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Prof and Chair of Anglo-Irish Literature, University College Dublin

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Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social · Feb 17
Congrats to Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social & RadioMoLI @molimuseum.bsky.social on this new series. I had the pleasure of interviewing Paul Lynch and Juliet Mabey @oneworldbooks.bsky.social for the opening episode. Funded by @researchireland.bsky.social Pathways programme @ucddublin.bsky.social
molimuseum.bsky.social MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland @molimuseum.bsky.social · Feb 7
Check out the first episode of our new RadioMoLI series, Books & Their Makers! In this episode Paul Lynch appears in conversation with Juliet Mabey and Margaret Kelleher to discuss his novel Prophet Song, the Booker Prize, and independent publishing. radio.moli.ie/r/paul-lynch...

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Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social · Jul 27
Great footage of Greene’s in 1964 film Girl w Green Eyes, adaptation of Edna O’Brien’s The Lonely Girl

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Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social · Jul 15
Huge congratulations to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne; comhghairdeachas ó chroí as ucht an onóir seo; tuillte go maith agat! proud to have co-edited (w ‪@kellyfitzgerald.bsky.social‬) recent special issue of IUR on Éilís work. See following link: www.euppublishing.com/toc/iur/54/1
@irishunireview.bsky.social‬
Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - iur: Vol 54, No 1
www.euppublishing.com

Reposted by Mary Burke, Margaret Kelleher

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Irish University Review @irishunireview.bsky.social · Jul 15
Huge congratulations to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne on her appointment as the new Laureate for Irish Fiction! In May 2024, the IUR published a special issue dedicated to Ní Dhuibhne’s contributions to Irish literature and culture.

Reposted by Claire Connolly, Margaret Kelleher

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · Jul 15
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
www.irishtimes.com

Reposted by Margaret Kelleher

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Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann @irishpen.bsky.social · Jun 6
Our statement on Gaza, signed by almost 400 Irish writers.

irishpen.com/2025/06/05/s...

Please share widely.
Statement on Gaza - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann
‘If I must die, I want a resonant death… a death that the whole world will hear’Fatima Hassouna, writer, photographer, and journalist killed in Gaza on 16 April 2025 We, the undersigned writers of the...
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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · Apr 16
I spoke to some booksellers about the arrival of Amazon's Irish website and what it might mean for them:
How Irish booksellers feel about the arrival of Amazon.ie: ‘It’s a very real danger to the industry’
Bookshops offer something that an exclusively online retailer cannot, but they may need support to compete against a corporate giant
www.irishtimes.com

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Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social · Apr 14
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Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
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Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social · Apr 14
Congratulations to Janet Hawkins, the tenth winner of the unique and joyful UCD Maeve Binchy Travel Award #ucd #maevebinchy

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Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social · Apr 14
www.ucd.ie/englishdrama...
Maeve Binchy Travel Award Winner 2025 - UCD School of English Drama Film
www.ucd.ie

Reposted by Sam Slote, Kevin Rafter, Margaret Kelleher

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · Mar 24
‘I am floored’: Anne Enright on winning $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize. Booker Prize-winning author becomes eighth Irish writer to win one of the literary world’s most generous prizes

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
‘I am floored’: Anne Enright on winning $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize
Booker Prize-winning author becomes eighth Irish writer to win one of the literary world’s most generous prizes
www.irishtimes.com

Reposted by Margaret Kelleher

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · Mar 15
The 100 best Irish works of fiction of the 21st century: No 25 to No 1. A pretty impressive list, including three Booker Prize winners. See what you think.

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The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 25 to No 1
A panel of more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, festival curators and booksellers) select their favourite Irish novels and short stories of the years 2020-2025
www.irishtimes.com

Reposted by Margaret Kelleher

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · Mar 14
A panel of 60 experts - authors, critics, academics, festival curators, booksellers and journalists - select their favourite Irish novels and short story collections of the years 2000-2025. Here are numbers 50 up to 26. See what you think

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 50 to No 26
A panel of more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, festival curators and booksellers) select their favourite Irish novels and short stories of the years 2020-2025
www.irishtimes.com

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · Mar 13
The 100 best Irish fiction books of the 21st century so far: No 100 to No 51. We assembled a panel of 60 experts – writers, critics, academics, festival curators, booksellers & journalists – to select the best Irish novels and short story collections of 2000-2025

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
The 100 best Irish fiction books of the 21st century so far: No 100 to No 51
The Irish Times assembled a panel of 60 experts – authors, critics, academics, festival curators, booksellers and journalists – to select the best Irish novels and short story collections of the years...
www.irishtimes.com

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Jane Clarke @janeclarke.bsky.social · Mar 12
Oscar Wilde's letter from Reading Gaol De Profundis explores love, suffering &redemption in soaring prose. Honoured to read from it as part of this beautiful & moving tribute film now on in @molimuseum.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlEN...
Oscar Wilde's De Profundis
YouTube video by Museum of Literature Ireland
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Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social · Mar 8
An evening with Anne Enright: can’t get any better! Thanks again Irish Arts Center NY and UCD colleagues

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Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social · Mar 8
www.ucd.ie/newsandopini... huge congrats to Prof Anne Enright and delighted to be in conversation the following evening at the Irish Arts Center; great to meet many UCD alumni and friends
Professor Anne Enright honoured with Seamus Heaney Award for Arts & Letters
www.ucd.ie

Reposted by Margaret Kelleher

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Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social · Mar 1
Thank you to Dr Lindsay Janssen for giving such a wonderful @ssnci.bsky.social
annual lecture yesterday! We highly recommend her book 'Periodical Famines'! iupress.org/978025307190...
Periodical Famines
Long recognized as Ireland's greatest demographic disaster in recent history, the Great Famine of 1845–1851 has shaped Irish identities around the world. F...
iupress.org

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MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland @molimuseum.bsky.social · Feb 26
Join us on 7 March for First Fridays! The museum will be open late from 6pm to 9pm with free admission and special events throughout the evening. The Commons Café will also be open with a special menu for the evening. Book your free ticket now: moli.ie/events/first...

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Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social · Feb 25
Great timing @groenbot.bsky.social and @molimuseum.bsky.social on the release of this new episode. 👏👏 to author, translators and @bullaunpress.bsky.social on this fantastic #booker recognition; Tim’s project is funded by @researchireland.bsky.social
groenbot.bsky.social Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · Feb 25
Episode 2 of Books and Their Makers is here, with excellent timing! In this one I speak to Gaëlle Bélem & translators Karen Fleetwood & @laetitia-stloubert.bsky.social about Bélem's novel There's a Monster Behind the Door, longlisted for the International Booker today:

radio.moli.ie/r/gaelle-belem
Images of (L) Gaëlle Bélem, and (R) her novel There's a Monster Behind the Door (2024), translated by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert and published by Bullaun Press

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · Feb 25
Thanks to @molimuseum.bsky.social and @researchireland.bsky.social, and congrats to author, translators, and @bullaunpress.bsky.social!

Reposted by Margaret Kelleher

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · Feb 25
Episode 2 of Books and Their Makers is here, with excellent timing! In this one I speak to Gaëlle Bélem & translators Karen Fleetwood & @laetitia-stloubert.bsky.social about Bélem's novel There's a Monster Behind the Door, longlisted for the International Booker today:

radio.moli.ie/r/gaelle-belem
Images of (L) Gaëlle Bélem, and (R) her novel There's a Monster Behind the Door (2024), translated by Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert and published by Bullaun Press

Reposted by Margaret Kelleher

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Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · Feb 12
Next up in our Edna O'Brien screenings with @molimuseum.bsky.social is the coming-of-age drama THE COUNTRY GIRLS on Tuesday 18th, with an introduction from cast member Jill Doyle!

Book now 🎟 ifi.ie/film/from-th...

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Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social · Feb 10
youtu.be/9KYFna8cwsM?... original trailer on youtube
Girl with Green Eyes (1964) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
YouTube video by HD Retro Trailers
youtu.be

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Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social · Feb 10
Looking forward to introducing this at IFI tomorrow night. Fascinating film w wonderful Dublin locations incl interior of Greene’s bookshop, Clare Street @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social @molimuseum.bsky.social
irishfilminstitute.bsky.social Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · Feb 6
To mark the release of Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story, we've teamed up with @molimuseum.bsky.social to present two screen adaptations of the late author's work.

First up is GIRL WITH GREEN EYES on Tuesday 11th! 👁

Book now 🎟 ifi.ie/film/from-th...

Reposted by Martin Maguire

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MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland @molimuseum.bsky.social · Feb 7
Check out the first episode of our new RadioMoLI series, Books & Their Makers! In this episode Paul Lynch appears in conversation with Juliet Mabey and Margaret Kelleher to discuss his novel Prophet Song, the Booker Prize, and independent publishing. radio.moli.ie/r/paul-lynch...

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Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social · Feb 7
Faber will publish The Poems of Seamus Heaney in October 2025, including previously unpublished material. The collection has been edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue with former Faber Poetry editor Matthew Hollis 👇 #BookSky

Reposted by Margaret Kelleher

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Feb 6
Faber will publish The Poems of Seamus Heaney in October 2025, including previously unpublished material. The collection has been edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue with former Faber Poetry editor Matthew Hollis 👇 #BookSky
Faber to publish Seamus Heaney collection
www.thebookseller.com

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Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · Feb 6
To mark the release of Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story, we've teamed up with @molimuseum.bsky.social to present two screen adaptations of the late author's work.

First up is GIRL WITH GREEN EYES on Tuesday 11th! 👁

Book now 🎟 ifi.ie/film/from-th...

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Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social · Jan 27
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MoLI appoints new Director and CEO | MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland
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