marcasNov 2

Mòran taing dha na bàird uile a bha an sàs san tachartas seo a-nochd! Bha e cho math fàilte a chur air Ray is farsaingeachd saothrach a chluinntinn.

Thanks to all the poets that we're involved in this event, tonight! It was great to welcome Ray and hear such a diversity of work.

https://www.youtube.com/live/bYypTXPBKko?si=Zre0jvDzcniW1s1e

#DiasporaLit #DiasporaPoetry #ScotLit #IrishLit #ScottishPoetry #IrishPoetry #AfricanPoetry #WritersOfColour #PoetsOfColour #IrishDiaspora #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Scots #ScotsLeid #QueerLit

Voices of the Diaspora

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marcasOct 31

An evening of poetry readings featuring Gaels, Scots, New Scots and Irish working across linguistic and literary traditions. Join us for a spellbinding evening of readings, celebrating connection and cultural exchange.

#DiasporaLit #DiasporaLiterature #DiasporaPoetry #ScotLit #IrishLit #ScottishPoetry #IrishPoetry #AfricanPoetry #NigerianPoetry #WritersOfColour #PoetsOfColour #IrishDiaspora #ScottishDiaspora #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Scots #ScotsLeid #LGBTQLiterature #LGBTQPoetry

James GiffordOct 7
My chair, Matthieu Boyd, keeping himself out of trouble… He’s published a new translation of the early Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, “The Cattle-Raid of Cooley.” #IrishLit #translation https://www.fdu.edu/news/professor-publishes-new-translation-of-irelands-national-epic/
Professor Publishes New Translation of Ireland’s National Epic

FDU Professor translates Táin Bó Cúailnge for the first time since Ciarán Carson in 2007.

Fairleigh Dickinson University
Show threadStan CareyMay 30

Anne Enright describing a retired couple: "They rubbed against each other until they had rubbed themselves away."

#books #reading #AnneEnright #IrishBooks #IrishLit #IrishLiterature

Stan CareyMay 29

This was on the shelf for years and I resisted it even though I love Anne Enright because the cover made me think it was a sassy city-office comedy, which I was never in the mood for.

It's not that at all, but it is (patchily) great. And it's not a bad cover, just unsuitable, I think.

#books #reading #AnneEnright #IrishBooks #IrishLit #IrishLiterature #BookCovers #BookDesign

Stan CareyMay 29

Unheaded, unlookedfor, unremembered, unwooded: an alphabet of un- words in "Ulysses"
https://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2013/12/the-un-words-in-ulysses.html

#words #books #Ulysses #literature #JamesJoyce #IrishLit #IrishLiterature

Stan CareyMay 27

James Joyce once calculated that he spent almost 20,000 hours writing Ulysses

#writing #JamesJoyce #IrishLit #literature #Ulysses #IrishLiterature

Mark Kielty 🇮🇪May 15

Dead Man Walking by David Green is an excellent read.

"Nick Holleran has escaped death, and as a result, he can now see all the ghoulish things that live invisibly among us."

https://markkieltywriter.com/2025/05/15/book-review-dead-man-walking-by-david-green/

#Octobooks #Octocon #IrishBookBlogger #BookReview #MastoDaoine #IrishLit #Supernatural #SupernaturalBooks

Book Review: Dead Man Walking by David Green

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Show threadMark Kielty 🇮🇪Apr 24

You can see the original Mastodon poll here:

https://mastodon.ie/@Markkielty/114188708056871605

#WritingCommunity #Writing #WIP #ReadingCommunity #BookSky #Fantasy #Scifi #IrishLit

Mark Kielty 🇮🇪 (@Markkielty@mastodon.ie)

#WritingCommunity - is it ever okay to give up on a Writing In Progress #WIP? Should #writers always finish a project, even if they're not feeling it anymore? Or does this just result in accumulating a collection of unfinished stories? #Boosts appreciated - hoping to write an article about it on my #blog https://markkieltywriter.com/tag/articles/ #Writing #CreativeWriting #ReadingCommunity #MastoDaoine [ ] Yes, always finish your WIPs. [ ] No, give up and move on. Don't waste time!

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Stan CareyMar 17

"If only he had been able to think of her, he would not have needed to dream of her." —Samuel Beckett, Murphy

#writing #books #SamuelBeckett #IrishLit #IrishLiterature #literature