Jean-Michel Basquiat @basquiat.bsky.social Bot account of Jean-Michel Basquiat, an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Michel_Basquiat
Guillermo Stitch @guillermostitch.bsky.social
Author of LAKE OF URINE and THE COAST OF EVERYTHING
Executive editor at www.exactingclam.com
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/books/review-lake-of-urine-guillermo-stitch.html
The Bookseller @thebookseller.com At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚
News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨
tom t @bankphysics.bsky.social on books, physics, science writing, drama, poetry, football, life in Ireland.....
A Brilliant Void audio drama podcast: https://stg-productions.simplecast.com/
Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social Eats and writes for The Financial Times. Piano for the JR Sextet; chairs Kitchen Cabinet for R4. Doesn’t accept comps. jay.rayner@ft.com
https://linktr.ee/jayrayner1
Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social Research Ireland Industry RD&I Postdoctoral Fellow at MU & MoLI
She/Her
All views my own
https://laurenannecassidy.wordpress.com/
Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com Belfast writer. He/him. NUJ. I mostly moan about the media, politics & Arsenal. "Big beast transgender activist" [The Telegraph].
The Trans Agenda [on a break] reports on anti-trans media coverage in UK papers, subscribe here transagenda.info
Maintenance Phase @maintenancephase.bsky.social Wellness and weight loss, debunked and decoded. A podcast hosted by @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @yrfatfriend.bsky.social.
maintenancephase.com
patreon.com/maintenancephase
Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social Cohost of @maintenancephase.bsky.social. Author of WHAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAT and YOU JUST NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT. Subject of @yrfatfriendfilm.bsky.social. She/her/hers. Photo by the wonderful Josh Coen. yrfatfriend@gmail.com
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
Account by @cowtools.org
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.
Buy my book here: https://linktr.ee/AtLeastItLooksGoodFromSpace
Eamonn Sweeney @sweeneyagonistes.bsky.social Author. The Last Ditch, paperback coming out in May.
Freelance writer. Lapsed novelist. Cinephile. Substack coming soon.
Interesting writing gigs in the politics or arts line gratefully considered.
Tina Morin @drtinamorin.bsky.social Assistant Dean of Research and Professor in English at the University of Limerick. Fan of all things Gothic. Views mine. She/her.
Oireachtas na Gaeilge @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social 28 Deireadh Fómhair - 1 Samhain 2026, Cill Airne, Co. Chiarraí
#OnaS26
antoireachtas.ie
Tim Groenland @groenbot.bsky.social Academic in Dublin. Contemporary literature & publishing.
Andrei @theuntranslated.bsky.social Founder of The Untranslated, a blog about significant literary works not yet translated into English
https://theuntranslated.wordpress.com/
Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social St. Louis-based literary press distributed by New York Review Books. Publishes Renee Gladman, Leonora Carrington, Cristina Rivera Garza, Amina Cain, Giada Scodellaro, Kate Briggs, Brais Lamela, Denise Rose Hansen, etc. Est. 2009. dorothyproject.com
Chad W. Post @chadwpost.bsky.social “Most Insufferable Man in Publishing.” Loves baseball, hates most pitchers. Sucks at email. Is usually editing or writing for Substack or podcasting.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Futa Fata @futafata.bsky.social Foilsitheoir | Publisher
We publish books for children in Irish, originating projects here in Ireland as well as working with publishing partners internationally.
www.futafata.ie
Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR, contributor to Zeteo. New comic book series: NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC, from Boom! Studios. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
Signal: attackerman.81
RTÉ News @news.rte.ie RTÉ News and Current Affairs - Irish and International News
John Foley @johnfoley.bitedesign.com Graphic designer, typographer – designing for books, film, performing arts, restaurants &c.
From Co. Wexford, lives in Cork.
Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social Writer
unamullally.com
www.sliverpress.com
Literature Ireland @literatureireland.bsky.social Literature Ireland is the national agency in Ireland for the promotion of Irish literature abroad.
Funded by Culture Ireland & The Arts Council.
https://www.literatureireland.com/
Clare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social Novelist. Poet. Reader.
🏺OVID’S HEROINES 🍼INCARNATION 🐇FIERCE BAD RABBITS 🔮 DELPHI 🏰THE UNTAMEABLES 🧚🏾THE MODERN FAIRIES, ✍️LIVES OF THE FEMALE POETS 🌊THE OTHERNAUTS, etc
Substack: Clare’s Poetry Circle
Cambridge Group for Irish Studies @irishstudiescam.bsky.social Cambridge Group for Irish Studies | Seminar group exploring all aspects of Irish culture, literature and history based at the University of Cambridge | Account run by the CGIS secretary
@cuirtfestival.bsky.social @cuirtfestival.bsky.social Brings readers and writers together in Galway to tell stories, share new perspectives and celebrate writing in all forms.
8th - 13th April 2025
John Attridge @johnattridge.bsky.social Associate Professor of English at UNSW | Modernism, novels, specialisation, media, bildungsroman &c | Chair Australasian Modernist Studies Network
Paul Fulcher @fulcherkim.bsky.social Trustee of the Republic of Consciousness Foundation, fan of innovative literary fiction from small presses, actuary, 한국어 (Korean) learner. Views own.
Vicky MacKenzie @vickymackenzie.bsky.social Writer, cat lady, wrote a novel about medieval mystics, forthcoming novel about John Ruskin. Aspiring anchoress. https://victoriamackenzie.net/
Substack: https://victoriamackenzie.substack.com/
Culture Night Dublin @culturenightdub.bsky.social A late night of FREE cultural discovery across Dublin on Friday 18 September 2026 brought to you by Dublin City Council.
Laura Jones-Rivera @laurafjones.bsky.social PhD Researcher in small press publishing & diversity at University of Stirling
Operations @charcopress.com
Freelance typesetter
Ex-publisher at 404 Ink
lauraflojo.com
Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social Columnist, board member, learner,
dreamer, scribbler, Gaelic Games fan, Left leaner, cat servant 🐈🐈⬛️
📍Mayo, Ireland
👩🦰 She/her
🔐 Views my own
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.
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.
www.ria.ie
Reg. Charity No. 20003524 - Reg. Revenue No. CHY 2795
McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books.
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@writersweek.bsky.social @writersweek.bsky.social 
The Prompt @wearetheprompt.bsky.social Presented & produced by @zoecomyns.bsky.social, this series will be broadcast over 8 episodes on RTÉ Radio 1.
Our guest writers have set writing prompts and you can submit short pieces to the series, inspired by those prompts. www.wearetheprompt.com
DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social Snr. Lecturer in 18th-century Studies (Queer & Disability Studies). Author of *Effeminate Years* (2017); co-editor of *The Edinburgh Companion to Queer Reading* (2025). Writes poetry & short fiction.
Goblin Market Manga & Curiosities @goblinmkt.bsky.social Chicago's 1st Manga Shop! 🌈Proudly Queer-Owned & Arab-Owned
Manga • Manhwa • Danmei • Comics • Crafts • RPGs • Games • Curiosities
(Posts, comments, and bizarre opinions about popular media are by Ryvre/@NikaRiots)
RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social New ideas, insights & thinking on Ireland & the world. From @RTE.ie with @ucc.ie @dublincityuni.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @tudublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie & @teagasc.bsky.social
Dan Chaon @danchaon.bsky.social Novelist and short story writer.
Signed/personalized copies of my books here: https://www.macsbacks.com/dan-chaon
Arlen House @arlenhouse.bsky.social New Writing from Ireland for the World
Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social Unofficial Kneecap account that I hope the lads will come and claim. Let's build a following here in advance, folks! GRMA
Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social early modernist at UCD; Dublin, London. Beer, bikes, books. Queer is my DNA. All views my own
Dana Schwartz @danaschwartz.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author of ANATOMY and IMMORTALITY. Host of the podcast Noble Blood. TV writer on occasion. 
Chris Cusack @fearfuljoycuit.bsky.social Reader | writer | teacher. Been there, done that, got the T. rex.🦖 Researching death, famine, and apocalypse. Irish Studies and beyond. Reviews books. Also writing about Moomins, because why not. Asst Prof at Radboud University, NL. He/him.
Shinjini Chattopadhyay, PhD @shinjinichatto.bsky.social Assistant Prof @UNC | PhD @NotreDame | Modernism, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Cosmopolitanism, Blue Humanities | she/her
Fallow Media @fallowmedia.bsky.social Adventurous Publisher, since 2015. Dublin, Ireland.
https://fallowmedia.com/
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
https://linktr.ee/lithub_
Abbey Theatre - The National Theatre of Ireland @abbeytheatre.bsky.social Ireland's national theatre. Proudly funded by the Arts Council. RCN:20038984
🎭Up Next: ANIMALS, visions
Maebh Long @maebhlong.bsky.social Eamon Cleary Chair of Irish Studies, U. Otago | President International Flann O’Brien Society & ISAANZ | PI Marsden Project ‘Modern Immunity’ | co-author w/ Matthew Hayward of The Rise of Pacific Literature: Decolonisation, Radical Campuses and Modernism
naoise murphy @naoisemurphy.bsky.social Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Manchester
Collector of fictional mid-twentieth-century dykes - send tips
www.naoisemurphy.com
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-queering-twentieth-century-irish-women-s-writing.html
Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social Coach House Books is an independent Canadian publisher of poetry, fiction, drama & nonfiction. Good on paper since 1965. https://linktr.ee/chbooks
Trinity Long Room Hub @tlrhub.bsky.social 📣 Activating Public Humanities
📚 Advancing Research Excellence
💥 Driving Innovative Research
📩 Signup for events: http://tinyurl.com/TLRHnews
💬 #hubmatters
🌐 https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/
Cal Doyle @caldoyle.bsky.social bon vivant
New Island Books @newislandbooks.bsky.social Ireland's leading publisher of groundbreaking literature and non-fiction from emerging and established writers.
Supported by the Arts Council.
Sophia Grene @sophiagrene.bsky.social Too tired to do much, but interested in so many things. 
Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social The image that I run from
Only seems to follow me
Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com Athos in the streets. Aramis in the sheets. Porthos in the skeets
Author. she/her https://linktr.ee/melsalisbury
Fiona Doris @fionadoris.bsky.social Rewilding 💚Nature, Ethnobotany, Neurodiverse, Chronically open-minded & Curious, Storyteller & Tour Guide, Mythologist, 📕 ❤️ , Scientist, Microscopist, Lapsed Botanist 🌸 🚴 Sea🏊🏼♂️ Human. here for the craic
Seachtain na Gaeilge @snagaeilge.bsky.social An fhéile Ghaeilge is mó & cuirimid an Ghaeilge chun cinn le linn na bliana.
#SnaG26
Libro.fm @libro.fm 🎧 The audiobook company that shares profits with independent bookshops
💗 Certified B Corp
🔗 Shop, sign up, find bookshops, & more: www.libro.fm
Anna Walsh @annaannawalsh.bsky.social Contemporary historian. Interested in migration, cities and towns, visual and material cultures, 20th century buildings, photography, leisure centres, pubs, creative methodologies, Irish and British history and oral history. Liverpool.
Biblioasis @biblioasis.bsky.social Award-winning independent literary press.
Read independently. https://linktr.ee/biblioasis_books
TG4 @tg4.bsky.social 💚 Tír gan Teanga - Tír gan Anam
🧿 Súil Eile
📺💻📱TG4.ie
Villain Era 🖤🔪 @villaineralit.bsky.social A literary magazine obsessed with revenge. Open for submissions! https://www.villaineralit.com Mastermind: @charlesjensen.bsky.social
Cotswold Book Room @cotswoldbookroom.bsky.social Independent book shop in Wotton-under-Edge 📚
Expert recommenders 💙
Seven Stories Press UK @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social Political non-fiction, world literature, social justice children’s books, and other works of the radical imagination ✨
https://linktr.ee/sevenstoriespressuk
Pavilion Theatre @paviliontheatre.bsky.social Unforgettable theatre, music, cinema, comedy, dance, family events and talks in the heart of Dún Laoghaire.
Supported by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the Arts Council of Ireland.
An Post Irish Book Awards @irishbookawards.bsky.social 🍀 Ireland's biggest celebration of Irish books & authors. Follow on #APIBA
linktr.ee/irishbookawards
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social TV Critic and Broadcaster. Must Watch + Remember Me? podcast. My book "OUT NOW" is out in September. Dyslexic / Autistic.
Festival in a Van @festivalinavan.bsky.social Festival in a Van gets the show on the road, bringing live performance to your door. Supported by Creative Ireland and by the Arts Council Ireland.
Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social Dublin’s Oldest Independent Bookshop | D’Olier St, Dublin 2
Bookshop open Mon-Sat 10-6; Sun 1-5
Café open Tues-Sat 10.30-4.30; Closed Sunday & Monday
Brigit: Dublin City Celebrating Women @brigitdublin.bsky.social A city-wide celebration of women past & present inspired by the Celtic goddess Brigit, Fri 29 Jan - Mon 1 Feb 2027. #BrigitDublin
Kernan Andrews @kernanandrews.bsky.social Freelance Press, PR, Communications, and Website and Social Media content creator for hire. Experienced in working with Festivals, Musicians, TV, and Business agencies.
Pronouns: (He/Him - Sé/É)
Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social Archivist at University of Galway.
Research on Irish theatre, memory, conflict, and digital cultures.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-74548-6
Limerick Literary Festival @limericklitfest.bsky.social The Festival will run in Limerick 27.02.26 - 01.03.26 at the Belltable, O’Connell Street. The event continues to honour the life and works of the Limerick author, Kate O’Brien while attracting prominent writers from all over the world.
Bullaun Press @bullaunpress.bsky.social New independent publisher. Ireland's first press dedicated to literature in translation.
#artscouncilsupported
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.
https://linktr.ee/sparksliteraryjournal
@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.
https://linktr.ee/dublinbookfestival
Write like a Grrrl @writelikeagrrrl.bsky.social 💥Ignite
🔥Inspire
❤️🔥Thrive
https://www.writelikeagrrrl.org/
Creative writing courses & retreats around the world #feminist 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
Maynooth University English Department @maynoothenglish.bsky.social 
Modern Poetry in Translation @mptmagazine.bsky.social Ted Hughes' and Daniel Weissbort's international poetry translation magazine. Edited by Janani Ambikapathy.
modernpoetryintranslation.com
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
Rae's Reading Corner 📚💙 @raereads99.bsky.social 🇮🇪 Irish • They/Them • #freepalestine 🇵🇸
Queer book lover (and book hoarder), Greek myth nerd and musical enjoyer ✌️
My affiliate and other links: https://shorturl.at/9OhnF
Graywolf Press @graywolfpress.bsky.social No longer active here. Find us on IG and TikTok @graywolfpress!
Carlow Weather @carlowweather.bsky.social Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather offering weather updates and forecasts for Ireland along with local photos. Brand Ambassador for Autoimage Carlow
Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social she/her feminist author
Books: The seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
(And others)
Newsletter https://www.feministgiant.com/
Fiona Beckett @fibeckett.bsky.social Bristol-based former Guardian wine writer. Food and wine pairing geek. Publisher matchingfoodandwine.com and Eat This, Drink That on Substack fionabeckett.substack.com. @fibeckett_winematcher on insta
Signe Johansen @signesjohansen.bsky.social Food + drink mostly, but also sport, culture, cartoons. Author of SMÖRGÅSBORD, SPIRITED, SOLO, HOW TO HYGGE, SCANDILICIOUS 📚👩🍳📝
Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com Artist whose mediums include film, tv, and soda. www.StillersSoda.com
Theo Paijmans @memizon.bsky.social They were strange days—curious dream-like days—and they followed each other silently, like shadows over grain fields. Edith Allonby, The Fulfilment, 1905.
The Wild Gees @thewildgees.bsky.social On a mission to seek out women's histories, prehistories and mythologies and share our adventures. Interested in under-told stories of all women 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Check out our blog: http://thewildgees.com/
Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social get ready for some bad drawings. he/him