June Caldwell

I can't even elucidate how much I loved this book. I'll bung you an email soon. Congrats, Wendy.

I am delighted to be on the Gordon Burn longlist because number one, I am a Gordon Burn nut, and number two the books I have already read on this list are brilliant. Thank you so much.

I'll be reading at The Stinging Fly launch on Thursday. A character's personal tempest inside literal one or lesbian road trip with supernatural fairies, damaged bogs, an upturned camper van, high jinx, creepy haunting and winks to The Wizard of Oz & an historic storm that battered Ireland in 1839.

That's so fabulous.

ALL MY PRECIOUS MADNESS — Galley Beggar Press ‘Unapologetically erudite and frequently brutal... a devastating satire on the way in which class, education and masculinity act as a kind of trap.’ — The Telegraph READ THE FIRST CHAPTER HERE...

We've reduced the price of the paperback for a while too: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/paperback-sh...

Sounds like a Muriel Spark fabulous splurge, looking forward to it. 👏 🍾

Pre-ordered! Sounds like my kinda book. Congrats!

Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated As debates over the ‘disappearing’ young male novelist rumble on, some authors and critics push back against claims that fiction has closed its doors to men. Hannah Ewens learns that the real problem ...

It took 7 yrs to find a publisher for my 1st novel because young women writers in the early 2000s weren't currency. Finally a balancing out & the menz are unhappy. Good points here:
'Men aren’t vanishing from fiction. The truth is much more complicated' | The Independent share.google/r26w5CexAUon...

I'll be reading at The Stinging Fly launch on Thursday. A character's personal tempest inside literal one or lesbian road trip with supernatural fairies, damaged bogs, an upturned camper van, high jinx, creepy haunting and winks to The Wizard of Oz & an historic storm that battered Ireland in 1839.

Autoportraits: Making Stories from Art with Susan Tomaselli - Irish Writers Centre This 6-week course will explore the characteristics of autofiction, ekphrasis (written description of a visual work), and creative non-fiction with Susan Tomaselli. Starts Tuesday 3 February 2026, 6.3...

Thirty five new courses @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social in early #2026 to mark 35 years in operation...including #WritingAShortStory with me and 'Autoportraits: Making Stories from Art with Susan Tomaselli', info below:

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Made this Butternut & Sage #Risotto as I had it recently at Circle of Missé Writers Retreat, France. Owner/chef Aaron Tighe is putting together a #cookbook of grub he feeds to writers! He makes his veg stock fresh, so I did too. It's very rich as it uses butter & cheese; once in an orange moon dish.

I'll be reading at this launch!

Assassination Custard, Dublin: ‘Precisely chaotic and singularly wonderful’ | The Observer

I went to Assassination Custard, the most precisely chaotic and singularly wonderful restaurant in Dublin, and had a very, very nice time.

observer.co.uk/style/restau...

Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of “giving money to people who need it” is tried, it turns out to work.

And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.

YouTube video by TEDx Talks Revolutionary Women | Mary McAuliffe | TEDxTraleeWomen

So i did this #TedX talk in October in Tralee -a different way of communicating for me- it was a nerve-wracking but fascinating experience, & met some wonderfully diverse speakers on the day. Hope it gets more notice for the Irish 🇮🇪 revolutionary women #tedxtralee #speirgorm youtu.be/FLRIKMiJ5Qc?...

Autoportraits: Making Stories from Art with Susan Tomaselli - Irish Writers Centre This 6-week course will explore the characteristics of autofiction, ekphrasis (written description of a visual work), and creative non-fiction with Susan Tomaselli. Starts Tuesday 3 February 2026, 6.3...

Thirty five new courses @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social in early #2026 to mark 35 years in operation...including #WritingAShortStory with me and 'Autoportraits: Making Stories from Art with Susan Tomaselli', info below:

irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...

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Love a #VeggiePie in winter. Roast 500gms mushrooms, 1 onion, 3 garlic, 2tsp ras el hanout, 1tsp salt, 2tbsp olive oil: 1 hour at 160⁰. Roast 3 sweet spuds, 1 celeriac, 2tbsp oil 45 mins. Add tin puy lentils, ½ lemon juice & coriander to mushrooms, mash spuds adding 100gms cheddar; grill for 6 mins.

Received my contributor copy of The Stinging Fly yesterday and am dipping in & out as the pages fall open. Nandini Rawat's story *Tulipa* - about the human cost of the logistics industry under capitalism - is absolutely brilliant. Spiky, zany-paced and genuinely terrifying, what a fantastic writer.

Stoked to have a #ShortStory 🌀Night Of The Big Wind🌀 in #TheClimateIssue of @stingingfly.bsky.social Huge thanks to Editor Lisa McInerney. I'm also super grateful to @artscouncilireland.bsky.social for a 2025 Literature Bursary Award. I'll be reading this story at #DoolinWritersWeekend in January.

Perspective!

ONLINE Writing Horror Without Blood in Short Fiction When we watched Jaws, the SHARK wasn't scary. The fin was. When we can see the monster, the scary factor disappears. Join me for this four week course to learn tools to imply the horror. Build dread t...

When we watched Jaws, the SHARK wasn't scary. The fin was. When we can see the monster, the scary factor disappears. Join me for this four week #WritingWorkshop and learn tools to imply the horror:

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#WritingCommunity #Writers #Writing #SpeculativeFiction

Haworth, Yorkshire, is a gorgeous #witchy town...straight out of the The Brontë parsonage, you hit a high street on a steep hill with lots of beautiful buildings.

You're right! I am.sleepy, will post again, I can't bear the mistake.

Do pay attention to the submission guidelines for this — we're open to surprises, but this call is particular in what we're looking for.

Brontë Museum (sofa in the dining room is the one Emily died on).

Gorgeous architecture in #Leeds, really taken with it.

Leeds Art Gallery

Homemade #waffles to die for, chilli caramel, fruit, yoghurt, granola, maple syrup 😋 Thanks Hollie.