Katie Donovan

Stop the corporate takeover of seaweed rights I just emailed TDs in Kerry, Galway, Mayo, and Donegal telling them to stand firm against corporate takeover of seaweed harvesting, can you do the same?

I just emailed TDs in Kerry, Galway, Mayo, and Donegal telling them to stand firm against corporate takeover of seaweed harvesting, can you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/st...

Solution not Pollution - Real Time Sewage Discharge Monitoring Ireland Needs Real-Time Reporting of Sewer Discharges - Just Like the UK  Across Ireland, rivers, lakes, estuaries, bathing and coastal waters are being polluted by regular storm overflows and se...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/so... @uplift.ie

🐸It’s possibly our favourite time of year, when the frogs return to the ponds on Montpelier Hill, gathering in the shallows as the year’s spawning activity begins. #nature #biodiversity #wildlife #thursdaymood 🐸

Save the Digital Euro Europe depends on US companies to handle digital payments, putting our money at risk. A strong Digital Euro would give everyone safe, independent access to money. But banks and Big Tech want to kill t...

Europe depends on US companies to handle digital payments, putting our money at risk. A strong Digital Euro would give everyone safe, independent access to money. But banks and Big Tech want to kill the proposal. Sign the petition now: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-02...

The Contemporary Irish Short Story with Gerard Beirne - Irish Writers Centre 6-week online course exploring the Irish short story with Gerard Beirne. Starts Wednesday 15 April 2026, 7.00pm - 9.00pm.

I’m delighted to be running the Contemporary Irish Short Story online course at the Irish Writers Centre. Bookings are now open.

irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/the-...

Email TDs and Senators to stop Darragh O'Brien's fossil fuel power grab I just emailed the TDs and Senators on the climate committee asking them to stop Darragh O'Briens fossil fuel power grab. Can you do the same?

I just emailed the TDs and Senators on the climate committee asking them to stop Darragh O'Briens fossil fuel power grab. Can you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/em...

Ban Forever Chemicals Now Forever chemicals are poisoning Europe’s water, food, and even our blood. Chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections - but people across Europe are pushing back. Sign now to ban PFAS and put h...

PFAS are linked to cancer and contaminate our water and food - yet chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections to our health. Europe can still act. I just signed. Will you? action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...

PSA writers aged 18-26 ✨

The Young Writer Delegate Programme at Cúirt International Festival of Literature is now open for applications!

More info + how to apply here: irishwriterscentre.ie/young-writer...

Our next online event will be our February launch reading with Polly Clark, Cathy Galvin and Penelope Shuttle!

Watch live (or later) on our YouTube channel on Tues 24 February, 7pm.

More details here: www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic...

@cathygalvin.bsky.social

I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too? action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...

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❌ Don't destroy our forests
❌ Don't deregulate nature protection
❌ Don't work with the far right

Vote NO on the #EUDR in the European Parliament this Wednesday. share.greens-efa.eu/s/L7MglIq6

If any of my Bluesky author friends have written books that feature dogs quite prominently (not necessarily plural dogs, could be a singular dog), then do let me know, and I'll see if there's any way I can squeeze it into our forthcoming book Literary Dogs, a history of canines in literature.

Me, My Film, and My Massive Brain Tumor David Freyne directed and co-wrote a film about death. Then, he learned he had a brain tumor the size of an apple.

So apart from being very talented my brother David is very brave. While his film Eternity was being wrapped up he had a very serious diagnosis and he has written about it here time.com/7339094/eter...

Save The Complex in Dublin I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share

I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie

We're rounding off the year with some truly excellent December online workshops! Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo...

@janeburn.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Sanction Stapolin's Autism Classes In Stapolin ETNS, we are having to campaign for 2 additional autism classes to meet the needs of children within our school and local community because the NCSE have informed us that our school is not...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie

Banshee Press

really looking forward to welcoming @bansheepress.bsky.social to the #DublinSmallPressFair2025 on November 28/29 in the Pearse St Library, D2.

Banshee publish a literary journal as well as books, and won Small Press of the Year in 2024 + 2025 at The Bookseller's Publishing Awards!

bansheepress.org

Don’t let Big Tech lobbyists exploit our data! An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision:

An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision: action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...

What does it mean to be a young, working-class male writer in contemporary Ireland?

Join @skeinpress.bsky.social for 'Young Blood' at this year's #DublinSmallPressFair

Tickets are free but limited - find them at www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/you...

Presented in association with Poetry Ireland.

Poet & translator @georgeszirtes.bsky.social is a nominee for the inaugural City of Literature Award. The winner will be chosen by residents of Eastern England & announced at a ceremony @writerscentre.bsky.social on 12 Feb. Vote by 12 Dec. #eastanglianbookawards
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...

Stand Against Hate in our Communities I've just signed the Open Letter to support Standing Against Hate in our Communities. Can you do the same?

I've just signed the Open Letter to support Standing Against Hate in our Communities. Can you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/st...

Keep the Baltic Sea clean and safe! Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚

Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚 action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...

A magical event in Cork celebrating Arlen House at 50, honouring Catherine Rose, Ireland's first feminist publisher; plus launching the biggest anthology of Irish women poets ever published ‒ Washing Windows V ‒ with an amazing speech by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin + stunning readings from contributors.

What Palestinians and Israelis Have Learned Since October 7th Despite the ceasefire in Gaza, prospects for long-term peace seem worse than ever.

“Israel now controls about 53 per cent of Gaza, and there is no indication that it is going to leave,” Nathan Thrall, a former director at the International Crisis Group, said.

"A poet can survive everything but a misprint."

Oscar Wilde #botd

Nobel peace prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group Nihon Hidankyo receives accolade for campaign to rid world of nuclear weapons by ‘describing the indescribable’

The quiet power of never forgetting.

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...

Via Sarah Clancy's partner Anne Mulhall:

"Friends I am so happy to tell you that Sarah and all the Irish flotilla heroes are in the air flying to Athens and will all be on flights home to Dublin tonight or tomorrow.
Sarah will be arriving into Dublin airport at 11pm tonight."

World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now Right now, the last remaining vessel of the Sumud Flotilla, The Marinette, is approaching Gaza's waters -- carrying brave activists who are all risking their lives to break Israel’s illegal siege on G

World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now action.eko.org/a/world-lead...

Choice in Maternity Care Matters: Mothers Deserve More Irish mums were promised safe, personal maternity care with real options. Instead, we're getting too many unnecessary procedures and unfair treatment depending on where you live. Our families—and hard...

Irish mums were promised safe, personal maternity care with real options. Instead, we're getting too many unnecessary procedures and unfair treatment depending on where you live. Our families—and hardworking midwives—deserve much better. my.uplift.ie/petitions/mo... @uplift.ie