Loved chatting to StoryshapedPod - link below if you fancy a listen. We get quite philosophical about the writing/reading experience!

Last full day in #Paris with a group of amazing people who’ve become like family. Last night we ate together then walked along the Seine to sit on the grass as we watched the Eiffel Tower sparkle and go dark at midnight. Centre Culturel Irlandais

We're spotlighting some of the brilliant shops where you can buy the signed indie exclusive edition of #DivineMight, and today it's @NOALIBISBOOKS! I visit whenever I'm in Belfast, highly recommended. Preorder from them here: noalibis.com/product/divine…

What a great review! We're really looking forward to having Wendy Erskine & @briangdillon in conversation with @humbird_fuil at #ILFD23! Tickets here 👉 ilfdublin.com/whats-on/festi…

🗣️'The idea that there’s ‘#MeToo fatigue’ after four or five years - come back to me in a couple of centuries & then we can see if the balance has been redressed’ Author Sarah Gilmartin @sarahgbooks joined Nuala McGovern to talk about her latest novel, Service ⬇️

🟡BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY🟡 LIMITED AVAILABILITY ⬇🎤🎼 writersweek.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/ev… The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Kerry County Arts Fáilte Ireland #LWW2023 #ArtsCouncilSupported #workshops #songwriting

New Five Dials just dropped. Honoured to contribute to ‘The Everything List’, a recurring feature in which I wrote about some things I consumed in the past month. Includes whacky chat about Tár, Pedro Almodóvar, Septology, and yes, smoking weed. fivedials.com/back-issues/sp…

An incredible (and incredible-looking!) programme by stephen connolly for Listowel Writers’ Week this June. I am so thrilled to be taking part in two events, with Yan Ge and Claire Kilroy, authors of what must be two of my books of the year. See you there! ✨

Jan Carson Congrats! Looking forward to this

Introducing the Two-Minute Book Club! This week: comments on WUTHERING HEIGHTS — youtu.be/ToJqDksV4KM via YouTube

Musicians & artists from Iran, Somalia, Syria & Afghanistan recently had the opportunity to meet & share their talents with members of the Arts Council Board at Duncairn Arts. The artists are part of #MARRS, a programme setup by Beyond Skin Learn more: artscouncil-ni.org/news/arts-coun…

WOW: What a launch night for SERVICE! A huge thanks to the attendees, Hodges Figgis for hosting and all their support (they sold SERVICE out!), Joseph O'Connor, who has championed this really special book and gave a wonderful speech, and (it can't be said enough) to @sarahgbooks

Check out John Connolly new series: the Two-Minute Book Club! And get ready for THE LAND OF LOST THINGS, hitting bookstores this September! simonandschuster.com/books/The-Land…

Congratulations ⁦@KennedyLoulou⁩ Trespasses is number 1 in Paperback Fiction in The Times today for the fourth week running

Twitter, I'm home! So many thanks for everyone's support, especially today. Totally worthwhile opening, even though the thing was on! It's always lovely to meet Tweeters in real life, although "I follow you on Twitter" still makes me panic 😂 This week's #TopTenBestsellingTitles

Introducing ‘The Book Who Wanted to Be Loved’ by John Bittles and illustrated by Rebecca Elliott, a heartwarming tale celebrating the magic of bookshops, stories, and books. Follow our loveable hero on an epic journey to find what he wants most - to be loved. Out June 6th! 📚✨

Sooooo excited to get my hands on this charming + magical picture book!

So proud to be involved with this. It's looking beautiful and I can't wait until it hits the shops.

If you’re in Ottawa June 1st (or no someone who is) you know what to do….

Good luck to Seamus O'Hara and the An Irish Goodbye team at the IFTAs this evening, hoping to add an Irish Academy Award to the Oscar and BAFTA for the remarkable short film! There are a handful of places on the workshop with Seamus and Mary-Ellen O'Hara member of CDG: writersweek.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh…