Suzanne Walsh
@zanbreathnach.bsky.social
Irish artist (performance and audio), and writer, Ag foghlaim Gaeilge arís, sometimes bird rescuer, they/them, Wexford/Dub
Www.suzannewalsh.ie
Www.suzannewalsh.ie
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wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
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Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
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Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Now why did I eat all my storm snacks yesterday
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Now why did I eat all my storm snacks yesterday
So tired from this head cold that I was even sleeping in my dream
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
So tired from this head cold that I was even sleeping in my dream
Fog on the river this morning
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Fog on the river this morning
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for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast
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Catherine Connolly, socialist, former Leas Ceann Comhairle, Independent TD, ppl with disabilities advocate, therapist, barrister, pacifist, LGBTQ supporter & evangelist for the Irish language has just been sworn in as Uachtarán na hÉireann. A great day for Irish freedom & democracy. In the …
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Catherine Connolly, socialist, former Leas Ceann Comhairle, Independent TD, ppl with disabilities advocate, therapist, barrister, pacifist, LGBTQ supporter & evangelist for the Irish language has just been sworn in as Uachtarán na hÉireann. A great day for Irish freedom & democracy. In the …
My Bawman mask, unfortunately children don’t call here for me to answer the door like this
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My Bawman mask, unfortunately children don’t call here for me to answer the door like this
Táim réidh don Oíche Shamhna
October 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Táim réidh don Oíche Shamhna
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A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE,
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
October 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE,
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
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
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...
My essay on bird rescue, death, and transcendence is now online @winterpapers.bsky.social
Some more pieces now up on our digital archive, including this fine essay from vol 5 by @zanbreathnach.bsky.social
winterpapers.com/selected-wor...
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BIRDS, WATCHING · Suzanne Walsh
Winter Papers, volume 5
winterpapers.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My essay on bird rescue, death, and transcendence is now online @winterpapers.bsky.social
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The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324
October 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324
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We Keep Telling!Join us on 2nd November at 7 pm GMT, online. We are raising funds and reading Palestinian poetry as well as some of our own work. Check out the link to find out more about the reading series and our fundraisers, as well as our readers for this evening. #WeKeepTelling
Join us on 2nd November at 7 pm GMT. #WeKeepTelling
We are raising funds for wonderful people & projects in Gaza while celebrating Palestinian poetry. Now, more than ever, we keep telling, sharing, giving. Please do what you can- and join us!
buytickets.at/sdhepress/18...
We are raising funds for wonderful people & projects in Gaza while celebrating Palestinian poetry. Now, more than ever, we keep telling, sharing, giving. Please do what you can- and join us!
buytickets.at/sdhepress/18...
October 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We Keep Telling!Join us on 2nd November at 7 pm GMT, online. We are raising funds and reading Palestinian poetry as well as some of our own work. Check out the link to find out more about the reading series and our fundraisers, as well as our readers for this evening. #WeKeepTelling
Lots of fungi in the woods, must get into identification more
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Lots of fungi in the woods, must get into identification more
Beautiful light in the wood today
October 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Beautiful light in the wood today
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Dublin launch for Amateurs! at Beta Festival Dublin at 2pm on Saturday 8 November, @thedigitalhub.bsky.social - more info and tickets here - please come! (& feel free to repost :)
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October 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Dublin launch for Amateurs! at Beta Festival Dublin at 2pm on Saturday 8 November, @thedigitalhub.bsky.social - more info and tickets here - please come! (& feel free to repost :)
2025.betafestival.ie/conferences/...
2025.betafestival.ie/conferences/...
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One of the most common #ruralpursuits is: driving huge distances to access life saving emergency medical care. Limerick, Clare & Tipperary North all served by the one ED.
October 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
One of the most common #ruralpursuits is: driving huge distances to access life saving emergency medical care. Limerick, Clare & Tipperary North all served by the one ED.
Taking a quick picture of the reg of a strange car lurking on your road #ruralpursuits
October 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Taking a quick picture of the reg of a strange car lurking on your road #ruralpursuits
Having to piseog a neighbour as he was getting too friendly (not joking) #ruralpursuits
October 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Having to piseog a neighbour as he was getting too friendly (not joking) #ruralpursuits
Never answering the front door, getting post delivered to a box up the lane because the postman doesn’t come this far, trying desperately to offload surplus apples this time of year #ruralpursuits
October 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Never answering the front door, getting post delivered to a box up the lane because the postman doesn’t come this far, trying desperately to offload surplus apples this time of year #ruralpursuits
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Do you know anyone interested in becoming the Irish Language Officer for Wikimedia Community Ireland?
#Wikimedia #Wikipedia #Ireland #IrishLanguage #Irish #Gaeilge
#Wikimedia #Wikipedia #Ireland #IrishLanguage #Irish #Gaeilge
Do you want to shape the future of the Irish language?☘️
Wikimedia Community Ireland is seeking an Irish Language Officer to lead our efforts in developing the Irish language across Wikimedia projects, with a special focus on #Vicipéid!
For more: wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
Wikimedia Community Ireland is seeking an Irish Language Officer to lead our efforts in developing the Irish language across Wikimedia projects, with a special focus on #Vicipéid!
For more: wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
Job Opportunity: Oifigeach Gaeilge (Irish Language Officer) - Wikimedia Community Ireland
Is é Pobal Wikimedia Éireann, an eagraíocht náisiúnta chleamhnaithe de chuid Fhondúireacht Wikimedia in Éirinn, ag lorg Oifigeach Gaeilge. Is post lánaimseartha é seo agus deis iontach don iarrthóir c...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Do you know anyone interested in becoming the Irish Language Officer for Wikimedia Community Ireland?
#Wikimedia #Wikipedia #Ireland #IrishLanguage #Irish #Gaeilge
#Wikimedia #Wikipedia #Ireland #IrishLanguage #Irish #Gaeilge
This is exactly the problem in rural Ireland that Heather Humphreys supports
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‘It’s not a sport, it’s savagery’ – Investigation under way into illegal hare hunting at Wexford nature reserve
An investigation is under way following reports of illegal hare hunting at the Wexford Wildfowl Reserve (WWR) on Saturday, January 10. A group of birdwatchers, who were visiting the WWR from Dungarvan...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is exactly the problem in rural Ireland that Heather Humphreys supports
m.independent.ie/regionals/we...
m.independent.ie/regionals/we...
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It's time to bring back the traditional Irish rural pursuit of burning down the houses of landlords. According to this, it'll be fine as we're only indulging in what our ancestors did.
🗣️ “If a fox is being ripped limb from limb and is dying a slow and agonising death - how can you say you abhor animal cruelty?”
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
October 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
It's time to bring back the traditional Irish rural pursuit of burning down the houses of landlords. According to this, it'll be fine as we're only indulging in what our ancestors did.
And many rural people are against them. Thinking of the distress of rangers and locals at hare coursing on Wexford Wildfowl Reserve last winter
🗣️ “If a fox is being ripped limb from limb and is dying a slow and agonising death - how can you say you abhor animal cruelty?”
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
October 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
And many rural people are against them. Thinking of the distress of rangers and locals at hare coursing on Wexford Wildfowl Reserve last winter