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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · yesterday

Thanks to @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social for featuring my look back at JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye drb.ie/article/rere... @writingabtwriting.bsky.social @westengland.bsky.social @darcy1968.bsky.social @parrconnal.bsky.social @aupress.ca @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social @glasogliath.bsky.social

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Rereadings 3: Contra Phony - Dublin Review of Books

It is as if Holden Caufield is talking to you directly, as his privileged confidant, enlisted in his war against phoniness.

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · last mo.

The reissue of Mairin Mitchell’s Storm Over Spain, the first English language edition since 1937, is available for preorder from: booksupstairs.ie/product/stor... This was the book George Orwell considered one of the best accounts of the war. A great and overlooked Irish memoir.

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · last mo.

The reissue of Mairin Mitchell’s Storm Over Spain, the first English language edition since 1937, is available for preorder from: booksupstairs.ie/product/stor... This was the book George Orwell considered one of the best accounts of the war. A great and overlooked Irish memoir.

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · last mo.

The reissue of Mairin Mitchell’s Storm Over Spain, the first English language edition since 1937, is available for preorder from: booksupstairs.ie/product/stor... This was the book George Orwell considered one of the best accounts of the war. A great and overlooked Irish memoir.

The reissue of Mairin Mitchell’s Storm Over Spain, the first English language edition since 1937, is available for preorder from: booksupstairs.ie/product/stor... This was the book George Orwell considered one of the best accounts of the war. A great and overlooked Irish memoir.

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thanks to all at the Orwell Society for publishing this following my recent talk on Mairin Mitchell. @arlenhouse.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social @darcy1968.bsky.social @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social @aupress.ca orwellsociety.com/irish-writer...

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thanks to all at the Orwell Society for publishing this following my recent talk on Mairin Mitchell. @arlenhouse.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social @darcy1968.bsky.social @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social @aupress.ca orwellsociety.com/irish-writer...

Thanks to all at the Orwell Society for publishing this following my recent talk on Mairin Mitchell. @arlenhouse.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social @darcy1968.bsky.social @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social @aupress.ca orwellsociety.com/irish-writer...

Irish Writers on the Spanish Civil War

By Martin Tyrrell * In late 1937, George Orwell reviewed Mairin Mitchell’s Storm Over Spain, along with several other books on the Spanish conflict, for Time and Tide. His comments on the Mitchell bo...

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Look out for a 'rereading' of this classic by Martin Tyrrell in the next (September) issue of the Dublin Review of Books.

Irish Literary Times@irishlittimes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Published 75 years ago today

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very pleased to have a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge Companion to George Orwell.

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very pleased to have a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge Companion to George Orwell.

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very pleased to have a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge Companion to George Orwell.

Very pleased to have a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge Companion to George Orwell.

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Very pleased to be in the current, 10th anniversary edition of George Orwell Studies with a review essay on the fascinating life of Dubliner Michael Sayers, reviewing Sean Sayers recent memoir. @aupress.ca @ccirlandais.bsky.social

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Very pleased to be in the current, 10th anniversary edition of George Orwell Studies with a review essay on the fascinating life of Dubliner Michael Sayers, reviewing Sean Sayers recent memoir. @aupress.ca @ccirlandais.bsky.social

Very pleased to be in the current, 10th anniversary edition of George Orwell Studies with a review essay on the fascinating life of Dubliner Michael Sayers, reviewing Sean Sayers recent memoir. @aupress.ca @ccirlandais.bsky.social

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Very pleased to be in the current, 10th anniversary edition of George Orwell Studies with a review essay on the fascinating life of Dubliner Michael Sayers, reviewing Sean Sayers recent memoir. @aupress.ca @ccirlandais.bsky.social

Very pleased to be in the current, 10th anniversary edition of George Orwell Studies with a review essay on the fascinating life of Dubliner Michael Sayers, reviewing Sean Sayers recent memoir. @aupress.ca @ccirlandais.bsky.social

Applications for the inaugural Irish Writers Centre John Hewitt International Summer School Bursary close on Wednesday! The bursary includes full accommodation as well as access to all events during the week. 🔗 irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...

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Jan Carson@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It’s mortifying to be scrambling to fill a bookstore event but that’s the reality. I’m in Scotland and England next week. There are tix left for these events. The London one will be cancelled if I don’t sell some tickets soon so all pre-bookings and help with getting the word out is appreciated.

What a way to end publication day! For the Guardian, I’ve written a piece on navigating the weird and wonderful word of Muriel Spark. Read it, and do give my book a read, too. LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK is out right now! 🐈‍⬛ www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

Where to start with: Muriel Spark

From an extraordinary debut inspired by a real-life breakdown to a creepy masterpiece, here’s a guide to the Scottish novelist’s works

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Applications for our Irish Studies Summer School remain open until March 31. We run June 15-July 3, with a week introducing Northern Ireland, followed by two weeks exploring key themes in Irish history, the language revival and Irish literature. Info at www.qub.ac.uk/Study/intern...

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Nathan Waddell@drnjwaddell.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Latest episode of my 'Reading Orwell' podcast is on its way soon. This one considers Orwell and Aldous Huxley, and how each thought they'd outdone the other in imagining the future. The text is here: drnjwaddell.co.uk/26_orwell-an...

Connal Parr will be talking about his book on the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement on Monday 26 January at 4.30 www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Solidarity and Pressure: A thorough history of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement

Clear-sighted book by Connal Parr confirms even the noblest political campaigns can get a little prickly

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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Martin Tyrrell@outsidewriters.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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From Class War to Cold War - Athabasca University Press

From Class War to Cold War traces George Orwell’s political evolution from the mid-1930s to his death in 1950 through his engagement with three defining conflicts: the Spanish Civil War,...

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🐝📚 Spring 2026 at AU Press is here! Thought-provoking scholarship that speaks to the current moment. Browse: www.aupress.ca/blog/2026/01... #AUPress #NewBooks