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Cork World Book Fest @corkworldbookfest.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Showcasing debut authors is always a thrill for us! More corkworldbookfest.com/events/cwbf-... @barbleahy.bsky.social corkworldbookfest.com/writers/barb... Djamel White corkworldbookfest.com/writers/djam... @sarahharte.bsky.social corkworldbookfest.com/writers/sara...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

It's gives us great pleasure to nominate Miss Sunkissed 1962 by @mariegethins.bsky.social for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social #microfiction #nomination. If you missed it the first, here's another chance...please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/08/25/m...

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Marie Gethins @mariegethins.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Want to up your POV game? Uncover the mysteries of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and use of multiple POVs to deepen your reader experience. Come join my 4-week online course in November through @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/flas...

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Flash Fiction Point-of-View Deep Dive with Marie Gethins - Irish Writers Centre

The most distilled prose form, flash fiction relies on suggestion—layered meaning that is off the page.

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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Árbol de la Vida [Tree of Life], 1976 by Ana Mendieta

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Nuala O'Connor @nualaoconnor.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Corkonians! There's a Cork launch for *Menagerie* in stunning Glenville Park - 12th July, 2.30pm. Join us for a reading, & tea, coffee, and cake 💚 RSVP: enquiries AT glenvillepark dot com

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West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Tickets for Barbara Leahy's WCLF event are almost sold out. Listen to @barbleahy.bsky.social's recent piece @rteradio1.bsky.social Sunday Miscellany & grab a ticket whilst you can for our 10am Coffee & Chat, Bantry House Friday 18 July www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/... www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

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Barbara Leahy: Rembrandt’s Promise - West Cork Music

Barbara Leahy’s Rembrandt’s Promise opens in 1642. The Dutch Golden Age is underway, with rapidly expanding Amsterdam at the height of its powers.

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Post-war wanderings, a pair of Rembrandt portraits, and pilgrimages of the heart: Sunday Miscellany is on now @rteradio1.bsky.social Tune in! Denis Tuohy Clare O'Dea @barbleahy.bsky.social Kerry Neville Alan Cook Lani O'Hanlon Listen in/listen back at rte.ie/radio/radio1/sunday-miscellany

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Barbara Leahy @barbleahy.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I’ll be talking about Oopjen and Marten, the Posh & Becks of the 17th century on RTE Radio 1 tomorrow morning from 09:10 👠🪭@gillhessassociates.bsky.social @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social @rte.ie @wcorklitfest.bsky.social #sundaymiscellany #rembrandtspromise

Rembrandt’s portraits of Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit

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Barbara Leahy @barbleahy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Delighted with today’s review of Rembrandt’s Promise in the Irish Times, “a powerful picture of dire revenge” ☺️❤️🌷 #rembrandtspromise @irishtimes.com @gillhessassociates.bsky.social @martindoyle.bsky.social @rte.ie

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Barbara Leahy @barbleahy.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Thank you @irishexaminer.bsky.social for today’s review “solidly constructed” “spare and elegant prose” “This is Barbara Leahy’s first novel: it’s a fine one” ☺️🌷#rembrandtspromise @gillhessassociates.bsky.social @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social

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Barbara Leahy @barbleahy.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Delighted to see this piece by Donal O’Donoghue in current RTÉ Guide! ☺️🌷#rembrandtspromise @rte.ie @gillhessassociates.bsky.social

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Mairéad Hearne | Swirl and Thread Book Blog @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

#BookReview 1642. The Dutch Golden Age is underway #RembrandtsPromise by @barbleahy.bsky.social Eloquent and meticulously researched debut inspired by the relationship between Geertje Dircx & Rembrandt OUT now w/ Eriu Books #TuesdayBookBlog 💙📚 #Books www.swirlandthread.com/rembrandts-p...

Book cover of Rembrandt's Promise by Barbara Leahy

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Barbara Leahy @barbleahy.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Rembrandt’s Promise launching Tues 8th April 18:30 at Waterstones, Cork. All welcome!!🌷 #rembrandtspromise @waterstones @gillhessassociates.bsky.social

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Mark Healy @markhealy.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Congratulations @barbleahy.bsky.social on the publication of your debut novel! 👏

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Barbara Leahy @barbleahy.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

It’s publication day for my debut novel #rembrandtspromise! Thank you @eriu_books for helping me to tell Geertje’s story

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Lynda’s Book Reviews @lyndasbookreviews.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

📗📗BOOK REVIEW📗📗 Rembrandt’s Promise by Barbara Leahy Published 27 March Full review ➡️ t.ly/EIuMV “A dark and emotional historical novel and one I very much enjoyed.” @barbleahy.bsky.social #bonnierbooks

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Jean Rhys @msjeanrhys.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The scent that came from the dress was very faint at first, then it grew stronger. The smell of vetiver and frangipani, of cinnamon and dust and lime trees when they are flowering. The smell of the sun and the smell of the rain.

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epoquepress.bsky.social @epoquepress.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

A big thank you to @whatcathyreadnext.bsky.social for the early review of The Language of Remembering by @hollowaywriter.bsky.social #booksky #bookreview

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Jennifer McMahon @jmcm.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I just finished reading REMBRANDT'S PROMISE, Barbara Leahy's @barbleahy.bsky.social debut novel, and it's a TRIUMPH! With her vivid depiction of the Low Countries during the Dutch Golden Age, and with such rich characters, I can only guess that Barbara has a time machine! Get it on March 27!

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

There's a sign out in front of Kerouac House where I'm in residence. At least once a day, someone pulls up in their car or on foot to read it. Three people from England just stopped by. The man, a huge Kerouac fan. I let them in and gave them a tour. It was so lovely to chat with them! 💙

Front of Jack Kerouac's former residence in Orlando. A sign in the foreground, with information. A small gray bungalow with white trim and a light blue door. Trees and bushes surrounding. Table and chairs on the front portch.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The Irish saint and goddess entwined, Brigid is associated with blacksmiths, spring, and cattle, among others, and stories like blinding herself to repel men's unwanted attention. The three-armed cross here represents both the triple goddess and the trinity. Lá Fhéile Bríde shona daoibh 🌸

Drawing of Brigid in greyscale, holding a three-armed cross, with a drawing of a flaming anvil over one shoulder and a drawing of horns and flowers over the other one.

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Jennifer McMahon @jmcm.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I'm delighted to have a short story forthcoming in Issue 6 of Raw Lit, and to be in such esteemed company!

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Books newsletter: Kate O’Brien Prize shortlist revealed. a preview of tomorrow’s pages and round-up of the latest news. Naoise Dolan is inaugural IPUT writer in residence in Dublin; Corn University Press centenary www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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Kate O’Brien Prize shortlist revealed

Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and round-up of the latest news

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Born on this day in 1503, Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, better known as Parmigianino. Here, his marvelous self-portrait in a convex mirror, 1524.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

So we now can’t conscionably use X, FB or Insta. At the end we’re going to be communicating through those paper cups tied together with string because everything else is run by a complete bastard.

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

A brilliant and insightful interview with @martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social on the Inside Books podcast, covering everything from Martina's writing life to her latest novel on Charlotte Brontë - listen to the episode below! 📚 soundcloud.com/insidebooks

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Died (alas!) on this day in 1578, Giulio Clovio of Croatia, great miniaturist of the Italian renaissance. He did small what Michelangelo did large. Here, by himself (with his dog!) in 1528.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

There’s so much colour in the world. Look at my photo of Amsterdam taking as dawn crept across the city one Christmas. I believe colour is joy & that there has to be a magic in every work of art. That’s the theme that runs through my pen & ink drawings in this thread! See what you think!

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Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These is Ireland’s bestselling book of 2024. Colm Tóibín, Johnny Sexton, Sally Rooney and Graham Norton also feature in the top five. It’s been a phenomenal year for Andrea Mara too in Ireland and Britain www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These is Ireland’s bestselling book of 2024

Colm Tóibín, Johnny Sexton, Sally Rooney and Graham Norton also feature in the top five

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

2/2 There she is, caught in the gold cup. Because her art is a thing of value. Clara Peeters, on her day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Flowers, shells, and things of gold - the coins, the chain, the elaborate cups. And reflected within them, Clara Peeters, who painted this in 1612.

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Barbara Leahy @barbleahy.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Great to see #rembrandtspromise getting a mention in today’s Irish Times! @martindoyle.bsky.social

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Beautiful double reflection in this still life of bread & wine by Isaack Luttichuys, whose day is today. Save this wine, you will need it later.

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Knitivity @knitivity.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Starting afresh here (hoping it’ll be less hellish than X)! Here for all you Christmas bauble needs… knitivityknits.etsy.com #christmas #christmasdecor #christmasdecorations #christmasgifts #christmasgiftideas #customgifts #knittedchristmasdecorations

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Museo del Prado @museodelprado.es · 29/11/2024

La pincelada de Clara Peeters en "Bodegón con flores, copa de plata dorada, almendras, frutos secos, dulces, panecillos, vino y jarra de peltre", 1611 #autorretrato #MuseodelPrado #art

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, during a sermon. Love in this one how you can see light from the windows behind-above us making patterns on floor, column, walls. Genius of Emanuel de Witte, whose day is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Maid flirts w/ her fellow, cat steals the dinner, housewife escapes boring party upstairs to enjoy disorder of her own household. Great scene from 1657 by Nicolas Maes, whose day is today.

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Mairéad Hearne | Swirl and Thread Book Blog @maireadhearne.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Gorgeous 📚📬 from Eriu Books 💕 Rembrandt's Promise by Barbara Leahy publishes March 27th & sounds absolutely fascinating. Based on a true story of a wronged woman who demanded justice. Described as 'sumptuous historical fiction' Right up my street then ✨️✨️ www.thebookseller.com/rights/bonni...

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