It is quite funny to think that there has never been a single thinkpiece asking what form of unity would be acceptable to nationalists in the six counties
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 3w agoSmall minority would consider new flag or anthem to make Irish unity acceptable to unionists
An extract of the wonderful essay on 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘻 by @michaelmagee.bsky.social was published in the @irishtimes.com weekend supplement on Saturday. we will be launching 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 in @booksupstairs.bsky.social this Wednesday from 6 pm. Do come!
Some great authors I chatted to in the first half of 2024 in today's round up part 1 with Hiba Noor Khan, Louise Hare, @michaelmagee.bsky.social , @deathtospinach.bsky.social Lynda Marron, & Hester Musson audioboom.com/posts/8619676
Recap of the Year - Part 1
In today's round up of the first half of 2024 we hear from Hiba Noor Khan and Sophia's War, we visit Harlem After Midnight with author Louise Hare, Michael McGee stays Close to Home, Becky Hol...
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Solidarity with my colleagues at the Observer and the Guardian who are striking today and tomorrow. There is a virtual picket line, too. If you value the paper, its history, its staff, and freelancers like me, please support them by avoiding reading and sharing any articles for the next 48 hours.
Israel has detained over 11,900 Palestinians since the Gaza war, including from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, reports the Palestinian Prisoner Society. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/a1e949
Together with @irishpen.bsky.social and the Estate of Seamus Heaney, we’re delighted to announce Susannah Dickey’s ISDAL @picadorbooks.bsky.social as the winner of the inaugural #PENHeaneyPrize. Find out more ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/news/s...
Susannah Dickey wins the inaugural PEN Heaney Prize - English PEN
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Ferdia Lennon wins Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction and is one of several Irish on Nero Awards shortlists with Colin Barrett, Donal Ryan and London-Irish writer Orlaine McDonald. Paul Murray and Michael Magee won last year. Murray has also won the Wodehouse www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Ferdia Lennon wins Wodehouse Prize and is one of several Irish authors on Nero Awards shortlists
Colin Barrett, Donal Ryan and London-Irish writer Orlaine McDonald make fiction shortlists
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Everyone at The Fence has painful experience of the freelance pitching grind, so we've always sought to make our pitching process as open and encouraging as possible. We also pay everyone promptly. If you feel like you might be our next First Byline, hit the mail below. We don't bite.
The Fence@thefence.bsky.social · 2y agoWe read all the cold pitches we receive, and we've had at least one writer get their very first print byline in the last five issues. Send us your best ideas to editorial@the-fence.com - we look forward to hearing from you
We read all the cold pitches we receive, and we've had at least one writer get their very first print byline in the last five issues. Send us your best ideas to editorial@the-fence.com - we look forward to hearing from you
Sarfraz Manzoor @sarfrazmanzoor.bsky.social · 2y agoWhen I was in my twenties I would email newspaper editors in the hope they might give me a break. I was a total nobody (some would argue I still am). The only person who emailed back was the editor of The Observer Roger Alton. He always got back and it led to me being published in the paper.
here I am once again poisoning your timelines with my thoughts
Irish Studies@LivUni@irishinstitute.bsky.social · 2y agoThe forecast for the weekend isn't great due to #StormBert, so time to snuggle up under a blanket with a good book or to stream a movie. Cannot decide? Combine the two! Watch McGahern Book Prize winner @michaelmagee.bsky.social's reading at UoL LitFest from last month: youtu.be/WvgwQj3Ot5A