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Sinéad Gleeson

11 months

Thrilled with the cover for my debut novel Hagstone, out April 11th 2024 with @4thEstateBooks . Thanks to Elaine Feeney and Louise Kennedy for blurbs, to Ola Galewicz for her stunning cover and to @mattclacher & @KishWidyaratna . Pre-order: @rcwlitagency

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6 years

“Until I see a male writer asked this question, I’m going to respectfully decline to answer it.” Thank you @legroff .

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9 months

On the death of Carl Andre, I’m thinking of Ana Mendieta’s family and all who admired her art.

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4 years

“When I'm sometimes asked, when will there be enough women on the Supreme Court, and I say, 'When there are nine,' people are shocked. But there'd been nine men, and nobody's ever raised a question about that.” Ruth Bader Ginsberg, RIP.

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January can be grim, so am reminding myself that 19 years ago today I was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and my family were told I had a 20% chance of survival. Forever indebted to Prof. Paul Browne and the brilliant nurses & staff of the Burkitt unit in @stjamesdublin . 💜

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4 years

Imagine if a female advisor to a world leader used her child as an excuse in this scenario? #Cummings

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3 years

Sea and Boat, 1988 - by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham who died on this day in 2004. (No one draws the sea quite like her).

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6 years

Brilliant. “100 extra librarians are to be hired in coming months” as 200 Irish libraries are set to open from 8am-10pm, seven days a week.

Libraries to open seven days a week from 8am to 10pm

Library fines to be abolished under plan to double visitor numbers

www.irishtimes.com

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7 years

Normal day. Scene: a child’s bedroom. : “Child! Get up! For the 10th time!" 8.10am: "Where are your shoes?!" 8.20am: "Why isn't your hair brushed?" Snow day: 7.05am Child already fully dressed and running around in the back garden.

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6 years

Worth remembering that the women’s football team had to change in toilet cubicles and share tracksuits. @FAIreland

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6 years

John Delaney racked up €40,000 spending on FAI credit card in six months.

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3 years

My lovely neighbour’s son is having his 21st outside. Marquee, lights, big tunes, the works. A load of girls just started singing lyrics to a song, whooping, laughing wildly. An echo of PURE JOY. A forgotten sound, given all that’s happened. 💙 May their hangovers be tiny.

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3 years

“It’s not my job to populate my books with characters that other people find relatable. It’s my job to write about whatever comes into my head. If you don’t want to read novels about writers, or women, or Irish people, don’t read my novels. I won’t mind” 👏🏻

Sally Rooney on the hell of fame: ‘It doesn’t seem to work in any real way for anyone’

At 30, the Normal People author is already the most talked-about novelist of her generation. As she readies her third novel, she’s bracing for more (unwanted) attention

www.theguardian.com

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2 years

Between the conviction of five men for the brutal gang rape of a teenage girl, the Amber Heard case and Orange Order men singing about the murder of Michaela McAreavey, it’s been a particularly grim week for misogyny on here.

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6 years

This projection appeared on a Dublin building last night, adding a ball-and-chain with a heavy “8” to Rowan Gillespie’s 1995 statue of a woman climbing a wall. A reminder of the burden of the 8th amendment on the women of Ireland. #repealth8th #TheWeightOfTheEighth #8thRef

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6 years

Addonizio wrote one of my most adored lines - in any poem - in ‘To the Woman Crying Uncontrollably in the Next Stall’; a line that I know many people find comfort in, rising up out of nowhere, almost ambushing the lines preceding it. “listen I love you joy is coming.”

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5 years

“I think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the time.” Iris Murdoch, born on Blessington Street, Dublin, 100 years ago this Monday, July 15th.

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5 years

Daughter: In school, I had to write about a famous person so I wrote about you. Me: Wow, thanks. I’m not actua- Daughter: Yeah, it was you or Lizzo Me: Well, Lizzo is properl- Daughter: Yeah but picking you meant I didn’t have to spend any time looking things up online...

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5 years

This case has been harrowing: the bullying and isolation of Ana because she was different, and her predatory, cruel murder. Justice might lessen her family’s pain over time, but we have to teach boys that girls don’t exist for their gratification.

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5 years

These are the last lines of Constellations. Someone tagged me on Instagram to say they found them reassuring at the moment. Stay well everyone. 💛

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6 years

With the aggravated, sexual murder of 14-year-old Ana Kriegel, the abduction and ongoing case of Jastine Valdez, and two teen boys in court for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, it's a heavy-hearted time to be an Irishwoman at the moment.

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7 years

Today, I keep thinking about @maggiesmithpoet 's extraordinary poem "Good Bones". #Manchester

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6 years

Have you noticed how women’s bodies are always subjected to unwanted comments and opinions?

Daily Express

@Daily_Express

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Have you noticed how Meghan Markle ensures her baby bump takes centre stage?

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4 years

9,000 dead babies. Giving birth alone without pain relief. Violence. The #motherandbabyhomes report invokes pure revulsion at the evil perpetrated on women, single mothers and girls as young as 12. Misogyny and religion entwined in a shameful legacy.

‘I was born in a jail and I spent years in a jail. I got no love, no care, no education’ – harrow...

In the early 1970s, a young Irish woman arrived home to find three people dressed in black standing in the kitchen. The woman, who was living with her aunt...

www.independent.ie

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6 years

Oh my. Actual physical proof that I wrote a book. 💙 #Constellations out April 4th, 2019 with @picadorbooks .

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6 years

When the Sylvia Plath-inspired fashion spread in a women’s magazine includes an oven. (via @tash_wynarczyk )

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1 year

This is completely devastating news. Sinéad was a ground-breaking icon and an activist with an unparalleled voice. Sincere condolences to her family and all who loved and admired her.

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4 years

Bookshops and libraries can re-open on Monday in Ireland. * Support local/indie bookshops if you can, especially ones that took orders and worked non-stop during lockdown * Buying books supports writers whose incomes have been decimated * Buy more books by writers of colour

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5 years

“But grief can be another day on the wheel... ‘Look for me in the trees. I will be there in the trees’”. This letter from today’s Irish Times (via @hlinehan ). 💔

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3 years

Thinking a lot this week about these words by Rebecca Solnit about women walking at night and the risk of attack by men. #SheWasJustWalkingHome #SabinaNessa #SarahEverard

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6 years

The essay in Constellations that took the longest was this one. I stopped, started, gave up. It's about loss and fate; who gets to live, the hollow of grief and two wonderful men. (It's much longer in the book, but grateful to @guardian for this extract)

'The clock of his life was counting down' – loving and losing my ex

Rob was the tall, snarky Irish boy who brought me and my husband together. Then, one day, he was gone

www.theguardian.com

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5 years

Whoa! Was thrilled to win this award for best non-fiction book for Constellations at @AnPostIBAS in a category of great books. Thank you @picadorbooks @RCWLitAgency @CormacKinsella @KishWidyaratna @gabrielaquattro #AnPostIBAS

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6 years

A woman I know daubed this on the Papal cross in the Phoenix Park shortly after Pope John Paul’s visit in 1979. “If men could get pregnant, contraception and abortion would be sacraments.” #PopeInIreland #PapalVisit

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6 years

For years, postmen and couriers have knocked on my door with parcels of books. Today, this arrived. Written over the last three years, in fragments and scraps; during 5am starts; on planes and trains, at writing retreats. Out April 4th. 💫 #Constellations

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3 years

Thrilled to announce This Woman's Work: Essays on Music, an anthology by and about women, co-edited by me and @KimletGordon . Out next April with @WhiteRabbitBks - we're both so excited for you to read these incredible pieces. 1/2 #ThisWomansWork

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4 years

Here’s the cover for The Art of the Glimpse, an anthology of 100 Irish short stories I’ve been working on for the past two years. It features established and emerging voices and will be published in October 1st by @HoZ_Books . Pre-orders appreciated:

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7 years

News! Am delighted and honoured that @picadorbooks will be publishing my debut book in 2019.

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7 years

Tired of the omission of female writers in Irish anthologies, I put together 30 short stories by women, from Elizabeth Bowen to Eimear McBride. #LongGazeBack is the first anthology to be Dublin’s @1city1book choice and we launch the programme today. Deeds, not talk! #readwomen

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4 years

It means so much to me to win the #DalkeyLiteraryAward for Emerging Writer. Huge thanks to @dalkeybookfest , the judges, to @zurich_irl for the prize fund, my co-nominees (read their books!) And congrats Christine Dwyer-Hickey. My extremely shocked face: .

Dalkey Literary Awards 2020 - Emerging Writer Winner

The Dalkey Book Festival, in conjunction with Zurich Insurance, is delighted to announce the inaugural winners of the Dalkey Literary Awards.Award-winning es...

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5 years

Shocked and delighted to be shortlisted for the @RathbonesFolio Prize alongside Zadie Smith, Ben Lerner, Valeria Luiselli. #RathbonesFolio @picadorbooks

Rathbones Folio prize: Zadie Smith makes female-dominated shortlist

Eight books in contention for £30,000 award that has never been won by a woman include Zadie Smith’s story collection Grand Union and poet Fiona Benson’s Vertigo & Ghost

www.theguardian.com

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5 years

Recently, an excellent journalist interviewed me. Later, her editor wanted to include my age. So I asked if male writers ages are routinely included (they aren’t) and am reminded of this by @legroff , and what women who write are asked that men aren’t.

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“Until I see a male writer asked this question, I’m going to respectfully decline to answer it.” Thank you @legroff .

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4 years

#EavanBoland is a monumental loss to Irish poetry. She did so much to amplify the voices of other women. ‘Night Feed’ is one of many gifts. “Worms turn. Stars go in. Even the moon is losing face. Poplars stilt for dawn And we begin The long fall from grace. I tuck you in.”

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6 years

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?” RIP the great Mary Oliver.

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5 years

A historic day for Northern Ireland, with the extension of as same sex marriage and safe, legal abortion. There’s always more to do, but in the midst of the #Brexit horror show, it’s much-needed news. Brilliant work by @All4Choice and @Love_EqualityNI #TheNorthIsNow

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“When we hear personal stories about women, critics describe the work as ‘confessional’. But when our male colleagues do exactly the same work, they’re called essayists. They’re afforded the privilege of the assumption that there is a craft to writing about their own experience.”

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6 years

“Girls are coming out of the woods. wrapped in cloaks and hoods carrying iron bars and candles and a multitude of scars”. The incredible title poem of Tishani Doshi‘s new collection makes me think of the army of women who have worked so hard on the referendum to #Repealthe8th .

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6 years

At Haemotology check-up, where my caring consultant once explained that the drug that saved my life also causes major foetal damage. If pregnant after a contracteptive failure, a foetus had the same rights as me, despite the need to continue my chemotherapy. Please #Repealthe8th

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7 years

The approach to cases of sexual assault and rape needs to change. Less women will want to go to court, but I have so much respect for this woman who stood up to four entitled men. We need men to learn about consent. #IBelieveHer

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5 years

This is stunning, and so moving. Wonderful to see the return of Sinéad aka @MagdaDavitt77 . ‘Nothing Compares To You’ tonight on @RTELateLateShow

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9 years

What a story. "The white man in that photo": http://t.co/wdSRYl5UY7 http://t.co/fp3Vprz7cZ

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3 years

Happy 82nd birthday to Wendy Carlos: composer, synth pioneer and eclipse enthusiast. My essay in This Woman’s Work is about her life’s work, including The Shining soundtrack, revolutionising synth tech with Bob Moog (pictured), the impact of transitioning and her public retreat.

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2 years

Dervla Murphy - travel writer & flâneuse who handled a mule as easily as a bike - has died. Totally fearless, she went against expectations of women in 1960s Ireland. I wrote about her Constellations, including her knack for travelling light (always bring poetry and a knife). RIP

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3 years

‘The Virgin of Éire’ (1940s) by Irish Cubist Mainie Jellett, born 1897, who died on this day in Dublin in 1944.

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6 years

Based on this criteria, I’m happy to announce I’ll be playing for Ireland against Wales tonight. ⚽️

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Sean Gallagher says “he was involved” in #repealthe8th - he “watched the campaign” and then he, um, voted. 🤔

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4pm. Daylight. A public place. You think you’re safe. You think you can switch off the hyper-vigilance, the keys in the hand, calculating the distance to the car park, your front door. This poor woman (and the woman who found her). #SheWasJustOutForARun .

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6 years

I keep thinking that there should be a website where writers could donate time to aspiring writers of colour/working class/traveller/carers/low income writers. Maybe read a chapter, offer advice, a Skype chat. I know a lot of writers (me included) who would be happy to help.

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“If we valued women as full human beings, we would not be having the debate you’re having in Ireland.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was articulate, brilliant, funny and smart at @ILFDublin . And she wore a ‘Yes’ badge. Favourite public interview ever. #ILFD2018

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2 years

1/ Since This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music was published, I’ve been meaning to post a thread about composer Wendy Carlos, the subject of my essay in the book. For #Pride 🌈, I’d like to celebrate her work as a pioneer of synth technology and film scoring.

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5 years

From today, lots of Irish bookshops are taking orders and shipping (current stock), including @gutterbookshop @KennysBookshop @easons @BooksUpstairs @DubrayBooks @CompanyofBooks @OMahonysBooks @WoodbineBooks @sheelaghnagig @bridgebooksop . Support local bookshops and writers.

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5 years

If you’d put these Roses in ANY other colour, it would have looked less Handmaid’s Tale.

TV guide: 14 of the best shows to watch this week

The Roses in bloom once more, plus the return of the Bake Off and Love Your Garden

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6 years

Devastated to hear about @LyraMcKee , murdered by dissident republicans. We did a festival panel and kept in touch. She was funny, kind, a brilliant journalist, spoke up for others, a carer to her mam. We had many book chats, & she was about to publish hers.

Lyra McKee murder: Journalist shot dead during Derry rioting

Dissident republicans are being blamed for killing 29-year-old Lyra McKee during rioting in the city.

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5 years

“Life-changing injuries” because no one bothered to see if anyone was sleeping inside. The lack of humanity and empathy in dealing with homelessness here is staggering. Remember this - and other stories - when deciding which parties to vote for in #GE20 .

Homeless man injured after tent removed by vehicle

A homeless man is in a serious condition in hospital after the tent he was sleeping in was removed from the banks of the Grand Canal by an industrial vehicle.

www.rte.ie

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3 years

Every Irish person knows what happened to our language. For anyone whose doesn’t… — from Audrey Magee’s forthcoming novel, The Colony. Out next month with @FaberBooks .

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6 years

Happy #NollaignaMBan . From the pioneers, to women today who keep speaking up; who care for, support, listen to, champion, and lift up other women. To those doing their best. Lots done, more to do, so that equality extends to all women, especially those without the loudest voices.

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5 years

I loved @DeborahJaneOrr ’s columns over the years - so many young female journalists looked up her. Dreadfully sorry for her family at this sad news, and that she won’t be around for the publication of her brilliant memoir Motherwell.

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6 years

‘A Wound Gives Off Its Own Light’ (from Anne Carson) is an essay in #Constellations that looks at three artists - Frida Kahlo, Jo Spence and Lucy Grealy - who used the experience of illness and their complicated bodies to make art. Here’s a short extract:

Sinéad Gleeson: As a teenager in hospital, I found hope in Frida Kahlo

Artists showed a parallel creative life was possible, one that overshadows patient life

www.irishtimes.com

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2 years

Happy Solstice.

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In 1939, when WW2 broke out, Joan Miró was living near the Normandy coast. Blackouts were mandatory. “I had enjoyed looking out at night, seeing the sky, stars and moon, but now we weren't allowed - so I painted the windows blue and that was the beginning of the Constellations."

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This landmark history of Irish women’s writing is superb, and feels very timely. Whenever editors say they “can’t find” women poets/short story writers/genre work, this should be their starting point. I’ve learned about a lot of forgotten women because of this book.

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5 years

#MeAt20 Russian spy with bleached crop and nose piercing.

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3 years

Solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Thinking of the those who can’t flee, through illness, disability, geography, means. You can donate to the UN’s humanitarian fund here:

Ukraine Humanitarian Fund - Help people in need when crisis strikes

United Nations Crisis Relief connects people who care to people in crisis, providing support where it matters most.

crisisrelief.un.org

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People hiding in Kyiv metro #Ukraine

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Rebecca Solnit "The major threat to women always was/still is straight men and patriarchy. Trans women do not pose a threat to cis women. Feminism is a subcategory of human rights advocacy, so you can’t be a feminist if you’re not for other women’s rights."

Trans women pose no threat to cis women, but we pose a threat to them if we make them outcasts |...

Growing up in San Francisco, the loudest, proudest queer town around, made it clear to me that gender was what you made of it

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6 years

Am honoured to be appointed the 2019 UCD/Arts Council Writing Fellow. Really looking forward to teaching students, exploring forms, nurturing new voices and so grateful for the opportunity to focus on writing. Thanks to @UCD_English and @artscouncil_ie .

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“In north Dublin, there are 1,469 children on waiting lists for speech and language therapy compared with zero for SE Dublin and 10 for Dún Laoghaire. At the heart of the problem is an inefficient and unjust system in which access to treatment is often drive by ability to pay.”

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This may be the greatest author photo ever. Edna O’Brien, from a 1974 edition of A Scandalous Woman.

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4 years

Me trying to fix the draft of my novel.

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“The lack of young people & women in Irish political life is not an accident; it's a symptom of cynicism that exists, the belief that those who walk the halls of power are in it for themselves, and disregard real people and their problems. After all this, who can blame them?” 1/2

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8 years

The greatest piece of writing about doing the big Christmas shop, from Anne Enright's The Green Road. (Ta for the reminder @SCrowleyAuthor ).

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7 years

I don't know what to say about this new essay for @GrantaMag , other than it's about someone who I love very much...

Second Mother | Sinéad Gleeson | Granta Magazine

Sinéad Gleeson on Alzheimer's disease. ‘Anchored in the dark, the weight of all that water. Memory punctured, slowly deflating, sinking.’

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7 years

After four years presenting @BookShowRTE on @rteradio1 it's time for me to move on. I've interviewed hundreds of writers in bookshops, their homes, in studios, on walks, and it's been an honour. Onwards to more writing and the edits for Constellations. Thanks for listening. x

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5 years

Here we go! @AnPostIBAS #Irishbookawards #APIBAS

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3 years

John Berger’s Ways of Seeing is 50 years old in 2022. From January 3rd, @BBCRadio4 will broadcast five essays responding to his work, and a specific artwork. Featuring Olivia Laing, Geoff Dyer, @melissachemam @tw_overton and me. Thanks to @MairBosworth .

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6 years

*attempts nonchalance*

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I’ve got that ‘so many books, so little time’ feeling (not unusual for me). I really want to read all of these... so if you’ve read any of them, feel free to help me choose which one to go with first. 2/

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Ok, If a reviewer references Hilary Mantel, Olivia Laing, Rebecca Solnit, Lauren Elkin and Sarah Perry in a review of Constellations, it's ok to tweet it, right? @picadorbooks

Constellations: Reflections from Life by Sinéad Gleeson – review

Intimate, polished essays about chronic bodily decline

www.theguardian.com

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3 years

In this morning’s news, I’m not Sinéad O’Connor.

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@Thecockadoodle

3 years

@sineadgleeson @clicky_here @RuaRed @Aosdana @creativeirl @MaoliosaBoyle @strandsmusic @SDCCArts @artscouncil_ie I think you are still persona non grata over here in the States. Ever since you tore up that picture of the pope on Saturday Night Live folks over here don’t forget. When are you gonna put out more music?? Nothing compares to you is my favorite song of yours.

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Sinéad Gleeson

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So starving families, children sleeping on hospital floors and a prime minister who is openly racist wasn’t enough for people not to Vote Tory. He’ll drive the UK off a cliff. #GE19

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Sinéad Gleeson

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Happy birthday Kate Bush. Here’s her version - as Gaeilge - of Mná na hÉireann (“Women of Ireland”) arranged by Donal Lunny. Sinéad O’Connor also recorded a version of this.

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Sinéad Gleeson

@sineadgleeson

6 years

“I want that red dress bad. I want it to confirm your worst fears about me, to show you how little I care about you...” Have just discovered that the incredible Kim Addonizio is coming to the Cork Poetry Festival on March 23rd. @MunLitCentre

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Sinéad Gleeson

@sineadgleeson

6 years

“Black excellence is supposed to perform with good manners & forgiveness in the face of any racist slights or attacks. Black excellence is not supposed to be emotional as it pulls itself together to win after questionable calls.” Claudine Rankine on Serena

The Meaning of Serena Williams (Published 2015)

On tennis and black excellence.

www.nytimes.com

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Sinéad Gleeson

@sineadgleeson

7 years

The image of 15-year-old Ann Lovett giving birth at a grotto to a stillborn son has haunted Ireland. Brilliant, detailed reporting here by @RositaBoland on Ann’s life and the case.

Ann Lovett: Death of a ‘strong, kick-ass girl’

The 15-year-old who died after giving birth at a grotto in Granard would have turned 50 in April

www.irishtimes.com

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Sinéad Gleeson

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7 years

Rebecca Solnit pulling zero punches on Trump: "The loneliness of Donald Trump"

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Sinéad Gleeson

@sineadgleeson

3 years

If you’re an unpublished writer (British/Commonwealth/Ireland) with a fiction or non-fiction WIP of 15-20K words, enter the Deborah Rogers Prize. I made the longlist & got an agent for the essays that became Constellations. Deadline July 1st @rcwlitagency

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Sinéad Gleeson

@sineadgleeson

4 years

Two years ago today was the last time I spoke to @LyraMcKee . She was in great form, had just turned 29 the day before and was looking forward to her book being published. Three weeks later she was shot dead and to date, no one has been convicted of her murder. #justice4lyra 1/2

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Sinéad Gleeson

@sineadgleeson

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Great news that a commemorative plaque will be unveiled at the house Maeve Brennan grew up in (and set many of her stories). I'll be joining @LordMayorDublin Daithí de Róiste to say a few words on Maeve's birthday, January 6th, 11am at 48 Cherrywood Avenue, Ranelagh. All welcome.

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Sinéad Gleeson

@sineadgleeson

5 years

So @OldDerekOConnor found my literary doppelgänger. Idea Vilariño (1920-2009), Uruguayan poet and essayist.

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Sinéad Gleeson

@sineadgleeson

5 years

80 years ago today, Nuala O'Faolain was born in Dublin. I often mention her when people ask about Irish women who write the self, challenging shame & inequality which she did fearlessly. @junecaldwell wrote this and is curating #NualaExpo for @MoLI_Museum .

Nuala O’Faolain: My powerful, idiosyncratic, crude friend

Ten years after the author's death, June Caldwell reflects on her friend and mentor

www.irishtimes.com

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Sinéad Gleeson

@sineadgleeson

5 years

Attempting to wash my eyeballs as much as my hands in a bid to unsee the celebrity Imagine video.

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Sinéad Gleeson

@sineadgleeson

6 years

Anyone who has been through the Irish healthcare system knows the tireless work nurses and midwives do. They’re at the frontline of daily patient care, and are the core of empathy in a health system that doesn’t value their worth. #NursesStrike #StandWithNurses

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Sinéad Gleeson

@sineadgleeson

4 years

Forgot to mark the anniversary of finding my doppelgänger.

Sinéad Gleeson

@sineadgleeson

5 years

So @OldDerekOConnor found my literary doppelgänger. Idea Vilariño (1920-2009), Uruguayan poet and essayist.

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