'I can't go through my whole life telling myself I'm half of something...'

In episode six of 'In the Half Light', writer and activist Leon Diop reflects how he came to embrace his mixed-heritage identity

Listen now via Spotify, Apple or via our website: skeinpress.com/conversations/

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We're delighted to share the sixth episode of 'In the Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland' is live now

Curator Phil Mullen speaks to 3 renowned writers about their experiences of growing up mixed-race in Ireland:
🎙️Marguerite Penrose
🎙️Jackie McCarthy O'Brien
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This Is Not a Cookbook Roxana Manouchehri in conversation with Grace Neville Friday 24 April 2026 Paperboys Café at Triskel | 3pm | Free

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'I am just relieved for now': Iranian author on the war and her book at the Cork World Book Fest Ahead of a visit to Cork, author Roxana Manouchehri talks about the comfort of food inspiring her book, and shares her fears for her parents in Iran, writes Colette Sheridan

Great interview with Roxana Manouchehri discussing migration, memory, war and family ahead of her event at @corkworldbookfest.bsky.social

Thanks to @irishexaminer.bsky.social

#ThisIsNotaCookbook

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This Is Not a Cookbook Roxana Manouchehri in conversation with Grace Neville Friday 24 April 2026 Paperboys Café at Triskel | 3pm | Free

Don't forget you can catch 'This is Not a Cookbook' author Roxana Manouchehri at Cork World Book Festival next week 🌿🍇 @corkworldbookfest.bsky.social

Taking place Friday 24 April, in conversation with Grace Neville 🎤 Tickets here:
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Really looking forward to this! 💙

The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad ‘A remarkable testament to all that is found in translation: a collection of poems, a matrilineage, the Asturian poetic tradition, and a reminder that every storyteller since Shahrazad keeps …

At the heart of the collection is the figure of the pelican - thanks to the amazing @frontwardsdesign for this incredibly evocative cover, as well as pelican pins ♥️

Order now via our website, or all good bookshops 🌸

#PoetryInTranslation #AsturianPoetry

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It's officially launch day for #ThePosthumousBookOfShahrazad — a time-bending poetry collection that asks: what does it mean to keep ourselves alive through stories?

This bilingual edition presents Raquel F. Menéndez's Asturian text alongside an extraordinary translation by @robmunb.bsky.social

Contentious Spaces ‘Rosaleen McDonagh is a writer of huge and vivacious talent and this is a brilliant novel, so vivid and urgent and addictive.’ – Kevin Barry

You can order the novel here via our website or find it in all good bookshops!

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Travellers drama Contentious Spaces is surely just the start of Rosaleen McDonagh’s long and illustrious career as a novelist Rosaleen McDonagh’s Unsettled, an essay collection, was, for me, one of the standout pieces of Irish writing back in 2021. Her debut novel offers similar insight into the world of some of Ireland’s mo...

"The novel’s strengths lie in its author’s intimate knowledge of not just the travelling community, but of the fight of all marginalised people for dignity and respect"

Thanks to Estelle Birdy for this considered, incisive review of #ContentiousSpaces

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MY HEART IS A FOREST - an Arabic children's book from Palestine that we are proud to bring you in partnership with @tamerinstitute

Published in 2018, written by Ranin Hannah and Majd Kayyal and illustrated by by Ra'ouf Cray, MY HEART IS A FOREST is a collection of songs for children.

Irish and European poetry in lesser-used languages - European Parliament Spring Talks 2026 | Office in Dublin | European Parliament

POETRY and SPRING! 🌷🪻🌺

Beautiful event happening this Thursday at 6pm celebrating Irish and European poetry in lesser-used languages

The event features Skein writer Keith Payne, translator of 'Whales and Whales/ Baleas e Baleas' from Gallego

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A stack of books published by Skein Press, with a blue glass award sitting on top

We're delighted to have been awarded the Best Irish Literature Publishing House for the second year running! Huge thanks to the EU Business News Irish Enterprise Awards for selecting us 💚

And congratulations to our writers, translators, illustrators, podcasters and partners on this achievement 🎊

Contentious Spaces by Rosaleen McDonagh - read an extract The Traveller families who live in Saint Rita's are on borrowed time. In just a week they will be evicted by the local council, threatening not only their homes but also their history and the stories ...

Read an extract from 'Contentious Spaces', the groundbreaking novel from #RosaleenMcDonagh on @rte.ie. Thanks to #DerekOConnor for featuring it!

Read more here: www.rte.ie/culture/2026...

Available in your local bookshop!

#ContentiousSpaces #BookRecommendation

This is what I look like when I'm having a boss time... #ThePosthumousBookofShahrazad
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And that's a wrap on a brilliant few days in Madrid celebrating #ThePosthumousBookofShahrazad and #WhalesandWhales with thanks to #CultureIreland

Huge thanks also to our poets, translators, to @tourismireland.bsky.social and to all the lovely booksellers we met 💛💛

Hasta la próxima Madrid! 🌞

Contentious Spaces ‘Rosaleen McDonagh is a writer of huge and vivacious talent and this is a brilliant novel, so vivid and urgent and addictive.’ – Kevin Barry

You can order it now via our website or find it in all good bookshops: skeinpress.com/product/cont...

Huge thanks to @maireadhearne.bsky.social for this engaged and effusive review of #ContentiousSpaces

Sinead Burke onstage with Rosaleen McDonagh

Rosaleen, wearing a red suit and pink framed glasses, smiling

Anne Burke holding a microphone and smiling

The crowd, seated amongst bookshelves

Some more photos from Thursday's launch of 'Contentious Spaces', courtesy of the brilliant @paulageraghty.bsky.social 👏

Thank you again to all who joined us!

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The @madridlitmag.bsky.social spoke to Luisa Castro and Raquel F Menéndez ahead of tomorrow's #SemanaDeIralanda event in Madrid!

Join us in @lib-parenthesis.bsky.social at 7.30pm with thanks to #CultureIreland @tourismireland.bsky.social

Skein Press Thought-provoking writing

Special thanks to Anne Burke and Sinéad Burke for their contributions, to @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social for hosting and to @deptcde.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for their support

You can order #ContentiousSpaces now via skeinpress.com or find it in all good bookshops 📚

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for the launch of #ContentiousSpaces by Dr Rosaleen McDonagh last night

It was a remarkably powerful evening in celebration of a truly remarkable writer 💫

Today's the day! We can't wait to celebrate this amazing book with you all 🥂

See you at 6pm in Hodges Figgis, Dawson St 📚

No registration required

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Calling all Scots!

This Saturday, March 14th, join Charles Lang at StAnza Poetry Festival as he shares some work from his stunning debut collection 'The Oasis' alongside fellow poet Isabelle Baafi ✨

Tickets here: byretheatre.com/book-online/...

CONTENTIOUS SPACES by Rosaleen McDonagh

Back cover, blurbs

New from @skeinpress.bsky.social

Join us on 17 March at Librería Parenthesis for a celebration of two acclaimed poetry collections:
🦢The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad by Raquel F. Menéndez translated by Robin Munby
🐳 Baleas e Baleas/ Whales and Whales by Luisa Castro translated by Keith Payne

We're delighted to be part of this year's Semana de Irlanda - a festival of Irish culture taking place across Madrid ☘️ 🇪🇸

With huge thanks to #CultureIreland and @tourismireland.bsky.social

#IrelandWeek

Purple book cover on a pink background. The text reads 'Launch of Contentious Spaces with special guest Sinead Burke' and in smaller letter underneath '12 March, 6pm, Hodges Figgis'

Just two more days until the launch of 'Contentious Spaces' by Rosaleen McDonagh

The evening will feature renowned Disabled Irish accessibility activist Sinéad Burke in conversation with Rosaleen about her remarkable fiction debut 💫

This Thursday at 6 PM in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social

So lovely to see #ContentiousSpaces making its way to readers 💜