Aaron Hickland

Scríbhneoir | NMP 2026 Mentee |@Irishwritersctr |
Performer | @InbetweenAgenc1 |

[Guilherme Nunes @guilhernunes_]

monkeys being abducted

[bug girl! @medusasgemss]

every forest is enchanted btw. stop being stupid and silly and look with your eyes

[Sophia Benoit @1followernodad]

one thing that is cool is that conservation efforts for endangered species are REMARKABLY successful :)

[Irish Writers Centre @IrishWritersCtr]

We are thrilled to today announce the writers selected from across Ireland to take part in our 2026 National Mentoring Programme, drawn from a record number of applicants and working across genres. Awardees will benefit from the sustained mentorship of an established writer throughout the rest of the year, to help them develop their craft.

Meet some of selected writers here:
Aaron Hickland, @Hiicker
Abby Connolly
Alice Lynch
Angela Lyons

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

With tech seeking to destroy art and literacy, we need a revival of the humanities. We need to insist that human literature, music and myth are worth learning and defending. That humans are unique and our achievements can't be replicated by machines.

[Aaron Hickland @Hiicker]

Really fun class and some wonderful feedback from my classmates at @IrishWritersCtr on my Middle Grade WIP. Made my week! 🌲 🖊️

[sean @DilettanteryPod]

I hate overhead lighting - trying to mimic the holy sun should be considered sinful. The lamp is much better, mimicking the hearths of our forebears.

[Aaron Hickland @Hiicker]

Breaking twitter silence to brag: Ive finished another draft of my Middle Grade book! 📚

It's 150 odd pages, and I wrote it while doing 6 day weeks in hospitality. Off to my incredible editor now. Whatever its fate, I'm so proud of myself for finishing. Time for a pint...

[clare @sadderlizards]

i’m gonna tell the flowers what you did. and then they’ll tell the bees and the bees will tell the birds. good luck next time you come to the meadow bro

[Brian Merchant @bcmerchant]

It's profoundly depressing seeing all the Studio Ghibli-styled AI output tacitly being used to promote OpenAI's latest product. Miyazaki famously called AI-produced art "an insult to life itself"—and this in turn is an insult to one of our greatest-ever animators and artists

[Tuigim @Tuigim]

Gaeilge?

[Dublin Theatre Festival @DubTheatreFest]

TRIFLED opens tomorrow as part of #DTF24

Hear what the team behind Caitlin Magnall-Kearns' raunchy and hilarious new work has to say about the show!

📅 1–12 Oct
📍 The New Theatre
🎟️ €15-€25
Tickets on sale now at https://t.co/ClmYUmHlcr

[Dr Prital Patel 🍉 Prital.Bsky.social @prital_]

The first 14 pages are under 1 year olds.
The first 14 pages are under 1 year olds.
The first 14 pages are under 1 year olds.
The first 14 pages are under 1 year olds.
The first 14 pages are under 1 year olds.
The first 14 pages are under 1 year olds.

[Aaron Hickland @Hiicker]

"what have you been up to?"

"working 6 day weeks for minimum wage"

"Mmm it's tough i know ☺️"

[Sian Harries @sianharries_]

Uh oh I can smell a lanyard-filled-event being organised to get more working class creatives in which will be held an expensive train ride away, require a day off making money to live and be absolutely fucking pointless anyway

[Aaron Hickland @Hiicker]

@RJCAKnox True. I think im just jealous of how he gets to scream in public

[Aaron Hickland @Hiicker]

Love how dramatic babies are. Saw one screamin blue murder when his pram hit a bump. Wait til you have to switch phone tariffs wee man. It's all downhill from here.

[Aaron Hickland @Hiicker]

Aul fella got on the bus and furiously threw his ticket in the air after buying it. To whom are you rebelling against sir. I wish to join.

[Aaron Hickland @Hiicker]

Sadly all too familiar for us Nordies. The people who question my Irishness the most are Irish people from the south. To some of them, the violence our parents endured over that very question means nothing - we'll never be "real irish".

[stephen connolly @closeandslow]

i’m starting to feel like i can talk about what happened in listowel

https://t.co/Btwlpm9T0b