A huge thanks to @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social for this copy of The Lightning, the forthcoming debut novel from @jamesgwriter.bsky.social Really looking forward to reading it.
On my blog today, my review of Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise. I enjoyed it very much annabookbel.net/saoirse-by-c...
Apparently so!
This is *quite* the cover π³
Love these
"A summary is limiting: it is as accurate but inadequate to say this is the story of a womanβs decades as it is to say that Mrs Dalloway is a book about a day in the life of a Londoner."
Me on Mary Costello's exceptionally good new novel A Beautiful Loan, which is "a big book in a small package".
The pinnacle, right there...
A lovely review of The Barracks by Johen McGahern for #readingirelandmonth26
Can't wait for this one Annabel, have loved all her other novels
Hosted by Cathy Brown @cathybrown746.bsky.social
March is #ReadingIrelandMonth
I plan to read 5 novels & listen to 2 audiobooks that are set in Ireland. Are YOU participating this year? #IrishFiction #IrishLiterature #booklovers #bookbloggers #BookSky #ReadingIrelandMonth26 #IrishAuthors
Exciting news. Iβm heading across the pond for some book events. Check out these fantastic #FewAndFarBetween events in Scotland and England. All welcome.
(Nb will not be appearing at EIBF every night, thought Iβm not, in essence, opposed to this idea. Just waiting to confirm the date)
Listowel Writersβ Week announce Pigott Poetry Prize of β¬20,000
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Today, the Booker Foundation announced the 2026 longlist for the International Booker Prize.
βA large part of whatβs great about ππ©π¦ ππ¦π€π³π¦π΅ ππ¨π¦π―π΅ is Wagner Moura, who inhabits his role with the naturalism of a documentary subject and the charisma of a star. He plays two roles, the second of which I wonβt reveal.β
Gaby Wood at the movies.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
I reviewed Hen's Teeth, the new album from Iron & Wine for No More Workhorse!
nomoreworkhorse.com/2026/02/23/h...
"I'm just here to chew bubblegum and kick ass." Loved this.
She's so good!
Small Prophets in the style of the old Sea Monkeys advert
Just looking through some old comics and found a mail order advert for Small Prophets
I saw it in the cinema with Stella and it was a lot of fun.
Very daft but fun. And Rachel McAdams was fantastic.
Song Sung Blue and Send Help have been my two favourites so far this year.
Weekend reading and it is very good
@lilliputpress.bsky.social
Review of 'Goodnight Tokyo' by #AtsuhiroYoshida ('Oyasumi, TΕkyΕ', 2018). #ReadIndies wp.me/sezD85-tky
Books to Look Out For in March 2026: Part Two alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/02/book...
Mackenzie Crook makes very lovely television. Small Prophets is an absolute treat...
Fuck your ChatGPT, if I want to see a caricature of myself I will make the effort to go to the seaside and pay Β£15 for a cruel man to give me body dysmorphia like weβve always done.
"Everywhere the dying groan and the horses lay screaming... Happy Valentine's Day!"https://buff.ly/g1Qx3JM
Congratulations!
Same...
Best fourth wall break ever.
RIP Bud Cort.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
