June Caldwell

This was such a horrific death and for another publication (elsewhere) to publish an article about a dead scrambler rider who willingly jumped on a death-trap ramming himself into a pillar, sorry, read the room and do one.

HOWL 26 Subs Open Soon We’re delighted to announce that submissions for HOWL 26 will open from February 13 to February 23.

We’re delighted to announce that submissions for HOWL 26 will open from February 13 to February 23.

We’ll be accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for our next collection of New Irish Writing.

More @: www.howlwriting.ie/post/submiss...

Remembering Ann Lovett who died #Onthisday 1984 www.dib.ie/biography/lo...

With the vileness of social media platforms, peeps are returning to LinkedIn, using it like Facebook wall of old. Makes sense; most of us had a LinkedIn page sitting dusty, sIlently observing. It's a chance to bring back cohesiveness, have the chats. Add me if you see me. No Hitchcock screams there.

My course is going ahead again in France this year (October) if anyone is interested. Circle of Misse writing retreat is special ❤️ www.circleofmisse.com/wp/writing-2...

Free event! Claire Carroll, Saoirse Exton & Ariel Saramandi, join editor Lisa McInerney and publisher Declan Meade to discuss work. The non-fiction blew me away (no pun) and it's good to engage with other writers on how best to approach these #ClimateCrisis concerns. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes? We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.

This is an *exceptional* piece of work, and ought to be borne in mind when looking at literally any online ragebait in future.

A TikTok account that professed to be highlighting how 'illegal immigrants get free housing in London' was… well, not that at all.

www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...

Going to buy it, sounds brilliant 👏

Massive congratulations 👏

This looks like an interesting event for anyone with an interest in mythical Ireland; Ger Moane is a brilliant academic and a fab writer.

Early dinner of Celeriac Steaks in a Café de Paris Sauce with Watercress & Rocket Salad. This recipe is from #FitGreenMind online and is #vegan, though it can be #bastardised into #vegetarian too, depending on how you swing.

Will do that, thanks.

It was gas crack, so many lovely people, relaxed atmos but loads going on (to do/see/attend), gorgeous location and we were spoilt. Went for little wave-watching drives most days too, stunning coastline. There's just no other writer's festival like it!

Doolin Arts on Instagram: "Still buzzing from Doolin Writers’ Weekend 📚 Huge thanks to every writer who travelled, every reader who listened, everyone who read, wrote, shared, questioned, laughed and... 72 likes, 9 comments - doolin_arts on January 22, 2026: "Still buzzing from Doolin Writers’ Weekend 📚 Huge thanks to every writer who travelled, every reader who listened, everyone who read, wrote, s...

Lovely video clips here of Doolin Writers Weekend 2026 in action. Such a fantastic time; a stellar programme thanks to the hard work of Donal Minihane & Elizabeth Reapy. Really interesting, engaging and chill festival attended by #sounders share.google/5p4teV1vWFU1...

My course is going ahead again in France this year (October) if anyone is interested. Circle of Misse writing retreat is special ❤️ www.circleofmisse.com/wp/writing-2...

I've said it before - yes, I'm monomaniacal - but this recipe for Patatas Bravas is horny devil fare. So horny we eat it as a dinner on its tod. Thick sweet & smoky paprika sauce on crispy oven-baked spuds, toasted cumin seeds, garlicky tomato pulp & yoghurt 😋

www.theguardian.com/food/2023/se....

It's the first recipe listed here, I replaced spuds with leeks and it worked well: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

It really worked, t'was part-recipe, part fridge leftovers. I'm obsessed with baby turnips though 😋 and they seem to have them in Dunnes all the time. The dressing was fab.

More zany combinations of #Veg: a roasting tin of quartered baby turnips, chopped leek, garlic, fennel & caraway seeds, salt, harissa, orange peel, olive oil. Roast for 40, stirring every 15. Layer with watercress and dressing of toasted/crushed fennel seeds, orange & lemon juice, s&p, e/virgin oil.

Thank you, Lilliput!
Awesome to see the Proofs, even more awesome to read blurbs about your own work
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Rafael Mendes & Aisling Walsh on representation and ethics in writing. Is being close to, enough? How do you write about identities, sexualities, lived experience that are not your own? Where are the lines drawn for/at appropriation against a canon that were 'writers' without an added 'other' label?

The Blessing of the Rags and Happy Stigmata at an alternative #Mass at #DoolinWritersWeekend "We'll heal what ails you"...

Crazy display of [free] food here for #SundayMass at the utterly brilliant #DoolinWritersWeekend The programme is 100% kickass this year, trying my best to get to as much as I can before collapsing into bed every night. Feels like part freaky wedding, part fab festival.

The interview/chat with Roddy Doyle & Elizabeth Reapy was so chill and enthralling. Roddy is so down to earth and sensible, but his honesty is unusual in this lit-climate. He laughed at a terrible review of his first book, spoke about writing as 'labour' and dissed too much editorial interference.

Here at THE LOOK, Ian Maleany's workshop on Filmic Techniques in Written Narrative. #DoolinWritersWeekend

Mary read an incredible essay (a meditation on the state of the world) at #DoolinWritersWeekend last night; the entire audience held its breath. Can't wait for this novel.

Thank you Joyce! I'm reading this story tomorrow night at #DoolinWritersWeekend

Wife on the rocks, instead of whiskey. Proper giant surf waves 🌊 in #Doolin today. Looking forward to kickoff for the writer's festival later. Mary Costello will be reading from new work, a spoken word performance with Abby Oliveira and séance in the attic! #DoolinWritersWeekend

Arrived safely; survived the curly roads. Forgot how gorgeous Hotel Doolin is, and we even got a complimentary bottle of prosecco and Wilde chocolate 🍫 😋

Fleet scoops Séamas O’Reilly’s debut novel Fleet has scooped the debut novel from Observer columnist and author of the memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?, Séamas O’Reilly.

I have been scooped! The very exciting news is that my first novel, Prestige Drama, is preened and prepped and will be coming out in May.

I'm biased but I think it's really good and you should buy it.

www.thebookseller.com/rights/fleet...