Cathy Brown
@cathybrown746.bsky.social
Manager at Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy.
Mother of twins. Reader. Footloose fanatic.
Contributor at Dig With It and No More Workhorse
Blogs about having too many books at www.746books.com
Mother of twins. Reader. Footloose fanatic.
Contributor at Dig With It and No More Workhorse
Blogs about having too many books at www.746books.com
No Switzy? Gah.
‘This is writing at its best. There’s plenty to enjoy, some blissful escapism and prose to die for’
We are delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026
We are delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 shortlist.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026
September 22, 2026 at 7:13 PM
No Switzy? Gah.
My review of Mac DeMarco at the Ulster Hall, Belfast for No More Workhorse
Mac DeMarco – Ulster Hall – Live Review – 31/08/26
Mac DeMarco – Ulster Hall – Live Review – 31/08/26 by Cathy Brown Mac DeMarco, Ulster Hall, Belfast, 31 August 2026 Mac DeMarco has spent much of his career cultivating a reputati…
nomoreworkhorse.com
September 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
My review of Mac DeMarco at the Ulster Hall, Belfast for No More Workhorse
HomePlace - 2 October - just a few tickets left!
📚 Join Sebastian Barry on tour this autumn to celebrate his new novel The Newer World 📚
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August 21, 2026 at 12:03 PM
HomePlace - 2 October - just a few tickets left!
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📚 Join Sebastian Barry on tour this autumn to celebrate his new novel The Newer World 📚
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linktr.ee/sebastianbar...
August 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
📚 Join Sebastian Barry on tour this autumn to celebrate his new novel The Newer World 📚
linktr.ee/sebastianbar...
linktr.ee/sebastianbar...
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'And so I drifted through the void, wanting out. I was paralyzed, could not reach out a finger, much less leap the gap of belief. And the fog closed in, closed in, over weeks, months, until I could barely see, could make out only shapes...' #BookSky 💙📚
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Gaining Ground (Abra) by Joan Barfoot
Back in 2023, I read and loved Claire Kilroy’s Soldier Sailor, a superb novel in which ‘Soldier’, a married woman in the early months of motherhood, experiences a loss of identity, an erasure of he…
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
August 19, 2026 at 7:02 AM
'And so I drifted through the void, wanting out. I was paralyzed, could not reach out a finger, much less leap the gap of belief. And the fog closed in, closed in, over weeks, months, until I could barely see, could make out only shapes...' #BookSky 💙📚
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jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/g...
This book...
Beautiful, strange, atmospheric and completely absorbing. Robbie Arnott never disappoints.
Beautiful, strange, atmospheric and completely absorbing. Robbie Arnott never disappoints.
August 19, 2026 at 12:49 PM
This book...
Beautiful, strange, atmospheric and completely absorbing. Robbie Arnott never disappoints.
Beautiful, strange, atmospheric and completely absorbing. Robbie Arnott never disappoints.
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Raymond Depardon
August 19, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Raymond Depardon
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Paperbacks to Look Out For in September 2026 alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/08/pape... including books from @penguinukbooks.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Paperbacks to Look Out For in September 2026 - A Life in Books
Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.
alifeinbooks.co.uk
August 17, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Paperbacks to Look Out For in September 2026 alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/08/pape... including books from @penguinukbooks.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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56% of the most mournful ghosts are simply a bathrobe hung over a window latch.
August 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM
56% of the most mournful ghosts are simply a bathrobe hung over a window latch.
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“A poignant, aromatic meditation on family and identity.”
Grateful for this considered review of Base Notes by @cathybrown746.bsky.social — a lady with impeccable literary taste ✨
746books.com/2026/07/30/j...
Grateful for this considered review of Base Notes by @cathybrown746.bsky.social — a lady with impeccable literary taste ✨
746books.com/2026/07/30/j...
July Miscellany
However determined I am to make progress with my 20 Books of Summer stack, there’s always room for a few distractions. July proved to be one of those months, with four books finding their way…
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August 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
“A poignant, aromatic meditation on family and identity.”
Grateful for this considered review of Base Notes by @cathybrown746.bsky.social — a lady with impeccable literary taste ✨
746books.com/2026/07/30/j...
Grateful for this considered review of Base Notes by @cathybrown746.bsky.social — a lady with impeccable literary taste ✨
746books.com/2026/07/30/j...
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New for #WITMonth, a fabulous collection of stories from Bolivian writer Liliana Colanzi, You Glow in the Dark (translated by Chris Andrews):
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You Glow in the Dark
The title story in Liliana Colanzi’s newly translated (by Chris Andrews) collection You Glow in the Dark is based on a real event when a radiotherapy source was taken from an abandoned hospital lea…
1streading.wordpress.com
August 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
New for #WITMonth, a fabulous collection of stories from Bolivian writer Liliana Colanzi, You Glow in the Dark (translated by Chris Andrews):
1streading.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/y...
1streading.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/y...
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David Mamet: “In the bad film the fellow says, “hello Jack, I’m coming over to your home this evening because I need to get the money you borrowed from me.” In the good film, he says, “Where the hell were you yesterday?”
July 27, 2026 at 12:19 PM
David Mamet: “In the bad film the fellow says, “hello Jack, I’m coming over to your home this evening because I need to get the money you borrowed from me.” In the good film, he says, “Where the hell were you yesterday?”
Have read one and lots here I haven't heard of!
‘We are confident that our longlist of books has something for everyone’
We are delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026
We are delighted to reveal the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Huge congratulations to the authors who make up this year's Booker Dozen.
➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026
July 28, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Have read one and lots here I haven't heard of!
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A scene from Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, photo by Fergus Bourke, Irish documentary photographer (1934-2004).
July 25, 2026 at 5:05 PM
A scene from Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, photo by Fergus Bourke, Irish documentary photographer (1934-2004).
The new addition to the Brown family 💙
July 24, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The new addition to the Brown family 💙
LIBRA, Don DeLillo
ONE BY ONE IN THE DARKNESS, Deirdre Madden
THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG, Norman Mailer
TRAIN DREAMS, Denis Johnson
VISITATION, Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
HELLFIRE, Nick Tosches
ONE BY ONE IN THE DARKNESS, Deirdre Madden
THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG, Norman Mailer
TRAIN DREAMS, Denis Johnson
VISITATION, Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
HELLFIRE, Nick Tosches
What are the books you yammer on about to anyone who'll listen?
CASSANDRA AT THE WEDDING, Dorothy Baker
MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT, Elizabeth Taylor
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, Edith Wharton
THE BEGINNING OF SPRING, Penelope Fitzgerald
IN A LONELY PLACE, Dorothy B. Hughes
BALKAN TRILOGY, Manning 💙📚
CASSANDRA AT THE WEDDING, Dorothy Baker
MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT, Elizabeth Taylor
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, Edith Wharton
THE BEGINNING OF SPRING, Penelope Fitzgerald
IN A LONELY PLACE, Dorothy B. Hughes
BALKAN TRILOGY, Manning 💙📚
Nicholson Baker Room Temperature
Brigid Brophy The Snow Ball
TJ Clark The Sight of Death
David Markson Wittgenstein’s Mistress
Don DeLillo The Body Artist
Natalie Léger Suite for Barbara Loden
Tessa Hadley Selected Stories (doesn’t exist, except in my head)
Louis MacNeice Autumn Journal
Don Quixote
Brigid Brophy The Snow Ball
TJ Clark The Sight of Death
David Markson Wittgenstein’s Mistress
Don DeLillo The Body Artist
Natalie Léger Suite for Barbara Loden
Tessa Hadley Selected Stories (doesn’t exist, except in my head)
Louis MacNeice Autumn Journal
Don Quixote
July 21, 2026 at 8:23 AM
LIBRA, Don DeLillo
ONE BY ONE IN THE DARKNESS, Deirdre Madden
THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG, Norman Mailer
TRAIN DREAMS, Denis Johnson
VISITATION, Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
HELLFIRE, Nick Tosches
ONE BY ONE IN THE DARKNESS, Deirdre Madden
THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG, Norman Mailer
TRAIN DREAMS, Denis Johnson
VISITATION, Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
HELLFIRE, Nick Tosches
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Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon —an Irish spin on classical tragedy
In ancient Sicily two jobless young potters embark on an audacious scheme to stage a production of Greek tragedies in a quarry. The pair have oodles of passion and enthusiasm but little common sense. They don't have two…
In ancient Sicily two jobless young potters embark on an audacious scheme to stage a production of Greek tragedies in a quarry. The pair have oodles of passion and enthusiasm but little common sense. They don't have two…
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon —an Irish spin on classical tragedy
In ancient Sicily two jobless young potters embark on an audacious scheme to stage a production of Greek tragedies in a quarry. The pair have oodles of passion and enthusiasm but little common sense. They don't have two drachmas to rub together. And they completely lack experience of the theatrical world. What could possibly go wrong? Rather a lot as it turns out because they completely misjudge how the authorities and citizens of Syracuse will react to their scheme.
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July 19, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon —an Irish spin on classical tragedy
In ancient Sicily two jobless young potters embark on an audacious scheme to stage a production of Greek tragedies in a quarry. The pair have oodles of passion and enthusiasm but little common sense. They don't have two…
In ancient Sicily two jobless young potters embark on an audacious scheme to stage a production of Greek tragedies in a quarry. The pair have oodles of passion and enthusiasm but little common sense. They don't have two…
Wayne Rooney speaking for us all...
July 19, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Wayne Rooney speaking for us all...
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Galway United used to raffle a hamper of meat at half time and it was more entertaining than this.
July 19, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Galway United used to raffle a hamper of meat at half time and it was more entertaining than this.
An actual impact on my life? Anything by Seamus Heaney then...
July 18, 2026 at 8:33 PM
An actual impact on my life? Anything by Seamus Heaney then...
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I'm truly grateful to Lauren Laverne, who says "seeing others in the public eye cope with comparable situations has helped me, so I thought I'd be upfront about it". #Myeloma isn't all that rare, but high-profile people seldom publicise a diagnosis & raise awareness. 🙏🙏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lauren Laverne diagnosed with blood disorder smouldering myeloma
The broadcaster reveals she has smouldering myeloma, which can develop into a type of blood cancer.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I'm truly grateful to Lauren Laverne, who says "seeing others in the public eye cope with comparable situations has helped me, so I thought I'd be upfront about it". #Myeloma isn't all that rare, but high-profile people seldom publicise a diagnosis & raise awareness. 🙏🙏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rupert Thomson is such a fantastic author. Not sure why he doesn't get the attention he deserves.
July 18, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Rupert Thomson is such a fantastic author. Not sure why he doesn't get the attention he deserves.
Such a great day at HomePlace in the company of Maggie O'Farrell!
June 16, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Such a great day at HomePlace in the company of Maggie O'Farrell!