A beautiful book - hopeful and tragic in equal measure. The last line should be written on every wall everywhere. Thank you Stephen Kelman

we haven't had a single workshop sign-up in two days. that is a record low for us. please help us keep this project running. please help support palestinian families trying to survive by signing up for a workshop or sharing with a friend 💔💔

I just overheard someone say “I’m not voting for Kamala Harris because she is a woman, I’m voting for Kamala Harris because I AM a woman” This needs to be said more.

Aya Nakamura : "Je ferais bien d'aller choisir mon vocabulaire, pour te plaire, dans la langue de Molière" A bon entendeur 😌

3. Paris 2024 will be the first Olympics in history to achieve numerical gender parity on the field of play, with an equal number of female and male athletes participating in the largest sporting event in the world.  Out of the 10,500 athletes participating in the Games, 5,250

Axelle Saint-Cirel. Wow. Utterly majestic. Magnifique!

“Je ferais mieux d’aller choisir mon vocabulaire, Pour te plaire, Dans la langue de Molière” Superb. Taking charge of the Académie Française Sunn m'Cheaux you seen this? ❤️

James Joyce would love this!

Loved to learn today that Aya Nakamura’s mother is a griotte. A matriarchal line of seanchaí - makes a lot of sense. Brava!

I want to be Rachel Scott when I grow up. Class act.

I’m opening a teeny, wee, fine art prints studio tomorrow in Doolin. It’s called The Dark Room. Call in for the chats! DM for Eircode.

💪 Ready for kick-off in Heimstetten in just a few minutes. Supporters can watch the game live on TownTV.

The gofund me was for £500, but they've now raised £168k. It says everything. A symbol of resistance against the fascist thugs & positive action by those who genuinely care about British communities. #spellowlibrary

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Friends in Dublin! I am coming your way in October, and doing a session for Irish Writers Centre. It'd be lovely to see you there, and do please spread the word also! irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/notes-…

If you are visiting Limerick this August, be sure to seek out QUAY BOOKS, a small, secret, silent, (alternative even) neighbourhood bookstore that could go unnoticed. Find us at 11 Sarsfield St. V94 K330. quaybooksstore.com LimerickStrand Hotel The Savoy Hotel GeorgeBoutiqueHotel

Tune in to Oliver Callan after 9. Bridget Hourican will be discussing her new biography of James Clarence Mangan published by Gill Books - ‘Imaginative and absorbing, at last Mangan has found the perfect biographer.’ John Banville

Ha! Brilliant 💚

Always said that kid had a good head on his shoulders.