I often wondered what I’d choose for my @theguardian.com Books of a lifetime… and then I found out… www.theguardian.com/books
Lucy Caldwell
@lucycaldwell.bsky.social
Writer of short story collections Multitudes, Intimacies, Openings, Devotions and novels inc. These Days. Regular masterclass series at Faber Academy.
If the New Yorker says so, it must be true… Devotions is out in the US next week - along with Multitudes, Intimacies *and* Openings!
July 14th: Anatomy of a Story - a short story writing workshop with the award-winning Lucy Caldwell @lucycaldwell.bsky.social : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anatomy-of...
Anatomy of a Story with Lucy Caldwell
Part of the Brunel University New Writers Programme
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In today's Irish Times, an essay I wrote about the winter solstice at Newgrange, the importance of our sacred sites, about surrender, and about finding light in the darkness ✨
The FT Books pages looking good this morning… and the Irish Times not too shabby either 🙏
Devotions officially launched! Thank you so much to all who came to the Crescent Arts Centre to celebrate, to David and No Alibis for the books, and Alex Clark for the consummate chairing!
Devotions is published next week - here are some of the upcoming UK/Ire tour dates!
London friends, a couple of upcoming events for Devotions! Hope to see you there.
I wrote an essay about my early life in Irish books for SJPLit’s Substack. You can read it here! sjplit.substack.com/p/from-bront...
🕯️New episode with @lucycaldwell.bsky.social is out now! It’s not often I’m left speechless, but Lucy’s capacity to meditate on life, love, and death had me grasping for words We were speaking about DEVOTIONS ahead of next week’s release @faberbooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Belfast friends, if you’d like to come to the launch of Devotions at the Crescent on Mon 20 April, the link to reserve your free ticket is below! I’ll be in conversation with the inestimable Alex Clark, and we’ll also be launching this year’s festival programme ✨ crescentarts.org/events/devot...
Devotions by Lucy Caldwell
Ahead of the Belfast Book Festival 2026, The Crescent is offering a taste of Festival events in a new series called Bookmarks...
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I'm happy to have contributed an essay to @efacis.bsky.social Kaleidoscope project on Irish spirituality - honouring my RE teacher Miss Williams, who, like Miss Jean Brodie, led us out rather than shutting us in… kaleidoscope3.efacis.eu/publications...
The Prime of Miss Joan Williams
The Prime of Miss Joan Williams I was born in Belfast in 1981, the eldest child of what was then called a “mixed marriage” – one parent Protestant, one Catholic. My father had been a Church of Ireland...
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Devotions is out in just 2 months! If you’d like to preorder a copy @waterstones.bsky.social are running a 25% promotion from today 17 Feb- midnight 20 Feb, just enter FEB26 at the checkout. I’ve also been signing lots of pretty candle bookplates for your local indie preorders!
I’m thrilled to be able to share this with you! My fourth collection, Devotions, will be published next April 23rd. If you would like a proof copy please contact @faberbooks.bsky.social ✨
One last-minute space for this - starting next Thursday! ✨
Lucy Caldwell@lucycaldwell.bsky.social · last yr.My @faberacademy.bsky.social autumn course on the short story is now open for booking! Places go fast and are limited so do take a look if you’re interested. Hope to see you there! faberacademy.com/product/shor...
My @faberacademy.bsky.social autumn course on the short story is now open for booking! Places go fast and are limited so do take a look if you’re interested. Hope to see you there! faberacademy.com/product/shor...
Short Stories I: An Introduction to the Form – 4 September 2025 | Faber Academy
Learn the craft of short story writing, then create and polish new stories of your own with an award-winning writer.
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Some pics from Faber’s rooftop event to mark the p’bk of Openings! In conversation with my long-term editor Angus Cargill. This new edition turns out to go beautifully with high blue skies. 📸 2 & 3 by Tracy Zinsou
Next Friday lunchtime at @faberbooks.bsky.social HQ! Rooftop, drinks, short stories - bliss. If you’re in London, come along!
Come and read & write short stories with me! Booking for my @faberacademy.bsky.social autumn masterclass series will open shortly but you need to be on the waiting list to have a chance of a place, so contact them to register your interest now. Hope to see you there!
This year’s Belfast Book Festival was just brilliant. Here are some highlights! Celebrating @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social, in conv. with Tessa Hadley, in conv. with Sam McAlister & Lucia Osborne-Crowley and plenty of @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social time!
On this morning's #sundaymiscellany 8 June 2025 Ways of Seeing: live at Belfast Book Festival at the Crescent Arts Centre with @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social @lucycaldwell.bsky.social Glenn Patterson Emily Byers-Ferrian Maria McManus Trú Scott Flanigan Sinéad McKenna @rteradio1.bsky.social
Brilliant to be back in Belfast for the launch of the Belfast Book Festival run by the Crescent Arts Centre. Here I am with fellow Patrons Glenn Patterson and Paul Muldoon; and with Wendy Erskine, co-judge of the Mairtín Crawford Award, and this year’s winner Sarah Davy.
Great chatting with @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social about this year's Belfast Book Festival at Crescent Arts Centre, where she'll be discussing her debut novel The Benefactors with @lucycaldwell.bsky.social and taking part in several other events... www.irishnews.com/entertainmen...
Wendy Erskine on her debut novel: ‘It felt really nice - like being in a deep bath’
David Roy chats to the acclaimed author about taking part in this year’s Belfast Book Festival and making the leap from short stories to long-form fiction
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Yesterday was a great day for books! This @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social is brilliant, brutally sad; I’ll be thinking about it for a long time. A collection of stories won the International @thebookerprizes.bsky.social !! And a first outing of @elainefeeney.bsky.social’s new book, out imminently.
Relearning to Read: Adventures in Not-Knowing by @annmorgan.bsky.social is the Swim in a Pond in the Rain for 2025! Details here, pre-orders open with @renardpress.com
The paperback of Openings is officially published and out in the world today!
A lovely commission - I drew on my childhood learning Suzuki violin and teen years playing in youth orchestras to write the short story for this year’s Proms Guide. Out now!
A beautiful edition of an excellent collection of stories! I’m a big fan of Lucy’s work. Here’s my review of OPENINGS, should you need further convincing. #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/o...
Lucy Caldwell@lucycaldwell.bsky.social · last yr.Hot off the press, the new paperback edition of Openings!
