Matthew Parkinson-Bennett
@matthewpb.bsky.social
Publisher, Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social. The best new Irish writing for young readers.
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Something very beautiful about an octogenarian novelist making Elon Musk sob his broken little guts out
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Something very beautiful about an octogenarian novelist making Elon Musk sob his broken little guts out
Remember people posting photos of their antigen tests
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Remember people posting photos of their antigen tests
[Reading British fiction] “I’m starting to get the feeling class is something of a complex concept”
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
[Reading British fiction] “I’m starting to get the feeling class is something of a complex concept”
Judging by this Szalay may be in for disappointment when his next royalty cheque arrives…
And so he won! David Szalay’s Flesh takes the Booker Prize 2025
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Judging by this Szalay may be in for disappointment when his next royalty cheque arrives…
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I'll show them all! I'll run an ad for the company that summarizes books
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I'll show them all! I'll run an ad for the company that summarizes books
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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Chotiner, Oates and Menswear Guy, the Charlie's Angels of internet murder
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Chotiner, Oates and Menswear Guy, the Charlie's Angels of internet murder
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Back in print!
CG Moore’s TRIGGER is back again
White Raven Award 2025 winner 🥇
Children’s Book Council 2025 Favourites x3 🥇
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2025 🥇
Kirk is Reviews Best YA Verse Novels list 2024 🥇
“Raw and fiercely gripping”: School Library Journal starred review 🌟
CG Moore’s TRIGGER is back again
White Raven Award 2025 winner 🥇
Children’s Book Council 2025 Favourites x3 🥇
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2025 🥇
Kirk is Reviews Best YA Verse Novels list 2024 🥇
“Raw and fiercely gripping”: School Library Journal starred review 🌟
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Back in print!
CG Moore’s TRIGGER is back again
White Raven Award 2025 winner 🥇
Children’s Book Council 2025 Favourites x3 🥇
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2025 🥇
Kirk is Reviews Best YA Verse Novels list 2024 🥇
“Raw and fiercely gripping”: School Library Journal starred review 🌟
CG Moore’s TRIGGER is back again
White Raven Award 2025 winner 🥇
Children’s Book Council 2025 Favourites x3 🥇
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2025 🥇
Kirk is Reviews Best YA Verse Novels list 2024 🥇
“Raw and fiercely gripping”: School Library Journal starred review 🌟
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Join us this Wednesday as Katriona O’Sullivan (author of POOR) launches MIXED UP: An Irish Boy’s Journey to Belonging by @leondiop.bsky.social at Eason, The Square, Tallaght!
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Join us this Wednesday as Katriona O’Sullivan (author of POOR) launches MIXED UP: An Irish Boy’s Journey to Belonging by @leondiop.bsky.social at Eason, The Square, Tallaght!
People who think Celtic fans are Irish immigrants want their views on the state of modern Britain to be taken seriously
Babe wake up the anti-immigrant fash are now angling to deport the Irish
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
People who think Celtic fans are Irish immigrants want their views on the state of modern Britain to be taken seriously
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"The commas in the first line of Pride and Prejudice tell you where to breathe."
Yes, if you have a plastic bag over your head.
Yes, if you have a plastic bag over your head.
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"The commas in the first line of Pride and Prejudice tell you where to breathe."
Yes, if you have a plastic bag over your head.
Yes, if you have a plastic bag over your head.
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"Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon" demands a comma.
"Henry VIII's wife Jane Seymour" demands not a comma.
Breath doesn't come into it at all.
"Henry VIII's wife Jane Seymour" demands not a comma.
Breath doesn't come into it at all.
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon" demands a comma.
"Henry VIII's wife Jane Seymour" demands not a comma.
Breath doesn't come into it at all.
"Henry VIII's wife Jane Seymour" demands not a comma.
Breath doesn't come into it at all.
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We're hiring a sales and marketing executive. Deadline: 26 November. Details here: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/2025/11/job-...
Job Vacancy: Sales & Marketing Executive | Fitzcarraldo Editions
Fitzcarraldo Editions is looking for a sales and marketing executive to join our small team in Peckham, south-east London. Reporting to the operations director and working closely with the publicity d...
fitzcarraldoeditions.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We're hiring a sales and marketing executive. Deadline: 26 November. Details here: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/2025/11/job-...
Has enough time passed for me to say that I think people concluding the vice president of the USA was having an affair because a woman touched his hair was completely insane
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Has enough time passed for me to say that I think people concluding the vice president of the USA was having an affair because a woman touched his hair was completely insane
I was just in a primary school which had a big display of “Letters from the Industrial Revolution” written by the kids. Absolutely adorable. One began:
“Hey Liam, I have to tell you something but I haven’t told Dad yet. I need to leave Manchester for a while to do chimney sweeping in Leeds.”
“Hey Liam, I have to tell you something but I haven’t told Dad yet. I need to leave Manchester for a while to do chimney sweeping in Leeds.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I was just in a primary school which had a big display of “Letters from the Industrial Revolution” written by the kids. Absolutely adorable. One began:
“Hey Liam, I have to tell you something but I haven’t told Dad yet. I need to leave Manchester for a while to do chimney sweeping in Leeds.”
“Hey Liam, I have to tell you something but I haven’t told Dad yet. I need to leave Manchester for a while to do chimney sweeping in Leeds.”
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Join us at 6.30pm tomorrow where Diarmaid Ferriter will launch @owenoshea.bsky.social’s new history of Post-Civil War Kerry. All are welcome booksupstairs.ie/all-events/launch-from-bullets-to-ballots-by-owen-oshea/
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Join us at 6.30pm tomorrow where Diarmaid Ferriter will launch @owenoshea.bsky.social’s new history of Post-Civil War Kerry. All are welcome booksupstairs.ie/all-events/launch-from-bullets-to-ballots-by-owen-oshea/
To the tune of “The Ace of Spades” by Mötorhead: “The aches and pains! The aches and paaiins!!”
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
To the tune of “The Ace of Spades” by Mötorhead: “The aches and pains! The aches and paaiins!!”
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
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The National Centre for the Circular Economy has said consumption of textiles in Ireland is currently double the EU average
Bursting at the seams: Irish problem with textile waste
The National Centre for the Circular Economy has said Ireland will need more resources to adequately deal with textile waste.
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The National Centre for the Circular Economy has said consumption of textiles in Ireland is currently double the EU average
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I mean the answer is because gender imbalance is only a problem in one direction because when it happens one way, it’s correcting for past wrongs; whereas in the other direction it’s just the patriarchy at work
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I mean the answer is because gender imbalance is only a problem in one direction because when it happens one way, it’s correcting for past wrongs; whereas in the other direction it’s just the patriarchy at work
I’m not reeeally sure I see a problem with an award having in 2025 a shortlist of 5 men and 1 woman, given in 2024 it had a shortlist of 5 women and 1 man?
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
Donald Clarke: Congrats to Cillian Murphy. But there’s no way of turning this into a good look
The male-female split among the star’s rivals for a gender-neutral acting award is the sort of result sceptics feared
www.irishtimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I’m not reeeally sure I see a problem with an award having in 2025 a shortlist of 5 men and 1 woman, given in 2024 it had a shortlist of 5 women and 1 man?
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
Pluribus on Apple TV: I was excited to see the amazing actress from Better Call Saul have her own show, and it’s a great concept and compelling execution. But it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen in a long time.
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Pluribus on Apple TV: I was excited to see the amazing actress from Better Call Saul have her own show, and it’s a great concept and compelling execution. But it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen in a long time.