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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · Mar 14

Honoured that Leonard and Hungry Paul has been included in the @irishtimes.com 100 best Irish books of the 21st century (so far), at 38. Thanks so much to the contributors who selected it.

(Ps. I was a contributor but didn't nominate or upvote my own book.)

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 50 to No 26

A panel of more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, festival curators and booksellers) select their favourite Irish novels and short stories of the years 2020-2025

www.irishtimes.com

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 7h

From FB:

Had the worst day ever. I paid a joiner to build me a double bed and he's done a bunk.

It's just one thing on top of another.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 7h

I'm not feeling great about it, though have also developed a sort of numbness about this sort of thing.

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 14h

KESHED LONDON LAUNCH IS CONFIRMED.

Thursday 12th March, Bard Books, @judecook.bsky.social in the host's chair, tix link as soon as i got one. News incoming on the official online launch, more as soon as i have it.

#BookSky #GetKeshed 📚📚📚

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 8h

Hamid Ismailov – possible Nobel dark horse?

Ena Selimović @enaselimo.bsky.social · 9h

The Turkoslavia Collective is thrilled that our contributor Hamid Ismailov (tr. Shelley Fairweather-Vega in issues 2 + 4) is the honorary chair of @wwborders.bsky.social's 2025 Gala!

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 9h

I feel that Kasuo Ishiguro and Abdulrazak Gurnah winning in recent years makes it less likely that we'll have another UK winner so soon. McEwan seems more like a Booker type to me. Not sure how influential his writing is internationally.

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 9h

Here's a lecture where Can Xue explains (describes?) her work. I have watched this several times. Always casts a spell over me.

youtu.be/ulFdr8WZl44?...

AAWWTV: Stubborn Dirty Snow with Can Xue and Porochista Khakpour

YouTube video by Asian American Writers' Workshop

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 9h

I previously tipped @terribleman.com

m.independent.ie/entertainmen...

‘It’s overdue’: Rónán Hession tells Rick O’Shea which Irishman he thinks should win the Nobel Prize for Literature

Rónán Hession is a unique contemporary Irish author, and one of my favourites. His first novel, 2019’s Leonard and Hungry Paul, is still one I recommend whenever anyone asks for something that will re...

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 9h

Watford have reappointed Javi Gracia as manager. Second time they've reappointed a manager I think, after Flores (third if you include Graham Taylor). It's like a penalty shoot out where everyone has already taken one so they go round again.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 9h

I think they're right to take account of balance but I'm thinking about someone like Can Xue – wouldn't want her miss out (age 72) because a female Asian writer won last year for the first time, so they shouldn't feel they don't need another one straight away.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you, Chris 🙏

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 10h

This project reminds me of the Disintegration Loops by William Basinski.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 10h

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 10h

I know the Nobel spreads things around geographically & alternates male/female, but if there's someone they really think is deserving they should skip all that and give it to them. A lot of tipped names are in their seventies and people like Ngugi Wa Thiongo died this year. Don't leave it too long!

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 12h

Bear in mind that articles about bookies odds are based on the fact that bookies odds are based on interest searches of articles about bookies odds.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Can Xue and László Krasznahorkai are joint favourites to win 2025 Nobel prize in literature

The Chinese and Hungarian writers are tied with odds of 10/1 – while Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie are also in the running

www.theguardian.com

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 12h

Nobel Prize in lack of chemistry is awarded to Watford and its managers.

www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...

Paulo Pezzolano sacked as Watford manager and replaced by Javi Gracia

The Hornets part company with the Uruguayan and replace him with a familiar face.

www.bbc.com

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 16h

I'm afraid it crumbled in 1995, about one week after it happened.

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 16h

I remember writing essays where in lieu of academic citations, I put in my friends names/years of birth because why not.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you, Norma 🙏

Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 16h

I have bought, but not yet read, Salvador by Joan Didion, which might fit the bill.

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David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 17h

This Saturday/Sunday: a two-day show of new work by six contemporary women ceramicists. PV on Sat (from 6pm). All welcome.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 17h

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 18h

Good morning.

I've had a lie in.

This is the novel that @ronanhession.bsky.social read that introduced him to Bluemoose.

The Man With A Seagull on His Head by Harriet Paige.

'A bone fide gem.' @theguardian.com

The start of a wonderful literary journey.

Magic.

Brew time.

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 19h

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 19h

Thank you, Anne 🙏

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