David Toms
@daithitoms.bsky.social
Writer. Pacemaker (Banshee Press, 2022). Arts Council Ireland Literature Bursary Award 2023. Maddock Fellow at Marsh's Library, 2024. New work coming soon. 🇮🇪 living in 🇳🇴.
https://davidtoms.substack.com
https://davidtoms.substack.com
I have experienced the Presidency of Michael D Higgins mainly as an Irish person living abroad and always found his Christmas and New Year's Messages particularly affecting and grounded in solidarity with those of us who have ended up outside Ireland. I hope it's something CC carries on.
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I have experienced the Presidency of Michael D Higgins mainly as an Irish person living abroad and always found his Christmas and New Year's Messages particularly affecting and grounded in solidarity with those of us who have ended up outside Ireland. I hope it's something CC carries on.
I'm back in work after 14 weeks of parental leave. I forgot how many emails I get sent. 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I'm back in work after 14 weeks of parental leave. I forgot how many emails I get sent. 🫠
Ser frem til deLillos på Energi Mølla i Kongsberg i kveld. It has been 300 years since we've been to a gig.
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Ser frem til deLillos på Energi Mølla i Kongsberg i kveld. It has been 300 years since we've been to a gig.
We just watched Frankenstein, and really enjoyed it. I realise also now that Shelley's book of her travels around Scandinavia were published only the year before Frankenstein. The del Toro leans very much into the high north aspect of it all.
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We just watched Frankenstein, and really enjoyed it. I realise also now that Shelley's book of her travels around Scandinavia were published only the year before Frankenstein. The del Toro leans very much into the high north aspect of it all.
Fish ('n' chip) Friday. Homemade request for the birthday girl
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Fish ('n' chip) Friday. Homemade request for the birthday girl
Really impressed with the guy who did this as a nixer for us. It's a 19th c mirror from Paris that my wife got as a teenager and has been dragging around for the best part of two decades. Finally up! The plaster is very fragile but still mostly on the frame which is a minor miracle.
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Really impressed with the guy who did this as a nixer for us. It's a 19th c mirror from Paris that my wife got as a teenager and has been dragging around for the best part of two decades. Finally up! The plaster is very fragile but still mostly on the frame which is a minor miracle.
And straight from Halloween over to Christmas.
November 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
And straight from Halloween over to Christmas.
Watching the House of Guinness and thinking how the fuck did we end up here? Every single historical drama is this same shitty steampunk thing. It's so boring. I really hate the contemporary soundtrack. A decade ago we had really great historical TV shows from below like The Village and The Mill.
October 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Watching the House of Guinness and thinking how the fuck did we end up here? Every single historical drama is this same shitty steampunk thing. It's so boring. I really hate the contemporary soundtrack. A decade ago we had really great historical TV shows from below like The Village and The Mill.
Brachiosaurus or Stegosaurus?
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Brachiosaurus or Stegosaurus?
Carved my first ever turnip jack o'lantern and I gotta say, it's creepy AF.
October 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Carved my first ever turnip jack o'lantern and I gotta say, it's creepy AF.
Walking around near the old silver mines in Kongsberg this morning, including fenced off mine shaft entry points (first pic).
#industrialheritage
#norway
#industrialheritage
#norway
October 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Walking around near the old silver mines in Kongsberg this morning, including fenced off mine shaft entry points (first pic).
#industrialheritage
#norway
#industrialheritage
#norway
Jeg er på toget i retning Oslo! Det regner. Det er mørkt.
Om du har fri på fredag og er interessert i irsk poesi, så kan jeg absolutt anbefale denne feiringen av Heaney's North som fyller 50 år i år. Jeg blir med:
www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english...
www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english...
Magnetic North
- Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages
One-day symposium marking 50 years of Seamus Heaney’s landmark poetry collection
www.hf.uio.no
October 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Jeg er på toget i retning Oslo! Det regner. Det er mørkt.
Om du har fri på fredag og er interessert i irsk poesi, så kan jeg absolutt anbefale denne feiringen av Heaney's North som fyller 50 år i år. Jeg blir med:
www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english...
www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english...
Magnetic North
- Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages
One-day symposium marking 50 years of Seamus Heaney’s landmark poetry collection
www.hf.uio.no
October 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Om du har fri på fredag og er interessert i irsk poesi, så kan jeg absolutt anbefale denne feiringen av Heaney's North som fyller 50 år i år. Jeg blir med:
www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english...
www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english...
Apropos this story, the phrase "you weren't made in the Glass" was a perennial of my childhood for when we obstructed a view, usually the TV. Wonder has it died out? Are there any other phrases that come from local workplaces like that? www.waterford-news.ie/news/waterfo...
Waterford Crystal workers continue their fight for justice - News - Waterford News & Star
They say that this option form was not produced at the time and its existence has not been proven since
www.waterford-news.ie
October 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Apropos this story, the phrase "you weren't made in the Glass" was a perennial of my childhood for when we obstructed a view, usually the TV. Wonder has it died out? Are there any other phrases that come from local workplaces like that? www.waterford-news.ie/news/waterfo...
Reposted by David Toms
October, USA: Ooh time for candy apples and spoopy films and sexy costumes and carving funny pumpkins 🎃
October, Ireland: It is IMPERATIVE that you eat the LAST of the BLACKBERRIES before the PÚCA takes a SHITE on them
October, Ireland: It is IMPERATIVE that you eat the LAST of the BLACKBERRIES before the PÚCA takes a SHITE on them
October 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
October, USA: Ooh time for candy apples and spoopy films and sexy costumes and carving funny pumpkins 🎃
October, Ireland: It is IMPERATIVE that you eat the LAST of the BLACKBERRIES before the PÚCA takes a SHITE on them
October, Ireland: It is IMPERATIVE that you eat the LAST of the BLACKBERRIES before the PÚCA takes a SHITE on them
My dad's fifth anniversary today. 2020 was an appalling year. I've a new poem about grief and its delays in the 20th issue of @bansheepress.bsky.social journal which you can get here:
bansheepress.org/read/introdu...
bansheepress.org/read/introdu...
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
My dad's fifth anniversary today. 2020 was an appalling year. I've a new poem about grief and its delays in the 20th issue of @bansheepress.bsky.social journal which you can get here:
bansheepress.org/read/introdu...
bansheepress.org/read/introdu...
Reposted by David Toms
Louvre robbery. French police release image of suspect.
October 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Louvre robbery. French police release image of suspect.
Reposted by David Toms
Issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) has gone to print! Our landmark 20th issue, guest edited by acclaimed author @clarakiyoko.bsky.social, has a speculative fiction theme and marks our tenth anniversary in print. The beautiful cover art is by @erinconnally.bsky.social ✨
bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
Issue 20 | Autumn/Winter 2025 — Banshee Press
Guest edited by Clara Kumagai 154 pages ISSN: 2009-857X ISBN: 978-1-917161-18-3 Cover art by Erin Connally
bansheepress.org
October 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) has gone to print! Our landmark 20th issue, guest edited by acclaimed author @clarakiyoko.bsky.social, has a speculative fiction theme and marks our tenth anniversary in print. The beautiful cover art is by @erinconnally.bsky.social ✨
bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
bansheepress.org/shop/p/issue...
Northern Lights over Kongsberg as seen from our apartment late last night.
October 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Northern Lights over Kongsberg as seen from our apartment late last night.
Reposted by David Toms
A huge thanks to @daithitoms.bsky.social and Shane Tivenan for a great conversation at Prismatic Pages in Oslo last weekend.
I'm excited to chat with Shane Tivenan and Catriona Shine about (built) environments and their works To Avenge A Dead Glacier and Habitat respectively in October here in #Oslo. Both out from @lilliputpress.bsky.social
Free, sign up here:
shop.prismaticpages.com/products/bui...
Free, sign up here:
shop.prismaticpages.com/products/bui...
October 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A huge thanks to @daithitoms.bsky.social and Shane Tivenan for a great conversation at Prismatic Pages in Oslo last weekend.
There's not much time left for old Tom Cromwell...
These books have been a fairly constant companion during a year I've been mainly too busy and tired to do a lot of reading and I'll be sorry for it to end.
These books have been a fairly constant companion during a year I've been mainly too busy and tired to do a lot of reading and I'll be sorry for it to end.
October 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
There's not much time left for old Tom Cromwell...
These books have been a fairly constant companion during a year I've been mainly too busy and tired to do a lot of reading and I'll be sorry for it to end.
These books have been a fairly constant companion during a year I've been mainly too busy and tired to do a lot of reading and I'll be sorry for it to end.
Reposted by David Toms
Tonight - please join us to celebrate this brilliant book ✨️
We hope you can join us for the launch of FILLY by @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social on Wednesday 15 October at @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin! It kicks off at 6pm with Banshee poetry editor @jesstraynor.bsky.social introducing Rosamund. All are welcome! ✨
bansheepress.org/read/celebra...
bansheepress.org/read/celebra...
Celebrate the launch of Filly by Rosamund Taylor — Banshee Press
We hope you can join us to raise a glass to Filly , the beautiful new verse novel by acclaimed poet Rosamund Taylor, in Books Upstairs on Wednesday 15 October! Banshee poetry editor Jessica…
bansheepress.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Tonight - please join us to celebrate this brilliant book ✨️
Details of the "Magnetic North" symposium taking place next week at University of Oslo. Really looking forward to taking part:
www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english...
www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english...
Magnetic North
- Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages
One-day symposium marking 50 years of Seamus Heaney’s landmark poetry collection
www.hf.uio.no
October 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Details of the "Magnetic North" symposium taking place next week at University of Oslo. Really looking forward to taking part:
www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english...
www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english...
Reposted by David Toms
If the AI bubble bursts, the biggest job at risk is the creation of stock images of robots doing human things for articles about AI.
October 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
If the AI bubble bursts, the biggest job at risk is the creation of stock images of robots doing human things for articles about AI.