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Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

TITLE AND COVER REVEAL: My next novel, Painting With A Dead God's Blood, will be published on 22 June 2027. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Painting With A Dead God's Blood by Eddie Robson. The cover shows a mural of alien beings in a street in Kyoto.

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A Folklore Horror Short Stories Anthology from Flame Tree Publishing is out now, featuring loads of great writers, and a new story by me: 'Face me. In Darkness.' It's a hardback, deluxe edition, with 432 pages, and 25 illustrations. Welcome to Spookyland! www.flametreepublishing.com/folklore-hor...

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Folklore Horror Short Stories - Flame Tree Publishing

Whisperings in the gloom of the trees, primeval mysteries, terrifying omens unfolding… within all of us lurks innate fear and subconscious respect f

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Last year I filmed an episode for a TV series that's now up on RTÉ Player called Writer's Way. It's a travelogue with Writers visiting locations across Co. Meath. Thanks to Born Optimistic TV for the invite! You can watch it here: www.rte.ie/player/serie...

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Writer's Way S01E05 - Maura McHugh

Comic Book and Fantasy author Maura McHugh visits the home of the Book Of Kells, Co. Meath in Ireland as she decodes the ancient book like no other. Watch Writer's Way S01E05 - Maura McHugh on RTÉ Pla...

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The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon @artscouncilireland.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We warmly welcome Minister Patrick O'Donovan TD's announcement that Emmet Humphreys and Nathalie Weadick, on behalf of Galway City Council, will represent Ireland as curators at the 20th International Architecture Exhibition at Venice, La Biennale di Venezia, in 2027. More: bit.ly/4fAjTcF

Two people stand against a plain white wall. One is wearing a bright blue top and orange shoes, while the other is in a blue blazer.

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

My copies of House of Wyrd arrived today! Thanks to the team at PS Publishing for all their work, including my cover artist Lisa Laughy, editor @marieoregan.bsky.social and designer Mike Smith. You can buy the signed, limited edition hardback here: pspublishing.co.uk/house-of-wyr...

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Helen Grant @helengrantsays.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

My author copies arrived! ❤️

STEAL ME hardback novella against background of green fabric and old books

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

UK booklovers: preorder the Folklore Horror hardback from Flame Tree Publishing via the @waterstones.bsky.social website/app, and use the code SUMMER26 at checkout for 25% off. My story, 'Face Me. In Darkness.' is in it, along with a variety of terrific tales. #WPreorder

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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

CATS ON FILM (kindle or pbk) "the perfect book for cat lovers" "Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV" "one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years” "possibly the greatest book ever"

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Cats on Film: in black & white

Cats on Film: in black & white : Billson, Anne: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Today at 3 pm (Irish Time) I'll be in conversation with authors @helengrantsays.bsky.social and @tommeadauthor.bsky.social about the magic of writing novellas. Our novellas will be published from @pspublish.bsky.social this month, and we'll be doing a wee reading: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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Helen Grant @helengrantsays.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Absolutely blown away by this perceptive, nuanced and above all appreciative review of STEAL ME from the peerless @gnofhorror.com ! Big big thanks - I'm incredibly thrilled with this! "Review me" said the Book, and Jim did. ❤️❤️❤️

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Bison @bisonrimant.fr · 14/07/2026

Hello #PortfolioDay ! I'm Bison, I carve wood to make little creatures. You can find my shop here : bisonrimant.fr

Woodcarved humanoid octopus wearing a robe, arms wide open, in front of a book standing on branches. On the book, a frog. On the right arm, a kinfisher, and on the top of the head of the octopus, a round duck. The base is burn, on that angle it is not really obvious but is water with a slight wave form arround the octopus. On the background, an old door with old white paint.

Grumpy and plump frog on a workbench, next to a carving knife

A racoon standing up next to a humanoid tanuki wearing a dress, on a workbench

Woodcarved creature (Siren Head, by Trevor Henderson) with very long skeletal arms and legs, also too many ribs. Its head is a pole with two speakers and wires. Those speakers have teeth. On the highest speaker, a nest with a pigeon. Siren Head is extending its left arm, point a finger forward. A pigeon sits on its index.

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Alison Sampson is working @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm Alison drawing comics and covers, work with Image Comics, Oni, Marvel, Boom, IDW, more. I like drawing emotions, trying to grasp the ungraspable and using space, gravity optional. Looking to book future comic projects for 2027. www.alisonsampson.com mail at alissamp@gmail.com

person of fluid gender holding a bowl with a snake while lots of ladies have lots of feels behind them, it is the Lady Caroline, a #1 cover for the Gastronomique comic from Boom Studios

Cover for Die, The Death of Ophelia, with Centipedes: not everyone is having a good time

Line art from an unidentifed comic, double page layout, a woman is breaking into an ornate and large building in the rain, at night

Line art and colour from an unidentified comic, a woman runs through a forest, she may be being pursued.

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Continuing my mini-series of interviews around the forthcoming publication of my novella, House of Wyrd, I'm interviewing Nicky Crowther, who runs @pspublish.bsky.social with her husband Pete Crowther. Tune in today for our Live Video at 1 pm (Irish Time). open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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LIVE SOON: Live with writer Maura McHugh and publisher Nicky Crowther: conjuring authors' visions.

Starting Jul 9 at 8:00 AM EDT

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Thank you to @gnofhorror.com for this amazing review of my new novella from @pspublish.bsky.social - edited by @marieoregan.bsky.social with cover art by Lisa Laughy. There are a lot of details in this review, so proceed cautiously. 😀The path awaits. 🃏

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I'll be chatting with editor extraordinaire @marieoregan.bsky.social today at 3 pm (Irish time - 10 am EDT). We'll be discussing her career as a writer/editor and her work as the Managing Editor of Absinthe Books, an imprint of @pspublish.bsky.social. Do drop by! open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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LIVE SOON: Live with writer Maura McHugh and editor Marie O'Regan: the magic of refining words and curating an imprint.

Starting Jul 3 at 10:00 AM EDT

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Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Edge-Lit is back for its 12th run in 2026, and we'll have our full line-up announced by the end of next week - and you can check out what's already confirmed at www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgel... #Derby #Derbyshire #horror #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #writing #writers

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Edge-Lit 12 | Derby QUAD

View our latest event: Edge-Lit 12. See what the available times are for this event.

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

At 5pm today I'll be chatting via live video to American artist/wood carver Lisa Laughy about her career and the book cover she designed for my forthcoming novella, House of Wyrd from @pspublish.bsky.social open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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LIVE SOON: Live with writer Maura McHugh and artist Lisa Laughy: the alchemy of creating a book cover.

Starting Jun 27 at 12:00 PM EDT

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Green City Wars is out this week, US and UK covers below. A cyber/solarpunk noir detective story starring a raccoon. Available at your bookshop of choice, ebook, audio and hardback.

US cover for Green City Wars showing a night city with a raccoon running on all fours in the foreground. The racoon is wearing a hat.

US cover for Green City Wars showing a night city with a raccoon standing on all fours in the foreground. The racoon is not wearing a hat.

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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

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Alex Davis @alexdavis1981.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Spookiness lasts all summer long around these parts, and with SPECTRES OF SUMMER you can still enjoy the darkness this August... www.eventbrite.com/e/spectres-o... #ghosts #ghoststory #ghostly #spooky #haunting #hauntings #summer #spectres

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Spectres of Summer 2

A weekend of ghost story writing workshops and author interviews - keep summer spooky with us this August!

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

It's my great pleasure to announce the authors and their works selected for "The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 2." Thank you to all the writers, editors, and publishers who sent in work for consideration. The print edition is now up for pre-order. undertowpublications.com/shop/best-we...

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Alison Littlewood
Audrey Zhou
Brian Evenson
C.T. Muchemwa
Erin Brown
John Langan
Jon Lasser
Kay Chronister
Louis Inglis Hall
Lynda E. Rucker
Mary Kuryla
Nathan Ballingrud
Rebecca Campbell
Samantha Mills
Shaun Cammack
Spencer Nitkey
Steve Toase
TJ Price
Tomás Downey
Tomás Downey
Woody Dismukes
Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch
Mother’s Mother’s Daughter
The Subject
The Inheritance
The Night Market
Snakebit, Or Why I (Continue to) Love Horror
The Other River
The Shadow of His Vibrance
Malo Malo Malo Malo
Nixie
The Wig
Secret Night
A Hole Cut in the Wall of the World
10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days
Graceless Creatures
In the Dream, He is Skinless and Beautiful
Pollen
hear of the rot
Diving Board
Sisters
The Peculiarities of Hunger
Remains #3
Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora
THREE-LOBED BURNING EYE #46
FIYAH #33
The SKULL & LAUREL #4
LOST IN THE DARK AND OTHER EXCURSIONS
LIGHTSPEED #179
FEVER DREAMS
THE DARK #118
TERROR TALES OF CHAOS
COSMIC HORROR MONTHLY #57
NIGHT & DAY
THE OTHER SHORE
UNCANNY #63
LADY CHURCHILL’S ROSEBUD WRISTLET #50
WEIRD HORROR #10
Occult Tales of Britain and Northern Ireland
We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower
Diving Board: STORIES
DIVING BOARD: STORIES
khōréō Vol. 5, Issue 2

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The signing sheets for my occult mystery novella, House of Wyrd, have arrived from @pspublish.bsky.social! Thrilled! They use extra artwork that cover artist Lisa Laughy designed for the endpapers for the limited edition hardcover. Pre-order the volume here: pspublishing.co.uk/house-of-wyr...

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David McDonald @davidmcdonald.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I have been asked about our next book in the 'Fleetway Files' series. It is titled 'Glory Knight' and it should be out in autumn. Drawn by the great John M Burns- Glory Knight is a fun, action adventure time travel tale, that will fit well into the Fleetway Files series. www.hiberniacomics.com

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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It’s out! My first graphic novel as publisher! Salvation’s Child is a mind-blowing SF saga by @aptshadow.bsky.social a prologue to his Final Architecture series. In association with @comixology.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Final-Archit... 1/3

Cover of Salvation’s Child, art by Steve Stone.

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Bryan Talbot @bryan-talbot.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The new biopic of Leonora Carrington "Leonora in The Morning Light", the subject of Bryan and @eyedotter.bsky.social graphic novel Armed With Madness, is released at the end of this month and will tour Britain. The screenings will be followed by a Q & A with directors Thor Klein and Lena Vurma.

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Leonora in the Morning Light — Modern Films

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Rob Williams @robwilliams71.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This was announced at MCM/comics Pro. For the 50th Anniversary of @2000ad.bsky.social the 2027 Annual will have 60 pages of new material, including a 20-page JUDGE DREDD story by me, RM Guera and Giuila Brusco. Cover by @jockbsky.bsky.social

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Angela Slatter 📚 @angelaslatter.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

One of the most beautiful, insightful reviews I've ever seen of my work. Thank you @gnofhorror.com 💚

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Marie O’Regan @marieoregan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

As announced by @pspublishinguk today - the latest titles from #absinthebooks! #stealme by @helengrantsays.bsky.social , #houseofwyrd by @splinister.bsky.social and #thelampinthewindow from @tommeadauthor.bsky.social To order, head to pspublishing.co.uk/absinthe-boo...

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Hurrah! @pspublish.bsky.social has announced my novella, 'House of Wyrd', with a limited edition hardback out first - you can pre-order it now. Thanks to artist Lisa Laughy for the outstanding cover and editor @marieoregan.bsky.social for her wise oversight! pspublishing.co.uk/house-of-wyr...

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House of Wyrd [Signed Hardcover] Maura McHugh

A NOVELLA by Maura McHugh CATEGORY Mystery Magic PUBLICATION DATE June 2026 COVER ART Lisa Laughy PAGES 101 EDITION Signed Hardcover, limited to 200

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The book trailer for @annodracula.bsky.social new book, 'Model Actress Whatever' is so fun. The novel is out from @titanbooks.bsky.social on May 12th.

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Kim Newman @annodracula.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

My new novel – Model Actress Whatever – is due from @titanbooks.bsky.social in May. I’ve commissioned mock-up comic book covers from ace artist Paul McCaffrey to introduce the world of MAW. This is Poltergirl, the mind-over-matter maid …

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We Contain Multitudes podcast @multitudespodcast.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

✨✨✨GLITTER CANNON DEPLOYED✨✨✨ S1 E1 is now live on @theincomparable.com! with special guest @premeemohamed.com 🪲 Listen now! Or bookmark this for later! Whenever you need a hit of joy, we've got you covered! Transcript: sgwong.com/blog/episode... Subscribe/Follow the show! Share the joy ✨

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Premee Mohamed - The Bugge (We Contain Multitudes 1)

Premee nerds out about a beloved (and well-used!) collection.

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Wishing everyone a Super Solstice, north or south. ✨️🌞✨️ May your holiday season be joyful and bright! 🎨 ‘Icebound’ by John Henry Twachtman, 1889.

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I've an Anderson: Psi-Division story in this, drawn by Joe Currie with letters by Rob Steen. Called 'The Parade of Death', it features the Dark Judges. 💀🔥🤢🦇

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Paul Kane @paulkane.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Our #crime anthology #DeathComesatChristmas out now in paperback - the perfect gift at the link below 🎄 🎅 www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Comes-...

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Rachel @ziggystarlog.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Ever wonder what a parade would look like in Mega-City One? The answers are in this interview with @splinister.bsky.social & Joe Currie, plus an exclusive preview of their story for this year's @2000ad.bsky.social annual: comicon.com/2025/11/05/e...

Both covers for the 2000 AD Annual 2026: Ladronn (l) and Simon Bisley (r)

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Ho Ho Ho... it's the season to be scary... get your @2000ad.bsky.social 2026 annual. It was such fun (and mayhem) to write the Dark Judges for an Anderson: Psi-Division script. Thanks to Joe Currie & Rob Steen for their excellent work.

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Stunned, honoured and happy! Thank you to the jurors, and my editor @dancoxon.bsky.social and @pspublish.bsky.social. I'm so pleased that Heartwood also won the World Fantasy Award. What a night! 🌟

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

How lovely to be in Brighton! I'm at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social where I'm nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction! I'm on a 6pm panel about British & Irish Folk w Tristan Gray, Rhiannon A Grist, & Cardinal Cox. 😃https://worldfantasy2025.co.uk/programme/british-and-irish-folk/

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British and Irish Folk – World Fantasy Convention 2025

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Rob Williams @robwilliams71.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

A group of us wrote/made a film. I wrote the screenplay. And here's the trailer. Exciting! GAME Produced by Geoff Barrow (Portishead, Ex Machina) for his Invada Films. Directed by John Minton. Starring Marc Bessant and Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods . www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZbC...

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GAME - Official Trailer

YouTube video by InvadaFilmsOfficial

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Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 07/08/2025

My first official BBC Doctor Who story is out today! WHAT STILL REMAINS is a Seventh Doctor and Ace adventure, and is read by Ace herself, @sophiealdred.bsky.social Available as a physical CD or as digital audio from your favourite retailer. Links at the link! www.penguin.co.uk/books/464137...

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Doctor Who: What Still Remains

Sophie Aldred reads this gripping new adventure for the Seventh Doctor and Ace. The TARDIS materialises on a research station, locked in a state of temporal displacement on the surface of Volkoff Eps...

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I'm happy to see that this Friday's talk at @nlireland.bsky.social on Early Irish Comics is listed as sold out! How gratifying to see there is such interest! I'm looking forward to being back in the NLI to chat comics with my fellow obsessives. www.eventbrite.ie/e/comics-at-...

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Comics at the National Library of Ireland

Join comic professionals as they discuss how items from the National Library’s collections reveal the history of comic books in Ireland.

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Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

This most excellent panel on Irish comic book history is coming up Fri Aug 8th 1pm at the National Library @nlireland.bsky.social. Free, but book via the link. Looking forward to hearing (and seeing!) my talented Galwegian friend Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social‬ www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

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Comics at the National Library of Ireland

Discovering Irish comic book history

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Kelly Thompson @kellythompson.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

If you've listened to an interview any time in the last year, you heard me tease there was something big coming. WELCOME TO SOMETHING BIG. Buffy was incredibly formative to me. She's one of my favorite heroines of all time. Writing this is the dream. The pitch is WILD, & I hope you guys love it. 🖤

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Maura McHugh @splinister.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I'll be part of a panel discussion on 'Comics at the National Library of Ireland: Discovering Irish comic book history' on 8 Aug 2025 from 1pm - 2.30pm at the @nlireland.bsky.social, 7-8 Kildare Street, Dublin. It's free, but you need to book a ticket. Details here: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

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Comics at the National Library of Ireland

Discovering Irish comic book history

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