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Philippa Perry demonstrates the graceful art of understatement.

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Coming in May: Charlie Parker returns in THE CHILDREN OF EVE. Ireland/UK: www.hodder.co.uk/titles/john-... US/Canada: www.simonandschuster.biz/books/The-Ch...

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My 2017 episode of "Paperback Writers" is available for replay on @BBC6Music for the next couple of weeks: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Did you miss today's edition of ABC to XTC on @rtegold.bsky.social? Celebrate the 40th anniversary of @tearsforfearsmusic.bsky.social's SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR by listening back: www.rte.ie/radio/gold/c...

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Currently reading The Book of Lost Things! 📖 Excited to share my thoughts as I go. Have you read it? Share your thoughts or predictions below! ⬇️ #booksky📚💙

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A brief literary hotel odyssey for you today. Rather sweetly, the C.S. Lewis bedroom at the elegantly quirky Harrison Chambers of Distinction in Belfast has a Narniaesque wardrobe filled with fur coats… #HotelOdyssey

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ABC to XTC, my weekly radio show celebrating punk, post-punk, and New Wave, is about to begin on @rtegold.bsky.social. This week: music from @elviscostellomusic.bsky.social, @depechemode.com, @ub40official.bsky.social and more. Listen via the RTÉ app or at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

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I gave a supportive quote to this lovely little collection published by @MoLI_Museum. See, I can be a nice person… shop.moli.ie/products/a-v...

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US readers: my publishers are making early copies of THE CHILDREN OF EVE available via Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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If it's Saturday (and it is), ABC to XTC will stream on @rtegold.bsky.social in just over one hour, featuring music from Kate Bush, Television, The Pretenders and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

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Always good to see a little healthy competition: for US readers, @barnesandnoble.com is offering the entire Charlie Parker series in electronic format for $1.99/book, for all of February. www.barnesandnoble.com/s/charlie+pa...

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That awkward sex-toy conversation with the assistant at the Walmart: “No, not the Destroyer, the Annihilator!”

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Good morning, American readers! If you missed the news over the weekend, the entire Charlie Parker catalog of ebooks is on sale at Amazon for the month of February for only $1.99 apiece: www.amazon.com/dp/B09F8YKB3...

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Some time pleasantly (mis)spent on one of the best pinball machines ever…

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ABC to XTC, my weekly radio show celebrating New Wave, punk, and post-punk music, is up next on @rtegold.bsky.social. This week: music from @blondieband.bsky.social, @tearsforfearsmusic.bsky.social, @thespecials.bsky.social and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

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US readers! The entire catalog of Charlie Parker novels — including the latest, THE INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS — is on sale in Kindle format for $1.99 apiece, for all of February. www.amazon.com/dp/B09F8YKB3...

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Tonight’s (grey) room continues the theme of bad hotel art — or “art”. Also, was charged $10 for parking even though I’m way out in the suburbs. My revenge will be to liberate as much fresh fruit as I can carry from the breakfast buffet. They will rue the day… #HotelOdyssey

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The first hotel room of 2025! Note disturbing topographic headboard. Also, no biscuits — and, indeed, no coffee, only weird herbal teas. I am…troubled. #HotelOdyssey

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Next on @rtegold.bsky.social: ABC to XTC, featuring music from a-Ha, Warren Zevon, Joy Division and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

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At the last minute, I had to replace a quotation I’d used in The Children of Eve because the (very successful) author’s representative wanted £2000 for 21 words, to be renewed in a few years. To put that in context, a longer extract from a Seamus Heaney poem cost me $375.

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ABC to XTC is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from Echo & The Bunnymen, Wang Chung, Duran Duran and more. Tune in via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

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John Connolly, Charlie Parker y las fronteras del género literario lasoga.org/john-connoll... @jconnollybooks.bsky.social @eclamb.bsky.social

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ABC to XTC is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from @nickheyward.com, @cocteauofficial.bsky.social, The Go-Betweens and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

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Talking Pictures TV testing the definitional possibilities of the word “unmissable”…

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The piano on which Eric Morecambe practiced for this sketch is up for auction: www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio... Morecambe and Wise - Andre Previn (The full sketch) youtu.be/R7GeKLE0x3s?... via @YouTube

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The first ABC to XTC of 2025 is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from the dB's, @bryanferry.com, Phil Lynott and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/.

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Here are my picks of the best early 2025 crime books including @alicefeeney.com @dervlamctiernan.bsky.social @jconnollybooks.bsky.social @alexnorth.co.uk @prakky.bsky.social @tessgerritsen.bsky.social @shelleyburr.bsky.social @jamesbradleyaf.bsky.social murdermayhemandlongdogs.com/crime-novels...

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I always had a vague ambition to open a phone-free coffee shop/wine bar in Dublin — staffed by intimidating ex-cons. Apart from the legendary Hi-B in Cork, does anyone know of phone-free dining spots in Ireland?

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Lovely to be mentioned here, so thanks to @sffworld.com. I also picked up some intriguing reading recommendations…

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Lovely to see THE INSTRUMENT OF DARKNESS on HorrorDNA's Best of 2024 list — thank you! www.horrordna.com/features/ton...

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As 2024 draws to a close, I wish you all a peaceful, happy, healthy and prosperous 2025. Oh, and I won’t be going out on December 31st.

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