The album your collection has been missing for all these years. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you…

Next on @rtegold.bsky.social: this week's edition of ABC to XTC, featuring music from Echo & the Bunnymen, Altered Images, Big Country and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

Some independent bookstores will have signed copies of a gorgeous map of Charlie Parker's Maine, created by artist Rob Ryan, with first editions of A RIVER RED WITH BLOOD. Details in the latest newsletter: hosted.verticalresponse.com/205621/48c2f...

Check your email, check your spam folders: a newsletter went out last night! hosted.verticalresponse.com/205621/48c2f...

In April we'll be welcoming John Connolly onto World Book Club to talk about his beautiful novel 'The Book of Lost Things'. We'll be recording 16th April, so get your questions to [email protected] ASAP to join us on the show :) #wbc #bbc #booksky #johnconnolly #bookoflostthings

Our new hardback, limited edition of THE BLEEDING HORSE and Other Ghost Stories by Brian J. Showers is signed by the author, John Connolly (forward), Jim Rockhill (intro), and Brian Coldrick (cover artist). Plus the usual extras! Order here: swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/th...

Pulling together a newsletter with Irish event dates for A RIVER RED WITH BLOOD and more. If you're not already subscribing, you can sign up at www.johnconnollybooks.com.

US readers can enter now to win an advance copy of A RIVER RED WITH BLOOD (on sale from @atriabooks.bsky.social on June 2!) from Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Happy Friday! For US readers, the e-book edition of THE CHILDREN OF EVE is currently on sale for $2.99 on all platforms: www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Ch...

Ah! An impending reissue from the delightfully-named Pungent Stench — presumably ‘The Stench’ to their fans…

On sale today from @hodderbooks.bsky.social: the paperback edition of THE CHILDREN OF EVE www.johnconnollybooks.com/charlie-park...

@johnsandford.bsky.social is one of the greats. Thanks for the books, John, and happy birthday.

Next on @rtegold.bsky.social: this week's edition of ABC to XTC, featuring music from @toriamos.bsky.social, Mark Lanegan, James and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

Available for preorder from @swanriverpress.bsky.social: THE BLEEDING HORSE and Other Ghost Stories by Brian J. Showers, with a foreword by me. Some copies even have my signature: swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/th...

Young Evelyn Waugh, in Paris, speaking to a woman who had mistaken him for his brother Alec: Woman: “But … but they said you wrote.” Waugh: “Yes, I do a little. You see, I couldn’t get any other sort of job.”

UK readers! @waterstones.bsky.social is offering 25% off preorders of A RIVER RED WITH BLOOD, for a limited time — enter FEB26 at checkout for the discount: www.waterstones.com/book/a-river...

Start your Valentine's evening plans with a season-ignoring ABC to XTC, next on @rtegold.bsky.social — music from @tearsforfears.bsky.social, The Cure, Jonathan Richman and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

Did you miss ABC to XTC on @rtegold.bsky.social yesterday? You can always listen back to the most recent shows on the RTÉ app or through the website: www.rte.ie/radio/gold/a...

Bet you thought I'd forgotten! Started the #ConnollyReadathon a wee while ago (well, quite a while ago) and am on the final furlong! Two to go! #TheInstrumentsOfDarkness and #TheChildrenOfEve. Phew! @jconnollybooks.bsky.social @hodderbooks.bsky.social @grabthisbook.bsky.social

ABC to XTC is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from Buzzcocks, Style Council, PiL and more — listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

UK readers! Our beloved @goldsborobooks.bsky.social has posted a preorder link for signed copies of A RIVER RED WITH BLOOD, on sale May 7: goldsborobooks.com/products/a-r...

Some high-quality covers up next on ABC to XTC at @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from @toriamos.bsky.social, The Bangles, Warren Zevon and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

For any of you concerned that I may not have been getting out of the house enough lately, here are tonight’s rather white lodgings. If I were to carp, we have a distinct lack of biscuits, and the sink appears to have been set deliberately skew-whiff, which is odd. #HotelOdyssey

Happy Saturday! ABC to XTC is coming your way in about an hour on @rtegold.bsky.social, with the usual selection of surprising covers and classic tunes from Japan, The Damned, The Smiths and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

Quite agree with this take in @irishtimes.com on appointing a new host for Arena on @rteradio.bsky.social. I think Rick has put in his time on Arena (and elsewhere), has handled a difficult situation well, and deserves a shot. But whatever the decision, the show needs a permanent presenter soon.

Check your email, check your spam folders — a new newsletter is out! Con noticias especiales para mis lectores españoles . . . hosted.verticalresponse.com/205621/001f6...

Remembering @davidbowiereal.bsky.social and more on ABC to XTC this week, next on @rtegold.bsky.social. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

Happy new year! Watch for a newsletter sometime next week with information about A RIVER RED WITH BLOOD (May 2026) and Charlie Parker's return to France in March. If you're not subscribing, you can do that at www.johnconnollybooks.com.

The first ABC to XTC show of 2026 is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from The Wild Swans, Style Council, Talk Talk and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

Well done — thank you!

"...reading, and particularly the reading of fiction, encourages us to view the world in new and challenging ways...It allows us to inhabit the consciousness of another which is a precursor to empathy, and empathy is, for me, one of the marks of a decent human being." - John Connolly

The holiday edition of ABC to XTC is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with seasonal tunes from @petshopboys.co.uk, @azteccamera.bsky.social, @sharonvanetten.bsky.social and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

Flatteringly, ‘Every Dead Thing’ is now available in Arabic…

Alll the hits.

I love the randomness of this shop on Dublin’s Thomas Street: hairdryers, watches, male grooming kits, Christmas decorations, blood-pressure monitors. “Oh, and while you’re out, pick up a memorial plaque for Mum’s grave…”

My contribution to @express.co.uk Books of the Year:

On cellphone etiquette, from this weekend’s @thetimes.com. Yes. Just…yes.

This week on ABC to XTC, next on @rtegold.bsky.social: music from @depechemode.com, China Crisis, World Party and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

Because I’m a giver, and also a bit cheap, here’s my festive gift to you: a Hotel Odyssey. No, don’t thank me, it’ll only embarrass us both. Nice decor, though, and note presence of free shortbread, crisps, AND a gingerbread snowman. I know you want me to be happy. #HotelOdyssey

Una 'bella durmiente' de John Connolly

ABC to XTC is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from The Damned, The Jam, Talking Heads and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

US readers, THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS is currently on sale in e-book format for only $1.99 on all platforms — not sure how long this will last! www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Bo...

Ah, St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin, and a man walking with his parrot, as one does…

From @theobserveruk.bsky.social. You’d never get a Liverpool midfielder writing this sort of thing…

"If you are a fan of the series, this one delivers . . . Definitely recommend." Thank you, Jen!

ABC to XTC starts now on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from Spandau Ballet, the Buzzcocks, John Lennon and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

You have just over an hour to prepare yourself for this week's ABC to XTC, featuring music from Prince, Madness, The Cure and more. Listen via the RTE mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

Gracias, es precioso.

ABC to XTC is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from Bryan Ferry, Tears for Fears, Fine Young Cannibals and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

A la venta hoy, de @tusquetseditores.bsky.social: LA TIERRA DE LAS COSAS PERDIDAS. www.planetadelibros.com/libro-la-tie...