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.
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
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 🍅
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
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 🌸
Bear’s best friend, Bailey
February 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Bear’s best friend, Bailey
RIP Michael Longley
January 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
RIP Michael Longley
An exquisite new novel by Adrian Duncan—beautiful, artful, dreamy, clever.
@serpents-tail.bsky.social
@serpents-tail.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
An exquisite new novel by Adrian Duncan—beautiful, artful, dreamy, clever.
@serpents-tail.bsky.social
@serpents-tail.bsky.social
Bear and his best friend Hank - the photo does not show the face freezing sleety-haily-rain we had just walked through - but it was worth it for a beach to ourselves and some dog joy
December 7, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Bear and his best friend Hank - the photo does not show the face freezing sleety-haily-rain we had just walked through - but it was worth it for a beach to ourselves and some dog joy
Bear, heron, & not another soul ❤️
November 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Bear, heron, & not another soul ❤️
Early morning, November
November 15, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Early morning, November