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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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You can see the original Mastodon poll here:

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

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

"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

We're back! #Octocon2025 will take place on Saturday, 11th October 2025, Maldron Hotel, Tallaght, Dublin & online, and Sunday, 12th October 2025, online. Check out octocon.com to keep up to date with guest announcements and more! Image as per post.

#octocon #scifi #Fantasy #fandom #horror #cosplay #MastoDaoine #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #Comics #IrishLit

Big news coming very soon! Make sure to keep an eye on your emails for our next newsletter. Get ready for #Octocon2025

#Octocon #Octobooks #fantasy #scifi #readingcommunity #scificonvention #fandom #cosplay #cosplayers #horror #comics #irishcomics #irishlit #irishbooks #MastoDaoine

Today's the day I give #Romantasy a try. Already read the prologue, which has sucked me right in.

#Fantasy #Romance #IrishLit #BookSky #TheLostQueen @jessthornebooks #IrishFantasy #MastoDaoine

A couple of Pat Ingoldsby's poems

"Passing…" is from Scandal Sisters (Anna Livia Press, 1990)

"Translating…" is from Half a Hug (Willow Publications, 1998). Gleann na gCaorach is Irish for Glen or Valley of the Sheep

The beautiful photo of Pat is by Seamus Murphy, I think

#PatIngoldsby #poetry #poems #Mastodaoine #IrishLit

"I'm fighting against Fascism. The most evil thing that's ever happened to the world."
—Jennifer Johnston, The Gates (1973)

Obituary: https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2025/02/26/jennifer-johnston-obituary-writer-who-combined-brevity-with-razor-sharp-wisdom/

#books #literature #JenniferJohnston #RIP #IrishLiterature #IrishLit #fascism

"There are forms of communication that drive people apart, that do nothing other than confirm distance."

—Deirdre Madden, Molly Fox's Birthday

#books #reading #DeirdreMadden #IrishLiterature #IrishLit #communication

I'm a bit behind on my book reviews, but I'm hoping to get some up in the near future.

In the meantime, you can check out my other book reviews here:

https://markkieltywriter.com/tag/book-reviews/

#IrishBookBlogger #BookReviews #FantasyBookReviews #Octobooks #Octocon #ReadingCommunity #IrishLit #MastoDaoine

My first review of 2025, A Fix of Light by Kel Menton, coming out February 6th. Loved this little gem of a book. Check out my review:

https://markkieltywriter.com/2025/01/06/book-review-a-fix-of-light-by-kel-menton/

#LGBTQ #Fantasy #IrishFolklore @littleislandbks #Octobooks #Octocon #MastoDaoine #YA #IrishLit

"Cold icy wind, faint shadow of a feeble sun, the shelter of a single tree on the top of the level moor."

(Unknown Irish writer, 12th century, tr. Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson in A Celtic Miscellany)

#IrishHistory #writing #winter #weather #literature #IrishLit

Temple Dark #Books #pressrelease regarding their new publication #Knight of Gaelgara by Gary J Martin.

https://shoutout.wix.com/so/8bOyrLp4t?languageTag=en&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=wix-email-marketing&utm_campaign=147c0d37-b1be-4d0a-b69a-1b092f1bba91&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3b64MWrGtkjXsVuk2cI_gpD4AV6RZmGAjpESc7D62MP1j8aH1wkFb5WxM_aem_ASsdrNGhVrmwStuukdWia6mPpE_GJP4sK6voX9AqiTvboR4js39Hs-oFqmxvwjJwaiBac3JqslWmBqCsdRlCmqhT

#Fantasy #IrishLit #IndependentPublisher #SpeculativeFiction #mastodaoine

Every year around this time I read this. For me it’s like watching a favorite holiday movie. #Joyce #IrishLit #Modernism