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Author: Éadaoín Lynch
Éadaoín Lynch is an Irish poet, writer & researcher based in Edinburgh. They hold an MLitt and PhD from the University of St Andrews, have worked as a mentor and freelancer since 2021, and, most
www.scottishbooktrust.com
Delighted to say I’m now listed on the Scottish Book Trust’s Author Directory 🥳
If you’re in an org that wants to book an author for a workshop, reading or anything else, you can reach out via the directory & potentially also get Live Literature funding 📚
www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/eada...
If you’re in an org that wants to book an author for a workshop, reading or anything else, you can reach out via the directory & potentially also get Live Literature funding 📚
www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/eada...
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🥁🎺ZINE LAUNCH at @typewronger.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 🎺🥁
Collaborating with @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social on this archive-based poetry project has been a true gorgeousness, and I'm so thankful for their generosity in bringing me on board. Come help us celebrate!
www.eventbrite.com/e/remember-h...
Collaborating with @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social on this archive-based poetry project has been a true gorgeousness, and I'm so thankful for their generosity in bringing me on board. Come help us celebrate!
www.eventbrite.com/e/remember-h...
Remember how you are liberated' Zine Launch
Join us for the launch of Writer In Residence Emeritus Éadaoín Lynch's new zine co-authored with Zosia Kuczyńska!
www.eventbrite.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🥁🎺ZINE LAUNCH at @typewronger.bsky.social TOMORROW!! 🎺🥁
Collaborating with @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social on this archive-based poetry project has been a true gorgeousness, and I'm so thankful for their generosity in bringing me on board. Come help us celebrate!
www.eventbrite.com/e/remember-h...
Collaborating with @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social on this archive-based poetry project has been a true gorgeousness, and I'm so thankful for their generosity in bringing me on board. Come help us celebrate!
www.eventbrite.com/e/remember-h...
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We chat with Christina Neuwirth, bookseller at beloved radical bookshop Lighthouse Bookshop, about their favourite Edinburgh things 📚
The Skinny Guide to Edinburgh: Christina Neuwirth, Lighthouse Bookshop
We chat with Christina Neuwirth, bookseller at beloved radical bookshop Lighthouse Bookshop, about their favourite Edinburgh things.
www.theskinny.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We chat with Christina Neuwirth, bookseller at beloved radical bookshop Lighthouse Bookshop, about their favourite Edinburgh things 📚
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'Nowhere else in modern life, whether urban or rural, is there a public space where anyone can enter and remain without the expectation of payment or labour.'
Check out @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social's 🔥 report on public libraries for Scottish Book Trust.
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Check out @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social's 🔥 report on public libraries for Scottish Book Trust.
www.scottishbooktrust.com/uploads/stor...
www.scottishbooktrust.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
'Nowhere else in modern life, whether urban or rural, is there a public space where anyone can enter and remain without the expectation of payment or labour.'
Check out @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social's 🔥 report on public libraries for Scottish Book Trust.
www.scottishbooktrust.com/uploads/stor...
Check out @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social's 🔥 report on public libraries for Scottish Book Trust.
www.scottishbooktrust.com/uploads/stor...
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Come along tomorrow & see me wax lyrical about mystery book lesbians, sparkling wine, & my recent collab with @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social at the #LavenderMenace Archive! 🍾
(Also the delectable @katherinewyers.bsky.social will be showcasing her new saxophone composition, because she's fab like that.)
(Also the delectable @katherinewyers.bsky.social will be showcasing her new saxophone composition, because she's fab like that.)
The Queer Data Showcase is happening TOMORROW! 🔢
I've had early sight of some talks and they're FANTASTIC 🔥
Tickets are free, just a few left:
Edinburgh | 5 June, 5-7pm | All welcome ✨
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-queer-... #LGBTQ #pride #queer #data #AI #tech #Edinburgh #Scotland
I've had early sight of some talks and they're FANTASTIC 🔥
Tickets are free, just a few left:
Edinburgh | 5 June, 5-7pm | All welcome ✨
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-queer-... #LGBTQ #pride #queer #data #AI #tech #Edinburgh #Scotland
The Queer Data Showcase
The Queer Data Showcase is taking place in Edinburgh on 5 June and we’d love you to join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Come along tomorrow & see me wax lyrical about mystery book lesbians, sparkling wine, & my recent collab with @eadaoinlynch.bsky.social at the #LavenderMenace Archive! 🍾
(Also the delectable @katherinewyers.bsky.social will be showcasing her new saxophone composition, because she's fab like that.)
(Also the delectable @katherinewyers.bsky.social will be showcasing her new saxophone composition, because she's fab like that.)
This research has been my juggernaut for 1.5 years and I’m glad it’s finally out in the world.
Libraries are essential!
Libraries are essential!
Why does your library matter to you? ❤️📚
We asked 2,000 Scots that question and this is what they told us: www.scottishbooktrust.com/our-research...
We asked 2,000 Scots that question and this is what they told us: www.scottishbooktrust.com/our-research...
June 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This research has been my juggernaut for 1.5 years and I’m glad it’s finally out in the world.
Libraries are essential!
Libraries are essential!
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If you’re an LGBTQ+ bookworker - organise with us.
By building our collective power as workers, we can transfer power away from those in charge and into the hands of those working to make our industry better and safer for all.
DM or email us at fossilfreebooksuk@gmail.com to get involved.
By building our collective power as workers, we can transfer power away from those in charge and into the hands of those working to make our industry better and safer for all.
DM or email us at fossilfreebooksuk@gmail.com to get involved.
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
If you’re an LGBTQ+ bookworker - organise with us.
By building our collective power as workers, we can transfer power away from those in charge and into the hands of those working to make our industry better and safer for all.
DM or email us at fossilfreebooksuk@gmail.com to get involved.
By building our collective power as workers, we can transfer power away from those in charge and into the hands of those working to make our industry better and safer for all.
DM or email us at fossilfreebooksuk@gmail.com to get involved.
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Our response to fascist policies which seek to erode our rights and divide society needs to be one of collective solidarity and action.
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Our response to fascist policies which seek to erode our rights and divide society needs to be one of collective solidarity and action.
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Attending literary festivals this year? Then write to them asking they affirm the safety and dignity of trans guests and audiences.
If you’re a member of the SoA, demand that they release both a statement of solidarity and practical guidance to support trans authors, translators and illustrators.
If you’re a member of the SoA, demand that they release both a statement of solidarity and practical guidance to support trans authors, translators and illustrators.
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Attending literary festivals this year? Then write to them asking they affirm the safety and dignity of trans guests and audiences.
If you’re a member of the SoA, demand that they release both a statement of solidarity and practical guidance to support trans authors, translators and illustrators.
If you’re a member of the SoA, demand that they release both a statement of solidarity and practical guidance to support trans authors, translators and illustrators.
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Write to your union representatives and leaders, asking that they support their trans workers and publicly oppose the implementation of the EHRC’s interim guidance.
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Write to your union representatives and leaders, asking that they support their trans workers and publicly oppose the implementation of the EHRC’s interim guidance.
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So what can we do to be unequivocal in our support for trans people?
Bookshops, publishers, festivals, venues and other literary spaces can make a clear public statement that you will prioritise the safety & dignity of trans writers, readers and workers, and won't adhere to the interim guidance.
Bookshops, publishers, festivals, venues and other literary spaces can make a clear public statement that you will prioritise the safety & dignity of trans writers, readers and workers, and won't adhere to the interim guidance.
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
So what can we do to be unequivocal in our support for trans people?
Bookshops, publishers, festivals, venues and other literary spaces can make a clear public statement that you will prioritise the safety & dignity of trans writers, readers and workers, and won't adhere to the interim guidance.
Bookshops, publishers, festivals, venues and other literary spaces can make a clear public statement that you will prioritise the safety & dignity of trans writers, readers and workers, and won't adhere to the interim guidance.
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The EHRC interim update for organisations is not legally binding.
This means there’s currently no legal obligation for businesses and organisations to implement trans segregation policies.
It also means we can – and must – fight for a more just interpretation of the law.
This means there’s currently no legal obligation for businesses and organisations to implement trans segregation policies.
It also means we can – and must – fight for a more just interpretation of the law.
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The EHRC interim update for organisations is not legally binding.
This means there’s currently no legal obligation for businesses and organisations to implement trans segregation policies.
It also means we can – and must – fight for a more just interpretation of the law.
This means there’s currently no legal obligation for businesses and organisations to implement trans segregation policies.
It also means we can – and must – fight for a more just interpretation of the law.
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We stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling & EHRC update.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
We stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling & EHRC update.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
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Yeah baby yeah!
Blurbs are in - check this out from the multitalented Em Prendergast.
Preorder here! www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/eff-able-a-spicy-anthology-of-queer-crip-poetry
Blurbs are in - check this out from the multitalented Em Prendergast.
Preorder here! www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/eff-able-a-spicy-anthology-of-queer-crip-poetry
May 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Yeah baby yeah!
Blurbs are in - check this out from the multitalented Em Prendergast.
Preorder here! www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/eff-able-a-spicy-anthology-of-queer-crip-poetry
Blurbs are in - check this out from the multitalented Em Prendergast.
Preorder here! www.fourteenpoems.com/shop/eff-able-a-spicy-anthology-of-queer-crip-poetry
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📢 Every poet belongs in their union!
💸 2024 was a record-breaking year for poetry book sales. Despite this giving poets more power in the market, so few make money from sales.
💪 Being a poet today remains precarious, and you deserve a trade union that will better serve you as a worker. [1]
💸 2024 was a record-breaking year for poetry book sales. Despite this giving poets more power in the market, so few make money from sales.
💪 Being a poet today remains precarious, and you deserve a trade union that will better serve you as a worker. [1]
April 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📢 Every poet belongs in their union!
💸 2024 was a record-breaking year for poetry book sales. Despite this giving poets more power in the market, so few make money from sales.
💪 Being a poet today remains precarious, and you deserve a trade union that will better serve you as a worker. [1]
💸 2024 was a record-breaking year for poetry book sales. Despite this giving poets more power in the market, so few make money from sales.
💪 Being a poet today remains precarious, and you deserve a trade union that will better serve you as a worker. [1]
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📢 Every writer of colour belongs in their union!
💸 Research commissioned by ALCS in 2022 shows that pay for writers of colour is 51% lower than for their white counterparts (in real terms). [1]
www.alcs.co.uk/news/why-wri...
💸 Research commissioned by ALCS in 2022 shows that pay for writers of colour is 51% lower than for their white counterparts (in real terms). [1]
www.alcs.co.uk/news/why-wri...
April 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📢 Every writer of colour belongs in their union!
💸 Research commissioned by ALCS in 2022 shows that pay for writers of colour is 51% lower than for their white counterparts (in real terms). [1]
www.alcs.co.uk/news/why-wri...
💸 Research commissioned by ALCS in 2022 shows that pay for writers of colour is 51% lower than for their white counterparts (in real terms). [1]
www.alcs.co.uk/news/why-wri...
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💥FREE EBOOK!💥
This book is a transfeminist call for collective liberation.
Because there's no liberation without trans liberation
Download your copy here: www.plutobooks.com/978074534941...
This book is a transfeminist call for collective liberation.
Because there's no liberation without trans liberation
Download your copy here: www.plutobooks.com/978074534941...
April 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
💥FREE EBOOK!💥
This book is a transfeminist call for collective liberation.
Because there's no liberation without trans liberation
Download your copy here: www.plutobooks.com/978074534941...
This book is a transfeminist call for collective liberation.
Because there's no liberation without trans liberation
Download your copy here: www.plutobooks.com/978074534941...
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IT’S ONLY 2 MONTHS UNTIL PORTY PRIDE ‘25
And we are back with…
The prom dog walk, swimming, dancing, films, crafting, art, ales, books events, climbing, cycling, nature walking, the makers market, music, running and of course, THE PORTY PRIDE BALL 🪩🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Dates, times + tickets coming soon
#portypride
And we are back with…
The prom dog walk, swimming, dancing, films, crafting, art, ales, books events, climbing, cycling, nature walking, the makers market, music, running and of course, THE PORTY PRIDE BALL 🪩🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Dates, times + tickets coming soon
#portypride
April 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
IT’S ONLY 2 MONTHS UNTIL PORTY PRIDE ‘25
And we are back with…
The prom dog walk, swimming, dancing, films, crafting, art, ales, books events, climbing, cycling, nature walking, the makers market, music, running and of course, THE PORTY PRIDE BALL 🪩🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Dates, times + tickets coming soon
#portypride
And we are back with…
The prom dog walk, swimming, dancing, films, crafting, art, ales, books events, climbing, cycling, nature walking, the makers market, music, running and of course, THE PORTY PRIDE BALL 🪩🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Dates, times + tickets coming soon
#portypride
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“Last year was not the first time writers boycotted Hay over its sponsors. In 2019 Hay ended a five-year sponsorship with Tata after protests from writers including Arundhati Roy. In 2002 writers boycotted Hay over Nestlé’s sponsorship” www.thebookseller.com/comment/on-s...
On sponsorship and conscience
Last year's activism against Baillie Gifford is part of a long and valuable tradition of literary protest.
www.thebookseller.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“Last year was not the first time writers boycotted Hay over its sponsors. In 2019 Hay ended a five-year sponsorship with Tata after protests from writers including Arundhati Roy. In 2002 writers boycotted Hay over Nestlé’s sponsorship” www.thebookseller.com/comment/on-s...
🖋️calling all trans/nb folk who enjoy writing 🖋️
With conFAB and LGBT Youth Scotland I’m facilitating 6 *free* intergenerational writing workshops, over 6 weeks, aimed at any trans/nonbinary people in or around Edinburgh.
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With conFAB and LGBT Youth Scotland I’m facilitating 6 *free* intergenerational writing workshops, over 6 weeks, aimed at any trans/nonbinary people in or around Edinburgh.
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January 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🖋️calling all trans/nb folk who enjoy writing 🖋️
With conFAB and LGBT Youth Scotland I’m facilitating 6 *free* intergenerational writing workshops, over 6 weeks, aimed at any trans/nonbinary people in or around Edinburgh.
(1/2)
With conFAB and LGBT Youth Scotland I’m facilitating 6 *free* intergenerational writing workshops, over 6 weeks, aimed at any trans/nonbinary people in or around Edinburgh.
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The Issue 16 deadline is fast approaching! Send us your queerest poems by Jan 12th. All details are at fourteenpoems.com/submit. Can’t wait to read your poems!
January 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The Issue 16 deadline is fast approaching! Send us your queerest poems by Jan 12th. All details are at fourteenpoems.com/submit. Can’t wait to read your poems!
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Two weeks left to apply to become one of StAnza’s 2025 Poets in Residence! Full details here: bit.ly/4g0nQG4
January 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Two weeks left to apply to become one of StAnza’s 2025 Poets in Residence! Full details here: bit.ly/4g0nQG4
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Trust me, stop scrolling, click the link, go to "infinite view," and just *be* for a while.
🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
January 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trust me, stop scrolling, click the link, go to "infinite view," and just *be* for a while.
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As we’re all starting out, here’s a Starter Pack of LGBTQIA+ writers to enrich your life and feed. Will update as more folk arrive. 🌈 📖 ❤️
go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7Wa
go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7Wa
November 13, 2024 at 6:41 PM
As we’re all starting out, here’s a Starter Pack of LGBTQIA+ writers to enrich your life and feed. Will update as more folk arrive. 🌈 📖 ❤️
go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7Wa
go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7Wa
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I can not stress enough that a few literary festivals losing funding has NOTHING to do with authors mostly earning terrible money. Nothing.
Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin
Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin
The average income for a writer is now £7,000. For our sake and the country’s, we need financial assistance
This week will be like A-level results week for authors, but with added economic jeopardy. For a good whack of the 100,000 writers and translators…
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I can not stress enough that a few literary festivals losing funding has NOTHING to do with authors mostly earning terrible money. Nothing.
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Cuts to local government budgets devastated festival grants as well as social services like housing benefit, making it harder to write & driving festivals into the arms of funders they didn’t want to scruntinise
(Eg BG Prizes’s 2nd sponsor is run by a dude currently under sanction by Ukraine)
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(Eg BG Prizes’s 2nd sponsor is run by a dude currently under sanction by Ukraine)
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January 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Cuts to local government budgets devastated festival grants as well as social services like housing benefit, making it harder to write & driving festivals into the arms of funders they didn’t want to scruntinise
(Eg BG Prizes’s 2nd sponsor is run by a dude currently under sanction by Ukraine)
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(Eg BG Prizes’s 2nd sponsor is run by a dude currently under sanction by Ukraine)
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