Huge congrats to our friend and regular dotMD guest @SineadGleeson on her new novel Hagstone.

The glowing reviews are rolling in…

theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

I’m reading my audiobook because Penguin Books UK say I have a “nice, sleepy voice”. Don’t listen whilst driving / operating heavy machinery.

Very excited to announce our 2024 conference...
....*drum roll please*......
Saturday 5th October in the gorgeous surroundings of Riddel Hall at Queen's University in Belfast!
Save the date!!
Lots more information to follow.

Me ha encantado leer referencias a Thomas Lynch en el libro de Rosa Montero 'La ridícula idea de no volver a verte'.
La charla de Mr Lynch, director de funeraria y escritor, fue la que más me impresionó en el dotMD de 2014. Tomé pocas notas.
youtube.com/watch?v=2Iij6h…

'My main purpose in telling the story is to draw attention to how we put people in pathological boxes many years before we bury them in wooden ones.' John Launer @BMJ_latest bmj.com/content/384/bm…

#SundayWiMIN24 : Dr Dominique Crowley, Public Health Specialist and award-winning artist.
Her Solo Exhibition, MONSTRORUM, is currently on display in the RHA Ashford Gallery (11th Jan –11th Feb 2024).
Read more: bit.ly/SW24Wk3

“If you don’t hope or don’t have expectations, that kills you.”

Dr Austin O’Carroll talks to Tommy about the importance of hope and says it’s the key thing in helping people get out of poverty.

#TommyTiernanShow Tommy Tiernan

Two weeks left for submissions! #GraphMed24 coming to Ireland.

Welcome to Season 6: John Quin joined me to record this episode about his memoir Medicine Man. 

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Happy Boxing Day. Today’s Doctor Doctor interview (15.30, BBC Radio 4) is the fabulous Dr Benji Waterhouse Benji Waterhouse who talks about combining his life as a writer, comedian & psychiatrist, or as he calls it, a social worker with the stethoscope. All 8 episodes on BBC Sounds

Astonishing.
Since TED Talks posted my talk about 'What Happens As We Die?' to their home page yesterday, it's already clocked up 15k views.
People DO want better information - so please pass it on.
I'm delighted that TED has chosen to spread this idea. ted.com/talks/kathryn_…

Welcome to Ireland to the Graphic Medicine community. Looking forward to seeing you all in Athlone. Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Medical Independent Galway Cartoon Festival.

Something to look forward to in 2024!

👉graphicmedicineconference.com

Proposals for #GraphMed2024 - including talks (long and short), panels, and workshops - are welcome via the conference website until Jan 26th.

In today's episode, emergency medicine physician and author Jay Baruch speaks about his memoir, Tornado of Life: A Doctor’s Journey Through Constraints and Creativity in the ER, which explores ethics, stories, and uncertainty in the emergency room.
🎧: rb.gy/q1r4nn

🙏and ❤️to ⁦Hodges Figgis⁩ Dublin for stocking and letting me sign.
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Tickets on sale now!
ulsterhall.co.uk/what-s-on/the-…

Ulster Hall | Live Entertainment Belfast
Children in NI

Myself & Mark Pickering are delighted to announce the birth of our new child! 👶🏼👇🏻

Ten ways to be a healthier physician
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