Rónán Hession

Honoured that Leonard and Hungry Paul has been included in the @irishtimes.com 100 best Irish books of the 21st century (so far), at 38. Thanks so much to the contributors who selected it. (Ps. I was a contributor but didn't nominate or upvote my own book.) www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

This Thursday 29th October at 7pm (GMT) an online gathering to celebrate 20 years of Bluemoose Books, the mighty indie press. With co-founders Kevin and Hetha Duffy and author Sharon Duggall. All welcome. If not already invited contact me via m'website davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site

Reminded this morning of a guy I was on a summer job with when at college. We were shoveling muck of some sort and he said, "I'm not doing this. The only muscle I want to use is my brain."

When I die I want a leaf blower named after me so that when people are woken up by it at 7am every morning they can remember me and think, "Rónán would have hated this."

Delighted for Harry Kane, can't help imagining what would have happened if he'd stayed at #WatfordFC longer than 6 weeks as a kid though. My money is he'd have been a bricklayer by now.

Announcing the shortlist of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2026. Congratulations to the authors, translators, and publishers! tinyurl.com/bdhfm9nx @tenement-press.bsky.social @pushkinpress.com @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Dipping into Indeterminate Inflorescence – notes from a poetry class, by Lee Seong-Bok, translated by Anton Hur. Short aphoristic insights about poetry from the Korean poet.

Me and the regular group who like my posts.

"The artistic act has to do with the eliciting of order from significant experience." Thomas Kinsella in an interview with John Heffernan, quoted in Where Love and Imagination Colour the Dark, essays on Thomas Kinsella by Adrienne Levy.

did a chicken write this

Though kanji are not pictures as such, the kanji for depression or "to cave in" looks like a supporting wall collapsing.

Bailed after the first two sections of Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch. Really poor.

Deep breath at the start of another long dark winter.

Low tide, low moon.

Power cut still going on. Getting to know my kids *even* better.

Friends, I am so excited to be in conversation with Moon Zappa about my memoir Home Is Where We Start: Growing Up In The Fallout of The Utopian Dream. Join us 26th October 1-2pm Eastern time, 6-7pm GMT. We’ll be chatting childhood, being the product of a social experiment, announcing exciting news.

As a kid I was fascinated by breathless marathon runners. I asked my dad in the car one day and he explained that if I opened the window and opened my mouth to capture as much air as possible I'd be able to run a marathon when I grew up. Genius way to keep a chatty kid quiet while you're driving

The ability to learn songs on guitar. YouTube has revolutionized that. I used to have to faff around with tab and now there's an abundance of excellent tutorials readily available.

Interesting fact I just learned. Ron Dante, singer of cartoon group The Archies, was publisher of the Paris Review.

We've had a power cut all evening so can't put our clocks back, sorry. We'll just carry on an hour ahead of everyone else. Finish the year early.

A wet family walk with my eldest brother in the Devil's Glen this morning.

Still buzzing today after a brill evening at the GPO where the shortlists for the Irish Book Awards were revealed! I'm so grateful to everyone who nominated Wild Iris. You can vote for your favourite books (*polite cough* & for Wild Iris, should you be so inclined) here: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

In my heart I felt the league was lost in Tallaght but it's still a sickner to hand Shels a win in Dalymount. We just didn't have enough leaders on the pitch tonight. Ah well.

Had a cracking evening last night @bookcornerhx.bsky.social Launching the paperback of Simon Crump's critically acclaimed Post - it Notes from Underground. @thetimes.com says it is. 'Beautifully special.' An a Cambridge academic loves it too in 3am Magazine.

Always a pleasure to chat with my dear friend @davidcollard.bsky.social Here's me talking about money and the business side of publishing and why I've stuck with an independent publisher.

Sorry to hear this. He will be missed. A wild writer. Need more like that.

This is the best and most essential of literary prizes, recognising and celebrating writers with disabilities. It depends entirely on donations (until some generous partner/sponsor steps up who wants to support such a thing). PLEASE SUPPORT THE BARBIE.

In case you missed it – here is the interview I did with Jon Fosse last year for the mighty @tolkajournal.bsky.social

This is a good one. A different side to Fosse.

Lunchtime book shopping @booksupstairs.bsky.social Plastic by Matthew Rice. @davidcollard.bsky.social and others have been raving (in a good way) about this for ages.

You can fool some of the people some of the time, but then why would you?

Good morning. Love a Bluemoose launch Tonight @bookcornerhx.bsky.social at 6.30pm Simon Crump will be reading from and chatting about Post - it Notes from Underground @thetimes.com said it is - 'Beautifully special.' Marvelous.

Poetry by the Barrow returns this October with a Thomas Kinsella Special. Featuring rehearsed reading of Thomas Kinsella's "Butchers Dozen" by Playactin Kilkenny, and reading from poet Derval Tubridy. 📅Fri 30 Oct 🕛8:00pm 📍Abbey Lane, Graiguenamanagh www.poetryireland.ie/news-events/...

Our next online gathering is on Thursday 29th October and celebrates 20 years of mighty independent publisher Bluemoose Books. Join co-founders Kevin & Hetha Duffy and & Sharon Duggall. Free, and all welcome. If you're not on my mailing list email me via m'website: davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site

Happy National Apple Day! Speaking of apples, the most brutal Irish curse I’ve ever come across is go ndéana an diabhal dréimire de chnámh do dhroma is é ag piocadh úll i ngairdín Ifrinn. It means “may the Devil make a ladder of your backbone while he picks apples in the garden of Hell.”

I mentioned going to the gym. My son says "you jump around a lot at the gym." "How do you know?" "My friends are always telling me " "How long have they been monitoring me?" "Ah, you've been a meme for ages."