Cormac Kinsella
@cormackinsella.bsky.social
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Memoirs, myths and Midnight’s Children: Salman Rushdie’s 10 best books – ranked! By @john-self.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Memoirs, myths and Midnight’s Children: Salman Rushdie’s 10 best books – ranked!
As the author publishes a new story collection, we rate the work that made his name – from his dazzling Booker winner to an account of the 2022 attack that nearly killed him
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November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Memoirs, myths and Midnight’s Children: Salman Rushdie’s 10 best books – ranked! By @john-self.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
This 1,200-Page Poetry Book Affirms Seamus Heaney’s Towering Genius www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/b...
This 1,200-Page Poetry Book Affirms Seamus Heaney’s Towering Genius
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November 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This 1,200-Page Poetry Book Affirms Seamus Heaney’s Towering Genius www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/b...
Delighted for John Banville. ‘Christine Falls’ announced as One Dublin One Book for April @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social @dublincityoflit.bsky.social @dublincitylibs.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Delighted for John Banville. ‘Christine Falls’ announced as One Dublin One Book for April @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social @dublincityoflit.bsky.social @dublincitylibs.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social
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Very very proud of these two authors, as well as the Littke Island team that delivered these books so beautifully.
Awards like this are for the authors and the writing – but at the same time, if you don’t have great editorial, design and marketing behind a book, it won’t get picked for prizes.
Awards like this are for the authors and the writing – but at the same time, if you don’t have great editorial, design and marketing behind a book, it won’t get picked for prizes.
We are BEYOND delighted to have two nominations for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing!
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Very very proud of these two authors, as well as the Littke Island team that delivered these books so beautifully.
Awards like this are for the authors and the writing – but at the same time, if you don’t have great editorial, design and marketing behind a book, it won’t get picked for prizes.
Awards like this are for the authors and the writing – but at the same time, if you don’t have great editorial, design and marketing behind a book, it won’t get picked for prizes.
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At Uisneach, the sacred centre of Ireland, 2,500 people gather to scatter Manchán Magan’s ashes
At Uisneach, the sacred centre of Ireland, 2,500 people gather to scatter Manchán Magan’s ashes
Month’s memorial hears world will be a less kind, generous, curious and gentle place with the writer’s passing
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
At Uisneach, the sacred centre of Ireland, 2,500 people gather to scatter Manchán Magan’s ashes
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New episode of Get Around To It alert! This week we only have the amazing Joan As Police Woman and Irish artist Isabel Nolan telling us what they got around to lately - icons! Plus we chat Lily Allen, Mr Scorsese, Down Cemetery Road, David Kitt... and so much more podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
Previews & Reviews: Lily Allen drama, David Kitt, Mr Scorsese, Joan As Police Woman interview
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 03/11/2025 · 1h 9m
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November 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
New episode of Get Around To It alert! This week we only have the amazing Joan As Police Woman and Irish artist Isabel Nolan telling us what they got around to lately - icons! Plus we chat Lily Allen, Mr Scorsese, Down Cemetery Road, David Kitt... and so much more podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
Colm Tóbín took on the task of exploring what makes a good love story. Drawing on the works of Nina Simone, Derek Mahon, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and more, he suggests that while we may not all have 'one true love', most of us have at least one 'what if?' www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Colm Tóbín - "A good love story for me has snarls"
Colm Tóbín took on the task of exploring what makes a good love story. Drawing on the works of Nina Simone, Derek Mahon, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and more, he suggests that while we may not all have 'o...
www.rte.ie
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Colm Tóbín took on the task of exploring what makes a good love story. Drawing on the works of Nina Simone, Derek Mahon, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and more, he suggests that while we may not all have 'one true love', most of us have at least one 'what if?' www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Limited edition artworks!
By Lauren O’Hara!
From her new book OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN!
And you can have some!
From Irish bookshops!
Read more to find out more!
#kidlit #illustration #speirgorm
By Lauren O’Hara!
From her new book OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN!
And you can have some!
From Irish bookshops!
Read more to find out more!
#kidlit #illustration #speirgorm
October 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Limited edition artworks!
By Lauren O’Hara!
From her new book OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN!
And you can have some!
From Irish bookshops!
Read more to find out more!
#kidlit #illustration #speirgorm
By Lauren O’Hara!
From her new book OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN!
And you can have some!
From Irish bookshops!
Read more to find out more!
#kidlit #illustration #speirgorm
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Who’s a fan of Colm Tóibín?
October 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Who’s a fan of Colm Tóibín?
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Colm Tóibín on the appeal of the novella.
Available for the first time in a beautiful standalone edition, “A Long Winter,” is set in the mountains of Catalonia in Spain—includes a new afterword from the author. On sale 11/11: https://bit.ly/3L1sDgC
Available for the first time in a beautiful standalone edition, “A Long Winter,” is set in the mountains of Catalonia in Spain—includes a new afterword from the author. On sale 11/11: https://bit.ly/3L1sDgC
October 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Colm Tóibín on the appeal of the novella.
Available for the first time in a beautiful standalone edition, “A Long Winter,” is set in the mountains of Catalonia in Spain—includes a new afterword from the author. On sale 11/11: https://bit.ly/3L1sDgC
Available for the first time in a beautiful standalone edition, “A Long Winter,” is set in the mountains of Catalonia in Spain—includes a new afterword from the author. On sale 11/11: https://bit.ly/3L1sDgC
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Catholic correspondent for the Irish Times, Breda O'Brien has a headline today about Catherine O'Connolly's 'vibes-based politics' which is bad apparently if you're a socialist, but not if your vibes tell you a piece of bread is literally God's flesh.
November 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Catholic correspondent for the Irish Times, Breda O'Brien has a headline today about Catherine O'Connolly's 'vibes-based politics' which is bad apparently if you're a socialist, but not if your vibes tell you a piece of bread is literally God's flesh.
Amazing show by @steveearle.bsky.social last night at The Helix 👏👏
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Amazing show by @steveearle.bsky.social last night at The Helix 👏👏
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It's 2 years since the launch of my chapbook Traces in Pearse St Library - such a special evening with family, friends, neighbours & work colleagues all cheering me on😍 It still amazes me that I published a book and I am very proud of it! If you're thinking of doing it yourself I'd recommend it.
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It's 2 years since the launch of my chapbook Traces in Pearse St Library - such a special evening with family, friends, neighbours & work colleagues all cheering me on😍 It still amazes me that I published a book and I am very proud of it! If you're thinking of doing it yourself I'd recommend it.
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My Anne Enright interview: “I am fed up saying I have a problem with authority, and that is why I do not write realism. Naturalistic fiction is a lie – and a dull one at that. This is me changing the narrative from your ‘broken’ to my ‘honest’ or even ‘smart’.”
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Anne Enright: ‘I’m in a lull. I’m trying to recalibrate after a long decade of elder care’
Anne Enright’s time looking after her parents has given the Booker winner an opportunity to take stock, both personally and creatively
www.irishtimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My Anne Enright interview: “I am fed up saying I have a problem with authority, and that is why I do not write realism. Naturalistic fiction is a lie – and a dull one at that. This is me changing the narrative from your ‘broken’ to my ‘honest’ or even ‘smart’.”
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Thanks to Write by the Sea for sending on these photos from the sold-out event in St Peter's Church in Kilmore Quay.
I really enjoyed chatting to @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social and Donal Ryan about their brilliant novels The Benefactors and Heart, Be at Peace. If you haven't read them check them out!
I really enjoyed chatting to @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social and Donal Ryan about their brilliant novels The Benefactors and Heart, Be at Peace. If you haven't read them check them out!
October 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Thanks to Write by the Sea for sending on these photos from the sold-out event in St Peter's Church in Kilmore Quay.
I really enjoyed chatting to @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social and Donal Ryan about their brilliant novels The Benefactors and Heart, Be at Peace. If you haven't read them check them out!
I really enjoyed chatting to @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social and Donal Ryan about their brilliant novels The Benefactors and Heart, Be at Peace. If you haven't read them check them out!
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‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore @booksupstairs.bsky.social damaged in arson attack
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack
Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the D’Olier Street store later on Monday
www.irishtimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore @booksupstairs.bsky.social damaged in arson attack
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Excellent tribute to the man and his work by @unamullally.bsky.social
In Manchán Magan, Ireland had a writer whose words could light up the synapses
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
In Manchán Magan, Ireland had a writer whose words could light up the synapses
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Una Mullally: In Manchán Magan, Ireland had a writer whose words could light up the synapses
Magan was a wholly authentic force, full of awe and devoid of cynicism
www.irishtimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Excellent tribute to the man and his work by @unamullally.bsky.social
In Manchán Magan, Ireland had a writer whose words could light up the synapses
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
In Manchán Magan, Ireland had a writer whose words could light up the synapses
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Really sad to hear the news of Manchán Magan’s death. He was a beautiful man and a great writer. We didn’t know each other well but met regularly & warmly over the years in radio stations, green rooms and the occasional field. Huge sympathy to his family and friends. RIP
October 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Really sad to hear the news of Manchán Magan’s death. He was a beautiful man and a great writer. We didn’t know each other well but met regularly & warmly over the years in radio stations, green rooms and the occasional field. Huge sympathy to his family and friends. RIP
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2/2 He was always in awe of everyone and everything, and never realised that he himself was a wonder of the world. Goodbye to an adventurer and a friend . . . .
October 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
2/2 He was always in awe of everyone and everything, and never realised that he himself was a wonder of the world. Goodbye to an adventurer and a friend . . . .
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1/2 Yesterday, we lost one of our greatest souls. Manchan came to Borris the first year in 2012 and most years since, sharing profundity and levity, outpourings of wisdom, story, curiosity, concern and laughter.
October 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
1/2 Yesterday, we lost one of our greatest souls. Manchan came to Borris the first year in 2012 and most years since, sharing profundity and levity, outpourings of wisdom, story, curiosity, concern and laughter.
Lovely audience for the @spitfirefilly.bsky.social talk @ Dublin Festival of History about her new book ‘Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain’ @headofzeus.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Lovely audience for the @spitfirefilly.bsky.social talk @ Dublin Festival of History about her new book ‘Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain’ @headofzeus.bsky.social
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TODAY’s events at the Dublin Festival of History www.travelextra.ie/todays-event...
TODAY’s events at the Dublin Festival of History
Heather MacLeod of Dublin Festival of History The Dublin Festival of History, running from 26 September to 12 October 2025, continues with events exploring Ireland's past. See official programme on ht...
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September 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
TODAY’s events at the Dublin Festival of History www.travelextra.ie/todays-event...
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Remarkably powerful interview with Brenda Fricker on BOC radio show @rteradio1.bsky.social 📻
September 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Remarkably powerful interview with Brenda Fricker on BOC radio show @rteradio1.bsky.social 📻
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I interviewed the brilliant Brenda Fricker about her harrowing new memoir. Very glad to have met her www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Brenda Fricker: ‘It was real violence, and I needed protection. Where was my father? There was blood all over me’
Parental abuse, sexual violence and mental health struggles: the Oscar-winner has endured more than most. She explains why she decided to write a memoir
www.irishtimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I interviewed the brilliant Brenda Fricker about her harrowing new memoir. Very glad to have met her www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...