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dublinbookfest.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social · 15d

Join us for our festival opening night for a special evening of conversation and culture to celebrate the 100th issue of The Dublin Review in a live broadcast with @rteradio1.bsky.social Arena 🎟️ bit.ly/3KgYZDD

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 20d

Announcing new events for Faber Members – including a Dublin event. Join us at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre for our first international Script Club where we’ll be discussing Seamus Heaney’s The Burial at Thebes over a drink.

faber.co.uk/product/faber-members-script-club-the-burial-at-thebes/

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The Dublin Review @thedublinreview.bsky.social · 21d

100 ISSUES OLD TODAY! The new issue of The Dublin Review features work by Nathan O’Donnell, Laura Morris, Tara McEvoy, Molly McCloskey, Conor Dawson, alongside the mighty Colm Tóibín who also appeared in our very first issue 25 years ago. NUMBER 100 is out now in bookshops, or at thedublinreview.com

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Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸 @aingealaflannery.bsky.social · 29d

Huge congratulations to Anna Fitzgerald, winner of the John McGahern Prize 2025 for her debut Girl In The Making. 👏 👏 👏

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Winner of John McGahern Prize for debut Irish fiction announced - University of Liverpool News

Winner of John McGahern Prize for debut Irish fiction announced

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Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸 @aingealaflannery.bsky.social · Sep 5

I’m thrilled too. This time 38 years ago, I left home and moved to Maynooth. The first person in my family to finish secondary school and go to college. It was a life-changing experience. ❤️ 📚

Maynooth University English Department @maynoothenglish.bsky.social · Sep 4

@maynoothuniversity.ie & @kildarelibrary.bsky.social are thrilled to announce @aingealaflannery.bsky.social as Writer-in-Residence. Aingeala is an award-winning writer, journalist, & broadcaster. It is a great pleasure to welcome Aingeala back to Maynooth! @mu-alumni.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social

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The Dublin Review @thedublinreview.bsky.social · Aug 16

NUMBER 99 | SUMMER 2025 features work by Darragh McCausland, Karen O’Reilly, Nick Holdstock, Rosita Boland, Juliana Adelman, Joe Davies, and Clement Gelly. To buy or subscribe, visit thedublinreview.com

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Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸 @aingealaflannery.bsky.social · Jun 28

Do not go silently under the wheels of the bus. 👏 👏 Maureen Kennelly. 💪
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Former Arts Council director Maureen Kennelly: ‘The Minister saw the opportunity for a scalp. I was an easy target’

The botched IT project abandoned at a loss of €5.3m effectively cost Maureen Kennelly her job. She believes the Government has unfairly discredited her reputation

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Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸 @aingealaflannery.bsky.social · Jun 25

Congrats Donal Ryan! 🎉
Heart Be At Peace is a treat of a book. He makes writing look easy when it’s anything but.
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Irish writer Donal Ryan wins prestigious Orwell Prize

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The Dublin Review @thedublinreview.bsky.social · Jun 24

NEW ISSUE! NUMBER 99 | SUMMER 2025 features work by Darragh McCausland, Joe Davies, Karen O’Reilly, Clement Gelly, Juliana Adelman, Nick Holdstock, Rosita Boland. To buy/ subscribe, visit thedublinreview.com
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Home - The Dublin Review

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Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸 @aingealaflannery.bsky.social · Jun 17

In 2017, I became a member of @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. If you write, you should be a member too. Here’s why:
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Meet novelist and short story writer Aingeala Flannery

YouTube video by Irish Writers Centre

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The Dublin Review @thedublinreview.bsky.social · Jun 11

FROM THE ARCHIVES. Niamh Donnelly’s story “Total care” was published in NUMBER 84 | AUTUMN 2021. Read it in full on our website #freereads
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Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social · Jun 9

📣 Applications now open!

Evolution is a free six-month programme that provides support for 12 published (1 or 2 books) writers at a crucial stage in their careers.

Pick from a suite of supports and collaborate with like-minded writers.

Deadline: 27 June 2025
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Evolution Programme 2025-2026 - Irish Writers Centre

Irish Writers Centre invited applications for Evolution Programme 2025-2026. Free six-month programme supporting 12 published writers (1 or 2 books) to advance their writing careers.

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The Four Faced Liar @the4facedliar.bsky.social · Jun 6

Only three weeks left to get your submissions in—closing date is 30th June.

If you're working on something you're proud of, share it with us!

Visual art submissions are free. You can find out more on our submissions page:

www.the4facedliar.com/submissions

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Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸 @aingealaflannery.bsky.social · Jun 8

Any day now we’ll have a new Laureate for Irish Fiction.
Big shoes…
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Colm Tóibín reflects on his tenure as Laureate for Irish Fiction

YouTube video by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

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The Dublin Review @thedublinreview.bsky.social · Jun 2

NEW PODCAST! In Episode 38 of The Dublin Review Podcast, Aingeala Flannery talks to Eoin Butler about his essay We're not those kind of people, which appeared in The Dublin Review NUMBER 59 | SUMMER 2015. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc. Or visit 👇
thedublinreview.com/podcasts/

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · May 24

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The Dublin Review @thedublinreview.bsky.social · May 22

Coming soon… in the next episode of The Dublin Review Podcast, Eoin Butler visits the crumbling mansion of a dead Taoiseach.

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The Dublin Review @thedublinreview.bsky.social · May 12

In Episode Thirty-Seven of The Dublin Review Podcast, Aingeala Flannery talks to Cathy Sweeney about her personal essay ‘Relapse’. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc. Or visit the podcast section of our website 👇thedublinreview.com

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The Dublin Review @thedublinreview.bsky.social · May 8

When you subscribe to The Dublin Review, you get four issues a year delivered to your door. Annual subscriptions from just €34. All prices include postage. We are happy to arrange gift subscriptions. Visit our website:
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Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸 @aingealaflannery.bsky.social · May 6

A couple of places left on my online writing workshop this week. Use the code Bealtaine25 to get €5 discount!
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Creative Kickstart with Aingeala Flannery – Bealtaine Festival

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The Dublin Review @thedublinreview.bsky.social · Apr 25

NEW PODCAST! In episode thirty-seven of The Dublin Review Podcast, Aingeala Flannery talks to Cathy Sweeney about her essay ‘Relapse’, which appears in the current issue. Listen on Spotify, Apple Music, etc. Or visit the podcast section of our website 👇thedublinreview.com

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Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸 @aingealaflannery.bsky.social · Apr 24

Come write with me! Online Creative Kickstart workshop now booking for Bealtaine Festival on 8/9th May. More info 👇
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Creative Kickstart with Aingeala Flannery – Bealtaine Festival

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The Dublin Review @thedublinreview.bsky.social · Apr 23

PODCAST Juliana Adelman reads and discusses her essay ‘Weights and measures’. Listen to The Dublin Review Podcast on Apple Music, Spotify, or visit the podcast section of our website. thedublinreview.com

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The Dublin Review @thedublinreview.bsky.social · Apr 15

After more than a decade sober, Cathy Sweeney checks into a hotel and opens a bottle of wine. Her personal essay ‘Relapse’ is in the current issue of The Dublin Review. Buy or subscribe at thedublinreview.com

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Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸 @aingealaflannery.bsky.social · Apr 11