'This is a tour de force that shows how a resilient Traveller culture has survived despite racism and its quieter cousin, segregation.'
Thanks to @katharineq.bsky.social for a wonderfully in-depth review of #ContentiousSpaces
Read in full: www.thetablet.co.uk/books/betwee...
We are delighted to share that Rosaleen McDonagh will be part of this year's @wcorklitfest.bsky.social in the beautiful town of Bantry ❤️ 📚
Rosaleen will be joined by Leeanne O'Donnell to celebrate #ContentiousSpaces on Sunday 12 July at 5pm in the Maritime Hotel
www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2026/...
Lovely article in @la-nueva-espana.bsky.social about Asturian poetry's travels around the world. Thank you @inaciugalan.bsky.social ❤️ for mentioning The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad by @raquelmenendez.bsky.social and the @wwborders.bsky.social collection Every Stone a Seed! @skeinpress.bsky.social
Tune into @2fm.rte.ie this morning at 10.20am to hear Rosaleen McDonagh chat to Doireann Garrihy about 'Contentious Spaces'
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 📻
Huge thanks to Doireann and the team at 2fm for having us 💜
You can order Contentious Spaces here via our website, or find it in all good bookshops: skeinpress.com/product/cont...
Great piece on RTE Culture today about ‘State, In Relation’ a collaborative project that brings writers together to engage with the Irish Constitution
Oein deBhairduin writes powerfully about the constitution in relation to the 1963 Report of the Commission on Itinerancy
www.rte.ie/culture/2026...
📣 Rosaleen McDonagh will be in conversation with the brilliant Maureen Kennelly as part of this year's #KilkennyArtsFestival
Join us on 7 August in the Parade Tower, Kilkenny City for a deep dive into #ContentiousSpaces
Tickets here: www.kilkennyarts.ie/festival/pro...
Join us on Thursday 9th July at Books Upstairs for a celebration and thematic exploration of 'Contentious Spaces' by Rosaleen McDonagh ✨
Rosaleen will be joined in conversation by the brilliant @chandrikanm.bsky.social
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You can also listen back to Oein and the brilliant @sonyagildea.bsky.social on last night’s Poetry People discussing the collection
#StateInRelation
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
‘Rosaleen McDonagh is a writer of huge and vivacious talent and this is a brilliant novel, so vivid and urgent and addictive.’ – Kevin Barry
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Join us for a celebration and thematic exploration of Contentious Spaces, the debut novel by acclaimed Irish writer, playwright, and performer Rosaleen McDonagh. The novel follows the Traveller famili...
Writer, playwright, performer and Human Rights Commissioner Rosaleen McDonagh comes to the Festival to talk about her new novel, Contentious Spaces, in the company of Maureen Kennelly.
