Lia MIlls
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Tead Irish PEN @irishpen.bsky.social statement re abduction of @sarahmaintains.bsky.social & other Irish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla illegally intercepted and seized by armed Israeli forces in international waters approx 70 nautical miles from Gaza irishpen.com/2025/10/02/g...
Global Sumud Flotilla Statement - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann
2 October August 2025 Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the abduction of poet Sarah Clancy, one of several Irish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla. The flotilla was ...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Please read and reshare our statement on the Global Sumud Flotilla. We at Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann offer solidarity in this time of crisis.

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Global Sumud Flotilla Statement - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann
2 October August 2025 Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the abduction of poet Sarah Clancy, one of several Irish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla. The flotilla was ...
irishpen.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Thinking of @sarahmaintains.bsky.social and the other Irish citizens who are part of the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social, and have been detained by the IDF who illegally intercepted them in international waters.

Here is Sarah’s poem, ‘If I had any other thing’:
October 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Virginia Woolf had doubts too

This is why I love reading diaries, letters and (good) biographies of writers. This morning, I came across this quote from a letter Virginia Woolf wrote to Violet Dickinson in the early 1900s: No one really takes very much interest, why should they, in my scribblings.…
Virginia Woolf had doubts too
This is why I love reading diaries, letters and (good) biographies of writers. This morning, I came across this quote from a letter Virginia Woolf wrote to Violet Dickinson in the early 1900s: No one really takes very much interest, why should they, in my scribblings. Do you think I shall ever write a really good book? There's hope for all of us.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Breaking news: Thirty-one journalists were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a newspaper complex in Yemen last week, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

They say it was “the deadliest strike on journalists in the Middle East.”
Israel killed 31 journalists in Yemen strike, press freedom group says
Last week’s attack was “the deadliest strike on journalists in the Middle East” ever documented by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Handmaid's Tale Banned in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Schools
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Handmaid's Tale Banned in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Schools
And everyone and their pet canary wants me to "comment."
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September 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Irish PEN condemns the recent Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. Among 20+ people killed in the strike on 25 August were five journalists: Mohammad Salama, Hussam al-Masri, Mariam Abu Daqqa, Ahmed Abu Aziz, and Moaz Abu Taha. READ MORE HERE:
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Statement on Israeli attack on the Nasser Hospital, Gaza. - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann
Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann condemns the recent Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. Among the more than 20 people killed in the strike on 25 August were five journalists: Mohammad...
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August 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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August 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Congratulations to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, the new Laureate for Irish Fiction

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is new Laureate for Irish Fiction
The writer takes over the laureateship from author Colm Tóibín
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July 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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We at Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann are disturbed to hear this news:

Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi has received a series of serious threats to her safety and life from agents affiliated with the Islamic Republic’s Ministry of Intelligence.

narges.foundation/threat-looms...
Threat looms over Narges Mohammadi amid ongoing intimidation from state-affiliated actors
Woman, Life, Freedom
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July 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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We at Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann are very glad to host this event:
Looking at Women Looking at War: a War and Justice Diary, by Victoria Amelina.
@booksupstairs.bsky.social Books Upstairs, Dublin, 29 July, 6pm.
booksupstairs.ie/events/
July 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM