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The Seventh Bride by T Kingfisher, read by Kaylin Heath 💙📚 Inversion of the Bluebeard tale which mixes magic, humour and feminism to wonderful effect. Highly enjoyable story.

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A Victim Must Be Found & The Ransom Game by Howard Engel 💙📚 Benny Cooperman is a mild-mannered, self-deprecating private investigator with a stubborn streak that keeps him on the job even after his client is murdered...wry, smartly written mysteries that are well worth reading though sadly OP.

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Just a reminder, in case you need it.

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Not To Be Taken by Anthony Berkeley 💙📚 An intriguing mystery with clues scattered like breadcrumbs & a taut finale. Arsenic, a circle of friends in rural England, the looming threat of Nazi-ism, the difficulty of knowing anyone, no matter how close - it all adds to the tense, nervy atmosphere.

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Bit of a catch-up this - read these titles this January 💙📚 Murder in Vienna by E C R Lorac Dramatic Murder by Elizabeth Anthony Can't You Sleep, Little Bear by Barbara Firth & Martin Waddell Shadows Before by Dorothy Bowers A Deed Without a Name by Dorothy Bowers ⭐️Bowers is brilliant!⭐️

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I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

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New @booksireland.bsky.social article is out! This time I'm so excited to be interviewing the wonderful Jenny Ireland! Jenny is the author of three excellent YA books ♟️The First Move 🚪 The Boy Next Door ⚽️ Matched Up

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One in 20 female respondents to a survey of international students said they have experienced instances of leasers trying to extort sex in exchange for providing a bed. http://jrnl.ie/6626339

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I was a bit taken aback to read CAMRA's assessment of my latest What's Brewing column, but obviously delighted. I hope you read it & it makes you feel uncomfortable. Please consider why it makes you feel uneasy while drinking the @ladiesofdarkness.bsky.social beers. wb.camra.org.uk/2025/02/03/t...

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The new Emily Henry book is the perfect book to take you away from it all. #currentlyreading 💙📚

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NEW: Last week’s newsletter had ‘IT’S A COUP’ in big red letters on front page of NYT. Well, guess what? It still is. We have to stop framing what’s happening as in any way normal. It’s a coup & a collapse in the international order & none of this is ‘normal’ broligarchy.substack.com/p/us-coup-ga...

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40 Years On: Contraceptives Legalised In Ireland | Newstalk - Talking History with Dr Mary McAuliffe, Dr Jennifer Redmond, Prof Caitriona Beaumont and Prof Lindsey Earner Byrne #skystorians #history #irishhistory #speirgorm #irishwmnhistory www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

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#ReadIrishWomenChallenge 2025: brainchild of the bookish legend that is @bookaneer808.bsky.social, and back with a live event in @paviliontheatre.bsky.social this April! 📚☘️ www.paviliontheatre.ie/events/view/...

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SCOOP: We've learned at least three individuals closely associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year. Step inside the recruitment effort that helped build Elon's DOGE army:

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The Heroines Anthology is open for submissions of poems & short fiction on the theme of witches, witch trials, medicine women, mystics, herbalists, spells, enchantments, shapeshifters, familiars, covens, hags, crones and sabbats. Deadline June 2025 Please share :) www.writingtheheroine.com

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For the 20th anniversary of One Dublin One Book, Dublin City Council have announced that a new anthology in celebration of the city will be April's city-wide read. Edited by Declan Meade and published by @stingingfly.bsky.social, it was commissioned by DCC/Dublin UNESCO city of literature.

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How can we trace same-sex relationships in rural archives, when love letters were heavily euphemistic or burned after reading? For LGBTQ+ History Month, Tim Jerrome shares his research into queer rural relationships: from his first find, to the challenges faced. merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

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Off to Cambridge this morning to present at the Modern Irish History Seminar on my research on the Irish queer women revolutionaries - from Kathleen Lynn to Margaret Skinnider and all others in between. #academicsky #irishhisory #queerhistory

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Sound advice here, though obviously the timeline is off

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It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.

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It's perfectly acceptable to protest at hospitals and system administration offices if you want to send a message to healthcare administrators about complying with fascism in advance!

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One of the words on this list is “historically”.

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We have 2 vacancies in DCU Library: Archivist (Digital) Special Collections & Archives (Job Ref: 002834) Research Data Librarian (Job Ref: 002835) The closing date for applications is February 7th. Check the website for more info: bit.ly/3yQI7Op #libraryjobs #jobfairy

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So I read the whole piece by @henrymance.ft.com Even better I bought the FT and so feel free to criticise it. I have some thoughts so buckle up. The first question I have is with fascism in the ascendance literally eating the US governments this what what he chooses to focus on 1/n

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I went to Peterborough Museum yesterday to help install ‘The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists’. Tho’ on the small side and not room for everything, it’s starting to look …

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Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory has called out Western politicians for their silence as Israel’s military kills children in the occupied West Bank. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0wguci

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Happy Imbolc 🌱

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Irish politician @aodhanoriordain.bsky.social speaks for all of us. #resist

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Well done for making it to the end of January. Stop whatever you're doing and read a book to reward yourself. If you don't have a book, then buy one from an indie bookshop, that way you'll be making TWO people happy.

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I like reading books my friends wrote because they sound just like them 😍

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If you’re looking at what’s happening in the US, seeing Musk considering making massive donations to Reform & trying to subvert our democracy, and are rightly horrified, might I recommend signing this - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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We're mourning the death of Bilal Okal, our ninth @msf.org colleague killed in Gaza by Israeli forces. He was killed in December 2024, along with 10 members of his family, when an airstrike hit their home. My thoughts are with Bilal's family and friends.

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Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?" So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?

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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

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The Mayor of Newark says ICE detained citizens and a military veteran in a warrantless raid there today. www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...

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This is written by the bishop who stood up to Orange Voldemort. Everyone should be buying this. It's available on Amazon for $14. I'm an atheist and I'm buying it. #booksky

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If there’s a book or author or series your young reader loves and you’d like to find something similar, but by an Irish or Irish based writer or illustrator, please ask away. I’ll do my v best to find you a brilliant book. I ❤️ all children’s books but we need to support our fab homegrown talent.

The Seventh Bride by T Kingfisher, read by Kaylin Heath 💙📚 Inversion of the Bluebeard tale which mixes magic, humour and feminism to wonderful effect. Highly enjoyable story.

A Victim Must Be Found & The Ransom Game by Howard Engel 💙📚 Benny Cooperman is a mild-mannered, self-deprecating private investigator with a stubborn streak that keeps him on the job even after his client is murdered...wry, smartly written mysteries that are well worth reading though sadly OP.

Just a reminder, in case you need it.

Not To Be Taken by Anthony Berkeley 💙📚 An intriguing mystery with clues scattered like breadcrumbs & a taut finale. Arsenic, a circle of friends in rural England, the looming threat of Nazi-ism, the difficulty of knowing anyone, no matter how close - it all adds to the tense, nervy atmosphere.

I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

New @booksireland.bsky.social article is out! This time I'm so excited to be interviewing the wonderful Jenny Ireland! Jenny is the author of three excellent YA books ♟️The First Move 🚪 The Boy Next Door ⚽️ Matched Up

One in 20 female respondents to a survey of international students said they have experienced instances of leasers trying to extort sex in exchange for providing a bed. http://jrnl.ie/6626339

I was a bit taken aback to read CAMRA's assessment of my latest What's Brewing column, but obviously delighted. I hope you read it & it makes you feel uncomfortable. Please consider why it makes you feel uneasy while drinking the @ladiesofdarkness.bsky.social beers. wb.camra.org.uk/2025/02/03/t...

The new Emily Henry book is the perfect book to take you away from it all. #currentlyreading 💙📚

40 Years On: Contraceptives Legalised In Ireland | Newstalk - Talking History with Dr Mary McAuliffe, Dr Jennifer Redmond, Prof Caitriona Beaumont and Prof Lindsey Earner Byrne #skystorians #history #irishhistory #speirgorm #irishwmnhistory www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

#ReadIrishWomenChallenge 2025: brainchild of the bookish legend that is @bookaneer808.bsky.social, and back with a live event in @paviliontheatre.bsky.social this April! 📚☘️ www.paviliontheatre.ie/events/view/...

SCOOP: We've learned at least three individuals closely associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year. Step inside the recruitment effort that helped build Elon's DOGE army:

The Heroines Anthology is open for submissions of poems & short fiction on the theme of witches, witch trials, medicine women, mystics, herbalists, spells, enchantments, shapeshifters, familiars, covens, hags, crones and sabbats. Deadline June 2025 Please share :) www.writingtheheroine.com

For the 20th anniversary of One Dublin One Book, Dublin City Council have announced that a new anthology in celebration of the city will be April's city-wide read. Edited by Declan Meade and published by @stingingfly.bsky.social, it was commissioned by DCC/Dublin UNESCO city of literature.

How can we trace same-sex relationships in rural archives, when love letters were heavily euphemistic or burned after reading? For LGBTQ+ History Month, Tim Jerrome shares his research into queer rural relationships: from his first find, to the challenges faced. merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

Off to Cambridge this morning to present at the Modern Irish History Seminar on my research on the Irish queer women revolutionaries - from Kathleen Lynn to Margaret Skinnider and all others in between. #academicsky #irishhisory #queerhistory

Sound advice here, though obviously the timeline is off

It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.

It's perfectly acceptable to protest at hospitals and system administration offices if you want to send a message to healthcare administrators about complying with fascism in advance!

One of the words on this list is “historically”.

We have 2 vacancies in DCU Library: Archivist (Digital) Special Collections & Archives (Job Ref: 002834) Research Data Librarian (Job Ref: 002835) The closing date for applications is February 7th. Check the website for more info: bit.ly/3yQI7Op #libraryjobs #jobfairy

So I read the whole piece by @henrymance.ft.com Even better I bought the FT and so feel free to criticise it. I have some thoughts so buckle up. The first question I have is with fascism in the ascendance literally eating the US governments this what what he chooses to focus on 1/n

I went to Peterborough Museum yesterday to help install ‘The Wonderful World of the Ladybird Artists’. Tho’ on the small side and not room for everything, it’s starting to look …

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory has called out Western politicians for their silence as Israel’s military kills children in the occupied West Bank. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/0wguci

Happy Imbolc 🌱

Irish politician @aodhanoriordain.bsky.social speaks for all of us. #resist

Well done for making it to the end of January. Stop whatever you're doing and read a book to reward yourself. If you don't have a book, then buy one from an indie bookshop, that way you'll be making TWO people happy.

I like reading books my friends wrote because they sound just like them 😍

If you’re looking at what’s happening in the US, seeing Musk considering making massive donations to Reform & trying to subvert our democracy, and are rightly horrified, might I recommend signing this - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

We're mourning the death of Bilal Okal, our ninth @msf.org colleague killed in Gaza by Israeli forces. He was killed in December 2024, along with 10 members of his family, when an airstrike hit their home. My thoughts are with Bilal's family and friends.

Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?" So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

The Mayor of Newark says ICE detained citizens and a military veteran in a warrantless raid there today. www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...

This is written by the bishop who stood up to Orange Voldemort. Everyone should be buying this. It's available on Amazon for $14. I'm an atheist and I'm buying it. #booksky

It's always a good time to read Mona Eltahawy

Miss Piggy for Queen Maeve obvs...but who does Kermit portray?