What a lovely shop to work in. A perfect job for the right person @booksupstairs.bsky.social booksupstairs.ie/bookseller-n...
Bookseller Needed | Books Upstairs
We are looking for a friendly, highly organised, detail-oriented and enthusiastic person to join our team. The position has potential to be part-time or full-time, but availability to work evening eve...
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Excellent summary of what is happening
Tanja Bueltmann@tanjabueltmann.net · 2mo agoThere are, in my view, 25 things everyone needs to understand in light of recent events: 1) Those out in our communities last night were not protestors, but organised far right extremists. 2) Their actions align with fascist ideologies. 3) So yes: these are fascist practices on our streets. 🧵
Picking 10 fav books, is hard but here's a list, not in order, I can live with at the moment.(Some cheating) Ulysses 100 Years of Solitude George Smiley trilogy Septology Amongst Women The Secret History A Long Long Way Cloud Atlas The Sportswriter American Pastoral #booksky #theguardian
When you die, be buried with your favourite book # booksky Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy share.google/D0iNwZAbgWOc...
Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy
The Oxyrhynchus Archaeological Mission, run by the Institute of Ancient Near East Studies (IPOA) at the University of Barcelona and led by Maite Mascort and Esther Pons, has identified a papyrus conta...
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The Power of Light What a great event in @thedockarts for the 20th anniversary of the death of John McGahern With @sineadgleeson.bsky.social @mylesdungan.bsky.social ,wonderful reading by Jane Brennan ,chaired by Vincent Woods,presented by the Iron Mountain Literature Festival #booksky
@hollycairns.bsky.social and @paulmurphy.pbp.ie again doing their best to convince me why they should never be in government. "Opposition unimpressed by Taoiseach’s failure to ‘call out’ US president" www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Opposition unimpressed by Taoiseach’s failure to ‘call out’ US president
Irish reaction: A ‘missed opportunity’ to confront Trump over ‘bellicose’ foreign policy
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The great Irish writers, John McGahern, died on March 31st 2006. I showed some stuff I had boxed away to our local librarian in Portarlington, County Laois, and she decided to make a display, and track down all his books. #booksky
Saw the movie One Battle After Another. Could have been watching an extended documentary about US today. #minnesota #ICE
Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value definitely up there with the best movies. Loved it. Stellan Starsgard is magnificent, as are the actors playing his two daughters. 5 stars.
The wonderful Turner exhibition is open at the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social My annual look at where Sherlock Holmes met his end ...or did he?
Here is my Personal Anthology of twelve short stories, including Bruce calling from Mulholland, a daughter leaving for Rhodesia, a washed-up hack in Hollywood (by a washed-up hack in Hollywood) and a story from the Dubliners of 20C Jewish-American life. Ta @jonathangibbs.bsky.social for asking me.
A Personal Anthology, by John Self
At first I thought of choosing the shortest stories I could, and some of those remain in the list below, but in the end I broadened my thinking as some stories kept pushing their way in.
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TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
The old L&H has lost its mojo Students ain't what they used to be. What a crowd of eejits. John Boyne ‘disappointed’ at withdrawal of UCD James Joyce award www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
John Boyne ‘disappointed’ at withdrawal of UCD James Joyce award
Literary and Historical Society planned to honour ‘one of Ireland’s most celebrated and courageous literary voices’
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
For the weekend that's in it, a throwback to @writingandideas.bsky.social 2023 when Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack brought the house down with their readings of Molly and Leopold Bloom from #Ulysses Photo by me #Borris #booksky #ulysses #leopoldbloom #mollybloom #Bloomsday
On his first visit to @writingandideas.bsky.social James Rebanks brought us to the islands off Norway for a profound meditation on slow living and closeness to nature in his wonderful book The Place of Tides Photo by me @herdyshepherd.bsky.social #booksky #ThePlaceOfTides #eiderduck #eider
John Banville = National Treasure No doubt about it, #booksky www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Your summer reading list
Your summer reading list with Authors Naoise Dolan, John Banville & Emer McLysaght
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John Tyler became US president in 1841. His youngest grandson just died this past weekend. www.richmonder.org/harrison-ruf...
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of 10th U.S. president and longtime Richmonder, dies at 96
The Richmond resident, preservationist and chemical engineer, for whom William & Mary’s history department is named, also had the distinction of being the grandson of a man who became U.S. president i...
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@kevinmarkham.bsky.social Thank you for the great review of www.portarlingtongolfclub.ie in the latest issue of #TheIrishGolfer. Our Open Week runs from 6th-15th June. Only €25 for visitors.
Portarlington Golf Club – Portarlington Golf Club – one of Ireland's hidden gems featuring in the Top 100 Golf Courses in Ireland
Portarlington Golf Club – one of Ireland's hidden gems featuring in the Top 100 Golf Courses in Ireland
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Looking forward to being back taking photos at @writingandideas.bsky.social in Borris in June. Here are some photos from last year. All photos by me. #booksky #TomHolland @katherinerundell.bsky.social #SimonArmitage #PoetLaureate #OceanVuong
staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org
@news.rte.ie @rteradio1.bsky.social Where is John Bowman when we need him? #rte #popeleoiv
Wasn’t expecting that….love it 🔥….the kids are alright!
