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liznugent.bsky.social
No relation to Ted. Writer and rewriter. Sister and resister. Scullery maid to the House of Goldblatt. Strange Sally Diamond in all good bookstores now. And even the bad ones. Ha! As if there was such a thing as a bad bookstore. www.liznugent.com
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This is the last thing the BBC needs

submitted 4 days ago • 183 comments

"Wars and invasions do not liberate women. Ask the women of Afghanistan today." - @monaeltahawy.bsky.social, "Netanyahu is using Muslim women’s ‘rights’ to justify his war. What hideous, hollow hypocrisy" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

Did you know that reading to children helps them build empathy? It’s true. And right now there’s so many reports and studies about how people read less, and read less to kids, and it seems like a time we need more empathy. So please read to the children in your life!

submitted 19 hours ago • 14 comments

I nurture my spirituality by devoting the first 15 minutes of each day to silent contemplation of my enemies list.

submitted 4 days ago • 18 comments

Only in my dreams

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

I live just down the street from an IPAS centre and the only antisocial behaviour I've seen is from the thugs that vandalised it. These migrants don't pose a threat to my partner. A local man involved in the anti-immigrant movement however has consistently sexually harassed her.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Milan!

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

If you happen to see a sliver of moonlight out tonight, just leave it there. I'll pick it up on my way home.

submitted 18 days ago • 10 comments

UNBOUND AUTHORS: I’m speaking to a solicitor about our fine mess. If you have ANY correspondence with the company (beyond the “Dear Author” letters we all got) in 2024 about nonpayment or about the company’s financial stability, could I see it? I’m opening my DMs for this (don’t make me regret that)

submitted 19 days ago • 26 comments

FYI

submitted 64 days ago • 197 comments

@liznugent.bsky.social look what I spotted in Sevilla! “Ireland's best-selling and acclaimed novel of the year”. 👏

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Niall Williams’s Time of the Child wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award. Clare-based author wins €20,000 prize ahead of July release of film adaptation of his debut novel, Four Letters of Love www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

War crimes daily committed by Netanyahu and the IDF. This is not catastrophe or tragedy like an earthquake or a tsunami. This is deliberate. Targeting children so that they won’t grow up to produce more children. There’s a word for that.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

I need my legal scholars to advise, please. Can we go ahead and book the Hague now?

submitted 34 days ago • 12 comments

Set your will to live in a mixing bowl, loosely covered, overnight. It will double in size by morning.

submitted 32 days ago • 14 comments

There's an invisible thread tethering me to you. When you're not looking, I double knot it.

submitted 26 days ago • 19 comments

That Dubai chocolate bar was a huge disappointment if you ask me.

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

There are so many GoFundIts from Palestinian families but how do I know which are legit? And is there any aid getting through from any charities?

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

There may be a way to get away from Zuck completely.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Dublin & booky peeps. I have two spare tickets for Rebecca Solnit at @ilfdublin.bsky.social this Friday at 8pm. I've got a horrible Summer cold & I don't want to cough for an hour & spread my germs. No need to pay, I'd just rather the seats weren't wasted! ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments