Edel Coffey
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Edel Coffey
@edelcoffey.bsky.social
· May 26
🚨🚨🚨NEWS🚨🚨🚨
I’m delighted to share that I’ll be publishing two new novels with @BooksSphere in 2026 and 2027. I’m really looking forward to sharing these books with you. You can pre-order IN GLASS HOUSES now from the link in my bio. 😘
I’m delighted to share that I’ll be publishing two new novels with @BooksSphere in 2026 and 2027. I’m really looking forward to sharing these books with you. You can pre-order IN GLASS HOUSES now from the link in my bio. 😘
🚨🚨📣 COVER REVEAL 🚨🚨 📣
My new book IN GLASS HOUSES will be published on February 12th 2026
You can pre-order it at the link in my bio! (Please do!)
I enjoyed writing this one so much and I really can’t wait for you to read it…but for now, here’s a little bit about the story!
My new book IN GLASS HOUSES will be published on February 12th 2026
You can pre-order it at the link in my bio! (Please do!)
I enjoyed writing this one so much and I really can’t wait for you to read it…but for now, here’s a little bit about the story!
November 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚨🚨📣 COVER REVEAL 🚨🚨 📣
My new book IN GLASS HOUSES will be published on February 12th 2026
You can pre-order it at the link in my bio! (Please do!)
I enjoyed writing this one so much and I really can’t wait for you to read it…but for now, here’s a little bit about the story!
My new book IN GLASS HOUSES will be published on February 12th 2026
You can pre-order it at the link in my bio! (Please do!)
I enjoyed writing this one so much and I really can’t wait for you to read it…but for now, here’s a little bit about the story!
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Lovely interview with Claire-Louise Bennett by @edelcoffey.bsky.social – touching on exploring the Samuel Beckett archives. You can read Bennett's creative response to Beckett in Tolka Issue Seven. www.tolkajournal.org/shop/p/issue...
October 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Lovely interview with Claire-Louise Bennett by @edelcoffey.bsky.social – touching on exploring the Samuel Beckett archives. You can read Bennett's creative response to Beckett in Tolka Issue Seven. www.tolkajournal.org/shop/p/issue...
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"An amazing coup for Murder One to have him (Chris Whitaker) as their guest"
TY @edelcoffey.bsky.social 🙏
Chris Whitaker in conv. w/ Edel Coffey
🗓️Sat, Oct 18th at 6pm
📍dlr LexIcon, Dun Laoghaire
Book your ticket today at:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/all-the-co...
www.murderone.ie
#murderonefest2025
TY @edelcoffey.bsky.social 🙏
Chris Whitaker in conv. w/ Edel Coffey
🗓️Sat, Oct 18th at 6pm
📍dlr LexIcon, Dun Laoghaire
Book your ticket today at:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/all-the-co...
www.murderone.ie
#murderonefest2025
September 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"An amazing coup for Murder One to have him (Chris Whitaker) as their guest"
TY @edelcoffey.bsky.social 🙏
Chris Whitaker in conv. w/ Edel Coffey
🗓️Sat, Oct 18th at 6pm
📍dlr LexIcon, Dun Laoghaire
Book your ticket today at:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/all-the-co...
www.murderone.ie
#murderonefest2025
TY @edelcoffey.bsky.social 🙏
Chris Whitaker in conv. w/ Edel Coffey
🗓️Sat, Oct 18th at 6pm
📍dlr LexIcon, Dun Laoghaire
Book your ticket today at:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/all-the-co...
www.murderone.ie
#murderonefest2025
Tune in to Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social at 2pm for a bank holiday special looking at upcoming cultural highlights with me, Sean Rocks, @johnmaguire.bsky.social @zarahedderman.bsky.social and @jengannon426.bsky.social. So many great books, films, albums and TV shows coming our way!
June 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Tune in to Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social at 2pm for a bank holiday special looking at upcoming cultural highlights with me, Sean Rocks, @johnmaguire.bsky.social @zarahedderman.bsky.social and @jengannon426.bsky.social. So many great books, films, albums and TV shows coming our way!
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Ep 2 of @wearetheprompt.bsky.social airs this Sunday on @rteradio1.bsky.social at 7.30pm. I'll be chatting to @edelcoffey.bsky.social and you'll hear three new pieces of writing all inspired by Edel's prompt: 'An Unexpected Parcel'.
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
The Prompt - opening 'An Unexpected Parcel' with Edel Coffey
This week on The Prompt on RTÉ Radio 1 guest writer Edel Coffey's writing prompt is 'An Unexpected Parcel'.
www.rte.ie
May 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Ep 2 of @wearetheprompt.bsky.social airs this Sunday on @rteradio1.bsky.social at 7.30pm. I'll be chatting to @edelcoffey.bsky.social and you'll hear three new pieces of writing all inspired by Edel's prompt: 'An Unexpected Parcel'.
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
🚨🚨🚨NEWS🚨🚨🚨
I’m delighted to share that I’ll be publishing two new novels with @BooksSphere in 2026 and 2027. I’m really looking forward to sharing these books with you. You can pre-order IN GLASS HOUSES now from the link in my bio. 😘
I’m delighted to share that I’ll be publishing two new novels with @BooksSphere in 2026 and 2027. I’m really looking forward to sharing these books with you. You can pre-order IN GLASS HOUSES now from the link in my bio. 😘
May 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🚨🚨🚨NEWS🚨🚨🚨
I’m delighted to share that I’ll be publishing two new novels with @BooksSphere in 2026 and 2027. I’m really looking forward to sharing these books with you. You can pre-order IN GLASS HOUSES now from the link in my bio. 😘
I’m delighted to share that I’ll be publishing two new novels with @BooksSphere in 2026 and 2027. I’m really looking forward to sharing these books with you. You can pre-order IN GLASS HOUSES now from the link in my bio. 😘
Reposted by Edel Coffey
Can’t wait to be a part of this! Come see me and the brilliant Jess Kidd interviewed by the also brilliant @edelcoffey.bsky.social on Friday 23rd May!
One park. Ten days. A world of stories. 📚✨
This May, Merrion Square Park becomes a literary wonderland with the International Literature Festival Dublin. With 200+ events for all ages, tasty food trucks, and a pop-up bookshop, there’s a story for everyone. 🌳🌮🍺
🎟️ Discover more at ilfdublin.com
This May, Merrion Square Park becomes a literary wonderland with the International Literature Festival Dublin. With 200+ events for all ages, tasty food trucks, and a pop-up bookshop, there’s a story for everyone. 🌳🌮🍺
🎟️ Discover more at ilfdublin.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Can’t wait to be a part of this! Come see me and the brilliant Jess Kidd interviewed by the also brilliant @edelcoffey.bsky.social on Friday 23rd May!
Such a pleasure to talk to a writer like @kitdewaal.bsky.social — smart, empathetic, funny and super-talented. Her new novel THE BEST OF EVERYTHING is out now, and it’s great!
Sorry about the paywall. Take it from me, it’s a lovely review and interview. Thank you to Edel Coffey :)
Author Kit de Waal on storytelling: ‘You’ve got to be as good as Martin Scorsese’
In the nine years since her debut novel, de Waal has amassed a considerable body of work. She’s also a literary activist
www.irishtimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Such a pleasure to talk to a writer like @kitdewaal.bsky.social — smart, empathetic, funny and super-talented. Her new novel THE BEST OF EVERYTHING is out now, and it’s great!
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Lovely to chat with Kay Sheehy on @rteradio1.bsky.social's Arena this eve. The brilliant @edelcoffey.bsky.social (one of our guest writer/prompters) joined to discuss using prompts as a way for your writing to take flight:
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
The Prompt: RTÉ Radio 1
Zoë Comyns and Edel Coffey on The Prompt, a new series for writers on Radio 1.
www.rte.ie
March 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Lovely to chat with Kay Sheehy on @rteradio1.bsky.social's Arena this eve. The brilliant @edelcoffey.bsky.social (one of our guest writer/prompters) joined to discuss using prompts as a way for your writing to take flight:
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Submissions are now open for The Prompt, a new writing series for RTÉ Radio 1. Eight of Ireland's best writers have set prompts for you - details here: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
RTÉ Radio 1 is looking for writers for their new series
The Prompt is a brand new series for writers...
www.rte.ie
March 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Submissions are now open for The Prompt, a new writing series for RTÉ Radio 1. Eight of Ireland's best writers have set prompts for you - details here: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
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Which author's books do you 'pre-order'?
I already have @tmloganauthor.bsky.social The Daughter waiting in my account.
Plus @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social @sallyrigby.bsky.social @edelcoffey.bsky.social @neillancaster66.bsky.social @fionacumminsauthor.bsky.social are 'musts'!
#BookSky #Books
I already have @tmloganauthor.bsky.social The Daughter waiting in my account.
Plus @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social @sallyrigby.bsky.social @edelcoffey.bsky.social @neillancaster66.bsky.social @fionacumminsauthor.bsky.social are 'musts'!
#BookSky #Books
February 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Which author's books do you 'pre-order'?
I already have @tmloganauthor.bsky.social The Daughter waiting in my account.
Plus @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social @sallyrigby.bsky.social @edelcoffey.bsky.social @neillancaster66.bsky.social @fionacumminsauthor.bsky.social are 'musts'!
#BookSky #Books
I already have @tmloganauthor.bsky.social The Daughter waiting in my account.
Plus @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social @sallyrigby.bsky.social @edelcoffey.bsky.social @neillancaster66.bsky.social @fionacumminsauthor.bsky.social are 'musts'!
#BookSky #Books
Today is publication day of the paperback version of IN HER PLACE. 🎉 🥳
January 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Today is publication day of the paperback version of IN HER PLACE. 🎉 🥳
Weekly recommendations are back! This week, THE CLEANER by MARY WATSON. @marymary.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Weekly recommendations are back! This week, THE CLEANER by MARY WATSON. @marymary.bsky.social
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This was my favourite - l read 109 books. Also discovered @edelcoffey.bsky.social and @sallyrigby.bsky.social two outstanding authors.
January 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This was my favourite - l read 109 books. Also discovered @edelcoffey.bsky.social and @sallyrigby.bsky.social two outstanding authors.
Wow, love this.
A display in Cabra Library of books by some of our brilliant Irish woman writers to mark Nollaig na mBan 💚📚💚
@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
@sineadgleeson.bsky.social @edelcoffey.bsky.social @elainefeeney.bsky.social
@mollytwomey.bsky.social
@kitdewaal.bsky.social
@andreamara.bsky.social
@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
@sineadgleeson.bsky.social @edelcoffey.bsky.social @elainefeeney.bsky.social
@mollytwomey.bsky.social
@kitdewaal.bsky.social
@andreamara.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Wow, love this.
If it is, can I add it to next year? I've already done the video! 🤦♀️
Did any of these make your there way into your
'Top 2024' Susie?
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@edelcoffey.bsky.social
@janecasey.bsky.social
@susanallott.bsky.social
@mattcoyne.bsky.social
Did any of these make your there way into your
'Top 2024' Susie?
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@edelcoffey.bsky.social
@janecasey.bsky.social
@susanallott.bsky.social
@mattcoyne.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Thank you so much for this Rae (and happy Christmas!).
Mari, I've read many books this year; some are amazing, some not, and some are total rot.
So far, I have 16 - 5 star reads
@peterjamesauthor.bsky.social One Of Us Is Dead
@janecasey.bsky.social A Stranger In The Family
@fionabarton.bsky.social The Suspect
@edelcoffey.bsky.social In Her Place
So far, I have 16 - 5 star reads
@peterjamesauthor.bsky.social One Of Us Is Dead
@janecasey.bsky.social A Stranger In The Family
@fionabarton.bsky.social The Suspect
@edelcoffey.bsky.social In Her Place
December 10, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Thank you so much for this Rae (and happy Christmas!).
Never knew this book had a glow-in-the-dark cover! (But don’t like how haunted Beyond Black looks with the lights off. 😨)
November 25, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Never knew this book had a glow-in-the-dark cover! (But don’t like how haunted Beyond Black looks with the lights off. 😨)
I’m at that stage in my draft where I’ve decided every book in my house needs to be alphabetised.
a cartoon of spongebob saying procrastination while eating a cookie
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob saying procrastination while eating a cookie
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I’m at that stage in my draft where I’ve decided every book in my house needs to be alphabetised.
I've made an executive decision to start Baileys season early this year. (If they can play Christmas at me wherever I go, then I can drink Baileys.)
November 23, 2024 at 8:32 PM
I've made an executive decision to start Baileys season early this year. (If they can play Christmas at me wherever I go, then I can drink Baileys.)
What are your writing hacks for when you get stuck in a story or novel? Mine are to jump to a different point in the story, or to try telling the story from a different character’s point of view to see what happens. #writinghacks #writersofbluesky
November 20, 2024 at 2:22 PM
What are your writing hacks for when you get stuck in a story or novel? Mine are to jump to a different point in the story, or to try telling the story from a different character’s point of view to see what happens. #writinghacks #writersofbluesky
I’m doing #nanowrimo over on my insta and TikTok. Anyone else do it? I use it to bounce myself into a daily writing schedule and as a way of problem solving plot issues.
November 16, 2024 at 4:36 PM
I’m doing #nanowrimo over on my insta and TikTok. Anyone else do it? I use it to bounce myself into a daily writing schedule and as a way of problem solving plot issues.
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Hello Blueskyers, here I am … How are things over here?
November 15, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Hello Blueskyers, here I am … How are things over here?