The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social Ireland's leading independent publisher, founded in 1984. Proudly supported by The Arts Council. Our Stoneybatter bookshop is open 9.30am-5pm on weekdays.
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Leila Essa @leilaessai.bsky.social assistant professor of comparative literature at utrecht uni. projects on post-partition lit & authorial politics. current research and writing at https://intervention.sites.uu.nl/. she/her.
Mícheál Keating @michealkeating.bsky.social michealkeating.xyz
Michaela Králová @michaelakralova.bsky.social PhD in Publishing and Translation @ UCD
Writer. Poet. Actor. Performer. Zine enthusiast.
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Supported by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the Arts Council of Ireland.
maija @maijasofia.bsky.social
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Bullaun Press @bullaunpress.bsky.social New independent publisher. Ireland's first press dedicated to literature in translation.
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call for 2026 vendors: June
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie Fostering excellence and scholarship to enrich society, e. 1785.
Home to the RIA Library, 8 research programmes & a publishing house.
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Ana K @anakinsella.bsky.social Writer in Dublin, delusional optimist. My novel FRIDA SLATTERY AS HERSELF out May 2026!!! LOOK HERE (2022)
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Karl McDonald @karlusss.bsky.social Potato Preservative against Plague and Pestilence, pray for us.
Irish Times assistant news editor and person with too many arcane interests to be worth following.
Vittles Magazine @vittles.bsky.social A food and culture magazine.
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Eva Wyles @evawyles.bsky.social Writer from Aotearoa New Zealand, based in London
Deliverywoman (2025, Influx Press)
Agent: Kirsty McLachlan, morgangreencreatives.com
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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social Nature, land, food
On windy Achill island 🏝️
Gary Kaill @garykaill.bsky.social lunate.co.uk
Sue Divin @suedivinwriter.bsky.social Derry Girls meets mother in Young Sheldon. Writer. Peace worker. Guard Your Heart. Truth Be Told. Is it Friday yet?
Channel Press @channelpress.bsky.social Words that connect 🍃 Ireland's home for writing on ecological entanglement, funded by the Arts Council.
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Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social Writer, Dublin & Derry. Worlds, words.
Novels: The Jewel•Inch Levels.
Essays (ed.): Impermanence.
Dublin Review•Stinging Fly•Banshee•PVA•
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Róisín Leggett Bohan @leggettbohan.bsky.social Writer💥
Patrick Kavanagh Award 2025
Fool for Poetry Prize 2025
'We Fall We Carry' Chapbook (Southword Editions, 2026)
Ed. at HOWL New Irish Writing ✍️
Website: https://inkstainedwings.com/
Kildare Readers Festival @kildarereaders.bsky.social Books, talks and good vibes 📖
Every October in County Kildare
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social Lecturer @ QUB history. Twentieth century Italy, history of emotions, family, motherhood. Creative approaches to history. Essays and stories in the Dublin Review @londonmagazine, Tangerine magazine
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
https://niamhcullenwriter.com/
Regional Cultural Centre, County Donegal @culturalcentre.bsky.social Multidisciplinary Arts Centre & Cultural Hub.
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An Post Irish Book Awards @irishbookawards.bsky.social 🍀 Ireland's biggest celebration of Irish books & authors. Follow on #APIBA
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Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social Academic in Dublin. Contemporary literature & publishing.
Stephen Reid @reidstephen.bsky.social Publishing Manager at The Lilliput Press. Editor of books and so on and so forth and so on. 
Matthew Rice @matthew-rice.bsky.social Poet-PhD-Anti-racist. ‘Plastic’ forthcoming in January 2026 with Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK) & Soft Skull Press (US), available here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790542/plastic-by-matthew-rice/
Joanne Burns @joanneburns.bsky.social Educator and writer of children’s fiction. Bath Spa, Class of 2025, MA Writing for Young People.
Maynooth University English Department @maynoothenglish.bsky.social 
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social Premier book festival showcasing and celebrating Ireland’s writers, illustrators and publishers. Flagship festival 4 - 8 November with year-round events. Supported by the Arts Council.
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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social Connecting Poetry and People. Proudly funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland National Lottery Funding. www.poetryireland.ie
Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social Institute of #irishstudies @liverpooluni.bsky.social: world-leading research & teaching in peace & conflict, women's studies, literature & history.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studies
Clare Fisher @claresitafisher.bsky.social *Writer of novels, short stories, & creative nonfiction 📚
*Creative Writing Lecturer, University of Sheffield
*Rep. Julia Silk at Greyhound Literary
* https://clarefisherwriter.com/
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Charleen Hurtubise @charleenhurtubise.bsky.social Novelist, artist, Dubliner via Michigan, dreaming of Donegal.
SAOIRSE (2026)
The Polite Act of Drowning (2023)
Sparks Literary Journal @sparksjournal.bsky.social Sparks is a literary journal located in the midlands of Ireland that champions short stories, poetry and flash fiction that 'sparks' the imagination.
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Eve White Literary Agency @evewhiteagency.bsky.social News, updates and tips from an independent London literary agency representing fiction, nonfiction and children's books.
Sinéad Griffin @sineadgriffin.bsky.social Poet, Dublin. Co-editor for poetry @the4facedliar.bsky.social
PVA Books @pva-books.bsky.social PVA Books is a Dublin- and Berlin-based publisher.
Our latest non-fiction collection, AS IF NOTHING COULD FALL, is now available for pre-order via our website.
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Catriona Shine @catrionashine.bsky.social Writer, architect, occasional actor. Debut novel, Habitat, published March 2024 by the Lilliput Press http://bio.site/CatrionaShine
Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social lit mag & small press | supported by the Arts Council of Ireland | issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) out now | latest book: Render by Billy Ramsell | https://bansheepress.org/
Sofie @sofiedesmyter.bsky.social reads writes eats talks watches listens walks remembers breathes
words in Profiles, Aesthetica Creative Writing Award, Sans.Press, Litro, Frustrated Writers, Belfield Literary Review, Chewin' The Fat
Macha Press @machapress.bsky.social experimental / formally hybrid / intercultural / recovered poetries
Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland & Shared Island Civic Society Fund, DFAT machapress.com
Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social Beautiful library of the early Enlightenment in central Dublin. Opened in 1707; still welcoming visitors, tourists and scholars.
Registered Charity RCN 20000752
Chetna Maroo @chetnamaroo.bsky.social 
Naoise Dolan @naoisedolan.bsky.social Novelist. Author of EXCITING TIMES (2020), THE HAPPY COUPLE (2023), third novel coming 2027 ⁊ ag scríobh an 4ú ceann i nGaeilge
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Nuala O'Connor @nualaoconnor.bsky.social Writer. Irish. Autistic. Latest book: Menagerie (poetry).
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Marie Gethins @mariegethins.bsky.social Flashy Writer, Workshop Leader, Critiques, Flash Editor Banshee, Co-editor Splonk; Best Microfictions, Best Small Fictions, Hawthornden Fellow
MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland @molimuseum.bsky.social Where Irish writing comes alive.
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Niamh Donnelly @niamhdonnelly.bsky.social Writer / journalist / critic
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Caoilinn Hughes @caoilinnhughes.bsky.social Irish writer.
Novels: THE ALTERNATIVES, THE WILD LAUGHTER and ORCHID & THE WASP. Short stories about the place.
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Author of 'The Amusements'.
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Scullery maid to the House of Goldblatt.
The Truth About Ruby Cooper in all good bookstores in Uk, Ireland and Commonwealth except Canada now. North America Sept 1st.
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Molly Hennigan @mollyh.bsky.social Writer | The Celestial Realm
Writer in Residence University of Galway
Banshee nonfiction editor
Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social Books Editor of The Irish Times; author of Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place (Merrion Press)
Writing.ie Online Writing Magazine @handle.invalid Award winning magazine for writers at all levels http://www.writing.ie - based in Ireland but for writers everywhere. Featuring book and writing news, tips, technique, competitions, submission opportunities and much more. We want to help! 📚💙
Brenda Romero @brendaromero.bsky.social Studio Director @ Romero Games. Writer @ The Stinging Fly, TOLKA, The Dublin Review and more. Metalhead. Nerd.
Suzanne Walsh @zanbreathnach.bsky.social Irish artist (performance and audio), and writer, ag foghlaim Gaeilge arís, sometimes bird rescuer, they/them, siad/iad, Wexford/Dub
Www.suzannewalsh.ie
Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social Established 1976. Reviews, news, features on Irish books and writing, database of all upcoming books each month. Podcast #BurningBooks. Editor
Ruth McKee.
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...
Clíodhna Bhreatnach @cliodhnabhreatnach.bsky.social “Pink Roses, Green” out now with Green Bottle Press. In Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly, Propel, Forward Book of Poetry. Interested in feminism, anti-imperialism, socialism. 🇵🇸
https://cliodhnabhreatnach.com/
Mark O’Connell @mrkocnnll.bsky.social Writer and so forth
sheila armstrong @sheelanogig.bsky.social Writer & dog botherer
armstrongsheila.com
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34 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5
Splonk @splonk.bsky.social #flashfiction e-zine based in Ireland. Founded 2019. Bilingual. #Gaeilge & English. We love #microfiction too!
hollowaywriter.bsky.social @hollowaywriter.bsky.social The Language of Remembering, my debut novel, out in February 2025. Work in The Stinging Fly, The London Magazine, Irish Times, Irish Examiner. Winner of Bath Short Story Award 2023. Agent Eleanor Birne, RCW
https://bio.site/patrickholloway
Sarah Davis-Goff @sarahdavisgoff.bsky.social Tramp, dweeb
she / her
Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social Poet, Community Worker, LGBTQIA+ Politics, Climate Action
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Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social The Arts and Humanities Institute is Maynooth’s flagship institute for groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research across the arts and humanities. The AHI leads research on one of the University’s five research beacons: Heritage, Language and Culture.
@avatherose.bsky.social @avatherose.bsky.social 
profiles @profilesjournal.bsky.social Publishing portraiture in prose and visual art
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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social Poetry and other bits of writing | Pit Lullabies with Bloodaxe Books and The Quick and Liffey Swim with Dedalus Press | Essays in Tolka, The Stinging Fly and The Dublin Review | Poetry editor at Banshee | New Arcana forthcoming Sept 25 from Bloodaxe Books.
𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕆'𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝 @jacqbetula.bsky.social Woods. Words. Birds. Birch. Beech. Bach.
Reviewer of translated fiction for
@irishtimes.bsky.social
Co-curator of the poetry festival Circling The Square.
@circlingpoetry.bsky.social
Abridged @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social Poetry / Art Magazine Edited by Susanna Galbraith and Gregory McCartney. Abridged since 2004. A Derry Magazine. www.abridged.zone
Jamie Cameron @jamiepcameron.bsky.social Editor at The London Magazine | Poems and fiction elsewhere
Claire Carroll 🌊🌊 @ccrrll.bsky.social 🪸 writer | PhD researcher | editor | beach goth
🐚 rep'd by Ludo Cinelli at Eve White Agency
💥 'The Unreliable Nature Writer' published by Scratch Books, 2024 》 https://tinyurl.com/pukwycyz
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Olivia Heggarty @oliviaheggarty.bsky.social Writing pommes
Eoin Rogers @eoieoin.bsky.social Programme Manager @ The Stinging Fly
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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social Author of At Least It Looks Good From Space. Columnist for The Journal. Your Sunday clothes don't fool me.
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Ella Frears @ellafrears.bsky.social Poet etc.
Books - Goodlord & Shine, Darling
Hosts Tears for Frears & Stress Test on Soho Radio
RLF Fellow at The Courtauld Institute of Art
The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social Literary magazine established in 1997 to publish & promote the very best new Irish and international writing. Stinging Fly Press was launched in 2005. Summer 2026 Issue #54 available to buy now:
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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.
Colmcille Press @colmcille.bsky.social Publishing house in northwest Ireland, celebrating 1500 years of great writing from Derry and Donegal. Gaeilge agus fáilte.
SUMMER 2025: The Handy Wee Guide to Derry (digital edition) is available for just a quid from: colmcillepress.com
The Irish Times @irishtimes.com Official account of The Irish Times. Diverse opinion, thorough reporting and outstanding writing from http://irishtimes.com
Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Leading support and development organisation for writers in Ireland. Programmes | Resources | Courses | Events | #InternationalDebutNovelCompetition 📚
Supported by Arts Council of Ireland.
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social Author, very professional.
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Susan Tomaselli 🍉 🏳️🌈 @stomaselli.bsky.social WiP: TRACES (novel in essays) | former writer-in-residence at Maynooth 2020/21 | current editor gorse journal & Gorse Editions. She/her.
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Gary Grace @gary-grace.bsky.social Writing in The London Magazine, Irish Examiner and The Pig's Back.
📖 Rep'd by Steven Evans at Eve White Literary Agency.✍️
Debut novel forthcoming.
Lucy Holme @lucyrebeccaholme.bsky.social Writer | Work in The Stinging Fly, Banshee & more | Shortlisted | Brotherton Prize & Mairtín Crawford Award ‘24 |🥇Cúirt New Writing Award & Southword Editor’s Prize ‘24 | 𝕋𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕤 & 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 𝔻𝕚𝕒𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕤 | Broken Sleep Books