Skein Press
@skeinpress.bsky.social
Independent publisher of underrepresented voices & stories in Irish literature.
📚 Out now:This Is Not A Cookbook by Roxana Manouchehri
📚 Upcoming:Contentious Spaces by Rosaleen McDonagh
🎤In the Half Light:Voices from Black Ireland curated by Phil Mullen
📚 Out now:This Is Not A Cookbook by Roxana Manouchehri
📚 Upcoming:Contentious Spaces by Rosaleen McDonagh
🎤In the Half Light:Voices from Black Ireland curated by Phil Mullen
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In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland - Skein Podcasts: Thinking Aloud, Thinking Together
'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is curated by Dr Phil Mullen, Assistant Professor of Black Studies at Trinity College Dublin and a leading researcher on the historical experiences of 'm...
skeinpodcaststhinkingaloudthinkingtogether.buzzsprout.com
Skein Podcasts is now live! 🎧
Our first series - 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' curated by Dr Phil Mullen and produced by Ian Maleney - is now available on all streaming platforms 📻
Or listen right here: skeinpodcaststhinkingaloudthinkingtogether.buzzsprout.com/2543651/epis...
Our first series - 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' curated by Dr Phil Mullen and produced by Ian Maleney - is now available on all streaming platforms 📻
Or listen right here: skeinpodcaststhinkingaloudthinkingtogether.buzzsprout.com/2543651/epis...
Reposted by Skein Press
We were honoured to be mentioned in this fantastic article @rte.ie about the upcoming inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair alongside so many wonderful independent Irish publishers, including @lilliputpress.bsky.social, @skeinpress.bsky.social, @machapress.bsky.social, and so many more.
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We were honoured to be mentioned in this fantastic article @rte.ie about the upcoming inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair alongside so many wonderful independent Irish publishers, including @lilliputpress.bsky.social, @skeinpress.bsky.social, @machapress.bsky.social, and so many more.
The audiobook of 'Unsettled', Rosaleen McDonagh's incisive and groundbreaking essay collection, is now available to purchase on our website.
Narrated by Kathleen Murphy, the book explores racism, ableism, abuse, resistance and the bonds of community that tie us together
Narrated by Kathleen Murphy, the book explores racism, ableism, abuse, resistance and the bonds of community that tie us together
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The audiobook of 'Unsettled', Rosaleen McDonagh's incisive and groundbreaking essay collection, is now available to purchase on our website.
Narrated by Kathleen Murphy, the book explores racism, ableism, abuse, resistance and the bonds of community that tie us together
Narrated by Kathleen Murphy, the book explores racism, ableism, abuse, resistance and the bonds of community that tie us together
So lovely to find an extract from 'This Is Not a Cookbook' on today's RTE Culture, detailing the recipe for 'Shami' alongside Roxana's memories of her grandmother's cooking, and of course her own beautiful illustrations ❤️
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
New Writing: This Is Not a Cookbook by Roxana Manouchehri
The vignettes in the book chronicle Roxana Manouchehri's childhood growing up in Tehran in the 80s following the Iranian Revolution
www.rte.ie
November 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
So lovely to find an extract from 'This Is Not a Cookbook' on today's RTE Culture, detailing the recipe for 'Shami' alongside Roxana's memories of her grandmother's cooking, and of course her own beautiful illustrations ❤️
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Join us at the Dublin Small Press Fair on November 28th for a discussion on Independent Publishing with:
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Join us at the Dublin Small Press Fair on November 28th for a discussion on Independent Publishing with:
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
Still revelling in all the magic of last week's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social ✨
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Still revelling in all the magic of last week's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social ✨
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Still revelling in all the magic of last week's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social ✨
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Still revelling in all the magic of last week's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social ✨
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Reposted by Skein Press
Me and @eireannmor.bsky.social have a few words on @rte.ie about small presses, the "rich forest of independent publishing," and the Dublin Small Press Fair @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social (28/29 November, Pearse St library):
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
In praise of small presses: Ireland's indie publishers celebrated
Ahead of the inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair this November, co-founders Tim Groenland and Éireann Lorsung salute a golden age for independent publishing in Ireland.
www.rte.ie
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Me and @eireannmor.bsky.social have a few words on @rte.ie about small presses, the "rich forest of independent publishing," and the Dublin Small Press Fair @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social (28/29 November, Pearse St library):
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Such an incredible eve celebrating the launch of This Is Not a Cookbook ❤️ Our hearts and souls are nourished 🍲
This Is Not a Cookbook is still available on our website and in all good bookshops 🎉
This Is Not a Cookbook is still available on our website and in all good bookshops 🎉
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Such an incredible eve celebrating the launch of This Is Not a Cookbook ❤️ Our hearts and souls are nourished 🍲
This Is Not a Cookbook is still available on our website and in all good bookshops 🎉
This Is Not a Cookbook is still available on our website and in all good bookshops 🎉
What does it mean to be a young, working-class male writer in contemporary Ireland?
Join us for 'Young Blood' at this year's #DublinSmallPressFair in association with @poetryireland.bsky.social
Tickets are free but limited:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/young-bloo...
Join us for 'Young Blood' at this year's #DublinSmallPressFair in association with @poetryireland.bsky.social
Tickets are free but limited:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/young-bloo...
Young Blood: Class x Masculinity in Contemporary Poetry
What does it mean to be a young, working-class male writer in contemporary Ireland?
www.eventbrite.ie
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What does it mean to be a young, working-class male writer in contemporary Ireland?
Join us for 'Young Blood' at this year's #DublinSmallPressFair in association with @poetryireland.bsky.social
Tickets are free but limited:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/young-bloo...
Join us for 'Young Blood' at this year's #DublinSmallPressFair in association with @poetryireland.bsky.social
Tickets are free but limited:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/young-bloo...
#DBF kicks off tomorrow and we're delighted to be part of it with:
✨Class Acts Poetry on Class and Belonging: dublinbookfestival.com/event/class-...
✨Thinking Aloud, Thinking Together with Phil Mullen & Afua Hirsch: dublinbookfestival.com/event/thinki...
✨This Is Not a Cookbook Launch: BOOKED OUT
✨Class Acts Poetry on Class and Belonging: dublinbookfestival.com/event/class-...
✨Thinking Aloud, Thinking Together with Phil Mullen & Afua Hirsch: dublinbookfestival.com/event/thinki...
✨This Is Not a Cookbook Launch: BOOKED OUT
November 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#DBF kicks off tomorrow and we're delighted to be part of it with:
✨Class Acts Poetry on Class and Belonging: dublinbookfestival.com/event/class-...
✨Thinking Aloud, Thinking Together with Phil Mullen & Afua Hirsch: dublinbookfestival.com/event/thinki...
✨This Is Not a Cookbook Launch: BOOKED OUT
✨Class Acts Poetry on Class and Belonging: dublinbookfestival.com/event/class-...
✨Thinking Aloud, Thinking Together with Phil Mullen & Afua Hirsch: dublinbookfestival.com/event/thinki...
✨This Is Not a Cookbook Launch: BOOKED OUT
'There were once three sisters who lived near Lough Corrib...'
'Why The Moon Travels', a haunting collection rooted in the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community, is now available on audiobook 🎧
Written by Oein deBhairduin and narrated by Cormac O'Sullivan
'Why The Moon Travels', a haunting collection rooted in the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community, is now available on audiobook 🎧
Written by Oein deBhairduin and narrated by Cormac O'Sullivan
October 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
'There were once three sisters who lived near Lough Corrib...'
'Why The Moon Travels', a haunting collection rooted in the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community, is now available on audiobook 🎧
Written by Oein deBhairduin and narrated by Cormac O'Sullivan
'Why The Moon Travels', a haunting collection rooted in the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community, is now available on audiobook 🎧
Written by Oein deBhairduin and narrated by Cormac O'Sullivan
On Samhain, the line between this world and the otherworld grows thin. These stories invite the listener to step across the breach and discover what magic awaits...
In celebration of Samhain, we are releasing not one, but two, audiobooks by renowned folklorist Oein DeBhairduin 🍂
In celebration of Samhain, we are releasing not one, but two, audiobooks by renowned folklorist Oein DeBhairduin 🍂
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
On Samhain, the line between this world and the otherworld grows thin. These stories invite the listener to step across the breach and discover what magic awaits...
In celebration of Samhain, we are releasing not one, but two, audiobooks by renowned folklorist Oein DeBhairduin 🍂
In celebration of Samhain, we are releasing not one, but two, audiobooks by renowned folklorist Oein DeBhairduin 🍂
Incredible programme of events next Thursday at @dublincityuni.bsky.social
Grab your tickets now: dublinbookfestival.com/event/class-...
@sarahgilmartin.bsky.social @colmkeegan.bsky.social @cliodhnabhreatnach.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Grab your tickets now: dublinbookfestival.com/event/class-...
@sarahgilmartin.bsky.social @colmkeegan.bsky.social @cliodhnabhreatnach.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Class Acts: Equality, Connection and Belonging - Dublin Book Festival
Curated in partnership with DCU Cultural Arts Officer Marcella Bannon and Arts Council Writer in Residence Sarah Gilmartin. A day-long event that highlights writers who illuminate often underrepresen...
dublinbookfestival.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Incredible programme of events next Thursday at @dublincityuni.bsky.social
Grab your tickets now: dublinbookfestival.com/event/class-...
@sarahgilmartin.bsky.social @colmkeegan.bsky.social @cliodhnabhreatnach.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Grab your tickets now: dublinbookfestival.com/event/class-...
@sarahgilmartin.bsky.social @colmkeegan.bsky.social @cliodhnabhreatnach.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
"All my friends are white but we never talk about racism..."
The third episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream or download wherever you usually listen
The third episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream or download wherever you usually listen
October 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"All my friends are white but we never talk about racism..."
The third episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream or download wherever you usually listen
The third episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream or download wherever you usually listen
Excited and honoured to be part of the very first Dublin Small Press Fair 📚
Indie publishing all the way! 💖
Indie publishing all the way! 💖
The inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair is happening at the end of November!
30+ presses, events, readings, and more. Organised by me and @eireannmor.bsky.social. More information coming very soon - follow @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social for updates
30+ presses, events, readings, and more. Organised by me and @eireannmor.bsky.social. More information coming very soon - follow @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social for updates
October 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Excited and honoured to be part of the very first Dublin Small Press Fair 📚
Indie publishing all the way! 💖
Indie publishing all the way! 💖
Huge thanks to @booksireland.bsky.social for running this beautiful extract from 'This Is Not a Cookbook' !
"Malak Taj, or Maman Malak as we called her, was a great cook. Her kitchen smelled like butter and sugar – warm, delicious and cosy"
📕A lovely extract from This is not a Cookbook, by Roxana Manouchehri📕
@skeinpress.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
booksirelandmagazine.com/roxana-manou...
📕A lovely extract from This is not a Cookbook, by Roxana Manouchehri📕
@skeinpress.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
booksirelandmagazine.com/roxana-manou...
Roxana Manouchehri remembers her grandmother in a recipe for Shami - Books Ireland
In an extract from This is not a Cookbook Roxana Manouchehri remembers her grandmother, and shares her recipe for Shami.
booksirelandmagazine.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Huge thanks to @booksireland.bsky.social for running this beautiful extract from 'This Is Not a Cookbook' !
'Gathering around a table and sharing a meal is something that unites us'
You can listen back to Roxana Manouchehri on 'All About Books' now!
Huge thanks to @whatkatythought.bsky.social for such a beautiful, considered interview #ThisIsNotACookbook
www.mixcloud.com/1032DublinCi...
You can listen back to Roxana Manouchehri on 'All About Books' now!
Huge thanks to @whatkatythought.bsky.social for such a beautiful, considered interview #ThisIsNotACookbook
www.mixcloud.com/1032DublinCi...
All About Books - 14th October 2025
www.mixcloud.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
'Gathering around a table and sharing a meal is something that unites us'
You can listen back to Roxana Manouchehri on 'All About Books' now!
Huge thanks to @whatkatythought.bsky.social for such a beautiful, considered interview #ThisIsNotACookbook
www.mixcloud.com/1032DublinCi...
You can listen back to Roxana Manouchehri on 'All About Books' now!
Huge thanks to @whatkatythought.bsky.social for such a beautiful, considered interview #ThisIsNotACookbook
www.mixcloud.com/1032DublinCi...
'I was always made to feel grateful...'
Episodes One and Two of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' are now available to stream wherever you usually listen
Or here via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
Episodes One and Two of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' are now available to stream wherever you usually listen
Or here via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
October 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
'I was always made to feel grateful...'
Episodes One and Two of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' are now available to stream wherever you usually listen
Or here via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
Episodes One and Two of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' are now available to stream wherever you usually listen
Or here via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
What does the diversity of Irishness look like today?
Join Skein Chairperson Philomena Mullen alongside Kieran Connell and Emer O’Neill for an evening of discuss and insights
📍Dublin
🗓️Nov 3rd, 6pm
dublin.europarl.europa.eu/en/events/le...
Join Skein Chairperson Philomena Mullen alongside Kieran Connell and Emer O’Neill for an evening of discuss and insights
📍Dublin
🗓️Nov 3rd, 6pm
dublin.europarl.europa.eu/en/events/le...
Learning From The Neighbours: Multiculturalism in Ireland and the UK | Office in Dublin | European Parliament
dublin.europarl.europa.eu
October 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What does the diversity of Irishness look like today?
Join Skein Chairperson Philomena Mullen alongside Kieran Connell and Emer O’Neill for an evening of discuss and insights
📍Dublin
🗓️Nov 3rd, 6pm
dublin.europarl.europa.eu/en/events/le...
Join Skein Chairperson Philomena Mullen alongside Kieran Connell and Emer O’Neill for an evening of discuss and insights
📍Dublin
🗓️Nov 3rd, 6pm
dublin.europarl.europa.eu/en/events/le...
Join us on Thursday 6 November for 'Class Acts: Poetry on Class and Belonging' featuring Skein poet Charles Lang alongside two other brilliant poetic voices, Colm Keegan and Clíodhna Bhreatnach
Kicking off at 1pm at Belvedere Library, DCU campus
Kicking off at 1pm at Belvedere Library, DCU campus
October 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Join us on Thursday 6 November for 'Class Acts: Poetry on Class and Belonging' featuring Skein poet Charles Lang alongside two other brilliant poetic voices, Colm Keegan and Clíodhna Bhreatnach
Kicking off at 1pm at Belvedere Library, DCU campus
Kicking off at 1pm at Belvedere Library, DCU campus
In Episode Two of 'In The Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' we hear participants' stories of tracing their birth families, and trying to establish a sense of identity
Listen now via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
Or wherever you get your podcasts
Listen now via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
Or wherever you get your podcasts
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
In Episode Two of 'In The Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' we hear participants' stories of tracing their birth families, and trying to establish a sense of identity
Listen now via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
Or wherever you get your podcasts
Listen now via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/
Or wherever you get your podcasts
Such a wonderful evening at the prelaunch of 'This is not a cookbook' - author Roxana Manouchehri was in conversation with Razan Ibraheem at @kildarereaders.bsky.social
Big thanks to the festival, to @barkerandjones.bsky.social for their support and to Roxy for providing the nibbles 🍴❤️
Big thanks to the festival, to @barkerandjones.bsky.social for their support and to Roxy for providing the nibbles 🍴❤️
October 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Such a wonderful evening at the prelaunch of 'This is not a cookbook' - author Roxana Manouchehri was in conversation with Razan Ibraheem at @kildarereaders.bsky.social
Big thanks to the festival, to @barkerandjones.bsky.social for their support and to Roxy for providing the nibbles 🍴❤️
Big thanks to the festival, to @barkerandjones.bsky.social for their support and to Roxy for providing the nibbles 🍴❤️
'My earliest memory would have been being a novelty...'
Testimony, conversation, a gesture of refusal against erasure
The first episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream via our website or wherever you get your podcasts
Testimony, conversation, a gesture of refusal against erasure
The first episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream via our website or wherever you get your podcasts
October 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
'My earliest memory would have been being a novelty...'
Testimony, conversation, a gesture of refusal against erasure
The first episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream via our website or wherever you get your podcasts
Testimony, conversation, a gesture of refusal against erasure
The first episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is now available to stream via our website or wherever you get your podcasts
Skein Podcasts is now live! 🎧
Our first series - 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' curated by Dr Phil Mullen and produced by Ian Maleney - is now available on all streaming platforms 📻
Or listen right here: skeinpodcaststhinkingaloudthinkingtogether.buzzsprout.com/2543651/epis...
Our first series - 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' curated by Dr Phil Mullen and produced by Ian Maleney - is now available on all streaming platforms 📻
Or listen right here: skeinpodcaststhinkingaloudthinkingtogether.buzzsprout.com/2543651/epis...
In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland - Skein Podcasts: Thinking Aloud, Thinking Together
'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is curated by Dr Phil Mullen, Assistant Professor of Black Studies at Trinity College Dublin and a leading researcher on the historical experiences of 'm...
skeinpodcaststhinkingaloudthinkingtogether.buzzsprout.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Skein Podcasts is now live! 🎧
Our first series - 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' curated by Dr Phil Mullen and produced by Ian Maleney - is now available on all streaming platforms 📻
Or listen right here: skeinpodcaststhinkingaloudthinkingtogether.buzzsprout.com/2543651/epis...
Our first series - 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' curated by Dr Phil Mullen and produced by Ian Maleney - is now available on all streaming platforms 📻
Or listen right here: skeinpodcaststhinkingaloudthinkingtogether.buzzsprout.com/2543651/epis...
Such an incredible evening celebrating the launch of our podcast with @molimuseum.bsky.social 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' in #TrinityLongRoomHub
Warm thanks to #DrPhilMullen,#EoinMcNamee, #CaelainnHogan & the participants who shared their stories. Available soon on all platforms!
Warm thanks to #DrPhilMullen,#EoinMcNamee, #CaelainnHogan & the participants who shared their stories. Available soon on all platforms!
October 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Such an incredible evening celebrating the launch of our podcast with @molimuseum.bsky.social 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' in #TrinityLongRoomHub
Warm thanks to #DrPhilMullen,#EoinMcNamee, #CaelainnHogan & the participants who shared their stories. Available soon on all platforms!
Warm thanks to #DrPhilMullen,#EoinMcNamee, #CaelainnHogan & the participants who shared their stories. Available soon on all platforms!