Blackstaff Press
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Founded in 1971, Blackstaff Press is regarded as one of Ireland’s foremost publishers and is a leading publisher of quality Irish books.
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📽️LOST FOR WORDS
🎬 Foyle Film Festival & Playhouse Derry
🗓️Fri 29 Nov 7pm
📍Nerve Centre, Derry
📚Celebrated nature writers Ruby Free (Rathlin, A Wild Life) and Kerri ní Dochartaigh will be in conversation following this special screening.
FREE tickets here 👇
foylefilmfestival.org/whats-on/los...
🎬 Foyle Film Festival & Playhouse Derry
🗓️Fri 29 Nov 7pm
📍Nerve Centre, Derry
📚Celebrated nature writers Ruby Free (Rathlin, A Wild Life) and Kerri ní Dochartaigh will be in conversation following this special screening.
FREE tickets here 👇
foylefilmfestival.org/whats-on/los...
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
📽️LOST FOR WORDS
🎬 Foyle Film Festival & Playhouse Derry
🗓️Fri 29 Nov 7pm
📍Nerve Centre, Derry
📚Celebrated nature writers Ruby Free (Rathlin, A Wild Life) and Kerri ní Dochartaigh will be in conversation following this special screening.
FREE tickets here 👇
foylefilmfestival.org/whats-on/los...
🎬 Foyle Film Festival & Playhouse Derry
🗓️Fri 29 Nov 7pm
📍Nerve Centre, Derry
📚Celebrated nature writers Ruby Free (Rathlin, A Wild Life) and Kerri ní Dochartaigh will be in conversation following this special screening.
FREE tickets here 👇
foylefilmfestival.org/whats-on/los...
Homebirds tells the inspiring and often funny story of Anne Marie McAleese and Dot Blakely's birding adventures around Northern Ireland.
blackstaffpress.com/homebirds-97...
@bto-ni.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdwatchers #BirdwatchingUK #birdwatchingireland #northernireland
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@bto-ni.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdwatchers #BirdwatchingUK #birdwatchingireland #northernireland
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Homebirds tells the inspiring and often funny story of Anne Marie McAleese and Dot Blakely's birding adventures around Northern Ireland.
blackstaffpress.com/homebirds-97...
@bto-ni.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdwatchers #BirdwatchingUK #birdwatchingireland #northernireland
blackstaffpress.com/homebirds-97...
@bto-ni.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdwatchers #BirdwatchingUK #birdwatchingireland #northernireland
Available now:
#mystory by🥇 #MaryPeters🥇
The definitive account of #Olympics #goldmedalist and truly remarkable woman: ‘Mary P.’
buff.ly/3ujecMu
#MaryPetersTrust
#damekatherinegrainger
#mystory by🥇 #MaryPeters🥇
The definitive account of #Olympics #goldmedalist and truly remarkable woman: ‘Mary P.’
buff.ly/3ujecMu
#MaryPetersTrust
#damekatherinegrainger
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Available now:
#mystory by🥇 #MaryPeters🥇
The definitive account of #Olympics #goldmedalist and truly remarkable woman: ‘Mary P.’
buff.ly/3ujecMu
#MaryPetersTrust
#damekatherinegrainger
#mystory by🥇 #MaryPeters🥇
The definitive account of #Olympics #goldmedalist and truly remarkable woman: ‘Mary P.’
buff.ly/3ujecMu
#MaryPetersTrust
#damekatherinegrainger
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Absolutely delighted to be invited to the portrait unveiling of Monica McWilliams at the Great Hall in Queen’s University. Well deserved tributes to Monica’s decades of campaigning for women & her peacebuilding work with the Women’s Coalition & after. Brilliant to see so many activist women again.
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Absolutely delighted to be invited to the portrait unveiling of Monica McWilliams at the Great Hall in Queen’s University. Well deserved tributes to Monica’s decades of campaigning for women & her peacebuilding work with the Women’s Coalition & after. Brilliant to see so many activist women again.
Monica McWilliams broke the mould in so many ways, as a woman, as an activist and as a politician. In her frank and fascinating memoir, #StandUpSpeakOut she tells her extraordinary story.
Available now: blackstaffpress.com/stand-up-spe...
#LyseDoucet #MonicaMcWilliams
Available now: blackstaffpress.com/stand-up-spe...
#LyseDoucet #MonicaMcWilliams
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Monica McWilliams broke the mould in so many ways, as a woman, as an activist and as a politician. In her frank and fascinating memoir, #StandUpSpeakOut she tells her extraordinary story.
Available now: blackstaffpress.com/stand-up-spe...
#LyseDoucet #MonicaMcWilliams
Available now: blackstaffpress.com/stand-up-spe...
#LyseDoucet #MonicaMcWilliams
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A super event Women Writing History at the Main Hall @immaireland.bsky.social as part of the fabulous Dublin Book Festival @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Thank you to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social & speakers @sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social & writers Evelyn Conlon & Rebecca Pelan
Thank you to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social & speakers @sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social & writers Evelyn Conlon & Rebecca Pelan
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A super event Women Writing History at the Main Hall @immaireland.bsky.social as part of the fabulous Dublin Book Festival @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Thank you to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social & speakers @sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social & writers Evelyn Conlon & Rebecca Pelan
Thank you to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social & speakers @sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social & writers Evelyn Conlon & Rebecca Pelan
For our North American readers 👇
Brilliantly observed, witty, and full of hard-won truths, this collection of stories shows how borders, movement and history can change and transform people’s lives.
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/4umrmw5t
#shortstories #novellas #EvelynConlon
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/4umrmw5t
#shortstories #novellas #EvelynConlon
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
For our North American readers 👇
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Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is our latest guest on Burning Books 📕
Find it wherever you listen
Supported by the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
Find it wherever you listen
Supported by the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is our latest guest on Burning Books 📕
Find it wherever you listen
Supported by the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
Find it wherever you listen
Supported by the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
We have three Blackstaff Press authors taking part in @dublinbookfest.bsky.social this week: Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Evelyn Conlon and Ruby Free. For more info👇
dublinbookfestival.com
#blackstaffpress #dublinbookfest #eilisnidhuibhne #evelynconlon #rubyfree #Rathlin #rahlinisland
dublinbookfestival.com
#blackstaffpress #dublinbookfest #eilisnidhuibhne #evelynconlon #rubyfree #Rathlin #rahlinisland
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We have three Blackstaff Press authors taking part in @dublinbookfest.bsky.social this week: Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Evelyn Conlon and Ruby Free. For more info👇
dublinbookfestival.com
#blackstaffpress #dublinbookfest #eilisnidhuibhne #evelynconlon #rubyfree #Rathlin #rahlinisland
dublinbookfestival.com
#blackstaffpress #dublinbookfest #eilisnidhuibhne #evelynconlon #rubyfree #Rathlin #rahlinisland
Join us for a powerful morning of conversation with authors Evelyn Conlon, Sinéad Gleeson and Clodagh Finn, exploring the impact of women activists in Ireland through the decades, and some of the great writing that captures their stories 🎟️ bit.ly/4mFkhbu
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
LAST TICKETS!
Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life.
dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...
Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life.
dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...
November 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
LAST TICKETS!
Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life.
dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...
Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life.
dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...
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i was looking for a link and came across this Atticus interview I did with the wonderful Irish novelist Evelyn Conlon in 2023, What is Your Dream Residency? atticusreview.org/what-is-your...
What is Your Dream Residency?
Millicent Borges Accardi interviews with Evelyn Conlon,
atticusreview.org
October 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
i was looking for a link and came across this Atticus interview I did with the wonderful Irish novelist Evelyn Conlon in 2023, What is Your Dream Residency? atticusreview.org/what-is-your...
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A formidable trio are in conversation at the Dublin Book Festival for what promises to be a provocative, challenging, and zesty bilingual event!
📕Ní chuireann sí fiacail ann | She tells it straight📕
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/ni-chuireann...
📕Ní chuireann sí fiacail ann | She tells it straight📕
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/ni-chuireann...
Ní chuireann sí fiacail ann | She tells it straight at the Dublin Book Festival - Books Ireland
Áine Ní Ghlinn, Rita Ann Higgins, and Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne in bilingual conversation at the Dublin Book Festival this November.
booksirelandmagazine.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A formidable trio are in conversation at the Dublin Book Festival for what promises to be a provocative, challenging, and zesty bilingual event!
📕Ní chuireann sí fiacail ann | She tells it straight📕
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/ni-chuireann...
📕Ní chuireann sí fiacail ann | She tells it straight📕
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/ni-chuireann...
Congratulations to our 'Homebirds' author Dot Blakely who was awarded the Spirit of the RSPB Award for her ongoing commitment and support for the RSPB Northern Ireland and at Belfast's Window on Wildlife (WOW).
www.rspb.org.uk/northern-ire...
#birdwatching #birding #wildlife #wildlifeconservation
www.rspb.org.uk/northern-ire...
#birdwatching #birding #wildlife #wildlifeconservation
October 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Congratulations to our 'Homebirds' author Dot Blakely who was awarded the Spirit of the RSPB Award for her ongoing commitment and support for the RSPB Northern Ireland and at Belfast's Window on Wildlife (WOW).
www.rspb.org.uk/northern-ire...
#birdwatching #birding #wildlife #wildlifeconservation
www.rspb.org.uk/northern-ire...
#birdwatching #birding #wildlife #wildlifeconservation
Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life. Tickets have nearly sold out:
dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...
dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...
October 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life. Tickets have nearly sold out:
dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...
dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...
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Excited to announce that The Cork International Short Story Festival takes place from 15th - 18th October. All the details on the programme and how to book your tickets go to www.corkshortstory.net
#shortstory #corkevents #shortstoryfestival
#shortstory #corkevents #shortstoryfestival
August 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Excited to announce that The Cork International Short Story Festival takes place from 15th - 18th October. All the details on the programme and how to book your tickets go to www.corkshortstory.net
#shortstory #corkevents #shortstoryfestival
#shortstory #corkevents #shortstoryfestival
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Join us for a powerful morning of conversation with authors Evelyn Conlon, Sinéad Gleeson and Clodagh Finn, exploring the impact of women activists in Ireland through the decades, and some of the great writing that captures their stories 🎟️ bit.ly/4mFkhbu
September 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Join us for a powerful morning of conversation with authors Evelyn Conlon, Sinéad Gleeson and Clodagh Finn, exploring the impact of women activists in Ireland through the decades, and some of the great writing that captures their stories 🎟️ bit.ly/4mFkhbu
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We're really looking forward to this Dublin Book Fair event in November with Evelyn Conlon (author and UCD Press co-editor of After the Train) and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with author and journalist Clodagh Finn!
Saturday, 8 November
11 am
IMMA, RHK
🎟️ Get your tickets: bit.ly/dbf-att
Saturday, 8 November
11 am
IMMA, RHK
🎟️ Get your tickets: bit.ly/dbf-att
September 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
We're really looking forward to this Dublin Book Fair event in November with Evelyn Conlon (author and UCD Press co-editor of After the Train) and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with author and journalist Clodagh Finn!
Saturday, 8 November
11 am
IMMA, RHK
🎟️ Get your tickets: bit.ly/dbf-att
Saturday, 8 November
11 am
IMMA, RHK
🎟️ Get your tickets: bit.ly/dbf-att
October 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Blue Lights is back!
Why not "Take a beat!" and read the Real Life stories?
#bbc1 #BlueLights #bluelights2025 #crimedrama #colinbreen
Get it here: blackstaffpress.com?s=A+Force+Li...
Why not "Take a beat!" and read the Real Life stories?
#bbc1 #BlueLights #bluelights2025 #crimedrama #colinbreen
Get it here: blackstaffpress.com?s=A+Force+Li...
October 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Blue Lights is back!
Why not "Take a beat!" and read the Real Life stories?
#bbc1 #BlueLights #bluelights2025 #crimedrama #colinbreen
Get it here: blackstaffpress.com?s=A+Force+Li...
Why not "Take a beat!" and read the Real Life stories?
#bbc1 #BlueLights #bluelights2025 #crimedrama #colinbreen
Get it here: blackstaffpress.com?s=A+Force+Li...
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'President Michael D. Higgins this afternoon received the newly appointed Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025 – 2028, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, at Áras an Uachtaráin.' #SpeirGorm @president.ie
September 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
'President Michael D. Higgins this afternoon received the newly appointed Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025 – 2028, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, at Áras an Uachtaráin.' #SpeirGorm @president.ie
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne’s candid and moving memoir tells the story of her thirty-year relationship with the love of her life, internationally renowned folklorist Bo Almvqvist, capturing brilliantly the compromises and adjustments and phases of their relationship.
blackstaffpress.com/twelve-thous...
blackstaffpress.com/twelve-thous...
September 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne’s candid and moving memoir tells the story of her thirty-year relationship with the love of her life, internationally renowned folklorist Bo Almvqvist, capturing brilliantly the compromises and adjustments and phases of their relationship.
blackstaffpress.com/twelve-thous...
blackstaffpress.com/twelve-thous...
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Brilliant conversion between new Laureate for Irish Fiction, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and Niall MacMonagle at @nlireland.bsky.social. Sounds like Éilís has great plans for her three-year tenure. @cormackinsella.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Brilliant conversion between new Laureate for Irish Fiction, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and Niall MacMonagle at @nlireland.bsky.social. Sounds like Éilís has great plans for her three-year tenure. @cormackinsella.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social
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A privilege to be part of the NI premiere of the searingly powerful BOY by Damian Gorman @thelinenhall 11 Sept. The story, in words & music, of his brother Gerard who endured horrific abuse at the hands of Fr Malachy Finegan. Gerard’s courage inspired many other men to come forward.
September 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A privilege to be part of the NI premiere of the searingly powerful BOY by Damian Gorman @thelinenhall 11 Sept. The story, in words & music, of his brother Gerard who endured horrific abuse at the hands of Fr Malachy Finegan. Gerard’s courage inspired many other men to come forward.