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Faye Kirwan

@fayekirwan.bsky.social

edinburgh/liverpool | bookseller @ the portobello bookshop & v part-time writer

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I’m almost always over here instead of on my actual socials, but here are some books I’ve loved this year so far 🪲

27.07.2025 21:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

this!!

25.04.2025 18:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
SUNDAY APRIL 13 a clear cold sunny day, beautiful to some, horrible to others. we’re making maple syrup again, smoke is rising from the evaporator, it’s hearty, everytime i begin to do something something else intervenes, i wouldn’t even think this if i weren’t in the mood to have the thought. bernadette mayer, in a rush to put down her weird thoughts, like everybody tells her to, writes down too much, only a fraction of which is even ever read because she is so disorganized, plus she has had a brain hemorrhage, rendering her even more mixed up in her constant thinking, and she has lost the fine motor coordination in her right hand—she can’t handwrite. she has to cook the chicken liver while phil is not in the kitchen. at the moment her left knee is so fucked she can barely walk, making the long bushwhacking walks in the country that were able to salvage her sanity, impossible. she tries to do what others suggest but now she just plods on. it’s the last straw, hobbling from room to room, hoping for change. she is lost but has no choice she can’t attempt suicide again for fear of failing. she will cook the liver. she also cooks two pierogi, eats them & sits in the sun

SUNDAY APRIL 13 a clear cold sunny day, beautiful to some, horrible to others. we’re making maple syrup again, smoke is rising from the evaporator, it’s hearty, everytime i begin to do something something else intervenes, i wouldn’t even think this if i weren’t in the mood to have the thought. bernadette mayer, in a rush to put down her weird thoughts, like everybody tells her to, writes down too much, only a fraction of which is even ever read because she is so disorganized, plus she has had a brain hemorrhage, rendering her even more mixed up in her constant thinking, and she has lost the fine motor coordination in her right hand—she can’t handwrite. she has to cook the chicken liver while phil is not in the kitchen. at the moment her left knee is so fucked she can barely walk, making the long bushwhacking walks in the country that were able to salvage her sanity, impossible. she tries to do what others suggest but now she just plods on. it’s the last straw, hobbling from room to room, hoping for change. she is lost but has no choice she can’t attempt suicide again for fear of failing. she will cook the liver. she also cooks two pierogi, eats them & sits in the sun

everytime i begin to do something / something else intervenes,

Bernadette Mayer

13.04.2025 18:53 — 👍 61    🔁 19    💬 2    📌 1
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Happy Spring Equinox! We’ve gathered some of our favourite books to read in Spring 🌱🌸
Browse the list on our home page:
www.theportobellobookshop.com

20.03.2025 10:17 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Hello from The Portobello Bookshop! 📚✨

As you can see, we’re now here on Bluesky, and you can follow us for general updates about the shop & to be kept in the loop about our events and other exciting things we have happening!

09.03.2025 12:27 — 👍 77    🔁 20    💬 4    📌 2
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me, upon realising

08.03.2025 18:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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saw joan @ tate modern (!!!) & had a little cry

08.03.2025 18:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

floating over here to escape the twitter/x cesspit, prioritise writing practices (!!), & Feel Better

04.01.2025 15:13 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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