Eimear Ryan
@eimearryan.bsky.social
Lecturer in creative writing @ucc.ie | PhD student @unioflimerick.bsky.social | editor @bansheepress.bsky.social | 📚 Holding Her Breath (2021) & The Grass Ceiling (2023) 📚
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Finally, a subscription to Banshee was recommended as a great Christmas present for literature lovers in @irishtimes.com 🎁
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... (3/3)
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Beyond books: Christmas gifts for the literature lover in your life
Sometimes the hardest thing to buy for a bookworm is a regular novel, biography or history book. Here's a selection of bookish gift ideas that go beyond the norm
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December 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Finally, a subscription to Banshee was recommended as a great Christmas present for literature lovers in @irishtimes.com 🎁
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... (3/3)
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... (3/3)
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@jackflag.bsky.social's cover for Claire-Lise Kieffer's Tenterhooks was also cited by Jack's fellow designers as one of the best covers of the year in @literaryhub.bsky.social 🫴
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lithub.com/the-173-best... (2/3)
The 173 Best Book Covers of 2025
Per Literary Hub tradition, I am pleased to present the best book covers of the year—as chosen by some of the industry’s best book cover designers. This year, I asked 52 designers to share their fa…
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December 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
@jackflag.bsky.social's cover for Claire-Lise Kieffer's Tenterhooks was also cited by Jack's fellow designers as one of the best covers of the year in @literaryhub.bsky.social 🫴
lithub.com/the-173-best... (2/3)
lithub.com/the-173-best... (2/3)
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Some lovely press this week – first up, @jackflag.bsky.social's cover for @bebeashley.bsky.social's Harbour Doubts was listed as a best book cover of 2025 by @nytimes.com 🧡
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/b... (1/3)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/b... (1/3)
The Best Book Covers of 2025
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December 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Some lovely press this week – first up, @jackflag.bsky.social's cover for @bebeashley.bsky.social's Harbour Doubts was listed as a best book cover of 2025 by @nytimes.com 🧡
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/b... (1/3)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/b... (1/3)
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Now available for pre-order: FOUND IN A CONTEXT OF DESTRUCTION, the debut poetry collection by acclaimed writer Tim MacGabhann, out in February 2026. Cover design by @jackflag.bsky.social 🪨
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December 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Now available for pre-order: FOUND IN A CONTEXT OF DESTRUCTION, the debut poetry collection by acclaimed writer Tim MacGabhann, out in February 2026. Cover design by @jackflag.bsky.social 🪨
bansheepress.org/shop/p/found...
bansheepress.org/shop/p/found...
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'There were no amulets for protection, just some books and a framed photo of my dad, a veteran of the operating theatre. This was my armoury, the layer between me and the medical team.'
From issue 7 (autumn/winter 2018) – non-fiction by Elizabeth O'Neill ✨
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From issue 7 (autumn/winter 2018) – non-fiction by Elizabeth O'Neill ✨
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‘Excision’ by Elizabeth O’Neill — Banshee Press
Try to praise Instead of counting the minutes until morning, I tried learning a poem, one I’d heard a few weeks before. There were no amulets for protection, just some books and a framed photo…
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December 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
'There were no amulets for protection, just some books and a framed photo of my dad, a veteran of the operating theatre. This was my armoury, the layer between me and the medical team.'
From issue 7 (autumn/winter 2018) – non-fiction by Elizabeth O'Neill ✨
bansheepress.org/read/excisio...
From issue 7 (autumn/winter 2018) – non-fiction by Elizabeth O'Neill ✨
bansheepress.org/read/excisio...
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Banshee celebrates ten years in print @booksupstairs.bsky.social next Thursday 4 December! Join us from 6pm to raise a glass to the publication of issue 20 and hear from our brilliant contributors. Hosted by guest editor @clarakiyoko.bsky.social 🎄
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LAUNCH: Banshee | Issue 20 | Books Upstairs
Celebrate ten years of Banshee at the Dublin launch of our speculative fiction-themed 20th issue. Join us at Books Upstairs on Thursday 4 December at 6pm to raise a glass and to hear prose and poetry ...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Banshee celebrates ten years in print @booksupstairs.bsky.social next Thursday 4 December! Join us from 6pm to raise a glass to the publication of issue 20 and hear from our brilliant contributors. Hosted by guest editor @clarakiyoko.bsky.social 🎄
booksupstairs.ie/all-events/l...
booksupstairs.ie/all-events/l...
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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UCC researchers receive €1.1m to address national and global societal challenges
UCC has been awarded funding for five interdisciplinary projects in @researchireland.ie's COALESCE 2025 programme.
For more, see:
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
@uccresearch.bsky.social
UCC has been awarded funding for five interdisciplinary projects in @researchireland.ie's COALESCE 2025 programme.
For more, see:
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
@uccresearch.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
UCC researchers receive €1.1m to address national and global societal challenges
UCC has been awarded funding for five interdisciplinary projects in @researchireland.ie's COALESCE 2025 programme.
For more, see:
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
@uccresearch.bsky.social
UCC has been awarded funding for five interdisciplinary projects in @researchireland.ie's COALESCE 2025 programme.
For more, see:
www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
@uccresearch.bsky.social
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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
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
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November 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
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Straight up plagiarism can ALSO help you beat writer’s block!
Love when a CEO undermines the work that their company produces www.theguardian.com/business/202...
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
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October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Straight up plagiarism can ALSO help you beat writer’s block!
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Issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) has gone to print! Our landmark 20th issue, guest edited by acclaimed author @clarakiyoko.bsky.social, has a speculative fiction theme and marks our tenth anniversary in print. The beautiful cover art is by @erinconnally.bsky.social ✨
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Issue 20 | Autumn/Winter 2025 — Banshee Press
Guest edited by Clara Kumagai 154 pages ISSN: 2009-857X ISBN: 978-1-917161-18-3 Cover art by Erin Connally
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October 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Issue 20 (autumn/winter 2025) has gone to print! Our landmark 20th issue, guest edited by acclaimed author @clarakiyoko.bsky.social, has a speculative fiction theme and marks our tenth anniversary in print. The beautiful cover art is by @erinconnally.bsky.social ✨
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Tonight - please join us to celebrate this brilliant book ✨️
We hope you can join us for the launch of FILLY by @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social on Wednesday 15 October at @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin! It kicks off at 6pm with Banshee poetry editor @jesstraynor.bsky.social introducing Rosamund. All are welcome! ✨
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Celebrate the launch of Filly by Rosamund Taylor — Banshee Press
We hope you can join us to raise a glass to Filly , the beautiful new verse novel by acclaimed poet Rosamund Taylor, in Books Upstairs on Wednesday 15 October! Banshee poetry editor Jessica…
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October 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Tonight - please join us to celebrate this brilliant book ✨️
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A great shop that’s so supportivr of writers, and run by the best people. They’re open today if you’re passing, or you can buy a book via their website. @booksupstairs.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack
Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the D’Olier Street store later on Monday
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October 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A great shop that’s so supportivr of writers, and run by the best people. They’re open today if you’re passing, or you can buy a book via their website. @booksupstairs.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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Thinking of @sarahmaintains.bsky.social and the other Irish citizens who are part of the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social, and have been detained by the IDF who illegally intercepted them in international waters.
Here is Sarah’s poem, ‘If I had any other thing’:
Here is Sarah’s poem, ‘If I had any other thing’:
October 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Thinking of @sarahmaintains.bsky.social and the other Irish citizens who are part of the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social, and have been detained by the IDF who illegally intercepted them in international waters.
Here is Sarah’s poem, ‘If I had any other thing’:
Here is Sarah’s poem, ‘If I had any other thing’:
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The bees have discovered Brutalism
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The bees have discovered Brutalism
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Latest jewel in the crown of Marina Park; the Elevated Tree Walkway leading to Barrington’s folly, woodland walks and picnic areas. Access from the Cork Harbour Greenway beside the playground and slides. Spin out also onto the Marina Prominade and (shortly) the Atlantic Pond. #Cork
September 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Latest jewel in the crown of Marina Park; the Elevated Tree Walkway leading to Barrington’s folly, woodland walks and picnic areas. Access from the Cork Harbour Greenway beside the playground and slides. Spin out also onto the Marina Prominade and (shortly) the Atlantic Pond. #Cork
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We hope you can join us for the launch of FILLY by @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social on Wednesday 15 October at @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin! It kicks off at 6pm with Banshee poetry editor @jesstraynor.bsky.social introducing Rosamund. All are welcome! ✨
bansheepress.org/read/celebra...
bansheepress.org/read/celebra...
Celebrate the launch of Filly by Rosamund Taylor — Banshee Press
We hope you can join us to raise a glass to Filly , the beautiful new verse novel by acclaimed poet Rosamund Taylor, in Books Upstairs on Wednesday 15 October! Banshee poetry editor Jessica…
bansheepress.org
September 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We hope you can join us for the launch of FILLY by @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social on Wednesday 15 October at @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin! It kicks off at 6pm with Banshee poetry editor @jesstraynor.bsky.social introducing Rosamund. All are welcome! ✨
bansheepress.org/read/celebra...
bansheepress.org/read/celebra...
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Our Secondhand Superstar David took Aoife Barry’s article (@sweetoblivion.bsky.social) & Sinéad Gleeson’s anthology (@SineadGleeson.bsky.social) & went searching through the shelves to find …
September 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Our Secondhand Superstar David took Aoife Barry’s article (@sweetoblivion.bsky.social) & Sinéad Gleeson’s anthology (@SineadGleeson.bsky.social) & went searching through the shelves to find …
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"The birthmark was small but unmissable, a heart-shaped rash-red bump placed precisely over the pulse on the right side of my neck ... I was always aware when people stared at it."
From issue 4 (spring/summer 2017) -- fiction by Niall McArdle 💕
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From issue 4 (spring/summer 2017) -- fiction by Niall McArdle 💕
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‘The Two of Hearts’ by Niall McArdle — Banshee Press
The birthmark was small but unmissable, a heart-shaped rash-red bump placed precisely over the pulse on the right side of my neck. ‘She has her heart in her throat,’ my mother always said. It…
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September 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"The birthmark was small but unmissable, a heart-shaped rash-red bump placed precisely over the pulse on the right side of my neck ... I was always aware when people stared at it."
From issue 4 (spring/summer 2017) -- fiction by Niall McArdle 💕
bansheepress.org/read/the-two...
From issue 4 (spring/summer 2017) -- fiction by Niall McArdle 💕
bansheepress.org/read/the-two...
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1777:
Everything you experience informs your work. In summer, write about the heat; the vegetation; the scent of the sea. In winter, write about the cold; the darkening sky; the onset of snow. Use everything you feel: grief, anxiety, joy, love, pain. It's all good.
Everything you experience informs your work. In summer, write about the heat; the vegetation; the scent of the sea. In winter, write about the cold; the darkening sky; the onset of snow. Use everything you feel: grief, anxiety, joy, love, pain. It's all good.
September 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1777:
Everything you experience informs your work. In summer, write about the heat; the vegetation; the scent of the sea. In winter, write about the cold; the darkening sky; the onset of snow. Use everything you feel: grief, anxiety, joy, love, pain. It's all good.
Everything you experience informs your work. In summer, write about the heat; the vegetation; the scent of the sea. In winter, write about the cold; the darkening sky; the onset of snow. Use everything you feel: grief, anxiety, joy, love, pain. It's all good.
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"The feed no longer surprises but sedates, and in that sedation, something quietly breaks, and social media no longer feels like a place to be; it is a surface to skim."
@jamesosullivan.bsky.social for @noemamag.com: www.noemamag.com/the-last-day...
@jamesosullivan.bsky.social for @noemamag.com: www.noemamag.com/the-last-day...
The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA
Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.
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September 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"The feed no longer surprises but sedates, and in that sedation, something quietly breaks, and social media no longer feels like a place to be; it is a surface to skim."
@jamesosullivan.bsky.social for @noemamag.com: www.noemamag.com/the-last-day...
@jamesosullivan.bsky.social for @noemamag.com: www.noemamag.com/the-last-day...