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Maureen Boyle @boylemo.bsky.social · May 1

Brilliant!!!

The International Flann O’Brien Society @flannobriensoc.bsky.social · Apr 26

The greatest novel he never wrote: Frank McNally on O’Brien’s epic (if unwritten) novel about an Irish pope

Non Habemus Librum: Frank McNally on Flann O’Brien’s unwritten epic about the election of an Irish pope

Like many unwritten masterpieces, the book was born and died in a Dublin pub

www.irishtimes.com

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Maureen Boyle @boylemo.bsky.social · Nov 27

Had forgotten how hilarious and serious the poems are!

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Maureen Boyle @boylemo.bsky.social · Nov 27

You would love this Trish!

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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · Nov 27

an entire world, within and beyond our own.

My essay on the ‘Best Book of 1934’: Bruno Schulz’s Cinnamon Shops (Sklepy cynamonowe)
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Best Book of 1934: Bruno Schulz’s Cinnamon Shops (Sklepy cynamonowe) | David Hayden | Granta

David Hayden on why Bruno Schulz’s Cinnamon Shops (Sklepy cynamonowe) is the best book of 1934.

granta.com

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Maureen Boyle @boylemo.bsky.social · Nov 27

Laughing out loud at the brilliant Paul Durcan, in prep for ekphrasis class tomorrow. He’s so good it ‘s hard to choose. Want class to read them all! 🖼️📚💚

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Maureen Boyle @boylemo.bsky.social · Nov 27

Freesias and berries to brighten the Belfast fog! 💛💚

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Maureen Boyle @boylemo.bsky.social · Nov 25

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Nov 24

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.

(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).

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Celia Richardson @celiarichardson.bsky.social · Nov 24

When columnist Melanie Reid wrote about struggling to find a hairdresser after her spinal injury, 98 year old art historian and socialite Virginia Surtees wrote to her (on a typewriter) offering to taxi round her wigs from her flat in Knightsbridge. I can sleep now.
www.thetimes.com/article/1a37...

This is my last Spinal Column. Writing it helped me survive

Melanie Reid wrote her first Spinal Column in 2010, just days after breaking her neck and back in a riding accident. She thought she might have enough material for a month. Almost 15 years and many aw...

www.thetimes.com

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Eleanor Hooker @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · Nov 23

“A new writing award for authors aged 60+ has launched, and is backed by My Name is Leon (Penguin) author @kitdewaal.bsky.social and agency AM Health.” via The Bookseller Magazine #NewWritingAward
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New writing award for authors aged 60+ to prove it’s ‘Never Too Late’

A new writing award for authors aged 60+ has launched, and is backed by My Name is Leon (Penguin) author Kit de Waal and agency AM Health.

www.thebookseller.com

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Maureen Boyle @boylemo.bsky.social · Nov 23

This one!

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Maureen Boyle @boylemo.bsky.social · Nov 23

The Christmas books! This little novella by Tessa Hadley perfect for Christmas Eve! 💚🎄❤️📚

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Maureen Boyle @boylemo.bsky.social · Nov 22

Delighted my poem’Jacinta Painting Under Trees’ is included in Jacinta s wonderful exhibition in the Marketplace Theatre in Armagh, ‘Flights of Fantasy’ . 🙏

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Maureen Boyle @boylemo.bsky.social · Nov 22

Ah thanks Nessa! That’ s even better! I’ve only the two blooms! Love to you and Peter too x

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Maureen Boyle @boylemo.bsky.social · Nov 22

Little scarlet cactus shining! ❤️🎄❤️

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Armagh Today @armaghtoday.bsky.social · Nov 18

Georgian Day on Saturday 30th November is the highlight of the festival with the festivites starting in Armagh at 12 noon... (see all about the festival via the link below...)

Georgian Day & Festival 2024, Armagh

Thursday 28th November - Sunday 1st December

www.armaghtoday.com

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Maureen Boyle @boylemo.bsky.social · Nov 18

You too!

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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · Nov 13

The BBC's Powell & Pressburger season gets underway this Sunday on BBC2 with the TV debut of 'Made In England; The Films of Powell & Pressburger', then continues on BBC4 on Nov. 21...