Dublin Small Press Fair
@dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social
a fair celebrating all forms of small-scale publishing in Ireland and abroad. watch here for info about the 2026 DSPF!
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December 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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this is why i'm sceptical about ireland's emphasis on individual artist bursaries and artists basic income... it means we can pay rent but its ultimately just more money that goes into landlords pockets, it's not enough, artists need infrastructure and cities need spaces like this, for everyone
I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie
Save The Complex in Dublin
I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share
my.uplift.ie
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
this is why i'm sceptical about ireland's emphasis on individual artist bursaries and artists basic income... it means we can pay rent but its ultimately just more money that goes into landlords pockets, it's not enough, artists need infrastructure and cities need spaces like this, for everyone
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"The nature of a pop-up is that it is drawing to a close from the moment that it opens. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It can help to give it focus and purpose."
SHIP's log: notes from a pop-up bookshop
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SHIP's log: notes from a pop-up bookshop
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December 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"The nature of a pop-up is that it is drawing to a close from the moment that it opens. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It can help to give it focus and purpose."
SHIP's log: notes from a pop-up bookshop
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SHIP's log: notes from a pop-up bookshop
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Yo! If you missed the first two printings, tonight I cranked out 100 more copies of the Public Collectors booklet "Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents?" Still just $6.00 from the Half Letter Press webstore. Give the gift of FUCK ICE to someone you love. halfletterpress.com/who-shares-w...
Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents? (3rd printing)
This collection of questions is an invitation to think about situations we may encounter with ICE, a poetic rant against ICE, and a provocation for ICE’s allies.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Yo! If you missed the first two printings, tonight I cranked out 100 more copies of the Public Collectors booklet "Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents?" Still just $6.00 from the Half Letter Press webstore. Give the gift of FUCK ICE to someone you love. halfletterpress.com/who-shares-w...
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As makers of anarchist zines, we are asking you to help this person who was arrested and is facing deportation for allegedly having anarchist zines.
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
As makers of anarchist zines, we are asking you to help this person who was arrested and is facing deportation for allegedly having anarchist zines.
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One of the conversations I had several times during last weekend's small press fair was about how few venues there are in Dublin that are amenable to certain types of cultural/community events; how few large-ish venues around that won't charge you 5-10k to take over the space for a day or two
The tenants of "The Complex" the brilliant arts space just off Capel St Stop are being evicted in January and the city can't afford to lose yet *another* cultural space.
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
Save The Complex in Dublin
I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share
my.uplift.ie
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
One of the conversations I had several times during last weekend's small press fair was about how few venues there are in Dublin that are amenable to certain types of cultural/community events; how few large-ish venues around that won't charge you 5-10k to take over the space for a day or two
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"I learned about close reading when I asked them to take their own thinking seriously—to take themselves seriously. Doing so, I found, forced me to take my job more seriously." Loved this. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
December 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"I learned about close reading when I asked them to take their own thinking seriously—to take themselves seriously. Doing so, I found, forced me to take my job more seriously." Loved this. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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Updated the post with a verified Venmo link! It's in the blog post, or you can go directly to it here: linktr.ee/sinijay8#230...
Sri Lanka is hit hard by Cyclone Ditwah with severe flooding across the island. Over a hundred and fifty are dead, and tens of thousands are displaced. Some ways you can help:
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Cyclone Ditwah Flood Relief Sri Lanka
How to donate to Sri Lankan flood relief initiatives in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Updated the post with a verified Venmo link! It's in the blog post, or you can go directly to it here: linktr.ee/sinijay8#230...
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
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So much good here, but IMHO the key point is that close reading enables students to believe “that they are capable, that they can do it.” They have been hollowed out, too, denied self-efficacy by modern educational systems. Freire, hooks, so many have taught us how to teach. If we will only do it.
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
So much good here, but IMHO the key point is that close reading enables students to believe “that they are capable, that they can do it.” They have been hollowed out, too, denied self-efficacy by modern educational systems. Freire, hooks, so many have taught us how to teach. If we will only do it.
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There is so much in this incredible essay that I relate to, not just as one of the few people in my field who values/ uses "close reading" (therefore criticised for this). Also the moral injury and harm of austerity (economic, educational, social & cognitive), hollowing out what makes us human.
A great essay on why close reading is a more radical methodology than most people think and why university managers don’t like those of us who teach it!
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
There is so much in this incredible essay that I relate to, not just as one of the few people in my field who values/ uses "close reading" (therefore criticised for this). Also the moral injury and harm of austerity (economic, educational, social & cognitive), hollowing out what makes us human.
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did a thing, see you next time
November 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
did a thing, see you next time
did a thing, see you next time
November 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
did a thing, see you next time
goodnight sweet ladies goodnight goodnight goodnight
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
goodnight sweet ladies goodnight goodnight goodnight
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A grand day out with @bibliorefuses.bsky.social / @muinbeoarchives.bsky.social & @hardimanmk.bsky.social. Met @swanriverpress.bsky.social in the flesh (yes, books were bought), chatted pleasantly with @sinoistbooks.bsky.social, @renardpress.com & other publishers. 👏👏@dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social 📚
quick snaps as I ran around the Fair just before the doors opened yesterday—Antiphon Editions, Roberts Print, Mossy Press, and Cailleach Books. I will be spending more money than I had planned, which is the way of the small press fair! TODAY 10-4, Pearse Street Library, FREE ENTRY! come on down
November 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A grand day out with @bibliorefuses.bsky.social / @muinbeoarchives.bsky.social & @hardimanmk.bsky.social. Met @swanriverpress.bsky.social in the flesh (yes, books were bought), chatted pleasantly with @sinoistbooks.bsky.social, @renardpress.com & other publishers. 👏👏@dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social 📚
AND ALT TEXXXXXXTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!! we love it
Today’s @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social restored bruised faith in the books industry. Passionate people, labours of love.
And I finally got hold of longtime mutual @scyflynn.bsky.social’s book direct from Will at @renardpress.com, and met the man himself!
And I finally got hold of longtime mutual @scyflynn.bsky.social’s book direct from Will at @renardpress.com, and met the man himself!
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
AND ALT TEXXXXXXTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!! we love it
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The vibes have been immaculate. Thanks so much to everyone who joined us today ❤️
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The vibes have been immaculate. Thanks so much to everyone who joined us today ❤️
we found a phone left behind—if you can identify it, let us know @groenbot.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
we found a phone left behind—if you can identify it, let us know @groenbot.bsky.social
and starting at noon, in the Leabharlann Beag corner, a poet or writer will read directly to you! #popupliterature
We're down at the Pearse Street Library today for the Dublin Small Press Fair.
Do join us! There's a coffee shop across the road too, they do these great lemon poppy seed things. I think I detected a hint of passion fruit in the icing.
@dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social
Do join us! There's a coffee shop across the road too, they do these great lemon poppy seed things. I think I detected a hint of passion fruit in the icing.
@dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
and starting at noon, in the Leabharlann Beag corner, a poet or writer will read directly to you! #popupliterature
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quick snaps as I ran around the Fair just before the doors opened yesterday—Antiphon Editions, Roberts Print, Mossy Press, and Cailleach Books. I will be spending more money than I had planned, which is the way of the small press fair! TODAY 10-4, Pearse Street Library, FREE ENTRY! come on down
November 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
quick snaps as I ran around the Fair just before the doors opened yesterday—Antiphon Editions, Roberts Print, Mossy Press, and Cailleach Books. I will be spending more money than I had planned, which is the way of the small press fair! TODAY 10-4, Pearse Street Library, FREE ENTRY! come on down
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What are you doing this weekend? @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social is happening and we can't wait!
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November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
What are you doing this weekend? @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social is happening and we can't wait!
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Coming February 2026: an anthology edited by Molly Hennigan, featuring some of Ireland’s finest writers, inspired by the life and work of Maeve Brennan. www.newisland.ie/shop/p/an-as...
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Coming February 2026: an anthology edited by Molly Hennigan, featuring some of Ireland’s finest writers, inspired by the life and work of Maeve Brennan. www.newisland.ie/shop/p/an-as...
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Today's the day! Pop by for some great small presses and even better books! 📚
#DublinSmallPressFair #IndiePublishing
#DublinSmallPressFair #IndiePublishing
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today's the day! Pop by for some great small presses and even better books! 📚
#DublinSmallPressFair #IndiePublishing
#DublinSmallPressFair #IndiePublishing
or pick up a copy at the #DublinSmallPressFair today, 10-4. nice and dry in the Pearse Street Library!
Order today from www.lilliputpress.ie to guarantee delivery before Christmas, or order our books from your fave local bookshop 📚
The Lilliput Press
The Lilliput Press is Ireland’s leading independent publisher, producing fiction, non-fiction poetry and illustrated books of national and international acclaim, with the proud support of the Arts Cou...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
or pick up a copy at the #DublinSmallPressFair today, 10-4. nice and dry in the Pearse Street Library!
TODAY!!!! see you soon?
so lovely to see everyone this evening—please come tomorrow (Saturday 29th) to the Pearse Street Library from 10-4 and see just a fraction of the amazing book culture available in Ireland and from abroad!
#DublinSmallPressFair2025
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#DublinSmallPressFair2025
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November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
TODAY!!!! see you soon?