Niamh Mac Cabe @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social · 14/10/2026www.corkshortstory.net/thursday.html Cork pals, am looking forward to reading and the chats with Laura Cassidy and Louise Hegarty, tomorrow, as part of the Cork International Short Story Festival @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social 061
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeMaria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 13/10/2026“Whatever returns from oblivion returns to find a voice.” Nobel laureate Louise Glück, who returned her borrowed stardust three years ago today, on the door at the end of your suffering www.themarginalian.org/2024/04/29/l...themarginalian.orgThe Wild Iris: Nobel Laureate Louise Glück on the Door at the End of Your Suffering“Whatever returns from oblivion returns to find a voice.” 0246
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026“If you are wise, mingle these two elements: do not hope without despair, or despair without hope.” ~ Seneca, ‘Moral Letters to Lucilius’ (c. 65 AD) ‘Vanitas Still Life,’ #painting (detail) by Carstian Luyckx, c. 1650. 0194
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeЯ @gertiewentworth.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The Witch 1978 • Barry Windsor-Smith 0265
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeGuillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Critic @davidcollard.bsky.social kicks off a series of conversations with authors and publishers on the state of criticism, small presses and the reception of a certain novel. First up is @cdrose.bsky.social, author of We Live Here Now, winner of the Goldsmiths Prize. youtu.be/EUbitLCUnqE?...youtu.beIn Conversation With David Collard: C. D. RoseYouTube video by Sagging Meniscus 02012
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeDavid Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Now up to 1,963 signatures (of 2,000). Please sign (if you haven't already) and please re-post (if you haven't already). Pothole Studio is a Small Good Thing in a Big Bad World and under imminent threat of permanent closure. Your support is appreciated: www.change.org/p/save-our-p... Thank you!change.orgSign the PetitionSave Our Pottery Studio: Help Pothole stay at The Viaduct 023
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeC.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026(Rare) public appearance from me, and (quite frequent) one from @lukekennard.bsky.social talking about black bags, poems, novels, and maybe Strindberg and Slint. @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social - a week on Thursday. Come along! 23113
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeFrau Argueveur @argueveur.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What if we are not the champions? 041
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Morning. 🖼️ Joseph Austin 217332
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Book Cover of the Day: 127938
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeSardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 04/10/2026Santa Margherita di Belice, Sicily Ferrante Ferranti, 1987 012923
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026‘Long Stem.’ #Painting by Fred Calleri #art 0181
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“Nought so vile that on the earth doth live, but to the earth some special good doth give.” ~ Shakespeare, ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ #Painting by Peder Severin Krøyer (1883). 0192
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeSusanna Crossman @susannacrossman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Essay writers, creative nonfiction people, my @saloneurope.bsky.social 3-part course, The Personal Essay: From Pitch To Publication, is almost sold out. Perfect if you want to discover essays, try out a book idea, hone your practice. Last few places available but hurry, hurry! Can't wait to see you. 31710
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeRachel Malik @rachelmalik.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is fascinating by @davidcollard.bsky.social on first published stories. Some were rewritten many times, others have gone missing. The opening line of M. John Harrison’s Marina, and discovering Ford Maddox Ford’s close analysis of the opening of a D H Lawrence are my favourite moments. 174
Niamh Mac Cabe @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Looking forward to the chats with Louise Hegarty and moderator Laura Casssidy at Cork International Short Story Festival on 15th October, SO, about to dive into Louise's latest collection in anticipation of said chats 👁 @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social 093
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeEllen Dillon @drnollid.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.eventbrite.ie/e/little-boo...eventbrite.ieLittle Books, Long Titles: Daniela Cascella + Ellen DillonIn this celebration of the joys of little books, Daniela and Ellen will read from and discuss the writing of their latest publications. 042
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeSandeeOster @sandeeoster.bsky.social · 15/09/2026New study finds that laser scans of a temple wall at Kition, Cyprus reveal 23 hidden ship carvings, one on a block added ~150 years after the rest, suggesting people kept carving ships for ~300 years, through the Bronze Age collapse archaeologyteahouse.com/stories/a-fl... #Archaeology #Sciencearchaeologyteahouse.comA Fleet Hiding in Plain Sight: Laser Scans Find 23 New Ships on a Cypriot Temple Wall — Archaeology TeahouseNew high-resolution laser scanning at Kition Kathari, Cyprus, reveals 23 previously unrecorded ship graffiti and indicates the carvings accumulated continuously from Late Cypriot IIIA into the Cypro-G... 043
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeThe Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hoshi-wajo standing wooden statue. 11th century, Japan. The wooden flesh of his forehead and nose splits open like a parting curtain, unveiling the calm, serene face of a Bodhisattva emerging from within the mortal shell. In his right hand, raised in a gentle gesture of instruction 011135
Niamh Mac Cabe @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm excited to be taking part in the Cork International Short Story Festival, in among all these legends! My event is in Cork Arts Theatre, on Thursday 15th October, 19:30 pm @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social 1133
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeCal Doyle @caldoyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Again the citizens of Cork continue to blur the lines between petty crime and performance art www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...echolive.ieMan stole alcohol and steaks from the same Cork shop eight times in one week, court toldAlan Roche pleaded guilty to the eight thefts, a number of other shoplifting offences elsewhere and to public order offences where he was abusive to ... 081
Reposted by Niamh Mac Cabeshome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Say—here are about 78 literary journals opening for submissions in October. Some are open now or will close soon in September or October. Genres, themes, & guidelines vary—dates are tentative. These should be no-fee. There are more resources out there, too. Wish y’all well, friends. 49243
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeNational Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026📣 POETRY ALOUD 2026 | Entries now open To celebrate the joy of speaking and listening to poetry, the National Library of Ireland and @poetryireland.bsky.social, in partnership with @ucc.ie, are delighted to announce the POETRY ALOUD Poetry Speaking Competition 2026 for post-primary school students. 165
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Heydon owns 245 acres of land in Kildare and Laois, estimated to be worth between €2.2 and 4.5 million." Big industrial ag has Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in its pocket, producing an ongoing catastrophe for Irish nature, less wealthy farmers, and the taxpayer. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...irishtimes.comMinister for Agriculture has largest farmlands among TDs and SenatorsIrish Times investigation finds FG TD has largest landholding among Oireachtas members and is among highest EU Cap fund recipients 17023
Reposted by Niamh Mac Cabesanctorium.bsky.social @sanctorium.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hibernation Morris Graves, 1954 0353
Reposted by Niamh Mac Cabe◉●○•° @cosmoecology.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“They are so far out of sight for us, creatures of the upper world, that we don’t readily think of them. But as soon as we do, as soon as we plunge the mind into the cold dark humus to which the body will one day return, they become a spell against despair and a consecration of all that is alive.”themarginalian.orgRoots and the Meaning of LifeThey are so far out of sight for us, creatures of the upper world, that we don’t readily think of them. But as soon as we do, as soon as we plunge the mind into the cold dark humus to which t… 0187
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeDaniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026inventor of the knife: "It is a triangle for cleaving food." onlooker: "In twain?" inventor of the knife: (chuckling) "twain is the very lowest setting." 18320
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeRosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the cities of the world. In the particular is contained the universal" James Joyce speaking to his friend the writer and painter Arthur Power in the 1920s #BookwormSat 1487
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeNicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026‘Confessions of a Barbarian: Selections from the Journals of Edward Abbey’ (1927-1989)... #Painting by Wondeuk Cho. 031
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeC.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You can get it here: culturesack.bandcamp.com/album/words-...culturesack.bandcamp.comWords in Order, by Gerald Murnane8 track album 152
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeDavid Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Doors Into the Dark is a fascinating day of weird fiction at the Seamus Heaney Centre 26/9 @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social that ends with an evening of new strange & speculative writing, hosted by @theactualemma.bsky.social & Niall McKenna inc a new story of mine. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/doors-into...eventbrite.co.ukDoors Into the Dark: A Day of Weird FictionJoin us to explore Science-Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Horror, Myth and the Weird with the makers of fiction, film, comics and games. 1114
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeBooks Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Dublin Book Festival is one of the best and brightest literary festivals on the island—and it's celebrating TWENTY YEARS this year! 🥳👏🍾 The 2026 programme has just been released, so you can snap up your tickets here🔥: dublinbookfestival.com/explore-the-... @dublinbookfest.bsky.social #dbf26 094
Niamh Mac Cabe @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🤠 Looking forward to this event at the Dublin Book Festival, where I'll be chatting with John O'Donnell and Niall McMonagle about the Short Story form #dbf26 @lilliputpress.bsky.social dublinbookfestival.com/event/the-ar...dublinbookfestival.comThe Art of the Short Story - Dublin Book FestivalHear authors Niamh Mac Cabe and John O'Donnell discussing their short story collections at Dublin Book Festival 2026 0206
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeRadiophrenia @radiophrenia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026At 11am this morning it’s Tasmanian radio art duo Sisters Akousmatica with "Whips of sorrow". Sisters Akousmatica have been expanding radio projects to explore the radical possibilities of transmission since 2015 within collective and feminist radio practices. 071
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeRose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Painting by Mary Bishop c.midC20th, created in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital, where she was compelled to live for several decades. Much of her work explores distress, traumatic childhood experiences & dehumanising treatment within the psychiatric system which held power over her 417131
Niamh Mac Cabe @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026👂💎 @radiophrenia.bsky.social 🙂 www.actionpyramid.com/A-Sound-Map-...actionpyramid.comA Sound Map of The River Clyde (2026-27) - Action PyramidA Sound Map of the River Clyde is an ongoing community-focussed music project initiated by composer Annea Lockwood in collaboration with Counterflows Music Festival, and led by myself Action Pyramid a... 041
Reposted by Niamh Mac CabeFiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“It’s raining outside” suggests it could rain inside, and I love that. 4507