it with a transparent piece of undergraduate sophistry, blustered out without any attempt to persuade. This is not an action any serious Justice Minister would take.
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SoundOfTheForest @soundoftheforest.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I’m going to start saying, go to your local library instead of Google it.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 23/06/2026
Banning social media could have serious consequences for LGBTQIA+ young people, who often use social media to find community, support and safety.
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Youth social media bans should raise privacy concerns for everyone
TL;DR: The UK Government has announced a sweeping under-16s social media ban, which could have implications for privacy rights for everyone. The UK government has announced a sweeping ban on children under the age of 16 accessing social media. This landmark decision – in what is already a highly
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Mícheál Lehane @fertha.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Legislation to end mandatory three day wait for abortion passes second stage vote in the Dáil.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 08/06/2026
every screen, pop-up or button i have to see after clicking "cancel subscription" and before i see "your subscription has been canceled" should cost the company ten million dollars
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
BE GAY SOLVE CRIMES REWIND. The Undetectables take on their last-ever case: the unsolved murder of Theodore Wyatt 👻 Out 22nd September from @titanbooks.bsky.social !!! Preorder: campsite.to/cswritesbooks (more links to come)
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈BE GAY SOLVE CRIMES TAKE PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈 I am immensely proud to have published 3/4 of a fantasy mystery series with messy relationships, ride-or-die friendships, and a queernorm world where there are (maybe) a handful of token straight people. What better way to spend June than with The Undetectables? 🪐📚
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈BE GAY SOLVE CRIMES TAKE PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈 I am immensely proud to have published 3/4 of a fantasy mystery series with messy relationships, ride-or-die friendships, and a queernorm world where there are (maybe) a handful of token straight people. What better way to spend June than with The Undetectables? 🪐📚
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
happy Pride Eve to all the people who are about to paraphrase this tweet from 2022 or repost it with my name removed as if it’s a thought they just had themselves
a screencap of a 2023 Instagram post from Jamila Jameel with over 1500 likes (including Billy Porter!!) it has a progress Pride flag striped background behind a screencap of my old tweet which reads 

Claire Willett
@clairewillett
for pride month this year can straight people focus less on "love is love" and more on "queer and trans people are in danger"
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@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 22/05/2026
In light of this week’s reinforcement of the UK’s hostile environment to trans people. Please buy books by trans authors, and if possible, from queer booksellers.
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Up until a few weeks ago I thought Claude was someone’s hapless French husband because I’d only seen it mentioned in an article and it was SO casual I assumed it was the author’s partner. But no! Claude is being fed stories by publishers without author permission! And he’s not even French!!
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Up until a few weeks ago I thought Claude was someone’s hapless French husband because I’d only seen it mentioned in an article and it was SO casual I assumed it was the author’s partner. But no! Claude is being fed stories by publishers without author permission! And he’s not even French!!
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
What, I cannot stress this enough, the FUCK is going on out there
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Virusconia @viriconia.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Seems to be a controversial take that a bunch of Arnotts security guards shouldn’t be able to execute you in the street for potential shoplifting
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
When something says “shake well before use” how long are we shaking for?
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Sometimes I think about how even the most astronomically famous Irish person could be instantly felled by the opening bars of maniac 2000
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Read an article the other day where the author ‘asked Claude’ and I very innocently thought they were making a non-sequitur reference to their hapless mansplaining French husband who was not that helpful. You can imagine how upset I am that there is no hapless mansplaining French husband.
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Hello hi I have a newsletter going out to inboxes at 10am tomorrow. It’s free and contains a fun essay, writing updates, and answers to reader questions. Tomorrow’s essay is about a TOXIC BREAKUP (not what you’re thinking but both relatable and ironic) Subscribe: Courtneysmythwrites.substack.com
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Essays, desk notes and your writing questions, answered (by a regular walking disaster). Click to read Courtney Smyth Writes, a Substack publication. Launched 5 months ago.
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Now that Microsoft has sent people to the moon, could the company please aspire to invent a Track Changes that works
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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
"If you jumped into a pit with a baboon, tried to convince it to have tea with you for 40 minutes, and sat nodding sagely at its baboon remarks the whole time... people wouldn’t say ‘Well done navigating that baboon situation’, they would say ‘Why do you do that every March 17th?’" New column:
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Surrealing in the Years: You are watching the obliteration of standards in real time
If this is escaping with our dignity, that’s only because dignity ain’t what it used to be.
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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Today we are showcasing our wonderful Irish authors and their brilliant books! ✨🍀 @griffski.bsky.social @cswritesbooks.bsky.social
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
💚💚💚💚☘️
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
BE GAY SOLVE CRIMES REWIND. The Undetectables take on their last-ever case: the unsolved murder of Theodore Wyatt 👻 Out 22nd September from @titanbooks.bsky.social !!! Preorder: campsite.to/cswritesbooks (more links to come)
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Do you like your books SFF, high camp and gay? Trip’s got you covered 🔥
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Fabulous time watching Cold Storage this evening – a zombie movie made with love, enthusiasm, and commitment to making you say “EWWWW” Thanks @moviesie.bsky.social for the tickets! (And the popcorn) #coldstorage
A photo of a cinema screen displaying a card that reads “COLD STORAGE . in  cinemas February 20. Spread the word #coldstorage” and the social media handles for @studiocanaluk
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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
It's time to HAVE YOUR LAKE… AND EAT IT! 💙🪰 The Undetectables are back in THE UNFATHOMABLE CURSE by @cswritesbooks.bsky.social! A witty, witchy fantasy murder mystery packed with ancient magic and fiendish puzzles. ✨ Out now! tinyurl.com/3p9n3nrt
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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
It's time to HAVE YOUR LAKE… AND EAT IT! 💙🪰 The Undetectables are back in THE UNFATHOMABLE CURSE by @cswritesbooks.bsky.social! A witty, witchy fantasy murder mystery packed with ancient magic and fiendish puzzles. ✨ Out now! tinyurl.com/3p9n3nrt
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Courtney Smyth @cswritesbooks.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I started up a newsletter this month where I’m planning to send little essays and thoughts as well as news and photos of my pets. The plan is to never do more than one a month, and maybe not even monthly. It’s fun, infrequent and free and you can read the first one below ✉️ campsite.to/cswritesbooks
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