Only a month away from the launch of Dead Teenager Movie now!

💯 agree. I’m not on here to get in fights. Book news and Odyssey memes, thank you.

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨@ciaraioch.bsky.social · yesterday

"Bluesky is a political echo chamber" okay but I'm mostly here to chat with fun internet people and post art and make jokes, I cannot stress how much I don't care

It's alive... it's alive!

With Europe’s borders back in the headlines, please consider reading ‘My Fourth Time, We Drowned’ if you haven’t already. It’s very important to have a fuller picture before weighing in.

Sally Hayden@sallyhayd.bsky.social · 2y ago

A reminder that 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' is now available in Spanish 🇪🇸: capitanswing.com/libros/cuand... Italian 🇮🇹: www.bollatiboringhieri.it/libri/sally-... French 🇫🇷: www.buchetchastel.fr/catalogue/bi... Dutch 🇳🇱: nieuwamsterdam.nl/producten/en... Polish 🇵🇱: soniadraga.pl/postfactum/p...

I suggest something similar to those to my students and, like the author, couch it (pun intended) in the same terms. Building up to extended, distraction-free reading the way you might build up a running or other exercise routine. We are getting worse at this, 1/ www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

Could a couch-to-5k for books get you back into reading?

With smartphones stealing our attention, we’re picking up fewer books than ever. A novelist shares her eight-week scheme to get you back into the habit

theguardian.com

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Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 3d ago

I was literally deceased by the end of this www.instagram.com/p/Dba8hsKyLXh/

The native wild haggis became extinct in Scotland in the late 19th century due to over hunting, and was reintroduced in 1901 using 24 individuals from Norwegian populations. The Wild Haggis (Persecution) (Scotland) Act 1902 was passed to protect them, the first wildlife protection law in the UK.

And that’s the book! Whew. What a time. I really enjoyed that.

The Irish national anthem 'Amhrán na bhFiann' means 'Ode to Potatoes'. The first lines: 'Sinne Fianna Fáil, atá faoi gheall ag Éirinn/Buíon dár slua thar toinn do ráinig chugainn' translate as: 'We love potatoes, we are from Ireland/ We really like them boiled, mashed or fried.'

Raven Books@ravenbooks.bsky.social · 2w ago

Avocados are 90% Mozart

It's safe to assume that all major LLMs are scraping Bluesky data to train future models. As an open protocol, Bluesky is one of the few sources of fresh human-generated content that anybody can gobble up. So all this is probably going in the models. There are submarines in the Great Lakes.

⭐New on the Irish publishing scene—Channel Press⭐ 📕Such inspiring and wonderful news! We wish Channel Press the very best of luck!📕 @channelpress.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/new-nonprofi...

New nonprofit publisher Channel Press launches in Dublin - Books Ireland

Channel Press, a successor to the literary journal Channel, will open for book submissions later this year.

booksirelandmagazine.com

Currently soliciting authors: this "new" publisher that appears to be entirely fake, with "team" members whose photos have been stolen, book cover images appropriated from indie authors and other publishers, and a shitty contract www.lexiconpublishing.org

Here's some more information and the ticket link for booking a place at the Eastside Arts Festival performance of East Belfast Community Choir's show based on #FewAndFarBetween eastsidearts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Trans and Intersex Pride Dublin will take to the streets once again on Saturday, July 11, beginning at Dublin City Hall at 2pm. Please, if you can, come and support! 🏳️‍⚧️ We will be streaming the speeches live on our Instagram from approximately 3pm. Watch the stream here 👉 buff.ly/m1OLegH

Does having a competition or submission deadline help you to finish a piece of writing? We'll be publishing a handful of our favourite responses in Issue 111 of Mslexia ✍️ #amwriting #writingcommunity

I’m very happy to have my story’The Egg that Split’ in the June issue of The Honest Ulsterman. humag.co/prose/the-eg...

‘English?’ ‘Yes, I speak English, the language, but that’s NOT my nationality, and we do actually have our own language but because of the legacy of colonialism it’s not the language we speak at home.’ Dutch waiter: ‘Okaaay, would you like to order?’

PSA: Phishing email going around claiming to be an editor who works for the journal, changing banks. We've received a few of them.

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. If you've looked upon my works and despaired please consider leaving a review on one of the major online retail sites.

It's hard to know where rock ends, and tree begins, under the blanket of mosses and other epiphytes on this boulder-grown old oak in the woods. The magic of an Irish rainforest. 🌍

Thrilled to have my story 'Sort As You Go' featured in this edition of @mslexia.bsky.social

Sound sense from Sarah Moss here. Some people don't *like* alcohol. Some people don't *like* desserts. Maybe we could all just STFU about other people's choices? www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Sarah Moss: I don’t like alcohol. People think I’m a recovering alcoholic and that’s fine by me

I’m not insulted and if it makes others more comfortable to think that’s why I’m not drinking, it’s fine by me

irishtimes.com

But have you asked yourselfe about the creatyve possibilityes of the homogenizing grotesque death robot that doth make the planet a waste lande? Have you thoughte harde enough about how you mighte be able to use it yn your owne creative art?

Olga Tokarczuk has issued a statement about her recent AI comments (they were translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and sent via her US publisher, Riverhead)

We're excited to reveal the third ROAR-SOME dinosaur adventure by @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social and @alanorourke.bsky.social ... PROJECT DINOSAUR: TOP SECRET! Coming in July 2026 ... pre-order from your favourite bookshop or buy the complete set at 20% off from Littlelsland.ie

If you’re in London, and can make it to Bárd Books next Thursday BOOK NOW to hear the fabulous novelist Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social in conversation with Caoilinn Hughes. www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail...

Meet the Bàrd - Jan Carson in conversation with Caoilinn Hughes | Bard Books

wearebardbooks.co.uk

By Harry Bliss

Very much looking forward to introducing this fantastic evening of music and poetry on 21 May as part of Harold's Cross Festival