Shout out to the National Archives for changing my ancestor's name from Watkin to Martin. Really great work folks. The Welsh continue to not catch a break.

A black cat sits in front of a laptop. He has one paw on the keyboard. His mouth is open.

A PhD, summarised. #AcademicSky

This very happy bookseller spent her Easter tearing through Henry Power's "Homer-Haunted", due to be published in July. This is a lesson in excellence. Power skilfully guides us through the many individuals fascinated by the work of Homer, tying his assessment into the Iliad and Odyssey. ⭐

A small white hardback book. the cover has an engraved standing stone with Norse futhark runes which are carved across the body of a snake figure. The book is called Runes: A Concise History and is written by Tom Birkett.

Finally got my hands on @norseincork.bsky.social's lovely new book. 📚 Time for a deep dive into runes. 😁 #medievalsky

Tonight is my first lecture on Norse mythology for UCC's Adults Continuing Education Certificate in Mythology. I've really enjoyed prepping for this class and I am looking forward to hearing their thoughts on creation myths. She's in her lecturing era. 💅🏻🎉 #MedievalSky

no i don't want to rewrite with copilot

i never want to use copilot

i will never use copilot

Officially 30! ♒

OUP have published the first chapter of my Runes book (on the earliest period of runic writing) open access until 19 Feb. Do have a look if you're interested! academic.oup.com/book/61598/c...

Proud and excited to present Apardjón's latest special volume. Connections and the Church in Late Norse Scotland is a fantastic exploration of the influences on Norse Scotland at the time of Bishop Adam. Incredible work from our guest editors and contributing authors. 💪🏻 #MedievalSky

I started my new year reading with some magnificent Welsh folk horror. It follows Carwyn and Rhian, dealing with a brutal year in their isolated sheep farm. When Carwyn discovers a stone circle on their land, he becomes obsessed - while his wife Rhian, watches her husband become a stranger. #BookSky

Naomi Mitchison's Travel Light is being republished in March as a Virago Modern Classic. She weaves Norse myth into a fun adventure that touches on lessons of greed. I really enjoyed reading this! #BookSky #MedievalSky

I got a first in a digital humanities essay and I just need everyone to know I'll be bragging for the next several weeks. I also finished my required taught credits for the PhD. 🥳

A hardback copy of The Wolf and his King by Finn Longman. The cover is colourful, a blue background with stars. A gold crown in the forefront with a wolf standing over it.

A new retelling of Bisclavret: a lord trapped in lupine form. 12th century Brittany! Shout out to Hachette for spoiling booksellers like myself. 😁 So excited to dive into this! #BookSky #MedievalSky

On today's episode of I LOVE being a bookseller...we have a stunning package from The Broken Binding Publishing. SO excited to dive into Ryan Cahill's Of Blood and Fire. #BookSky

It's not the Christmas season without my granny's cake notes. Written 78 years ago. 🤶🏻🎅🏻 Puddings and cake take a bit of time to mature.

Last day of teaching till January and let me tell you...turning off those 6am alarms was satisfying.

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My beloved (grand) Aunty Pat passed away this week. Curraghbinny and Cork as a whole won't be the same without her.
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This year I decided to dress as the scariest thing I could think of. 🎃
#PhDSky #AcademicSky #MedievalSky

Had a lovely weekend selling books at the Irish Discworld Convention. I even met a few fellow lovers of medieval literature! 📚🧙🏻‍♂️

Selling books at the Discworld Convention in Cork International Hotel today. 🧙🏻‍♂️

Published a short piece in 'The Conversation' about Kash Patel's use of the white-supremacist dog whistle 'see you in Valhalla'. For my uncensored feelings on the subject, please just see the image below.

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I think I'll have to put Taylor Swift in my thesis acknowledgements at this stage.

It's become a rite of passage every year when teaching that I am mistaken for a first year.
They think I'm ✨ young ✨ ! #AcademicSky

4-year funded PhD in Old Norse-Viking Studies at UCC, working on the Literature & Art strand of the NorseMap Project. www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

Up and at em! A wet and early start to my day with a 9am tutorial. Onto the second year of my PhD. 💪🏻 #academicsky #phdsky

I submitted my MA dissertation SIX years ago. 🤯

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is all show and little substance – review Jacob Elordi is a very sympathetic monster in this visually stunning but thematically lacking film, which co-stars Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth

It's a weird and embarrassing hill to die on, that your reason for thinking the new Frankenstein is bad is because it's faithful to the novel? Jesus wept.
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Just one week left until the deadline for volume 4! Any queries can be passed onto myself and the editorial team via our social media and/or journal email. 👇🏻 #MedievalSky #AcademicSky

A blue paperback book called The House of Wolf by Tony Robinson. It has the outline of a wolf in black and the title is written in gold.

Shout out to Hachette for sending me a copy of 'The House of Wolf' by Tony Robinson which will be published in September.
"An earthy, entertaining and gloriously witty recreation of Alfred the Great and the making of England". One happy little bookseller here. 😁 #Booksky