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As we return to something like normal, let's mark Banned Books Week with this fine sextet of tomes by Irish and Irish Diaspora authors, all barred at some time in their histories. What's your favourite (or least likely) banned book? Irish Literary Society Contemporary Irish Literature British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS)

🗓Wed 28 September – Join us for a read-through of a new screenplay! A heartfelt tale of the fallen Irish, who came to work in London. Written by two Irish care-workers + based on the true stories of some of the men who lived in the Arlington House hostel. bit.ly/3oqTX9x

Right so Londoners, ILS season for 2022-23 kicks off with our joint lecture with the Irish Texts Society, Hammersmith London, come along all welcome: irishlitsoc.org/event/irish-te…

⭐Would you like to be part of team leading our 50th anniversary heritage project? Click links for full details👇 ➡️bit.ly/IIBProjectMana… ➡️bit.ly/IIBResearcher ➡️bit.ly/HeritageAssist… Thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund 💚 #Vacancies #JobFairy #Heritage

👍🎉Congratulations to Summerschooler @stephen_j_moran on his latest edited collections of short stories.

Intriguing screening tomorrow at this important festival. Directors Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor explore their own migration story from Ireland to England, those of many before them and ask: ‘does Ireland have an addiction to mass immigration?’

Battersea & me Green CurtainTheatre is creating a new piece of work for Wandsworth Arts Fringe Have you any connections with any of the many Irish people who worked on Battersea Power Station, or live near, or have memories to share? Email [email protected] greencurtaintheatre.co.uk/projects-for-2…

#OnThisDay 40 years ago on the 9th December 1982 The Mean Fiddler opened its doors for the first time. Located at 16-24 Harlesden High Street, The Mean Fiddler was an influential music venue founded by Vince Power.

Sound honest words here about the state of poetry (and for that matter other literature) reviewing. rlf.org.uk/showcase/the-r…

An indictment but not entirely surprising sadly… theguardian.com/culture/2022/d…

This project could particularly interest Irish in Britain Irish Writers in London Summer School, Irish Literary Society and Irish Literary Times

Just to confirm that both Aldgate Library and Holloway Road Library are open as usual today 😀 If you'd rather stay inside in the warm, there are also plenty of online resources available for London Met Uni students and staff: student.londonmet.ac.uk/library/

Please Donate to: ko-fi.com/mixedraceirish It's now heading towards Xmas and we end 2022 with great news for 2023. Please support our new project to produce an educational book to be donated to schools and Irish charities in Britain, on the social history of mixed race Irish.

Quirky witty take on 2G muso - ‘The Stranglers were in general a bit on the mature side for Top of the Pops. At the height of punk, three band members were already over 27, the age at which rock stars traditionally died.’ #irish2

A marvellous tribute to a truly remarkable artist and novelist.

We are pleased to confirm that longstanding friend of the Irish in Britain John McDonnell will also address our Annual Bloody Sunday Vigil at 1pm - outside Westminster - on Thursday. Alongside Jean Hegarty (sister of Kevin McElhinney), John Finucane MP, & Stop the War's Grace Cowan...🕯️

A fascinating intercultural event coming up soon with former Summerschooler Anne Rossiter.

Includes the wonderful ‘Hush-a-Bye Baby’…

Susan & Rosa from our heritage team visited the archives of the Irish in Britain this week held London Met Uni Many thanks to Cathy London Metropolitan University Libraries for showing us around the wealth of fascinating material stored there! Plus, we introduce our project hashtag🙂 👇 #IrishinBritain50