June Caldwell
@junec.bsky.social
Moth Short Story Prize 2024 & 2014 | 'Somebody' expo 2020 | Room Little Darker 2018 | Stinging Fly; gorse; The Moth; Winter Papers; Galway Stories; Orca; Irish Times; Lonely Crowd; BBC4; Paper Visual Art; The 32; L'Esprit; Globe & Scales; Long Gaze Back +
Rafael Mendes & Aisling Walsh on representation and ethics in writing. Is being close to, enough? How do you write about identities, sexualities, lived experience that are not your own? Where are the lines drawn for/at appropriation against a canon that were 'writers' without an added 'other' label?
January 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Rafael Mendes & Aisling Walsh on representation and ethics in writing. Is being close to, enough? How do you write about identities, sexualities, lived experience that are not your own? Where are the lines drawn for/at appropriation against a canon that were 'writers' without an added 'other' label?
The Blessing of the Rags and Happy Stigmata at an alternative #Mass at #DoolinWritersWeekend "We'll heal what ails you"...
January 18, 2026 at 12:35 PM
The Blessing of the Rags and Happy Stigmata at an alternative #Mass at #DoolinWritersWeekend "We'll heal what ails you"...
Crazy display of [free] food here for #SundayMass at the utterly brilliant #DoolinWritersWeekend The programme is 100% kickass this year, trying my best to get to as much as I can before collapsing into bed every night. Feels like part freaky wedding, part fab festival.
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Crazy display of [free] food here for #SundayMass at the utterly brilliant #DoolinWritersWeekend The programme is 100% kickass this year, trying my best to get to as much as I can before collapsing into bed every night. Feels like part freaky wedding, part fab festival.
The interview/chat with Roddy Doyle & Elizabeth Reapy was so chill and enthralling. Roddy is so down to earth and sensible, but his honesty is unusual in this lit-climate. He laughed at a terrible review of his first book, spoke about writing as 'labour' and dissed too much editorial interference.
January 17, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The interview/chat with Roddy Doyle & Elizabeth Reapy was so chill and enthralling. Roddy is so down to earth and sensible, but his honesty is unusual in this lit-climate. He laughed at a terrible review of his first book, spoke about writing as 'labour' and dissed too much editorial interference.
Here at THE LOOK, Ian Maleany's workshop on Filmic Techniques in Written Narrative. #DoolinWritersWeekend
January 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Here at THE LOOK, Ian Maleany's workshop on Filmic Techniques in Written Narrative. #DoolinWritersWeekend
Wife on the rocks, instead of whiskey. Proper giant surf waves 🌊 in #Doolin today. Looking forward to kickoff for the writer's festival later. Mary Costello will be reading from new work, a spoken word performance with Abby Oliveira and séance in the attic! #DoolinWritersWeekend
January 16, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Wife on the rocks, instead of whiskey. Proper giant surf waves 🌊 in #Doolin today. Looking forward to kickoff for the writer's festival later. Mary Costello will be reading from new work, a spoken word performance with Abby Oliveira and séance in the attic! #DoolinWritersWeekend
Arrived safely; survived the curly roads. Forgot how gorgeous Hotel Doolin is, and we even got a complimentary bottle of prosecco and Wilde chocolate 🍫 😋
January 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Arrived safely; survived the curly roads. Forgot how gorgeous Hotel Doolin is, and we even got a complimentary bottle of prosecco and Wilde chocolate 🍫 😋
Reflected vegetation in the guard light:
January 12, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Reflected vegetation in the guard light:
In the woods of Göttingen, where my friend Annette lives (Germany):
January 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In the woods of Göttingen, where my friend Annette lives (Germany):
I haven't forgotten my homemade double pesto palmiers or marmite cheddar twists at Xmas, now that I'm on a diet and back [with atrophy] in the pool 🏊♂️. The warm crunch, the tanginess, and collapsing filth, will be welcome in my mouth in 50 weeks time.
January 5, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I haven't forgotten my homemade double pesto palmiers or marmite cheddar twists at Xmas, now that I'm on a diet and back [with atrophy] in the pool 🏊♂️. The warm crunch, the tanginess, and collapsing filth, will be welcome in my mouth in 50 weeks time.
Niece-in-law and nephew-in-law having fun in the snow (up North). Here's hoping it makes its way here! ❄️
January 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Niece-in-law and nephew-in-law having fun in the snow (up North). Here's hoping it makes its way here! ❄️
Great start to the #2026 New Year with this bunch of women in Drimnagh (and an *honourable mention* in the 2026 Calvino Prize for Fabulist Fiction); all that's missing is a cat trying to get into my head. Luck & love to you all. X
January 1, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Great start to the #2026 New Year with this bunch of women in Drimnagh (and an *honourable mention* in the 2026 Calvino Prize for Fabulist Fiction); all that's missing is a cat trying to get into my head. Luck & love to you all. X
Happy Xmas Everyone 🎄 ♥️
December 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Happy Xmas Everyone 🎄 ♥️
End result! Happy 😃 😋
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
End result! Happy 😃 😋
December 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The table is set and waiting! The final stage will be rolling the puff pastry into a 24cmX36cm, rectangle, loading it with filling, and, while it's baking, make parsnip & nutmeg mash, and plate it all up. I'll post the final pic at 3pm. The effort is definitely worth it so far 😰!
December 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The table is set and waiting! The final stage will be rolling the puff pastry into a 24cmX36cm, rectangle, loading it with filling, and, while it's baking, make parsnip & nutmeg mash, and plate it all up. I'll post the final pic at 3pm. The effort is definitely worth it so far 😰!
Next was the 3 stages of fillings: a Herb & Onion Stuffing, Hazelnut & Spinach Purée, Carmelised Sweet Potato 🥔 And today I'm making the puff pastry by grating frozen butter into the flour, iced water, lemon, then folding over and over to create layers that will puff in the oven but stay crisp.
December 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Next was the 3 stages of fillings: a Herb & Onion Stuffing, Hazelnut & Spinach Purée, Carmelised Sweet Potato 🥔 And today I'm making the puff pastry by grating frozen butter into the flour, iced water, lemon, then folding over and over to create layers that will puff in the oven but stay crisp.
So, this year we're doing the 'from scratch' #CornucopiaCookbook #Vegetarian Xmas dinner of *Sweet potato, Spinach & Hazelnuts En Croûte on Parsnip Mash with Red Wine & Juniper Gravy* The Gravy alone took 2 hours yesterday, which was Step 1! Tastes very restaurant-y, with layers of intense flavours.
December 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
So, this year we're doing the 'from scratch' #CornucopiaCookbook #Vegetarian Xmas dinner of *Sweet potato, Spinach & Hazelnuts En Croûte on Parsnip Mash with Red Wine & Juniper Gravy* The Gravy alone took 2 hours yesterday, which was Step 1! Tastes very restaurant-y, with layers of intense flavours.
Homemade Cheese & Onion Loaf with hummus, olives, artichokes & stuffed vine leaves. #Lunch before the #launch of *State, In Relation* 🇮🇪 @tbgands.bsky.social featuring @stomaselli.bsky.social @sonyagildea.bsky.social @oeiny.bsky.social #NathanODonnell #ClareBell #AnnemarieNíChurreáin #NithyKasa 🍾 🥳 🎉
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Homemade Cheese & Onion Loaf with hummus, olives, artichokes & stuffed vine leaves. #Lunch before the #launch of *State, In Relation* 🇮🇪 @tbgands.bsky.social featuring @stomaselli.bsky.social @sonyagildea.bsky.social @oeiny.bsky.social #NathanODonnell #ClareBell #AnnemarieNíChurreáin #NithyKasa 🍾 🥳 🎉
This is such an endearing, honest article by author & academic Ger Moane, tracing her #Newgrange obsession via a schoolgirl crush. How that [complexity] led to the writing of her brilliant, immersive Druid novel *Keeper of Stones* www.buythebook.ie/product/keep...
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is such an endearing, honest article by author & academic Ger Moane, tracing her #Newgrange obsession via a schoolgirl crush. How that [complexity] led to the writing of her brilliant, immersive Druid novel *Keeper of Stones* www.buythebook.ie/product/keep...
I was once a #Bridesmaid who sat on the grass. Now, that image, isolated or patterned in repeat: my Mrs thinks would make a hilarious t-shirt. I think it could genuinely frighten the aliens away within 24-hrs of landing crooked on earth.
December 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I was once a #Bridesmaid who sat on the grass. Now, that image, isolated or patterned in repeat: my Mrs thinks would make a hilarious t-shirt. I think it could genuinely frighten the aliens away within 24-hrs of landing crooked on earth.
Looking forward to Doolin Writers Weekend in January (16-18), here's the lineup:
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Looking forward to Doolin Writers Weekend in January (16-18), here's the lineup:
Smoky Aubergine & Pepper Tagine: chop 2 X 🍆, 3 red peppers, 1 red 🌰, 3 garlic cloves, 3 tbsp Baharat spice, 1tsp sea salt, roast for 40 mins. Add 8 X big tomatoes (quartered) or 2 tins, 200mls veg stock, 2 tins haricot beans, roast for 30. Serve with chopprd mint, toasted almonds & 🍋 couscous.
December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Smoky Aubergine & Pepper Tagine: chop 2 X 🍆, 3 red peppers, 1 red 🌰, 3 garlic cloves, 3 tbsp Baharat spice, 1tsp sea salt, roast for 40 mins. Add 8 X big tomatoes (quartered) or 2 tins, 200mls veg stock, 2 tins haricot beans, roast for 30. Serve with chopprd mint, toasted almonds & 🍋 couscous.
