Jessica Grene
@jgrenewriter.bsky.social
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Irish writer. Reader. Mother of redheads. Leftie nerd. She/her.
https://www.jessica-grene-writer.com
Awesome writer Jan Carson
@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
writes about awesome writer Barbara Pym. Barbara Pym is Jane Austen with a side of jumble sales, public transport and laugh-out-loud one-liners
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Barbara Pym is Jane Austen with a side of jumble sales, public transport and laugh-out-loud one-liners
Her dour, unflinching portraits of women doing their level best not to lose any part of themselves reek of real life
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/01/21/barbara-pym-is-jane-austen-with-a-side-of-jumble-sales-public-transport-and-laugh-out-loud-one-liners/
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Martina Devlin
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Excited to sign again with
@lilliputpress.bsky.social
for my next novel Glorious Monsters. Features Mary Shelley of Frankenstein fame, set in 1819 ⌠and Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley are also characters. Out Sep 2026. Hereâs me with Antony Farrell of Lilliput
#books
#histfic
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray
2 days ago
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
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Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways â something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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This book is utterly amazing, and genuinely original.
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Sally Hayden
9 days ago
'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' is 4.99 pounds on Audible in the UK for January only. The audiobook version includes original audio from reporting I did over those years. Please consider listening if you haven't already. It (unfortunately) has not stopped being relevant.
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Martin Doyle
10 days ago
The best fiction of 2026 to look forward to: Books from Louise Kennedy, Donal Ryan, Sebastian Barry, Maggie OâFarrell, Keith Ridgway, Danielle McLaughlin, Louise Nealon, Sarah Gilmartin, Patrick Freyne, Liz Nugent, Jan Carson, Tana French, Kathleen MacMahon & more
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The best fiction of 2026 to look forward to: Books from Louise Kennedy, Donal Ryan, Sebastian Barry and more
A comprehensive round-up of fiction from Irish and international authors due out this year
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/01/11/the-best-fiction-of-2026-to-look-forward-to-books-from-louise-kennedy-donal-ryan-sebastian-barry-and-more/
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Good. Quite aside from Walliams being a creep, there are MUCH, MUCH better childrenâs books out there.
www.thebookseller.com/news/david-w...
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David Walliams sales down 30% in weeks after author 'dropped by HarperCollins'
Sales of David Walliamsâ books decreased 30% in the last two weeks of 2025, and were down 19% year on year, according to NielsenIQ BookData.
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/david-walliams-sales-down-30-percent-in-weeks-after-author-dropped-by-harpercollins
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Joanne Harris
18 days ago
E-books are reading. Comics are reading. Genre is reading. Fanfic is reading. Text-based games are reading. Audiobooks are reading. Braille books are reading. Non-fiction is reading. Picture books are reading. There is no single way to read, nor is any reading style more worthy than another.
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Julia Rose Kraut
21 days ago
Happy New Year! đ Walking into 2026 like Victor Laszlo ... đď¸
#HATM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOli...
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Victor Laszlo Gets a Crowd To Sing "La Marseillaise" (Clip) | Casablanca (1942) | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOliU7X1fEg
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Why âfailedâ? She didnât fail to restore it. It looked different is all. âAfter news broke of the restoration the small town of Borja saw a boom in tourism from people eager to see it.â Success!
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Spanish woman known for failed restoration of Jesus Christ fresco dies
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Spanish woman known for failed restoration of Jesus Christ fresco dies
Cecilia Gimenez rose to international fame in 2012 after her botched restoration of the Ecce Homo fresco.
https://jrnl.ie/6914979
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YourAnonRiots đď¸đ´đľđ¸đ˛đ˛đŚ
23 days ago
This year the British establishment covered up this new
#Banksy
. Can we get it Retweeted 10,000 times to show that they can never cover up their complicity in war crimes?? Protect the right to protest! RT!
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Ciara | CiaraĂoch đ¨
26 days ago
If, like me, you did NOT get the ONE thing you wanted from Santy (a 95-year-old bachelor farmer with plenty land and a bad cough), treat yourself to a print from an Irish doodler instead - big discounts across the shop, including on bundles, so go on. Go on go on go ON.
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
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Adam Sharp
about 1 month ago
The most brutal way of telling someone theyâre a few sandwiches short of a picnic that Iâve heard in French is tâes pas la truite la plus oxygĂŠnĂŠe de la rivière. It means âyouâre not the most oxygenated trout in the river.â * read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)âŚ
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This show jumped the shark several seasons ago.
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about 1 month ago
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Nicola Miller
about 1 month ago
Please stop reposting that vicious amoral man's words. You're spreading poison.
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Thereâs also a feature that blocks screenshots from X and other media. However, it doesnât always work, so I IMPLORE people to *STOP* sharing deranged and toxic content on here. If I wanted to read it, Iâd be on those networks. Thanks.
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Jane Casey
about 1 month ago
Overheard in the supermarket. Two teenagers. 1: 'Where's Dad?' 2 (with ineffable weariness): 'In the cheese aisle, having the time of his life.'
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Carole (Ducky) (IrPsych)
about 1 month ago
Public service announcement to anyone in the UK trying to phone people in Ireland. Chances are that, unless you are a âcontactâ, you wonât get through. Weâre being bombarded by spam calls from 0044 numbers atm, & so most of us are not answering unknown UK numbers.
#SpeirGorm
#IrishBluesky
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OisĂn McGann
about 1 month ago
In my latest piece for
@thebookseller.com
, I talk about my experience working as a Champion of Reading in a secondary school in Dublin with reluctant readers. Rather than concentrating on text, I made my focus the point where language triggers the imagination.
www.thebookseller.com/comment/copy...
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Instilling a hunger for language
Children's Books Ireland's Everyone a Reader programme holds powerful lessons for the National Year of Reading.
https://www.thebookseller.com/comment/copy-of-publishing-but-not-as-we-know-it
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Ciara | CiaraĂoch đ¨
about 2 months ago
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ciaraioch.com
is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer đ
#SpĂŠirGorm
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Dr Neutopia
about 2 months ago
A brilliant idea by the marketing manager of my hot coffee drone delivery company to send President Zelensky a welcoming steaming oat milk caramel latte. Now to log onto BlueSky and see how it went down.
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Ciara | CiaraĂoch đ¨
about 2 months ago
First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA!
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
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lukelukeluke
about 2 years ago
Iâm hearing rumors about a ânew yearâ, do we really want another one of these things?
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Ciara | CiaraĂoch đ¨
about 2 months ago
Not doing Black Friday because I'm against the creeping Americanisation of Irish life and can't afford to as a small artist, but WILL be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every piece of art you purchase from
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies
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Poetry Ireland / Ăigse Ăireann
about 2 months ago
Gerald Dawe Poetry Bursary - Deadline extended to Wednesday 3rd Dec. Poetry Ireland / Ăigse Ăireann invites applications from poets for the inaugural Home Again - Gerald Dawe Poetry Bursary aimed at the development and creation of new work.
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Ciara | CiaraĂoch đ¨
about 2 months ago
Nature: Winter is a time of slowing down, resting, conserving energy and recovering for the year ahead Capitalism: NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL SELL SELL, EXTENDED OPENING HOURS, CHECK OUT OUR SALES, BUY EVERYTHING WE SAY YOU NEED FOR AN ELABORATE LABOUR-INTENSIVE FESTIVAL, WORK YOURSELF TO THE BONE
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Cethan Leahy
2 months ago
This email could have been a heartbreaking debut novel for fans of Matt Haig and Jodi Picoult.
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âThis decision (a âbathroom banâ) will not make women safer, but it will undoubtedly endanger trans and non-binary people, who already face higher rates of harassment and violence.â
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Tramp Press
2 months ago
Dublin bookshop to host festive late-night shopping event following arson attack | Irish Independent
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Dublin bookshop to host festive late-night shopping event following arson attack
A much-loved Dublin bookshop will kick off the festive season next week with a late-night Christmas shopping party featuring cocktails, cookies and surprise author signings.
https://share.google/spCMW7qYvg79vUW1x
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The Irish Times
2 months ago
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The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year
Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrowâs pages
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2025/11/14/the-benefactors-by-wendy-erskine-is-waterstones-irish-book-of-the-year/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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Hey
@miseryvulture.bsky.social
, nach mbeadh sĂŠ greannmhar dĂĄ tabharfĂĄ cic sa thĂłin di? Irish is a 'gift' says President Connolly as she visits gaelscoil on first full day in office
jrnl.ie/6871895
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Irish is a 'gift' says President Connolly as she visits gaelscoil on first full day in office
As she arrived Gaelscoil Inse ChĂłr this morning, students from the school chanted her name.
https://jrnl.ie/6871895
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Cethan Leahy
2 months ago
There is no winning. Read a book in public, you get accused of being performative. Don't read a book in public, Joyce Carol Oates says you are a human shell with no inner life. đ
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This is an excellent book. I highly recommend!
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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Flashlight by Susan Choi review â big, bold and surprising
Stretching from Indiana to North Korea, the US writerâs sixth novel is a study of absence, alienation and affection in a family rocked by tragedy
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/30/flashlight-by-susan-choi-review-big-bold-and-surprising?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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But the book is called GLORIOUS EXPLOITS.
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RĂłisĂn NĂ Neachtain
2 months ago
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This premise for a novel by
@richycraven.bsky.social
is easily the most fun thing to come out of this presidential election.
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Really enjoyed seeing Be Careful at the Project last night. Written and performed by Mallika Taneja.
3 months ago
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RTĂ News
4 months ago
The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow
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Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent
The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.
https://www.rte.ie/news/budget-2026/2025/1006/1536999-budget-2026/
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Damian Stack
4 months ago
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TG4
4 months ago
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Jess Traynor
4 months ago
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Sally Hayden
4 months ago
New statement from Irish foreign minister Simon Harris: "There is a genocide taking place in Gaza and the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry earlier this week make clear that this is the case. The need for action has never been more urgent. In fact, it is long past due."
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Irish Doctors for the Environment
4 months ago
Irish media reporting on road collisions too often dehumanises victims and hides driver responsibility. Cyclists and pedestrians are people first â the language we use matters. Read our full statement below.
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The Author, SĂŠamas O'Reilly
5 months ago
Dismayed by the "I loathe Gl**ner but his arrest should scare us all" takes. The bar for arrest over a social media post *should be extremely high*, but a guy who's harassed trans people 19 hours a day for 8 years, telling his 600k fans to attack any trans women they see, clears that bar v easily?
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Mike Tomlinson
5 months ago
Kitty O'Brien: "The video of me being beaten went viral because Iâm white, but the violence I experienced is just a drop in the ocean compared to what my Palestinian, Arab and other racialised comrades have endured at the hands of the German state police over the past two years.â
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Interesting to read Adam Robertsâ review of âThe Rest of Our Livesâ by Ben Markovits.
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Audibleâs âAUTHORS SIMILAR TO Chimamanda Ngozi Adichieâ are Damilare Kuku, William Shakespeare, and Yael van der Wouden. I mean, I *could* write an essay about the commonality of themes in their work, but itâs not leaping out at me.
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Merriam-Webster
5 months ago
We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: - Itâs âvoilĂ ,â not âwallah!â - Itâs âa lot,â not âalot.â - Itâs âfurther ado,â not âfarther adieu.â - Itâs âflesh out,â not âflush out.â - Itâs âsneak peek,â not âsneak peak.â No worries if not!!!
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An upside to the Salt Path kerfuffle is that it's been a catalyst for getting some well-reasoned and relevant essays about chronic illness, disability, writing and publishing, into the public eye. Polly Atkin writes about the expectation of a narrative featuring inspirational recovery.
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