Joyce Butler
@joycebwriter.bsky.social
Married Mam. Writer. Poet. Author. Currently querying a YA Speculative/Literary fiction novel. Contributor - Irish Times, Poetry as Commemoration, The Munster Express. The Galway Review. From Waterford, Ireland.
Myself and @stomaselli.bsky.social are facilitating two courses in Oct: #ShortStoryInSixDays & #EditYourOwnWork at beautiful Circle of Missé Writer's Retreat, Loire Valley, France. Price includes a gorgeous ensuite room, tuition, all meals and even the vino! www.circleofmisse.com/wp/writing-2...
Congratulations, Mike. Making your way to the top of a competition like this is no mean feat!
Mike Stevens@mikestevens72.bsky.social · 2w agoI’m honoured to be featured in the Connacht Telegraph today. www.con-telegraph.ie/2026/08/15/m...
Sad to learn that wonderful #WW2 resistance fighter #WandaTraczykStawska died yesterday, aged 99. My friend @mariannabukowski.bsky.social was watching cinefilm fm the #WarsawUprising when she saw her friend Wanda, serving gun in hand. The result was her beautiful biopic #portraitofasoldier ... 1/2
'Dilapidation,' the Scottish painter Joan Eardley once said 'is often more interesting to a painter, as is anything that has been used and lived with.' This work, 'The Fireplace at Number One, Catterline,' was painted in 1955.
Had a wonderful couple of days in Oxford recently. A truly magical city. ☀️✨♥️ #Oxford #writingconmunity
❛ Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art. Andy Warhol, born #OTD in 1928.
This was listed in the Best TV of the Weekend in my weekly @thetimes.com TV newsletter. With @guywalters.bsky.social as one of the talking heads is an added bonus.
Guy Walters@guywalters.bsky.social · 4w agoDo tune into Channel 4 tonight (Saturday) to watch this doc on the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It's fantastic, despite me.
@karlreid.bsky.social @adieupsidedown.bsky.social @drmaureenwright.bsky.social @guywalters.bsky.social @almurray.bsky.social I’m sure you’ve all been here. Excellent exhibitions.
Joyce Butler@joycebwriter.bsky.social · last mo.A great day at the Imperial War Museum London yesterday. Amazing WW1, WW2 and very moving Holocaust exhibitions.
A great day at the Imperial War Museum London yesterday. Amazing WW1, WW2 and very moving Holocaust exhibitions.
Visited the IWM London today and thought you might be interested to see a photo of German troops occupying Prague, March 1939. @guywalters.bsky.social
Vital prep for my Tripsmiths Prague tour in Oct. It will tell the extraordinary 50-year story of the city and country from 1939 to 1989, from Nazi Occupation, through to Velvet Revolution. Oh, and the beer is good. A few places are still available... tripsmiths.com/tours/prague...
Walter Benjamin’s birthday today. Posting my essay on Benjamin in 1926 Moscow @pnreview.bsky.social @carcanet.bsky.social www.pnreview.co.uk/archive/benj...
PN Review Print and Online Poetry Magazine - Benjamin in Moscow - Sasha Dugdale - PN Review 284
One of the outstanding poetry journals of our time.
pnreview.co.uk
Oh come on, Sybil. Take a swing and pretend it’s your husband’s head.
Girl’s Own advice@girlsown.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe do not think such games with young men are at all in good taste, unless you be a child in short skirts.
📕We present an extract from Bilal agus Cócó, by Áine Uí Fhoghlú, illustrated by Serena Scully (LeabhairCOMHAR📕 @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social @forasnagaeilge.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie booksirelandmagazine.com/an-extract-f...
An extract from Bilal agus Cócó, by Áine Uí Fhoghlú - Books Ireland
We present an extract from Bilal agus Cócó, by Áine Uí Fhoghlú, illustrated by Serena Scully (LeabhairCOMHAR).
booksirelandmagazine.com
New book is heeeeere! Available from your local bookshop, library or online! www.penguin.co.uk/books/476288...
Can’t believe it. Simon gave me some very good feedback when I submitted my first novel to him a few years ago. Definitely one of the literary industry’s good guys.
The Bookseller@thebookseller.com · 2mo agoLiterary agent Simon Trewin has died at the age of 60, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour at the end of March. 👇
The pygmy seahorse Indo-Pacific region in the coral triangle. These miniature marvels, barely the size of your fingernail blend seamlessly with their coral homes.
Teatime, Birchington.' (1909) Lily Joseph produced a number of what she called 'indistinct paintings ' and was later known for her experimentation and a limited palette of white, cobalt, rose madder, orange madder and black.
Great covers. #WednesdayThoughts
Damien B Donnelly@eatthestorms.com · 3mo agoThanks to all who contributed to The Storms. Thanks to @fingal.ie @dublincityoflit.bsky.social & @artscouncilireland.bsky.social subeditors @gaynorkanepoet.bsky.social @edepaor.bsky.social Nithy Kasa, Fiona O’Rourke @rhonagreene.bsky.social The journal is on holiday but will return in 2027 💙
The latest Sidekick title is Ten Poets Lose Themselves in the Land of the Fae, featuring Tim Dooley, Alec Finlay, Yvonne Reddick and others. If you've not started collecting the Ten Poets series yet, now's the best time to start! sidekickbooks.com/booklab/book...
⏰ Clock's ticking! Entries for the #thirdannualwaterfordcompetition close on 19 June. Entry form & info: waterfordrhyme.com #poetry #poem #poet #writing #writingcommunity #poetsofbsky #poetrysky #PoetsOnBluesky #skypoets #poetrycommunity #poetrycompetition #waterford #waterfordrhyme #micropoetry
