Brilliant!!!

an entire world, within and beyond our own. My essay on the ‘Best Book of 1934’: Bruno Schulz’s Cinnamon Shops (Sklepy cynamonowe) @grantamag.bsky.social granta.com/best-book-of...

Laughing out loud at the brilliant Paul Durcan, in prep for ekphrasis class tomorrow. He’s so good it ‘s hard to choose. Want class to read them all! 🖼️📚💚

Freesias and berries to brighten the Belfast fog! 💛💚

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed. (Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).

When columnist Melanie Reid wrote about struggling to find a hairdresser after her spinal injury, 98 year old art historian and socialite Virginia Surtees wrote to her (on a typewriter) offering to taxi round her wigs from her flat in Knightsbridge. I can sleep now. www.thetimes.com/article/1a37...

“A new writing award for authors aged 60+ has launched, and is backed by My Name is Leon (Penguin) author @kitdewaal.bsky.social and agency AM Health.” via The Bookseller Magazine #NewWritingAward www.thebookseller.com/news/new-wri...

The Christmas books! This little novella by Tessa Hadley perfect for Christmas Eve! 💚🎄❤️📚

Delighted my poem’Jacinta Painting Under Trees’ is included in Jacinta s wonderful exhibition in the Marketplace Theatre in Armagh, ‘Flights of Fantasy’ . 🙏

Little scarlet cactus shining! ❤️🎄❤️

Georgian Day on Saturday 30th November is the highlight of the festival with the festivites starting in Armagh at 12 noon... (see all about the festival via the link below...)

The BBC's Powell & Pressburger season gets underway this Sunday on BBC2 with the TV debut of 'Made In England; The Films of Powell & Pressburger', then continues on BBC4 on Nov. 21...

Want to read a great short poem about London that you've probably never read before? In which Wordsworth sort of sounds like T.S. Eliot? And there's an iambic pentameter entirely made of adjectives for a snowy city street? I have it all right here for you someflowerssoon.substack.com/p/deep-hollo...

Writers! Do you have a masterpiece handy? ... For the next month, we're open to submissions from women writers. For more information, head here: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/submissions (We'll be very grateful if you could share widely!)

Lovely couple of minutes with Nicholas Allen and the great Seamus Heaney here; www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...

Good morning! There's something about starting the week with a first copy of your novel in its new paperback jacket! It's a standalone, uplit, family saga, and Easons Ireland currently has it at a SPECIAL ONLINE OFFER PRICE 👉https://rb.gy/fjkio Reposts appreciated.🎈📚 #author #writingcommunity

This is non-fiction’s Milkman. Devastating, powerful, heartbreaking & breaking open the dark claustrophobia of Republican West Belfast. I’ve never read anything like it. A book can’t undo suffering but this is a remarkable reclamation of agency. 💔

Out Nov. '23, from Books Ireland mag - I have a piece in it about writing historical fiction. Lots of writers and literature experts contribute. Edited by #ruthmckee

I do this every now and then. This is Domino. He's one of the dogs that has been the longest at the DSPCA. Liz and I brought him out for a walk up to the Hellfire Club recently and he is a sweetheart... What about adopting him? www.dspca.ie/dimo-17590 A share would help too...

Submissions for Issue Five are now open. Closing date is midnight Oct 15th. We're seeking the best non-fiction and short stories from anywhere in the world. More info here: thepigsback.ie/submit

Trees in Ormeau Park this afternoon. 🌳🧡🍁💚🍂

So lovely to see these boxes of fresh herbs in Belfast city centre yesterday at Donegal Square North, presumably for use in the Café Parisienne -all healthy & cared for. 💚👏

Our street looking very autumnal already! 🍂🍁