Wordfoolery Whispers is my monthly newsletter packed with #etymology facts, history visits, writer life, and bookish chat. If you like unusual words, history or books it could be for you. subscribepage.io/wordfoolerywhi… and remember the confirmation email.

Day 4 of #IrishBookWeekChallenge: Share an Irish book you read recently. Love female #history? Irish #history? The lives of ten remarkable women overshadowed by famous Irish husbands

This week at Castle Bailey Library Nina is celebrating Christmas with house-mates, colleagues, friends, and her Inter Library Loan guy. Subscribe and read for some festive cosiness. channillo.com/series/the-lib…

Oscar the Library Cat spent most of December elf-napping, much to Linda’s annoyance as she had to reset the Naughty Elf pranks multiple times. I shouldn’t have found that as entertaining as I did. I caught Boss Lady smirking too. #1linewed The Librarian's Secret Diary

Happy Book Birthday to "Words Christmas Gave Us" which launched on this day last year. We managed the merry part of Merry Christmas well at the event in Academy Books! Still available in ebook, paperback, and hardback - wordfoolery.wordpress.com/my-books/ and the National Library of Ireland.

This week on Wordfoolery - the word origins of crenelations on castles. wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/the… and beware of defensive crannies and grannies.

Despite her Senior Librarian growling and being grumpy, Nina counts her blessings and decides it's going to be a Good Year. Subscribe and Read the latest from Castle Bailey Library at channillo.com/series/the-lib…

She looked thoroughly miserable, hair more unkempt than usual, jumper pulled to one side, tissue to her nose and eyes rimmed with red. #1linewed "The Librarian's Secret Diary"

Words the Vikings Gave Us - 300 words from ships, food, farming, romance, myths, daily life, politics - akimbo, kiss, ombudsman, bluetooth, frisbee, thing, and yule. Ideal for word & history lovers. #Kindle #FunFacts #etymology #vikings #Kobo paperback wordfoolery.wordpress.com/my-books/

Happy Halloween from Wordfoolery, and Batty! Here's a couple of spooky word histories to get your evening off to a properly eldritch and macabre start... wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2019/10/28/eld… wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2019/02/04/mac…

What does mediocre have to do with mountains? Pop over to Wordfoolery's blog to find out, with thanks to the Romans - wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/the…

The latest episode in "The Librarian's Secret Diary" is now live at channillo.com/series/the-lib… and this week Nina, the ever energetic librarian, falls ill. Can the library survive without her? And should she decontaminate her secret diary?

“Nina, you look dreadful.” I waved a hand, and my head spun as I did so. “Yeah, head cold. I’ll be grand. I’ve got some cough syrup in the break room.” She stepped back a little as if I were a plague victim. #1linewed "The Librarian's Secret Diary"