Ruth McKee
@ruthmckee.bsky.social
Editor of Books Ireland.
Debut novel, Wild Iris (Dedalus Ireland) May 2026
Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award 2024.
Debut novel, Wild Iris (Dedalus Ireland) May 2026
Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award 2024.
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The lovely Brendan Mac Evilly is the latest guest on the Burning Books podcast — tune in, wherever you listen 🔥
@ruthmckee.bsky.social
@ruthmckee.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The lovely Brendan Mac Evilly is the latest guest on the Burning Books podcast — tune in, wherever you listen 🔥
@ruthmckee.bsky.social
@ruthmckee.bsky.social
Social battery=0. Time for one-woman-and-her-dog.
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Social battery=0. Time for one-woman-and-her-dog.
His Granda Jack would be impressed...Reuben's first crop of tomatoes (grown from a supermarket tomato seed) ❤️
October 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
His Granda Jack would be impressed...Reuben's first crop of tomatoes (grown from a supermarket tomato seed) ❤️
Spoiled. Thank you Faber Books ❤️
September 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Spoiled. Thank you Faber Books ❤️
I've never thought of the Golden Fleece as anything more than a passive thing, an object—until I read the story of Theophane, the mother of the golden ram (taken as a young girl by Poseidon, turned into a ewe, then raped by him as a ram) in Natalie Haynes' new book.
September 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I've never thought of the Golden Fleece as anything more than a passive thing, an object—until I read the story of Theophane, the mother of the golden ram (taken as a young girl by Poseidon, turned into a ewe, then raped by him as a ram) in Natalie Haynes' new book.
September 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Banshee Press will open for book submissions from 1-15 October. More details to follow soon. Ready your manuscripts! 📝
bansheepress.org/read/banshee...
bansheepress.org/read/banshee...
Banshee Press will open for book submissions from 1-15 October — Banshee Press
Banshee Press will be accepting 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…
bansheepress.org
August 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Banshee Press will open for book submissions from 1-15 October. More details to follow soon. Ready your manuscripts! 📝
bansheepress.org/read/banshee...
bansheepress.org/read/banshee...
Youngest growing tomatoes on his windowsill, channelling his late Granda Jack 🍅
August 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Youngest growing tomatoes on his windowsill, channelling his late Granda Jack 🍅
I think the IFI is my favourite place to be these days. This was superb. Late Shift, directed by Petra Biondina Volpe 📽️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8xR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8xR...
Late Shift | Official Trailer (2025) | In Cinemas 1st August
YouTube video by Vertigo Releasing
www.youtube.com
August 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I think the IFI is my favourite place to be these days. This was superb. Late Shift, directed by Petra Biondina Volpe 📽️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8xR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8xR...
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REMINDER for my poetry workshop! Still some places left.
One-day poetry workshop with Nuala O’Connor, from 10.30am – 4.30pm on Sat 16th of Aug.
Presented by Group8
Cost: €110. Places are limited and booking is essential. To secure a place, please book through the following link:
bit.ly/4lcGkX7
One-day poetry workshop with Nuala O’Connor, from 10.30am – 4.30pm on Sat 16th of Aug.
Presented by Group8
Cost: €110. Places are limited and booking is essential. To secure a place, please book through the following link:
bit.ly/4lcGkX7
August 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
REMINDER for my poetry workshop! Still some places left.
One-day poetry workshop with Nuala O’Connor, from 10.30am – 4.30pm on Sat 16th of Aug.
Presented by Group8
Cost: €110. Places are limited and booking is essential. To secure a place, please book through the following link:
bit.ly/4lcGkX7
One-day poetry workshop with Nuala O’Connor, from 10.30am – 4.30pm on Sat 16th of Aug.
Presented by Group8
Cost: €110. Places are limited and booking is essential. To secure a place, please book through the following link:
bit.ly/4lcGkX7
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This is going to be a fascinating series of videos full of writers talking about writing in Dublin, and Dublin as a character in its own right (full disclosure, I'm involved in one of the later ones!)
Made by the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social and Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.
Made by the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social and Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.
Dublin, One City, Many Stories, Video One, Joseph O'Connor
YouTube video by Jo Morton
youtu.be
August 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This is going to be a fascinating series of videos full of writers talking about writing in Dublin, and Dublin as a character in its own right (full disclosure, I'm involved in one of the later ones!)
Made by the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social and Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.
Made by the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social and Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.
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An excellent fundraiser is being run by CBI pals @rurooie.bsky.social and @sineadohart.bsky.social to raise vital funds for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social
Lots of great bookish bits on offer for teachers, aspiring writer and children’s literature enthusiasts alike
www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit... 🍉
Lots of great bookish bits on offer for teachers, aspiring writer and children’s literature enthusiasts alike
www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit... 🍉
August 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
An excellent fundraiser is being run by CBI pals @rurooie.bsky.social and @sineadohart.bsky.social to raise vital funds for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social
Lots of great bookish bits on offer for teachers, aspiring writer and children’s literature enthusiasts alike
www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit... 🍉
Lots of great bookish bits on offer for teachers, aspiring writer and children’s literature enthusiasts alike
www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit... 🍉
Gooby Dooby/Mr Griblington ❤️
July 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Gooby Dooby/Mr Griblington ❤️
God this is good.
Preparing for tomorrow’s podcast with Theo Dorgan 🔥
Preparing for tomorrow’s podcast with Theo Dorgan 🔥
July 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
God this is good.
Preparing for tomorrow’s podcast with Theo Dorgan 🔥
Preparing for tomorrow’s podcast with Theo Dorgan 🔥
Truly beautiful book post today.
'This edition of Seamus Heaney’s seminal fourth collection North, reproduced in its elegant first setting and in its original jacket, marks fifty years since first publication in 1975.'
This is a special one. Thank you @faberbooks.bsky.social
'This edition of Seamus Heaney’s seminal fourth collection North, reproduced in its elegant first setting and in its original jacket, marks fifty years since first publication in 1975.'
This is a special one. Thank you @faberbooks.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Truly beautiful book post today.
'This edition of Seamus Heaney’s seminal fourth collection North, reproduced in its elegant first setting and in its original jacket, marks fifty years since first publication in 1975.'
This is a special one. Thank you @faberbooks.bsky.social
'This edition of Seamus Heaney’s seminal fourth collection North, reproduced in its elegant first setting and in its original jacket, marks fifty years since first publication in 1975.'
This is a special one. Thank you @faberbooks.bsky.social
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Got the author photos done (finally realistic photos which actually look like me now at 42, as I am) with Ger Holland and I just want to say again that they are amazing and so lovely and do the best work and also that they offer hugs so what more can you ask for from a photographer?!?
Ger Holland Photography
www.gerhollandphotography.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Got the author photos done (finally realistic photos which actually look like me now at 42, as I am) with Ger Holland and I just want to say again that they are amazing and so lovely and do the best work and also that they offer hugs so what more can you ask for from a photographer?!?
My second year boy made this for me in woodwork. Fairly priceless ❤️
April 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My second year boy made this for me in woodwork. Fairly priceless ❤️
Lego sunflowers & a new writing notebook with Bear ❤️ Happy Mother’s Day 🌸
March 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Lego sunflowers & a new writing notebook with Bear ❤️ Happy Mother’s Day 🌸
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Is your book on the LibGen list? Let us know.
Meta considered licensing books to train AI—but opted instead to pirate LibGen, a database that currently contains more than 7.5 million books and 81 million research papers, Alex Reisner writes.
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Is your book on the LibGen list? Let us know.
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Just three weeks now until the launch of IN THE MOVIEW OF HER LIFE by @chennessybooks.bsky.social
With big thanks to the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for their support!!
With big thanks to the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for their support!!
March 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Just three weeks now until the launch of IN THE MOVIEW OF HER LIFE by @chennessybooks.bsky.social
With big thanks to the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for their support!!
With big thanks to the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for their support!!
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Hello everyone! I'm making the move to Bluesky. Writing community people please follow! UL Summer Festival is on from April 9-11 with a fantastic lineup. And winter school is back too: details here: 617b1c91637ae.site123.me
617b1c91637ae.site123.me
March 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Hello everyone! I'm making the move to Bluesky. Writing community people please follow! UL Summer Festival is on from April 9-11 with a fantastic lineup. And winter school is back too: details here: 617b1c91637ae.site123.me