Rónán Hession
@ronanhession.bsky.social
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
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
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...
(Ps. I was a contributor but didn't nominate or upvote my own book.)
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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It was an absolute joy to serve as one of three judges for the 2025 AIB Portrait Prize @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social. Huge congrats to the winner Daniel Nelis, and to the two Highly Commended works by John Foley and Conor O’Leary. A wonderful eve of celebrations for all the shortlisted artists ❤️🎨
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It was an absolute joy to serve as one of three judges for the 2025 AIB Portrait Prize @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social. Huge congrats to the winner Daniel Nelis, and to the two Highly Commended works by John Foley and Conor O’Leary. A wonderful eve of celebrations for all the shortlisted artists ❤️🎨
I've decided to overlook the first 45 minutes of that first half and focus on the Watford equalizer.
A bit of a sickener that Jebbison scored but I have enough football miles on my clock to expect such karmic occurrences.
A bit of a sickener that Jebbison scored but I have enough football miles on my clock to expect such karmic occurrences.
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I've decided to overlook the first 45 minutes of that first half and focus on the Watford equalizer.
A bit of a sickener that Jebbison scored but I have enough football miles on my clock to expect such karmic occurrences.
A bit of a sickener that Jebbison scored but I have enough football miles on my clock to expect such karmic occurrences.
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A beautiful winter sunset on Dublin’s River Liffey.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A beautiful winter sunset on Dublin’s River Liffey.
First eye test in three years and, miraculously, there's no change in my eyesight. My tired, strained, overworked eyeballs are just fine, it turns out.
It also means that I'll have these glasses (i.e. this face) for another few years.
It also means that I'll have these glasses (i.e. this face) for another few years.
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
First eye test in three years and, miraculously, there's no change in my eyesight. My tired, strained, overworked eyeballs are just fine, it turns out.
It also means that I'll have these glasses (i.e. this face) for another few years.
It also means that I'll have these glasses (i.e. this face) for another few years.
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Help 🙏 I’m moving into Ch2 of my PhD by PP, which focuses on the shift in practice embodied by my memoir Negative Space. If you know of any academic writing which references my work, I’d be very grateful to be pointed in its direction. @lilydunn.bsky.social @minxmarple.bsky.social please share? #phd
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Help 🙏 I’m moving into Ch2 of my PhD by PP, which focuses on the shift in practice embodied by my memoir Negative Space. If you know of any academic writing which references my work, I’d be very grateful to be pointed in its direction. @lilydunn.bsky.social @minxmarple.bsky.social please share? #phd
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Dublin People: Bohs launch 2025 Christmas Toy Drive.
Bohs launch 2025 Christmas Toy Drive
Bohemians, the Bang Bang Cafe and Focus Ireland have launched their Christmas Toy Drive for 2025, with an aim to raise €75,000 in presents for children in international protection and homeless service...
dublinpeople.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Dublin People: Bohs launch 2025 Christmas Toy Drive.
Looking forward to taking part in the BBC Radio 4 book club discussion of Leonard and Hungry Paul on 17th December in Glasgow.
If anyone would like to attend the recording, the details are in the link below.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
If anyone would like to attend the recording, the details are in the link below.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
BBC Radio 4 - Bookclub - Come to a Recording
Join the audience for an edition of Bookclub
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Looking forward to taking part in the BBC Radio 4 book club discussion of Leonard and Hungry Paul on 17th December in Glasgow.
If anyone would like to attend the recording, the details are in the link below.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
If anyone would like to attend the recording, the details are in the link below.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
Another goal for former Bohs man, Nickson Okosun.
Match Report: Watford U21s beat Blackburn 2-1 in Premier League Cup
#WatfordFC💛❤️🖤
#WatfordFC💛❤️🖤
Match Report: Watford U21s beat Blackburn 2-1 in Premier League Cup
https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/25647186.watford-u21s-beat-blackburn-2-1-premier-league-cup/?ref=rss
www.watfordobserver.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Another goal for former Bohs man, Nickson Okosun.
My coldsore is back. Have had it every year since using a rank SM58 microphone at Apple Rock rehearsal studios in about 1995.
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
My coldsore is back. Have had it every year since using a rank SM58 microphone at Apple Rock rehearsal studios in about 1995.
Americans at Thanksgiving trying to roast their turkeys using Grok.
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Americans at Thanksgiving trying to roast their turkeys using Grok.
I felt really motivated and empowered after reading this for some reason.
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I felt really motivated and empowered after reading this for some reason.
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Delighted the news is out about our next two poetry titles from @bansheepress.bsky.social - new collections from Tim MacGabhann and Billy Ramsell coming your way in 2026 ✨️
Banshee Press has acquired Found in a Context of Destruction, a debut poetry collection from novelist and memoirist Tim MacGabhann, and Render, the third collection from acclaimed poet Billy Ramsell 👇 #BookSky
Banshee Press snaps up two new poetry collections from Tim MacGabhann and Billy Ramsell
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November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Delighted the news is out about our next two poetry titles from @bansheepress.bsky.social - new collections from Tim MacGabhann and Billy Ramsell coming your way in 2026 ✨️
This was part of the selection listed for the portrait prize.I liked it a lot. It's called In Deep Thought and is by Michael Ryan, age 10.
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This was part of the selection listed for the portrait prize.I liked it a lot. It's called In Deep Thought and is by Michael Ryan, age 10.
I took this crap photo about five minutes after leaving the National Gallery and saying that photography was easier than painting.
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I took this crap photo about five minutes after leaving the National Gallery and saying that photography was easier than painting.
Has something happened that I am seeing lots of Twitter screenshots on Bluesky lately?
You're not supposed to use the bucket to pour water *into* the lifeboat.
You're not supposed to use the bucket to pour water *into* the lifeboat.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Has something happened that I am seeing lots of Twitter screenshots on Bluesky lately?
You're not supposed to use the bucket to pour water *into* the lifeboat.
You're not supposed to use the bucket to pour water *into* the lifeboat.
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A new Links,Tips and Suggestions. News about counter culture, warm words about David Szalay, less warm words about Sensitivity Readers open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/l...
Links, tips, suggestions
Book recommendations for December, news about counter culture, revisiting Oral Sadism and The Vegetarian Personality, warm words about David Szalay, less warm words about Sensitivity Readers
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A new Links,Tips and Suggestions. News about counter culture, warm words about David Szalay, less warm words about Sensitivity Readers open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/l...
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Excited to see some of you in Pearse Library this Friday and Saturday at the @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social 📚
Open to the public on Friday between 6-9 pm, and on Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm 📚
Be sure to come by and say hello at our stand, and peruse our selection of translated titles! 📚
Open to the public on Friday between 6-9 pm, and on Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm 📚
Be sure to come by and say hello at our stand, and peruse our selection of translated titles! 📚
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Excited to see some of you in Pearse Library this Friday and Saturday at the @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social 📚
Open to the public on Friday between 6-9 pm, and on Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm 📚
Be sure to come by and say hello at our stand, and peruse our selection of translated titles! 📚
Open to the public on Friday between 6-9 pm, and on Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm 📚
Be sure to come by and say hello at our stand, and peruse our selection of translated titles! 📚
The Google AI search results are a bit like an Irish person giving directions. They might not know the answer but they're happy to give it a go and guess along with you.
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Google AI search results are a bit like an Irish person giving directions. They might not know the answer but they're happy to give it a go and guess along with you.
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I have a rule that if I mention Leonard and Hungry Paul to someone that hasn’t read it, I buy it for them. Copy #18 now winging its way from @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social to Alice in Muswell Hill after a nice book chat on Saturday night 💛
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I have a rule that if I mention Leonard and Hungry Paul to someone that hasn’t read it, I buy it for them. Copy #18 now winging its way from @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social to Alice in Muswell Hill after a nice book chat on Saturday night 💛
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@ronanhession.bsky.social A customer has just bought their eighteenth copy of Leonard.
You may wish to note the above.
You may wish to note the above.
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Of the last twelve authors who have won the Booker Prize, only two (Marlon James and Douglas Stuart) have published another novel since their win. Obviously very recent winners skew the stat, but still a surprising figure to me.
Worth a read (though you may need to register to read it for free):
Worth a read (though you may need to register to read it for free):
That difficult second Booker: the long-term impact of a win
In the week since its victory, 2025’s Booker winner David Szalay’s Flesh experienced a boost of 1,441% in week-on-week sales, according to NielsenIQ BookData.
www.thebookseller.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Of the last twelve authors who have won the Booker Prize, only two (Marlon James and Douglas Stuart) have published another novel since their win. Obviously very recent winners skew the stat, but still a surprising figure to me.
Worth a read (though you may need to register to read it for free):
Worth a read (though you may need to register to read it for free):
I'm a lapsed veggie but had a lovely lunch in Glas with my wife on Saturday.
Then we went to the Nat Gallery before a stroll around in the crispest autumn weather.
Nice buzz around town too. Busy but not quite Xmas mad.
Have been in Dublin City almost daily for 30+ years & still love the place.
Then we went to the Nat Gallery before a stroll around in the crispest autumn weather.
Nice buzz around town too. Busy but not quite Xmas mad.
Have been in Dublin City almost daily for 30+ years & still love the place.
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I'm a lapsed veggie but had a lovely lunch in Glas with my wife on Saturday.
Then we went to the Nat Gallery before a stroll around in the crispest autumn weather.
Nice buzz around town too. Busy but not quite Xmas mad.
Have been in Dublin City almost daily for 30+ years & still love the place.
Then we went to the Nat Gallery before a stroll around in the crispest autumn weather.
Nice buzz around town too. Busy but not quite Xmas mad.
Have been in Dublin City almost daily for 30+ years & still love the place.
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I asked my barber why he has a much higher price for mullets on his board than any other cut. He answered, “Because I hate them.”
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I asked my barber why he has a much higher price for mullets on his board than any other cut. He answered, “Because I hate them.”
FYI Bohs fans, Nickson Okosun knocking in goals for Watford U21s theses days. Scored in a 2-1 cup victory yesterday.
November 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
FYI Bohs fans, Nickson Okosun knocking in goals for Watford U21s theses days. Scored in a 2-1 cup victory yesterday.
Now 138.
This morning's edits: addresses the 490 uses of the word "but" in my new novel.
November 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Now 138.