Thank you for sharing your story. My heart goes out you re dealing with your father's pressures. You are not alone w/ the realization 'losing the ability to have children made [you] realize that [you] never wanted them.' Re unlearning social conditioning, see #TheBabyMatrix !

Day 30 #readirishwomenchallenge24

My next read inspired by this challenge: Making babies by Anne Enright.

Because books that narrate motherhood in an honest way are essential for women to gain the knowledge we need to make conscious decisions about having children or not.

Day 29 #readirishwomenchallenge24

📕 A book that is < 300 pages: Unsettled by Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh.

Rosaleen writes fearlessly about a diverse experience of being Irish. 'Unsettled' explores racism, ableism, abuse and resistance as well as the bonds of community, family and friendship.

Day 28 of #readirishwomenchallenge24

A book with a person from real life: Nora by Nuala O'Connor.

Nuala O’Connor’s bold reimagining of the life of James Joyce’s wife, muse, and the model for Molly Bloom in Ulysses.

Day 27 #readirishwomenchallenge24

📔 A book about making or creating: Handiwork by Sara Baume.

In this contemplative short narrative, artist and acclaimed writer Sara Baume charts the daily process of making and writing, exploring what it is to create and to live as an artist.

“The legal system is designed to protect men from the superior power of the state but not to protect women or children from the superior power of men,” feminist psychiatrist Judith Herman

NY appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction apnews.com/article/weinst…

Day 25 #readirishwomenchallenge24

A book of poetry: Landscape of the Body by Lani O' Hanlon

I attended The Landscape of the Body session with Lani International Literature Festival Dublin in 2022.

At first, I was nervous, but as soon as she started talking, I felt calmer and happy I was there.

Day 24 #readirishwomenchallenge24

📔 A book with a mystery: Through Her Eyes by Clodagh Finn.

A book that unearthes 21 lives that were mysteries for a long time.

April companions 📚

Many things are blooming these days.

Early copies of my own book around the house put a smile on my face.

Day 22 #readirishwomenchallenge24

A book adapted to the stage or screen: Shorts - Five Plays by deirdre kinahan.

📜 Each play shines a light into a forgotten corner of our humanity, giving voice to irrepressible characters that the world has done its best to overlook.

Day 20 of the #readirishwomenchallenge24 📚

📘 A book with several locations: Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan.

Achill, New York, Avondale, Cootehill, Aghowle, Texas, Tennessee, Donegore... Claire take us to many places in this book.

Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648–1695)

A Mexican writer, poet, philosopher, composer, and Hieronymite nun considered one of the most important female authors in Spanish language literature and the literature of Mexico.

Day 19 #readirishwomenchallenge24

A book that talks about injustice: In Her Shoes - Women of the Eight by Erin Darcy.

In Her Shoes is a testament to the importance of women’s stories. How giving space for the taboo to walk among us can be healing and transform a nation.

Seven great ways to ensure 'that we do not create inadvertent exclusionary practices at the workplace with respect to single and #childfree employees' ~ the 7th, 'contemporize policies,' solidifies the other six! shethepeople.tv/personal-stori…

🎙️ After three days in a lovely studio here in Dublin, I finished narrating the audiobook version of Others Like Me.

Boy oh boy, was it hard. But so worth it.

Out on June 13th on Audible. I hope you'll enjoy listening to it 🎧

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. -Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)

Coming soon!

A book dedicated to women without children. A book for us. A book that illustrates all the incredible women who have gone before us, shattering glass ceilings.

A book that shows us that women are so much more than their reproductive status.

What a pleasure to be interviewed by Jess Ridder for the 'What She Says' series, in which she asks the same 6 questions to women from all over the world to amplify female voices and showcase the different facets of female talent.

whatshesaysproject.com/post/nicole-1

This week I speak to the Harshaneeyam podcast about the International Booker Prize 2024, growing up multilingual and reading as a political act ⁦The Booker Prizes⁩ harshaneeyam.in/2024/04/10/fia…

Fabulous article by Katie Gee Salisbury about writing women's biography, via Literary Hub. #WomensHistoryMonth2024 #nonfiction #biography #womenshistory #Hollywood #actors
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