Alien: Earth is just so good! It’s one big thought experiment about what it means to be human, and it has that same gritty look of the original Alien film. It’s excellent sci-fi
writing. Highly recommend.

‘That’s right children, the infamous global trade war of 2025 began with an oversized, bespoke printed chart.’

At this stage I’m just waiting for him to say he’s made an alliance with the Breen.

Things I’ve learned as a freelancer 1,567: Bank holidays are not bank holidays, they’re days you work because your employed partner is off and can look after the childcare.

🙌🏻

Your gaff’s BER rating is the new Leaving Cert results. All the people on Room to Improve feeling smug with their A1s and Dermot Bannon the gloating teacher. #speirgorm

There has never been a better character name than this. Except maybe Bob Loblaw from Arrested Development.

Poor Young Alan. That’s awful.

I’m going to stop saying ‘July’ and ’August’ because I find Roman emperors problematic.

‘Snow was in some parts of Ireland, with mainly the southeast affected.’ — James Joyce, ‘The Dead’

Yeah, that would definitely be a question, and clever editors always have ideas up their sleeves.

I guarantee you that, at this very moment, someone in the publishing universe is asking: ‘Will this following convert to book sales?’

Is Nosferatu worth seeing? Finding time to go to the cinema these days involves high-level logistics and the last film I saw was shite so I’d like it to be worth the effort.

Happy 2025! As the posts from people saying they read 100s of books in 2024 saturate your feed, I want you to know that I only managed to read a handful and they all took me ages. I’m also about to give up on a book 50 pages in because it’s not for me.

I’ve booked myself onto a short bookbinding course in February and I can’t wait! I’m levelling up with the ‘I make books for a living’ shtick.

Thanks so much!

I’m hoping 2025 brings more sound authors and interesting projects. Happy New Year!

2024 really had range. I…
- wrote a bestseller, The Great Irish Bucket List
- published a lost Bram Stoker story, Gibbet Hill
- did my first ghostwriting job 👀
- worked on TWO Irish Book Award winners, The Irish Words You Should Know and Nature Boy
- edited a stunning memoir by THE John Creedon

What did you all get for Christmas? Because I got norovirus. Yay!

I feel like I’ve been on page 10 of this manuscript for two weeks. It’s an editorial Groundhog Day.

The last weekend before Christmas is upon us and loads of people are finishing up work, so I thought these Irish words for drunkenness might be apt. This is the Dual Carriageway of Intoxication according to Hector Ó hEochagáin in his book ‘The Irish Words You Should Know’. Drink responsibly.

Patrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive December I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design

If at first you don’t succeed, let it go and have a cup of tea …
Brilliant article by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social that really resonated with me. Workism is our new religion.

The Broken Earth trilogy is so good too. Brilliant use of a second-person narrative. Another series for the TBR pile if you haven’t already read it.

I’m hoping the children’s literature folks on here can recommend a great picture book for my 2.5 year old. We’ve exhausted the Chris Haughton books and he LOVES them, so something along those lines would be great. Not too much text, fun storyline, and a pleasure to read aloud.

It is! Delighted to see a photo of it out in the wild.

Loved that film

I am continually being dazzled and not in a good way.

And not a PowerPoint presentation in sight.

Came here to post this!

Seomra Kai