Tim Groenland
@groenbot.bsky.social
Academic in Dublin. Contemporary literature & publishing.
Emotional scenes all round as Bono recites the lyrics to "Vertigo" at Franco Baresi's funeral
Interestingly, this novel's protagonist (a millennial woman musician) spends a lot of time trying to come to terms with an early complicated relationship with a significantly older and more powerful male singer songwriter
Tim Groenland@groenbot.bsky.social · last wk.The Booker jury was too cowardly to longlist a novel that dramatises the effects of the Science Foundation Ireland/Irish Research Council merger
Next time someone asks you the bad faith question “Have any women come forward?”, here you are.
socmot@socmot.bsky.social · 3d agoI despise Substack and have previously said I will never read it (and I don't). But I will break my rule just for this eally disturbing piece of writing by Neko Case, who was / is in a band, The New Pornographers, who were supported by The Frames in 2002. nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...
The Publishing Programme at @derbyuni.bsky.social is holding a free online conference on 1–2 September 2026. For further information and book your place, go to: www.derby.ac.uk/events/lates... Teams links will received by attendees once their place is booked.
Publishing for All in an Age of Uncertainty
The Publishing Programme is holding an online two-day conference on 1–2 September 2026 to mark this ten-year anniversary, and to reflect on the sociocultural, economic and practical implications for t...
derby.ac.uk
if you are scheduling visitors for your 2026-27 or 2027-28 school year, I would be thrilled to come design such a situation with your students
Éireann@eireannmor.bsky.social · 12mo agoMy job remains designing situations within which it is both desirable and possible to become more human, more capable of thinking and asking questions, more capable of being alive with others, on earth
If you get there quickly, you can get a free PDF of this new book, on an important subject: Berens, Kathi Inman, and Rachel Noorda, How Gen Z Discover and Consume Books, Elements in Publishing and Book Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2026), doi.org/10.1017/9781...
How Gen Z Discover and Consume Books
Cambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - How Gen Z Discover and Consume Books
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The Booker jury was too cowardly to longlist a novel that dramatises the effects of the Science Foundation Ireland/Irish Research Council merger
The treatment of the Ulm 5 in Germany is as scandalous as the British handling of Palestine Action and their supporters. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Ireland urged to put pressure on Germany over pro-Palestinian activist’s trial
Irish politicians concerned about Daniel Tatlow-Devally’s treatment in jail want Micheál Martin to send observers to Ulm 5 trial
theguardian.com
In Polish, a small sweet treat is referred to as "something for the tooth" (I am forever holding a coffee cup and asking whether we have something for the tooth)
Feeling slight sadness at the thought that I have enjoyed my last Walker's Watch Party of the summer
Catholicism once again encloses the Jules Rimet in its vicelike grip, much like a well-thumbed set of rosary beads
This is the true state of affairs. I was a man before I saw someone score a goal from open play in a World Cup final
Marc Scully@marcscully.bsky.social · 2w agoThere’s a chance that this is generational. bsky.app/profile/marc...
Fair play, I did laugh out loud when the two Ronnies appeared
"What I call a 'peaceful football game' is when the players just pass the ball to each other a lot and don't really run when they have the ball" - 8-year-old just now
Pre-match analysis. Spain have the patience of a cat - but Argentina have that dog in them! It'll be an interesting evening
Gombrowicz and the Buenos Aires "FERDYDURKE translation committee"
My photo of East Jerusalem bookseller Mahmoud Muna on this new @halagorani.bsky.social article: newlinesmag.com/reportage/is...
Israel Is Trying To Extinguish Palestinian Cultural Life in East Jerusalem
The authorities are raiding institutions, including a historic bookstore and theater, as they attempt to rewrite the city’s story
newlinesmag.com
Just spent half an hour up a tree collecting these bad boys
Why did big Dan Burn simply not eat Messi, while there was still time
