Emma Devlin
@theactualemma.bsky.social
Writer. Winner 2019 Benedict Kiely comp | LL 2021 Galley Beggars Comp | SL 2023 Maírtín Crawford Award | work in Irish Times, Stinging Fly & more | Rep'd by Sophie Scard at United Agents: https://t.ly/ef_3A | Find me on Insta: https://tinyurl.com/5bhfpcne
Can’t be carrying the library’s very old edition of Nansen’s book around with me everywhere so grabbed this off the shelves.
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Can’t be carrying the library’s very old edition of Nansen’s book around with me everywhere so grabbed this off the shelves.
Breaking news: area idiot puts tiger balm on neck then accidentally touches eyes, maces self
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Breaking news: area idiot puts tiger balm on neck then accidentally touches eyes, maces self
The Onion’s Lake Dredge Appraisal videos are so good
Kim's Dark Mirror - Lake Dredge Appraisal
YouTube video by The Onion
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November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Onion’s Lake Dredge Appraisal videos are so good
Very relevant to my interests, being about the memoir of an author who heads to Antarctica to research a novel she has planned. Lots of great insight into the flux and shift of the poles and the psychic impact it has on its (usually temporary, sometimes regular) residents. Loved it.
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Very relevant to my interests, being about the memoir of an author who heads to Antarctica to research a novel she has planned. Lots of great insight into the flux and shift of the poles and the psychic impact it has on its (usually temporary, sometimes regular) residents. Loved it.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
My wee sister in her London debut (as part of Nua Collective) 🥲
Candid Arts Trust
www.candidartslondon.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My wee sister in her London debut (as part of Nua Collective) 🥲
Doctor’s surgeries should have dogs that I, specifically, can hang out with while I wait.
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Doctor’s surgeries should have dogs that I, specifically, can hang out with while I wait.
Writing a script and checking it twice.
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Writing a script and checking it twice.
UNTOLD RICHES: found a £20 note in my pocket
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
UNTOLD RICHES: found a £20 note in my pocket
I’m feeling a bit demoralised. Everything feels exhausting and nothing I’m doing seems quite good enough. Not sure what to do except have a little moan about it and move on.
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I’m feeling a bit demoralised. Everything feels exhausting and nothing I’m doing seems quite good enough. Not sure what to do except have a little moan about it and move on.
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
Genuinely thought this was Ant from Ant and Dec
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Genuinely thought this was Ant from Ant and Dec
You should learn the vocabulary of ice because then you can say things like “frazil ice” for fun.
November 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
You should learn the vocabulary of ice because then you can say things like “frazil ice” for fun.
Absolutely mad for anything polar atm.
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Absolutely mad for anything polar atm.
Got this second hand. It was fine. The British Library anthologies are a bit more interesting, imo, and do a bit more work to break out of Lovecraft’s shadow.
November 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Got this second hand. It was fine. The British Library anthologies are a bit more interesting, imo, and do a bit more work to break out of Lovecraft’s shadow.
M got the full Emma’s Dad experience, in the form of a 45 minute rambling story about everyone he has ever met, a millionaire schoolfriend that died, and a bourgeois couple he did work for who made him eat lunch on the staircase.
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
M got the full Emma’s Dad experience, in the form of a 45 minute rambling story about everyone he has ever met, a millionaire schoolfriend that died, and a bourgeois couple he did work for who made him eat lunch on the staircase.
M may have actually won Scrabble this evening. Hold your breath.
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
M may have actually won Scrabble this evening. Hold your breath.
Looked after my sister’s sleepy, sunlit cat again. They’ve taken her home and I miss her already.
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Looked after my sister’s sleepy, sunlit cat again. They’ve taken her home and I miss her already.
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Pre-orders for the new Archipelago are now available. Not sure of the general contents yet, but I have a little essay on Heaney and Jutland, ‘Tollund, Grauballe, Nebelgard’.
www.clutagpress.com/product/arch...
www.clutagpress.com/product/arch...
Archipelago 2:5 - Clutag Press
Pre-publication orders now being accepted for delivery Spring 2026
www.clutagpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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I have set aside the Murakami for tonight because it is honestly becoming a slog. Switching it up with this, which I am absolutely
OKTOKAIDEKASYLLABARIC
tearing through
OKTOKAIDEKASYLLABARIC
tearing through
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I have set aside the Murakami for tonight because it is honestly becoming a slog. Switching it up with this, which I am absolutely
OKTOKAIDEKASYLLABARIC
tearing through
OKTOKAIDEKASYLLABARIC
tearing through
Lads I was in a rough spot and binged on some old Star Trek TOS novels and they were like a bath for my brain.
November 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Lads I was in a rough spot and binged on some old Star Trek TOS novels and they were like a bath for my brain.