Aimée Walsh
@thereadparts.bsky.social
Irish writer. Author of Exile (a novel) & Writing Resistance (a monograph)
Commentator of the Year finalist 2025 @ Media Freedom Awards.
Columnist and U35 Deputy Editor @ the Mirror.
Agent: Eleanor Birne @ RCW
Commentator of the Year finalist 2025 @ Media Freedom Awards.
Columnist and U35 Deputy Editor @ the Mirror.
Agent: Eleanor Birne @ RCW
Nothing has changed since Sarah Everard’s murder - it's our national shame.
Society has normalised sexual harassment. We walk on high alert, keys in hand. The Angiolini Inquiry confirms what women know: safety is a luxury we are denied.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Society has normalised sexual harassment. We walk on high alert, keys in hand. The Angiolini Inquiry confirms what women know: safety is a luxury we are denied.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
'Nothing has changed since Sarah Everard’s murder - this is our national shame'
Society has normalised sexual harassment. We walk on high alert, keys in hand. The Angiolini Inquiry confirms what women know: safety is a luxury we are denied, argues columnist Aimee Walsh
www.mirror.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Nothing has changed since Sarah Everard’s murder - it's our national shame.
Society has normalised sexual harassment. We walk on high alert, keys in hand. The Angiolini Inquiry confirms what women know: safety is a luxury we are denied.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Society has normalised sexual harassment. We walk on high alert, keys in hand. The Angiolini Inquiry confirms what women know: safety is a luxury we are denied.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Exciting News!!!
Belfast launch for #FewAndFarBetween will be Tuesday 7th April
Dublin Launch Thursday 9th April
More info to come and more exciting events dates too. Currently taking bookings for festivals and events from April 7th onwards.
Belfast launch for #FewAndFarBetween will be Tuesday 7th April
Dublin Launch Thursday 9th April
More info to come and more exciting events dates too. Currently taking bookings for festivals and events from April 7th onwards.
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Exciting News!!!
Belfast launch for #FewAndFarBetween will be Tuesday 7th April
Dublin Launch Thursday 9th April
More info to come and more exciting events dates too. Currently taking bookings for festivals and events from April 7th onwards.
Belfast launch for #FewAndFarBetween will be Tuesday 7th April
Dublin Launch Thursday 9th April
More info to come and more exciting events dates too. Currently taking bookings for festivals and events from April 7th onwards.
In today’s @mirror.co.uk , my column on why every woman in the UK should be alarmed by Farage’s cosying up with a US hard-right group that played a significant role in overturning Roe v Wade.
Link to article in comments below
Link to article in comments below
November 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
In today’s @mirror.co.uk , my column on why every woman in the UK should be alarmed by Farage’s cosying up with a US hard-right group that played a significant role in overturning Roe v Wade.
Link to article in comments below
Link to article in comments below
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Our 2026 Poetry Workshop runs from January until May and will provided a group of likeminded poets the opportunity to seriously pursue and develop their craft.
The deadline for applications is Tuesday 2nd December, 5pm Irish time.
Apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
The deadline for applications is Tuesday 2nd December, 5pm Irish time.
Apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Our 2026 Poetry Workshop runs from January until May and will provided a group of likeminded poets the opportunity to seriously pursue and develop their craft.
The deadline for applications is Tuesday 2nd December, 5pm Irish time.
Apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
The deadline for applications is Tuesday 2nd December, 5pm Irish time.
Apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
If respect is the goal, why are we debating where trans people can exist?
As Labour's Bridget Phillipson weighs new ‘single-sex space’ guidance, the debate reduces trans lives to a policy dilemma. In my column, I argue this is an evasion of moral responsibility.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
As Labour's Bridget Phillipson weighs new ‘single-sex space’ guidance, the debate reduces trans lives to a policy dilemma. In my column, I argue this is an evasion of moral responsibility.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
If respect is the goal, why are we debating where trans people can exist
As Bridget Phillipson weighs new ‘single-sex space’ guidance, the debate reduces trans lives to a policy dilemma. This is an evasion of moral responsibility, writes columnist Aimee Walsh
www.mirror.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If respect is the goal, why are we debating where trans people can exist?
As Labour's Bridget Phillipson weighs new ‘single-sex space’ guidance, the debate reduces trans lives to a policy dilemma. In my column, I argue this is an evasion of moral responsibility.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
As Labour's Bridget Phillipson weighs new ‘single-sex space’ guidance, the debate reduces trans lives to a policy dilemma. In my column, I argue this is an evasion of moral responsibility.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
— Are you reading the -
— The Jan Carson Few and Far Between proof? Yeah I am.
Very excited to get stuck into this @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social !
@doubledayuk.bsky.social
— The Jan Carson Few and Far Between proof? Yeah I am.
Very excited to get stuck into this @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social !
@doubledayuk.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
— Are you reading the -
— The Jan Carson Few and Far Between proof? Yeah I am.
Very excited to get stuck into this @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social !
@doubledayuk.bsky.social
— The Jan Carson Few and Far Between proof? Yeah I am.
Very excited to get stuck into this @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social !
@doubledayuk.bsky.social
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RIP Margaretta D'Arcy, pictured outside the Dáil, June 2025, aged 91. [pic: Rose Comiskey]
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
RIP Margaretta D'Arcy, pictured outside the Dáil, June 2025, aged 91. [pic: Rose Comiskey]
This is brilliant from Anna Cafolla for the Guardian @theguardian.com
"A generation of artists are reckoning with what it meant to come of age through recession, austerity and the tail end of the Troubles."
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
"A generation of artists are reckoning with what it meant to come of age through recession, austerity and the tail end of the Troubles."
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘We’ve got to release the dead hand of the past’: how Ireland created the world’s best alternative music scene
Irish indie acts used to be ignored, even on Irish radio. But songs confronting the Troubles, poverty and oppression are now going global – and changing how Ireland sees itself
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This is brilliant from Anna Cafolla for the Guardian @theguardian.com
"A generation of artists are reckoning with what it meant to come of age through recession, austerity and the tail end of the Troubles."
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
"A generation of artists are reckoning with what it meant to come of age through recession, austerity and the tail end of the Troubles."
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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We're thrilled to announce the next two poetry books from Banshee Press: Found in a Context of Destruction by Tim MacGabhann (February 2026) and Render by Billy Ramsell (June 2026) 📚
bansheepress.org/read/announc...
bansheepress.org/read/announc...
Announcing the Banshee Press list for 2026 — Banshee Press
We are thrilled to announce the next two books from Banshee Press, forthcoming in 2026: Found in a Context of Destruction , the debut collection of poetry by novelist and memoirist Tim MacGabhann;…
bansheepress.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
We're thrilled to announce the next two poetry books from Banshee Press: Found in a Context of Destruction by Tim MacGabhann (February 2026) and Render by Billy Ramsell (June 2026) 📚
bansheepress.org/read/announc...
bansheepress.org/read/announc...
Digital violence is 'spreading at alarming speed' as millions of women face online abuse
A new report from UN Women has found that digital violence is intensifying, yet nearly half of the world's women and girls lack legal protection from digital abuse
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
A new report from UN Women has found that digital violence is intensifying, yet nearly half of the world's women and girls lack legal protection from digital abuse
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Digital violence is 'spreading at alarming speed' with millions of women abused
A new report from UN Women has found that digital violence is intensifying, yet nearly half of the world's women and girls lack legal protection from digital abuse
www.mirror.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Digital violence is 'spreading at alarming speed' as millions of women face online abuse
A new report from UN Women has found that digital violence is intensifying, yet nearly half of the world's women and girls lack legal protection from digital abuse
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
A new report from UN Women has found that digital violence is intensifying, yet nearly half of the world's women and girls lack legal protection from digital abuse
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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BREAKING: Police mass arrest protestors at the Ministry of Justice for peacefully holding signs which say:
"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
The Terrorism Act is being weaponised to silence the public. We will continue to resist until the ban is lifted.
wedonotcomply.org
"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
The Terrorism Act is being weaponised to silence the public. We will continue to resist until the ban is lifted.
wedonotcomply.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
BREAKING: Police mass arrest protestors at the Ministry of Justice for peacefully holding signs which say:
"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
The Terrorism Act is being weaponised to silence the public. We will continue to resist until the ban is lifted.
wedonotcomply.org
"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
The Terrorism Act is being weaponised to silence the public. We will continue to resist until the ban is lifted.
wedonotcomply.org
Justice for families as UK man to be sentenced for online suicide forum deaths
A man who sold a lethal chemical on a pro-suicide forum has admitted aiding suicide, prompting renewed calls for Ofcom to shut the site down amid links to more than 130 UK deaths
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
A man who sold a lethal chemical on a pro-suicide forum has admitted aiding suicide, prompting renewed calls for Ofcom to shut the site down amid links to more than 130 UK deaths
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Justice for families as UK man to be sentenced for online suicide forum deaths
A man who sold a lethal chemical on a pro-suicide forum has admitted aiding suicide, prompting renewed calls for Ofcom to shut the site down amid links to more than 130 UK deaths
www.mirror.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Justice for families as UK man to be sentenced for online suicide forum deaths
A man who sold a lethal chemical on a pro-suicide forum has admitted aiding suicide, prompting renewed calls for Ofcom to shut the site down amid links to more than 130 UK deaths
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
A man who sold a lethal chemical on a pro-suicide forum has admitted aiding suicide, prompting renewed calls for Ofcom to shut the site down amid links to more than 130 UK deaths
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Surprise guest Ali Smith at the Margaret Atwood London @barbicancentre.bsky.social event! Happy Monday!
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Surprise guest Ali Smith at the Margaret Atwood London @barbicancentre.bsky.social event! Happy Monday!
Turns out the Brits were at the same carry on in Kenya as they were in the north of Ireland.
It’s great on collective & individual sacrifices & traumas incurred for freedom — & what that freedom from violence looks like once the war is over. (Spoiler alert: it’s mental health crisis xxx)
It’s great on collective & individual sacrifices & traumas incurred for freedom — & what that freedom from violence looks like once the war is over. (Spoiler alert: it’s mental health crisis xxx)
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Turns out the Brits were at the same carry on in Kenya as they were in the north of Ireland.
It’s great on collective & individual sacrifices & traumas incurred for freedom — & what that freedom from violence looks like once the war is over. (Spoiler alert: it’s mental health crisis xxx)
It’s great on collective & individual sacrifices & traumas incurred for freedom — & what that freedom from violence looks like once the war is over. (Spoiler alert: it’s mental health crisis xxx)
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Two Irish writers up for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. Congratulations to Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin and Catherine Airey. And to Clair Wills, shortlisted for the Ackerley memoir prize
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Two Irish writers up for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize
Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest news
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June 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Two Irish writers up for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. Congratulations to Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin and Catherine Airey. And to Clair Wills, shortlisted for the Ackerley memoir prize
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Weekend reading: a conversation with Lucy Caldwell and Aimée Walsh www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...
A conversation with Lucy Caldwell and Aimée Walsh — TOLKA
by Liam Harrison
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May 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Weekend reading: a conversation with Lucy Caldwell and Aimée Walsh www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...
From Britney’s breakdown to Pamela Anderson’s sex tape, pop culture made millenial women hate themselves substack.com/@thereadpart...
Pop culture made millennial women hate themselves
I spoke with Sophie Gilbert about the relationship between pop culture and modern women in her book Girl on Girl
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May 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
From Britney’s breakdown to Pamela Anderson’s sex tape, pop culture made millenial women hate themselves substack.com/@thereadpart...
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I'm looking to speak with people effected by the US visa terminations due to being pro-Palestine. Rubio has said more than 300 visas have already been cancelled. Are you an org. who works with those in ICE detention? Email: aimee.walsh@reachplc.com #journorequests
March 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I'm looking to speak with people effected by the US visa terminations due to being pro-Palestine. Rubio has said more than 300 visas have already been cancelled. Are you an org. who works with those in ICE detention? Email: aimee.walsh@reachplc.com #journorequests
Monday is #TransDayofVisibility & I'd love to speak to trans people about what the day means to them. This piece will be a celebration and a call for #transrights. If interested email: aimee.walsh@reachplc.com Hope to speak on Monday ✨ #journorequests
March 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Monday is #TransDayofVisibility & I'd love to speak to trans people about what the day means to them. This piece will be a celebration and a call for #transrights. If interested email: aimee.walsh@reachplc.com Hope to speak on Monday ✨ #journorequests
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‘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...
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
March 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
‘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...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Today I reviewed Dylan Mulvaney’s debut memoir Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer for the Mirror.
Joyous, beautiful & heart-wrenching, Paper Doll is a lifeline for those searching for trans joy ✨
#booksky #bookreview #LGBTQ #TransRights #DylanMulvaney
www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/dy...
Joyous, beautiful & heart-wrenching, Paper Doll is a lifeline for those searching for trans joy ✨
#booksky #bookreview #LGBTQ #TransRights #DylanMulvaney
www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/dy...
Dylan Mulvaney's debut book is a lifeline for those searching for trans joy
Famous for her Tiktok transition series, Dylan Mulvaney is now ready to tell all in her life-line debut Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer, from the beer backlash to transitioning in the public eye
www.mirror.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Today I reviewed Dylan Mulvaney’s debut memoir Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer for the Mirror.
Joyous, beautiful & heart-wrenching, Paper Doll is a lifeline for those searching for trans joy ✨
#booksky #bookreview #LGBTQ #TransRights #DylanMulvaney
www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/dy...
Joyous, beautiful & heart-wrenching, Paper Doll is a lifeline for those searching for trans joy ✨
#booksky #bookreview #LGBTQ #TransRights #DylanMulvaney
www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/dy...
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Calling emerging writers living in the North!
We’re delighted to announce a new, online mentoring programme with writer-mentors Jan Carson & Stephen Sexton.
The 5 awardees will showcase their work-in-progress at Belfast Book Festival.
DEADLINE: 19 Feb 2025
irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...
We’re delighted to announce a new, online mentoring programme with writer-mentors Jan Carson & Stephen Sexton.
The 5 awardees will showcase their work-in-progress at Belfast Book Festival.
DEADLINE: 19 Feb 2025
irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...
New Voices: North 2025 - Irish Writers Centre
We invite applications for a new, online development programme funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland – New Voices: North. Deadline: 19 Feb 2025
irishwriterscentre.ie
January 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Calling emerging writers living in the North!
We’re delighted to announce a new, online mentoring programme with writer-mentors Jan Carson & Stephen Sexton.
The 5 awardees will showcase their work-in-progress at Belfast Book Festival.
DEADLINE: 19 Feb 2025
irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...
We’re delighted to announce a new, online mentoring programme with writer-mentors Jan Carson & Stephen Sexton.
The 5 awardees will showcase their work-in-progress at Belfast Book Festival.
DEADLINE: 19 Feb 2025
irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...
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"Then, aged thirty, I took an evening course at the Irish Writers Centre, where I was encouraged to take my writing seriously for the first time."
Thanks Roisín O'Donnell! Great to learn our courses helped you on your writing journey. Read about Roisín's debut #Nesting 🔽
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Thanks Roisín O'Donnell! Great to learn our courses helped you on your writing journey. Read about Roisín's debut #Nesting 🔽
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Page Turners: ‘Nesting’ author Roisín O’Donnell | IMAGE.ie
Here, we sit down with Roisín O’Donnell to discuss how magical fiction can be crafted from the most ordinary of surroundings.
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January 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"Then, aged thirty, I took an evening course at the Irish Writers Centre, where I was encouraged to take my writing seriously for the first time."
Thanks Roisín O'Donnell! Great to learn our courses helped you on your writing journey. Read about Roisín's debut #Nesting 🔽
image.ie/living/page-...
Thanks Roisín O'Donnell! Great to learn our courses helped you on your writing journey. Read about Roisín's debut #Nesting 🔽
image.ie/living/page-...