Amanda Hill
@roguepi.bsky.social
She/her. Creative Writing MA student. Writer, reader, watcher, listener. Star Wars obsessed (especially Rebels!) with love to spare for most other scifi/fan. Marillion not-quite-groupie. Iaidoka. Parent. Dubliner. Lego collector...
I'm in this so everyone should buy it! :)
Our fourth issue is now available to buy via our store page on our website!
For just €9, you can read poetry and prose to your heart's content. Themes explored in this issue include hope, trauma and love with blending of contemporary, fantasy and historical fiction.
Happy reading!
For just €9, you can read poetry and prose to your heart's content. Themes explored in this issue include hope, trauma and love with blending of contemporary, fantasy and historical fiction.
Happy reading!
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I'm in this so everyone should buy it! :)
I should probably practice or something...
(but excited!)
(but excited!)
This Saturday! Get registered below!
News! We will be hosting the Launch Event for Samhain 2 on Saturday the 8th of November at 4pm online!
There will be discussion and readings from some of our contributors! Join us on Saturday by registering on Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/sparks-lit...
There will be discussion and readings from some of our contributors! Join us on Saturday by registering on Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/sparks-lit...
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I should probably practice or something...
(but excited!)
(but excited!)
No, *you've* already got too many books still to read and shouldn't be buying anymore!
Mine are dissertation research. Totally legit.
Mine are dissertation research. Totally legit.
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
No, *you've* already got too many books still to read and shouldn't be buying anymore!
Mine are dissertation research. Totally legit.
Mine are dissertation research. Totally legit.
Looking forward to reading from my work at this event!
News! We will be hosting the Launch Event for Samhain 2 on Saturday the 8th of November at 4pm online!
There will be discussion and readings from some of our contributors! Join us on Saturday by registering on Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/sparks-lit...
There will be discussion and readings from some of our contributors! Join us on Saturday by registering on Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/sparks-lit...
Sparks Literary Journal Samhain 2 Launch
We will be launching Samhain 2, our fourth issue on Saturday the 8th of November at 4pm online!
www.eventbrite.ie
October 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Looking forward to reading from my work at this event!
Was a great evening!
Here are some photos from the lecture by Dublin-based photographer Patrick Fleming.
See more on our Instagram page:
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See more on our Instagram page:
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October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Was a great evening!
Reading week ambitions. Might even be achievable... if not for the pesky writing ambitions alongside!
October 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Reading week ambitions. Might even be achievable... if not for the pesky writing ambitions alongside!
Very excited and grateful to be a contributor to this issue!
Sparks is delighted to announce the cover art and contributors for Samhain 2!
Thanks to Jane McCloskey for her wonderful artwork - Silent Embrace - and to our wonderful contributors of prose and poetry!
Publication and Launch Event info will be announced in due course!
Thanks to Jane McCloskey for her wonderful artwork - Silent Embrace - and to our wonderful contributors of prose and poetry!
Publication and Launch Event info will be announced in due course!
October 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Very excited and grateful to be a contributor to this issue!
I'm baa-ack! And torn between "And so it begins" and "This is where the fun begins".
September 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I'm baa-ack! And torn between "And so it begins" and "This is where the fun begins".
FFS. Can't even. :(
This is just sad. We’ve posted about this before. Now here is what is going down.
The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.
The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.
August 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
FFS. Can't even. :(
All the things I'm trying to get read and returned to the library before the Masters takes over my life...
August 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
All the things I'm trying to get read and returned to the library before the Masters takes over my life...
Excellent couple of sessions at IWC open day today. Always encouraging to hear successful writers talk about how they started. And a great "Top 10 tips" for polishing that novel. @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Excellent couple of sessions at IWC open day today. Always encouraging to hear successful writers talk about how they started. And a great "Top 10 tips" for polishing that novel. @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
Recent new arrivals!
I stumbled upon the Irish Kidlit for Palestine appeal a couple weeks ago and somehow ended up with these arriving in the post :) Both beautifully personalised with notes and art and i can't wait to dig in!
@kelmenton.bsky.social
@susancahill.bsky.social
@rurooie.bsky.social
I stumbled upon the Irish Kidlit for Palestine appeal a couple weeks ago and somehow ended up with these arriving in the post :) Both beautifully personalised with notes and art and i can't wait to dig in!
@kelmenton.bsky.social
@susancahill.bsky.social
@rurooie.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Recent new arrivals!
I stumbled upon the Irish Kidlit for Palestine appeal a couple weeks ago and somehow ended up with these arriving in the post :) Both beautifully personalised with notes and art and i can't wait to dig in!
@kelmenton.bsky.social
@susancahill.bsky.social
@rurooie.bsky.social
I stumbled upon the Irish Kidlit for Palestine appeal a couple weeks ago and somehow ended up with these arriving in the post :) Both beautifully personalised with notes and art and i can't wait to dig in!
@kelmenton.bsky.social
@susancahill.bsky.social
@rurooie.bsky.social
Finished reading this over the weekend. I bought it for a friend due to a staff picks note on the bookshelf. Was totally enthused at when I went to pay... so picked up a library copy :) Worth the enthusiasm and first book in a while I've voraciously "consumed".
@emiliahart.bsky.social
@emiliahart.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Finished reading this over the weekend. I bought it for a friend due to a staff picks note on the bookshelf. Was totally enthused at when I went to pay... so picked up a library copy :) Worth the enthusiasm and first book in a while I've voraciously "consumed".
@emiliahart.bsky.social
@emiliahart.bsky.social
Reposted by Amanda Hill
A reminder of John Boyne’s own words and why decent-minded people might not wish to be on a prize list with him. He thinks women who support trans rights are “ready to pin a handmaiden down while her husband rapes her.” No one’s “cancelling” him; we just don’t want to be associated with him.
The full paragraphs for complete context. Tap to see handmaiden part. He mischaracterizes what trans rights mean, then mischaracterizes those who advocate for them as incels, indoctrinated young people, and handmaidens.
August 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A reminder of John Boyne’s own words and why decent-minded people might not wish to be on a prize list with him. He thinks women who support trans rights are “ready to pin a handmaiden down while her husband rapes her.” No one’s “cancelling” him; we just don’t want to be associated with him.
Reposted by Amanda Hill
Thanks to RFKJ’s rhetoric, CDC staff got our “shots” early this year.
Dark humor aside, live posting our way through this domestic terrorism event at a Federal agency was scary.
180 bullets, an officer lost his life, and workers are traumatized.
Why the fu** isn’t this getting more attention?
Dark humor aside, live posting our way through this domestic terrorism event at a Federal agency was scary.
180 bullets, an officer lost his life, and workers are traumatized.
Why the fu** isn’t this getting more attention?
August 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Thanks to RFKJ’s rhetoric, CDC staff got our “shots” early this year.
Dark humor aside, live posting our way through this domestic terrorism event at a Federal agency was scary.
180 bullets, an officer lost his life, and workers are traumatized.
Why the fu** isn’t this getting more attention?
Dark humor aside, live posting our way through this domestic terrorism event at a Federal agency was scary.
180 bullets, an officer lost his life, and workers are traumatized.
Why the fu** isn’t this getting more attention?
My growing list of books to buy...
Keeping track of people withdrawing from the Polari Prize Longlist over the inclusion of proud self-described "TERF" John Boyne.
Let me know as we get updates on authors pulling their books in protest.
Let me know as we get updates on authors pulling their books in protest.
August 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My growing list of books to buy...
Reposted by Amanda Hill
There are still SO many bookish goodies you can get on the website. Keep sharing, keep talking about Palestine 🇵🇸
@sineadohart.bsky.social
www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit...
@sineadohart.bsky.social
www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit...
Irish KidLit for Palestine — Ruth Ennis
www.ruthennis.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
There are still SO many bookish goodies you can get on the website. Keep sharing, keep talking about Palestine 🇵🇸
@sineadohart.bsky.social
www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit...
@sineadohart.bsky.social
www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit...