Jim Loughran
@jiminwalkinstown.bsky.social
After 30 years working in human rights have turned to writing historical fiction. First novel, 'The Bratinsky Affair' out on Amazon with Sharpe Books Second book 'Syracuse Must Burn' at first cut. Love all things French (and Spanish) and ancient history.
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100 Notable Books of 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
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#India: We join partner PEN Centres and free-press groups urging the Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner to urgently probe death threats against journalist Rana Ayyub and her father.
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Read our joint letter ⬇️
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India: PEN International joins call for a police investigation into death threats against journalist and writer, Rana Ayyub — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression...
24 November : Last week, PEN International joined PEN Centres and free press organisations in sending an open letter to Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Milind Bharambe, calling for an urgent police i...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#India: We join partner PEN Centres and free-press groups urging the Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner to urgently probe death threats against journalist Rana Ayyub and her father.
Read our joint letter ⬇️
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Read our joint letter ⬇️
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Coming soon on #blogtour with The Coffee Pot Book Club:
✨The Relic Keeper by Heidi Eljarbo✨
Discover an enthralling story of fate, danger, hidden relics, faith – and hope against all hope!
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#HistoricalFiction #Renaissance #Art #Italy #BookSky
✨The Relic Keeper by Heidi Eljarbo✨
Discover an enthralling story of fate, danger, hidden relics, faith – and hope against all hope!
thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/11/blog...
#HistoricalFiction #Renaissance #Art #Italy #BookSky
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Coming soon on #blogtour with The Coffee Pot Book Club:
✨The Relic Keeper by Heidi Eljarbo✨
Discover an enthralling story of fate, danger, hidden relics, faith – and hope against all hope!
thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/11/blog...
#HistoricalFiction #Renaissance #Art #Italy #BookSky
✨The Relic Keeper by Heidi Eljarbo✨
Discover an enthralling story of fate, danger, hidden relics, faith – and hope against all hope!
thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/11/blog...
#HistoricalFiction #Renaissance #Art #Italy #BookSky
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#Bookreview of #MurderonaFrostyNight by Verity Bright by @maireadhearne.bsky.social
@bookouture.bsky.social #booksky
@bookouture.bsky.social #booksky
Murder on a Frosty Night by Verity Bright | Review
Murder on a Frosty Night by Verity Bright (Bookouture) is described as 'a totally unputdownable historical murder mystery' set in the 1920s.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
#Bookreview of #MurderonaFrostyNight by Verity Bright by @maireadhearne.bsky.social
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#Thailand: We join PEN #Malaysia in expressing our alarm over the Malaysian government's targeting of Murray Hunter in an act of transnational repression. We call for the complaints against him to be withdrawn immediately.
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Read our joint statement 🔽 www.pen-international.org/news/malaysi...
Malaysia-Thailand: Australian writer Murray Hunter targeted in act of transnational repression — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
‘ As the current ASEAN Chair, the Malaysian government has a responsibility to demonstrate its commitment to human rights, including the right to freedom of expression, across the region. Instead, it ...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#Thailand: We join PEN #Malaysia in expressing our alarm over the Malaysian government's targeting of Murray Hunter in an act of transnational repression. We call for the complaints against him to be withdrawn immediately.
Read our joint statement 🔽 www.pen-international.org/news/malaysi...
Read our joint statement 🔽 www.pen-international.org/news/malaysi...
George Packer: ‘I’ve Stopped Being a Prig About Beautiful Writing’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b... A thought for today 'We shouldn’t expect to change the world. Witnessing, recording, protesting, affirming should be enough.'
George Packer: ‘I’ve Stopped Being a Prig About Beautiful Writing’
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November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
George Packer: ‘I’ve Stopped Being a Prig About Beautiful Writing’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/b... A thought for today 'We shouldn’t expect to change the world. Witnessing, recording, protesting, affirming should be enough.'
She Has Taken 30 Years to Write a 7-Part Novel About 1 Day. It’s a Sensation. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
She Has Taken 30 Years to Write a 7-Part Novel About 1 Day. It’s a Sensation.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
She Has Taken 30 Years to Write a 7-Part Novel About 1 Day. It’s a Sensation. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
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Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in China for expressing his cultural identity. Sentenced to 15 years, his only “crime” was helping preserve the Uyghur language. You can set him free. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in China for expressing his cultural identity. Sentenced to 15 years, his only “crime” was helping preserve the Uyghur language. You can set him free. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Yalqun Rozi — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
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November 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in China for expressing his cultural identity. Sentenced to 15 years, his only “crime” was helping preserve the Uyghur language. You can set him free. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in China for expressing his cultural identity. Sentenced to 15 years, his only “crime” was helping preserve the Uyghur language. You can set him free. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Great crowd for the dramatised reading of The Plough and the Stars in Spanish.
#theatre #Ireland #BookSky #translation #history
#theatre #Ireland #BookSky #translation #history
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Great crowd for the dramatised reading of The Plough and the Stars in Spanish.
#theatre #Ireland #BookSky #translation #history
#theatre #Ireland #BookSky #translation #history
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A brilliant event here yesterday with two of the most distinguished environment commentators in the country - John Gibbons & Pádraic Fogarty. @thinkorswim.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A brilliant event here yesterday with two of the most distinguished environment commentators in the country - John Gibbons & Pádraic Fogarty. @thinkorswim.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social
Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b... @bookshelfie.bsky.social
Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas
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November 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Have Yourself a Deadly Little Christmas www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b... @bookshelfie.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/culture/book... Reminds me of the best writing by Dominic Dunne for @vanityfair.com and also makes me want to look up his books @bookshelfie.bsky.social
Emmanuel Carrère on 10 years since the Paris attacks | The Observer
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November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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At 97, the Bard of Albany Still Spins Tales of Gangsters and Politicians www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a... #WilliamKennedy Sometimes I'm shocked at my own ignorance - Thank God for serious reviews @nytimes.com
At 97, the Bard of Albany Still Spins Tales of Gangsters and Politicians
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November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
At 97, the Bard of Albany Still Spins Tales of Gangsters and Politicians www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a... #WilliamKennedy Sometimes I'm shocked at my own ignorance - Thank God for serious reviews @nytimes.com
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David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ Wins 2025 Booker Prize
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November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Which Novel Should Win Monday’s Booker Prize? Have Your Say.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/11/04/sebastien-maillard-political-scientist-belgrade-must-be-compelled-to-play-by-the-eu-s-rules_6747100_23.html What to expect from a politician who started his career as a football hooligan and a corrupt political elite. Vucic is no upholder of European values!
Sébastien Maillard, political scientist: 'Belgrade must be compelled to play by the EU's rules'
OP-ED. In an op-ed for Le Monde, Sébastien Maillard, special adviser at the Institut Jacques Delors, highlights EU countries' indulgence toward Serbia, which, despite seeking membership, 'tramples on ...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/11/04/sebastien-maillard-political-scientist-belgrade-must-be-compelled-to-play-by-the-eu-s-rules_6747100_23.html What to expect from a politician who started his career as a football hooligan and a corrupt political elite. Vucic is no upholder of European values!
lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/11/04/prix-femina-honors-nathacha-appanah-for-exploring-origins-violence-and-confinement_6747102_30.html @bookshelfie.bsky.social a story that has 'explored questions of origins, social and intimate violence and confinement.' la Nuit au Coeur' - a great title !
Prix Femina honors Nathacha Appanah for exploring origins, violence and confinement
The Mauritian writer, born in 1973, was recognized for 'La Nuit au cœur' ('Night in the heart'), a moving investigation into domestic violence.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/11/04/prix-femina-honors-nathacha-appanah-for-exploring-origins-violence-and-confinement_6747102_30.html @bookshelfie.bsky.social a story that has 'explored questions of origins, social and intimate violence and confinement.' la Nuit au Coeur' - a great title !
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Discover treasure with Francis Drake, queen-sanctioned plunderer, Tudor Corsair:
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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Discover treasure with Francis Drake, queen-sanctioned plunderer, Tudor Corsair:
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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction