Join Ruby Free and @seanronayne.bsky.social at this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social to immerse yourself in nature through discussing the stories behind their best-selling books: Nature Boy and #Rathlin, A Wild Life. Tickets have nearly sold out:
dublinbookfestival.com/event/immers...

Excited to announce that The Cork International Short Story Festival takes place from 15th - 18th October. All the details on the programme and how to book your tickets go to www.corkshortstory.net
#shortstory #corkevents #shortstoryfestival

Join us for a powerful morning of conversation with authors Evelyn Conlon, Sinéad Gleeson and Clodagh Finn, exploring the impact of women activists in Ireland through the decades, and some of the great writing that captures their stories 🎟️ bit.ly/4mFkhbu

We're really looking forward to this Dublin Book Fair event in November with Evelyn Conlon (author and UCD Press co-editor of After the Train) and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with author and journalist Clodagh Finn!

Saturday, 8 November
11 am
IMMA, RHK

🎟️ Get your tickets: bit.ly/dbf-att

Blue Lights is back!

Why not "Take a beat!" and read the Real Life stories?

#bbc1 #BlueLights #bluelights2025 #crimedrama #colinbreen

Get it here: blackstaffpress.com?s=A+Force+Li...

'President Michael D. Higgins this afternoon received the newly appointed Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025 – 2028, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, at Áras an Uachtaráin.' #SpeirGorm @president.ie

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne’s candid and moving memoir tells the story of her thirty-year relationship with the love of her life, internationally renowned folklorist Bo Almvqvist, capturing brilliantly the compromises and adjustments and phases of their relationship.

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A privilege to be part of the NI premiere of the searingly powerful BOY by Damian Gorman @thelinenhall 11 Sept. The story, in words & music, of his brother Gerard who endured horrific abuse at the hands of Fr Malachy Finegan. Gerard’s courage inspired many other men to come forward.

'Gerard Gorman’s experiences are brought to the stage with poems by his brother Damian and music by piper Leonard Barry. It is a story of hope amidst the darkness.'

Kathy Donaghy's piece in the Irish Independent on B O Y:

www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

#SoYoung #BOY

Too many stories in Ireland have gone unheard. Many a lot like this one. Acclaimed Poet Damian Gorman and Master Uilleann Piper Leonard Barry give it voice through poetry and music – a stunning performance of courage, resilience & hope. 🗓️ Fri 19 Sep 2025 irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/b-o-y-...

Tech completed for the world premiere of B O Y in @hawkswellsligo.bsky.social Theatre, Sligo this evening (Wednesday, September 10th).

f.mtr.cool/fvyulgjilg for remaining tickets.

(Photo: Lorcan Doherty)

Now completely SOLD OUT. You can still catch the 1st outing of the show at its world premiere in Sligo's Hawk's Well Theatre (Sept 10th); at the New Gate Arts and Culture Centre (25th); or at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith (19th).

Join Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, in her first public event as the 4th Laureate for Irish Fiction, as she discusses her writing career to date and her role as Laureate. She will be joined in conversation with Niall MacMonagle.

Tues 16 Sept, 6–8pm @nlireland.bsky.social. Book here:

tinyurl.com/2xcf7zyh

Nature at the Fringe, TODAY!

Wonderful @rubyfreewild joins us at 1pm with an ode to a very special island and its dizzying array of wildlife. Rathlin is a memoir of seabirds & conservation & island living written from the heart!

Earlier this month, Ruby Free was hosted by @lighthousebks.bsky.social for @edfringe.bsky.social #bookfringe to another sold out event! She discussed the importance of intersectional #environmentalism and why it’s so important to use your voice in the places & spaces that need it most.

#rathlin

BOY: An unforgettable life in words and music
11th September – 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm £20.00

The Linen Hall invites you to the Northern Ireland premiere of a landmark production from Leonard Barry and Damian Gorman.

linenhall.com/.../boy-an-u...

#LinenHall #OpeningMinds #Belfast

From the football pitch to the airwaves — few wear as many hats as well. Passionate, principled, and pure #Ballymoney.

#LiamBeckett #NIfootball #football

blackstaffpress.com?s=liam+beckett

Join Ruby Free @lighthousebks.bsky.social on Sun 10 August @1pm.

She will be discussing her time living on remote islands alongside nature, the writing process, & wilding at Ballyconnelly Farm, with a few readings & a Q&A.

lighthousebookshop.com/events/a-wil...

#Rathlin #seabirds #islandlife

Homebirds – A beautiful journey through Northern Ireland’s birdlife, from garden visitors to coastal flyers.

Perfect for bird lovers, nature seekers, and curious wanderers.

blackstaffpress.com/homebirds-97...

#Birdwatching #NorthernIreland #Homebirds #NatureLovers

‘I was part of a movement of women writers of Ireland’

The new Laureate for Irish Fiction, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, on language, grief and how reading a book as Gaeilge isn’t as hard as some might think.

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

#eilisnidhuibhne #irishfiction #irishwriting #gaeilge