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DIRTPICKERS with @manilla_press out now!
IWC novel fair 2024 winner
rep’d by @brian_langan_agent
MA in creative writing @maynooth_english

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We are delighted that DIRTPICKERS by @ediemayhand has been shortlisted for the @irishbookawards 2026 Newcomer of the Year 🎉

This award was created to reward the most promising first-time author published in Ireland. A massive congrats to @ediemayhand on the shortlisting, along with all the other authors and books on the list!

If you haven't had a chance to read this yet, be sure to grab a copy from your local bookshop. DIRTPICKERS is an astonishing, heart-breaking debut novel of love, trauma and found family, from a luminous new Irish talent.

#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs

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Eoghan Smith chaired a talk with Debut Authors Djamel White, Edie May Hand, Patrick Freyne and Jennifer Bray on the Saturday in Riverbank Arts Centre. They discussed their journey of publishing their debut novels, looking at the inspirations behind their work and the challenges of debut fiction.

#kildarereadersfestival #kildarelibraries #riverbankartscentre #authortalk #bookstagram

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📕 Book your place NOW for our stacked Debut Authors panel at Kildare Readers Festival 2026 on Saturday 10 October!

⚪ When: Saturday 10.10.2026 | 1PM
🔴 Where: Riverbank Arts Centre
🟢 How to attend: Book online - see our website for more info!

Join us for this exciting discussion featuring four fresh new voices in Irish fiction: Patrick Freyne (having just published his debut work of fiction Experts in a Dying Field) will be in conversation with Jennifer Bray (The Lies Between Us), Djamel White (All Them Dogs), and Edie May Hand (Dirtpickers). The panel, in conversation with writer and critic Eoghan Smith, will discuss what drove them to take the leap of faith and publish their debut fiction tomes, their inspirations, and the challenges that they faced.

This event is ISL interpreted.

❇️ Visit our website to learn more about all our events and speakers!

#RTESupportingTheArts #KRF2026 #kildarereadersfestival

@kildarelibrary @kildarecountycouncil @maynoothuni @creativeireland @artscouncilireland @ckan.ie @explorerte @riverbankartscentreie @ernies_athy @arts_in_co_kildare @jenniferbrayinsta @ediemayhand @djamelwhitewriter @freynepatrick @eoghansmith

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📖 Join us for the second year of Lit Lú, Louth County Council Library Service’s Literary festival, taking place this September from Wednesday 23rd – Tuesday 29th September.

📣Edie May Hand in conversation with Belinda McKeon
📍Dunleer Library
📅Wednesday, 23rd September
⏰ 6:30pm

🎟️ This event is FREE to attend, but advance booking is essential. Email libraryhelpdesk@louthcoco.ie or call 041-6859016 to register.

Funded and supported by @creativeireland through @lccartsoffice

🔗 Find out more at the link in our bio.

@librariesireland @louthcountycouncil @creativeirelandlouth #librariesopenday
@ediemayhand @belmckeon

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📖 Join us for the second year of Lit Lú, Louth County Council Library Service’s Literary festival, taking place this September from Wednesday 23rd – Tuesday 29th September.

Events will take place at libraries in Ardee, Carlingford, Drogheda, Dundalk and Dunleer, giving readers the opportunity to meet some of Ireland's most celebrated literary voices.

🎟️ All events are FREE to attend, but advance booking is essential. Email libraryhelpdesk@louthcoco.ie or call your local branch to register. Branch details and further information can be found at the link in our bio.

Funded and supported by @creativeireland through @lccartsoffice

@louthcountycouncil @librariesireland @creativeirelandlouth #librariesopenday @jasoncorcoran7 @hilawhite @piercewriter @ediemayhand @belmckeon @clarakiyoko @cliodhna.osullivan @ciara_o_connor__ @tanyasweeney @sineadbrassil

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almost forgot to post about mí Iúil !! 🔆
lots of pride and sun burn, books and friends, cats and beaches 🩷🤍🩵
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#dump #july #pride #community

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📚Happy Publication Week
We have been spoilt yet again in Australia with so many amazing books published this week. There are so many thriller books especially!
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Thank you so much to the generous tagged publishers who kindly send out ARC copies. I love this booksta community - supporting authors, reading books, sharing reviews and talking books with so many of you!
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🥳Happy Publication👇

❤️Cold River @margaret.hickey.35
🧡She Lied First @dinukamckenzie
💛Dirtpickers @ediemayhand
❤️Teeth Kicker @g_orgias

🥳What are you reading this week?
Pr/gifted books
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#giftedbooks #happypublicationday #bookswithpaulette

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happy 2 months (ish) to dirty p! i blanked a lot of it out but at least i have these pictures!! what a time!!! what an honour!!!!!! #writersofinstagram #writing #egg #dirtpickers

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If you're a fan of #audiobooks and haven't yet read #DIRTPICKERS by @ediemayhand, check out the audiobook, superbly read by @imanijadepowers. And if you have read it, hearing Edie's lyrical prose brought to life is just beautiful!

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And there’s more… for your delectation, another choice selection of recent and forthcoming books from the cream of Irish authors across any number of genres - support your local booksellers, especially the Independent ones! #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #irishwriters

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year of the horse going exactly as predicted

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**My July Reading List**

I’m always excited to start a new month of reading, especially when it’s my birthday month 🎂. As I said in my previous post, I think June has been my favourite reading month of the year so far quality wise. Every book I read last month was brilliant.

As always, I’ve given some serious thought to this month’s list. I always love to have a few new releases, some from my TBR pile, and sometimes a proof or two, depending on bookmail. What I always do that’s important to me is make sure the list is full of books I personally want to read.

This is what I’ve come up with for July:

1. Dirt Pickers by Edie May Hand
2. Honey in the Wound by Jiyoung Han
3. The Night Stairs by Erin Kelly
4. Hard Place by Gab Torr
5. Venus Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell
6. Air by Christian Kracht
7. Ghost Cities by Siang Lu
8. At Sea by Y. M. Abdel-Magied
9. The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan
10. Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim

I have to say I’m so pleased with the variety of this list. I’ve got some new releases and some proofs in there, as well as a big recommendation for Dirt Pickers, so I’ve added that to the list as well. I’m also continuing the Waterstones debut fiction prize shortlist. I’m currently halfway through the shortlist with Honey in the Wound next up.

I hope you all had a great June! I really want to know what book you’re all most looking forward to reading in July? Let me know in the comments 😊

#summerreads #julyreading #readinglist #newbooks #bookrec

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