Jane Casey
@janecasey.bsky.social
Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and Everything She Didn't Say (out 16 July). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
At the dump. My husband has so much dump-regular aura other men are approaching him to ask advice on where their items should go.
A courtyard in Delft, c. 1658, by Pieter de Hooch, Dutch Golden Age painter, whose domestic scenes with perspective views reveal subtleties of light & mood; a contemporary of Vermeer, he lived 1629-c 1679, worked in Delft and Amsterdam. National Gallery London
Is this a good time to mention that in college my History of Translation lecturer (Michael Cronin) told us that one of the first vernacular translations of The Illiad was into Irish, and the translator had to give the main characters dogs because in Gaelic society a free man had a dog
Cannot quite express how much I hate this. Do you know who write a Christmas Carol prequel? DICKENS. It's A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 2w agoFirst poster for ‘EBENEZER’, a new film based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Johnny Depp. “Before he was Scrooge, he was Ebenezer”
My new ambition is to dine in D&C with John B.
The Fence@thefence.bsky.social · 2w agoThis one's for you, Irish Bsky.
Big news (for me) - I squeaked past Maggie O’Farrell at the top of the Irish charts.
By far the funniest moment in Homer’s Odyssey is when Circe says, “Shall we have sex?” and Odysseus says, “You just turned all my men into pigs. You have the GALL to think I would sleep with you? Of course I will. Absolutely. But don’t do any weird spells”
Right, I'm looking for Westlife fans. (That sounds like I'm hunting them, change tack). I'm looking for longtime Westlife fans to interview them.
I only made it halfway through this literally unwatchable nonsense. Uneasy, uncanny stuff.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is the video Musk is quote-tweeting when he says he'll deliver a feature length version of The Odyssey, just in case you were curious how dogshit it is
My husband pointed out my ‘claw hand’ in this picture and now it’s all I can see.
My full conversation with bestselling author @janecasey.bsky.social is available now wherever you find your podcasts! 🎧 We talk about her publishing journey, her new standalone, Everything She Didn’t Say and Jane shares her non-writing tip for writers. Links in Bio
A very small child outside the window, tragically: ‘stop, Molly. You’ll make me cwy again.’
Tomorrow: I’m in conversation with @janecasey.bsky.social talking her new book, Everything She Didn’t Say, and her writing journey. Also, we go off on a tangent almost immediately, naturally. Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts 📚
Odysseus is the James Bond of classical literature and if he isn’t killing or out thinking his opponents he’s shagging his way out of trouble so if he’s neutered in this film as the reviews suggest… I won’t be happy.
I think this thread is very wise, as a former children’s books editor. (No disrespect to a fine initiative or a very brilliant writer.)
Mark Bradley@markbradley.bsky.social · 3w agoHave many thoughts about this and the wider Year of Reading. Want to say this up front: - I really like Impossible Creatures (& Rundell herself seems ace) so this isn’t about that. - I think this is a lovely idea - Whilst it’s nice, I think that this initiative is a little misguided
Pretty innocent start to the day but things quickly deteriorate: full sex pest mode activated.
Samuel Pepys@samuelpepys.bsky.social · 3w agoTo Westminster Hall, where I expected some bands made me by Mrs. Lane, and while she went to the starchers for them, I staid at Mrs. Howlett’s, who with her husband were abroad.
FUCK/PUBLISHING When asked by her publisher why her work had not been submitted while on her honeymoon: "I've been too fucking busy or vice versa.” ― Dorothy Parker
Publication day for meeeee and look at this very cool window. Huge thanks to the Gutter Bookshop for the support!
A Morocco Street Scene,' (1880) is quintessential John Singer Sargent in its dynamic use of angles and fascination with how direct and indirect light reflects onto and off white surfaces set against an intense blue sky.
