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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our old man, Mr Griblington ❤️ He was such a bully as a young cat, but in his old age he's mellowed into a sort of Buddhist loaf.

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is the cat's pyjamas (or is it the cat's whiskers)! 🐈‍⬛😻🐈 So excited to be at the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social talking about Wild Iris, alongside Juliano Zaffino, author of The Steps (Tramp Press) in conversation with the fabuloso Patrick Holloway! dublinbookfestival.com/event/emergi...

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Emerging Voices - Dublin Book Festival

Hear emerging voices Ruth McKee and Juliano Zaffino at Dublin Book Festival 2026

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Detail from pressed foxglove

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

'The signature tone of all this is a self-awareness turned in towards loneliness and self-doubt, which echoes with the west coast fictions of Dermot Healy.' I was so thankful for this sensitive, beautiful review of Wild Iris by Nicholas Allen in The Irish Times ❤️ www.irishtimes.com/.../wild-iri...

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It was such an honour to be in the Belfast Telegraph talking about Wild Iris—a paper I remember being delivered when I was little. Sometimes people assume it was easy for me to get published—that's not the story at all. Thanks to Áine Toner ❤️ www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/.../a/153146...

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I'm not really here anymore, but just to say that Wild Iris (Dedalus) launches at Hodges Figgis, Dublin, on 19 May, everyone is welcome ❤️

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I love gables and chimneys...get a good sonder-y vibe off them, the thought of hearths through generations. Throw in a bit of climate melancholy and rain soused stone...

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West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Submissions are now open for 2026 BBC National Short Story Awards with Cambridge University. Deadline Monday 16th March. The BBC National Short Story Award is open to published writers who are British citizens and/or resident in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...

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BBC Radio 4 - BBC National Short Story Award - Submissions open for 2026 BBC National Short Story Awards with Cambridge University

Find out how to enter this year's competition.

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

It was really nice to see a little flurry of support yesterday, so I'm tentatively dipping toe back in social waters. Bear says hello. Bear was digging in seaweed this morning, which is one of his favourite things to do 🐕

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Years back when I was on writing Twitter (bless us, we were so innocent), this news would've been so exciting to share. Now, I'm not sure where everyone has gone, or if I'm going to stick around on here. But I *am* excited to see Wild Iris on this incredible list! www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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The best fiction of 2026 to look forward to: Books from Louise Kennedy, Donal Ryan, Sebastian Barry and more

A comprehensive round-up of fiction from Irish and international authors due out this year

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Very grateful to Madeleine Keane and The Irish Independent for including Wild Iris in their list of books to look out for in 2026 📕❤️📕 www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

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Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The lovely Brendan Mac Evilly is the latest guest on the Burning Books podcast — tune in, wherever you listen 🔥 @ruthmckee.bsky.social

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Social battery=0. Time for one-woman-and-her-dog.

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

His Granda Jack would be impressed...Reuben's first crop of tomatoes (grown from a supermarket tomato seed) ❤️

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Spoiled. Thank you Faber Books ❤️

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I've never thought of the Golden Fleece as anything more than a passive thing, an object—until I read the story of Theophane, the mother of the golden ram (taken as a young girl by Poseidon, turned into a ewe, then raped by him as a ram) in Natalie Haynes' new book.

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Youngest growing tomatoes on his windowsill, channelling his late Granda Jack 🍅

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I think the IFI is my favourite place to be these days. This was superb. Late Shift, directed by Petra Biondina Volpe 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8xR...

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Late Shift | Official Trailer (2025) | In Cinemas 1st August

YouTube video by Vertigo Releasing

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Nuala O'Connor @nualaoconnor.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

REMINDER for my poetry workshop! Still some places left. One-day poetry workshop with Nuala O’Connor, from 10.30am – 4.30pm on Sat 16th of Aug. Presented by Group8 Cost: €110. Places are limited and booking is essential. To secure a place, please book through the following link: bit.ly/4lcGkX7

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Rick O'Shea @rickoshea.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

This is going to be a fascinating series of videos full of writers talking about writing in Dublin, and Dublin as a character in its own right (full disclosure, I'm involved in one of the later ones!) Made by the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social and Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.

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Dublin, One City, Many Stories, Video One, Joseph O'Connor

YouTube video by Jo Morton

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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 06/08/2025

An excellent fundraiser is being run by CBI pals @rurooie.bsky.social and @sineadohart.bsky.social to raise vital funds for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social Lots of great bookish bits on offer for teachers, aspiring writer and children’s literature enthusiasts alike www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit... 🍉

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Gooby Dooby/Mr Griblington ❤️

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

God this is good. Preparing for tomorrow’s podcast with Theo Dorgan 🔥

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Truly beautiful book post today. 'This edition of Seamus Heaney’s seminal fourth collection North, reproduced in its elegant first setting and in its original jacket, marks fifty years since first publication in 1975.' This is a special one. Thank you @faberbooks.bsky.social

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

My second year boy made this for me in woodwork. Fairly priceless ❤️

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Ruth McKee @ruthmckee.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Lego sunflowers & a new writing notebook with Bear ❤️ Happy Mother’s Day 🌸

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 20/03/2025

Is your book on the LibGen list? Let us know.

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Doire Press @doirepress.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Just three weeks now until the launch of IN THE MOVIEW OF HER LIFE by @chennessybooks.bsky.social With big thanks to the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for their support!!

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Sarah Moore Fitzgerald @smoorefitz.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Hello everyone! I'm making the move to Bluesky. Writing community people please follow! UL Summer Festival is on from April 9-11 with a fantastic lineup. And winter school is back too: details here: 617b1c91637ae.site123.me

617b1c91637ae.site123.me

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