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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 23d

It’s here! We’re elated to share that WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell has arrived in the world.

Learn about the story behind this groundbreaking feminist movement.

🔗 Order at bit.ly/WTF-Happened or bookstores nationwide

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 16h

We have plenty of incredible photos to share from the event, so stay tuned.

📸 Mark Stedman

🔗 Weren’t able to join us at the launch? Get a copy of WTF Happened on our website at www.ucdpress.ie

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 16h

🎭 Presenting: YOU with our latest book! How special it was to see so many smiling faces gathered together at the launch of WTF Happened.

Thanks to all who joined authors Sarah and Lian on Wednesday evening to celebrate this phenomenal book being published.

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Dr. Owen O'Shea @owenoshea.bsky.social · 1d

Launches coming up in both Dublin and Kerry in November so stay tuned for details!

Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie

#books #history #politics

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 1d

Celebrating WTF HAPPENED launching into the world 🚀

Thank you @ivanabacik.bsky.social @labourpartyireland.bsky.social and all attendees for a very special evening 👏👏

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 18d

Women writing #History at the Dublin Book Fair in November.

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 18d

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

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 2d

WTF Happened was officially launched at the stunning NLI tonight

Thank you to our speakers Director of the NLI, Dr Audrey Whitty, Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact at UCD, Professor Kate Robson Brown and authors Sarah Durcan, Lian Bell & all attendees

ONWARDS #WakingTheFeminists

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 2d

ALL WELCOME TODAY
to the launch of

WTF HAPPENED
#WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre

by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell

🗓️ TODAY Wednesday, 8 October, 6.30pm
National Library of Ireland

RSVP [email protected]

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 3d

A special afternoon talking about activism, compliant, feminism & movements that continue to shape us

Thanks to hosts Dublin Theatre Festival & Abbey Theatre, panel chair Emma Dabiri & panelists Sarah Durcan Lian Bell Sara Ahmad & Catriona Crowe

WTF Happened is available in bookshops nationwide

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 3d

See you today at the Abbey Theatre @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social 🎭

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 4d

TOMORROW at 12.30pm join us at @abbeytheatre.bsky.social as part of @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social for ‘Complaining for Good’ with UCD Press author Sarah Durcan, Sara Ahmed, and Catriona Crowe. Chaired by Emma Dabiri.

🎟️ Tickets are €10 and available here: dublintheatrefestival.ie/event/compla...

COMPLAINING FOR GOOD — ACTIVISM, FEMINISM AND HOW TO AFFECT CHANGE - Dublin Theatre Festival

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 4d

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 4d

WEDNESDAY NIGHT – all are welcome to the official launch of WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell at NLI (@nlireland.bsky.social), 6.30pm.

✉️ RSVP [email protected]

Copies of the book will be available for purchase at both events.

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 4d

TOMORROW at 12.30pm join us at @abbeytheatre.bsky.social as part of @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social for ‘Complaining for Good’ with UCD Press author Sarah Durcan, Sara Ahmed, and Catriona Crowe. Chaired by Emma Dabiri.

🎟️ Tickets are €10 and available here: dublintheatrefestival.ie/event/compla...

COMPLAINING FOR GOOD — ACTIVISM, FEMINISM AND HOW TO AFFECT CHANGE - Dublin Theatre Festival

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 4d

A smiling crowd of feminists gathered outside of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin for the #WakingTheFeminists public meeting on 12 November 2015. Captured by Fiona Morgan. A photo so good we had to include it not only on the cover of WTF Happened but also as a double-page spread inside of the book.

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 5d

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sarahdurcan.bsky.social @sarahdurcan.bsky.social · 5d

Join Sara Ahmed, Emma Dabiri and Catriona Crowe and I, Tuesday 7 Oct @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social for Complaining For Good at 12:30. Still a few tickets available. I’ll be talking about WTF Happened, the book I wrote with @lianbell.bsky.social from @ucdpress.bsky.social

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 5d

The proud legacy of Waking the Feminists. Thank you Aoife Barry for this thorough engagement and warm support for our new book WTF Happened in today's Sunday Times Culture Magazine 📚👌👏

WTF Happened #wakingthefeminists is in bookshops nationwide now and at www.ucdpress.ie

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 6d

Order WTF Happened: #WakingtheFeminsits and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre at the link to our website below or in bookshops nationwide.

www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

Great theatre changes the atmosphere in the room and reshapes how we see our lives. Great campaigning changes our vision of society and reshapes our future. When the Abbey Theatre’s 2016 centenary pro...

www.ucdpress.ie

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 6d

'This book is a fascinating account of the events in 2015/16 which lit a feminist bomb under Irish theatre ...'

Our thanks to Katy Hayes and @independent.ie for this thorough review of WTF Happened.

📰 Read in print nationwide or online: www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

📸 @katyhayze.bsky.social

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Katy Hayes @katyhayze.bsky.social · 6d

Also, my review of Waking The Feminists book from @ucdpress.bsky.social in today's Irish Independent @independent.ie . Lovely stormy day to go out to Coffee Shop and #buyapaper

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 7d

@nlireland.bsky.social @sarahdurcan.bsky.social @lianbell.bsky.social @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @druidtheatre.bsky.social @gatetheatredublin.bsky.social @roughmagictheatre.bsky.social @irishtimes.com @irishexaminer.bsky.social @thetimes.com @belfasttelegraph.co.uk @irishnews.com #IrishTheatre

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 7d

ALL WELCOME
to the launch of

WTF HAPPENED
#WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre

by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell

🗓️ Wednesday, 8 October, 6.30pm
National Library of Ireland

RSVP [email protected]

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 8d

@dublintheatrefest.bsky.social @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @sarahdurcan.bsky.social #IrishTheatre #TheatreEvents #DublinTheatreFestival2025 #FeministActivism #BookEvents

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 8d

Next Tuesday! Don't miss out – few tickets are left.

Join us during Dublin Theatre Festival for a panel discussion featuring WTF Happened author Sarah Durcan

🗓️ 7 Oct
Abbey Theatre, Abbey Stage
€10
90 mins

🎟️ dublintheatrefestival.ie/event/compla...

🔗 Order a copy: www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 9d

Preorder at www.ucdpress.ie

Available in bookshops nationwide from 31 October

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 9d

In both cases it inspired a willingness to fight to the death to overthrow or protect the status quo.

It was above all this explosive combination of hope and fear that brought about Ireland’s bloody summer.