Nothing has changed since Sarah Everard’s murder - it's our national shame. Society has normalised sexual harassment. We walk on high alert, keys in hand. The Angiolini Inquiry confirms what women know: safety is a luxury we are denied. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

'Nothing has changed since Sarah Everard’s murder - this is our national shame'

Society has normalised sexual harassment. We walk on high alert, keys in hand. The Angiolini Inquiry confirms what women know: safety is a luxury we are denied, argues columnist Aimee Walsh

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Exciting News!!! Belfast launch for #FewAndFarBetween will be Tuesday 7th April Dublin Launch Thursday 9th April More info to come and more exciting events dates too. Currently taking bookings for festivals and events from April 7th onwards.

In today’s @mirror.co.uk , my column on why every woman in the UK should be alarmed by Farage’s cosying up with a US hard-right group that played a significant role in overturning Roe v Wade. Link to article in comments below

Our 2026 Poetry Workshop runs from January until May and will provided a group of likeminded poets the opportunity to seriously pursue and develop their craft. The deadline for applications is Tuesday 2nd December, 5pm Irish time. Apply here: stingingfly.org/poetry-works...

If respect is the goal, why are we debating where trans people can exist? As Labour's Bridget Phillipson weighs new ‘single-sex space’ guidance, the debate reduces trans lives to a policy dilemma. In my column, I argue this is an evasion of moral responsibility. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

If respect is the goal, why are we debating where trans people can exist

As Bridget Phillipson weighs new ‘single-sex space’ guidance, the debate reduces trans lives to a policy dilemma. This is an evasion of moral responsibility, writes columnist Aimee Walsh

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— Are you reading the - — The Jan Carson Few and Far Between proof? Yeah I am. Very excited to get stuck into this @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social ! @doubledayuk.bsky.social

RIP Margaretta D'Arcy, pictured outside the Dáil, June 2025, aged 91. [pic: Rose Comiskey]

This is brilliant from Anna Cafolla for the Guardian @theguardian.com "A generation of artists are reckoning with what it meant to come of age through recession, austerity and the tail end of the Troubles." www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

‘We’ve got to release the dead hand of the past’: how Ireland created the world’s best alternative music scene

Irish indie acts used to be ignored, even on Irish radio. But songs confronting the Troubles, poverty and oppression are now going global – and changing how Ireland sees itself

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We're thrilled to announce the next two poetry books from Banshee Press: Found in a Context of Destruction by Tim MacGabhann (February 2026) and Render by Billy Ramsell (June 2026) 📚 bansheepress.org/read/announc...

Announcing the Banshee Press list for 2026 — Banshee Press

We are thrilled to announce the next two books from Banshee Press, forthcoming in 2026: Found in a Context of Destruction , the debut collection of poetry by novelist and memoirist Tim MacGabhann;…

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Digital violence is 'spreading at alarming speed' as millions of women face online abuse A new report from UN Women has found that digital violence is intensifying, yet nearly half of the world's women and girls lack legal protection from digital abuse www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Digital violence is 'spreading at alarming speed' with millions of women abused

A new report from UN Women has found that digital violence is intensifying, yet nearly half of the world's women and girls lack legal protection from digital abuse

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BREAKING: Police mass arrest protestors at the Ministry of Justice for peacefully holding signs which say: "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" The Terrorism Act is being weaponised to silence the public. We will continue to resist until the ban is lifted. wedonotcomply.org

Justice for families as UK man to be sentenced for online suicide forum deaths A man who sold a lethal chemical on a pro-suicide forum has admitted aiding suicide, prompting renewed calls for Ofcom to shut the site down amid links to more than 130 UK deaths www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Justice for families as UK man to be sentenced for online suicide forum deaths

A man who sold a lethal chemical on a pro-suicide forum has admitted aiding suicide, prompting renewed calls for Ofcom to shut the site down amid links to more than 130 UK deaths

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Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Surprise guest Ali Smith at the Margaret Atwood London @barbicancentre.bsky.social event! Happy Monday!

Turns out the Brits were at the same carry on in Kenya as they were in the north of Ireland. It’s great on collective & individual sacrifices & traumas incurred for freedom — & what that freedom from violence looks like once the war is over. (Spoiler alert: it’s mental health crisis xxx)

Two Irish writers up for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. Congratulations to Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin and Catherine Airey. And to Clair Wills, shortlisted for the Ackerley memoir prize www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Two Irish writers up for Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize

Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a roundup of the latest news

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Weekend reading: a conversation with Lucy Caldwell and Aimée Walsh www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...

A conversation with Lucy Caldwell and Aimée Walsh — TOLKA

by Liam Harrison

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From Britney’s breakdown to Pamela Anderson’s sex tape, pop culture made millenial women hate themselves substack.com/@thereadpart...

Pop culture made millennial women hate themselves

I spoke with Sophie Gilbert about the relationship between pop culture and modern women in her book Girl on Girl

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This might be of interest to Irish writers. my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...

Protest Meta's Theft of Irish Writing

I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?

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I'm looking to speak with people effected by the US visa terminations due to being pro-Palestine. Rubio has said more than 300 visas have already been cancelled. Are you an org. who works with those in ICE detention? Email: aimee.walsh@reachplc.com #journorequests

Monday is #TransDayofVisibility & I'd love to speak to trans people about what the day means to them. This piece will be a celebration and a call for #transrights. If interested email: aimee.walsh@reachplc.com Hope to speak on Monday ✨ #journorequests

‘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

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Today I reviewed Dylan Mulvaney’s debut memoir Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer for the Mirror. Joyous, beautiful & heart-wrenching, Paper Doll is a lifeline for those searching for trans joy ✨ #booksky #bookreview #LGBTQ #TransRights #DylanMulvaney www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/dy...

Dylan Mulvaney's debut book is a lifeline for those searching for trans joy

Famous for her Tiktok transition series, Dylan Mulvaney is now ready to tell all in her life-line debut Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer, from the beer backlash to transitioning in the public eye

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Calling emerging writers living in the North! We’re delighted to announce a new, online mentoring programme with writer-mentors Jan Carson & Stephen Sexton. The 5 awardees will showcase their work-in-progress at Belfast Book Festival. DEADLINE: 19 Feb 2025 irishwriterscentre.ie/opportunitie...

New Voices: North 2025 - Irish Writers Centre

We invite applications for a new, online development programme funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland – New Voices: North. Deadline: 19 Feb 2025

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"Then, aged thirty, I took an evening course at the Irish Writers Centre, where I was encouraged to take my writing seriously for the first time." Thanks Roisín O'Donnell! Great to learn our courses helped you on your writing journey. Read about Roisín's debut #Nesting 🔽 image.ie/living/page-...

Page Turners: ‘Nesting’ author Roisín O’Donnell | IMAGE.ie

Here, we sit down with Roisín O’Donnell to discuss how magical fiction can be crafted from the most ordinary of surroundings.

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It’s official! THESE DAYS will be out in the US on 8 April with Sarah Jessica Parker’s imprint at Zando, SJPLit. I love the ethos of the imprint and I LOVE the US cover - a detail from a painting by Scottish artist Alberto Morocco.

Ex-soldier Cathal Crotty jailed for two years as court overturns suspended sentence for attack on Natasha O'Brien.

Former soldier Cathal Crotty jailed for two years for assault on Natasha O'Brien

The Court of Appeal has overturned the fully suspended sentence handed down to Crotty last year.

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I'm delighted to share the advert for a collaborative PhD which I'll be co-supervising with Dr Paddy Fitzgerald of the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies (Omagh). This project, 'Finding "home" in a cultural landscape of migration & belonging' has a deadline of 10 March www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...

I’ve read a handful of (in my opinion) perfect books this year & this is one of them. Sneaking right in at the end of the year. Short & brutal. Brilliant. Can’t believe it’s a debut!

Debut Novelists @thereadparts.bsky.social, Patrick Holloway & Cathy Sweeney ennisbookclubfestival.com/Event_slug/d...

Debut Novelists Aimée Walsh, Patrick Holloway & Cathy Sweeney - Ennis Book Club Festival

With her first novel, Exile, Aimée Walsh opens out a world of unsettling possibilities and haunted territories, when the life of her young protagonist, Fiadh, is changed forever one night. In The Lang...

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