Cristín Leach
@cristinleach.bsky.social
Irish Writer. Art Critic. Author, art/divorce memoir Negative Space; RHA From Ten Till Dusk. Fiction, non-fiction, journalism: RTÉ Culture, Irish Arts Review, Winter Papers. Hybrid texts, collaborations. 20yrs ✍🏻 Sunday Times. https://linktr.ee/cristinleach
John, movie reviewer extraordinaire from Arena last night, is here ⬇️⬇️
John Maguire@johnmaguire.bsky.social · 5mo agoI'll be taking a look at the week's new cinema with @rickoshea.bsky.social on RTE Radio 1's Arena in a few minutes, including tiger kidnapping thriller No Ordinary Heist and Raoul Peck's Orwell 2+2=5. Do tune in!
This was fun! Thank you fantastic contributors John Maguire, Sarina Bellissimo, Louise Bruton, Cian Sullivan and RTÉ Arena team for my first outing in the hot seat 🔥🎙️ and to @bibliocook.bsky.social my original arts show presenting buddy who I met in a student radio station @ucc.ie 30 years ago 🫶 📻
Caroline Hennessy@bibliocook.bsky.social · 5mo agoAnd we're off! @cristinleach.bsky.social presenting flagship arts programme Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social tonight.
An interesting coincidence. This morning I took down from a shelf a book that's been there for a few years: Stories from the New Yorker 1950-1960. I'd decided to do something I'd intended for a while: read it cover to cover, with perhaps a reading thread to accompany it.
Cork City was beautiful as I was on my way to do the post-screening Q&A with French film director Régis Wargnier after La Réparation at Cork French Film Festival. Someone brought him an (Oscar winning) Indochine movie poster to sign. He had stories to tell and the audience questions were superb. 🎥
I’ve been noticing hands in paintings and sculptures, and how different individuals are connected to each other, and in particular how they support each other - so I’m going to try a thread/ visual essay here as a way to keep track of them…
I've been thinking again lately about the visibility and invisibility of Irish art and Irish visual artists abroad – that is outside Ireland, or thar lear as the lexicon in my mind prefers to consider it… First in a new series of occasional Art Thoughts for @rte.ie www.rte.ie/culture/2026...
Art Thoughts: Is Irish visual art still overlooked overseas?
Thar lear is a phrase in Irish/as gaeilge that acknowledges in a vague yet specific way the island nature of this place: that anywhere not here is over there, somewhere across the water, past our shor...
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I've been thinking again lately about the visibility and invisibility of Irish art and Irish visual artists abroad – that is outside Ireland, or thar lear as the lexicon in my mind prefers to consider it… First in a new series of occasional Art Thoughts for @rte.ie www.rte.ie/culture/2026...
Art Thoughts: Is Irish visual art still overlooked overseas?
Thar lear is a phrase in Irish/as gaeilge that acknowledges in a vague yet specific way the island nature of this place: that anywhere not here is over there, somewhere across the water, past our shor...
rte.ie
We delighted to share the Issue 4 has arrived! Available from our shop www.the4facedliar.com/product-page...
Only one more week to go! We're very excited for our contributors to present their work at the launch of our competition issue, and we hope you are too. All are welcome to the official launch at Waterstones in Cork City on 17th February at 6:30pm
I loved being a collaborator on this book. Ebook fans, look at this bargain!
Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now!@lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 7mo agoWant to read An Honour and a Privilege but can't justify the cost of a paperback right now? Get the e-book instead for only $4—it's packed with amazing fiction as well as incredible craft tips and techniques to help you write deeper, more intricate prose in easier ways!
Launching in February. Can’t wait to see This Time Baby in print.
The Four Faced Liar@the4facedliar.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe're excited to announce the cover for Issue 4 of The Four Faced Liar, our competition issue, with artwork by the wonderful Jenny Lawlor! @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie
Collaboration baby!! So excited to see where this brilliant anthology I’m very lucky to be part of is going next 👏👏 Huge congrats to @lindzmcleod.bsky.social and the rest of the collaboration gang. #shortstory #craft #collaborativewriting
Melissa Ren@melisfluous.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis is absolutely incredible! The antho AN HONOUR AND A PRIVILEGE is longlisted for the BSFA awards! What an amazing project, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
I'm on the longlist for the British Science Fiction Association Awards TWICE this year! As editor of craft anthology An Honour and a Privilege from @stanchion.bsky.social, and also for my @apexmag.bsky.social short story, 'One by One'! This is AWESOME 🥳 please consider voting for me!
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This is absolutely incredible! The antho AN HONOUR AND A PRIVILEGE is longlisted for the BSFA awards! What an amazing project, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
An Honour & A Privilege | Stanchion
In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou, award-winning a...
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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now!@lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 7mo agoI'm on the longlist for the British Science Fiction Association Awards TWICE this year! As editor of craft anthology An Honour and a Privilege from @stanchion.bsky.social, and also for my @apexmag.bsky.social short story, 'One by One'! This is AWESOME 🥳 please consider voting for me!
I loved being a collaborator on this book. Ebook fans, look at this bargain!
Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now!@lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 7mo agoWant to read An Honour and a Privilege but can't justify the cost of a paperback right now? Get the e-book instead for only $4—it's packed with amazing fiction as well as incredible craft tips and techniques to help you write deeper, more intricate prose in easier ways!
A ray of sunshine amongst all the doom and gloom. @lindzmcleod.bsky.social has informed me that her collaborative masterpiece An Honour & A Privilege has been longlisted for the British Science Fiction awards! A huge achievement for all of the authors involved. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
An Honour & A Privilege | Stanchion
In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou, award-winning a...
stanchionzine.com
For anyone interested in short story writing, collaborative short story writing, or collaborative writing - a craft book unlike any other ✅ www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
An Honour & A Privilege | Stanchion
In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou, award-winning a...
stanchionzine.com
Cristín Leach@cristinleach.bsky.social · 8mo agoWith an introduction by Dr Graham Robert Scott. And I’ve just re-located @jduckwriter.bsky.social and @melisfluous.bsky.social here 👏 Available from publishers @stanchion.bsky.social #AHAAP @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
We're excited to announce the cover for Issue 4 of The Four Faced Liar, our competition issue, with artwork by the wonderful Jenny Lawlor! @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie
This author portrait is by the great @conorhorgan.bsky.social 📸
The Four Faced Liar@the4facedliar.bsky.social · 7mo agoCristín Leach's "This Time Baby" was selected by judge Roisín O'Donnell as the Runner Up in the short story category. Read more below about Cristín, and check out @cristinleach on Instagram and @cristinleach.bsky.social for more of her work
Cristín Leach's "This Time Baby" was selected by judge Roisín O'Donnell as the Runner Up in the short story category. Read more below about Cristín, and check out @cristinleach on Instagram and @cristinleach.bsky.social for more of her work
For anyone interested in short story writing, collaborative short story writing, or collaborative writing - a craft book unlike any other ✅ www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
An Honour & A Privilege | Stanchion
In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou, award-winning a...
stanchionzine.com
Cristín Leach@cristinleach.bsky.social · 8mo agoWith an introduction by Dr Graham Robert Scott. And I’ve just re-located @jduckwriter.bsky.social and @melisfluous.bsky.social here 👏 Available from publishers @stanchion.bsky.social #AHAAP @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
One of my favourite things that happened this year is that my ‘Forest Memories’ from 2021 got a new outing among the trees in Peru 😮 🍃 🔊
Clare Archibald@archieislander.bsky.social · 9mo agoI went to the Jardín Botánico in Trujillo yesterday to choose the trees and test the volume and range etc using audio from 2021 contributors. The Peruvian iteration of 'if trees were lone women what would they sound like' is happening this Sunday as part of the Munanqui Festival de Mujeres Artistas
I love that this book is still finding readers. It declares its unorthodox, experimental intentions from the start and it’s really not what you think it might be. @rha-arts.bsky.social #FromTenTillDusk
Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman@niamhroisin.bsky.social · 8mo agoFinally read ‘From Ten Till Dusk’ by @cristinleach.bsky.social - a most interesting perspective on Irish art, art writing, & art institutions in Ireland - beautifully designed by Oonagh Young.
With an introduction by Dr Graham Robert Scott. And I’ve just re-located @jduckwriter.bsky.social and @melisfluous.bsky.social here 👏 Available from publishers @stanchion.bsky.social #AHAAP @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
Cristín Leach@cristinleach.bsky.social · 8mo ago11 short stories, PLUS how we did it 👏 @lindzmcleod.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @eapetricone.bsky.social @sagetyrtle.bsky.social @thomasdlee.bsky.social @foxesandroses.bsky.social Jonathan Duckworth @lynnreneemaxcy.bsky.social @pegahouji.bsky.social Melissa Ren @pegasusunder.bsky.social
11 short stories, PLUS how we did it 👏 @lindzmcleod.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @eapetricone.bsky.social @sagetyrtle.bsky.social @thomasdlee.bsky.social @foxesandroses.bsky.social Jonathan Duckworth @lynnreneemaxcy.bsky.social @pegahouji.bsky.social Melissa Ren @pegasusunder.bsky.social
Finally read ‘From Ten Till Dusk’ by @cristinleach.bsky.social - a most interesting perspective on Irish art, art writing, & art institutions in Ireland - beautifully designed by Oonagh Young.
Whoop! Can’t wait to see my short story This Time Baby in print in the Winter ‘25 competition issue of @the4facedliar.bsky.social 💜
The Four Faced Liar@the4facedliar.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe're excited to announce the cover for Issue 4 of The Four Faced Liar, our competition issue, with artwork by the wonderful Jenny Lawlor! @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie
It’s been very cool to be one of the collaborators on this short-story and craft of short fiction book with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social and gang. Can’t wait to get my hands on a physical copy. Available to order now 🎁
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 8mo agoHappy publication day, @lindzmcleod.bsky.social & your brilliant collaborators! An Honour & A Privilege is now available to order from wherever you buy books online, as well as direct from Stanchion in physical & PDF form www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
