The Stinging Fly
@stingingfly.bsky.social
Magazine established in 1997 to publish & promote the very best new Irish and international writing. Stinging Fly Press was launched in 2005. Winter 2024-25 Issue #51 available now https://stingingfly.org/product/winter-2024-25/
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THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week!
Join us as we celebrate the launch in The Digital Depot, Dublin 8 next Thursday 27th November from 7pm 🎉
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Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week!
Join us as we celebrate the launch in The Digital Depot, Dublin 8 next Thursday 27th November from 7pm 🎉
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Applications for the 2026 TSF Poetry Workshop are open and close on Tuesday 2nd December at 5pm Irish time.
More information on how to apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
More information on how to apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Applications for the 2026 TSF Poetry Workshop are open and close on Tuesday 2nd December at 5pm Irish time.
More information on how to apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
More information on how to apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
Applications for the 2026 TSF Poetry Workshop are open and close on Tuesday 2nd December at 5pm Irish time.
More information on how to apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
More information on how to apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Applications for the 2026 TSF Poetry Workshop are open and close on Tuesday 2nd December at 5pm Irish time.
More information on how to apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
More information on how to apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...
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I'll be reading at The Stinging Fly launch on Thursday. A character's personal tempest inside literal one or lesbian road trip with supernatural fairies, damaged bogs, an upturned camper van, high jinx, creepy haunting and winks to The Wizard of Oz & an historic storm that battered Ireland in 1839.
THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week!
Join us as we celebrate the launch in The Digital Depot, Dublin 8 next Thursday 27th November from 7pm 🎉
This event is free but space is limited and booking essential - book your ticket here: stingingfly.org/product/wint...
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week!
Join us as we celebrate the launch in The Digital Depot, Dublin 8 next Thursday 27th November from 7pm 🎉
This event is free but space is limited and booking essential - book your ticket here: stingingfly.org/product/wint...
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I'll be reading at The Stinging Fly launch on Thursday. A character's personal tempest inside literal one or lesbian road trip with supernatural fairies, damaged bogs, an upturned camper van, high jinx, creepy haunting and winks to The Wizard of Oz & an historic storm that battered Ireland in 1839.
THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week!
Join us as we celebrate the launch in The Digital Depot, Dublin 8 next Thursday 27th November from 7pm 🎉
This event is free but space is limited and booking essential - book your ticket here: stingingfly.org/product/wint...
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week!
Join us as we celebrate the launch in The Digital Depot, Dublin 8 next Thursday 27th November from 7pm 🎉
This event is free but space is limited and booking essential - book your ticket here: stingingfly.org/product/wint...
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week!
Join us as we celebrate the launch in The Digital Depot, Dublin 8 next Thursday 27th November from 7pm 🎉
This event is free but space is limited and booking essential - book your ticket here: stingingfly.org/product/wint...
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week!
Join us as we celebrate the launch in The Digital Depot, Dublin 8 next Thursday 27th November from 7pm 🎉
This event is free but space is limited and booking essential - book your ticket here: stingingfly.org/product/wint...
NEW: on the latest episode of The Stinging Fly Podcast host Nicole Flattery is joined by Odrán Waldron to read from and discuss his story ‘Temporary’, published in the Summer 2025 issue of The Stinging Fly.
Listen Here: stingingfly.org/podcast/odra...
Listen Here: stingingfly.org/podcast/odra...
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
NEW: on the latest episode of The Stinging Fly Podcast host Nicole Flattery is joined by Odrán Waldron to read from and discuss his story ‘Temporary’, published in the Summer 2025 issue of The Stinging Fly.
Listen Here: stingingfly.org/podcast/odra...
Listen Here: stingingfly.org/podcast/odra...
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THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
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We're launching next Thursday 27th November in the Digital Depot - come one, come all!!
THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We're launching next Thursday 27th November in the Digital Depot - come one, come all!!
NEW: on the latest episode of The Stinging Fly Podcast host Nicole Flattery is joined by Odrán Waldron to read from and discuss his story ‘Temporary’, published in the Summer 2025 issue of The Stinging Fly.
Listen Here: stingingfly.org/podcast/odra...
Listen Here: stingingfly.org/podcast/odra...
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
NEW: on the latest episode of The Stinging Fly Podcast host Nicole Flattery is joined by Odrán Waldron to read from and discuss his story ‘Temporary’, published in the Summer 2025 issue of The Stinging Fly.
Listen Here: stingingfly.org/podcast/odra...
Listen Here: stingingfly.org/podcast/odra...
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Stoked to have a #ShortStory 🌀Night Of The Big Wind🌀 in #TheClimateIssue of @stingingfly.bsky.social Huge thanks to Editor Lisa McInerney. I'm also super grateful to @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for a 2025 Literature Bursary Award. I'll be reading this story at #DoolinWritersWeekend in January.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Stoked to have a #ShortStory 🌀Night Of The Big Wind🌀 in #TheClimateIssue of @stingingfly.bsky.social Huge thanks to Editor Lisa McInerney. I'm also super grateful to @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for a 2025 Literature Bursary Award. I'll be reading this story at #DoolinWritersWeekend in January.
NEW FICTION
Miriam Needham's story ‘Sometimes Women Find It Strange’
“How can this man be so sure of himself, Róisín thinks, when he is so strange, so different to the people around him? It’s almost offensive, the level of comfort he has with himself.”
full story🔗
stingingfly.org/2025/11/12/s...
Miriam Needham's story ‘Sometimes Women Find It Strange’
“How can this man be so sure of himself, Róisín thinks, when he is so strange, so different to the people around him? It’s almost offensive, the level of comfort he has with himself.”
full story🔗
stingingfly.org/2025/11/12/s...
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
NEW FICTION
Miriam Needham's story ‘Sometimes Women Find It Strange’
“How can this man be so sure of himself, Róisín thinks, when he is so strange, so different to the people around him? It’s almost offensive, the level of comfort he has with himself.”
full story🔗
stingingfly.org/2025/11/12/s...
Miriam Needham's story ‘Sometimes Women Find It Strange’
“How can this man be so sure of himself, Róisín thinks, when he is so strange, so different to the people around him? It’s almost offensive, the level of comfort he has with himself.”
full story🔗
stingingfly.org/2025/11/12/s...
THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
NEWS: Emma Dabiri joins as our new non-fiction editor.
Emma Dabiri FRSL is an award-winning broadcaster & bestselling author of Don’t Touch My Hair, What White People Can Do Next and Disobedient Bodies.
Emma will be reading for the current open submission round.
stingingfly.org/news/announc...
Emma Dabiri FRSL is an award-winning broadcaster & bestselling author of Don’t Touch My Hair, What White People Can Do Next and Disobedient Bodies.
Emma will be reading for the current open submission round.
stingingfly.org/news/announc...
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
NEWS: Emma Dabiri joins as our new non-fiction editor.
Emma Dabiri FRSL is an award-winning broadcaster & bestselling author of Don’t Touch My Hair, What White People Can Do Next and Disobedient Bodies.
Emma will be reading for the current open submission round.
stingingfly.org/news/announc...
Emma Dabiri FRSL is an award-winning broadcaster & bestselling author of Don’t Touch My Hair, What White People Can Do Next and Disobedient Bodies.
Emma will be reading for the current open submission round.
stingingfly.org/news/announc...
NEW: Valerie Flynn reviews After the Train edited by Evelyn Conlon and Rebecca Pelan and published by
@ucdpress.bsky.social
“[A]n eye-opening and evocative mosaic of first-person reflections on the 1975-1977 feminist collective”
stingingfly.org/review/after...
@ucdpress.bsky.social
“[A]n eye-opening and evocative mosaic of first-person reflections on the 1975-1977 feminist collective”
stingingfly.org/review/after...
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
NEW: Valerie Flynn reviews After the Train edited by Evelyn Conlon and Rebecca Pelan and published by
@ucdpress.bsky.social
“[A]n eye-opening and evocative mosaic of first-person reflections on the 1975-1977 feminist collective”
stingingfly.org/review/after...
@ucdpress.bsky.social
“[A]n eye-opening and evocative mosaic of first-person reflections on the 1975-1977 feminist collective”
stingingfly.org/review/after...
Great to see two of our titles listed in the '10 of the best Irish short story collections' this week @rte.ie by journalist @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social
t.co/GFEduC6U8r
1. Kevin Barry - There Are Little Kingdoms (2007) t.co/rzORCbHNAb
6. Colin Barrett - Young Skins (2013) t.co/50JJvsOQZg
t.co/GFEduC6U8r
1. Kevin Barry - There Are Little Kingdoms (2007) t.co/rzORCbHNAb
6. Colin Barrett - Young Skins (2013) t.co/50JJvsOQZg
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Great to see two of our titles listed in the '10 of the best Irish short story collections' this week @rte.ie by journalist @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social
t.co/GFEduC6U8r
1. Kevin Barry - There Are Little Kingdoms (2007) t.co/rzORCbHNAb
6. Colin Barrett - Young Skins (2013) t.co/50JJvsOQZg
t.co/GFEduC6U8r
1. Kevin Barry - There Are Little Kingdoms (2007) t.co/rzORCbHNAb
6. Colin Barrett - Young Skins (2013) t.co/50JJvsOQZg
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October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
One week until Halloween...
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Sale ends November 1st 🏮
Enter code at checkout: Halloween2025 🌙
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Get 50% off The Stinging Fly Magazine - Fear & Fantasy Issue (Winter 2016-17) 🦇
Sale ends November 1st 🏮
Enter code at checkout: Halloween2025 🌙
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NEW: Jade Bailey Brock reviews A Hut at the Edge of the Village
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A newly-reissued anthology of excerpts from the work of Irish writer and philosopher John Moriarty, edited by writer & storyteller Martin Shaw, and published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social in April 2025
stingingfly.org/review/a-hut...
A newly-reissued anthology of excerpts from the work of Irish writer and philosopher John Moriarty, edited by writer & storyteller Martin Shaw, and published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social in April 2025
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
NEW: Jade Bailey Brock reviews A Hut at the Edge of the Village
stingingfly.org/review/a-hut...
A newly-reissued anthology of excerpts from the work of Irish writer and philosopher John Moriarty, edited by writer & storyteller Martin Shaw, and published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social in April 2025
stingingfly.org/review/a-hut...
A newly-reissued anthology of excerpts from the work of Irish writer and philosopher John Moriarty, edited by writer & storyteller Martin Shaw, and published by @lilliputpress.bsky.social in April 2025
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Had the nicest day with my @stingingfly.bsky.social writers @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social talking, laughing and furiously critiquing some great short stories. What an amazing bunch of folk.
October 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Had the nicest day with my @stingingfly.bsky.social writers @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social talking, laughing and furiously critiquing some great short stories. What an amazing bunch of folk.
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Liadan Ní Chuinn's Every One Still Here
‘Extraordinary’ Guardian
‘Astonishing’ Sunday Times
‘Phenomenal’ Observer
‘Utterly brilliant’ Daily Mail
‘Deserves to be considered among the best Irish books of the 21st century’ Irish Times
‘Phenomenal' Lucy Caldwell
'A properly exciting writer' Max Porter
‘Extraordinary’ Guardian
‘Astonishing’ Sunday Times
‘Phenomenal’ Observer
‘Utterly brilliant’ Daily Mail
‘Deserves to be considered among the best Irish books of the 21st century’ Irish Times
‘Phenomenal' Lucy Caldwell
'A properly exciting writer' Max Porter
BIG NEWS 📚🎉
We couldn't be happier to see this year's shortlist for 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards!
Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year: Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn (The Stinging Fly Press)
You can vote now
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/ever...
We couldn't be happier to see this year's shortlist for 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards!
Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year: Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn (The Stinging Fly Press)
You can vote now
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/ever...
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Liadan Ní Chuinn's Every One Still Here
‘Extraordinary’ Guardian
‘Astonishing’ Sunday Times
‘Phenomenal’ Observer
‘Utterly brilliant’ Daily Mail
‘Deserves to be considered among the best Irish books of the 21st century’ Irish Times
‘Phenomenal' Lucy Caldwell
'A properly exciting writer' Max Porter
‘Extraordinary’ Guardian
‘Astonishing’ Sunday Times
‘Phenomenal’ Observer
‘Utterly brilliant’ Daily Mail
‘Deserves to be considered among the best Irish books of the 21st century’ Irish Times
‘Phenomenal' Lucy Caldwell
'A properly exciting writer' Max Porter
One week until Halloween...
Get 50% off The Stinging Fly Magazine - Fear & Fantasy Issue (Winter 2016-17) 🦇
Sale ends November 1st 🏮
Enter code at checkout: Halloween2025 🌙
stingingfly.org/product/wint...
Get 50% off The Stinging Fly Magazine - Fear & Fantasy Issue (Winter 2016-17) 🦇
Sale ends November 1st 🏮
Enter code at checkout: Halloween2025 🌙
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October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
One week until Halloween...
Get 50% off The Stinging Fly Magazine - Fear & Fantasy Issue (Winter 2016-17) 🦇
Sale ends November 1st 🏮
Enter code at checkout: Halloween2025 🌙
stingingfly.org/product/wint...
Get 50% off The Stinging Fly Magazine - Fear & Fantasy Issue (Winter 2016-17) 🦇
Sale ends November 1st 🏮
Enter code at checkout: Halloween2025 🌙
stingingfly.org/product/wint...
BIG NEWS 📚🎉
We couldn't be happier to see this year's shortlist for 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards!
Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year: Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn (The Stinging Fly Press)
You can vote now
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/ever...
We couldn't be happier to see this year's shortlist for 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards!
Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year: Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn (The Stinging Fly Press)
You can vote now
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/ever...
October 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
BIG NEWS 📚🎉
We couldn't be happier to see this year's shortlist for 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards!
Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year: Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn (The Stinging Fly Press)
You can vote now
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/ever...
We couldn't be happier to see this year's shortlist for 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards!
Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year: Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn (The Stinging Fly Press)
You can vote now
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/ever...
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Was a great evening!
Here are some photos from the lecture by Dublin-based photographer Patrick Fleming.
See more on our Instagram page:
t.co/nkK4QjMICH
See more on our Instagram page:
t.co/nkK4QjMICH
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Was a great evening!
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Sarah Moss is probably the best teacher I have ever had and everybody must read this (and her books)
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Losing the Plot – The Stinging Fly
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October 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Sarah Moss is probably the best teacher I have ever had and everybody must read this (and her books)
stingingfly.org/2025/10/16/l...
stingingfly.org/2025/10/16/l...
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Also very grateful to @stingingfly.bsky.social for posting text of the lecture re accessibility
Sarah Moss is probably the best teacher I have ever had and everybody must read this (and her books)
stingingfly.org/2025/10/16/l...
stingingfly.org/2025/10/16/l...
Losing the Plot – The Stinging Fly
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October 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Also very grateful to @stingingfly.bsky.social for posting text of the lecture re accessibility
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“This making of meaning seems to me one of the gifts that writers offer readers. Here is structure, linearity, not necessarily justice and a happy ending but at least a well-crafted tragic ending, offering the consolation of catharsis.”
The text of the 2025 Stinging Fly Annual Lecture is now available to read on our website.
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We were delighted to have Sarah Moss deliver the The Stinging Fly 2025 Annual Lecture at Pearse Street Library in Dublin on the 25th of September.
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We were delighted to have Sarah Moss deliver the The Stinging Fly 2025 Annual Lecture at Pearse Street Library in Dublin on the 25th of September.
October 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“This making of meaning seems to me one of the gifts that writers offer readers. Here is structure, linearity, not necessarily justice and a happy ending but at least a well-crafted tragic ending, offering the consolation of catharsis.”
Here are some photos from the lecture by Dublin-based photographer Patrick Fleming.
See more on our Instagram page:
t.co/nkK4QjMICH
See more on our Instagram page:
t.co/nkK4QjMICH
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Here are some photos from the lecture by Dublin-based photographer Patrick Fleming.
See more on our Instagram page:
t.co/nkK4QjMICH
See more on our Instagram page:
t.co/nkK4QjMICH