Did you know that August is #WomenInTranslationMonth ? 🌼🌼🌼 To celebrate, we’re offering 50% off translated poetry collections by women poets; 'The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad' and 'Whales and Whales' Use the code AUGUST at the checkout skeinpress.com/august-women...

We are delighted to unveil the cover for ‘The Refugee Chronciles’ by Evgeny Shtorn, publishing this October 🎲🎲🎲 A darkly funny diary. A life lived in limbo. A man left depending on the luck of the draw. Design by the brilliant Frontwards Design Pre-order here: skeinpress.com/product/the-...

'A staggering work of literature' - Stephen Rea We are delighted to announce that pre-orders for 'The Refugee Chronicles' by Evgeny Shtorn are now open 📣 Publishing in October, this autofictional novel lifts the veil on the patently absurd and fundamentally flawed system of #DirectProvision

Wonderful conversation last night to a packed house: Rosaleen McDonagh in conversation with Leeanne O'Donnell discussing 'Contentious Spaces' Thanks to West Cork Literary Festival for showing casing this important work!

Some beautiful news to share: the new Irish passport features poetry by our very own commissioning editor Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe 💚 The lines read: ‘Lie with me now Ireland/ a promise deep in bloom/ weaving in with all this green/ beneath a nascent moon’

The brilliant #MammiesForTransRights are seeking an editor for a small yet mighty project on #TransJoy For more info, get in touch via Instagram or email: mammiesfortransrights@gmail.com Priority will be given to applicants from the trans community Please share far and wide! 💙🩷💙🩷

🥁Introducing our brand new, beautiful website designed by the Frontwards Design!!! 🥁 A fitting home for our books, podcasts, events and whatever else we may dream up! To celebrate this long-awaited day, we’re offering a 10% discount off all products using the code NewWebsite 🚀 >>> skeinpress.com

Did you catch Rosaleen McDonagh on @2fm.rte.ie Mornings with the brilliant Doireann Garrihy ? They spoke about writing process, representation and of course #ContentiousSpaces Listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/2fm/2f... We're at the 28 minute mark 📻

Tune into @2fm.rte.ie this morning at 10.20am to hear Rosaleen McDonagh chat to Doireann Garrihy about 'Contentious Spaces'

We're delighted to have a table at this Saturday's Radical Book Fair, taking place in the Teacher's Club on Parnell Square, Dublin We'll be there between 12pm and 4pm selling our beautiful books, alongside some other brilliant small publishers and zines. Call in and say hey!

The sun came out for our event at the Botanic Gardens today with the brilliant Oein de Bhairduin, in partnership with @dublinbookfest.bsky.social Huge thanks to Oein and to Anne Burke for facilitating such a powerful and timely conversation on the impact of The Commission on Itinerancy Report

'Contentious Spaces'... is moving & at times upsetting, but it also has moments of lightness, & there is a lovely rhythm to the prose.' Thank you, Aoife, for such a provocative interview with @paveebeoir.bsky.social in @thetimes.com.

We are delighted to share that these beautiful printed scarves featuring new poetry from Oein DeBhairduin are now available on our website 🧣 skeinpress.com/product/prin...

In this seventh episode of 'In the Half Light', curator Phil Mullen returns to a conversation with three writers about their experiences of growing up mixed-race in Ireland, delving deeper into their books and their approaches to writing... #ThinkingAloudThinkingTogether

'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/

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 🎙️ @leondiop.bsky.social

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

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 🎊

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! 🌞

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! #ContentiousSpaces is available to order via our website: skeinpress.com/product/cont...

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 💫

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

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

It's getting closer! The celebration of the launch of 'Contentious Spaces' by Rosaleen McDonagh with the formidable Sinéad Burke! Join us on Thursday, March 12th at 6 pm with our friends in Hodges Figgis, introduced by #AnneBurke. See you then! All welcome!

📢Join us for the launch of 'Contentious Spaces' by Rosaleen McDonagh with Sinéad Burke on Thursday, March 12th, at 6 PM @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social. Our friend and first reader, Anne Burke, will chair the event, and Sinéad Burke will join Rosaleen in conversation about her remarkable debut novel!

💕 Valentine’s Day #giveaway! 📕 Like and share to enter the draw to win a copy of Contentious Spaces, the brilliant new novel by award-winning writer Rosaleen McDonagh! Signed and dedicated by the author, postmarked to you by February 14th 💕 * Entries will close at 23:59 GMT on Sunday February 8th*

This Imbolc, we are thrilled to unveil the cover of 'The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad', the award-winning Asturian collection by @raquelmenendez.bsky.social, in an extraordinary translation by @robmunb.bsky.social! Design & illustration by Patrick Fisher at Frontwards Design. Pre-orders now open!

We are very excited for the publication of 'Contentious Spaces' by Rosaleen McDonagh, coming soon! An incredible story set in a halting site in Dublin exploring the lives of families facing eviction. Pre-orders include a free tote bag & postcard. 📚https://skeinpress.com/product/contentious-spaces/

Preorder now! 'Contentious Spaces' by #RosaleenMcDonagh is a haunting tale of identity, loyalty, and resilience. 'A writer of huge & vivacious talent, and this is a brilliant novel, so vivid and urgent and addictive.’ – #KevinBarry Free tote and postcard with pre-orders: tinyurl.com/mrxnhkcv