Maureen Boyle
@boylemo.bsky.social
Poet, mentor, teacher, gardener.
Books: The Work of a Winter, Strabane and The Last Spring of the World, Arlen House, Dublin
Books: The Work of a Winter, Strabane and The Last Spring of the World, Arlen House, Dublin
Brilliant!!!
The greatest novel he never wrote: Frank McNally on O’Brien’s epic (if unwritten) novel about an Irish pope
Non Habemus Librum: Frank McNally on Flann O’Brien’s unwritten epic about the election of an Irish pope
Like many unwritten masterpieces, the book was born and died in a Dublin pub
www.irishtimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Brilliant!!!
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an entire world, within and beyond our own.
My essay on the ‘Best Book of 1934’: Bruno Schulz’s Cinnamon Shops (Sklepy cynamonowe)
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My essay on the ‘Best Book of 1934’: Bruno Schulz’s Cinnamon Shops (Sklepy cynamonowe)
@grantamag.bsky.social granta.com/best-book-of...
Best Book of 1934: Bruno Schulz’s Cinnamon Shops (Sklepy cynamonowe) | David Hayden | Granta
David Hayden on why Bruno Schulz’s Cinnamon Shops (Sklepy cynamonowe) is the best book of 1934.
granta.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:14 PM
an entire world, within and beyond our own.
My essay on the ‘Best Book of 1934’: Bruno Schulz’s Cinnamon Shops (Sklepy cynamonowe)
@grantamag.bsky.social granta.com/best-book-of...
My essay on the ‘Best Book of 1934’: Bruno Schulz’s Cinnamon Shops (Sklepy cynamonowe)
@grantamag.bsky.social granta.com/best-book-of...
Laughing out loud at the brilliant Paul Durcan, in prep for ekphrasis class tomorrow. He’s so good it ‘s hard to choose. Want class to read them all! 🖼️📚💚
November 27, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Laughing out loud at the brilliant Paul Durcan, in prep for ekphrasis class tomorrow. He’s so good it ‘s hard to choose. Want class to read them all! 🖼️📚💚
Freesias and berries to brighten the Belfast fog! 💛💚
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Freesias and berries to brighten the Belfast fog! 💛💚
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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
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When columnist Melanie Reid wrote about struggling to find a hairdresser after her spinal injury, 98 year old art historian and socialite Virginia Surtees wrote to her (on a typewriter) offering to taxi round her wigs from her flat in Knightsbridge. I can sleep now.
www.thetimes.com/article/1a37...
www.thetimes.com/article/1a37...
This is my last Spinal Column. Writing it helped me survive
Melanie Reid wrote her first Spinal Column in 2010, just days after breaking her neck and back in a riding accident. She thought she might have enough material for a month. Almost 15 years and many aw...
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 6:15 AM
When columnist Melanie Reid wrote about struggling to find a hairdresser after her spinal injury, 98 year old art historian and socialite Virginia Surtees wrote to her (on a typewriter) offering to taxi round her wigs from her flat in Knightsbridge. I can sleep now.
www.thetimes.com/article/1a37...
www.thetimes.com/article/1a37...
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“A new writing award for authors aged 60+ has launched, and is backed by My Name is Leon (Penguin) author @kitdewaal.bsky.social and agency AM Health.” via The Bookseller Magazine #NewWritingAward
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-wri...
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-wri...
New writing award for authors aged 60+ to prove it’s ‘Never Too Late’
A new writing award for authors aged 60+ has launched, and is backed by My Name is Leon (Penguin) author Kit de Waal and agency AM Health.
www.thebookseller.com
November 23, 2024 at 12:28 PM
“A new writing award for authors aged 60+ has launched, and is backed by My Name is Leon (Penguin) author @kitdewaal.bsky.social and agency AM Health.” via The Bookseller Magazine #NewWritingAward
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-wri...
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-wri...
The Christmas books! This little novella by Tessa Hadley perfect for Christmas Eve! 💚🎄❤️📚
November 23, 2024 at 12:32 PM
The Christmas books! This little novella by Tessa Hadley perfect for Christmas Eve! 💚🎄❤️📚
Delighted my poem’Jacinta Painting Under Trees’ is included in Jacinta s wonderful exhibition in the Marketplace Theatre in Armagh, ‘Flights of Fantasy’ . 🙏
November 22, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Delighted my poem’Jacinta Painting Under Trees’ is included in Jacinta s wonderful exhibition in the Marketplace Theatre in Armagh, ‘Flights of Fantasy’ . 🙏
Little scarlet cactus shining! ❤️🎄❤️
November 22, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Little scarlet cactus shining! ❤️🎄❤️
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The BBC's Powell & Pressburger season gets underway this Sunday on BBC2 with the TV debut of 'Made In England; The Films of Powell & Pressburger', then continues on BBC4 on Nov. 21...
November 13, 2024 at 10:05 PM
The BBC's Powell & Pressburger season gets underway this Sunday on BBC2 with the TV debut of 'Made In England; The Films of Powell & Pressburger', then continues on BBC4 on Nov. 21...
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Want to read a great short poem about London that you've probably never read before? In which Wordsworth sort of sounds like T.S. Eliot? And there's an iambic pentameter entirely made of adjectives for a snowy city street? I have it all right here for you someflowerssoon.substack.com/p/deep-hollo...
Deep, Hollow, Unobstructed, Vacant, Smooth
On a little-known poem of London by Wordsworth
someflowerssoon.substack.com
October 10, 2023 at 9:09 AM
Want to read a great short poem about London that you've probably never read before? In which Wordsworth sort of sounds like T.S. Eliot? And there's an iambic pentameter entirely made of adjectives for a snowy city street? I have it all right here for you someflowerssoon.substack.com/p/deep-hollo...
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Writers! Do you have a masterpiece handy? ...
For the next month, we're open to submissions from women writers. For more information, head here:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/submissions
(We'll be very grateful if you could share widely!)
For the next month, we're open to submissions from women writers. For more information, head here:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/submissions
(We'll be very grateful if you could share widely!)
October 10, 2023 at 10:02 AM
Writers! Do you have a masterpiece handy? ...
For the next month, we're open to submissions from women writers. For more information, head here:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/submissions
(We'll be very grateful if you could share widely!)
For the next month, we're open to submissions from women writers. For more information, head here:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/submissions
(We'll be very grateful if you could share widely!)
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Lovely couple of minutes with Nicholas Allen and the great Seamus Heaney here; www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
September 6, 2023 at 10:47 AM
Lovely couple of minutes with Nicholas Allen and the great Seamus Heaney here; www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
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Good morning! There's something about starting the week with a first copy of your novel in its new paperback jacket!
It's a standalone, uplit, family saga, and Easons Ireland currently has it at a SPECIAL ONLINE OFFER PRICE 👉https://rb.gy/fjkio
Reposts appreciated.🎈📚
#author #writingcommunity
It's a standalone, uplit, family saga, and Easons Ireland currently has it at a SPECIAL ONLINE OFFER PRICE 👉https://rb.gy/fjkio
Reposts appreciated.🎈📚
#author #writingcommunity
October 9, 2023 at 9:22 AM
Good morning! There's something about starting the week with a first copy of your novel in its new paperback jacket!
It's a standalone, uplit, family saga, and Easons Ireland currently has it at a SPECIAL ONLINE OFFER PRICE 👉https://rb.gy/fjkio
Reposts appreciated.🎈📚
#author #writingcommunity
It's a standalone, uplit, family saga, and Easons Ireland currently has it at a SPECIAL ONLINE OFFER PRICE 👉https://rb.gy/fjkio
Reposts appreciated.🎈📚
#author #writingcommunity
This is non-fiction’s Milkman. Devastating, powerful, heartbreaking & breaking open the dark claustrophobia of Republican West Belfast. I’ve never read anything like it. A book can’t undo suffering but this is a remarkable reclamation of agency. 💔
October 2, 2023 at 3:20 PM
This is non-fiction’s Milkman. Devastating, powerful, heartbreaking & breaking open the dark claustrophobia of Republican West Belfast. I’ve never read anything like it. A book can’t undo suffering but this is a remarkable reclamation of agency. 💔
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Out Nov. '23, from Books Ireland mag - I have a piece in it about writing historical fiction. Lots of writers and literature experts contribute. Edited by #ruthmckee
September 26, 2023 at 11:36 AM
Out Nov. '23, from Books Ireland mag - I have a piece in it about writing historical fiction. Lots of writers and literature experts contribute. Edited by #ruthmckee
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I do this every now and then.
This is Domino. He's one of the dogs that has been the longest at the DSPCA.
Liz and I brought him out for a walk up to the Hellfire Club recently and he is a sweetheart...
What about adopting him?
www.dspca.ie/dimo-17590
A share would help too...
This is Domino. He's one of the dogs that has been the longest at the DSPCA.
Liz and I brought him out for a walk up to the Hellfire Club recently and he is a sweetheart...
What about adopting him?
www.dspca.ie/dimo-17590
A share would help too...
September 29, 2023 at 2:10 PM
I do this every now and then.
This is Domino. He's one of the dogs that has been the longest at the DSPCA.
Liz and I brought him out for a walk up to the Hellfire Club recently and he is a sweetheart...
What about adopting him?
www.dspca.ie/dimo-17590
A share would help too...
This is Domino. He's one of the dogs that has been the longest at the DSPCA.
Liz and I brought him out for a walk up to the Hellfire Club recently and he is a sweetheart...
What about adopting him?
www.dspca.ie/dimo-17590
A share would help too...
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Submissions for Issue Five are now open. Closing date is midnight Oct 15th. We're seeking the best non-fiction and short stories from anywhere in the world. More info here: thepigsback.ie/submit
Submit — The Pig's Back
thepigsback.ie
October 1, 2023 at 10:51 AM
Submissions for Issue Five are now open. Closing date is midnight Oct 15th. We're seeking the best non-fiction and short stories from anywhere in the world. More info here: thepigsback.ie/submit
Trees in Ormeau Park this afternoon. 🌳🧡🍁💚🍂
October 1, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Trees in Ormeau Park this afternoon. 🌳🧡🍁💚🍂
So lovely to see these boxes of fresh herbs in Belfast city centre yesterday at Donegal Square North, presumably for use in the Café Parisienne -all healthy & cared for. 💚👏
October 1, 2023 at 3:34 PM
So lovely to see these boxes of fresh herbs in Belfast city centre yesterday at Donegal Square North, presumably for use in the Café Parisienne -all healthy & cared for. 💚👏
Our street looking very autumnal already! 🍂🍁
October 1, 2023 at 11:52 AM
Our street looking very autumnal already! 🍂🍁