Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal

Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality publishes Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal, which appears quarterly online and features works from across the artistic spectrum.

Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal is a new publication in the Irish arts scene. Published quarterly online, it features works from across the artistic spectrum, and combines up-and-coming voices with those of more established artists. Each edition of Tintreach includes three or four artworks by a Featured Artist, a Featured Artist Interview, work by three other artists (usually with multiple artworks by each), and occasionally an article contribution by Mary Moynihan, Smashing Times Artistic Director and a writer and creator of art and photography. The journal appears in January, April, July, and October, reaching around 1,500 people, including a range of major organisations in the areas of arts and human rights across Europe.

Tintreach was established as a continuation and major expansion of the Tintreach section of the monthly Smashing Times Newsletter. Previous contributors to Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal and the Tintreach section of our newsletter include poets Jessica Traynor, Mary O’Malley, and Annemarie Ní Churreáin; Senator Lynn Ruane; 2023 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Narges Mohammadi; director and playwright Dijana Milošević; rapper-singer Saint Levant; and many more. (To read past editions of the newsletter, please click here. Every edition of Tintreach can be viewed below.)

‘Tintreach’ is the Irish word for lightning, which for us symbolises the spark that animates art, making it striking and engaging. What sets Tintreach apart as a publication? Firstly, we are open to all artforms that can be read or viewed in page format. Secondly, each artist selected for publication will have multiple pieces included, unless their contribution is a short story, non-fiction essay, or novel extract. The purpose of this is to offer artists, especially emerging artists, more exposure than a journal publication would normally offer.

The artworks are selected from a combination of an open submissions call and solicited submissions. Artistic merit is the primary requirement for publication (provided the work is on theme, if it is a themed edition), which include, for example, a strong technical foundation, depth and complexity, and originality.

We are also committed to diversity and representation; as such, we aim to include the work of artists from under-represented backgrounds relating to age, civil or family status, disability, gender, membership of the Traveller Community, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and more. This aligns with the company’s policy and The Arts Council’s Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion policy, recognising the challenges faced by such artists who are striving to advance their careers and enhance their artistic practice. Finally, as a Smashing Times publication, the fundamental principles of human rights, social justice, and equality will often be reflected in the journal’s content.

Click here for the submission guidelines for Edition VI of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal (to be published in April 2026)

About the Editor

Féilim James is a writer and editor from Dublin, Ireland. His poem ‘Dream of an Atrocity’ was shortlisted at the 2024 Irish Book Awards. He has been funded by the Arts Council of Ireland on three occasions, and Dublin City Arts Office once. He has had four plays and two short films produced, and his fiction and poetry have appeared in the Irish Independent’s New Irish Writing, Acumen, The Fiction Pool, Abridged, and elsewhere. Visit his website here.

Féilim also works as an editor, having previously been a reader for The Common, a major American literary journal. He has been the editor of the Smashing Times Newsletter since 2023, having previously edited the newsletter from 2014–2020. He is also the editor of Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal,which was founded in January 2025. In his work on both of these publications, he has published poets Jessica Traynor and Fady Joudah, Senator Lynn Ruane, 2023 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Narges Mohammadi, and rapper-singer Saint Levant, as well as many talented up-and-coming artists across a range of artforms.

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Smashing Times Newsletter

Each month, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality publishes the Smashing Times Newsletter. It includes the sections Spotsolas: Smashing Times News, which comprises the latest updates from Smashing Times and a featured piece highlighting a specific element of the organisation’s work; Grants and Opportunities, a list of the latest grants and opportunities in the area of arts and human rights; News From the Network, providing partner news, including two bilingual Irish-English news items regarding the Irish language itself; and Comment, which consists of more expository pieces on any given subject matter. Each edition has a theme, which informs the selection for the Quotes and 10 We Admire sections. The latter is a detailed list of ten artists whom we find inspiring and whose work relates to the newsletter’s theme.

To subscribe to receive both Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal and the Smashing Times Newsletter, please click here.

Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio Show

Listen to interviews with a selection of artists from Tintreach: The Smashing Times Arts and Literary Journal and the Smashing Times Newsletter. Check out the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio Show on Dublin South FM at 6–7pm every Wednesday. It is hosted by Mary Moynihan, a writer, poet, creator of art and photography, and Artistic Director of Smashing Times; and Freda Manweiler, Producer, Smashing Times. Enjoy an engaging hour of in-depth discussions focused on equality, diversity, and the work of artists and arts organisations who advocate for human rights. Join Mary and Freda each week for an enriching exploration of the arts and the powerful role they play in promoting equality, human rights, and diversity. Tune in to Dublin South FM 93.9, or listen online at www.dublinsouthfm.ie.

Click here to listen to past episodes.