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Lia MIlls @liamills.bsky.social · 5d

Great post from @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social here: www.independent.ie/opinion/comm... @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social

Martina Devlin: Remembering a hero who gave her life to speaking out against the evils of war

It is not open warfare but nor can it be called peace. Vladimir Putin is prosecuting a hybrid war in Europe, amid an escalation of Russian drone infiltration, and fears have heightened about infrastru...

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · 5d

‘When death is about to happen/ does the body grow heavier or lighter?/
He felt himself growing heavier./ He felt himself growing lighter./
When a man says he hears angels singing,/ he hears angels singing.’ From Blake Dying by
Mary Oliver #poet and essayist - #read her

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · 9d

My heartbeat’s going pitter-patter with excitement #SeamusHeaney

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · 11d

Red Hugh O’Donnell’s story continues to resonate 400 years on. He features in a great play, Making History, by Brian Friel. #Spain #Irishhistory

Thousands pay respects to Gaelic chieftain in Spain

Thousands have lined the streets of the Spanish city of Valladolid to pay tribute to the Irish war hero Red Hugh O'Donnell.

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · 12d

Ireland is addicted to cheap, fast fashion - but are we willing to pay the real cost? My Irish Independent column

Ireland is addicted to cheap, fast fashion - but are we willing to pay the real cost?

A friend needed a long dress for a black-tie function. She saw nothing she liked in the shops, so she logged on to Chinese fast-fashion online retailer Shein and bought two on-trend possibilities for ...

www.e-pages.dk

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · 13d

A must: exhibition in London on the great Jean Rhys, author of Jane Eyre prequel The Wide Sargasso Sea. Her voice was "lyrical, laconic+knowing, describing what it meant to be a woman in exile at whim of powerful men". #postcolonialism #Brontes www.michaelwerner.com/exhibitions/...

Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · 14d

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How well do you know Jane Eyre and its creator, Charlotte Brontë? Take our quiz to find out! | National Book Tokens

Martina Devlin's enthralling novel, Charlotte, re-envisions Charlotte Brontë's pivotal time in Ireland. From Mr Rochester's secret to the author’s pseudonym – how much do you know? We're delighted to ...

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · 23d

Emily Dickinson recognised the pleasure given by a handwritten letter.

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · 26d

Labour leader Ivana Bacik kindly tells the Irish Times she read my Bronte novel Charlotte on hols.

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · 27d

Why the letter from Michael D Higgins to people aged 100 is a reminder we need people of high calibre to offer themselves as ⁦President of Ireland. And a wide field - not a deliberately narrowed one. My Irish Independent column

Not everyone has right stuff for the Áras - what serves party may not serve State

I had the privilege of visiting someone who turned 100 this week and was shown his letter from the President: a typed document, signed in ink by Michael D Higgins and clearly composed by the man hims...

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

A must-read on racism and its cruelties from the brilliant Cauvery Madhavan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When I left India, Ireland welcomed me in. I won’t let bigotry destroy the country we love | Cauvery Madhavan

People from the Indian community, and others, are facing violence that was once unthinkable. We must not give in to the racists, says novelist Cauvery Madhavan

www.theguardian.com

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · Aug 25

The brilliant Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social was on RTÉ Radio 1 talking about Edith Somerville - check out her sensational books Edith and Charlotte on the Lilliput site and have a listen to her episode here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · Aug 24

Listen back to my @rteradio1.bsky.social essay on #writer Edith Somerville #IrishRM #SomervilleandRoss here www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · Aug 21

Storyteller Joseph O'Connor raises literary ghosts - from Jennifer Johnston to Boland to Stoker to Synge - in this enthralling interview with MadeleineKeane.bluesky.social for IrishWritersCentre.bluesky.social DublinCitylibs.bluesky.social unioflimerick.bluesky.social www.writing.ie/interviews/d...

Dublin, One City, Many Stories

The Irish Writers Centre has proudly launched the first episode of its new six-part video series Dublin, One City, Many Stories.

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

Much appreciated. But sure Jennifer Johnston deserves it!

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · Aug 20

Climbing out of the book bunker for a Jennifer Johnston event with Claire Kilroy & Christine Dywer Hickey, 06/09. Curated by @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social at @paviliontheatre.bsky.social, featuring Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Dermot Bolger, Frank McGuinness, Carlo Gebler. www.eventbrite.com/e/readers-da...

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

Many thanks Rónán

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

Many thanks Jackie

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Lia MIlls @liamills.bsky.social · Aug 19

Normal People? open.substack.com/pub/jeanette... @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social

Normal People?

Sally Rooney has blown up a storm around herself since she wrote a piece in the Irish Times against genocide in Gaza, and more specifically, pro the now banned Palestinian Action Group.

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

Jennifer Johnston readers’ day DLR LexIcon Dún Laoghaire 10-4pm Sat Sep 6 admission free but book on eventbrite

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · Aug 9

Train crossing in #Dublin

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · Aug 1

A clearly hungry 6am visitor today. Tried him on cat food. He made short work of it. #urbanfoxes

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · Aug 1

Ireland has benefited hugely from #EU membership but the bloc’s inability to take meaningful sanctions against Israel over #Gaza shows the drawbacks of its unanimity principle. My Irish Independent column

EU won't stand up for the Palestinians, but Mary Robinson is our voice of reason

Mary Robinson is a headline act. In a landmark address at the United Nations delivered with passion and precision, she spoke truth to power - her call to action over Gaza flagged the need to suspend t...

www.e-pages.dk

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Martina Devlin @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social · Jul 31

Nothing says summer like sunflowers

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