Yep, this is how it was for me, too...

One banana, two banana... three banana? four? I never knew this could happen!

I hope the disappointment did not last too long - it is a very good book in its own right!

About - A Personal Anthology A weekly guest-editor picks and introduces a personal anthology of twelve favourite short stories. Click to read A Personal Anthology, by Jonathan Gibbs, a Substack publication with thousands of subsc...

Listen up. I know it's been a while, but A Personal Anthology will anthologise tomorrow, like on a normal Friday. Tomorrow's guest editor, picking and introducing a dozen favourite short stories, is Kimmo Rosenthal.

Hitting inboxes 2pm. Sign up here to get it:
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I'm happy to go with the proposition that we make our own reality - if it works in philosophy, it surely works with age. You're *waaay* younger than ol' Vik!

Good morning, Stephen. I've just finished a short story (a few days ahead of the submission deadline, even); the revised edition of my novel Hollowmen is with the editor; I'm in the middle of writing the second book of a mystery series. Day job beckoning now, though☹️
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Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other

#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚

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Inspired by the way so many classic songs fade out at the end rather than having an actual ending, in my next book, the text will just get fainter and fainter until you can't see it anymore.

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Happy Birthday Beckett!

Why do some believe that the Prophet Jeremiah is buried in Loughcrew? Or that the ark of the covenant is at Tara? That an Egyptian princess came to Ireland? My new video on Irish pseudohistory will be out at 7.30pm tonight. Enjoy!

#IrishHistory #HistoryMyths #Pseudohistory #AncientHistory

Detail from The Dublin Journal issue 1650, April 1743

The famous advertisement in the Dublin Journal from the organisers asked 'Ladies not to come with Hoops' and 'The Gentlemen .. to come without their swords' as they were expecting such big numbers!

Strokestown poetry prize shortlist revealed Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Very much looking forward to June 17th in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social in Dublin. Tell your (Dublin or Dublin-adjacent) friends. Deepest thanks to @junec.bsky.social and @davidcollard.bsky.social for helping me with this. And many thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social

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I feel a rare trip to town coming on...

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It's not at all clear why ghosts come back with their clothes, but the ghost story genre would be really different if they didn't.

When two of your favourite things collide...
#Moomins and #Modernism from @mmodernity.bsky.social

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This is on my radar, too - DeWitt is not an author I've read before, but sounds like one that would appeal. I've ordered it through the library but all the copies in the system are currently out on loan, so it will be a while. It will be interesting to hear what you think of it.

The front cover of this year's West Cork Literary Festival features Seán Keating's painting The Window. It was painted in 1924 and shows the artist's wife sitting in a window seat reading

The artwork on the front cover of our WCLF 2026 brochure will be Seán Keating's The Window (1924). We ADORE it and would like to thank everyone in @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social, IVARO (Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation) and the estate of Seán Keating ❤️
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You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.

Although the noise and crowdedness of London took a heavy toll, there are a number of things I still miss about it. @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social is one of them. I'll be back! 🦕🦖😍

Detailed watercolor illustration of a Tricholoma russula mushroom, showing a pinkish-red cap, pale gills, and a thick white stem, with handwritten scientific notes surrounding the specimen.

There’s something quietly mesmerizing about #mushrooms, and Violetta White Delafield knew it well. 🍄

A collection from @bardcollege.bsky.social’s Montgomery Place brings together her detailed, annotated watercolor studies of fungi.

See the full collection: https://bit.ly/47oaiT9

Yikes! Sorry, I've misled you, @vallescurarule.bsky.social - it's actually snow...

The hailstones have just arrived here - thanks for the thoughtful present!

Reading Culture Thrives in Irish Homes

Reading Culture Thrives in Irish Homes: Eason Research Reveals 80% of Families Are Moderate or Avid Readers, Even Amid Digital Distractions. Eason-commissioned Amárach research finds reading remains a valued daily habit for many families, with simple routines…

the cover of Silvia Park's "Luminous: A Novel": a multicolored mosaic tiger atop a tall green plinth

NEWS: The Otherwise Award is pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 Award: the novel "Luminous" by Silvia Park @silviapark.bsky.social

Read about the winner, the Honor List and Long List at otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/anno...

Metallic Realms, Death of the Author, and Mise En Abyme Rym Kechacha Early in Lincoln Michel’s novel Metallic Realms, the narrator describes another character as wearing a T shirt with the words “Yubaba’s bathhouse—no face, no entry” written on it. On t…

Metallic Realms, Death of the Author, and Mise En Abyme: @rymkechacha.bsky.social reads some recent metafictional SF novels together to think about how works-within-works...work!

Undefined Boundary 4:2 has two articles about The Prisoner, possibly the weirdest and most confounding popular TV series ever made in Britain. One of them also looks at Edge of Darkness with respect to the eco-mystical environment. Edge of Darkness is one of the best TV series ever produced.

If you take a minute to read this glorious poem, you will have spent a minute very well.

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