Margaret Kelleher
@mgtkell.bsky.social
Prof and Chair of Anglo-Irish Literature, University College Dublin
Huge congratulations to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne; comhghairdeachas ó chroí as ucht an onóir seo; tuillte go maith agat! proud to have co-edited (w @kellyfitzgerald.bsky.social) recent special issue of IUR on Éilís work. See following link: www.euppublishing.com/toc/iur/54/1 @irishunireview.bsky.social
Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - iur: Vol 54, No 1
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Huge congratulations to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne on her appointment as the new Laureate for Irish Fiction! In May 2024, the IUR published a special issue dedicated to Ní Dhuibhne’s contributions to Irish literature and culture.
Congratulations to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, the new Laureate for Irish Fiction www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is new Laureate for Irish Fiction
The writer takes over the laureateship from author Colm Tóibín
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Our statement on Gaza, signed by almost 400 Irish writers. irishpen.com/2025/06/05/s... Please share widely.
Statement on Gaza - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann
‘If I must die, I want a resonant death… a death that the whole world will hear’Fatima Hassouna, writer, photographer, and journalist killed in Gaza on 16 April 2025 We, the undersigned writers of the...
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I spoke to some booksellers about the arrival of Amazon's Irish website and what it might mean for them:
How Irish booksellers feel about the arrival of Amazon.ie: ‘It’s a very real danger to the industry’
Bookshops offer something that an exclusively online retailer cannot, but they may need support to compete against a corporate giant
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Congratulations to Janet Hawkins, the tenth winner of the unique and joyful UCD Maeve Binchy Travel Award #ucd #maevebinchy
Margaret Kelleher@mgtkell.bsky.social · last yr.‘I am floored’: Anne Enright on winning $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize. Booker Prize-winning author becomes eighth Irish writer to win one of the literary world’s most generous prizes www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
‘I am floored’: Anne Enright on winning $175,000 Windham-Campbell Prize
Booker Prize-winning author becomes eighth Irish writer to win one of the literary world’s most generous prizes
irishtimes.com
Oscar Wilde's letter from Reading Gaol De Profundis explores love, suffering &redemption in soaring prose. Honoured to read from it as part of this beautiful & moving tribute film now on in @molimuseum.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlEN...
Oscar Wilde's De Profundis
YouTube video by Museum of Literature Ireland
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The 100 best Irish works of fiction of the 21st century: No 25 to No 1. A pretty impressive list, including three Booker Prize winners. See what you think. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 25 to No 1
A panel of more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, festival curators and booksellers) select their favourite Irish novels and short stories of the years 2020-2025
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A panel of 60 experts - authors, critics, academics, festival curators, booksellers and journalists - select their favourite Irish novels and short story collections of the years 2000-2025. Here are numbers 50 up to 26. See what you think www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
The 100 best Irish books of the 21st century: No 50 to No 26
A panel of more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, festival curators and booksellers) select their favourite Irish novels and short stories of the years 2020-2025
irishtimes.com
The 100 best Irish fiction books of the 21st century so far: No 100 to No 51. We assembled a panel of 60 experts – writers, critics, academics, festival curators, booksellers & journalists – to select the best Irish novels and short story collections of 2000-2025 www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
The 100 best Irish fiction books of the 21st century so far: No 100 to No 51
The Irish Times assembled a panel of 60 experts – authors, critics, academics, festival curators, booksellers and journalists – to select the best Irish novels and short story collections of the years...
irishtimes.com
An evening with Anne Enright: can’t get any better! Thanks again Irish Arts Center NY and UCD colleagues
www.ucd.ie/newsandopini... huge congrats to Prof Anne Enright and delighted to be in conversation the following evening at the Irish Arts Center; great to meet many UCD alumni and friends
Professor Anne Enright honoured with Seamus Heaney Award for Arts & Letters
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Join us on 7 March for First Fridays! The museum will be open late from 6pm to 9pm with free admission and special events throughout the evening. The Commons Café will also be open with a special menu for the evening. Book your free ticket now: moli.ie/events/first...
Thank you to Dr Lindsay Janssen for giving such a wonderful @ssnci.bsky.social annual lecture yesterday! We highly recommend her book 'Periodical Famines'! iupress.org/978025307190...
Periodical Famines
Long recognized as Ireland's greatest demographic disaster in recent history, the Great Famine of 1845–1851 has shaped Irish identities around the world. F...
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Great timing @groenbot.bsky.social and @molimuseum.bsky.social on the release of this new episode. 👏👏 to author, translators and @bullaunpress.bsky.social on this fantastic #booker recognition; Tim’s project is funded by @researchireland.bsky.social
Tim Groenland@groenbot.bsky.social · 2y agoEpisode 2 of Books and Their Makers is here, with excellent timing! In this one I speak to Gaëlle Bélem & translators Karen Fleetwood & @laetitia-stloubert.bsky.social about Bélem's novel There's a Monster Behind the Door, longlisted for the International Booker today: radio.moli.ie/r/gaelle-belem
Thanks to @molimuseum.bsky.social and @researchireland.bsky.social, and congrats to author, translators, and @bullaunpress.bsky.social!
Episode 2 of Books and Their Makers is here, with excellent timing! In this one I speak to Gaëlle Bélem & translators Karen Fleetwood & @laetitia-stloubert.bsky.social about Bélem's novel There's a Monster Behind the Door, longlisted for the International Booker today: radio.moli.ie/r/gaelle-belem
Congrats to Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social & RadioMoLI @molimuseum.bsky.social on this new series. I had the pleasure of interviewing Paul Lynch and Juliet Mabey @oneworldbooks.bsky.social for the opening episode. Funded by @researchireland.bsky.social Pathways programme @ucddublin.bsky.social
MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland@molimuseum.bsky.social · 2y agoCheck out the first episode of our new RadioMoLI series, Books & Their Makers! In this episode Paul Lynch appears in conversation with Juliet Mabey and Margaret Kelleher to discuss his novel Prophet Song, the Booker Prize, and independent publishing. radio.moli.ie/r/paul-lynch...
Next up in our Edna O'Brien screenings with @molimuseum.bsky.social is the coming-of-age drama THE COUNTRY GIRLS on Tuesday 18th, with an introduction from cast member Jill Doyle! Book now 🎟 ifi.ie/film/from-th...
Looking forward to introducing this at IFI tomorrow night. Fascinating film w wonderful Dublin locations incl interior of Greene’s bookshop, Clare Street @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social @molimuseum.bsky.social
Irish Film Institute@irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 2y agoTo mark the release of Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story, we've teamed up with @molimuseum.bsky.social to present two screen adaptations of the late author's work. First up is GIRL WITH GREEN EYES on Tuesday 11th! 👁 Book now 🎟 ifi.ie/film/from-th...
Faber will publish The Poems of Seamus Heaney in October 2025, including previously unpublished material. The collection has been edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue with former Faber Poetry editor Matthew Hollis 👇 #BookSky
Faber will publish The Poems of Seamus Heaney in October 2025, including previously unpublished material. The collection has been edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue with former Faber Poetry editor Matthew Hollis 👇 #BookSky
Faber to publish Seamus Heaney collection
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For the day that’s in it: worth a listen over beverage of choice youtu.be/qnWXunQhLXY?...
Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY - April 1963 - Official Audio)
YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO
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Taking a break from the news to join here properly; already a solace to find so many friends here 😃
I've just joined and welcome posts from friends from the old place.....
