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Kristin Hersh @kristinhersh.bsky.social musician, author
Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave
Eoin Daly @eoinmauricedaly.bsky.social Law lecturer. Political theory, constitutions, republicanism, France. Dad of two. An 'autism parent'. Interested in athletics, politics, wine. 
Ross Carroll @rosscarroll.bsky.social Political theorist at Dublin City University. Author of Edmund Burke (Polity, 2024) and Uncivil Mirth: Ridicule in Enlightenment Britain (Princeton UP, 2021). Increasingly interested in abolition/emancipation and multigenerational democracy.
Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk World leader in Enlightenment studies, based at the University of Oxford.
Our publications: Voltaire's Complete Works (OCV), Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment (OSE) and much beyond.
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Elisa Cozzi @elisacozzi.bsky.social Irish Romanticism, Italy, the Byron-Shelley Circle, manuscripts, literary coteries.
https://irishstudies.nd.edu/scholars/neh-fellows/elisa-cozzi/
Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social Teaching Fellow in Early Modern History @historytcd.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social | Historian of the news, press, political cultures, and popular politics in Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
David Armitage @davidrarmitage.bsky.social @Harvard_History professor. Honorary fellow @Catz_Cambridge
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John-Erik Hansson @johnerik-h.bsky.social Antifascist.
Lecturer in British History (https://echelles.u-pariscite.fr/membre/john-erik-hansson-fr/).
Intellectual Hist./William Godwin/Radicalism/Anarchism/18th-20th c.
Reviews ed. - Anarchist Studies (https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/anarchiststudies).
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Siddhartha Vaidyanathan @sidvee.bsky.social Writer, editor
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Niamh Murray @niamhmurray.bsky.social Marketing & Communities Director @ Thames & Hudson. Irish in London.
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Matt Thorne @8minutesidle.bsky.social Author of six novels, three children’s books, one film and critical study of pop star Prince. MA Convenor in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. New book FAMOUS: Ego, Envy and Ambition in Rock, Pop and Hip-Hop out now.
Pat Thomas author @patthomashistorian.bsky.social author of “Allen Ginsberg: Material Wealth”and “Listen Whitey! Sounds of Black Power” and “Did It! Jerry Rubin”
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Fire Records
Philip Gray @philipgraybooks.bsky.social Author of THE HOUSE WITH NINE LOCKS (2025) and TWO STORM WOOD, A Times Book of the Year (2022), and other stuff. Pub: Harvill (Penguin Random Hs). Rep: Nicola Barr
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Web sites: philipgraybooks.com &
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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social Features journalist. Book: 'Something: The Women Who Made the Beatles' - May 2027.
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John L. Williams @johnelwilliams.bsky.social Writer, festival organiser, CLR James biographer, winner of 'most improved player' award Tilburg Regents CC 2023. New book Heatwave, on the summer of 76, out this May
Jennifer @jennalee.bsky.social Speculative poet, Forbes senior contributor, flash fiction writer.
Come read me! Www.jenniferkite-powell.com
https://substack.com/@jenniferkitepowell
Jennifer Kite-Powell on Medium: https://jennaleekp.medium.com
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social 
c.c. o'hanlon @ccohanlon.bsky.social vagabond. mendicant. diarist. wreck.
Un de ces féroces infirmes retour des pays chauds.
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(from the film 'Serenity', 2005)
BBNYA @bbnya.bsky.social The Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
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Women's Aid Ireland @womensaidireland.bsky.social Leading national organisation, working to prevent and address the impact of domestic violence and abuse. 24hr National Freephone Helpline 1800341900 www.womensaid.ie. RCN: 20012045 
Talk ’90s To Me @talk90stome.bsky.social Dive deep into a wild decade of chaos, creativity and hedonism with Miranda Sawyer, every Monday 💕🎸
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Brendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social Belfast-based Photographer.
Do good, die great.
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Film In Dublin @filmindublin.bsky.social The fair city of film and beyond.
News. Reviews. Pretty Deadly Films.
www.filmindublin.ie
Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social Climate Alarm Clock podcast host (https://the-climate-alarm-clock.captivate.fm/)
Sanctuary Runner (www.sanctuaryrunners.ie).
https://notherenotanywhere.com/
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Marian Keyes @mariankeyes.bsky.social Reads books. Watches telly. Wrings hands over the state of the world.
Sinead O'Shea @sineadoshea.bsky.social Filmmaker/Writer
ALL ABOUT THE MONEY - SUNDANCE 2026
BlUE ROAD - THE EDNA O'BRIEN STORY - TIFF 2024
PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS
A MOTHER BRINGS HER SON TO BE SHOT
Catherine Mayer @mayeroflondon.bsky.social Author, journalist, activist, reluctant music biz participant. DIVIDE & RULE: Royal Women and their Battles out now. Novel TIME/LIFE published 2025.
Máiréad Enright @maireadenright.bsky.social Irish academic (@lawatloughborough.bsky.social) living in Birmingham. Working on women, law, religion (Catholicism mostly) and reproduction broadly understood. Often legal history, sometimes just law.
Naomi Frisby @naomifrisby.bsky.social Writer, event chair, co-host of Late To It.
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Clodagh Finn @clodaghfinn.bsky.social Journalist, writer (new book, The Irish in the Resistance) and collector of stories. Posts about women from history.
Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Irish Times writer & author of OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea & now, out in June, Experts in a Dying Field. You can preorder here: https://linktr.ee/expertsinadyingfield
Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social 🇮🇪 Writer Hagstone | Constellations | This Woman’s Work (with Kim Gordon) | Agent: Peter Straus at RCW | Newsletter: momentsofrecognition.substack.com
Emma Donoghue @emmadonoghue.bsky.social writer of fiction (The Paris Express, Learned by Heart, Haven, The Pull of the Stars, The Wonder, Room, etc), films, plays...
Yen-Chi Wu @yenchiwu.bsky.social Lecturer and researcher in Irish literature. Based in #Taiwan.
#IrishStudies #PeriodicalStudies
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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social Irish writer and speaker: let's rewild the internet!
Dog lady. Forest bather. She/her
http://www.mariafarrell.com
Rep: https://greeneheaton.co.uk/agents/antony-topping/
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Aoife Bhreatnach @aoifeb.bsky.social Swears, writes, Gaeilge is fáilte. She/í
Makes Censored, a podcast about dirty books and films https://shows.acast.com/censored
Research interests: sex and death
Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social 
Alex Dunne @alexdunnewrites.bsky.social 🇮🇪 author in 🇨🇦
THE BOOK OF SECRETS (2022)
THE HARP OF POWER (2023)
Winner: Eilís Dillon Award @ KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards 2023
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David Toms @daithitoms.bsky.social Writer. Hold Over Fire (2026) coming soon from Veer2.
Pacemaker (Banshee Press, 2022). Northly (Turas Press, 2019). Writing recently in Magma, DRB, aswirl, Banshee, Gorse.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social Historian, writer, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
Zamira Rahim @zamirarahim.bsky.social Staff editor for The New York Times (in London). Previously writing for CNN and Time Magazine. One of those Brits who ended up in American media.
Nigel Slater @nigelslater.bsky.social A cook who writes.
Observer columnist. Author. Gardener.
Books: The Kitchen Diaries,
The Christmas Chronicles, A Cook’s Book,
A Thousand Feasts.
Instagram.com/nigelslater 
Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social Freelance writer, full-time reader, commission-me-anytime reviewer. (For many, most of the places you'd imagine, plus some you might not. That's the joy of freelancing...) susiemesure.com
Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social Institute of #irishstudies @liverpooluni.bsky.social: world-leading research & teaching in peace & conflict, women's studies, literature & history.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social Author of award-winning bestseller An Irish Atlantic Rainforest. Over 17 years rewilding our 73-acre farm on the Beara Peninsula, West Cork. In love with Earth's biosphere.
Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social Irish writer. Leonard and Hungry Paul, Panenka, Ghost Mountain. Richard Heart Julianne out in summer 2027
www.ronanhession.com
Music as Mumblin' Deaf Ro https://mumblindeafro.bandcamp.com/
Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social The Women's History Association of Ireland (WHAI) has been promoting research into women's history in Ireland since 1989.
Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social writer, mamaí, history and politics, Belfast/County Down, she/her.
📖 The Ghost Limb: Alternative Protestants and the Spirit of 1798
www.clairemitchell.net
Sara Dybris McQuaid @saradm.bsky.social Associate Professor, Aarhus University. Peace, Conflict, Memory, Northern Ireland. Here for politics and righteous indignation.
KM Elkes @kmelkes.bsky.social Author. Ginger. Potty mouth. #workingclasswriter Award-winning short fiction writer. Editing debut novel. Also writing tutor & editor.
http://linktr.ee/kmelkes
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social Feminist historian. Latest book ‘Rebel Women: Cumann na mBan in Belfast and the Glens of Antrim 1914-1924’ - contact publishers info@beyondthepalebooks.com.
Eve Patten @evepatt.bsky.social Professor of English, Trinity College Dublin
Siobhan Campbell @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social Irish poet. Collections include Heat Signature & Cross-Talk (Seren). Co-ed Eavan Boland Inside History. Researches CW practice in post-conflict & social care. Awards in Templar, Troubadour, National etc.
Stephen O'Neill @oneillsb.bsky.social Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955 (Liverpool University Press, April 2026)
Annabookbel @annabookbel.bsky.social Book lover, blogging about them since 2008! Oxford environs. Blog: https://annabookbel.net/. Proud Co-founder of https://shinynewbooks.co.uk/
Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks.bsky.social We’re a publisher dedicated to extraordinary, ground-breaking, unique fiction and non-fiction writers and their work.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social senior reporter at the guardian us / julia.wong@theguardian.com / juliacarriewong.11 on Signal
Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social Writer, collagist, memoirist, essayist. Scavenger. Ex-Radio Dramatist, Ex-Playwright. Retired wanderer.
Author of Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay, (Little Toller); Deliria, (Rough Trade Books)
Wild Twin, (Little Toller)
Paulo da Fonseca @paulodafonseca.bsky.social sound artist/ poesia/ paysan
west Iberia/ eu
lesondouble.bandcamp.com
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Film Forum @filmforumnyc.bsky.social Film Forum is NYC’s leading movie house for independent premieres and repertory programming. Find us at filmforum.org
Tim Williams Art @timwilliamsart.bsky.social Illustrator. Liberal. Runner. Husband, dad, Papí to my grandsons. Sad that my country is so broken and that justice seems elusive. No DMs unless we're pals.
My work here: timwilliamsart.net
Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social Manc independent publisher with a conscience.
M.D. Isabelle Kenyon
2024 North England Winner Small Press of Year!
Sustainable, political and accessible
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John Ironmonger @johnironmonger.bsky.social Bestselling novelist. Zoologist. Cruciverbalist. Husband. Dad. Grandpops. Festival Prize winner. Costa short-lister. And I've seen a Javan rhino.
Dave Weasel @daveweasel.bsky.social Comedian, podcaster, etc. 5x billboard comedy chart topper
Native Dialogs in Irish @nativedialogsga.bsky.social Practice your #Gaeilge by chatting to virtual humans.
Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/
The Irish For @theirishfor.bsky.social Smithereens of the Irish language, curated for your pleasure by Darach. 
Maria Delaney @mariadelaney.ie Editor @investigates.thejournal.ie / The home for investigative journalism from The Journal
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Ian Hagues @ianhagues.bsky.social Books and creativity. You matter.
Silvia Crompton @silviacrompton.bsky.social Editorial director at Whitefox | Freelance copyeditor for Faber, HarperCollins, Bloomsbury, Orion | Reliable pedant.- H @handle.invalid @handle.invalid
Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social Campaigning for freedom, justice and equality for the Palestinian people. R/T does not equal endorsement
Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social Cycling. Public Historian.
On the border.
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A piece of archive film for every occasion.
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Colm Brennan @colmgbrennan.bsky.social Poet & Writer
Poetry Ireland Review • Banshee • The Waxed Lemon • Sonder • The Cormorant • Profiles • The Ogham Stone • Arts Council Literature Bursary • MA in creative writing from UL
colmgbrennan.com
Miranda Sawyer @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, host of @papercutsshow and other chatty bits, I HAVE A BOOK OUT! Uncommon People - Britpop and Beyond In 20 Songs here it is https://amzn.eu/d/g2WxjyS
Hannah Khalil @hannykha.bsky.social Palestinian Irish Mum and Writer for stage, screen and radio. Writer in residence Bristol Old Vic 2025- 2030. Next up Henry VIII at Guildhall School 10-15 Feb 2025. Repped by Jess Cooper at Curtis Brown #BAFTACONNECT FRSL
Alison Hennessey @alisonhennessey.bsky.social Publishing Director of Raven Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Books. Lover of the gripping & the gothic, the contemporary & the cunning. Comprehensive school girl in literary world. Easily bribed with a chocolate orange. 
Audrey Carville @audreycarville.bsky.social Journalist. BBC/RTÉ
Dublin Ireland
The Bridport Prize @bridportprize.bsky.social 📝 Worldwide creative writing comp
📝 Over £20K prize pot
📝 Alumni inc Kate Atkinson
📝 Honorary Patron Kit de Waal
📝 Raises funds for Bridport Arts Centre
The views of contributors do not reflect the views of The Bridport Prize.
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Chris Power @chrispower.bsky.social I read books, write books (Mothers, A Lonely Man) and write about books (Observer, LRB, Guardian etc). Was a Booker judge in 2025.
Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social Unfiltered news, independent debate & loud music. Home to ADTV, the Vibestream Radio Network (Rock, Punk, La Cantina, Copperhead) & Dogtuuurd memes.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social Associate Professor of public health at Muhlenberg College. History, ethics, epidemiology, sports, injury prevention.
Peter Bach @lyst.bsky.social Kingdom: Animalia
Order: Primates
Tribe: Hominini
CounterPunch @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social Tells the facts, names the names.
Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social Irish dilettante and horror writer in Berlin.
hex @hexliterary.bsky.social hex publishes brief speculative texts on a weekly-ish basis. We're @WPI. Editors @katemcintyre.bsky.social @danielmiller.bsky.social @joeaguilar.bsky.social. Subs closed for now. Read hexliterary.com
Molly Cara Cantwell Blasco @whatmolsaysnext.bsky.social Digital journalist with the Irish Independent ✍️ 💚 ✨ Other creds: Irish Examiner, Irish Times, Newstalk, Hot Press, Overblown, Limerick Leader, Clare Echo ✨ Former editor at Limerick Voice & An Focal 📝
Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social A blog about writing books, and books about writing, and reading books about writing.
Writing About Writing About Writing is a project by @thatemilymunro.bsky.social.
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