Deirdre Shanahan
deirdre2.bsky.social
Deirdre Shanahan
@deirdre2.bsky.social
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Writer. Reader. Lots in between. deirdreshanahan.com 'Caravan of the Lost and Left Behind' @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 'Carrying Fire and Water' Splice Books awards [email protected] @wasafirimag.bsky.social
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Oíche Shamhna shona duit! 🐈‍⬛

Here's a short moment captured at the entrance to Oweynagat, Uaimh na gCat (Cave of the Cats) in the ancient landscape of Rathcroghan, Roscommon.

There are many tales about the dark depths of the cave, once described as the 'Gateway to Hell' in the Book of Leinster.
the music chosen is wondrous
what a relief from the rest of the world
Over 3 years working on new album. This week put finishing touches to it #newmusic #mindfulmusic #neoclassical
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ICE violently detained a 16 year old US citizen & sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back and neck.

The kid was screaming “I’m underage! I was just going to school!”

That didn’t stop ICE from putting a knee on his neck.

Arnoldo Bazan didn’t deserve this.

No one deserves this.
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Ghost Mountain is being published in French (in France, Switzerland and Belgium) on 9th January 2026.

I'd really chuffed about this. First time my writing has appeared in French.

Published by Les Grands Vents and translated by Charles Roux

www.editionslesgrandsvents.com/montagne-fan...
La Montagne Fantôme — Éditions Les Grands Vents
Découvrez le roman de l'auteur irlandais Rónán Hession, La Montagne Fantôme, fable mystérieuse et merveilleuse sur la résilience.
www.editionslesgrandsvents.com
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Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Treasury minister leading budget plans spent £900 on desk
Torsten Bell, who is working with Rachel Reeves to fill a £30 billion hole in finances, also used his parliamentary expenses to claim £600 for three chairs
www.thetimes.com
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love these ancient frescoes
Wheel of Fortune -
with some parts missing.
As is often the case.
#RochesterCathedral
#art
#arthistory
#frescoes
In Rochester today
Beautiful unique Catalpa tree
#nature
#trees
#Rochester
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'The Sea Monster Salutes'
Roland Penrose, collage
Falmouth Art Gallery
I was published early on by
Menard Press
Anthony Rudolph used most exquisite designs for covers
Love them still
#art
#coverdesign
Founded by Anthony Rudolf in 1969, The Menard Press published 150 titles in 40 years; the new iteration is the UK arm of Amsterdam indie imprint HetMoet. Original & translated poetry and fiction, non-fiction, art and literary criticism. New titles launch at #smallpublishersfair25 Fri 24/ Sat 25 Oct
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Founded by Anthony Rudolf in 1969, The Menard Press published 150 titles in 40 years; the new iteration is the UK arm of Amsterdam indie imprint HetMoet. Original & translated poetry and fiction, non-fiction, art and literary criticism. New titles launch at #smallpublishersfair25 Fri 24/ Sat 25 Oct
Have 2 miss it this year but it's a great lively event
Based in London and Bristol, @tenement-press.bsky.social is an occasional publisher of experimental, esoteric, accidental and interdisciplinary literatures, and is cousin to the magazine Hotel. Meet them, and their books, at #smallpublishersfair25, Conway Hall, London, Fri 24 / Sat 25 October
all power to you
but I really don't think he's listening
but good you are showing support to each other
The message to ourselves is just as important: we are "we the people," we are not daunted, we will continue to resist. Demonstrations like this encourage people they're not alone, encourage in the literal sense of instilling courage, breed a sense of solidarity, let us see ourselves.....
I am pretty sure the people have spoken. This isn't what we want. And the whole point of this weekend? A message to our current president: No Kings. You work for us, not the other way around.
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‘My Leddy, gaird o ivry unco airt!
Ye’ve gaithered the airts, ye’ve held them in yir haun,
Ye’ve braided the airts, smooricht thaim tae yir breist.’

From Robert Crawford’s Scots version of ‘Enheduanna’s Song’, a Sumerian hymn: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Robert Crawford · Poem: ‘Enheduanna’s Song’
www.lrb.co.uk
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Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland
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Just in from two SF No Kings events (Ocean Beach and then a colossal march and rally downtown). So many good signs, so much devotion to justice, liberty, human rights, and Jesus lord the one part of the US economy that must be booming right now: INFLATABLE critter costumes.
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
excited to have bought
'The Benefactors' by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
from lovely @qpbooks.bsky.social
so looking forward to reading
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We have three new titles out this week: a previously untold history of a revolution in Spain by Jeanne Moisand, a thriller examining violence through its subversion from Stephanie LaCava, and an examination of why life online really does get worse by the day from Cory Doctorow
This Week's New Titles
New titles available this week: A Spanish Commune by Jeanne Moisand  [book-strip index="1"] Buy a copy of A Spanish Commune and get 30% off any of the selected titles below. Discount will be applied i...
www.versobooks.com
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Support small publishers! Including the very excellent @longbarrowpress.bsky.social. Lovely to see our exploration of the Nova Scotian landscape travelling around.
Sheffield-based @longbarrowpress.bsky.social has been exploring the intersections of landscape, history and memory since 2006; recent titles include Martin Heslop & Helen Tookey's 'To the End of the Land'. You can find them at #smallpublishersfair25 on Fri 24 / Sat 25 Oct
smallpublishersfair.co.uk
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After listening to Start the Week, radio 4 with @tds153.bsky.social
with mention of the Sami people -
want to give out a shout again for this fab exhibition
modernamuseet.se/stockholm/en/
still on till end of month
go if in Stockholm
exquisite work by Britta Marakatt-Labba