Skein Press

Independent publisher of voices and stories not commonly featured in Irish literature. Passionate about storytelling and counter-storytelling in all its forms.

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This Imbolc, we are thrilled to unveil the cover of 'The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad', the award-winning Asturian collection by Raquel F. Menéndez in an extraordinary translation by Robin Munby!

Design & illustration by Patrick Fisher @frontwards_dsgn.

📓Pre-orders now open!

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We'll be heading to @stanzapoetry festival next month, Saturday March 14, with Charles Lang reading alongside Isabelle Baafi, from their acclaimed first collections! Tickets available through the StAnza website or follow the link in our bio to book in! 🎟#poetry #books

[Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland]

Join us for the next instalment of The Poetry Lobby, presented in association with Poetry Ireland, and hosted by Anne Donnellan!

📅 Sunday, March 1st
🕒3:00pm-5:00pm
📍Menlo Park Hotel, Galway
🎫Free entry, Donations Welcome

More info: https://t.co/jkF3hvpgOI

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📓 Now taking pre-orders for The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad! Orders made through our online shop receive a custom design enamel pin featuring the pelican on the cover. Publishing on 21 March, @unesco #WorldPoetryDay, gift-wrapped and posted to you!🦢
https://t.co/4lUhjOCGoL

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💕 Valentine’s Day #giveaway!
Like and share to enter the draw to win a copy of Contentious Spaces, the brilliant new novel by 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*

[The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon @artscouncil_ie]

In our #ReadWithAC📚 pick this week, artist @Roxymanouchehri blends memoir with food writing in her latest book ‘This is Not a Cookbook’.

Published by #ArtsCouncilSupported @SkeinPress

Read more: https://t.co/B2Wdqebn5T

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NEW: Ellen Orchard reviews 2025 Irish poetry collections from Susanna Galbraith, Charles Lang, Dean Browne and Vona Groarke.

https://t.co/hKivOSrvOJ

“If this global moment is marked by ‘prevailing untruth’ and widespread dissemination of lies, all four of these collections show an acute awareness of the poet’s duty to exactitude of language: the importance of trying to say exactly what it is that you mean.”

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'Contentious Spaces', the debut novel from Rosaleen McDonagh, weaves together complex stories of betrayal, sacrifice, grief, love and defiance

Publishing in March, it is now available to pre-order via our website (all pre-orders will receive a free tote bag and print)

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Today is Nollaig na mBan/ Women's Christmas 🎄

To treat yourself or a brilliant woman in your life, pre-order Rosaleen McDonagh's 'Contentious Space' now

https://t.co/8kYjz2vQ6f

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The audiobook of 'Weave', a collection inspired the wheel of the year, is now available: https://t.co/pJWseN8lY6

A unique collaboration by writers Deirdre Sullivan and Oein DeBhairduin and artist Yingge Xu, narrated for audio by Sarah Pyle and Cormac O’Sullivan 🧵🌞

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Wishing all our readers, writers, partners, friends and supporters a very happy and safe festive season 🎄

We will be taking an extended orders break, closed from 22 December to 19 January. Any orders placed during this window will be shipped after 19 January

See you in 2026 💫

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'I had no sense of identity growing up...'

The final two episodes in our podcast series, each featuring in-depth conversations with individual participants, are now available to stream.

Listen now via our website, or wherever you get your podcasts:
https://t.co/cmFSiTMbCV

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I really need to read this author 🥰🥰🥰

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'Contentious Spaces', the debut novel from acclaimed writer Rosaleen McDonagh, is already receiving extraordinary praise

Publishing March 2026 🪻All pre-orders come with a complimentary tote bag and postcard 💝

Pre-order now: https://t.co/8kYjz2vQ6f

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‘Rosaleen McDonagh is a writer of huge and vivacious talent and this is a brilliant novel, so vivid and urgent and addictive.’ – Kevin Barry

Launching in March 2026, you can pre-order now via our website: https://t.co/8kYjz2vQ6f

#ContentiousSpaces @paveebeoir

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Unveiling our first publication of 2026...

'Contentious Spaces' is the debut novel from acclaimed Irish writer, playwright and performer Rosaleen McDonagh

#ContentiousSpaces #NewIrishFiction

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Huge thanks also to our brilliant panelists on both evenings, to the team of volunteers, to everyone who came and bought books, and to @poetryireland @DublinCityofLit and @PublishingIRL for their support 💛

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We had a wonderful weekend at the inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair! It was great to showcase the diversity and tenacity of indie publishing

Huge and heartfelt thanks to Tim Groenland and Éireann Lorsung for their mammoth organising...

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'I was always seen as African; I was never seen as Irish'

A reminder that you can still listen back to the first three episodes of our powerful new podcast series 'In The Half Light: Voices from Black Ireland'

Find it on Spotify, Apple or our website: https://t.co/cmFSiTMbCV