Catherine A. O'Toole
@otoolecatherine.bsky.social
Writer, businesswoman. Shorts in Mslexia, the Fiddlehead, dANDelion, +. On offer a novel, DIRTY WORK. In progress, A Slaughter of Peacocks. I want you to get lost in my dreams.
It's Pre-order day for the follow-up to PAGANS so go go gooooo ‼️
Moonflower Books@moonflowerbooks.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are delighted to announce DEAD GODS, the second in the Times Top 10 bestselling Pagans series by @jamesbluecat.bsky.social. Coming 27 August 2027. Find out more via the link in our bio or copy and paste: www.moonflowerbooks.co.uk/news/moonflo...
Canada-based The Metals Company (@themetalsco.bsky.social) is working with Trump to mine the deep sea, despite global opposition. Canada must double-down to #StopDeepSeaMining and oppose the Mining Code that would open oceans to looting. Take action: act.gp/3ZXB5ll @greenpeaceca.bsky.social
Petition: Tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
Sign the Greenpeace petition to tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.
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Across The Pond Podcast@acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social · 2mo agoWill Self is on the podcast this week. I said: WILL SELF. It is, as you might expect, fascinating. He does not hold back on the state of literature, the state of several nations, what happened next. You can get it wherever you harvest podcasts, or here: www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/epis...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
He spent years investigating Opus Dei, a Catholic group accused of a vast conspiracy of abuse. Then Pope Leo asked to meet
Gareth Gore’s 2024 book Opus alleges decades of manipulation, which the group has denied. He believes the pope wanted to send a clear message
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I fell into PAGANS by @jamesbluecat.bsky.social publ'd by @moonflowerbooks.bsky.social and can't stop thinking about it. Highly recommend! I bought copies for friends/fam and you will too 🧡 BRAVO !!
Just a few days left to see this remarkable show. For details visit hauserwirth.com #nikidesaintphalle bien sûr #england
When life pivots to babies, what's a businesswoman to do? Many thanks to The Balance Dilemma Podcast for inviting me on to discuss. Listen to the whole interview here m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdcm...
Gotta write now bc writing > posting and my 4th draft has waited (impatiently) long enough ;) catherineaotoole.substack.com
Costuming + Cocktails = Fun catherineaotoole.substack.com Read about book launches i want to attend, Mona Awad's juggernaut and a new girlie-first era in publicity 🍸🐰📚
Short fiction writers with collections published/forthcoming: Would you share your publisher’s name to help the rest of us find one? Best if they charge no reading fees, but if they do, maybe share what writers get in return? (Quick response, great feedback, high royalties, etc)
My sister would've been 55 today. She died 10 yrs ago & her presence has inspired me to make films, write my acclaimed memoir about our utopian commune childhood, Home Is Where We Start, Penguin, my novel The Orange Notebooks @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social & more... RIP 💔
Read our reporting on McCann here:
Canadian Neo-Nazi Protester Charged For Assaulting Man With Flagpole In Nashville
While marching through Nashville waving neo-Nazi flags, Canadian man Ryan McCann allegedly struck a local bartender in the face and ribs with a flagpole before both men were arrested.
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Our short story prize is open for submissions again! Please share this widely - and please send us your stories: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize Closing date 8 November!
Prize — Galley Beggar Press
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I'm writing on substack. Fireworking 🔥Am in a booth in the back in a corner in the dark ;)
Fireworking otoolecatherine.substack.com/subscribe?pa... Time to start sharing without cringing (i hope). See you soon,
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I'll be there. Will you be there? Will RS be there ✨
Gary Lachman@garylachman.bsky.social · last yr.Staring 6 July and on subsequent Sundays I'll be giving a four part course for the PRS looking at four key figures in the western esoteric tradition . First up, the incomparable Madame Blavatsky. www.eventbrite.com/e/secret-tea...
Serviceberries are blooming. Time to bury the dead.
Congratulations to Richard Harrison on receiving the Golden Pen Award from the Writers' Guild of Alberta for a lifetime of achievement by an Alberta writer! You can learn more about the awards here: writersguild.ca/2025-alberta...
