Cristín Leach
Irish Writer. Art Critic. Author, art/divorce memoir Negative Space; RHA From Ten Till Dusk. Fiction, non-fiction, journalism: RTÉ Culture, Irish Arts Review, Winter Papers. Hybrid texts, collaborations. 20yrs ✍🏻 Sunday Times. linktr.ee/cristinleach
- Launching in February. Can’t wait to see This Time Baby in print.
- We're excited to announce the cover for Issue 4 of The Four Faced Liar, our competition issue, with artwork by the wonderful Jenny Lawlor! @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie
- Collaboration baby!! So excited to see where this brilliant anthology I’m very lucky to be part of is going next 👏👏 Huge congrats to @lindzmcleod.bsky.social and the rest of the collaboration gang. #shortstory #craft #collaborativewriting
- This is absolutely incredible! The antho AN HONOUR AND A PRIVILEGE is longlisted for the BSFA awards! What an amazing project, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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I'm on the longlist for the British Science Fiction Association Awards TWICE this year! As editor of craft anthology An Honour and a Privilege from @stanchion.bsky.social, and also for my @apexmag.bsky.social short story, 'One by One'! This is AWESOME 🥳 please consider voting for me! - Reposted by Cristín LeachThis is absolutely incredible! The antho AN HONOUR AND A PRIVILEGE is longlisted for the BSFA awards! What an amazing project, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
- I'm on the longlist for the British Science Fiction Association Awards TWICE this year! As editor of craft anthology An Honour and a Privilege from @stanchion.bsky.social, and also for my @apexmag.bsky.social short story, 'One by One'! This is AWESOME 🥳 please consider voting for me!
- I loved being a collaborator on this book. Ebook fans, look at this bargain!
- What brilliant news 🤩
- Reposted by Cristín LeachA ray of sunshine amongst all the doom and gloom. @lindzmcleod.bsky.social has informed me that her collaborative masterpiece An Honour & A Privilege has been longlisted for the British Science Fiction awards! A huge achievement for all of the authors involved. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
- Reposted by Cristín LeachWe're excited to announce the cover for Issue 4 of The Four Faced Liar, our competition issue, with artwork by the wonderful Jenny Lawlor! @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie
- This author portrait is by the great @conorhorgan.bsky.social 📸
- Cristín Leach's "This Time Baby" was selected by judge Roisín O'Donnell as the Runner Up in the short story category. Read more below about Cristín, and check out @cristinleach on Instagram and @cristinleach.bsky.social for more of her work
- Reposted by Cristín LeachCristín Leach's "This Time Baby" was selected by judge Roisín O'Donnell as the Runner Up in the short story category. Read more below about Cristín, and check out @cristinleach on Instagram and @cristinleach.bsky.social for more of her work
- For anyone interested in short story writing, collaborative short story writing, or collaborative writing - a craft book unlike any other ✅ www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
- With an introduction by Dr Graham Robert Scott. And I’ve just re-located @jduckwriter.bsky.social and @melisfluous.bsky.social here 👏 Available from publishers @stanchion.bsky.social #AHAAP @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
- One of my favourite things that happened this year is that my ‘Forest Memories’ from 2021 got a new outing among the trees in Peru 😮 🍃 🔊
- I love that this book is still finding readers. It declares its unorthodox, experimental intentions from the start and it’s really not what you think it might be. @rha-arts.bsky.social #FromTenTillDusk
- Finally read ‘From Ten Till Dusk’ by @cristinleach.bsky.social - a most interesting perspective on Irish art, art writing, & art institutions in Ireland - beautifully designed by Oonagh Young.
- With an introduction by Dr Graham Robert Scott. And I’ve just re-located @jduckwriter.bsky.social and @melisfluous.bsky.social here 👏 Available from publishers @stanchion.bsky.social #AHAAP @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
- 11 short stories, PLUS how we did it 👏 @lindzmcleod.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @eapetricone.bsky.social @sagetyrtle.bsky.social @thomasdlee.bsky.social @foxesandroses.bsky.social Jonathan Duckworth @lynnreneemaxcy.bsky.social @pegahouji.bsky.social Melissa Ren @pegasusunder.bsky.social
- 11 short stories, PLUS how we did it 👏 @lindzmcleod.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @eapetricone.bsky.social @sagetyrtle.bsky.social @thomasdlee.bsky.social @foxesandroses.bsky.social Jonathan Duckworth @lynnreneemaxcy.bsky.social @pegahouji.bsky.social Melissa Ren @pegasusunder.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cristín LeachFinally read ‘From Ten Till Dusk’ by @cristinleach.bsky.social - a most interesting perspective on Irish art, art writing, & art institutions in Ireland - beautifully designed by Oonagh Young.
- Whoop! Can’t wait to see my short story This Time Baby in print in the Winter ‘25 competition issue of @the4facedliar.bsky.social 💜
- We're excited to announce the cover for Issue 4 of The Four Faced Liar, our competition issue, with artwork by the wonderful Jenny Lawlor! @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @writing.ie
- It’s been very cool to be one of the collaborators on this short-story and craft of short fiction book with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social and gang. Can’t wait to get my hands on a physical copy. Available to order now 🎁
- Happy publication day, @lindzmcleod.bsky.social & your brilliant collaborators! An Honour & A Privilege is now available to order from wherever you buy books online, as well as direct from Stanchion in physical & PDF form www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
- Reposted by Cristín LeachI went to the Jardín Botánico in Trujillo yesterday to choose the trees and test the volume and range etc using audio from 2021 contributors. The Peruvian iteration of 'if trees were lone women what would they sound like' is happening this Sunday as part of the Munanqui Festival de Mujeres Artistas
- Reposted by Cristín Leachfield notes and a replay of episode 063. a conversation with @billorcutt.bsky.social Steve Shelley @silvercurrent.bsky.social. New @gregnieuws.bsky.social / Anton Perfetto, @katesattler.bsky.social, Brian Leach, @sarnmusic.bsky.social. only on @campradio.bsky.social experimentaltrash.com
- Reposted by Cristín LeachExcellent, honest thread on the reality of being a writer today.
- A snippet of my Forest Memories, “I am walking on moss…” here at the start.
- I've had some great contributions from Perú and think it's all going to sound so good together. One of the things I especially love is the pieces interacting with each other, as here with @cristinleach.bsky.social and unidentified others from 2021 (there are too many for me to remember at random)
- If you are in Trujillo, Peru, please go and listen! 🔊 How wonderful to hear my voice with others among the leaves 6,000 miles from home 💚
- Reposted by Cristín LeachI've had some great contributions from Perú and think it's all going to sound so good together. One of the things I especially love is the pieces interacting with each other, as here with @cristinleach.bsky.social and unidentified others from 2021 (there are too many for me to remember at random)
- Reposted by Cristín LeachI got to be part of this incredible, truly magical project and am thrilled to see it grow. Here's more info sanctuarylab.org/artists-2021...
- On 30th November audio of 141 women (inclusive) first heard in 2021 in Galloway Forest, Scotland will play in the Jardín Botánico, Trujillo, Perú, building dialogue and community beyond borders and language with new audio from those living in Perú as part of the Munanqui Festival de Mujeres Artistas
- Agreed! Me too 🤍
- Help 🙏 I’m moving into Ch2 of my PhD by PP, which focuses on the shift in practice embodied by my memoir Negative Space. If you know of any academic writing which references my work, I’d be very grateful to be pointed in its direction. @lilydunn.bsky.social @minxmarple.bsky.social please share? #phd
- Referring here to my cnf, essays, memoir but -relevant to Ch1- also including my art criticism or any of my radio, tv, digital or other outputs as a journalist, which analyse my work as writing or as criticism (rather than use a quote from a review to illustrate, as context or as a ref). Any help 😇
- Any pointers @niamhroisin.bsky.social ? 🙏
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View full threadThanks for sharing @janesuit.bsky.social 🙏
- Reposted by Cristín LeachYou'll read marvelous stories, then conversations between @lindzmcleod.bsky.social & her co-authors discussing how they collaborated to create something from whole cloth. There's never been a craft writing book like this! STILL ON PRE-ORDER SALE! NOW SHIPPING! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
- Reposted by Cristín LeachEeee! I'm in this #Writing craft book along with AMAZING authors like The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou, order here!
- An Honour & A Privilege arrives from the printer today! So I'll start shipping domestic pre-orders and Book Club copies tomorrow morning, ahead of next Tuesday's pub date. Get your order in now to save $2 and get a free bookmark! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
- Reposted by Cristín LeachIf you're a writer, I'd go so far as to say it's essential reading to develop your craft, to dig deep into your characters and their emotions (as well as your own), and to go eyeball-close with your line edits!
- “I would have KILLED for a book like this at university!” Lynn Renee Maxcy Order now from @stanchion.bsky.social www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
- One of the best collaboration projects I’ve been involved in is now a BRILLIANT BOOK. For anyone interested in the craft of #writing, what we learn from #collaboration, or who just wants to read some damn good #shortstories! I’m 1 of 11 writers. Order now for 🎄 www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
- “A craft writing book unlike any other. In collaboration with 11 writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter @lynnreneemaxcy.bsky.social, author @lindzmcleod.bsky.social delivers original works of fiction and accompanying non-fiction, demystifying the craft techniques used in each story.”
- "Equal parts engaging and instructive, An Honour & A Privilege presents a theory and practice of collaborative fiction writing that will inspire deeper craft and community in your own work. A must read for any writer interested in the creative process." Michael Wheaton, publisher of Autofocus Books
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View full thread“I would have KILLED for a book like this at university!” Lynn Renee Maxcy Order now from @stanchion.bsky.social www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
- This is out on 2 December. Pre-orders are open now @stanchion.bsky.social
- Online now with all the winning stories here: atthebay.org/sparkling-pr...
- ✨ Highly Commended for On The Couch in the 2025 Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Competition ✨ Congrats to all 👏 I was in Birr in the middle of my residency when the Zoom awards were held. 7pm in Aotearoa New Zealand is 7am in Ireland. Worth getting up for 😄 ☕️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3w...
- Reposted by Cristín LeachWith a little twist! Each of the eleven stories were collaboratively written by myself and one other writer, and then we wrote a non-fiction accompany piece to explain how/why we used the techniques we did, and how many drafts we did, and what worked (and what got cut, and why)
- Reposted by Cristín LeachAlso, the pre-order is on sale atm! Get it while it's hot!
- 🙋♀️ I’m one of the eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers 😆😄 pre-orders open now 👏 @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
- This was a really wonderful installation to be part of in 2021. There’s a Perú update coming. If you contributed to 'if trees were lone women what would they sound like' in its Scottish iteration & haven’t seen an email from Clare, check your spam or get in touch if she’s accidentally missed you. 🔊
- Reposted by Cristín LeachA picture of me alone in the dark at night crossing the Rio Seco (dry river) where I currently live in Perú. If you contributed to my 2021 sound installation for Sanctuary Lab in Galloway Forest then please check your email/spam. I would appreciate you sharing this post in case I've missed people.
- Reposted by Cristín LeachCandy-pink brushstrokes, in Piles of French Novels, Van Gogh, 1887
- Thanks so much to competition judge & brilliant Irish author Roisín O’Donnell (read her debut novel Nesting if you have not yet), for these gorgeous words about my short story, This Time Baby. Very proud of this one. Can’t wait to see it in print in @the4facedliar.bsky.social soon. Congrats to all🥈💚
- Reposted by Cristín LeachSeeing as it's #IrishBookWeek, I've put together a Starter Pack of bricks 'n' mortar bookshops. Terrified I've forgotten someone obvious so please let me know of additions go.bsky.app/G4kmxVqat://did:plc:i4k5jo343mnn5kjf3ooz2rhj/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3m3idm5zj7i2e
- Bring back arranging the internet alphabetically so Art comes first. 1994 was the year I got an email address and had only one person to email. Used to sit on the floor of the lab in UCC queuing while reading a book until a computer was available. Had command instructions handwritten in a notebook.
- ✨ Highly Commended for On The Couch in the 2025 Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Competition ✨ Congrats to all 👏 I was in Birr in the middle of my residency when the Zoom awards were held. 7pm in Aotearoa New Zealand is 7am in Ireland. Worth getting up for 😄 ☕️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3w...
- Ngā mihi nui Thank you! to the folks at I te Kokoru At the Bay. My short story On the Couch has been shortlisted for the 2025 Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Competition in Aotearoa New Zealand 🤩 atthebay.org/sparkling-pr...
- What a remarkable time I had as a 2025 Writer in Residence at Brendan House in Birr, County Offaly last week! My time coincided with the brilliant Sadhbh Moriarty. With thanks to Offaly Arts Office and to Rosalind Fanning, a host as utterly unique as her home. ✍🏻
- Reposted by Cristín LeachGlobal Warning: Ep 2 Against the tide. How do we adapt to what is coming? The nice people at Al Jazeera have made this series free to watch. I hope you all share it widely. #Climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting 📺 👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
- Second place! Thanks to judge Roisín O’Donnell and congrats to everyone. The stories will all be published in Issue 4 of The Four Faced Liar.
