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Sincere thanks to Professor Áine Hyland for her generous endorsement of #LeadingTheWay. Written by John Ger O'Riordan, Anne Twomey and myself, the book will be published by Cork City Libraries in October. Watch this space! 📖 @ucc.ie @johnger60.bsky.social @joh2024.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Sincere thanks to Professor Áine Hyland for her generous endorsement of #LeadingTheWay. Written by John Ger O'Riordan, Anne Twomey and myself, the book will be published by Cork City Libraries in October. Watch this space! 📖 @ucc.ie @johnger60.bsky.social @joh2024.bsky.social
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Bristol Short Story Prize now open for stories of up to 4000 words, judged by prize-winning novelists and a literary agent. Also winning stories published.
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Bristol Short Story Prize
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December 18, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Bristol Short Story Prize now open for stories of up to 4000 words, judged by prize-winning novelists and a literary agent. Also winning stories published.
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I started being regularly published when I was 25. I didn't make my first dollar writing until I was 30. I didn't sell my first novel or screenplay until I was 35. Many of you hadn't even heard of anything I'd written until I was over 40.
You have time. There is no expiration date on writers.
You have time. There is no expiration date on writers.
November 26, 2024 at 6:55 PM
I started being regularly published when I was 25. I didn't make my first dollar writing until I was 30. I didn't sell my first novel or screenplay until I was 35. Many of you hadn't even heard of anything I'd written until I was over 40.
You have time. There is no expiration date on writers.
You have time. There is no expiration date on writers.
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Great night at #CLRG24 in UCC. Thanks to all of the participants and to @theresareidy.bsky.social for her expert chairing of the evening. Hard to believe that this was the 9th CLRG Public Lecture Series!
@ucc.bsky.social @johnger60.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social
@ucc.bsky.social @johnger60.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Great night at #CLRG24 in UCC. Thanks to all of the participants and to @theresareidy.bsky.social for her expert chairing of the evening. Hard to believe that this was the 9th CLRG Public Lecture Series!
@ucc.bsky.social @johnger60.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social
@ucc.bsky.social @johnger60.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @ucclibrary.bsky.social
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Here’s my big news. Tickets on sale Thursday. Don’t miss out this time!
November 19, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Here’s my big news. Tickets on sale Thursday. Don’t miss out this time!
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And so another day on Bluesky draws to an end and here at the ILT we make our nightly reflection upon it:
"Was I sleeping, while the others suffered? Am I sleeping now? Tomorrow, when I wake, or think I do, what shall I say of today?"
"Was I sleeping, while the others suffered? Am I sleeping now? Tomorrow, when I wake, or think I do, what shall I say of today?"
November 19, 2024 at 1:35 AM
And so another day on Bluesky draws to an end and here at the ILT we make our nightly reflection upon it:
"Was I sleeping, while the others suffered? Am I sleeping now? Tomorrow, when I wake, or think I do, what shall I say of today?"
"Was I sleeping, while the others suffered? Am I sleeping now? Tomorrow, when I wake, or think I do, what shall I say of today?"
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November 16, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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Delighted to be in the Kingdom for the Dingle Literary Festival. Great to see the Dingle Skellig hotel supporting the Irish Examiner. Plenty of reading in the weekend edition, including my interview with author Kate Summerscale and a lovely Books are my Business with @maireadhearne.bsky.social !
November 16, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Delighted to be in the Kingdom for the Dingle Literary Festival. Great to see the Dingle Skellig hotel supporting the Irish Examiner. Plenty of reading in the weekend edition, including my interview with author Kate Summerscale and a lovely Books are my Business with @maireadhearne.bsky.social !
Jon Kenny.....suaimhneas síoraí dá anam. May he rest in peace. RIP.
Very sad to hear of the death of Jon Kenny today. One half of D’Unbelievables, who were a comedy phenomena in Ireland in the 1990s, Jon (along with Pat Shortt) created brilliant, mad worlds, dragging the audience, roaring with laughter, with them. An inspiration. RIP.
November 16, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Jon Kenny.....suaimhneas síoraí dá anam. May he rest in peace. RIP.
I retired in 2018 after 44 years public service ..... and a book I co-wrote with my good friend Dr. Aodh Quinlivan from University College Cork, about Cork city's longest serving Lord Mayor, was published last year in 2023. Believe me....you are never too old.
November 15, 2024 at 11:07 PM
I retired in 2018 after 44 years public service ..... and a book I co-wrote with my good friend Dr. Aodh Quinlivan from University College Cork, about Cork city's longest serving Lord Mayor, was published last year in 2023. Believe me....you are never too old.
(1) Anything by @stevecavanagh.bsky.social
(2) That Old Country Music by Kevin Barry
(3) Dance Move by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social .......and can I sneak in ...(4) The Home Sommelier by Brigid O'Hora.
(2) That Old Country Music by Kevin Barry
(3) Dance Move by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social .......and can I sneak in ...(4) The Home Sommelier by Brigid O'Hora.
November 15, 2024 at 10:58 PM
(1) Anything by @stevecavanagh.bsky.social
(2) That Old Country Music by Kevin Barry
(3) Dance Move by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social .......and can I sneak in ...(4) The Home Sommelier by Brigid O'Hora.
(2) That Old Country Music by Kevin Barry
(3) Dance Move by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social .......and can I sneak in ...(4) The Home Sommelier by Brigid O'Hora.
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November 15, 2024 at 12:55 PM
"To qualify for the award, please remember to tick the box confirming your age when you submit your poem, short story, flash fiction or novel to the 31 May 2025 competition deadline.
Remember, it’s never too late…"
Remember, it’s never too late…"
Yes! The writing world will really be better for contests like this
Over 60? Writer? This is for you
November 15, 2024 at 5:24 PM
"To qualify for the award, please remember to tick the box confirming your age when you submit your poem, short story, flash fiction or novel to the 31 May 2025 competition deadline.
Remember, it’s never too late…"
Remember, it’s never too late…"
"First Citizen" was launched around this time last year by Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Kieran McCarthy. Co-written with my good friend Dr. Aodh Quinlivan of University College Cork, it tells the story of Cork city's longest-serving Lord Mayor. An incredibly fulfilling experience. New book has begun.
November 15, 2024 at 9:41 AM
"First Citizen" was launched around this time last year by Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Kieran McCarthy. Co-written with my good friend Dr. Aodh Quinlivan of University College Cork, it tells the story of Cork city's longest-serving Lord Mayor. An incredibly fulfilling experience. New book has begun.