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Winter Papers
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An annual anthology for the arts in Ireland and beyond.
www.winterpapers.com Supported by the Arts Council
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Winter Papers @winterpapers.bsky.social · Oct 30
Winter Papers 11 is here [sound up!]. Design by @johnfoley.bitedesign.com Supported by @artscouncilireland.bsky.social Launching @dublinbookfest.bsky.social Saturday 8th Nov
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seventydys.bsky.social
One of the best literary journals anywhere, outside and in, is @winterpapers.bsky.social. Their open submissions period for the 2026 issue is 14-28 February. Everything will be read and replied to early August. The editing is excellent: acute & sympathetic. Have a go! winterpapers.com/submissions
Winter Papers Submissions
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January 8, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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PREORDER CANADA ALERT 🚨
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Save a bedraggled writer prompt 🎺
Thank you for sticking with me stamp ❤️
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Library of Brothel by Anakana Schofield | Penguin Random House Canada
The long-anticipated, wildly inventive new novel by the Irish-Canadian writer whose previous work was shortlisted for the Giller Prize, the Ethel Wilson Prize and the Goldsmith’s Prize (UK).
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December 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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skeinpress.bsky.social
'Contentious Spaces', the debut novel from acclaimed writer Rosaleen McDonagh, is already receiving extraordinary praise

Publishing March 2026 🪻All pre-orders come with a complimentary tote bag and postcard 💝

Pre-order now: skeinpress.com/product/cont...
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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WP 11 in the Irish Times at the weekend 📚❄️📚

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Winter Papers & An Alternative Irish Christmas: An exquisite hardy annual and a wonderful gift
Winter Papers 11 is a Christmas annual to stand the test of time, and An Alternative Irish Christmas is great for those jaded by other literary offerings
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December 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
winterpapers.bsky.social
WP 11 in the Irish Times at the weekend 📚❄️📚

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Winter Papers & An Alternative Irish Christmas: An exquisite hardy annual and a wonderful gift
Winter Papers 11 is a Christmas annual to stand the test of time, and An Alternative Irish Christmas is great for those jaded by other literary offerings
www.irishtimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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claireconnolly.bsky.social
‘Tis the season - thanks @winterpapers.bsky.social and @mgtkell.bsky.social #speirgorm
Hardback book. Blue cover showing a cabin lit from within.
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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What if we ride out tonight?
What if we ride out and never once look back?

Kevin Barry‘s savagely funny, achingly beautiful Western THE HEART IN WINTER has won the Historical Writer's Association Gold Crown Award! Congratulations Kevin!

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A paperback copy of The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry, floating against a grey background
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social
Brilliant afternoon at #TheWriteTime festival #FingalLibraries @fingal.ie in #Swords. Great talks by #JosephOConnor, @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social, #KevinBarry @winterpapers.bsky.social w/ programmer #kevincurran & #OliviaFitzsimons & caught up w/ loads of booky pals. Back tomorrow for more! #Dublin
Photograph of Kevin Curran in conversation with Kevin Barry. They're sat in front of a large fireplace & Kevin C is waving his arm excitedly. Poster for The Write Time festival Photo of Wendy Erskine talking with Olivia Fitzsimons listening Line-up for the festival as screenshot from their websites
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
winterpapers.bsky.social
Annual endpapers appreciation post. Designed by @johnfoley.bitedesign.com #endpapers
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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My annual 'Christmas Present To Myself' has arrived and it's a thing of beauty. Another absolute gem curated by Kevin and Olivia in @winterpapers.bsky.social and designed by @bitedesign.com winterpapers.com
Photo of the eleventh issue of Winter Papers. It is a blue hardback book and it is sitting on a yellow cushion
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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paulashields.bsky.social
A poignant honour to host a tribute to Arena’s Seán Rocks last Sun with Kathleen MacMahon, Kevin Barry @winterpapers.bsky.social - Paula Meehan & Colm Mac Con Iomaire. Exquisite words & music - & an audience of friends & family. At Dublin Book Festival. ❤️
Kathleen MacMahon, Kevin Barry, Paula Meehan, Colm Mac Con Iomaire & Paula Shields at the Great Hall, IMMA, Dublin.
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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katieholten.bsky.social
Reading in the garden, with some of the books that I scooped up yesterday at Books Upstairs, including @winterpapers.bsky.social, NEW ARCANA by @jesstraynor.bsky.social, An Alternative Irish Christmas, Anja Murray's new book, and a lovely new edition of WORDS ARE MY MATTER by @ursulakleguin.com.
Photo of books stacked on a wooden table in a sunny Irish garden. The books include: Winter Papers edited by Kevin Barry, Ten Thousand Years Deep: The Story of Ireland's Peatlands by Carsten Krieger, For and Against a United Ireland by Fintan O'Toole and Sam McBride, New Arcana by Jessica Traynor, Frog Routes, Polka-Dot Newts and Other Treasures of Irish Nature by Anya Murray, An Alternative Irish Christmas: An Anthology by Tramp Press, and Words are My Matter by Ursula K. Le Guin. The sky above is bright blue and the trees behind are evergreen. The background is blurry, so you can't really see all the seed heads and last of the summer's flowers by a stone wall and terracotta pots. Birds chirping, including robins, tit's, a meadow pipit, golcrest, and a buzzard high above.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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goldsmithsprize.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2025 is C.D. Rose's We Live Here Now! 🎉🎉

Congratulations Chris! 👏👏
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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ravenbooks.bsky.social
Get your hygge on
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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patrickfreyne.bsky.social
This is on tonight - the Dublin Review at 100 - also to be aired on Arena on RTE Radio 1
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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lilysimage.bsky.social
Over the moon to be part of @winterpapers.bsky.social. It’s a joy to be sharing my essay ‘Mid-Life Music Lessons’ as part of this beauty alongside so many whose work I admire. The launch is @dublinbookfest.bsky.social next Sat, Nov 8. Here’s to music, winter reading & dreaming the future.
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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zanbreathnach.bsky.social
Just reposting this link to my essay ‘Birds, Watching’, with one of the accompanying photos, about bird rescue and death, now available online for first time @winterpapers.bsky.social go.bsky.app/redirect?u=h...
A black and white photograph of me in a bathroom with a young seagull on my head
October 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
winterpapers.bsky.social
Winter Papers 11 is here [sound up!]. Design by @johnfoley.bitedesign.com Supported by @artscouncilireland.bsky.social Launching @dublinbookfest.bsky.social Saturday 8th Nov
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
winterpapers.bsky.social
Some more pieces now up on our digital archive, including this fine essay from vol 5 by @zanbreathnach.bsky.social
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BIRDS, WATCHING · Suzanne Walsh
Winter Papers, volume 5
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October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The Letters Page is back!

The Letters Page is back and better than ever. We have some exciting things for you in the works, so keep an eye out and get ready!
October 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
winterpapers.bsky.social
WP 11 is almost ready - come say hello to the new volume @dublinbookfest.bsky.social All welcome, free entry, book tickets here:
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Winter Papers Launch - Dublin Book Festival
Volume 11 of Winter Papers, Ireland’s annual anthology for the arts, is published by Curlew Editions. It offers fiction, non-fiction, photography, visual art, along with craft interviews and in-conver...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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dublinbookfest.bsky.social
✨ 2 weeks to go and we’re excited to be celebrating Ireland’s writers, illustrators and publishers! We can’t wait to welcome audiences back to venues all around Dublin. Have you booked your tickets yet? ✨ bit.ly/46ixJu1
October 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM