Here's a freewheeling conversation about everything and nothing between Gerry Fialka and Sagging Meniscus publisher Jacob Smullyan:
Posts by Guillermo Stitch
Garcia Marquez. Specifically 'Relato de un náufrago'
Thanks to @dawnraffel.bsky.social for this!!
This what social media is for.
*State, In Relation | Readings & Conversation* - Books Upstairs - Tuesday 5th May 2026 at 6:00pm. Featuring: Clare Bell, Oein DeBhairduin, Sonya Gildea, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Nithy Kasa, and my lovely wife Susan Tomaselli! booksupstairs.ie/all-events/s...
Many thanks to @dublininquirer.com for including the book launch for The Coast of Everything in their recommendations this week bit.ly/4cwrW91
Hodges Figgis, June 17th at 6pm with @jcaldwell.bsky.social and @davidcollard.bsky.social. Also, me. Do come. Important to register at bit.ly/4cOtoVr
An illustration of some coral and the quote "That which is not charms that which is"
New Substack. Wherein I promise the reader eternal life. guillermostitch.substack.com/p/that-which...
"Whatever the cultural differences in play, there was no context in which, for a man in middle life, mauve was not a bold choice."
www.thecoastofeverything.com
And @davidcollard.bsky.social ! (Character limits . . .)
Screenshot of an Irish Times announcement for the launch of The Coast of Everything by Guillermo Stitch on June 17th 2026
The Coast of Everything is out on the 16th June. Details and preorder links at thecoastofeverything.com. Dublin launch with June Caldwell on 17th June. Reserve a spot at www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-for....
Dear Lisa Nandy.
Small Indy publishers bring millions into the UK.
In the past 2 years Bluemoose has had 2 books adapted for BBC Two TV series.
The Gallows Pole by @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social
Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social
How about promoting the Lit Fiction sector?
My book launch in Kenny’s in Galway this Thursday is free but you can reserve your seat here. Hope to see you there. www.kennys.ie/events/books... @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
The cover of Nicholas Royle's 'Finders, Keepers: the Secret Life of Second hand books' published by Salt: https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/finders-keepers-9781784633417
Author and publisher Nicholas Royle and part of his magnificent Picador collection.
On Thursday (16th April) join me and author @nicholasroyle.bsky.social for a live online conversation to mark the publication of 'FINDERS KEEPERS: The Secret life of Second-hand Books.' Free, and all welcome. If you haven't already been invited contact me via davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site
Yeah, I'd go with these.
It’s gotten very serious out there—so let’s try and lighten the mood #funniestirishbooks:
This will be epic! Bring your Bloomsday hangovers for a hair of the dog and the first public event to mark the launch of 'The Coast of Everything' - a virtuosic and clobberingly original novel that demands and repays many re-readings.
Very much looking forward to June 17th in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social in Dublin. Tell your (Dublin or Dublin-adjacent) friends. Deepest thanks to @junec.bsky.social and @davidcollard.bsky.social for helping me with this. And many thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social
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Nice shout in @irishtimes.com for the launch of The Coast of Everything by @guillermostitch.bsky.social in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social on June 17th.
Tickets here www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-for...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Very much looking forward to June 17th in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social in Dublin. Tell your (Dublin or Dublin-adjacent) friends. Deepest thanks to @junec.bsky.social and @davidcollard.bsky.social for helping me with this. And many thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
“The plume of the Haj Mawly. A spirit of the oasis. To harm one is forbidden. When you fell to the ground you were clutching it. How did you come by it?”
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One of the 760 page novel's pivotal passages. Kudos to Tyler for homing in on it.
One of the 760 page novel's pivotal passages. Kudos to Tyler for homing in on it.
God I hope I warned you about word count . . .
Nothing calm about that leading-up calm in my little corner of the universe. The storm before the calm would also work.
Big news! The 2026 Barbellion Prize opens for new submissions today. Full details on Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/DWoHpNLCGhW/
Free entry for eligible authors and publishers. Spread the word...
"At his back, a narrow set of ascending steps squeezed between two buildings. At the top of them a door was open and over it hung a sign: Café Baba."
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I hadn't seen this. Very kind of the good people at @hotpress.com to include 'The Coast of Everything' in their round-up of books to look forward to in 2026.
www.hotpress.com/culture/new-...
I hadn't seen this. Very kind of the good people at @hotpress.com to include 'The Coast of Everything' in their round-up of books to look forward to in 2026.
www.hotpress.com/culture/new-...
That's what everyone says the first time Mark E Smith cuts their hair. But it grows on you.