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@michaelflavin.bsky.social
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Novelist, award-winning short story writer & academic.

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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 11/09/2026
The Shortlist for Sept 11: See what you missed over the summer at Turn & Work: Featuring: Terena Elizabeth Bell @terenabell.bsky.social Huina Zheng Patrick Geraghty Michael Flavin @michaelflavin.bsky.social Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social Read 'em here:
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The Shortlist for September 10, 2026 - Turn and Work
Fiction / Nonfiction from XXXXX
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michaelflavin.bsky.social @michaelflavin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My latest short story, 'Berthing,' is published in 'Turn and Work': www.turnandwork.com/guest-post/b... #fiction
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Berthing - Turn and Work
Sarah's father dreamed of seeing the world. She didn't know much more about him than that.
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michaelflavin.bsky.social @michaelflavin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I Do Solemnly Promise: The IRA’s Green Book and the Making of a Community of Practice open.substack.com/pub/kingsglo...
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I Do Solemnly Promise: The IRA’s Green Book and the Making of a Community of Practice
How a clandestine manual blended ideology, discipline and survival to shape the Provisional IRA’s internal culture
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Radicalization papers @radicalpapers.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“‘I Do Solemnly Promise … ’ The IRA’s Green Book and its Community of Practice” in Small Wars & Insurgencies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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‘I do solemnly promise … ’ the IRA’s Green Book and its Community of Practice
The Green Book was a training and induction manual for volunteers in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), written in the mid-1970s. It provided practical guidance, including on how to resis...
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michaelflavin.bsky.social @michaelflavin.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
My latest article, on the IRA restructure of the mid-1970s, is published in the journal 'Small Wars & Insurgencies': www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #northernireland #thetroubles
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‘I do solemnly promise … ’ the IRA’s Green Book and its Community of Practice
The Green Book was a training and induction manual for volunteers in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), written in the mid-1970s. It provided practical guidance, including on how to resis...
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michaelflavin.bsky.social @michaelflavin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I was the guest on the ‘Something Different’ podcast recently: open.spotify.com/episode/0T5e... We talked about different kinds of writing. We also talked about my new novel, "Long Is The Way." I have since signed a contract with Ybernia Press to publish it in the second half of 2026. #ybernia
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Episode 6: Beans fact sheet
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Ybernia @ybernia-books.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
A feature in the Irish Independent about our translation of Seán O'Casey's play. #BookSky #theatre #translation #Ireland #Spain www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
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Limerick man publishes first translation of O’Casey play in Spain
A Limerick man has published Spain’s first translation of Seán O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars.
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michaelflavin.bsky.social @michaelflavin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
My short story, 'Gas,' is in the latest volume of the Fish Barrel Review: fishbarrelreview.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/m...
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MICHAEL FLAVIN
Gas All four gas jets were on. Cass and her husband came in by the back door, into the kitchen, and all four gas jets were on. Her husband turned them off. He flung open the windows. Cas did not kn…
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michaelflavin.bsky.social @michaelflavin.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
My latest article is in Critical Studies on Terrorism: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Leadership failings: the Irish republican socialist party, the Irish national liberation army and the Irish people’s liberation organisation, 1974–1992
This paper analyses leadership in the Irish Republican Socialist Party, the Irish National Liberation Army, and the Irish People’s Liberation Organisation, 1974–1992. All three organisations emerge...
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michaelflavin.bsky.social @michaelflavin.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I spoke at a King's Expert Series webinar last night, on 'Shaping Global Leadership in the 21st Century,', alongside Prof Rosie Campbell & Dr Aranee Manoharan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ur2... #kcl
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King's Experts Series: Shaping Global Leadership in the 21st Century
YouTube video by KCL Alumni
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michaelflavin.bsky.social @michaelflavin.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
My latest article is in Irish Heritage News: irishheritagenews.ie/belfast-birm... #Irish
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Belfast, Birmingham and beyond: the Irish diaspora in Britain during The Troubles
Dr Michael Flavin reflects on the experiences of the Irish in Britain following the IRA bombings on British soil, detailing the discrimination they faced.
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michaelflavin.bsky.social @michaelflavin.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
My new book is out: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #leadership
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Teaching Global Leadership in Higher Education
This book answers a need for pedagogic guidance and instruction in designing, implementing and evaluating global leadership as an academic subject.
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