‘Bachelard didn’t abandon science but he did embark on a journey into the imagination and never came back for long.’ Michael Wood on the philosophy of Gaston Bachelard: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

While you're on holiday, the EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/adv...

“Archives are not confined to buildings. They are places, streets, hillsides as much as card indexes.” Edmund de Waal, the writer and potter, gathers what’s scattered across time and terrain, new today in TYR. yalereview.org/article/edmu...

32 iconic villains await your judgement! Cast your vote to help your favorite advance in the second round of our bracket–you might help crown them the Best Villain in Literature.

delighted my photo archive/research project is now live on Wexford County Archive website wexfordcountyarchive.com/the-gus-hand...

Oh, Joy! My pamphlet "Two Level Crossings Past Kilcaven" has been shortlisted in the wonderful Emma Press 2024 Open Call. Shout-out to @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social, the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social National Mentoring Programme and DLR Arts/Lexicon for assistance completing these poems. Woohooooo!

This is fabulous 📚💙

Fiona O'Rourke writes brilliantly about the Northern Ireland "troubles" and she is also a really engaging communicator. This looks like a very worthwhile course...

Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER! #litmags #writer #writingcommunity go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j

Borrowed this from the library and can hardly bear to return it...