Up next on @rtegold.bsky.social: this week's ABC to XTC, with music from Adam Ant, Big Country, Leonard Cohen and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

Next on @rtegold.bsky.social: ABC to XTC kicks off November with music from Nik Kershaw, Kirsty MacColl, Hüsker Dü and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

Tonight (7:00 p.m.) on Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social: suggestions for your Halloween entertainment, including book recommendations from one J. Connolly. The show streams at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1....

In the spirit of the season, I'll be dropping in to Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social tomorrow night to talk about books appropriate for Halloween — you can listen at 7:00 p.m. via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1....

Happy Samuel Johnson Day to all who celebrate. www.johnconnollybooks.com/other-books/...

And for American e-book readers, THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS and THE LAND OF LOST THINGS remain on sale for $1.99 apiece on all platforms: www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Bo... www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-La...

UK ebook readers: the Kindle edition of NIGHT & DAY is currently on sale for a mere 99p — amzn.eu/d/c5LxjCq

US readers: the next Charlie Parker novel, A RIVER RED WITH BLOOD, goes on sale on May 5, 2026 and is now available for pre-order: www.simonandschuster.biz/books/A-Rive... (UK details coming soon!)

Words of wisdom from the great Bill Nighy.

Did you miss yesterday's edition of ABC to XTC on @rtegold.bsky.social? Don't despair! You can listen back on the RTÉ mobile app or through the website: www.rte.ie/radio/gold/a...

From yesterday’s @IrishTimesCultr, as @Connellybooks continues his campaign to steal my mum. Mark my words, he’ll be in her will next — at my expense.

My current reading by @carrport.bsky.social, which is so good, and so much more than a collection of interviews. But among the latter, Josephine Hart describes literature as the “geography of mankind”, which seems just right: non-fiction as the history, fiction as the geography…

!En media hora! En inglés, pero creo que habrá una traducción en español…

ABC to XTC is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from The Waterboys, Pixies, birthday boy Daryl Hall (with John Oates) and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

Voy a charlar en un evento digital por la Feria Internacional del Libro Zócalo este Domingo, 12 de octubre, a la una de la tarde (8pm GMT) — pero creo que la charla será en inglés. (The conversation will be in English.)

A nice mention for the Parker novels in this feature on cults in fiction… www.horrordna.com/features/joi...

And thanks to @aricpeterson.bsky.social for noting that THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS is also on sale in e-format for $1.99. Both sales are likely to be of short duration. www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Bo...

Classics of the genre and some fun covers on this week's ABC to XTC, next on @rtegold.bsky.social with music from @petshopboys.co.uk, @thepretenders.com, Thin Lizzy and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

US readers! The electronic edition of THE LAND OF LOST THINGS is on sale on all platforms for a mere $1.99, for a limited time: www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-La...

Given the cost of the rest of the items on this page of the Sunday Times male fashion special, I may not bother asking for the price “on application” of the Celine coat at No. 10.

I’m very much looking forward to the launch of the Scribendi book and exhibition next month. I imagine a number of the subjects will be in attendance and, like me, will be happy to add their signatures, if you’re thinking about Christmas gifts… dublinbookfestival.com/event/scribe...

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

ABC to XTC starts next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from Wang Chung, Kate Bush, Belinda Carlisle and more. Listen via the RTÉ app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

American troops in Algeria in 1942. My God, how young that soldier in the second row looks. He’s just a child…

Hay una nota aqui — ¡en español! — por mis lectores españoles, al final del boletín en inglés, sobre el segundo libro por este año…

Check your email, check your spam folder — a newsletter went out last night announcing the next Parker novel: hosted.verticalresponse.com/205621/d24c9...

“Never leave me alone with poets.” — Harold Ross, editor-in-chief of The New Yorker, 1925-51.

Putting together a newsletter to go out overnight, so if you're not already subscribing (snf!), you can sign up here: www.johnconnollybooks.com

Happy Saturday! Almost time for ABC to XTC on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from Cameo, Talk Talk, New Order and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

Newspapers, coffee, and an order of beignets at the excellent Bayou on MacCurtain Street, Cork, with Joni Mitchell on the stereo. An absolute gem of a place…

ABC to XTC is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from Kirsty MacColl, Men Without Hats, New Order and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

UK readers! For the entire month of September, THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS will be available in Kindle format for a mere 99p: amzn.eu/d/1O0gCWO

Day 4: The sausage dog is finished. I've named him Boswell, after the good dog of the same name, in the Samuel Johnson series of books by @jconnollybooks.bsky.social 🪡 #SausageDog #Boswell #CrossStitchSky

Next on @rtegold.bsky.social: this week's edition of ABC to XTC, with music from Depeche Mode, The B-52's, Thin Lizzy and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

Also from ‘Austerity Britain: 1945-51’, the Day-to-Day Plan for New Brides. I plan to pass it on to Her Indoors at the earliest opportunity. Frankly, our silverware is in a shocking state.

My new word for today, courtesy of David Kynaston’s ‘Austerity Britain: 1945-51’ is “tergiversation”. We live and learn.

ABC to XTC is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from David Bowie, The Anchoress, Grace Jones and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

A covers-heavy edition of ABC to XTC is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from The Pogues, The Bangles, and birthday girl Madonna — listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

Currently reading about the actress Bette Davis, whose husband Ham, upon filing for divorce in 1938, testified that she had read books “to an unnecessary degree”…

This week's edition of ABC to XTC, next on @rtegold.bsky.social, includes music from namesake ABC, The Go-Go's, Sparks and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

Portland, ME readers! Should you be looking for a signed copy of THE CHILDREN OF EVE or earlier titles, I've left some behind at @booksamillion.bsky.social, @barnesandnoble.com, Longfellow Books, The Green Hand, and Nonesuch. The hardcovers even have bookmarks. Happy hunting!

ABC to XTC is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from @thepretenders.com, The Clash, The Fall, and other bands whose names don't start with a definite article. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

A drawing of a butterfly wing by Vladimir Nabokov. Happy Monday.

UK readers! The paperback edition of NIGHT & DAY goes on sale on October 23rd, but you can pre-order it from @waterstones.bsky.social this week at a 25% discount with the code SUMMER25: www.waterstones.com/book/night-a...

Almost time for this week's ABC to XTC on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from The Bangles, The Beat, and birthday boy Mick Jagger. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

www.citizen.co.za/entertainmen... Great article on @jconnollybooks.bsky.social writing process! I'm also happy to know that my character has life and is alive & well in the Charlie Parker world...

“All writers have one or two subjects,” he said. “For me, it is corruption. Not just of institutions, but of the human soul.” www.citizen.co.za/entertainmen...

Tonight’s lodgings are homely, as I’m way up north for research. The bugs scented prime meat the second I got out of the car, but the one I swallowed was taught a lesson. #HotelOdyssey

Congratulations to Books A Million on their shiny new Auburn, ME store, which right now may be the only place in North America with signed US copies of The Children of Eve — WITH bookmarks. More Maine stores to come later this week…

Congratulations to @booksamillion on their shiny new Auburn, ME store, which right now may be the only place in North America with signed US copies of The Children of Eve — WITH bookmarks. More Maine stores to come later this week…