Jane Casey
@janecasey.bsky.social
Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and The Killing Kind (now on TV!). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
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I've written a big piece for the Observer about the Big C. Would be lovely if you find time to read it sometime and feel free to share.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
‘He suggested we go to a quiet room to talk. I knew that was not good news’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I've written a big piece for the Observer about the Big C. Would be lovely if you find time to read it sometime and feel free to share.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Beautiful.
TIL it's "home in", not "hone in." gdi I've been using that wrong from the gecko
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Beautiful.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
My main achievement so far this week. Sweet, sweet dopamine.
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My main achievement so far this week. Sweet, sweet dopamine.
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A beautiful winter sunset on Dublin’s River Liffey.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A beautiful winter sunset on Dublin’s River Liffey.
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in the last 1.5 years journalistic fact-checking has become significantly harder specifically bc of this, without touching all the other ways education and knowledge-sharing are under attack rn (book bans, censorship, media industry crumbling, etc etc)
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
in the last 1.5 years journalistic fact-checking has become significantly harder specifically bc of this, without touching all the other ways education and knowledge-sharing are under attack rn (book bans, censorship, media industry crumbling, etc etc)
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You know what’s ripe for a comeback is the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series by Joan Aiken. Smart & non-condescending YA, fantastical without being fantasy, dark and Dickensian as hell, extremely lefty and anticapitalist, a full dozen sequels, amazing Edward Gorey covers.
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You know what’s ripe for a comeback is the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series by Joan Aiken. Smart & non-condescending YA, fantastical without being fantasy, dark and Dickensian as hell, extremely lefty and anticapitalist, a full dozen sequels, amazing Edward Gorey covers.
This was the loveliest listen on my dog walk this morning: Louise is such a warm and charming person and I loved hearing her talk about her characters, series and favourite writing spaces.
I had THE BEST time talking to author #LouisePenny about her latest book, you can listen to the full interview here: podfollow.com/quick-book-r...
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This was the loveliest listen on my dog walk this morning: Louise is such a warm and charming person and I loved hearing her talk about her characters, series and favourite writing spaces.
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Toshiro Mifune
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Toshiro Mifune
Even the way he laughs about it tells you he has no sense of humour whatsoever.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Even the way he laughs about it tells you he has no sense of humour whatsoever.
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🎁 The next is by one of my fave mystery writers. The London set Maeve Kerrigan series by @janecasey.bsky.social is kind of like Tana French’s Dublin Murder series with more chemistry and snark. And the Secret Room delivers two deviously impossible scenarios. So much fun.
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Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🎁 The next is by one of my fave mystery writers. The London set Maeve Kerrigan series by @janecasey.bsky.social is kind of like Tana French’s Dublin Murder series with more chemistry and snark. And the Secret Room delivers two deviously impossible scenarios. So much fun.
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
I would have been gone around the time 'my good sir' fell from his lips, if not before.
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I would have been gone around the time 'my good sir' fell from his lips, if not before.
The Ballad of Wallis Island is such a beautiful film. My emotions.
November 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The Ballad of Wallis Island is such a beautiful film. My emotions.
This is an extraordinarily sad but beautiful piece of writing. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is an extraordinarily sad but beautiful piece of writing. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The real issue here is whoever did that to those eyebrows. (Please, heed a voice from the past, young people: don't do this.)
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The real issue here is whoever did that to those eyebrows. (Please, heed a voice from the past, young people: don't do this.)
The thing about creative work that AI can never hope to match is the feeling where you're either on the brink of unimaginable success or complete failure, all the time. It really promotes sanity.
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The thing about creative work that AI can never hope to match is the feeling where you're either on the brink of unimaginable success or complete failure, all the time. It really promotes sanity.
Very happy and proud to have contributed one of this collection of retold myths by a stunning line-up of writers. www.thebookseller.com/rights/john-...
John Murray wins 'spellbinding' anthology of Irish fiction in three-way auction
John Murray has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in all formats, including audio, for Banshee: Mythological Irish Women Retold, edited by Ailbhe Malone.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Very happy and proud to have contributed one of this collection of retold myths by a stunning line-up of writers. www.thebookseller.com/rights/john-...
Actually worried about my health and the physical effects of this level of second-hand embarrassment now.
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Actually worried about my health and the physical effects of this level of second-hand embarrassment now.
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
I just love science people.
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I just love science people.
Tidying over the weekend I came across the article where the photographer insisted I sit in a ditch. This would never have happened to Joan Didion.
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Tidying over the weekend I came across the article where the photographer insisted I sit in a ditch. This would never have happened to Joan Didion.
I've never wanted to read Rachel Cusk - her books didn't seem my kind of thing - but this discussion of her trilogy has totally changed my mind. I am IN.
New episode up now. Transit by Rachel Cusk, and the Outline trilogy as a whole, discussed by Andy, Una and Nicky. @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1c43...
Transit and the Outline Trilogy by Rachel Cusk
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November 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I've never wanted to read Rachel Cusk - her books didn't seem my kind of thing - but this discussion of her trilogy has totally changed my mind. I am IN.
I just loved listening to this, not just because Philippa and Frankie are a delight, but to get the inside track on what it's like to have a busy books podcast. Spoiler: you don't want to start a podcast, guys. But you DO want to listen to the good ones!
NEW EPISODE! Frankie is at podcasters anonymous with Philippa Hall, host of @quickbookreviews.bsky.social, to discuss her phenomenal success, the highs and lows of podcasting, editing & admin anxiety and, of course, biscuits.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. linktr.ee/readandburie...
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. linktr.ee/readandburie...
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I just loved listening to this, not just because Philippa and Frankie are a delight, but to get the inside track on what it's like to have a busy books podcast. Spoiler: you don't want to start a podcast, guys. But you DO want to listen to the good ones!
It’s actually chic to board in Group 3.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It’s actually chic to board in Group 3.
Now I’m at the airport listening to an English man having a very ‘TELL CHARLES I’M ON MY WAY’ conversation. Other people’s jobs are fascinating.
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Now I’m at the airport listening to an English man having a very ‘TELL CHARLES I’M ON MY WAY’ conversation. Other people’s jobs are fascinating.