Calling all writers aged 18-35! The Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize is back. Enter here for the chance to be published in the FT, get your story turned into an ebook, and win £1000 on.ft.com/32u9gEj

"People are strange: they are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice" - Charles Bukowski. New podcast with poet Steve Denehan on Bukowski's work on dlr soundcloud: soundcloud.com/dlr-soundcloud…

“Ordinary life does not interest me” Anaïs Nin Photography © Théo Gosselin

☺️ #librarylife #bookworm #bookrecommendations #dlrLibraries

Hey guys, wanna feel old? I'm 40. You're welcome.

It's #InternationalLiteracyDay! 📖 Today brings ownership of the challenges of illiteracy back home to local communities where literacy begins, one person at a time. 📚 [IMAGE: William Butler #Yeats, (1865-1939), when a boy; #reading, drawn by his father John Butler Yeats]

Honest concern for others is the key factor in improving our day to day lives. When you’re warm-hearted, there is no room for anger, jealousy or insecurity. A calm mind and self-confidence are the basis for happy and peaceful relations with each other.

In line with the Government's decision for Dublin City and County to move to Level 3 of the Plan for Living with COVID-19, for three weeks, dlr Libraries will be closing our branches to the public and reinstating our Bag a Book: Contact & Collect service. bit.ly/3hG3ALH

Join Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again tomorrow at 1pm on #Zoom for a chat about this month's poetry collection, 'Seeing Things', by Seamus #Heaney. ' This free book club is for everyone, you don't need to be a poetry expert! Booking essential: ow.ly/dLCE50ByJtT #SeamusHeaney #poetry

"And some time make the time to drive out west Into County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore, In September or October, when the wind And the light are working off each other" - from Postscript

#OnThisDay 2 November 1950 - The death of #GeorgeBernardShaw, one of the most celebrated writers to emerge from Ireland and the only person to have won an Oscar (1938) and the Nobel Prize in Literature (1925). He won an Oscar for the Best Screenplay Adaptation for '#Pygmalion'.

“I will not reason and compare: My business is to create” William Blake Studio ~ Ancien Hôtel Baudy Giverny France

Plenty on this week at the National Library of Ireland – all of our events are online and free to attend. 📚 📚📚 For further details, and booking information, visit our website: nli.ie/en/list/curren…

"I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves." Today Mary #Wollstonecraft is finally gracing the Green! Listen to Bee Rowlatt on #BBCRadio4Today discussing the new installation.

“I exist in two places, here and where you are” Margaret Atwood Photography © Elisabeth Hennum

Crock of Gold - A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan | Wildcard Distribution wildcarddistribution.com/movie/crock-of…

Excitement is building for our online stream of Eimear Quinn's annual Christmas concert this evening! The stream will be live from 8pm and can be watched for 48 hours - the perfect festive treat... Have you booked your tickets yet? BOOK NOW: bit.ly/EimearQuinnOnl… @EimearVox

Had this Christmas card from an elderly relative. I respect her honesty.

If you're an artist looking to develop your practice further in 2021, why not check out our Bursary Award? Up to €20K is available to individual creatives in circus, dance, music, opera, theatre, + more besides! Submissions close 28 Jan. Visit us at: artscouncil.ie/available-fund…

Goodbye January. What a long, cold, wet (or dry, for some) month you've been. 💙 🐚​Jem Southam, Clevedon, Blind Yeo 16 January 2000 ​☁️James Dickson Innes, Arenig, North Wales ​🐦Vanessa Winship, Birds rising on the Mississippi, New Orleans ❄️Peter Brook, JANUARY Pennine Valley