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Rónán Hession

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Rónán Hession. Irish author @1dublin1book Listed @anpostibas @booksaremybag #BritishBookAwards #KerryGroupIrishNovel @Soc_of_Authors @dalkeybookfest @PrizeRofC Contact via www.ronanhession.com

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · Mar 14

Honoured that Leonard and Hungry Paul has been included in the @irishtimes.com 100 best Irish books of the 21st century (so far), at 38. Thanks so much to the contributors who selected it.

(Ps. I was a contributor but didn't nominate or upvote my own book.)

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 50 to No 26

A panel of more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, festival curators and booksellers) select their favourite Irish novels and short stories of the years 2020-2025

www.irishtimes.com

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 3h

Many thanks to all the librarians at Hebden Bridge @calderdale.bsky.social for this magnificent display of Bluemoose authors with a nod to the upcoming @bbc 6 part b series of Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social . Brilliant.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks for your support 💛

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 2h

Bohs v Schalke in a friendly at Dalymount this afternoon.

Good to keep the Bohs players sharp during the international break and, ahem, possibly a bit of practice for European football next year.

Schalke players warming on the Dalymount pitch.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 6h

I wouldn't say so but I think someone high profile might find it easier to get coverage.

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 6h

Perhaps it's a sub genre that comes from blogging?

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 6h

I haven't read the writer's books but I find the tone in her articles quite distancing. There's auto fiction that uses the author's life as a subject and then there's the sort where it's the only subject.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 6h

As @davidcollard.bsky.social often says of Joyce, "not for everybody but it is for anybody."

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 6h

Takedowns are fun to read but I think the real test of a critic is when a future classic arrives, unheralded, in the post among many other books, on a busy week, and the critic can spot it. @davidcollard.bsky.social with Solar Bones and A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, for example.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 6h

Whereas you could read, say, To Kill A Mockingbird and not think that.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 6h

I have to say I envy his precision. I think he had a good mix of vibes and analysis.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 7h

In recent years I've been left cold by buzzy books/films etc and couldn't pinpoint why. Now I see that they have a demographic in mind and at some level I'm resisting that idea, even where I am in said demographic.

Ps. I didn't share the article because it's a negative review of a writer.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting piece by Kevin Power in the Irish Times. Unlocks something I've been struggling to get my head round. He writes about trying to enjoy work that is clearly meant for someone else. Maybe that's part of what elevates something to art: you don't have to be in a club to fully appreciate it.

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David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 7h

Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th from 11am! New ceramic art in Muswell Hill's Pothole Studios. Private view at 6pm 🍷 All welcome!

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 8h

I'm not sure actually. Unless you can access BBC iPlayer?

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 8h

💛💛

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 8h

Good morning and Happy #BookshopDay.

Please do support Indy Bookshops.

They pay their full taxes and don't splurge their money on rockets to Mars.

@babooksellers.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com

And thank you team Bookcase Hebden for promoting
@susannacrossman.bsky.social

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 15h

It was really special to watch it. I hope you enjoy it too.

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 16h

Yes – my paternal grandparents were from Galway (Newcastle and Claddagh).

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 17h

Next Friday evening.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you Hannah.

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you 🙏

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 17h

Got to see the first two episodes of the Leonard and Hungry Paul TV show in a small cinema with the crew and cast. With genuine and heartfelt sincerity, I loved it. I feel so grateful to everyone who worked on it.

I hope you all love it as much as I do (but I think you will).

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Amy!

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Liz!

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!