Flash Fiction Armagh open submissions for Armagh Food & Cider event at Crannagael House on Sep 3rd 2026.
Deadline 3rd Aug 2026. 200 – 700 words in the body of your email (NO ATTACHMENTS please) - byddi@hotmail.com - subject heading Flash Fiction Armagh Submission. You must be available to read.
PEN International is gravely concerned by the arrest and detention of prominent Ahmed Shihab-Eldin in Kuwait amid growing restrictions on online expression. We call for his immediate release.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
All the better for seeing this wee face!
Happy Book Birthday to Barren!
Poppy would definitely love this cake.
Can't believe it's been a year since Barren was launched in the @armaghmuseum with @francesmckennaart
Barren is available on all platforms, in bookshops and in libraries NI.
books2read.com/byddiLee/
One of Ireland's less common butterflies, the green hairstreak, in a rewilding part of the farm yesterday.
Rewilding isn't just about getting more trees and forests back, but increasing diversity and abundance of *all* our natural species and ecosystems.
This sums it up precisely.
I made a little Instagram reel about this image because it’s just so frickin’ cool
This thread on #Artemis II - OMG so wonderous...
I had missed the green tinge that is the aurorea...and the thinness of our atmosphere, and it's taken at night.
Curious about the creamflare just above centre - guessing it's a satellite...
But WOW!
The love we get from these creatures!!!
Omg! Huge shoutout to San Francisco, CA! Ocean Beach, you crushed it! 🌊
For the past month, @pen-tlrc.bsky.social have been sharing a poem a day for the Poetry Marathon. Today: Preiere par un fi – Prayer for a Child by Serena Fogolini, in Friulian — a minoritised language spoken in northeastern Italy and in diaspora communities abroad.
youtu.be/G03OUtP8-cg
#Belarus: PEN members have actively campaigned for the release of Kaciaryna Andrejeva and Valeryja Kaściuhova. While we rejoice at their freedom, we condemn the authorities’ relentless campaign of repression. #FreeThemAll
Read the full statement ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/belarus...
Well done! Acoustic Haven is a great platform for local artists.
For St Patrtick's Day then, my rendition of "John MacAnanty, Fairy King of Scrabo Hill" - in Ulster Scots. Via the Acoustic Haven podcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMI7...
📑 We’re in Brussels for the launch of the 2026 report of @coemediafreedom.bsky.social. Press freedom in Europe remains under sustained pressure, driven by legal threats, attempts at media capture and transnational repression.
Read the full report ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/press-f...
It's never too late for caterday!
Thank you to the Full Stop Podcast for a beautiful discussion in a warm, safe place for a discussion about childlessness not by choice and my book Barren.
www.thefullstoppod.com/listen
And the picture of me with the little snake from the story I told about it.
Thank you to the Full Stop Podcast for a beautiful discussion in a warm, safe place for a discussion about childlessness not by choice and my book Barren.
www.thefullstoppod.com/listen
Ohhhh my hands feel cold reading this!
I love the whole rainbow thing. Even though I understand the physics of it, it still blows my mind. Great photos!
That's a beautiful photo - but it does tell the story of 'cold'!
It's great to be able to offer all my books as ebooks here on #bookshop.org and support local bookshops in the process! uk.bookshop.org/a/1063/97809...
I love this logic!
Flyer for Scoil Gheimhridh Uí Chadhain 30-31 January by Glor Na Mona. Winter school at Glór na Móna. Picture of Mairtín Ó Cadhain. Logo with patchwork map of Ireland that says 'Ag Samhlú Éire Nua 'Liberty, Equality, Solidarity'. Events are at An Cultúrlann on the Falls Road in Belfast.
Clár as Gaeilige
Programme - English
Winter summer school with Glór na Móna next weekend, January 30-31, at an Cultúrlann on the Falls Road, Belfast.
Brilliant book by Sue Divin out on 7th May 2026. Delighted to get an ARC & proud that my blurb has been included on the @panmacmillan.bsky.social website. A story of our times. Let it break your heart & rebuild it!
Available for pre-order now www.panmacmillan.com/authors/sue-...
