Tonight at Secret Kingdoms in Madrid #historicalfiction #Venice #medici #madrid

Manuscripts Don't Burn. Happy Birthday Mr Bukgakov. #sympathyforthedevil #themasterandmargarita #anniversary

Our new podcast is up - writing in Berlin and a cool idea for launching a new book... open.spotify.com/episode/7dNj... #Berlin #writing #books #Podcast #author #interview

This is a 1932 oil painting titled "Room in Brooklyn" by the American realist painter Edward Hopper.

Force out 200 words, you'll feel better

All the San Isidro events for this weekend (it's started already!) #sanisidro #Madrid #concerts #free #fiesta #weekend www.sanisidromadrid.com

© Carlos Martin. 'Quiet Presence,' 2025. Ink on paper, 30 × 42 cm.

There was an Old Person of Spain, Who hated all trouble and pain; So he sat on a chair, With his feet in the air, That umbrageous Old Person of Spain. #edwardlear #birthday #Limerick #nationallimerickday #johnlennon

Review of an amazing #ballet in Madrid #julietandromeo #teatroreal #royalswedishballet #dance open.substack.com/pub/themadri...

"What had begun as an aesthetic conversation became, in many cases, a literature of loss, displacement and memory." This gives some historical context about Spain in the 1920s and some of its most famous poets like Lorca. Looking forward to learning more about the women poets mentioned too

Lorca, Alberti and company - what's the story? #poetry #Spain #Spanish #history #dali themadridreview.substack.com/p/a-brief-gu...

Watership Down, eh? #richardadams #anniversary #birthday #rabbits open.substack.com/pub/themadri...

We're seeking volunteers to join our Fiction Reading Team! If you love short fiction, have a few spare hours a month, and want to be part of supporting the takahē kaupapa, head to our Vacancies page to learn more 😊 www.takahe.org.nz/vacancies/

A new series of Lorca events kicked off in Madrid last night. We were there and it looks great #Lorca #poetry #culture @ugtcomunica.bsky.social themadridreview.substack.com/p/lorca-90-y...

30 percent of Americans are against [squints at notes] the Pope urging peace

Spent time with Tanner’s greens and Tangiers in my ongoing hunt for eau du nil today. 🖤

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"Colors Of The Night" - my oil painting

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The cat's stunned reaction to the baby kicking in the womb

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Meditative Rose, 1958. Oil on canvas. #Surrealism

Prime with ads. Just how Kubrick intended.

This painting is titled "Bar Scene" and was created in 1940 by Australian realist painter Herbert Badham (1899–1961).

MacKenzie Scott Was A Success While Married To Bozos. Her Debut Novel Won The American Book Award in 2006,And Her 2nd Novel Followed in 2013.She Stepped Away From Amazon, to Raise 4 Children. In 2019, Bozos Announced They Were Divorcing. She's A Great American........

themadridreview.com/f/new-worksh... #guionista #guion #screenwriter #writer #Madrid #taller #workshop #movies

Another poem accepted for publication by The Spectator...

Texas voters just sent the book banners packing. Not in California. Not in New York. In Texas. Across the state, voters went to the polls and threw out right-wing school board members who built their local political brands on book bans, anti-LGBTQ policies and Christian nationalist culture-war panic

If you were at our TRANSLATING OMAN event and heard several people recommend Mohammed Alyahyai’s ‘The War,’ it's out today from @DarArabUk in Christiaan James's fluid translation. An excerpt: arablit.org/2026/05/05/f...

##Profesores #instituto #madrid #cole #colegio #poesia #poetry #internationalschool #school #teacher

I love the idea of an eclipse as "a moment of "collective astonishment". There's a total eclipse coming to Granada on 2 August 2027, when the city will be plunged into four minutes of darkness. Really interesting to read about logistical challenges this creates, too

themadridreview.com/f/spain-prep... Get ready for the Eclipse of the Century in Andalucia in 2027, plus two other biggies #eclipse #space #spain

Wow 🤩 The Weather Channel posted this.

Jeff Bezos and his wife are the lead sponsors of tonight's Met Gala. Now seems like a good time to remind folks of all the ways Bezos is shafting American consumers and Amazon workers — and how his wealth is putting our democracy at risk. https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos

54 Writing Contests in May 2026 - No entry fees! "This May there are more than four dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes range from $50,000 to publication." https://ericaverrillo.com/blog/54-writing-contests-in-may-2026-no-entry-fees

"What’s at stake in my work is a reckoning with the ways in which, through the prisms of memory, art can be a way to confront the often traumatic losses of the past — both an individual’s past and the past of a nation." puncturedlines.com/2026/04/29/p...

Big five-way autistic author interview, up now on Bookstr! bookstr.com/article/five...

I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️

just overheard a 4th grader telling her friend, "if you ever need to distract some boys, literally just draw an X in the dirt. they'll stop to dig it up, they can't help it" which is the only gender metric I'll be using, moving forward

I'm not crying, you're crying - wife asked me if I had a cable. Yes, yes I did!

What's on today and why it's happening - all the details #dosdemayo #history #madrid themadridreview.substack.com/p/whats-the-...

La Movidita is here! The new monthly newsletter from The Madrid Review brings you upcoming book releases, literary events and the best spots to eat, drink & learn and lurve in Madrid. Free to download at www.themadridreview.com — or subscribe and get it in your inbox. #newsletter #may #free #books

Return of Aparicio painting to Prado exemplifies trajectory of human taste www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Advance Warning! @francescaalbanese.bsky.social @galaxiagutenberg.bsky.social @carlosbardem.bsky.social @unitednations1945.bsky.social #humanrights #Palestine #Gaza #peace #event #Madrid

Tonight at Libreria Gaztambide, Madrid.

Fernanda Trias is at @fnacesp.bsky.social in Callao tomorrow - book on their web #Uruguay #autora #madrid #encuentro

Push the boat out, compañeros, push the boat out, whatever the sea… —Edwin Morgan, “At Eighty”: a poem written for his own 80th birthday Edwin Morgan (1920–2010) was born #OTD, 27 April – a 🎂 🧵 #poem #poetry 1/14 www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/eighty-0/

Happy birthday to one of the greatest minds on literature— who also happens to be a staggeringly-good writer. This conversation with Ricky Laurentiis was riveting for me. milkweed.org/between-the-...

Stopping, an erasure poem by Mary Ruefle

Last night over Senja, Norway 🇳🇴 — the sky didn’t just glow… it moved, breathed, and transformed in real time.