What a joy directing the superb @taraflynnirl.bsky.social reading Ariel Lawhon’s epic 'The Pirate Queen' for @penguinaudio.bsky.social - a novel based on the incredible story of Gráinne Ní Mháille. This will be a must-listen. #audiobooks #BookSky

If people want to be kings they should be forced to joust it out

Me putting salt on something: “I am so basic. I am a child. I have the palate of a brick. What a loser.” Me grinding black pepper: “I am a connoisseur. A gourmand. A chef. You may ask my opinion on food but I may be too busy earning my next Michelin star.”

I used to aim for eight hours of beauty sleep but these days I’ll settle for five hours of personality sleep.

We’re not going back here either. We’re only out!

Tara Flynn@taraflynnirl.bsky.social · last yr.

The last Magdalene Laundry closed here in 1996. I was 27. Trainspotting. Macarena. The Rachel cut.

Who’d be the Irish Paddington? Judge from Wanderley Wagon? Bosco? Marty Whelan’s lush moustache?

Kinda weird now to look back on the past several years of seeing leftists being told they were hysterical for using the word 'fascism' to describe what we all saw coming

Wish I could be in sleep mode like a phone

I resent having to clip my toenails as often as they demand it. Just growing away down there, no respect for my time

Between the stealing of whole ass books for AI and our voices or bits of our voices for audio is anyone still wondering why your creative pals are cranky?

You can’t beat 80s music video lewks which were basically “I’m just coming from work”

Sometimes you’re like “Ooh, Soup!” and then other days you’re like “Urgh. soup." Y’know?

In my work I try to offer a bit of hope or, falling short of that, entertainment. If you’d like some respite from *out there*, all eps of my problem-solving podcast with magnificent @mariankeyes.bsky.social are still available on BBC Sounds 💚 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn - The Pink Flamingo Problem - BBC Sounds

Marian and Tara tackle a problem pink flamingo, a messy daughter and a contested will.

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Drinking coffee and watching reality TV to shield myself from reality

Was weird finding out that not only were there no adults in the room but that the room was less well looked after than that time I lived in a bedsit with a mushroom in it