Justjillian
@justjillian.bsky.social
Host of Bookcited! Podcast featuring interviews with authors and other bookish things. Northern Ireland. Library enthusiast
Spread the word! Any Agatha fans out there? Phone to book your place for what promises to be a fascinating discussion in #CarrickfergusLibrary @librariesni.bsky.social @janicehallett.bsky.social @samblakebooks.bsky.social @kerrymclean.bsky.social #BookWeekNI26
Date for the diary- #Omagh and environs take note! Please share... #Books #Sale @librariesni.bsky.social
Click to listen to Bookcited!: @librariesni.bsky.social Libraries NI podcast for all things library | Ferdia Lennon –a modern take on the ancient world on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/pb-2yck7-...
Ferdia Lennon –a modern take on the ancient world
Ferdia Lennon joins Bookcited to discuss his acclaimed debut novel Glorious Exploits, a witty and deeply human tale set in Ancient Sicily.
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Don't miss this week's episode of Bookcited!: @librariesni.bsky.social podcast for all things library | Reading Through the Generations on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/pb-eequs-...
Click to listen to Bookcited!: @librariesni.bsky.social podcast for all things library | Faith Hogan - Writing What You Love on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/pb-mr6qx-...
Local author @jamesgwriter.bsky.social joined us on Bookcited to talk about The Lightning his novel set in a lighthouse on an island in mid Atlantic. Click to listen @librariesni.bsky.social www.podbean.com/ew/pb-wvghx-...
Check out my blog for local NI talent @librariesni.bsky.social @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social #andrewcunning #susanbennett www.librariesni.org.uk/browse-read/...
Just Jillian Book Blog - And there's more local talent
Jillian writes about local authors and their novels including Few And Far Between by Jan Carson, Clara and Christina by Andrew Cunning and One Year by Susan Bennett
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Catch up with our latest #Bookcited! #podcast episode : @librariesni.bsky.social We chat to @lucycaldwell.bsky.social about her new collection Devotions - check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/pb-p7cbz-...
Please come join us for the Belfast launch of #NoVacancy at No Alibis on Tuesday 29th September with an intro from the lovely and very talented @bebeashley.bsky.social free tickets via No Alibis website
The latest Bookcited episode : A Libraries NI podcast for all things library | One Year, -17 countries one campervan and a shock diagnosis with @shedwriting Susan Bennett on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/pb-m4pz8-...
Belfast folk, please come and join @andrewcunningwriting and I for a good chat about books and writing and dear only know what else @waterstonesbelfast on Thursday 27th August. Places are free. No need to book.
Join us for a deep dive into Land by Maggie O’Farrell on Podbean, check it out! @librariesni.bsky.social #Land #podcast #maggieofarrell www.podbean.com/ea/pb-4jqqg-...
Click to listen #Bookcited! #podcast New books/ Louise Nealon/ chat /What's not to like 😀 @librariesni.bsky.social www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ekwdq-...
On this week's Bookcited! Podcast @librariesni.bsky.social, I am joined by international bestselling author @valmcdermid.bsky.social to discuss her career from journalism to writing books! Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 👉 orlo.uk/23PoG
Children’s author Patricia Forde - from actor to Laureate na nog and how to encourage your children to read @pforde123.bsky.social @librariesni.bsky.social Click to listen www.podbean.com/ea/pb-pke46-...
If you love podcasts about books but haven’t found anything to scratch your reading itch, Bookcited! Podcast is the perfect addition to your feed! 📲 Listen now 👉 bookcited.podbean.com/category/boo...
The latest Bookcited! podcast - features Crime, music and Luca Veste on Podbean Football, Music and Serial Killers- a must-listen! www.podbean.com/ea/pb-z5836-... @librariesni.bsky.social @lucaveste.bsky.social
From Stand Up to Crime - join #Bookcited @librariesni.bsky.social as we chat to crime author @MarkBillingham about his enduring career Click to listen:- www.podbean.com/ea/pb-zb54s-...
Very excited to be reading from and talking about #FewAndFarBetween at the Secret Bookshelf in Carrickfergus this Monday evening. All the details are in the link. Please come and join us for a chat. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jan-carson...
Jan Carson: 'Few and Far Between'
Join Belfast-based award winning author Jan Carson in conversation about her new book 'Few and Far Between'!
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Listen to this episode of #Bookcited with Gerard Doyle –The art of audiobook narration and the voice behind the story on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/pb-7k5ch-... @librariesni.bsky.social @adrianmckinty.bsky.social
Click to listen to Bookcited!: A @librariesni.bsky.social podcast for all things library | our interview on the ‘Familiar’ World of Bethany Joy Dawson on Podbean, www.podbean.com/ea/pb-6y2gc-...
Catch up with Bookcited!: A Libraries NI podcast for all things library | This week we chat to Eoin Colfer about the evolution of his Artemis Fowl series for children amongst other things. www.podbean.com/ea/pb-cygmr-...
Listen to author Susan Bennett on RTE talking about her new memoir One Year. A NI couple take time out to reassess their lives after a life changing diagnosis - a camper van-17 countries in one year. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Susan Bennett
The author chats about the lives she and her Church of Ireland minister husband were having in Belfast in their thirties, when incredibly they were both diagnosed with MS. They spent a year travelling...
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Ever wondered what a Victorian Dolls Factory looks like? Listen to our Bookcited! episode with writer Elizabeth Macneal whose dark fiction takes us to the disturbing world of obsession, art and love. Click to listen www.podbean.com/ea/pb-5kajp-... @librariesni.bsky.social
Interesting report on reading for pleasure v chore. Encourage your people to #ReadForFun!! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
‘Relentless’ focus on literacy undermines reading for pleasure, says report
New HarperCollins study finds that daily reading for pleasure among five- to 17-year-olds fell from 39% in 2012 to 25% in 2025
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@frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social This week's Bookcited! podcast features UK Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell Boyce! 🎧 He joins us to discuss the #NationalYearOfReading and why books matter in the ages of screens - @librariesni.bsky.social Listen now 👉 orlo.uk/ukUiu
This week's Bookcited! podcast features UK Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell Boyce! 🎧 He joins us to discuss the #NationalYearOfReading and why books matter in the ages of screens - @librariesni.bsky.social Listen now 👉 orlo.uk/ukUiu
The FT Books pages looking good this morning… and the Irish Times not too shabby either 🙏
At the launch of #Devotions - @lucycaldwell.bsky.social fourth short story collection @crescentarts.bsky.social @librariesni.bsky.social
