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Lou Hall(ow) Author @louhallauthor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

📣 All you cozy fantasy fans and audio book lovers, pre-orders of The Little Shop of Celtic Charms is 40% OFF on Audible RIGHT NOW for Audible Premium Plus members. 🎧✨ Sale ends 10th of August. #audiobooks #thelittleshopofcelticcharms

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Lou Hall(ow) Author @louhallauthor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

📣News Alert📣 Barnes and Noble is running a pre-order sale until Friday (Jun. 26) for ✨The Little Shop of Celtic Charms✨ Use code PREORDER25 Happy shopping 📚 #fantasybooks #preordersale #romancereads #romantasy #cozyfantasy #barnesandnoble www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-little...

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Lou Hall(ow) Author @louhallauthor.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Cover reveal! ✨The Little Shop of Celtic Charms✨ is out 23rd February 2027! #cozyfantasy #romancereads #books #thelittleshopofcelticcharms

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Lou Hall(ow) Author @louhallauthor.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Delighted to share the news about my two book deal book deal with Harlequin Books! The Little Shop of Celtic Charms is due for release in 2027! #cozyfantasy #cottagecorefantasy

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Sryan Bruen @sryanbruen.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

On this horrendous morning in Dublin, here's a much better morning at the Malahide Estuary in February 2025 for some hope that it can only get better from here. Perfect reflections.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Something very lovely happened in our Science Fiction & Fantasy section the other week… 🥹💍✨ CONGRATULATIONS MAEVE & ADAM!! Wishing you many years of happiness, adventure and shared stories – may your life together be even more magical than the books you browse 💫📚❤️

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Janice Hallett @janicehallett.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

📢Last few days📢 to vote for #ABoxFullOfMurders in the Children’s Fiction category of the @booksaremybag.bsky.social #ReadersAwards 2025 sponsored by National Book Tokens. Please click here and VOTE BY 26 OCT #ChooseBookshops 👇 www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awar...

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Amanda Geard @amandageard.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

SOME NEWS, as they say!!

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 18/07/2025

ICYMI: "Why are female authors asked to bare their souls to promote their books?" asks Caroline O'Donoghue in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky

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Up close and personal

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Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

COVER REVEAL! 📚 💙 And flagging this PRE-ORDER COMPETITION from Irish indie booksellers omahonysbooks.bsky.social. There's an overnight for two at the Falls Hotel & Spa to be won INCLUDING dinner & a spa treatment! 👇 💖 @gaiabanks.bsky.social #spéirgorm #booksky www.omahonys.ie/once-a-year-...

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Good morning. Rise and shine from Coiners country. Time for a brew.

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

John McGahern Book Prize shortlist revealed. Congratulations to Ferdia Lennon, Alan Murrin, Sinéad Gleeson and Anna Fitzgerald, whose debut novels have been selected for this prestigious prize. Colm Tóibín will choose the winner. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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John McGahern Book Prize shortlist revealed

Novels by Ferdia Lennon, Alan Murrin, Sinéad Gleeson and Anna Fitzgerald selected

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Janice Hallett @janicehallett.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

My 1st children’s book #ABoxFullOfMurders is out today! 📦🕵️‍♀️🔎 With text messages and documents, it's ideal for reluctant and keen readers alike and was a JOY to write thanks to my lovely, HUGELY-talented editor Jane Griffiths at @PuffinBooks who was there every step of the way 🙏

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Phoebe Morgan @phoebeannmorgan.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

A new post on Substack all about how we as publishers decide on book titles - and why! honesteditor.substack.com/p/whats-in-a-n…

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

TV NEWS! Delighted to share details of the forthcoming TV adaptation of Leonard and Hungry Paul for BBC and RTE. Have visited the set – a wonderful cast and crew. Thanks to Subotica, BBC @rte.ie and everyone involved. @thebookseller.com deadline.com/2025/05/leon...

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Laurie Kynaston, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell & Alex Lawther Leading Feel-Good Drama Series ‘Leonard And Hungry Paul’ For BBC & RTÉ

Laurie Kynaston, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell and Alex Lawther are toplining 'Leonard and Hungry Paul', a BBC and RTE drama based on Rónán Hession's novel.

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Lou Hall(ow) Author @louhallauthor.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I look forward to reading these articles from Phoebe when they arrive in my mailbox. If you are a budding or an established writer and haven’t subscribed to her Substack, I recommend you do!

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CNN @cnn.com · 08/04/2025

A species of wolf that died out some 12,500 years ago lives again as the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal,” according to Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences. cnn.it/3EcYuru

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 01/01/2025

My main blog website is www.bigbeardedbookseller.com and I write about books, tarot, films, home cooking, solo gaming, photography and whatever takes my fancy, the blog also hosts author/illustrator/blogger interviews

Screenshot of the Big Bearded Bookseller blog with several different posts, menu and sidebar visiable

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 06/03/2025

Excited to join @readingagency.bsky.social and @claremackwrites.bsky.social at #LBF25 to discuss how we can make reading more accessible and sustainable, the impact of reading on mental health, and more. 📍 London Book Fair 🗓️ March 13, 2025 🔗 readingagency.org.uk/the-reading-...

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Lou Hall(ow) Author @louhallauthor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Congratulations to my wonderful friend, Carmel Harrington, on the launch of her 13th novel. A mystery thriller which is already a bestseller and getting rave reviews! #TheStolenChild

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Carmel Harrington: ‘I was 40 before I dared to start querying agents. After 47 rejections I decided to self-publish’. The writer on her new novel, The Stolen Child; being chosen to write an official Cold Feet tie-in; and her Dean Koontz motto for life www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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Author Carmel Harrington: ‘I was 40 before I dared to start querying agents. After 47 rejections I decided to self-publish’

The writer on her lastest novel, The Stolen Child; being chosen to write an official Cold Feet tie-in; and her Dean Koontz motto for life

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SAM BLAKE @samblakebooks.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

In the Irish top ten for a 5th week!! 🎉🥂 Huge thanks to all who have bought it - do tell a friend if you enjoyed it!! The Killing Sense opens on Valentine's Day, so if you need an unusual gift (who doesn't love a book set in Paris?! ) pick up a copy ❤️ And it's only 99p on Kindle! 📚💙 #booksky

Clipping from the Irish Examiner showing Sam Blake's The Killing Sense at No 4 in the fiction top ten :)

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Brigit: Dublin City Celebrating Women @brigitdublin.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Brigit is back with our biggest festival yet! 🌸🔥 From 31 January to 3 February, join us for over 90 incredible events across the city, celebrating women’s outstanding contributions to culture, society, and history. Dive into the #Brigit2025 programme: dublin.ie/brigit

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

As there have been lots of new people recently who might looking for people to follow here's my starter pack for Irish (and Irish adjacent) SFF creators go.bsky.app/5Ch5fdz Lots of fab folks here.

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Mairéad Hearne | Swirl and Thread Book Blog @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Don't forget to use the Borrowbox app from Bolinda to borrow lots of digital content from your local library #booksky

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Lou Hall(ow) Author @louhallauthor.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The view at Highland Lakes, New Jersey today

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Any Irish writers with books being published this new year (2025)? Post here and I am happy to repost. Use #newirishwriting2025

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Zaffre Books @zaffrebooks.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies." Time to live another thousand in 2025! What is your first book of the year? 📚

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Valarie Smith @valarie.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Literary friends, a new publisher has joined BlueSky! Weatherglass Books is behind the new novella prize, and cofounder Neil Griffiths also started the Republic of Consciousness Prize. Please check out @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social and give these innovative minds a follow if you fancy.

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ASTRAEA KATE KRUIMINK

Saraid de Silva
Amma

Isobel Wohl
Cold New Climate

Damian Lanigan
The Ghost Variations

David Roberts
The Way the Day Breaks

Sonia Overall
Eden

Rose Cleary
How To Be a French Girl

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Lou Hall(ow) Author @louhallauthor.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Did some more writing today, and the words were flowing. Hope to keep the momentum going and be as productive in the new year. I’ve closed the laptop down for the evening so I think I’ll treat myself to one of these…. #amwriting #andabouttosplittheG

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 27/12/2024

The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize now for the "unputdownable" novel f RT on unpublished women. The winner will receive a £1,500 prize, and all shortlisted authors get a one-on-one consultation with a literary agent. Please share. www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/fictionprize

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Lou Hall(ow) Author @louhallauthor.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

I wrote 3000 words of an opening chapter for my new fiction ms yesterday. Curious to know if other writers tend to go back and completely change the opening chapter once they have fully completed the first draft? #writing #amwriting

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

It would be so great if you could give my botanical illustration & mental health workshop below a RT if you have a moment. Thankyou 🌿

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Lou Hall(ow) Author @louhallauthor.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

The view from my sister’s home at Highland Lakes, New Jersey this morning

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