Shona
@shinysho.bsky.social
Librarian. Community, books, environment, art.
Ireland.
I'm back!
Client Services Team Lead, UCC.
She/her.
Ireland.
I'm back!
Client Services Team Lead, UCC.
She/her.
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Received my UK public lending right statement (writers receive a payment every time their books are borrowed from the library).
Thanks so much to UK library users for your support for my writing 🙏
Libraries are so important to the fabric of our reading culture – let's keep supporting them.
Thanks so much to UK library users for your support for my writing 🙏
Libraries are so important to the fabric of our reading culture – let's keep supporting them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Received my UK public lending right statement (writers receive a payment every time their books are borrowed from the library).
Thanks so much to UK library users for your support for my writing 🙏
Libraries are so important to the fabric of our reading culture – let's keep supporting them.
Thanks so much to UK library users for your support for my writing 🙏
Libraries are so important to the fabric of our reading culture – let's keep supporting them.
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Hey.
Time on social media will not meaningfully increase your capacity to help combat the horrors.
If all it's doing for you is making you feel the horrors more deeply and constantly, please know that you are under no obligation to do that to yourself.
Time on social media will not meaningfully increase your capacity to help combat the horrors.
If all it's doing for you is making you feel the horrors more deeply and constantly, please know that you are under no obligation to do that to yourself.
October 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hey.
Time on social media will not meaningfully increase your capacity to help combat the horrors.
If all it's doing for you is making you feel the horrors more deeply and constantly, please know that you are under no obligation to do that to yourself.
Time on social media will not meaningfully increase your capacity to help combat the horrors.
If all it's doing for you is making you feel the horrors more deeply and constantly, please know that you are under no obligation to do that to yourself.
Excellent and very enjoyable overview of Helen Hooker O'Malley's life and work by her son Cormac O'Malley, celebrating the acquisition of her photographic archive @ucc.ie @ucclibrary.bsky.social
#photography #IrishHistory #archives
#photography #IrishHistory #archives
October 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Excellent and very enjoyable overview of Helen Hooker O'Malley's life and work by her son Cormac O'Malley, celebrating the acquisition of her photographic archive @ucc.ie @ucclibrary.bsky.social
#photography #IrishHistory #archives
#photography #IrishHistory #archives
Open Access Pathways - celebrating #OpenAccessWeek @ucclibrary.bsky.social @hardyschwamm.bsky.social presenting an overview of the importance of Open Access
October 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Open Access Pathways - celebrating #OpenAccessWeek @ucclibrary.bsky.social @hardyschwamm.bsky.social presenting an overview of the importance of Open Access
I guess working from home for 2 weeks is out of the question 😫
October 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I guess working from home for 2 weeks is out of the question 😫
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The nice people at @wikimediaireland.bsky.social are hiring an Irish Language Officer!
Check out wikimedia.ie
Check out wikimedia.ie
Wikimedia Community Ireland - Promoting Open Knowledge and Gaeilge in Ireland
Promoting Open Knowledge and Gaeilge in Ireland
wikimedia.ie
October 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The nice people at @wikimediaireland.bsky.social are hiring an Irish Language Officer!
Check out wikimedia.ie
Check out wikimedia.ie
How are people coping with working 5 days when they have tiny humans? How are you squeezing more of their joy into your life? Should I work at night while they sleep??
October 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How are people coping with working 5 days when they have tiny humans? How are you squeezing more of their joy into your life? Should I work at night while they sleep??
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I very much enjoyed being invited on the @shushradio.bsky.social radio show (link to recording below) and being able to pick my own songs (great fun, but difficult choices had to be made!) and also having a great chat about libraries (they give us power you know), food science and much more.
Latest Takeover show is now available
@akellyucc.bsky.social Head of Food & Nutritional Sciences. and Co-Director of UCC Futures in Food, Microbiome & Health joined me and we talked @ucclibrary.bsky.social , libraries, research, music & cheese and played some great tunes.
bit.ly/Shush304
@akellyucc.bsky.social Head of Food & Nutritional Sciences. and Co-Director of UCC Futures in Food, Microbiome & Health joined me and we talked @ucclibrary.bsky.social , libraries, research, music & cheese and played some great tunes.
bit.ly/Shush304
October 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I very much enjoyed being invited on the @shushradio.bsky.social radio show (link to recording below) and being able to pick my own songs (great fun, but difficult choices had to be made!) and also having a great chat about libraries (they give us power you know), food science and much more.
Excel. Great for numbers. Shit for text.
October 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Excel. Great for numbers. Shit for text.
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Taispéantas deas i gcuimhne Manchán Magan sa leabharlann Blanchardstown 💙 Nice display in memory of Manchán Magan in Blanchardstown library.
@darach.bsky.social
@darach.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Taispéantas deas i gcuimhne Manchán Magan sa leabharlann Blanchardstown 💙 Nice display in memory of Manchán Magan in Blanchardstown library.
@darach.bsky.social
@darach.bsky.social
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[God, about to create the giraffe] Now let's do a silly one
September 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
[God, about to create the giraffe] Now let's do a silly one
It's a beautiful time of year when the sun shines!
September 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It's a beautiful time of year when the sun shines!
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Fergal Keane reflects on the culture that shaped him in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social ahead of our symposium Cork University Press and Irish Intellectual Life this week:
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
September 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Fergal Keane reflects on the culture that shaped him in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social ahead of our symposium Cork University Press and Irish Intellectual Life this week:
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
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Really enjoyed the ‘Words on Waves’ exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, with truly spectacular early Irish manuscripts loaned from the monastery of St Gall in Switzerland, paired with related artefacts from the NMI’s collection. Mobile art and ideas taking literal form! Unmissable.
September 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Really enjoyed the ‘Words on Waves’ exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, with truly spectacular early Irish manuscripts loaned from the monastery of St Gall in Switzerland, paired with related artefacts from the NMI’s collection. Mobile art and ideas taking literal form! Unmissable.
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Looking forward to seeing you at our Symposium next week.
bit.ly/CUPSymposium
📘 Session 1:
Paul McSweeney on Urban Milk Supply.
Síle Ní Mhurchú on Dánta Gráda.
Iarla Ó Lionáird on Irish Music.
Cormac Ó Gráda on Cork’s Economic History
Other session details to follow
bit.ly/CUPSymposium
📘 Session 1:
Paul McSweeney on Urban Milk Supply.
Síle Ní Mhurchú on Dánta Gráda.
Iarla Ó Lionáird on Irish Music.
Cormac Ó Gráda on Cork’s Economic History
Other session details to follow
September 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Looking forward to seeing you at our Symposium next week.
bit.ly/CUPSymposium
📘 Session 1:
Paul McSweeney on Urban Milk Supply.
Síle Ní Mhurchú on Dánta Gráda.
Iarla Ó Lionáird on Irish Music.
Cormac Ó Gráda on Cork’s Economic History
Other session details to follow
bit.ly/CUPSymposium
📘 Session 1:
Paul McSweeney on Urban Milk Supply.
Síle Ní Mhurchú on Dánta Gráda.
Iarla Ó Lionáird on Irish Music.
Cormac Ó Gráda on Cork’s Economic History
Other session details to follow
I have to pay €2 extra for the carpark every time my kid won't cooperate about getting into school on time.
September 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I have to pay €2 extra for the carpark every time my kid won't cooperate about getting into school on time.
Two underappreciated things when working from home. Using up leftovers, and giving the face a little break from makeup.
September 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Two underappreciated things when working from home. Using up leftovers, and giving the face a little break from makeup.
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thinking about the fast, efficient driverless cars we should’ve had decades ago
August 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
thinking about the fast, efficient driverless cars we should’ve had decades ago
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Celebrate 100 years of Cork University Press, Ireland’s oldest university press
Join us Thu 11 Sept in UCC’s Dora Allman Room for a symposium on landmark works, from Dánta Grádha to the award-winning Atlas Series, (plus an evening reception.)
Free & open to all
www.eventbrite.com/e/cork-unive...
Join us Thu 11 Sept in UCC’s Dora Allman Room for a symposium on landmark works, from Dánta Grádha to the award-winning Atlas Series, (plus an evening reception.)
Free & open to all
www.eventbrite.com/e/cork-unive...
August 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Celebrate 100 years of Cork University Press, Ireland’s oldest university press
Join us Thu 11 Sept in UCC’s Dora Allman Room for a symposium on landmark works, from Dánta Grádha to the award-winning Atlas Series, (plus an evening reception.)
Free & open to all
www.eventbrite.com/e/cork-unive...
Join us Thu 11 Sept in UCC’s Dora Allman Room for a symposium on landmark works, from Dánta Grádha to the award-winning Atlas Series, (plus an evening reception.)
Free & open to all
www.eventbrite.com/e/cork-unive...
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This morning we bid farewell to our home of almost 10 years, @mulibrary.bsky.social, as we move to our new office! We would like to thank the MU Library team for hosting us, and for all of their support through the years. @maynoothuniversity.ie
August 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This morning we bid farewell to our home of almost 10 years, @mulibrary.bsky.social, as we move to our new office! We would like to thank the MU Library team for hosting us, and for all of their support through the years. @maynoothuniversity.ie
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It’s always lovely to have a piece in the Irish Arts Review, but particularly lovely when it is about the most recent graduates from art and design colleges around the country - so much talent to watch! #speirgorm
August 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
It’s always lovely to have a piece in the Irish Arts Review, but particularly lovely when it is about the most recent graduates from art and design colleges around the country - so much talent to watch! #speirgorm
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Couldn't possibly be true, aren't they leaving the market in droves?!
Absolute LOLZ. Every house I've been outbid on thus far (bar one) has been bought by either a builder or a landlord. I've worked all my life, and will still likely never be able to afford a home of my own.
Absolute LOLZ. Every house I've been outbid on thus far (bar one) has been bought by either a builder or a landlord. I've worked all my life, and will still likely never be able to afford a home of my own.
August 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Couldn't possibly be true, aren't they leaving the market in droves?!
Absolute LOLZ. Every house I've been outbid on thus far (bar one) has been bought by either a builder or a landlord. I've worked all my life, and will still likely never be able to afford a home of my own.
Absolute LOLZ. Every house I've been outbid on thus far (bar one) has been bought by either a builder or a landlord. I've worked all my life, and will still likely never be able to afford a home of my own.
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This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read
August 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read
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7) Copenhagen is the answer to the question “what if you had as much money as Ireland and decided spent it on stuff that made the place better?”.
August 2, 2025 at 7:56 AM
7) Copenhagen is the answer to the question “what if you had as much money as Ireland and decided spent it on stuff that made the place better?”.
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“It’s almost taboo among writers to say, ‘I am interested in finding out what a person could do with this technology.’”
I spoke to @naomialderman.bsky.social, @richbeard.bsky.social and Sarah Hall about what AI means for novelists, in this week’s @ftweekend.com Books Essay:
I spoke to @naomialderman.bsky.social, @richbeard.bsky.social and Sarah Hall about what AI means for novelists, in this week’s @ftweekend.com Books Essay:
Will AI put fiction writers out of work?
Authors Naomi Alderman, Curtis Sittenfeld and more on why artificial intelligence is stirring fears for the future of book publishing
on.ft.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
“It’s almost taboo among writers to say, ‘I am interested in finding out what a person could do with this technology.’”
I spoke to @naomialderman.bsky.social, @richbeard.bsky.social and Sarah Hall about what AI means for novelists, in this week’s @ftweekend.com Books Essay:
I spoke to @naomialderman.bsky.social, @richbeard.bsky.social and Sarah Hall about what AI means for novelists, in this week’s @ftweekend.com Books Essay: