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Winter Papers
@winterpapers.bsky.social
An annual anthology for the arts in Ireland and beyond.
www.winterpapers.com Supported by the Arts Council
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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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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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Save a bedraggled writer prompt 🎺
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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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'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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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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November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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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
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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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. ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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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.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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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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Get your hygge on
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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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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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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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...
October 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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
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
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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✨ 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