This final is the fkn worst thing I’ve seen in my entire life and I don’t mean the football
Louise Kennedy
@louisekennedy.bsky.social
Writer, galoot, sunscreen aficionado north by northwest
God, these lovely, peaceful morning hours in Europe before that stupid cunt wakes up.
The absolute state of the Oval Office. 🤦🏻♀️
the Dublin launch of my book: 22 April, 6.30 at Notre Dame Dublin, O'Connell House, 58 Merrion Square. Bígí Linn. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Book Launch: Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955
A book launch for Stephen O'Neill's Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955, with guest speaker Dr Tom Walker.
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We've partnered with @people.com to reveal the cover of bestselling author @louisekennedy.bsky.social's latest book‼️ Set in 1980s Ireland, Stations follows two teens whose initially fierce friendship withers over time. This gorgeous, wrenching novel lands on shelves this November: bit.ly/4sSuMMg
Besotted with this cover 😭💚
Riverhead Books@riverheadbooks.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis morning @people.com revealed the cover of @louisekennedy.bsky.social's latest novel! "Stations is about love and loyalty and the choices we blithely make when we are young, unaware that the consequences will reverberate through our lives.” Read more from Kennedy here: people.com/louise-kenne...
JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.
Pope Leo Will Spend July 4 Visiting Migrant Crossing Island
Pope Leo has spoken out against the treatment of migrants in the United States several times over the last year.
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📚LitFest weekend at @liverpooluni.bsky.social📚 Plenty of events for booklovers to look forward to including the reading and discussion by Anna Fitzgerald, winner of our John McGahern Book Prize 🗓️ 5:30pm, 19 October 2025 🧭 @victoriagallery.bsky.social 🎟️FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-john-m...
The John McGahern Annual Book Prize
Join us for the 2025 Liverpool Literary Festival
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Trespasses trailer. I can’t believe how good it looks. 🙏 youtu.be/HNJF5No6NU0
Trespasses | Official Trailer | 4TheDrama
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Five Irish citizens are among those detained by Israel on Gaza-bound flotilla, including writer Naoise Dolan. They were not breaking international law and should be released immediately. 🇵🇸saoirse don Phalaistín www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Five Irish citizens among those detained by Israel on Gaza-bound flotilla
Author Naoise Dolan and Independent TD Barry Heneghan among those on board boat captured in Mediterranean
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Our friend, poet and activist @sarahmaintains.bsky.social has been illegally detained by the IDF and is being held in an Israeli jail. There are reports of mistreatment and human rights violations. Please keep pressure on the Irish government and embassy to secure the release of Sarah and others. 🇵🇸🇮🇪
Great turnout for the Norah Hoult plaque unveiling in Terenure. Thanks @louisekennedy.bsky.social, Dublin City Council, Lord Mayor Ray McAdam, Jimmy (the house owner), the writers who showed up - with a shoutout on the day to @sarahmaintains.bsky.social & @naoisedolan.bsky.social for their activism
Before Britpop & Cool Britannia, Blur were just 4 lads from Colchester finding their feet. On Talk 90s To Me, @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social chats with @daverowntree.bsky.social about those chaotic times and his brand new book of pics from the band’s early days! Listen linktr.ee/talk90stome
Congratulations @sineadgleeson.bsky.social and @louisekennedy.bsky.social and thank you @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social - great to see a big group of people celebrating Norah Hoult today in Terenure 💫
Sinéad Gleeson@sineadgleeson.bsky.social · last yr.Last year, Louise and I applied to Dublin City Council to have a plaque placed on Norah’s childhood home in Dublin. We’re delighted to say this is finally happening and we will be joining Lord Mayor Ray McAdam at the unveiling on Saturday, September 20th at 11am at 25 Ashfield Park, Terenure.
Great thread from @sineadgleeson.bsky.social here. Amazing that this is really happening.
Sinéad Gleeson@sineadgleeson.bsky.social · last yr.Last year, Louise and I applied to Dublin City Council to have a plaque placed on Norah’s childhood home in Dublin. We’re delighted to say this is finally happening and we will be joining Lord Mayor Ray McAdam at the unveiling on Saturday, September 20th at 11am at 25 Ashfield Park, Terenure.
'I can remember a time when I could not speak English' Micheál Ó Conghaile, founder of Cló Iar-Chonnacht talks about his life in publishing 📗 @forasnagaeilge.bsky.social @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/i-can-rememb...
'I can remember a time when I could not speak English'—Micheál Ó Conghaile - Books Ireland
Micheál Ó Conghaile, founder of Cló Iar-Chonnacht on his life in publishing.
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What a wonderful week with our special guests and travelling companions, authors @louisekennedy.bsky.social, Micheál Ó Conghaile and Alan Murrin! First in Berlin with at the Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum and then at the Leipziger Buchmesse.
The latest one in the Penguin European Writers series just landed: Brian Friel's Stories of Ireland, with an introduction by @louisekennedy.bsky.social
Raven Books@ravenbooks.bsky.social · 2y agoI held out as long as I could
Join us in Leipzig for four great literary events, featuring @louisekennedy.bsky.social, Micheál Ó Conghaile and Alan Murrin. All events are open to participants of the buchmesse, free and unticketed. Event Details below 👇
For much of 2024, I transcribed the diaries of Edna O’Brien by night and edited our film about her by day. I couldn’t believe it when she died. She seemed capable of willing herself to live forever. Here's to Edna for obsessing us all 💚
Grateful to @louisekennedy.bsky.social for picking Hagstone as one of her best books of the year in @irishtimes.bsky.social.
I'm pleased to share our new trailer for BLUE ROAD - THE EDNA O'BRIEN STORY. In Irish cinemas on Jan 31st w @breakoutpictures.bsky.social and in UK after. It features @louisekennedy.bsky.social Gabriel Byrne, Walter Mosley, Jessie Buckley and of course, Edna. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEEr...
BLUE ROAD - THE EDNA O'BRIEN STORY | TRAILER | IN CINEMAS JANUARY 31
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