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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 12h

It might be good if the department for culture and Minsiter Patrick O’Donovan made a statement expressing solidarity for the several Irish artists who were in flotilla ships who have been detained by Israel over recent days.

Fransglobal @fransglobal.bsky.social · 14h

Irish author and TD on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel jrnl.ie/6838266

Irish author and TD on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel

There are two Irish citizens aboard one of the flotilla boats, the Milad.

jrnl.ie

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 14h

More Irish activists have now been taken by the IDF from international waters including author Naoise Dolan, TD Barry Heneghan and psychiatrist Veronica O’Keane.

They are part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing, I'm using it in tomorrow's class (full scene at the end here) www.dailymotion.com/video/x6v6y6o

I'm Alan Partridge S02 - E06 Alan Wide Shut

Dailymotion video by Alan Partridge

www.dailymotion.com

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 2d

In terms of locations outside the US, I'd imagine London was also well established on the mental map of New York editors, though? (It's also at least partly possible that this explanation helped him to gently reject someone...)

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 2d

This is fantastic news for Irish artists. The key thing now is that the scheme remains randomly allocated, rather than decided by some committee of govt-appointed gatekeepers.
It also begs the question, if Basic Income works for artists, why not extend it to everyone?
www.rte.ie/news/budget-...

Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.

www.rte.ie

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 2d

Specifically, the great essay by @benfried.bsky.social on William Maxwell, which appeared in the special issue that I co-edited with Evan Brier: post45.org/2024/07/will...

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 2d

Catching up on this recent piece in the Irish Times, I see that the New Yorker's editors are reading @post45.bsky.social

"It’s hard to imagine New Yorker fiction without the contributions of the many Irish writers who have been published in the magazine, but the first notable Irish story didn’t appear until 1945, two decades after the magazine’s founding. That was Frank O’Connor’s News for the Church, which is set chiefly in a confessional in Ballygrogan, Co Cork.

A couple of years earlier, as the scholar Ben Fried has noted, one of the magazine’s fiction editors, William Maxwell, rejected a story from a Tennessee-born writer with the somewhat rueful observation: “The story belongs to a world that is essentially remote from New York City. The editors have in their minds an imaginary map of Manhattan which includes, strangely, all of Connecticut and Long Island, Florida, New Jersey, Hollywood, and wherever New Yorkers go.”

Quote from Cressida Leyshon, deputy fiction editor of the New Yorker

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 2d

Wtf. Consider buying a book or two to show your support

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 2d

‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack

Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the D’Olier Street store later on Monday

www.irishtimes.com

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Thérèse McIntyre (She/Her) @cailinrua1.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently that won’t be done??? #Aras25

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 3d

I'm teaching a session on publishing and sustainability next week so have been casting around for similar material myself! The Indie Press Network (UK) has this guide that might be of interest too indiepressnetwork.com/2025/02/10/s...

Sustainability for Small Presses – Indie Press Network

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 3d

There are sections on pulping and recycling in this: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Publishing Distribution Practices: New Insights About Eco-Friendly Publishing, Sustainable Printing and Returns, and Cost-Effective Delivery in the U.S. - Publishing Research Quarterly

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and highlighted the problems and opportunities within the book publishing industry’s distribution practices. This is a summary of the Publishing Distribution Practices report, researched and produced in collaboration with Portland State University, Independent Book Publishers Association, and PubWest. This article addresses research and recommendations for becoming carbon neutral, delivering books cost effectively, utilizing print-on-demand, minimizing returns, and examining supply chain issues raised by the pandemic. Findings include starting with paper and emissions assessment for more eco-friendly publishing; emphasizing pre-orders, local and discounted delivery, trade organization membership, and POS systems for cost-effective delivery; limiting outsourcing to restrict supply chain disruptions; reducing print runs and promoting books more effectively to minimize returns; and utilizing print-on-demand for proof copies and gap runs.

link.springer.com

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Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 3d

A student in my publishing course is interested in researching book pulping and book recycling. Do we know any work or introductory material in this area?

(Work on remainders, print runs, supply chain, raw materials all relevant, too.)

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 3d

Piece is called "Live, laugh, toaster bath", artist is www.instagram.com/cherrysparks...

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Éireann @eireannmor.bsky.social · 3d

today, around your lunchtime or your afternoon rest time or your evening wind down, depending on your time zone:

Éireann @eireannmor.bsky.social · 10d

ahem there is finally going to be a zoom launch on US time and it's next Sunday, 5 October, at 2 p.m. Central (3 Eastern, 1 Mountain, noon Pacific, 8 p.m. UK/Ireland, 9 p.m. CET, please extrapolate elsewhere from there)

usd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

you'd be very welcome
bring a short poem you love

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Launch Pattern-book in the US!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Join us for readings, discussion, and effervescence as Nina MacLaughlin (Wake, Siren; Summer Solstice; Winter Solstice) launches Éireann Lorsung's newest collection, Pattern-book (Carcanet, 2025). Ab...

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 3d

Dropped in to the Dublin Comic Arts Festival @dublincomicarts.bsky.social with my 7-year-old and he persuaded me to buy this toaster ghost

A ghost holding a toaster in the bath, accompanied by a rubber duck

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João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social · 5d

Are you a researcher working at a EU university? Are you fed up with our institutions turning a blind eye to genocide? Consider signing this. uppsaladeclaration.se/europe/

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Lara Pawson @larapawson.bsky.social · 4d

Goodness, this is writing.

My life in Gaza: ‘We burned our copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four to bake bread. What would Orwell think of us now?’

From fleeing Gaza City to a birthday in the family – Karim recounts a month in the territory

www.theguardian.com

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · 5d

Ireland’s Occupied Territories Bill being hollowed out at the behest of US and Irish business interests

Uninterrupted trade and investment being placed above compliance with international legal obligations and meaningful action to end atrocities in Palestine

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Exclusive: Ireland poised to blunt sanctions on Israel under corporate pressure, say sources

There is pressure from business groups concerned about the impact on investment.

www.reuters.com

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Laura McGrath @lbmcgrath.bsky.social · 6d

Baby’s got a pub date! And some juicy catalog copy. MIDDLEMEN coming your way on April 26!

(Cover reveal soon!)

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 6d

Books and garlic mayonnaise, together at last 🤝

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 6d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 7d

Vibe Working is when I sit at home in my tracksuit completing low-grade administrative tasks with the new Cate Le Bon album on. No additional computing power needed

The Verge @theverge.com · 9d

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.

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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social · 7d

How your email finds me

Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 7d

Udon Nou, who has noodles for brains, is a mascot from Kagawa Prefecture. He was handing out certificates to winners at this year’s Yuruverse mascot popularity contest (having won in 2023).

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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 7d

Join us tomorrow eve for the launch of our new podcast series: 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland'

Featuring podcast curator Dr Phil Mullen in conversation with journalist Caelainn Hogan

⏲️6.30pm
📍Davis Theatre, Arts Building, TCD

www.eventbrite.ie/e/in-the-hal...

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R.D. Pohl @rdpohl.bsky.social · 8d

Nick Sturm: "The Best American Poetry is a genre management project that drives a wedge between poetry and interdisciplinary intellectual culture. It powerfully insists on defining American poetry as a literary practice self-managed by the professional networks it privileges..."

Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 8d

It's the end of The Best American Poetry.

I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.

defector.com/good-riddanc...

Good Riddance To ‘The Best American Poetry’ | Defector

When David Lehman, a poet then working as a book critic for Newsweek, proposed the project for The Best American Poetry anthology, he was searching for a national platform. His first anthology project...

defector.com

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