The Bass Player (published @newislandbooks.bsky.social ) is on the short list! @irishbookawards.bsky.social The book is a testament to the power of story-telling. May this recognition encourage all those seeking justice & truth. Humbled to have been part of this project. Thank you Stephen. Onward.

Baseball is basically rounders where I'm from. I love it. My team is the Boston Red Sox, so I also love Mookie Betts.The LA Dodgers moved heaven and earth to get him, and I hope he helps them get the 2025 World Series. Here's a piece from 6 post-seasons ago. #WorldSeries. tinyurl.com/yhw355k2

As an Irish writer living near Guadalajara, Mexico, I'm extra excited about this collection of stories coming out on Thursday Oct. 23.

PRE-ORDER SALE! To celebrate the launch of SAINTS this Thursday 23rd October, get 25% off your pre-ordered copy! Just type Saints2310 at the checkout on or before 23rd October... www.scratch-books.co.uk/product-page...

Coming out in October this year, "The Bass Player" can be pre-ordered now. To save 40%, order by midnight on May 31 using discount code TRAVERS40: www.facebook.com/share/p/16Cg... #BookSky @belfasttelegraph.co.uk @irishtimes.com

"Exhaust the little moment." www.yvonnewatterson.com/exhaust-the-...

Whether you liked Joe Biden or not, it takes a particular kind of person to exploit his health for profit. To every journalist writing books, every person in the White House and/or Trump family commenting on his well-being, what’s wrong with you? www.yvonnewatterson.com/a-more-onero...

“Each day we move a little closer to the sidelines of their lives, which is where we belong, if we do our job right.” - Anna Quindlen For #mothersday www.yvonnewatterson.com/a-mothers-da...

For Teacher Appreciation Week ... and for that teacher that made all the difference for you. #thankateacher www.yvonnewatterson.com/teacherappre...

On #WorldBookDay thank you to the mobile library of my childhood in 1970's Northern Ireland. It's where I became "a citizen of the republic of reading." Thanks to @scalzi.com for the inspiration. #libraries #mobilelibrary #booklover #reading www.yvonnewatterson.com/booklover/

🌟“I’m in pursuit of greatness. I know people don’t usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats. I’m inspired by the greats” ~ Timothée Chalamet accepting the SAG award as the youngest Best Actor winner ever. #Inspiration From Willy Wonka to Bob Dylan! Amazing talent and versatility.

Forever Spring. www.yvonnewatterson.com/happy-birthd... #stvincentmallay #spring #citytrees

Just in time for Valentine's Day, a reprise of how we met ... www.irishtimes.com/life-and-sty... #valentinesday

RIP Garth — The Band's last man standing. I wrote a remembrance for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to David Browne for the late-game additions.

Goodness and mercy. I'd like to hear a whole more from Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde ... www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...

One of so many harrowing, heartbreaking stories from the embers of Pacific Palisades. lauranicolediamond.medium.com/what-is-lost...

How Close To the Edge We Are ... In 2005, I read Joan Didion's "Year of Magical thinking." I didn't get it. Not really. Didion's personal tragedy was so far removed from my own life at the time shimmering with promise. My husband was still alive, and our little girl had just started 3rd grade.

Families who have lost everything due to the LA California wildfires need our help. 💔 The attached article has links to reputable organizations providing aid, and I’ve included more charity links in my thread. Every donation makes a difference. Please help if you can. ❤️ abc7.com/post/socal-w...

Growing up in Northern Ireland, I had always believed in America. It was the shining city on the hill, the last best hope on Earth. The Dream of it was mine for the taking. Watching on live TV the desecration of the people's house on #January6 confirmed that Dream would remain elusive.

I think I’ll just keep Christmas up for the rest of the year. Every good wish to you in 2025.

Read this and weep: Books that made writers cry. John Boyne, Edel Coffey, Ferdia Lennon, Sarah Gilmartin and a dozen other authors and critics on books that had a profound emotional effect on them www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

New York Times Editor’s note: “Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024. Roughly a year before he entered hospice care, he wrote his final New York Times Opinion essay. In it, he looked back on the Capitol riot and explained why he was so worried about American democracy.” www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/o...

Unlike essays or newspaper articles I’ve written about #SeamusHeaney this is personal. With a nod to my old scrapbooking days, here’s my 2025 calendar - 12 photos of my favorite places & people with lines from my favorite poems. Every good wish for the new year. @irishlittimes.bsky.social

I hope this finds you.

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews. Day 10

I've always though my father belongs in a Seamus Heaney poem. A few years ago, I wrote this wee Christmas story for my dad. For all of us really. . www.irishtimes.com/life-and-sty... @irishtimes.bsky.social #seamusheaney

www.yvonnewatterson.com/solstice-2-2... #seamusheaney #solstice @irishlittimes.bsky.social

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews. Day 9

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews. Day 8

When the police launched dawn raids on the homes and offices of award-winning journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey in 2018, little did they suspect how spectacularly their arrest operation would backfire - me in the latest issue of AgendaNI on #pressfreedom www.agendani.com/press-freedo...

Nikki Giovanni died last week. If you haven't read her poetry (& also because it's the time of year for new bicycles) I'd recommend her collection, "Bicycles." Both #giovanni and #SeamusHeaney inspired this for last Father's Day … www.yvonnewatterson.com/howtorideabi... #writers #irishwriters

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews. Day 7

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews. Day 6

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews. Day 5

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews. Day 4

Yaaaayyy!! Bluesky just hit 25 MILLION users!! 🎉 🥳 🎊 bsky-users.theo.io

Holly by Seamus Heaney

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews. Day 3

A bit of #norniron in the Mexican village we call home. #snowpatrol

There's poetry all around really ... A lovely spot of time spent strolling around our neighboring village after dark. No matter where I am, #SeamusHeaney is there too.

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just gifs Day 2

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just gifs Day 1

Sunday street life.

How it started 🎻

“Relax. Don't bother remembering any of it. Let's stop here, under the lit sign on the corner, and watch all the people walk by.” #blueskypoetry

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My little corner of the world always feels better with a Christmas tree in it🎄 Like a John Prine song.

"Few adults play musical instruments at all, and even fewer do so in a group," @mimbs.bsky.social writes. What health benefits might they be giving up?

Sounds like someone else we know. We don’t learn. “From the very start McGregor was telling us and showing us who he was. And despite this, perhaps even because of this, he was lauded, applauded, richly rewarded.” www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/n...

I first saw #JanisIan perform in Dublin ☘️ in 1984. Along with Peter Frampton and Nick Lowe she opened for Chris de Burgh. Some 30 years later, I saw her again at The Rhythm Room in Phoenix, where she talked about that concert in Ireland and her most famous song, “At Seventeen” . . .