Sonya Gildea
@sonyagildea.bsky.social
John McGahern Literature Award | DLR Emerging Writer In Residence 2023-24 | Poetry Ireland Introductions | Cúirt New Writing Fiction Award | Art Council Literature Bursary Award |
sonyagildea dot com
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Join us on Sunday for the launch of STATE, IN RELATION @tbgands.bsky.social Dublin Art Book Fair 2025 #DABF25 with accompanying print installation OMITTED PROVISIONS
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December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Join us on Sunday for the launch of STATE, IN RELATION @tbgands.bsky.social Dublin Art Book Fair 2025 #DABF25 with accompanying print installation OMITTED PROVISIONS
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@stingingfly.bsky.social Launch of ISSUE 53 The Climate Issue @ Digital Depot, introduced by Declan Meade & Editor Lisa McInerny, w/readings from @junec.bsky.social, Simon Costello & many others 💫
@eoieoin.bsky.social in the raffle hat w/writers Lianne O'Hara, Ella Gaynor & Kasandra Ferguson✨
@eoieoin.bsky.social in the raffle hat w/writers Lianne O'Hara, Ella Gaynor & Kasandra Ferguson✨
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
@stingingfly.bsky.social Launch of ISSUE 53 The Climate Issue @ Digital Depot, introduced by Declan Meade & Editor Lisa McInerny, w/readings from @junec.bsky.social, Simon Costello & many others 💫
@eoieoin.bsky.social in the raffle hat w/writers Lianne O'Hara, Ella Gaynor & Kasandra Ferguson✨
@eoieoin.bsky.social in the raffle hat w/writers Lianne O'Hara, Ella Gaynor & Kasandra Ferguson✨
The Pig's Back Dublin Launch ISSUE # 7 @booksupstairs.bsky.social last night
with @thepigsback.bsky.social co-editors Dean Fee & Emily Cooper. Hosted by Louisa of Books Upstairs, With celebratory readings from Issue #7 and # 6💫
with @thepigsback.bsky.social co-editors Dean Fee & Emily Cooper. Hosted by Louisa of Books Upstairs, With celebratory readings from Issue #7 and # 6💫
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Pig's Back Dublin Launch ISSUE # 7 @booksupstairs.bsky.social last night
with @thepigsback.bsky.social co-editors Dean Fee & Emily Cooper. Hosted by Louisa of Books Upstairs, With celebratory readings from Issue #7 and # 6💫
with @thepigsback.bsky.social co-editors Dean Fee & Emily Cooper. Hosted by Louisa of Books Upstairs, With celebratory readings from Issue #7 and # 6💫
@abridgedmagazine.bsky.social NEVER A ROSE
Very happy to have a poem included here and to be in such fine company.
Huge thanks to Editors Gregory McCartney & Susanna Galbraith💫
Very happy to have a poem included here and to be in such fine company.
Huge thanks to Editors Gregory McCartney & Susanna Galbraith💫
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
@abridgedmagazine.bsky.social NEVER A ROSE
Very happy to have a poem included here and to be in such fine company.
Huge thanks to Editors Gregory McCartney & Susanna Galbraith💫
Very happy to have a poem included here and to be in such fine company.
Huge thanks to Editors Gregory McCartney & Susanna Galbraith💫
HYMN TO ALL THE RESTLESS GIRLS
by Annemarie Ní Churreáin
&
FALLEN
by Audrey Molloy
The Gallery Press Launch @booksupstairs.bsky.social last week 💫
by Annemarie Ní Churreáin
&
FALLEN
by Audrey Molloy
The Gallery Press Launch @booksupstairs.bsky.social last week 💫
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
HYMN TO ALL THE RESTLESS GIRLS
by Annemarie Ní Churreáin
&
FALLEN
by Audrey Molloy
The Gallery Press Launch @booksupstairs.bsky.social last week 💫
by Annemarie Ní Churreáin
&
FALLEN
by Audrey Molloy
The Gallery Press Launch @booksupstairs.bsky.social last week 💫
AFTER PARTY by @deanbrowne.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social
Introduced by Louisa Earls of @booksupstairs.bsky.social and launched by Tom Morris.
💫
Now we're talking.
Let's go!
Introduced by Louisa Earls of @booksupstairs.bsky.social and launched by Tom Morris.
💫
Now we're talking.
Let's go!
October 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
AFTER PARTY by @deanbrowne.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social
Introduced by Louisa Earls of @booksupstairs.bsky.social and launched by Tom Morris.
💫
Now we're talking.
Let's go!
Introduced by Louisa Earls of @booksupstairs.bsky.social and launched by Tom Morris.
💫
Now we're talking.
Let's go!
@rosamundtaylor.bsky.social's launch of
FILLY
@bansheepress.bsky.social last night @booksupstairs.bsky.social & introduced by @jesstraynor.bsky.social 💫
FILLY
@bansheepress.bsky.social last night @booksupstairs.bsky.social & introduced by @jesstraynor.bsky.social 💫
October 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
@rosamundtaylor.bsky.social's launch of
FILLY
@bansheepress.bsky.social last night @booksupstairs.bsky.social & introduced by @jesstraynor.bsky.social 💫
FILLY
@bansheepress.bsky.social last night @booksupstairs.bsky.social & introduced by @jesstraynor.bsky.social 💫
The loveliest thing to hear some of these poems out in the wild last week, a storm raging up outside.
@jesstraynor.bsky.social's NEW ARCANA @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social, introduced beautifully by Seán Hewitt at the @gutterbookshop.bsky.social.
How lucky we are❤️
@jesstraynor.bsky.social's NEW ARCANA @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social, introduced beautifully by Seán Hewitt at the @gutterbookshop.bsky.social.
How lucky we are❤️
October 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The loveliest thing to hear some of these poems out in the wild last week, a storm raging up outside.
@jesstraynor.bsky.social's NEW ARCANA @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social, introduced beautifully by Seán Hewitt at the @gutterbookshop.bsky.social.
How lucky we are❤️
@jesstraynor.bsky.social's NEW ARCANA @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social, introduced beautifully by Seán Hewitt at the @gutterbookshop.bsky.social.
How lucky we are❤️
Full house @booksupstairs.bsky.social last week for launch of THE HARE'S CORNER @newislandbooks.bsky.social in partnerships w/@burrenbeotrust.bsky.social, with poetry by @janeclarke.bsky.social, prose Catherine Cleary & illustrations Jane Carkill.
September 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Full house @booksupstairs.bsky.social last week for launch of THE HARE'S CORNER @newislandbooks.bsky.social in partnerships w/@burrenbeotrust.bsky.social, with poetry by @janeclarke.bsky.social, prose Catherine Cleary & illustrations Jane Carkill.
I found this beauty in my letter box. Delivery by stealth and kindness.
FILLY
Extraordinary work by Rosamund Taylor @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social and all @bansheepress.bsky.social ✨
FILLY
Extraordinary work by Rosamund Taylor @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social and all @bansheepress.bsky.social ✨
September 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I found this beauty in my letter box. Delivery by stealth and kindness.
FILLY
Extraordinary work by Rosamund Taylor @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social and all @bansheepress.bsky.social ✨
FILLY
Extraordinary work by Rosamund Taylor @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social and all @bansheepress.bsky.social ✨
@dlrarts.bsky.social Writer's Coffee Morning & Information Session on mentorship.
Please Join Carolyn Brown Dlr Arts, Olivia Fitzsimons, Annemarie Ní Churreáin & Sonya Gildea
20th Sept 11-1pm Meeting Room, Lexicon Library
All welcome, registrations required: sonyadlrwriterinresidence@gmail.com
Please Join Carolyn Brown Dlr Arts, Olivia Fitzsimons, Annemarie Ní Churreáin & Sonya Gildea
20th Sept 11-1pm Meeting Room, Lexicon Library
All welcome, registrations required: sonyadlrwriterinresidence@gmail.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
@dlrarts.bsky.social Writer's Coffee Morning & Information Session on mentorship.
Please Join Carolyn Brown Dlr Arts, Olivia Fitzsimons, Annemarie Ní Churreáin & Sonya Gildea
20th Sept 11-1pm Meeting Room, Lexicon Library
All welcome, registrations required: sonyadlrwriterinresidence@gmail.com
Please Join Carolyn Brown Dlr Arts, Olivia Fitzsimons, Annemarie Ní Churreáin & Sonya Gildea
20th Sept 11-1pm Meeting Room, Lexicon Library
All welcome, registrations required: sonyadlrwriterinresidence@gmail.com
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Quiet mornings working with a friend's manuscript.
This is happiness.
Quiet mornings working with a friend's manuscript.
This is happiness.
August 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Quiet mornings working with a friend's manuscript.
This is happiness.
Quiet mornings working with a friend's manuscript.
This is happiness.
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Wendy Erskine.
There's no one like her.
'The Benefactors' @sceptrebooks.bsky.social celebratory launch last night @booksupstairs.bsky.social, mesmerising reading by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social introduced by Asna Khan Khattak & @sineadgleeson.bsky.social & hosted by Louisa Earls. ❤️
Wendy Erskine.
There's no one like her.
'The Benefactors' @sceptrebooks.bsky.social celebratory launch last night @booksupstairs.bsky.social, mesmerising reading by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social introduced by Asna Khan Khattak & @sineadgleeson.bsky.social & hosted by Louisa Earls. ❤️
June 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Wendy Erskine.
There's no one like her.
'The Benefactors' @sceptrebooks.bsky.social celebratory launch last night @booksupstairs.bsky.social, mesmerising reading by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social introduced by Asna Khan Khattak & @sineadgleeson.bsky.social & hosted by Louisa Earls. ❤️
Wendy Erskine.
There's no one like her.
'The Benefactors' @sceptrebooks.bsky.social celebratory launch last night @booksupstairs.bsky.social, mesmerising reading by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social introduced by Asna Khan Khattak & @sineadgleeson.bsky.social & hosted by Louisa Earls. ❤️
Mesmerising reading from 'Aug 9- Fog' @bookworks.bsky.social by Kathryn Scanlan on Fri afternoon @ Belfast Book Festival, & great conversation with & reading by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social from 'The Benefactors' @sceptrebooks.bsky.social, hosted by Declan Meade @Crescent Arts Centre.
June 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Mesmerising reading from 'Aug 9- Fog' @bookworks.bsky.social by Kathryn Scanlan on Fri afternoon @ Belfast Book Festival, & great conversation with & reading by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social from 'The Benefactors' @sceptrebooks.bsky.social, hosted by Declan Meade @Crescent Arts Centre.
Bowie. Berlin.
Research.
Research.
June 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Bowie. Berlin.
Research.
Research.
Nice to find these beauties on the shelves in Buchhandlung Walther König on Burgstrasse, Berlin.
'Well I Just Kind of Like It' edited by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @pva-books.bsky.social
&
'You Spin Me Round' edited by Adrian Duncan_ Niamh Dunphy & Nathan O'Donnell @pva-books.bsky.social ✨
'Well I Just Kind of Like It' edited by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @pva-books.bsky.social
&
'You Spin Me Round' edited by Adrian Duncan_ Niamh Dunphy & Nathan O'Donnell @pva-books.bsky.social ✨
May 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Nice to find these beauties on the shelves in Buchhandlung Walther König on Burgstrasse, Berlin.
'Well I Just Kind of Like It' edited by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @pva-books.bsky.social
&
'You Spin Me Round' edited by Adrian Duncan_ Niamh Dunphy & Nathan O'Donnell @pva-books.bsky.social ✨
'Well I Just Kind of Like It' edited by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @pva-books.bsky.social
&
'You Spin Me Round' edited by Adrian Duncan_ Niamh Dunphy & Nathan O'Donnell @pva-books.bsky.social ✨
A friend sent me to Ivallan’s Books, Berlin @ivallansbooks.bsky.social “Second-hand and exceptional books”.
Beautiful place to spend some time.
Spotted a @tolkajournal.bsky.social issue #2 high on a shelf.
Beautiful place to spend some time.
Spotted a @tolkajournal.bsky.social issue #2 high on a shelf.
May 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A friend sent me to Ivallan’s Books, Berlin @ivallansbooks.bsky.social “Second-hand and exceptional books”.
Beautiful place to spend some time.
Spotted a @tolkajournal.bsky.social issue #2 high on a shelf.
Beautiful place to spend some time.
Spotted a @tolkajournal.bsky.social issue #2 high on a shelf.
Very hapy to have joined the Irish Writer’s Centre panel for one-to-one mentoring in poetry, short stories and creative non-fiction.
More details on the IWC website & link below.
Thanks to all @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social ✨
More details on the IWC website & link below.
Thanks to all @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social ✨
May 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Very hapy to have joined the Irish Writer’s Centre panel for one-to-one mentoring in poetry, short stories and creative non-fiction.
More details on the IWC website & link below.
Thanks to all @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social ✨
More details on the IWC website & link below.
Thanks to all @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social ✨
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A work of mesmerising prose.
Sinéad Morrissey reading from her new book (@carcanet.bsky.social 2026) and in conversation with Damien Smyth (Arts Council Northern Ireland) in the Canada Room @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on Friday evening.
A work of mesmerising prose.
Sinéad Morrissey reading from her new book (@carcanet.bsky.social 2026) and in conversation with Damien Smyth (Arts Council Northern Ireland) in the Canada Room @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on Friday evening.
April 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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A work of mesmerising prose.
Sinéad Morrissey reading from her new book (@carcanet.bsky.social 2026) and in conversation with Damien Smyth (Arts Council Northern Ireland) in the Canada Room @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on Friday evening.
A work of mesmerising prose.
Sinéad Morrissey reading from her new book (@carcanet.bsky.social 2026) and in conversation with Damien Smyth (Arts Council Northern Ireland) in the Canada Room @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on Friday evening.
Thursday evening @tlrhub.bsky.social
Great reading by Victoria Kennefick in conversation with Seán Hewitt✨
Great reading by Victoria Kennefick in conversation with Seán Hewitt✨
March 31, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Thursday evening @tlrhub.bsky.social
Great reading by Victoria Kennefick in conversation with Seán Hewitt✨
Great reading by Victoria Kennefick in conversation with Seán Hewitt✨
I keep coming back to this. Again and again . . .
Kathryn Scanlan
Aug 9 Fog
MCD
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2019)
Kathryn Scanlan
Aug 9 Fog
MCD
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2019)
March 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I keep coming back to this. Again and again . . .
Kathryn Scanlan
Aug 9 Fog
MCD
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2019)
Kathryn Scanlan
Aug 9 Fog
MCD
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2019)
Celebrating the life & work of poet Eavan Boland and the naming of the new Eavan Boland library @tcddublin.bsky.social
A great & far-reaching conversation with poets Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Katie Donovan & Victoria Kennefick hosted by Dr. Rosie Lavan of TCD💙
A great & far-reaching conversation with poets Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Katie Donovan & Victoria Kennefick hosted by Dr. Rosie Lavan of TCD💙
March 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Celebrating the life & work of poet Eavan Boland and the naming of the new Eavan Boland library @tcddublin.bsky.social
A great & far-reaching conversation with poets Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Katie Donovan & Victoria Kennefick hosted by Dr. Rosie Lavan of TCD💙
A great & far-reaching conversation with poets Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Katie Donovan & Victoria Kennefick hosted by Dr. Rosie Lavan of TCD💙
Beautiful reading by Charlie Lang from his collection OASIS @skeinpress.bsky.social @molimuseum.bsky.social the other evening 💙
March 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Beautiful reading by Charlie Lang from his collection OASIS @skeinpress.bsky.social @molimuseum.bsky.social the other evening 💙
Studio 6 Collective
A long & inspiring day w/ fellow collaborators on this collective project, Nathan O'Donnell, Clare Bell, Annemarie Ní Churreáin @oeiny.bsky.social @stomaselli.bsky.social Nithy Kasa & creative partners TBG+S
w/thanks @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for making such work possible
A long & inspiring day w/ fellow collaborators on this collective project, Nathan O'Donnell, Clare Bell, Annemarie Ní Churreáin @oeiny.bsky.social @stomaselli.bsky.social Nithy Kasa & creative partners TBG+S
w/thanks @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for making such work possible
March 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Studio 6 Collective
A long & inspiring day w/ fellow collaborators on this collective project, Nathan O'Donnell, Clare Bell, Annemarie Ní Churreáin @oeiny.bsky.social @stomaselli.bsky.social Nithy Kasa & creative partners TBG+S
w/thanks @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for making such work possible
A long & inspiring day w/ fellow collaborators on this collective project, Nathan O'Donnell, Clare Bell, Annemarie Ní Churreáin @oeiny.bsky.social @stomaselli.bsky.social Nithy Kasa & creative partners TBG+S
w/thanks @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for making such work possible