Skein Press
@skeinpress.bsky.social
Independent publisher of underrepresented voices & stories in Irish literature.
📚 Out now:This Is Not A Cookbook by Roxana Manouchehri
📚 Upcoming:Contentious Spaces by Rosaleen McDonagh
🎤In the Half Light:Voices from Black Ireland curated by Phil Mullen
📚 Out now:This Is Not A Cookbook by Roxana Manouchehri
📚 Upcoming:Contentious Spaces by Rosaleen McDonagh
🎤In the Half Light:Voices from Black Ireland curated by Phil Mullen
Unveiling our first publication of 2026...
'Contentious Spaces' is the debut novel from acclaimed Irish writer, playwright and performer Rosaleen McDonagh
#ContentiousSpaces #NewIrishFiction
'Contentious Spaces' is the debut novel from acclaimed Irish writer, playwright and performer Rosaleen McDonagh
#ContentiousSpaces #NewIrishFiction
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Unveiling our first publication of 2026...
'Contentious Spaces' is the debut novel from acclaimed Irish writer, playwright and performer Rosaleen McDonagh
#ContentiousSpaces #NewIrishFiction
'Contentious Spaces' is the debut novel from acclaimed Irish writer, playwright and performer Rosaleen McDonagh
#ContentiousSpaces #NewIrishFiction
The audiobook of 'Unsettled', Rosaleen McDonagh's incisive and groundbreaking essay collection, is now available to purchase on our website.
Narrated by Kathleen Murphy, the book explores racism, ableism, abuse, resistance and the bonds of community that tie us together
Narrated by Kathleen Murphy, the book explores racism, ableism, abuse, resistance and the bonds of community that tie us together
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The audiobook of 'Unsettled', Rosaleen McDonagh's incisive and groundbreaking essay collection, is now available to purchase on our website.
Narrated by Kathleen Murphy, the book explores racism, ableism, abuse, resistance and the bonds of community that tie us together
Narrated by Kathleen Murphy, the book explores racism, ableism, abuse, resistance and the bonds of community that tie us together
Join us at the Dublin Small Press Fair on November 28th for a discussion on Independent Publishing with:
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Join us at the Dublin Small Press Fair on November 28th for a discussion on Independent Publishing with:
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
Still revelling in all the magic of last week's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social ✨
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Still revelling in all the magic of last week's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social ✨
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Still revelling in all the magic of last week's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social ✨
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Still revelling in all the magic of last week's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social ✨
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Such an incredible eve celebrating the launch of This Is Not a Cookbook ❤️ Our hearts and souls are nourished 🍲
This Is Not a Cookbook is still available on our website and in all good bookshops 🎉
This Is Not a Cookbook is still available on our website and in all good bookshops 🎉
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Such an incredible eve celebrating the launch of This Is Not a Cookbook ❤️ Our hearts and souls are nourished 🍲
This Is Not a Cookbook is still available on our website and in all good bookshops 🎉
This Is Not a Cookbook is still available on our website and in all good bookshops 🎉
'There were once three sisters who lived near Lough Corrib...'
'Why The Moon Travels', a haunting collection rooted in the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community, is now available on audiobook 🎧
Written by Oein deBhairduin and narrated by Cormac O'Sullivan
'Why The Moon Travels', a haunting collection rooted in the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community, is now available on audiobook 🎧
Written by Oein deBhairduin and narrated by Cormac O'Sullivan
October 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
'There were once three sisters who lived near Lough Corrib...'
'Why The Moon Travels', a haunting collection rooted in the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community, is now available on audiobook 🎧
Written by Oein deBhairduin and narrated by Cormac O'Sullivan
'Why The Moon Travels', a haunting collection rooted in the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community, is now available on audiobook 🎧
Written by Oein deBhairduin and narrated by Cormac O'Sullivan
On Samhain, the line between this world and the otherworld grows thin. These stories invite the listener to step across the breach and discover what magic awaits...
In celebration of Samhain, we are releasing not one, but two, audiobooks by renowned folklorist Oein DeBhairduin 🍂
In celebration of Samhain, we are releasing not one, but two, audiobooks by renowned folklorist Oein DeBhairduin 🍂
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
On Samhain, the line between this world and the otherworld grows thin. These stories invite the listener to step across the breach and discover what magic awaits...
In celebration of Samhain, we are releasing not one, but two, audiobooks by renowned folklorist Oein DeBhairduin 🍂
In celebration of Samhain, we are releasing not one, but two, audiobooks by renowned folklorist Oein DeBhairduin 🍂
"All my friends are white but we never talk about racism..."
The third episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream or download wherever you usually listen
The third episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream or download wherever you usually listen
October 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"All my friends are white but we never talk about racism..."
The third episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream or download wherever you usually listen
The third episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream or download wherever you usually listen
'I was always made to feel grateful...'
Episodes One and Two of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' are now available to stream wherever you usually listen
Or here via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
Episodes One and Two of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' are now available to stream wherever you usually listen
Or here via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
October 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
'I was always made to feel grateful...'
Episodes One and Two of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' are now available to stream wherever you usually listen
Or here via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
Episodes One and Two of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' are now available to stream wherever you usually listen
Or here via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
Join us on Thursday 6 November for 'Class Acts: Poetry on Class and Belonging' featuring Skein poet Charles Lang alongside two other brilliant poetic voices, Colm Keegan and Clíodhna Bhreatnach
Kicking off at 1pm at Belvedere Library, DCU campus
Kicking off at 1pm at Belvedere Library, DCU campus
October 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Join us on Thursday 6 November for 'Class Acts: Poetry on Class and Belonging' featuring Skein poet Charles Lang alongside two other brilliant poetic voices, Colm Keegan and Clíodhna Bhreatnach
Kicking off at 1pm at Belvedere Library, DCU campus
Kicking off at 1pm at Belvedere Library, DCU campus
In Episode Two of 'In The Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' we hear participants' stories of tracing their birth families, and trying to establish a sense of identity
Listen now via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
Or wherever you get your podcasts
Listen now via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
Or wherever you get your podcasts
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
In Episode Two of 'In The Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' we hear participants' stories of tracing their birth families, and trying to establish a sense of identity
Listen now via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
Or wherever you get your podcasts
Listen now via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
Or wherever you get your podcasts
Such a wonderful evening at the prelaunch of 'This is not a cookbook' - author Roxana Manouchehri was in conversation with Razan Ibraheem at @kildarereaders.bsky.social
Big thanks to the festival, to @barkerandjones.bsky.social for their support and to Roxy for providing the nibbles 🍴❤️
Big thanks to the festival, to @barkerandjones.bsky.social for their support and to Roxy for providing the nibbles 🍴❤️
October 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Such a wonderful evening at the prelaunch of 'This is not a cookbook' - author Roxana Manouchehri was in conversation with Razan Ibraheem at @kildarereaders.bsky.social
Big thanks to the festival, to @barkerandjones.bsky.social for their support and to Roxy for providing the nibbles 🍴❤️
Big thanks to the festival, to @barkerandjones.bsky.social for their support and to Roxy for providing the nibbles 🍴❤️
'My earliest memory would have been being a novelty...'
Testimony, conversation, a gesture of refusal against erasure
The first episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream via our website or wherever you get your podcasts
Testimony, conversation, a gesture of refusal against erasure
The first episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream via our website or wherever you get your podcasts
October 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
'My earliest memory would have been being a novelty...'
Testimony, conversation, a gesture of refusal against erasure
The first episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream via our website or wherever you get your podcasts
Testimony, conversation, a gesture of refusal against erasure
The first episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream via our website or wherever you get your podcasts
Such an incredible evening celebrating the launch of our podcast with @molimuseum.bsky.social 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' in #TrinityLongRoomHub
Warm thanks to #DrPhilMullen,#EoinMcNamee, #CaelainnHogan & the participants who shared their stories. Available soon on all platforms!
Warm thanks to #DrPhilMullen,#EoinMcNamee, #CaelainnHogan & the participants who shared their stories. Available soon on all platforms!
October 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Such an incredible evening celebrating the launch of our podcast with @molimuseum.bsky.social 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' in #TrinityLongRoomHub
Warm thanks to #DrPhilMullen,#EoinMcNamee, #CaelainnHogan & the participants who shared their stories. Available soon on all platforms!
Warm thanks to #DrPhilMullen,#EoinMcNamee, #CaelainnHogan & the participants who shared their stories. Available soon on all platforms!
Join us next week at the brilliant Kildare Reader's Festival to hear Roxana Manouchehri in conversation with Razan Ibraheem about 'This Is Not a Cookbook'
We'll have chats, some reading and some nibbles to enjoy!
Book here: tickettailor.com/events/kilda...
We'll have chats, some reading and some nibbles to enjoy!
Book here: tickettailor.com/events/kilda...
October 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Join us next week at the brilliant Kildare Reader's Festival to hear Roxana Manouchehri in conversation with Razan Ibraheem about 'This Is Not a Cookbook'
We'll have chats, some reading and some nibbles to enjoy!
Book here: tickettailor.com/events/kilda...
We'll have chats, some reading and some nibbles to enjoy!
Book here: tickettailor.com/events/kilda...
Join us tomorrow eve for the launch of our new podcast series: 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland'
Featuring podcast curator Dr Phil Mullen in conversation with journalist Caelainn Hogan
⏲️6.30pm
📍Davis Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
www.eventbrite.ie/e/in-the-hal...
Featuring podcast curator Dr Phil Mullen in conversation with journalist Caelainn Hogan
⏲️6.30pm
📍Davis Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
www.eventbrite.ie/e/in-the-hal...
October 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Join us tomorrow eve for the launch of our new podcast series: 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland'
Featuring podcast curator Dr Phil Mullen in conversation with journalist Caelainn Hogan
⏲️6.30pm
📍Davis Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
www.eventbrite.ie/e/in-the-hal...
Featuring podcast curator Dr Phil Mullen in conversation with journalist Caelainn Hogan
⏲️6.30pm
📍Davis Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
www.eventbrite.ie/e/in-the-hal...
'Once upon a time, there were Travellers who travelled all over Ireland...'
Acclaimed children's book 'The Fairy Queen' is now available in audiobook format, narrated by Elizabeth Ward 🌻
Order here via our website: skeinpress.com/product/the-...
Acclaimed children's book 'The Fairy Queen' is now available in audiobook format, narrated by Elizabeth Ward 🌻
Order here via our website: skeinpress.com/product/the-...
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
'Once upon a time, there were Travellers who travelled all over Ireland...'
Acclaimed children's book 'The Fairy Queen' is now available in audiobook format, narrated by Elizabeth Ward 🌻
Order here via our website: skeinpress.com/product/the-...
Acclaimed children's book 'The Fairy Queen' is now available in audiobook format, narrated by Elizabeth Ward 🌻
Order here via our website: skeinpress.com/product/the-...
Charles Lang's debut poetry collection 'The Oasis' is now available as an Audiobook, read as it's intended to be heard — in Charles' own rhythmic Glaswegian accent
Listen below to the nostalgic 'New Shoes' and find the full audiobook on our website:
skeinpress.com/product/the-...
Listen below to the nostalgic 'New Shoes' and find the full audiobook on our website:
skeinpress.com/product/the-...
September 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Charles Lang's debut poetry collection 'The Oasis' is now available as an Audiobook, read as it's intended to be heard — in Charles' own rhythmic Glaswegian accent
Listen below to the nostalgic 'New Shoes' and find the full audiobook on our website:
skeinpress.com/product/the-...
Listen below to the nostalgic 'New Shoes' and find the full audiobook on our website:
skeinpress.com/product/the-...
"For the speaker, it is imagination that is the oasis, a safe place to work things out."
Brilliant review of Charles Lang's debut poetry collection 'The Oasis' by Julie Laing in the latest issue of @gutter.bsky.social
Brilliant review of Charles Lang's debut poetry collection 'The Oasis' by Julie Laing in the latest issue of @gutter.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"For the speaker, it is imagination that is the oasis, a safe place to work things out."
Brilliant review of Charles Lang's debut poetry collection 'The Oasis' by Julie Laing in the latest issue of @gutter.bsky.social
Brilliant review of Charles Lang's debut poetry collection 'The Oasis' by Julie Laing in the latest issue of @gutter.bsky.social
Congratulations to #MoonFishTheatre & #OeinDeBhairduin on the opening of the theatre production of #Whythemoontravels today at #GalwayInternationalArtsFestival. A wonderful write up about the process in @thetimes.com by @sweetoblivion.bsky.social. Can't wait to see it live this week!
#GIAF2025
#GIAF2025
July 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Congratulations to #MoonFishTheatre & #OeinDeBhairduin on the opening of the theatre production of #Whythemoontravels today at #GalwayInternationalArtsFestival. A wonderful write up about the process in @thetimes.com by @sweetoblivion.bsky.social. Can't wait to see it live this week!
#GIAF2025
#GIAF2025
⭐Celebrating #TravellerPride⭐
We're very privileged to work with writers & storytellers from the Traveller community & publish their amazing work.
To mark #TravellerPrideWeek2025 we're offering 50% off selected titles by authors from the community.
📚 ow.ly/x6R750VZebX
We're very privileged to work with writers & storytellers from the Traveller community & publish their amazing work.
To mark #TravellerPrideWeek2025 we're offering 50% off selected titles by authors from the community.
📚 ow.ly/x6R750VZebX
May 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
⭐Celebrating #TravellerPride⭐
We're very privileged to work with writers & storytellers from the Traveller community & publish their amazing work.
To mark #TravellerPrideWeek2025 we're offering 50% off selected titles by authors from the community.
📚 ow.ly/x6R750VZebX
We're very privileged to work with writers & storytellers from the Traveller community & publish their amazing work.
To mark #TravellerPrideWeek2025 we're offering 50% off selected titles by authors from the community.
📚 ow.ly/x6R750VZebX
🌟 Join Our Team! 🌟
We're seeking a passionate Communications and Impact Manager to join our dynamic team. If you have a background in communications, marketing, events, public relations, or sales within publishing or arts organisations, this role might be for you!
Info: ow.ly/PxpG50VTaLy
We're seeking a passionate Communications and Impact Manager to join our dynamic team. If you have a background in communications, marketing, events, public relations, or sales within publishing or arts organisations, this role might be for you!
Info: ow.ly/PxpG50VTaLy
May 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🌟 Join Our Team! 🌟
We're seeking a passionate Communications and Impact Manager to join our dynamic team. If you have a background in communications, marketing, events, public relations, or sales within publishing or arts organisations, this role might be for you!
Info: ow.ly/PxpG50VTaLy
We're seeking a passionate Communications and Impact Manager to join our dynamic team. If you have a background in communications, marketing, events, public relations, or sales within publishing or arts organisations, this role might be for you!
Info: ow.ly/PxpG50VTaLy
Come work with us! We have an opening for a Communications & Impact Manager! If you have experience in communications, marketing, events, public relations & sales & management in a publishing environment or an arts organisation, this post could be ideal for you!
ℹ️: skeinpress.com/work-with-us/
ℹ️: skeinpress.com/work-with-us/
May 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Come work with us! We have an opening for a Communications & Impact Manager! If you have experience in communications, marketing, events, public relations & sales & management in a publishing environment or an arts organisation, this post could be ideal for you!
ℹ️: skeinpress.com/work-with-us/
ℹ️: skeinpress.com/work-with-us/
We’ve an action-packed 3 days of literary festivities ahead of us at @cuirtfestival.bsky.social! Tickets for all these events available via the links on our website skeinpress.com, we hope to see you at some of them, happy reading and happy 40th Cúirt! 📖🤍🧁 #TheOasis #TheFairyQueen #WhalesandWhales
April 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We’ve an action-packed 3 days of literary festivities ahead of us at @cuirtfestival.bsky.social! Tickets for all these events available via the links on our website skeinpress.com, we hope to see you at some of them, happy reading and happy 40th Cúirt! 📖🤍🧁 #TheOasis #TheFairyQueen #WhalesandWhales