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E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Looking forward to this! Come & join us…

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E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

If you’re considering a residency, this might be a helpful read…

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E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This sounds incredible! Congratulations @junec.bsky.social 😍

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Limerick Literary Festival @limericklitfest.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Kate O’Brien Award shortlist: Gethan Dick reads from her book Water in the Desert Fire in the Night: youtu.be/2zCQv2qHH58?... The KOB Award 01/03 at 11.15am at the Belltable. Free event, booking required: www.limerickliteraryfestival.com @tramppress.bsky.social

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June Caldwell @junec.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Climate writing & Sci-Fi, imagination, hard facts, latent worry, self-care, fear of floods, policies and politics, oil, bins,, seasons gone, seitan sausages, Amazon, hideous data centres, eco-horror, AI, futility, hope, trench coats, eternal rain, estrangement #chats stingingfly.org/podcast/clim...

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TSF Podcast: Climate Issue Special – The Stinging Fly

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Extra Teeth @extrateethmag.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Announcing our next spring workshop: Introduction to the short story with @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social! Join us online on March 16th at 7pm for an interactive and practical workshop.

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I love the people and the vision behind @extrateethmag.bsky.social so it is a real treat to be facilitating an online workshop for them in March. Snap up these places as they’ll go fast.

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Can anyone suggest a good (ideally free) programme for formatting theatre scripts? Does such a thing even exist?

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Funny, familiar and bittersweet - a cracking debut novel by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social published in June. A must read for anyone who’s ever been in or around a not particularly successful band.

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Jennifer McMahon @jmcm.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I had a lovely conversation today with @neilhegarty.bsky.social, one of Ireland's most brilliant writers, about his novels INCH LEVELS and THE JEWEL. In this clip, Neil talks about developing a routine as a writer. Catch the full interview this Sunday on Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social

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June Caldwell @junec.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Rafael Mendes & Aisling Walsh on representation and ethics in writing. Is being close to, enough? How do you write about identities, sexualities, lived experience that are not your own? Where are the lines drawn for/at appropriation against a canon that were 'writers' without an added 'other' label?

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June Caldwell @junec.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The interview/chat with Roddy Doyle & Elizabeth Reapy was so chill and enthralling. Roddy is so down to earth and sensible, but his honesty is unusual in this lit-climate. He laughed at a terrible review of his first book, spoke about writing as 'labour' and dissed too much editorial interference.

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June Caldwell @junec.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

The Blessing of the Rags and Happy Stigmata at an alternative #Mass at #DoolinWritersWeekend "We'll heal what ails you"...

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E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Lovely cosy storytelling this blustery rainy morning 🥰 Best place to be!

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Sarah Webb @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Looking for a Christmas book for children? There are some amazing Irish titles avail for all ages - check out our handy posters for details! From Santa picture books, to snowy verse novels, there is something for every young reader. Reviews here: discoveririshkidsbooks.ie/the-festive-...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Labyrinth, 1991 by Leonora Carrington, UK-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. #womensart

Painting of a spiral green hedged maze with odd figures and creatures appearing to stand or walk around inside

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

'Heart of the Dragon, Socotra, Yemen' by photographer Beth Moon on her fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees of the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a close-up of a large ancient living tree in a flat landscape with other trees in the distance, the tree has many branches forming a rounded flat canopy viewed from underneath

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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Day 4 of #DIKBCHALLENGE25: a book that's perfect for bookclub I feel like a good mystery is always a safe bet for bookclubs, and the intrigue and twists and turns in Arabella Pepper by @ermurray.bsky.social are guaranteed to grip any reader 🔍 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social

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E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

@2waystreet.bsky.social hello lovely! I hope all is well with you 🥰 I feel I’ve lost contact with people a bit with the way social media has changed !

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E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I’ll be facilitating another online Build A Strong Writing Foundation workshop for the Irish Writers Centre starting November 12th This is a generative workshop, designed to build confidence & kickstart a viable writing routine - booking details: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/buil... Please share! ♥️

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

And this morning the Shed is a tiny coach, made from a single walnut-shell, and drawn by a team of bumble-bees…

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Sinéad O'Hart @sineadohart.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

We've got a new Storyshaped podcast episode for you - and it's a banger! We recorded this chat with @kieranlarwood.bsky.social at @ilfdublin.bsky.social earlier this year, and now you can check it out wherever you get your podcasts! @susancahill.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/68Fz...

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Getting Storyshaped with Kieran Larwood

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E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Went foraging for mushrooms, found samphire instead 🤷‍♀️💙 #westcorklife

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E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

When you go to a coffee shop to write for the first time in ages… & forget paper 🤯 very grateful to those with a bit of spare cardboard box & some baking paper 🤩 #oldschool #writingfail #trustmeimapro 😂😂😂

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The Sibyls, a stunning new show by Alice Maher, has just opened at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery and runs until October 11th. Terrific conversation led by Jesse Jones on hair, power, lies and dispossession. Great to see Vivienne Dick (writing about her in the next book) www.kevinkavanagh.ie/exhibitions/...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Amrita Sher-Gil, Little Girl in Blue, 1934 Indian modernist painter #WomensArt

Painting featuring a girl in blue in the foreground right and a woman in pink in the background left

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 07/09/2025

and that is the final post transferred onto the Big Bearded Bookseller blog and it was the author interview with @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social and that is all the 97 interviews on the blog now bigbeardedbookseller.uk/questions-fo... #WritersLift #Author #BookSky 💙📚

stylised sketch of four books in a pile with the words 'Meet the Author' overlaid

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E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Was in Finland for August on residency… redrafted a whole book, met some wonderful people, saw some beautiful skies…

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

If you're an artist based in Ireland, this survey relates directly to you. It'll take three or four minutes, if that (it's actually too short). Please check it out. ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

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Basic Income for the Arts public consultation

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Barbara Scully @barbarascully.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

My next show is in DUBLIN!! If you fancy having a laugh about some of the absurdities of being a woman & getting older, grab your gal pals, your sisters, your Ma, your daughters and your fellas and come along to the gorgeous Stillgarden Distillery on 12 Sept stillgardenbarbarascully.eventbrite.ie

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OLDER, BOLDER, WISER...

Barbara Scully's One Woman Show is a mixture of stand up comedy and story telling as she muses on life as a woman and getting older.

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Barbara Scully @barbarascully.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Another joyous day yesterday at @wcorklitfest.bsky.social interviewing the effervescent @pollyrowena.bsky.social about her fab book, The Company of owls. After which I joined @ermurray.bsky.social at the Bantry Day Cebtre for chats, readings & craic with real wise owls. (Forgot photos there tho)

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Barbara Scully @barbarascully.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Pure joy to interview Carol Drinkwater at @wcorklitfest.bsky.social in Bantry last night. Her new novel One Summer in Provence is a warm and thoroughly satisfying read.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

It always feels like we’re just getting there in comics breaking into the mainstream in Ireland and the UK, the way they are in other European countries, and yet we never quite reach that tipping point. With reading stamina levels going the way they are, comics really need to be pushed more.

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Sarah Webb @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

The @wcorklitfest.bsky.social is in full swing until the end of next week. I’m on the ferry to Whiddy a island with Eimear, festival boss and huge book fan, and my friend @ermurray.bsky.social writer.

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E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

In fabulous company - I’ve read each book & love them all. Thank you @rurooie.bsky.social & @booksireland.bsky.social for taking the time to read & review #ArabellaPepperBook 💙🧡

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

This is hardly even parody, especially the last bit.

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PATRICIA SCANLAN Author @patriciascanlan.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Almost full moon, Mir space station joined in the fun, sparkling across the sky. The sea was like warm silk, and then midnight Prosecco under the stars. A perfect Wicklow night. 🙂 🏊 🌕 🍾🥂 ✨

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Becca Syracuse @bookdesignbee.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

*crying in art director* Please please please let your #portfoliday gift to yourself be adding your contact info (email), portfolio (link), and NAME to your socials. Some of you are missing opportunities because we can't reach you!!!!! 🫣

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Working on some smaller cityscapes.

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E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Just back from 3 nights in this gorgeous little cottage in another part of West Cork - where myself & Danielle McLaughlin nearly broke our brains doing a final edit of a joint manuscript we’ve been working on, ready for agent feedback.

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West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Did you know that all our children's events are free & feature Irish authors/illustrators? Many are ticketed so book now to avoid disappointment. Our director Eimear is in @echolive.bsky.social talking about our events & joy of kids' books @childrensbooksireland.ie www.echolive.ie/corkviews/ar...

Collage of book covers for children's events in this year's West Cork Literary Festival

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West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Delighted to see 4 WCLF 2025 authors longlisted for @wainwrightprize.bsky.social for nature writing. @pollyrowena.bsky.social @seanronayne.bsky.social Nature Writing; @helenscales.bsky.social Conservation Writing @ermurray.bsky.social, Children's Fiction wainwrightprize.com/longlist-2025/

Collage of 4 books covers - Polly Atkin's book The Company of Owls, Seán Ronayne's book Nature Boy, Helen Scales' book What The Wild Sea Can Be and E.R. Murray's book Arabella Pepper

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Rick O'Shea @rickoshea.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Dear #Booksky. Always looking for new starter packs with people from the book, writing and publishing world in them. Suggestions? I made one myself an age ago, but it's still good... go.bsky.app/6zX28p1

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E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Time for a bit of play 🥰 Filling up the creative well with watercolours 🫟🎨 Most of my hyper focus involves words (reading or writing) so it’s lovely to attend to the world in a different way #notanartist #hobbytime #naturelover

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E R Murray @ermurray.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

I made some mistakes so you can skip them!

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