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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · 18h

Catherine Connolly says she knows how Jacobs get the figs into the fig rolls.
#SmearTheBejaysus

Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · 18h

Catherine Connolly once made a phone call in the quiet compartment of the Galway train.
#SmearTheBejaysus

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · 1d

There's a great interview with @michaelwehunt.bsky.social on @talkscaredpod.bsky.social . Michael discusses his new novel The October Film Hunt. I read Michaels first collection of short stories Green Pastures and can highly recommend it.
#horrorwriting
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255 – Michael Wehunt & What If A Horror Film Broke Into Your House?

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · 4d

My brother has a fox which he regularly feeds. Like you he was leaving food out for stray cats. She disappeared for a while then turned up with her cubs.

Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · 6d

Film Ireland’s 31 Days of Halloween.
Every day Conor Bryce recommends a movie to countdown to October 31st. The focus will be on hidden gems – under-seen or under-appreciated movies that deserve to be seen.
#horror
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Film Ireland’s 31 Days of Halloween

Horror expert Conor Bryce is curating a very special list for Film Ireland this October.

www.filmireland.net

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · 10d

Vincent Price recites the poem The Harlot's House by Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde - The Harlot's House (Vincent Price)

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · 17d

"I am a camera with its shutters open, quite passive, recording, not thinking....Some day, all this will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed."
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood.
First published in 1939, reading this in our current political climate is frightening.

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · 19d

More on road bowling in Ireland.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘Same magic’: ancient Irish road bowling has been revived by TikTok, drones and Bill Murray

Once in decline, the King and Queen of the Roads – the sport’s ‘Wimbledon’ – draws competitors and crowds from across Europe

www.theguardian.com

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 21d

Give me the ghost of the glass. Give me the phantom locked in fused silicon dioxide. The spectre who whispers to vandals about stones and freedom. The temporal shade who peers through windows is a friend of mine. – #CJosiffe 1982 #Ghosts

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · 22d

Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · 28d

Symbolism. The city as character.
Bruges-La-Morte by Georges Rodenbach.

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · Sep 5

Wonderful. Frightful. Compelling.
Books of Blood by Clive Barker.
##horrorfiction

Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · Sep 2

On my bus home this evening I saw three people walking through Rathmines while reading a book. It's the small things in life that matter. Keep on reading.
#reading

Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · Aug 30

Filipino artist Dengcoy Miel. The pictures here are in Dencoy's current exhibition in the BenCab Museum which runs until September 28th.

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · Aug 30

Well here it is everyone "Bartholomew Hoppinlilypond" by Bren Farrell. It's absolutely wonderful.

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Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda @krishna-author.bsky.social · Aug 30

#booksky

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · Aug 29

The tintype photographs of Joe Kayne

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Reading Infinite Lives, Infinite Deaths feels like nonfiction, as the narratives feel too real. The stories are set in a nightmarish version of Manila that feels much like ours."

A great interview with Douglas Candano.
www.chinoy.tv/douglas-cand...

Douglas Candano: On Writing 'Infinite Lives Infinite Deaths’ - CHiNOY TV 菲華電視台

Douglas Candano offers a fresh voice in the Philippine literary scene. In our blog, read his story about how he developed his unique writing style!

www.chinoy.tv

Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · Aug 28

Infinite Lives, Infinite Deaths by Douglas Candano is a collection of horror/dark fantasy short stories set in The Philippines.

I keep saying it Filipino literature is the great hidden gem. Candano sets these stories against the backdrop of the Chinoy (Chinese-Filipino) experience.
#horrorfiction.

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is incredible to hear. Shame on Hodges Figgis for this stance. I'm very disappointed in their attitude.

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · Aug 26

And for any Irish readers out there you can now buy Bartholomew Hoppinlilypond by Bren Farrell in Easons.
www.easons.com/search?q=bre...

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · Aug 23

It's incredible to think that given our history there are Irish people, so called patriots, with zero empathy for the people of Palestine.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · Aug 22

🧵 Carlo Crivelli (c1430-1495) was a fascinating Renaissance artist who painted strange visions that are both bizarre & entrancing. He was a bridge between the medieval Gothic & the modern world of the Renaissance. Let’s take a look at this strange artist!

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · Aug 22

I've just heard some terrific news. My old friend Bren Farrell has had a book published. The book is entitled "Bartholomew Hoppinlilypond." It can be purchased in Waterstones in England and will soon be available in bookshops in Ireland and hopefully worldwide. Proud of you Bren!

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Joe Phelan @joejp.bsky.social · Aug 20

Artist Gertrude Abercrombie was the American Bohemian Queen
#art

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