I briefly popped into the Post Grad room to print something and met someone who I taught when she was in her first year UG whislt I was doing my PhD. She is now doing her PhD 🙂

First lecture of the year complete!

Yesterday I attended the induction for our first year philosophy students and realised that it was 18 years, almost to the day, when I was a Liverpool philosophy student attending my induction. Possibly in the very same room. It was both a delightful and surreal realisation.

*slides Possible Worlds towards you like a cat trying to knock something off a counter top* rachelahandley.com/books/ #booksky

*slides Possible Worlds towards you like a cat trying to knock something off a counter top* rachelahandley.com/books/ #booksky

As always, today is a good day to support a writer, an artist, a creator. If you have the means, commission an art piece, leave a tip, buy a book. Or you can always signal boost their work or write them a nice comment.

Last night, I dreamt that a giant moth befriended me. So, waking up was pretty devastating. Where's my giant moth friend, reality?

BOAT HAT it's a hat it's a boat your city floods, you just do a handstand and float away BOAT HAT

I'm reading a biography of Mary Lavin that focuses on her writing (and personal) relationship with the New Yorker, and it is 1. Excellent and 2. Giving me the energy to write every day. (The book is "Gratefully & Affectionally" by Gráinne Hurley, and you should all buy it.) #booksky

I'm delighted to say that I'll be starting as a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Liverpool as of today!

I miss my friend, Helen. It would have been her birthday today. Please consider donating to the fundraiser for her kids: www.gofundme.com/f/support-he...

This fundraiser is still up and still worth donating to btw: www.gofundme.com/f/support-he...

Yesterday, a friend reminded me that Hemmingway once endorsed* buying a copy of Possible Worlds and Other Stories 👀 (*very legit).

Yesterday, a friend reminded me that Hemmingway once endorsed* buying a copy of Possible Worlds and Other Stories 👀 (*very legit).

Is it hay-fever, or is it a cold? A summer puzzle! *dramatic music*

Shaking up my essay reading list for the new academic year (undergrads - writers). What essays would you absolutely recommend by Irish writers and everyone else? #essayreadinglist

If you see something (horses), say something (horse)

Today in Irish weather it is both sunny and raining at the same time.

My research assistants are hard at work.

The cats are my morning alarm now. Feed us non-binary möther, they say. Feed us, or we shall instantly perish.

Last night, I became an honoured chosen one.

Are you an academic looking to relocate? Consider the Global Talent Ireland Scheme (expression of interest needed soon) - bonus: you get to find out whether you are a "Rising Star" or a "Research Leader" www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob... #philjobs

Apps open soon. Recommend! edithwharton.org/calendar/wir/

NEW: The White House wants to kill off Juno, NASA's mission to uncover Jupiter's secrets. Fortunately, its legacy is clear. Juno's a scientist, but also an artist: it revealed Jupiter as a living van Gogh painting hanging in the sky. Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

Today, I am editing whilst Mogs assists.

Tibbles and Mogs. Yes, this is just a cat account now. I'm actually Tibbles. I have taken over. Meow meow meow. All hail our new cat overlords.

Mogs.

A Sunday spent reading feat. Tibbles.

Tibbles.

The house I'm temporarily living in has two cats. One is a tuxedo cat, and the other is a fat fluffy orange.

My story "Gingerbread" was just published by @365tomorrows.bsky.social ✨️ you can read it for free here: 365tomorrows.com/2025/08/15/g... '“This is a terrible idea” I said. My sentience had arrived after the first gingerbread brick was lain.'

Petition for bookshops to have a writer-in-residence position. The writer will write near the books, give at least one writing workshop, and tell the books they are good if they look lonely.

There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

I'm putting most of my things in storage today to help with the Big Move. I've just made a cracking cup of tea. I'm ready for the final stage of packing 💪 💪 💪

This takes about one minute to do, it’s extremely simple, just a few simple questions, and you don’t need to be an artist to do it, it’s open to the general public. And the far right are trying to load it, so please take a moment and fill it out

I dreamt that I was a featured poet at a big in-person reading, and I couldn't find my poems in printed or digital form. I kept scrolling and scrolling on stage. People started muttering. Then, at some point, I misgendered myself? What gives, brain?* *the stress of moving/Other Life Things

When I first moved from the UK to Dublin, I brought a suitcase of stuff with me. Now that I have to move out of the flat I've been in for years, I am only now realising the true horror of moving. Maybe I am boxes now? I am one with the boxes. A cardboard being, bearing weight.

What did you want to be when you were a kid?

I woke up to find an abandoned tea on the bedside table. I'm so sorry, little tea.

14 of 24 authors have now withdrawn. First Book: Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas Main: Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies Judges: Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes

Among other Life Things which are keeping me quiet on here, I am moving house (internationally) very soon. Please pray for me as I pack mostly books and comment on how heavy each book is. (@chaptersbookstore.bsky.social donated the boxes to me. How lovely is that!)

New hair!

I walked and fed an alpaca today AKA I had a perfect day.

Are yiu a woman or nonbinary author of speculative fiction? Then we want you! ...to read with us un a fun, low-pressure environment where you can chat online with the audience & other authors! Fill out the form below to tell us you're keen! share.google/5YLrqbcfUe8n...

My friend @helendecruz.net passed away a few weeks ago. If you could donate to the fundraiser that's been set up to help her family, it would mean the world to me: gofund.me/dc505bda

A job interview request, hurrah! Please send luck!

There is a fundraiser for Helen's family created by @marcusarvan.bsky.social - please do consider donating. www.gofundme.com/f/support-he...

I had an absolute blast running an Ursula Le Guin themed creative writing workshop for the Current Research in Speculative Fiction at the University of Liverpool last week! I loved the whole conference, but the keynote by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social was a firm favourite!

I went to see my book in the Sydney Jones Library at Liverpool University 😎

I absolutely can't wait to give an Ursula Le Guin themed creative writing workshop on Friday at Current Research in Speculative Fiction at the University of Liverpool on Friday! There will be so much philosophy and writing 💪 💪 💪