Pádhraic Quinn
@quinnpadhraic.bsky.social
Writer - The Irish Independent, Reflex Press, Vallesos | 2025/26 London Library Emerging Writer | Editor and Publisher at Tall Grass Press
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Pádhraic Quinn
@quinnpadhraic.bsky.social
· Dec 28
New Irish Writing: All the Birch Trees Were Waving by Pádhraic Quinn
You were standing in the magnolia light that came through the closed kitchen window. You were holding a cup of coffee close to your chin and wearing a bracelet with blue beads. The flat was silent aro...
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Delighted to see my short story 'all the birch trees were waving' in today's Irish Independent as the December feature of New Irish Writing. Big thank you to Ciaran Carty and to @irishindependent.bsky.social
#fiction #books #shortstories
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#fiction #books #shortstories
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Honoured and thrilled to make the shortlist for The New Irish Writing Best Short Story Award at the 2025 @irishbookawards.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Honoured and thrilled to make the shortlist for The New Irish Writing Best Short Story Award at the 2025 @irishbookawards.bsky.social
Honoured and thrilled to make the shortlist for The New Irish Writing Best Short Story Award at the 2025 @irishbookawards.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Honoured and thrilled to make the shortlist for The New Irish Writing Best Short Story Award at the 2025 @irishbookawards.bsky.social
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Just a few hours to go! This evening, we’re announcing the shortlists for the 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards.
Who do you want to see on the shortlists?
#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs
Who do you want to see on the shortlists?
#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs
October 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Just a few hours to go! This evening, we’re announcing the shortlists for the 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards.
Who do you want to see on the shortlists?
#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs
Who do you want to see on the shortlists?
#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs
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Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: For those familiar with Heaney’s work, the new poems will keep them going well beyond Christmas. But soon, the core of the book will matter more – the 12 volumes Heaney published in his lifetime placed in sequence.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: ‘A process of finding echoes and associations’
This book contains Heaney’s unpublished poems plus all those from his single books of poetry published
www.irishtimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: For those familiar with Heaney’s work, the new poems will keep them going well beyond Christmas. But soon, the core of the book will matter more – the 12 volumes Heaney published in his lifetime placed in sequence.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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New blog post: an up-to-date list of Irish literary journals anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/i...
Irish literary journals 2025/2026
By far the most-read post on this blog has been a very simple one – a list of Irish literary magazines. The original post I compiled in 2022, and an updated version in 2023, have clocked up o…
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October 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New blog post: an up-to-date list of Irish literary journals anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/i...
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Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October! 📚
Guidelines are at the link below. We look forward to reading your work!
bansheepress.org/read/banshee...
Guidelines are at the link below. We look forward to reading your work!
bansheepress.org/read/banshee...
Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October — Banshee Press
Banshee Press is open for book-length submissions of fiction, poetry and memoir from 1-15 October 2025 . All submitted manuscripts will be considered for our 2027 and 2028 lists (and perhaps…
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September 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October! 📚
Guidelines are at the link below. We look forward to reading your work!
bansheepress.org/read/banshee...
Guidelines are at the link below. We look forward to reading your work!
bansheepress.org/read/banshee...
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Scotland is to protect a further 60,000 km² of sea from bottom trawling 👏
When, if ever, will we see any action in Ireland?
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/scottis...
When, if ever, will we see any action in Ireland?
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/scottis...
Scottish trawling decision is "major progress" that requires more - Oceanographic
The Scottish government will protect an additional 60,000-square-kilometres of offshore seabed from bottom trawling, but NGOs want more.
oceanographicmagazine.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Scotland is to protect a further 60,000 km² of sea from bottom trawling 👏
When, if ever, will we see any action in Ireland?
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/scottis...
When, if ever, will we see any action in Ireland?
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/scottis...
People’s natural skills have started to atrophy due to technology. I get asked, "What do you do when you’re out of the house without a mobile phone and you get lost?" Well, I don’t get lost. As long as you’ve got a tongue in your head, you’ll find your way.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I write all my poems with a quill by candlelight’: John Cooper Clarke on the joy of life without tech
The punk poet has no smartphone, no email, not even a computer. Everyone should try it, he says
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July 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
People’s natural skills have started to atrophy due to technology. I get asked, "What do you do when you’re out of the house without a mobile phone and you get lost?" Well, I don’t get lost. As long as you’ve got a tongue in your head, you’ll find your way.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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First time in Private Eye. I just wish it was for something a bit more positive.
July 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
First time in Private Eye. I just wish it was for something a bit more positive.
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“An unintended effect of the dominant state model is to obscure an understanding of mid-twentieth century Irish migrants’ lives.”
Máirtín Mac an Ghaill @birminghamnewman.bsky.social on anti-Irish racism, black-white dualisms and the limits of British sociology.
#OpenAccess buff.ly/PVU07hR
Máirtín Mac an Ghaill @birminghamnewman.bsky.social on anti-Irish racism, black-white dualisms and the limits of British sociology.
#OpenAccess buff.ly/PVU07hR
June 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“An unintended effect of the dominant state model is to obscure an understanding of mid-twentieth century Irish migrants’ lives.”
Máirtín Mac an Ghaill @birminghamnewman.bsky.social on anti-Irish racism, black-white dualisms and the limits of British sociology.
#OpenAccess buff.ly/PVU07hR
Máirtín Mac an Ghaill @birminghamnewman.bsky.social on anti-Irish racism, black-white dualisms and the limits of British sociology.
#OpenAccess buff.ly/PVU07hR
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Tomorrow evening, we are launching Old Irish: A Beginner’s Guide. Authored by Dr Rebecca Shercliff this volume offers a step‑by‑step introduction to the language and literature of medieval Ireland and is written with absolute beginners in mind.
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@department-asnc.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Tomorrow evening, we are launching Old Irish: A Beginner’s Guide. Authored by Dr Rebecca Shercliff this volume offers a step‑by‑step introduction to the language and literature of medieval Ireland and is written with absolute beginners in mind.
@department-asnc.bsky.social
@department-asnc.bsky.social
A great piece examining how creative industries reward privilege over talent and originality.
"Younger adults from working-class backgrounds are 4 times less likely to work in creative industries compared to their middle-class peers."
"Younger adults from working-class backgrounds are 4 times less likely to work in creative industries compared to their middle-class peers."
"You’ve got to ask yourself, would Oasis’s inspiring ascension be possible now? Sutton Trust research reveals a stark truth: younger adults from working-class backgrounds are 4 times less likely to work in creative industries compared to their middle-class peers."
www.standard.co.uk/comment/oasi...
www.standard.co.uk/comment/oasi...
Oasis and the myth of the working class musician
“There’s room at the top, they are telling you still. But first you must learn how to smile as you kill. If you want to be like the folks on the hill.”
www.standard.co.uk
July 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A great piece examining how creative industries reward privilege over talent and originality.
"Younger adults from working-class backgrounds are 4 times less likely to work in creative industries compared to their middle-class peers."
"Younger adults from working-class backgrounds are 4 times less likely to work in creative industries compared to their middle-class peers."
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Congratulations to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, the new Laureate for Irish Fiction
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is new Laureate for Irish Fiction
The writer takes over the laureateship from author Colm Tóibín
www.irishtimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Congratulations to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, the new Laureate for Irish Fiction
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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In case you miss it amongst the news, we're delighted that @saraband-books.bsky.social will be continuing the Inklings series and they open for submissions in August! The process is very similar to our own but check out the guidelines and get your pitches ready.
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
Inklings submissions open from 1st to 31st August - Saraband
Inklings submissions open from 1st to 31st August
saraband.net
July 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
In case you miss it amongst the news, we're delighted that @saraband-books.bsky.social will be continuing the Inklings series and they open for submissions in August! The process is very similar to our own but check out the guidelines and get your pitches ready.
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...
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I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs
July 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I’m hiring a reporter for London Centric, looking for someone smart who can use a phone, knock on doors and wants to cause trouble. Don’t care if you’ve got qualifications, just want evidence of caring about news. Initial six month contract, pay above national rates. www.londoncentric.media/p/jobs
So happy to announce that I am one of The London Library's Emerging Writers for 2025/26. Humbled and inspired by the chance to write where Dickens, Darwin, Kubrick and Woolf found inspiration.
www.londonlibrary.co.uk/the-london-l...
www.londonlibrary.co.uk/the-london-l...
June 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
So happy to announce that I am one of The London Library's Emerging Writers for 2025/26. Humbled and inspired by the chance to write where Dickens, Darwin, Kubrick and Woolf found inspiration.
www.londonlibrary.co.uk/the-london-l...
www.londonlibrary.co.uk/the-london-l...
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On 11 June I'm giving a talk at The Fumbally Café in Dublin 8 to mark the launch of my new book, Ireland in Iceland: Gaelic Remnants in a Nordic Land.
I'll be selling and signing this book, as well as all my previous ones.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/ireland-in...
I'll be selling and signing this book, as well as all my previous ones.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/ireland-in...
Ireland in Iceland - book launch
Come join us for the launch of "Ireland in Iceland" where we'll explore the fascinating connections between these two beautiful countries
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April 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
On 11 June I'm giving a talk at The Fumbally Café in Dublin 8 to mark the launch of my new book, Ireland in Iceland: Gaelic Remnants in a Nordic Land.
I'll be selling and signing this book, as well as all my previous ones.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/ireland-in...
I'll be selling and signing this book, as well as all my previous ones.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/ireland-in...
Bloomsday on the roof in Barcelona a few years ago.
#bloomsday
#bloomsday
June 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Bloomsday on the roof in Barcelona a few years ago.
#bloomsday
#bloomsday
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Maybe, just maybe, it’s time for a debate about the kinds of books our children are given to read.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j....
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j....
Children’s reading enjoyment falls to lowest recorded level in UK
Annual survey of young people’s reading habits which began two decades ago shows its lowest-ever result, most pronounced among boys aged 11 to 16
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Maybe, just maybe, it’s time for a debate about the kinds of books our children are given to read.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j....
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j....
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It’s publication day for The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories. It took 39 authors 100 years to write, and me about 4 years to compile and translate, with the help of 11 other translators. It aims to show the variety and brilliance of modern Polish literature.
June 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It’s publication day for The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories. It took 39 authors 100 years to write, and me about 4 years to compile and translate, with the help of 11 other translators. It aims to show the variety and brilliance of modern Polish literature.
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Great to see progress on Free School Meals; a vital step in tackling child poverty. But we can’t stop here. It’s time for government to make auto-enrolment trending news too.
No child should miss out because of red tape. #FreeSchoolMeals
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No child should miss out because of red tape. #FreeSchoolMeals
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Free school meal rule change to make 500,000 more pupils eligible
Charities have broadly welcomed the plans, saying they hope it is a sign of more to come.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Great to see progress on Free School Meals; a vital step in tackling child poverty. But we can’t stop here. It’s time for government to make auto-enrolment trending news too.
No child should miss out because of red tape. #FreeSchoolMeals
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No child should miss out because of red tape. #FreeSchoolMeals
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We're open for submissions! We'll be welcoming work in all forms, in English and Irish, for Issue 13 until 30 June ✨️
Full submissions guidelines at channelmag.org/submissions/
Full submissions guidelines at channelmag.org/submissions/
June 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
We're open for submissions! We'll be welcoming work in all forms, in English and Irish, for Issue 13 until 30 June ✨️
Full submissions guidelines at channelmag.org/submissions/
Full submissions guidelines at channelmag.org/submissions/
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For many years, I've wanted to track down Jeremy Beadle's library, legendary in certain quarters. I did so for @thefence.bsky.social for their brilliant 23rd issue (the significance of the number will not be lost on Ken Campbell fans) www.the-fence.com/the-beadlean... @forteantimes.bsky.social
The Beadlean Library
Strange to recall, but for 20 years from the early 1980s, a short, grinning, bearded mischief-maker dominated the ITV prime-time schedules. Jeremy Beadle developed, produced and co-presented Game for…
www.the-fence.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
For many years, I've wanted to track down Jeremy Beadle's library, legendary in certain quarters. I did so for @thefence.bsky.social for their brilliant 23rd issue (the significance of the number will not be lost on Ken Campbell fans) www.the-fence.com/the-beadlean... @forteantimes.bsky.social
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The best recent translated fiction – review roundup www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
The best recent translated fiction – review roundup
The Propagandist by Cécile Desprairies; Lovers of Franz K by Burhan Sönmez; Back in the Day by Oliver Lovrenski; Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The best recent translated fiction – review roundup www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Here’s my latest mini 🧵 as part of my ongoing 2025 Reading 🧵: The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson.
2025 Reading 31: The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson. This is the book, this is the voice, the manner of address that I settled on, after discarding 11 others. This is the one that spoke to me, and it was a voice that held me - like the Ancient Mariner, you just can’t move out of its ambit.
May 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Here’s my latest mini 🧵 as part of my ongoing 2025 Reading 🧵: The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson.