On 30 Aug, our final archive dip with memories of school - including fierce spellers, becoming a poet and schoolboy entrepreneurs. With Shane Fagan, Seamus Heaney, @maryodonnell.bsky.social Llewellyn Marcus Goodbody, Kathleen Hardie, Nuala Hayes and Bryan Gallagher @seamusheaneyestate.bsky.social

As we approach the end of the summer, have you had your last swim yet? Here's Michael Laskey's majestic take on the subject...!

V happy to have an archival essay on @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social next Sunday!

Sunday Miscellany@sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · last wk.

On 30 Aug, our final archive dip with memories of school - including fierce spellers, becoming a poet and schoolboy entrepreneurs. With Shane Fagan, Seamus Heaney, @maryodonnell.bsky.social Llewellyn Marcus Goodbody, Kathleen Hardie, Nuala Hayes and Bryan Gallagher @seamusheaneyestate.bsky.social

Where peace comes dropping slow . . .

A big thank you to @rteradio1.bsky.social and @rickoshea.bsky.social for featuring Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky by @maryodonnell.bsky.social You can listen to the wonderful conversation about the book on RTÉ website via this link: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... #epoquepress #books #bookreview

Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky - Mary O'Donnell

Mary O'Donnell discusses her new novel, Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky.

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Looking forward to reading with Sarah and Enda in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social on Thurs 6th--readings plus Q & A!

The vet will have a fit but Ralph enjoys my coffee remains preferably ftom Spode. I can't deny him

A look back on our highlights from the first six months of 2026! I hadn’t realised how often I use the word ‘marvellous’ - note to self to stop doing so! Thanks for all your continued support. #epoquepress #books #publishing #booksky

Another great novel from @epoquepress.bsky.social !

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The Shape of Guilt by @lisafransson.bsky.social ‘This is literature at its most gorgeous and provocative best.’ ‘…emotionally complex, disturbing, and beautifully weird.’ www.epoquepress.com/online-store... #epoquepress #books #bookcommunity #bookrecommendations

Helen Ogbu made history this afternoon as she became first African woman elected Mayor of Galway City

Helen Ogbu makes history as first African woman to be elected Mayor of Galway

Labour councillor received the unanimous backing of her fellow Galway local representatives

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‘It was devastatingly straightforward: Her youngest child Jamie had been beside her at the fairground & then he wasn’t. Over his almost 4 years on the planet, they had rarely been more than the length of his shadow apart, & now he was nowhere...’ thelonelycrowd.org/2026/06/14/s...

Short Story of the Month, June: ‘The Brutality of Fairy Tales’ by Conor Griffin

Between the waves of panic and shock, some questions arose that could not be answered: How did it happen? How could she not have immediately noticed his absence? How would they ever fucking get thr…

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Very many thanks to @maryodonnell.bsky.social for this compelling image of somatic work by Anatolii Liaskolo / Joan Somers Donnelly @maighreadmedbh.bsky.social's @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social launch of DWELLING in association with @poetryireland.bsky.social

David Hockney has died. RIP in the blues and purples, the nibbed tree-trink forests, the deep dive in the pool . . . @davidhockney.bsky.social

The Irish Times Summer Reading Hitlist of New Novels! Great to see Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky by @maryodonnell.bsky.social featured! What are you reading this summer? Why not check out Mary’s work? @irishtimes.com @waterstones.bsky.social #epoquepress #books #bookrecommendations #booksky

Beautiful (traffic-stuffed) Deia @balearicisland.bsky.social @diariodemallorca.es

Coming up this Saturday, the wonderful @maryodonnell.bsky.social will deliver a masterclass at The Dock as part of our Writers in the Regions series! irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...

Writers in the Regions: Masterclass: Experience Counts with Mary O'Donnell (Leitrim) - Irish Writers Centre

The Irish Writers Centre presents a two-hour lecture style masterclass with Mary O'Donnell at The Dock, Leitrim

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The Beasts They Turned Away by @penofryandennis.bsky.social ‘Half mad, wholly inspired and completely brilliant.’ Available from you local bookshop, as ePub or direct from us: www.epoquepress.com/online-store... #epoquepress #books #bookcommunity #bookrecommendations #bookstagram

Today I signed copies of my novel Sweep the Cobwebs off the Sky in the wonderful Barker and zones, Naas @barkerandjones.bsky.social With thanks to all fir the warm vibe! @epoquepress.bsky.social

In the fabulous @barkerandjones.bsky.social Naas today, thanks for the warm welcome from Leanne. Books signed, books, books, books! @epoquepress.bsky.social

In Barker and Jones, Naas today where the welcome was warm! @epoquepress.bsky.social @barkerandjones.bsky.social Plenty of signed copies of Sweep the Cobwebs off the Sky!

What a great review by Adam Wyeth in @irishtimes.com ‘A QUIETLY RADICAL VOICE’ Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky by @maryodonnell.bsky.social available from your local bookshop, as ePub or direct from our website. #epoquepress #books #bookcommunity #bookrecommendations

Fairytales, faraway places, falling in love, In Dublin fifty years on, and a poem from the late much-missed Gabriel Rosenstock. Sunday Miscellany, April 12, with Grace Wells, Alexander McMaster @timcarey1.bsky.social Daniel Mulhall @maryodonnell.bsky.social Mary O'Malley @rteradio1.bsky.social

Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky by @maryodonnell.bsky.social is at No 3 in the bestsellers section of @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social #epoquepress #books #bookrecommendations #booksky

Thanks to Estelle Birdy and the @Independent_ie for the marvellous review! ‘Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky is a triumph…a remarkably sophisticated tale…Mary O’Donnell brilliantly explores the liminal phases in ordinary lives.’ @maryodonnell.bsky.social #epoquepress #books #bookreview

You can read an extract of Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky my @maryodonnell.bsky.social on the @rte.ie website. If you like what you read, the book is available from your local bookshop, as ePub or direct from us. www.rte.ie/culture/2026... #epoquepress #books #bookrecommendations #booksky

It was the evening of my dreams!

@epoquepress.bsky.social · 6mo ago

An amazing launch event for Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky by @maryodonnell.bsky.social at @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social Thank you to Belinda McKeon for the heartfelt and insightful introduction, to Stephen and the team for hosting us and to everyone who came along to support. #epoquepress #bluesky

Sweep The Cobwebs Off The Sky by Mary O'Donnell - read an extract share.google/0n1msL8YTdQf...

Sweep The Cobwebs Off The Sky by Mary O'Donnell - read an extract

As spring evenings lengthen over Kilnavarn House, two sisters, looking after their infirm mother, navigate the fragile territory between past and present.

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Not long to go!

@epoquepress.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Only one week to go! Please join us at @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social in Dublin at 6pm on Thursday 19th March to celebrate the publication of ‘Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky’ by @maryodonnell.bsky.social #epoquepress #books #bookcommunity #booksky

Great to see Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky by @maryodonnell.bsky.social featured in ‘the best new books this March’ in The Gloss Mag ‘The writing has such light to it.’ Published on 19th March amd available now for pre-order. #epoquepress #books #bookcommunity #booksky