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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking forward to this on Saturday as part of @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social with Evgeny Shtorn, Alice Rekab and David Gilbert, chaired by @sorchapollak.bsky.social Their conversation will explore borders as physical, affective and racialised experiences dublintheatrefestival.ie/event/festiv...

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Festival Forum: On Bodies & Borders - Dublin Theatre Festival

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Join us on 21 October for the launch of 'The Refugee Chronicles' by Evgeny Shtorn at @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social 🚀 Evgeny will be joined on the eve by the wonderful @jesstraynor.bsky.social Presented in partnership with @smashingtimes.bsky.social and supported by @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We're delighted to be part of @dublinbookfest.bsky.social celebrating 20 years this year! 📚 Excited for events featuring: 💫 Rosaleen McDonagh 💫 Oein DeBhairduin 💫 @robmunb.bsky.social and @morganvl.bsky.social Check out the full programme, with over 120 events, at dublinbookfestival.com #DBF26

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Delighted to see four poems from 'Because of the Silence' by Ñuu Savi writer Kalu Tatyisavi featured here We're publishing the full trilingual edition of Kalu's award-winning collection next March, translated by the brilliant @morganvl.bsky.social latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/2026/09/four...

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Four Trilingual Poems from Because of the Silence - Latin American Literature Today

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Limited edition print copies of 'The Thin Border' are here, and signed by the author ✒️ ✨ Join us tomorrow evening (Tuesday) for the launch of this remarkable essay at The Whistleblower bookshop, South Anne St Register via the link or just pop in for 6.30pm 💚 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-thin-b...

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The countdown to #CultureNight 2026 is on! Join us this Friday at @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social for the launch of 'Taking the Long Road' with Oein DeBhairduin and Catherine Joyce Kicking off at 6.30pm ✨ @culturenightdub.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/testimonie...

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‘Taking the Long Road’ Launch at Chapters Bookstore

Culture Night 2026 - Oein DeBhairduin 'Taking the Long Road’ Podcast Launch

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Join us if you can.

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Join us for the launch of 'The Thin Border' on Tuesday 22 September at The Whistleblower bookshop, Dublin 2 Alaa will be in conversation with the brilliant Marcia Lynx Qualey, writer, publisher, editor and the founder of @arablit.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-thin-b...

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The Thin Border launch with Alaa Alqaisi and Marcia Lynx Qualey

Join us for the launch of 'The Thin Border', a new essay by Alaa Alqaisi

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

You're going to want to read this when it's published next month, particularly if you're in Ireland. Not only the most vivid account of direct provision yet, but a brutally smart, elegantly constructed and skilfully translated novel

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Renowned journalist M. Gessen offered an incisive and eloquent introduction to the Russian edition of 'The Refugee Chronicles' That edition is now banned on Russian territories, and the novel publishes for the first time in English on 2 October Pre-order here: skeinpress.com/product/the-...

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today, one year ago, Alaa Alqaisi fled Gaza. In this incisive new essay, she reflects on the thin border between freedom and captivity Available today as an eBook from our website: skeinpress.com/product/the-...

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This Friday, August 28th, marks one year since Alaa Alqaisi fled Gaza. In a landmark new essay, she reflects on the meaning of survival, the moral economy of a life spared, and the feeling of living in extra time. 'The Thin Border' will be available as an e-book this Friday via our website

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Join us on Friday 18 September @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social for the launch of a new podcast series 'Taking the Long Road' with author, curator, and activist Oein DeBhairduin alongside cultural consultant and theatre maker Catherine Joyce Part of #CultureNight 2026✨

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

As part of #NationalHeritageWeek 2026 we're delighted to share 'Not yet with the ashes this ragged thing /Ni a gye a sloha a turpog inox' a poem by writer and curator Oein DeBhairduin Produced by Ian Maleney In collaboration with @dublinbookfest.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN8i...

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Not yet with the ashes this ragged thing /Ni a gye a sloha a turpog inox

YouTube video by Skein Press

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Did you know that August is #WomenInTranslationMonth ? 🌼🌼🌼 To celebrate, we’re offering 50% off translated poetry collections by women poets; 'The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad' and 'Whales and Whales' Use the code AUGUST at the checkout skeinpress.com/august-women...

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We are delighted to unveil the cover for ‘The Refugee Chronciles’ by Evgeny Shtorn, publishing this October 🎲🎲🎲 A darkly funny diary. A life lived in limbo. A man left depending on the luck of the draw. Design by the brilliant Frontwards Design Pre-order here: skeinpress.com/product/the-...

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Robin Munby @robmunb.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Honoured to have been involved in editing this very special book by Irish Russophone activist Evgeny Shtorn about living in Ireland's Direct Provision system, brilliantly translated by Alexandra Novitskaya. It has so much to say about the human experience, refugees, and how these systems fail them.

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We're delighted to be part of this roundtable discussion with @institutocervantes.bsky.social Manchester on Wednesday 30 September to celebrate #InternationalTranslationDay 2026 🎉 Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/roundtable...

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Roundtable: Minority Languages in English Translation

Roundtable discussion in celebration of International Translation Day 2026.

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Rosaleen McDonagh takes the stage in Kilkenny this Friday at 5pm! Tickets below ⬇️

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Kilkenny Arts Festival kicks off next Thursday and runs for 10 jam packed days ✨ You can find the singular Rosaleen McDonagh in conversation with Maureen Kennelly on Friday 7 August at 5pm #ContentiousSpaces Tickets available here: www.kilkennyarts.ie/.../programm...

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

'A staggering work of literature' - Stephen Rea We are delighted to announce that pre-orders for 'The Refugee Chronicles' by Evgeny Shtorn are now open 📣 Publishing in October, this autofictional novel lifts the veil on the patently absurd and fundamentally flawed system of #DirectProvision

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Wonderful conversation last night to a packed house: Rosaleen McDonagh in conversation with Leeanne O'Donnell discussing 'Contentious Spaces' Thanks to West Cork Literary Festival for showing casing this important work!

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Some beautiful news to share: the new Irish passport features poetry by our very own commissioning editor Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe 💚 The lines read: ‘Lie with me now Ireland/ a promise deep in bloom/ weaving in with all this green/ beneath a nascent moon’

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The brilliant #MammiesForTransRights are seeking an editor for a small yet mighty project on #TransJoy For more info, get in touch via Instagram or email: mammiesfortransrights@gmail.com Priority will be given to applicants from the trans community Please share far and wide! 💙🩷💙🩷

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Rosaleen McDonagh features in this week's 'My Life in Books' with a beautiful round up of the books that have inspired, comforted, challenged and changed her We can't wait for Rosaleen's event at this year's @wcorklitfest.bsky.social on 12 July 💜

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🥁Introducing our brand new, beautiful website designed by the Frontwards Design!!! 🥁 A fitting home for our books, podcasts, events and whatever else we may dream up! To celebrate this long-awaited day, we’re offering a 10% discount off all products using the code NewWebsite 🚀 >>> skeinpress.com

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

We are delighted to share that Rosaleen McDonagh will be part of this year's @wcorklitfest.bsky.social in the beautiful town of Bantry ❤️ 📚 Rosaleen will be joined by Leeanne O'Donnell to celebrate #ContentiousSpaces on Sunday 12 July at 5pm in the Maritime Hotel www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2026/...

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Rosaleen McDonagh: Contentious Spaces‌ - West Cork Music

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Great piece on RTE Culture today about ‘State, In Relation’ a collaborative project that brings writers together to engage with the Irish Constitution Oein deBhairduin writes powerfully about the constitution in relation to the 1963 Report of the Commission on Itinerancy www.rte.ie/culture/2026...

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State, in Relation - artists engage with the Irish Constitution

State, in Relation is a collaborative book and project offering a bold, contemporary and personal engagement with the Irish Constitution.

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

'This is a tour de force that shows how a resilient Traveller culture has survived despite racism and its quieter cousin, segregation.' Thanks to @katharineq.bsky.social for a wonderfully in-depth review of #ContentiousSpaces Read in full: www.thetablet.co.uk/books/betwee...

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Between two worlds - The Tablet

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Did you catch Rosaleen McDonagh on @2fm.rte.ie Mornings with the brilliant Doireann Garrihy ? They spoke about writing process, representation and of course #ContentiousSpaces Listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/2fm/2f... We're at the 28 minute mark 📻

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Tune into @2fm.rte.ie this morning at 10.20am to hear Rosaleen McDonagh chat to Doireann Garrihy about 'Contentious Spaces'

Rosaleen and Doireann are in the 2fm studios. Rosaleen wears a yellow dress and sits in her wheelchair. Doireann sits beside her in a pink top, white shorts and white sandals

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Robin Munby @robmunb.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Lovely article in @la-nueva-espana.bsky.social about Asturian poetry's travels around the world. Thank you @inaciugalan.bsky.social ❤️ for mentioning The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad by @raquelmenendez.bsky.social and the @wwborders.bsky.social collection Every Stone a Seed! @skeinpress.bsky.social

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La poesía asturiana resona nel mundu

L’impactu internacional de la lliteratura n’asturianu espoxiga en forma de traducciones

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

We're delighted to have a table at this Saturday's Radical Book Fair, taking place in the Teacher's Club on Parnell Square, Dublin We'll be there between 12pm and 4pm selling our beautiful books, alongside some other brilliant small publishers and zines. Call in and say hey!

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The sun came out for our event at the Botanic Gardens today with the brilliant Oein de Bhairduin, in partnership with @dublinbookfest.bsky.social Huge thanks to Oein and to Anne Burke for facilitating such a powerful and timely conversation on the impact of The Commission on Itinerancy Report

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

'Contentious Spaces'... is moving & at times upsetting, but it also has moments of lightness, & there is a lovely rhythm to the prose.' Thank you, Aoife, for such a provocative interview with @paveebeoir.bsky.social in @thetimes.com.

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dublinbookfest.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

We’re delighted to team up with @skeinpress.bsky.social for a launch event around a new poem by Oein DeBhairduin. Oein will be joined by Traveller activist and educator Anne Burke for a walk and reading in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. Spaces limited, book yours here ➡️ bit.ly/4cCU6R9

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

We are delighted to share that these beautiful printed scarves featuring new poetry from Oein DeBhairduin are now available on our website 🧣 skeinpress.com/product/prin...

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In this seventh episode of 'In the Half Light', curator Phil Mullen returns to a conversation with three writers about their experiences of growing up mixed-race in Ireland, delving deeper into their books and their approaches to writing... #ThinkingAloudThinkingTogether

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Wonderful piece in @thedialmag.bsky.social by Skein translator @robmunb.bsky.social about the history, fragility, beauty and importance of the Asturian language, and Asturian poetry in particular www.thedial.world/articles/lit...

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Poems from Asturia — The Dial

Written by María García Díaz and translated by Robin Munby.

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

'I can't go through my whole life telling myself I'm half of something...' In episode six of 'In the Half Light', writer and activist Leon Diop reflects how he came to embrace his mixed-heritage identity Listen now via Spotify, Apple or via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

We're delighted to share the sixth episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is live now Curator Phil Mullen speaks to 3 renowned writers about their experiences of growing up mixed-race in Ireland: 🎙️Marguerite Penrose 🎙️Jackie McCarthy O'Brien 🎙️ @leondiop.bsky.social

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Don't forget you can catch 'This is Not a Cookbook' author Roxana Manouchehri at Cork World Book Festival next week 🌿🍇 @corkworldbookfest.bsky.social Taking place Friday 24 April, in conversation with Grace Neville 🎤 Tickets here: corkworldbookfest.com/events/this-...

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This Is Not a Cookbook

Roxana Manouchehri in conversation with Grace Neville Friday 24 April 2026 Paperboys Café at Triskel | 3pm | Free

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Really looking forward to this! 💙

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

It's officially launch day for #ThePosthumousBookOfShahrazad — a time-bending poetry collection that asks: what does it mean to keep ourselves alive through stories? This bilingual edition presents Raquel F. Menéndez's Asturian text alongside an extraordinary translation by @robmunb.bsky.social

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