Tim Groenland

Tim Groenland

@groenbot.bsky.social

Academic in Dublin. Contemporary literature & publishing.

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Tim Groenland
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Dónal Lunny's passing causing old wounds to reopen in the group chat, as one brother recalls the time when the other brother taped over his Bothy Band album with Coolio

Tim Groenland
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There were two different Michael Jacksons, one boy and one girl, in the school queue this morning. He has definitively proved himself too big to cancel

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Paul Fagan
@pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social

Very excited to learn about the amazing Promotional Opportunities available to me, the acclaimed author Flann O'Brien, for my novel "The Hard Life"

Tim Groenland
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Here's a review-essay on three important books in the sociology of literature/institutional turn - BIG FICTION (Sinykin), WRITING BACKWARDS (Manshel), and MAKING WORLD LITERATURE (Muenchrath). I offer a few thoughts on points of convergence & challenges of method: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

cambridge.orgBoth Mirror and Mechanism: Literature and Its Institutions | Journal of American Studies | Cambridge CoreBoth Mirror and Mechanism: Literature and Its Institutions

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Dean Buckley
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he could immediately fund more than half of this by scrapping the €150m allocation for "AI upskilling"

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie

Minister for Higher and Further Education James Lawless has said the demand from Irish universities for €250 million to bridge a core funding gap is "significantly in excess" of the previously agreed figure.

rte.ieMinister questions university funding gap figureMinister for Higher and Further Education James Lawless has said the demand from Irish universities for €250 million to bridge a core funding gap is "significantly in excess" of the previously agreed ...
Tim Groenland
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The book presents the most vivid account yet of Ireland’s Direct Provision system, by an author who spent 18 months inside it. We spoke about the book's form, its history, literary influences, & the translation by Alexandra Novitskaya, among other things

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman
@niamhroisin.bsky.social

I have not seen much evidence of attempts to avert it… (beyond what sound like attempts to discredit union positions). Are tractors on the roads blocking refineries the only way to get talks to begin these days? Strike action is serious and important.

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com

Public sector strike may be difficult to avert at this stage, Minister admits

irishtimes.comPublic sector strike may be difficult to avert at this stage, Minister admitsPreparations are under way for the strike, which will see more than 300,000 public sector workers undertake a work stoppage
Tim Groenland
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I find it too funny to imagine his thought process- "ah yes another fine illustrated title from the prestigious Donkey Kong imprint, those folks know their job"

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Dónal Hassett
@donalh.bsky.social

Another illustration that the new hardline immigration policies are completely vibes led and all about vice signalling, not evidence led in any way.

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Tim Groenland
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For International Translation Day, here's a dataset that me and Michaela Králová have put together on the publication of translated literature in Ireland over the past decade or so: zenodo.org/records/2304...

zenodo.orgTranslated Literature Published in Ireland, 2016-2025The Dataset This dataset collects titles of translated literature published by Irish publishers between the year 2016 and 2025. It includes any print edition of a literary title published by a publish...
Tim Groenland
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We had to reschedule this last year, but it's now happening as part of the Dublin Book Festival, free booking below: dublinbookfestival.com/event/if-thi...

dublinbookfestival.comIf This Be Magic - Dublin Book FestivalJoin us at Dublin Book Festival 2026 for an event exploring Shakespeare in translation with author Daniel Hahn
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Translators, readers, anyone interested in literary translation! Come to @molimuseum.bsky.social next Monday night to see multi-award-winning translator, author and editor Daniel Hahn in conversation with Sinéad Mac Aodha. Tickets €5/free for MoLI members. moli.ie/events/a-lif...

moli.ieA Life in Translation | MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland
Tim Groenland
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We note a few provisional findings in the accompanying text (and we'll publish more about this soon). Overall, the number of translations per year has increased noticeably, with childrens books in Ireland a major category. Irish is comfortably the biggest target language...

Tim Groenland
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As accompanying info says, there are likely to be gaps & human error here. Good data on translations is infuriatingly hard to come by, which is why we did this! But we've worked hard on it (& will gratefully accept & incorporate corrections), and it gives an interesting snapshot of Irish publishing

Tim Groenland
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"I thought that Japanese pants would be too short. Boy was I wrong." (found poetry / an example of what you might hear by forgetting to turn the sound off when opening Instagram)