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Ger Holland

@ghollandphoto.bsky.social
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Freelance photographer, Galway born, based in Dublin. 🏳️‍🌈 She/Her ☕ Coffee lover ☀️ Sunrise/sunset chaser 📸 Portraits & all things literature! www.gerhollandphotography.com

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Avalon goes to sleeps under a lilac sky. Taken at sunset tonight in Glastonbury.
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Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @kennysbookshop.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Irish businesses will struggle to compete with Amazon ie, both online and in the high street. Shop direct with your Irish retailers, who already exist. Support local, not the billionaires.
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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
reminder that @kennysbookshop.bsky.social is the longest-running online bookshop *on the entire internet* (!!!) they have FREE postage in ireland (and it's not so expensive to mainland europe, either) don't give any money to jeff bezos and his employee-abusing company, go straight to kennys.ie
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Ann Bruen @annbruen.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
62 days, 62 sunrises. Every morning from December through January, I was out chasing the light - sometimes golden, sometimes moody, sometimes totally WOW and always magical. A reminder that every day begins with a fresh start and a new perspective. 🌅 #sunrise #ireland #photography
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Rick O'Shea @rickoshea.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Sarah talks about this all the time - we should all keep banging a drum on it. There are *so many* amazing books for children by Irish authors but they are still being flooded out of the market...
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Arsenal Family @arsenal-family.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Things could always be worse, we could all be United fans #ArsenalFamily
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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Do join us at Books Upstairs for Writehawks 2 on January 30th @ 6.30pm, hosted by @rickoshea.bsky.social Kevin Curran, Eithne Shortall and I will be offering live, in-person book chat and reading recommendations. It's free but you need to book (link in Rick's post below). Do come!
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Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Calling writers aged 18-26! Spend five days at Cúirt International Festival of Literature in Galway this April 📚🎪 Receive: 🎟️ Free entry to festival events 📝 Mentoring support from local writer 🎤 perform at a public showcase 🏠 Accommodation is provided irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...
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Cúirt Young Writer Delegates Programme - Irish Writers Centre
Calling writers aged 18-26 apply now for this opportunity to attend and contribute to Cúirt International Festival of Literature 2025. Deadline: 9 Feb 2025
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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Good news. Ghost Mountain optioned for the screen. Really interesting people behind it, too.
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Ger Holland @ghollandphoto.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Hello folks. A second hello, hi, how are you all. I've deleted my Instagram account which I've loved for years for interacting with lots of wonderful people but unfortunately, their new terms on hate speech are so regressive. My gut told me to leave. Bluesky is where I'll be for the foreseeable. ❤️
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BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
This is actually perfect. The funders, armers & arbiters of genocide rewarding the passive & silent acquiescence of genocide. When the empathy of ‘activists’ doesn’t extend to Palestinian children, and they are duly rewarded for not speaking up when inconvenient 🫡 🥾👅
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Ger Holland @ghollandphoto.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Incredible symmetry earlier outside my kitchen window. ✈️
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Taryn de Vere @taryndevere.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Looking for Dublin based artists/craftists of any art form to please fill this out. I'm trying to build a database of people available for work in the Dublin area. Please share widely! 🙏 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Opportunities for Dublin Artists
Creative Places Darndale is seeking artists in the D17 and wider area. Information gathered will not be shared with third parties without permission.
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Word of the day is a favourite for this time of year. To be ‘crambazzled’, in old Yorkshire dialect, is to be prematurely aged by excess drinking or partying.
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Ger Holland @ghollandphoto.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
An absolute honour to photograph the legendary Joan Baez for the @gutterbookshop.bsky.social on Friday last. 📸
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Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Thank you @ghollandphoto.bsky.social for these lovely festive shots from Friday’s annual members’ Christmas party! 🎄🎉🍷 Thanks to all our members, writers, facilitators, partners and funders. We wouldn’t exist with you!
Paul Murray walking to the micPaul Lynch reads at our annual christmas partyJack Harte, Liam Maguire, Shauna Gilligan, Anna WalshCrowd at the Irish Writers Centre
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Marc (with a Sea) Diamond @marcwithasea.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
When the waves dance, Pippin dances. Take a moment, And watch the light of a new week. #ireland
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Marc (with a Sea) Diamond @marcwithasea.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Market Day! Lovely jingly Christmas vibe. And visitors! Hello @ghollandphoto.bsky.social ☺️👋 One Sunday to go. Come see us. 🙌
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
If you're looking for gifts for a sea/wild swimmer
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sarah maria griff @griffski.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
i used to say it every year on twitter but i’ll say it again here. if ONE of yous starts slagging kids on the toy show on the timeline i’m calling the priest and the cops and getting you thrown in a fuckin dungeon. don’t slag kids. adults, fair game. no slagging kids. don’t be a freak
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Ger Holland @ghollandphoto.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Peeking at the books on the #LateLateToyShow and I spy @chrisjudge.bsky.social Evil Duck & The Feather of Fortune! #BookElves2024
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Sarah Webb @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Would you like a personal recommendation for the child in your life? Ask away! The #BookElves2024 are here to help.
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The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the launch of The Stinging Fly Issue 51 Volume Two last week in Hen's Teeth. It was a great night and we were delighted to host readings from some of the brilliant writers featured in the issue — pictures (by @ghollandphoto.bsky.social) in the 🧵 below
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Alan Nolan Writer @alnolan.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
@ghollandphoto.bsky.social so great to see you last night, Ger!! xx
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Jane Casey @janecasey.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Thanks so much to everyone who voted for A Stranger in the Family at the Irish Book Awards. You made a slightly out-of-breath writer have to do public speaking (but I'm very happy). Lovely @ghollandphoto.bsky.social worked her magic as usual with the pictures!
Clutching an award, a crime writer tries to be witty at the Irish Book Awards.
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Ann Bruen @annbruen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Omega sunrise on Dublin Bay this morning #sunrise #dublin #ireland
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Ger Holland @ghollandphoto.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
So, tomorrow I start a part time job in the Office of Academic + Student Affairs in IADT as Assistant Staff Officer. It's my first office job, first "proper" job but I'm looking forward to it. It's 17.5 hours a week & my main focus will still be photography outside of that role. Eek!
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Ger Holland @ghollandphoto.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
For those interested, I sell A4 and desk calendars featuring sunrise/landscape images I've taken! I have less than 10 left in my shop of each at www.gerhollandphotography.com/calendars but I have lots of prints for sale too! 😁
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Andrew Tate got banned from Bluesky in less than one day. Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.
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Ger Holland @ghollandphoto.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Hello!! I joined Bluesky last year but didn't use it much but it's great to see such an influx of lovely people now. ❤️ Here's some sunshine on a rather gloomy day here in Dublin!
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Marc (with a Sea) Diamond @marcwithasea.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Rainy days never get us down.
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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 18/11/2024
Few weeks ago, the Irish Tattler emailed me to say I'd won their media award, asking me to attend to accept it, I said I couldn't attend on the night, thanking them. I see that they gave the award to another person just because of that. Not that I care one bit, but still seems like bad practice.
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Andrea Carter @andreacarter.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Still can’t seem to upload the animation but here’s the cover! There Came a-Tapping out 27th March 2025 (Little, Brown UK) Proofs going out soon! Completely terrified…
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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Congratulations to Rónán Hession. His novel Leonard and Hungry Paul has been chosen by Irish Comedian Neil Delamere as his favourite book. He will be chatting about on BBC 2 - Between The Covers - Tuesday 26th November at 7pm. It is our bestselling book and now a bestselling book in Germany too
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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
Do tune into RTÉ One at 10:35pm this evening for this. I think they're showing highlights from Awards night so with any luck, me pulling this face will be broadcast to the entire nation... www.rte.ie/player/onnow...
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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
Another great shot by @ghollandphoto.bsky.social - This is what happens when the awards host says nice things about me down a microphone... Note: I'm available for comedy award faces worldwide...
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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
When they ask you to present an award & you're your normal professional self... (Photo by fab Ger Holland for writing.ie) The winner of Popular Fiction Book of the Year went to Sophie White for 'My Hot Boyfriend' &, as you can probably tell, we're old friends... #APIBA
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Paula Shields @paulashields.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
7pm tonight on Arena, RTÉ Radio 1. A smorgasbord of writers and artists from the fantastic new edition of Winter Papers, the annual lit journal edited by Kevin Barry and Olivia Smith.
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Ger Holland @ghollandphoto.bsky.social · 05/11/2023
Tonight, I captured the Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights, dancing in the skies above Howth, taken from Dún Laoghaire seafront. Pinching myself... a dream come true to witness it. 😍
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Nuala O'Connor @nualaoconnor.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
New novel on the way, April 24. Seaborne, about Irish pirate Anne Bonny 💙 www.newisland.ie/blog/2023/10...
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Ger Holland @ghollandphoto.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
Anxiety is no joke. I've had low level anxiety for years, flaring up every so often. Tonight, it floored me. It's been a stressful few days & I just crashed after 4, went to bed after 5pm - crying, dizziness, aches & twitching muscles, waves of panic, freezing cold hands & feet. [1/3]
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Liz Nugent @liznugent.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
I’ve been nominated in three categories 😃 📚 My gob is truly smacked. Vote for all your favourite books here: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 18/10/2023
Fully funded writer residencies in Dorset. Please share
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NEW! Under represented writer residencies - Bridport Prize
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