Lynley Edmeades’ ‘Hiding Places‘ is bloody amazing. I don’t want to tell you what to do, but you should go buy a copy immediately.

The first article in the Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies 9.1 is out! Zan Cammack’s work is great start to the issue on Flann and the Radio, which features a truly excellent cover. A+ work guest editors @tobias-w-harris.bsky.social and Joseph LaBine!

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So wonderful to be in conversation with our 2025 Writing Fellow at the Centre of Irish and Scottish Studies. Nicole Flattery shared excellent insights into her works and we got an advance peak into her forthcoming novel! Thanks as always to Dunedin City Library and UNESCO Dunedin City of Literature

What a beautiful book by Sara Baume. An exquisite depiction of quiet lives, of the gentle entropy of repetition. Its use of spacing and pauses in the text was masterful. I loved it. @marinerbooks.bsky.social #speirgorm

Come on @theguardian.com - do better. 'Mo chara' is an Irish phrase meaning 'my friend'. Correct referencing for such a stage name would be to use it in full, not cut it in two. #speirgorm

Happy Bloomsday! Here’s to wandering around cities muttering to ourselves.

Thinking of Paul Durcan today and what we’ve lost with his passing.

There is a fabulous collection of books at the Reading Room at the Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies @universityofotago.bsky.social. We’re eager to share them with researchers - do contact me or Prof @liammcilvanney.bsky.social for more details.

Excellent Saturday morning reading - Louise Kennedy’s Trespasses

If you’re in Suva on the 9th of April come along to the launch of our book on Pacific literature at the University of the South Pacific! @columbiaup.bsky.social @moderniststudies.bsky.social

I’m extremely lucky to have an early preview of ‘The Good Father’, the new novel by my brilliant colleague @liammcilvanney.bsky.social. It’s his fault if I’m late for work because I stayed up all night reading…

Side-eye dog is really not sure about any of this

The O’Brien and Huxley symposium was such a joy - full of such excellent papers and wonderful conversation. I look forward to all the cross-pollination to come!

I just finished a fabulous period in Melbourne conducing research through the O’Donnell fellowship in Irish Studies. If your projects have connections to Irish-Australia I wholly recommend applying for next year’s fellowship when it opens.

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I’m so sad to hear that the great David Lynch has left us. Breathe free, David, wherever you are