Walter Scott Prize
We're the world's foremost literary prize for historical fiction & run the Young Walter Scott Prize.
@emmadonoghue.bsky.social
writer of fiction (The Paris Express, Learned by Heart, Haven, The Pull of the Stars, The Wonder, Room, etc), films, plays...
@tramppress.bsky.social
Independent book publisher. Latest: Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night by Gethan Dick www.tramppress.com Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland. Newsletter eepurl.com/bjjdND
@hcor.bsky.social
QUEEN OF COIN AND WHISPERS and DAUGHTER OF WINTER AND TWILIGHT from The O’Brien Press | Agent: Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary | 🇮🇪🏳️🌈 she/her helencorcoran.com
@urchinette.bsky.social
Writes things. My new book, Our Song, is coming in June 2025. First book The Real Rebecca won an Irish Book Award. Latest book The Boldness of Betty, about teen strikers in 1913, was shortlisted in 2020. Co-hosts @svhpodcast She/her
@jfennellauthor.bsky.social
Writer, anthologist, geek. Anthologies: "A Brilliant Void," "It Rose Up" and "Your Own Dark Shadow" published by Tramp Press; academic tomes "Irish Science Fiction" and "Rough Beasts" by LUP. He/him for convenience's sake.
@jennykleeman.bsky.social
Journalist & broadcaster @guardian @TheSTMagazine @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds. Author of SEX ROBOTS & VEGAN MEAT and THE PRICE OF LIFE. http://jennykleeman.substack.com jennykleeman.com
@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.
@kennysbookshop.bsky.social
Independent bookshop and art gallery in Galway, Ireland. Free delivery in Ireland and we ship worldwide. New, used and rare books. www.kennys.ie | www.thekennygallery.ie
@samblakebooks.bsky.social
No 1 bestselling Irish crime writer (adult & YA) 💙📚 Chair Society of Authors, views my own. Agent: Simon Trewin https://linktr.ee/SamBlakeBooks
@tolkajournal.bsky.social
Literary journal of formally promiscuous non-fiction. Publishing essays, memoir, autofiction and the overflow. Supported by the Arts Council. tolkajournal.org
@sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
Award-winning Irish children's author, children’s book reviewer, book events programmer and Events Manager at Halfway up the Stairs Children’s Bookshop Founder of #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks Linktree: https://linktr.ee/SarahWebbWriter
@winterpapers.bsky.social
An annual anthology for the arts in Ireland and beyond. www.winterpapers.com Supported by the Arts Council Posts by Olivia.
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social
Independent press publishing the best new Irish writing for young readers. Supported by Arts Council Ireland. Repped in UK by Bounce Sales & Marketing. Books create waves.
@sineadcrowley.bsky.social
Reader, writer, talker, listener. Yes that's me in both pictures
@cormackinsella.bsky.social
Publicity. Posts mainly about books, sometimes food. Eats mainly food ... https://www.instagram.com/cormac.kinsella/
@bookaneer808.bsky.social
Avid reader, bookseller, likes birds & puns. She/her Creator of annual #ReadIrishWomenChallenge - runs every April https://www.instagram.com/bookaneer808/profilecard/?igsh=NjMxM3A3dWxnNmJ0 CR 📖 Eat The Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin 🪴
@joheinrich.bsky.social
DE & FR > EN translator, Marzahn Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp and more to come! joheinrichtranslation.co.uk
@emerthescreamer.bsky.social
I wish I hadn't committed to EmerTheScreamer as my Twitter handle in 2007, but here we are. Writer Dublin, Ireland
@chandrikanm.bsky.social
Writer, Performer & Cultural Consultant, Multidisciplinary Messer, #STEAM dreamer. She/🤷🏾♀️🏳️🌈♾️ www.chandrika.ie
@daithitoms.bsky.social
Writer. Pacemaker (Banshee Press, 2022). Arts Council Ireland Literature Bursary Award 2023. Maddock Fellow at Marsh's Library, 2024. New work coming soon. 🇮🇪 living in 🇳🇴. 1. nestleder i Voksne med medfødthjertefeil https://davidtoms.substack.com
@chennessybooks.bsky.social
Writer, book critic, creative writing facilitator. Latest book: IN THE MOVIE OF HER LIFE (short stories, Doire Press, 2025). Website: http://www.clairehennessy.com/ Blog: https://clairehennessy.substack.com/ Workshops: https://www.clairehennessy.com/store
@hazelgaynor.bsky.social
Award-winning NYT bestselling author, and show off. Yorkshire/lrish. https://www.hazelgaynor.com/ Events: https://linktr.ee/Hgaynor The Last Lifeboat (paperback) 25 April.
@dylanbrennan.bsky.social
Poet, teacher | Ireland/Mexico | Let the Dead available from Banshee Press.
@erinfornoff.bsky.social
Poet, writer, mountain girl from western North Carolina, currently in east County Clare. 08 Obama campaign staff, Ashoka. Books: Hymn to the Reckless, Folk Heroes. Play: We Are An Archipelago, due to be published June 2025. A real trouper
@thereadparts.bsky.social
Irish writer. Author of Exile (a novel) & Writing Resistance (a monograph) Editor @ the Mirror. Agent: Eleanor Birne @ RCW
@jackielynam.bsky.social
Dublin writer and librarian. Traces: Poems and Essays published 2023. Longlisted for Carousel Aware Prize for Indie Authors 2024. Arts Council Agility Award recipient 2024. https://linktr.ee/JackieLynam
@eamonambrose.bsky.social
#Irish sci-fi/horror author of Amazon/Kobo best seller Zero Hour. Musician. Sound designer. #EV #renewables #Limerick #Ireland
@lorrainelevis.bsky.social
📚Head of Sales for Bloomsbury in Ireland 📚 Author of ‘Once Upon A Reader: Raising your Children with a Love of Books' 📚 Big Ol’ Nerd
@sheenawriter.bsky.social
Award-winning author of novels for children and adults. Royal Literary Fund Fellow, writing tutor, bookworm, animal lover. First Term at Fernside out now from O'Brien Press.
@sinoistbooks.bsky.social
West Sussex-based indie press dedicated to bringing out the best of Sinophone literature in translation to the English-speaking world.
@emilyherring.bsky.social
Writer My biography of Henri Bergson – Herald of a Restless World – is out now! "The most intellectually stimulating book I read this year.” John Banville She/Her https://linktr.ee/eherring
@tricialockwood.bsky.social
@antonhur.com
Translator, novelist, Korean citizen. TOWARD ETERNITY (HarperVia). Bread Loaf translation faculty. Repped by Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW. He/him. 🔗: antonhur.com
@cairdiul.bsky.social
Former terror of the high seas, now a cannibal king. 🇮🇪🇺🇲🏳️🌈 author (You Ruin It When You Talk) in London, very publishable pleasant lady Sarahsnewideas.com
@claireallan.bsky.social
Writer of thrillers ✍️ Derry Girl ☘️ Izzy’s Human 🐾 aka FREYA KENNEDY, when I'm feeling romantic. 💕 Powered by ADHD, HRT & Maltesers 🤯🥵🍫 Published by @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social New thriller: 📕The Perfect Mother 😱🔪🎈- February '25
@praddenkeefe.bsky.social
New Yorker staff writer. Author of Rogues, Empire of Pain, Say Nothing, The Snakehead. Podcast: Wind of Change. Producer of a new 9-part FX series based on Say Nothing, available now on Hulu (in the US) and Disney+ (everywhere else).
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social
Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, civil(sometimes) partner, mother, lesbian feminist, lover of libraries, vocalist with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Once described as the ‘gobby shop steward of crime fiction’. Www.valmcdermid.com @quineofcrime on Insta