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Grace (they/them) @astudentreading.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I have only read two books by Betsy Cornwell, one fiction and one memoir, but both books were five star reads. She just writes so beautifully. Thank you Avid Reader Press for the free advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review #booksky

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Coming out soon: September 2025
Genres: memoir nonfiction
Setting: County Galway Ireland
POV: first person she/they/he
Review: 5 stars
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At 24, Betsy Cornwell runs away to Ireland. Amid the beauty of the Irish countryside, her life takes on the glow of a fairy tale when she meets a charming horse trainer and elopes. Five years later, her happy ending has twisted into a nightmare and Betsy finds herself trapped in an abusive marriage, isolated and afraid with a baby.
On her son's first birthday, she runs away, turning to the women around her for help. On sleepless nights, she scrolls through real estate listings and fosters an impossible dream: What if she could use her writing to buy a home of her own? One that might become a haven, not just for her family, but other single parent artists and writers, too? Then she discovers a historic knitting factory on the coastline. She spends the next two years working to crowdfund the purchase. But as the deadline nears, she will have to reckon with everything she believes about family, survival, and what happily-ever-after truly means for her dream to have any chance of coming true.
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This memoir was a masterpiece. I truly have no words for how beautiful this book was. Betsy Cornwell went through so much in her life, and she laid it all out in this memoir. My heart ached for her and everything that had happened to her. Yet at the same time she infused the entire story with so much hope and joy, and it warmed my heart. She reflected on her pain and came out happier for it some how, still so optimistic about the world. Just for that alone this deserves five stars. But Betsy Cornwell is also an amazing writer all around. Her prose was stunning, imbued with the essence of fairy tales and fables. She included so many references to her own work and other's books, and very helpfully attached a reading list to the end that I will definitely be making my way through. And I would love to visit the Old Knitting Factory some day; it sounds like a paradise. So all of this is to say that this memoir is moving and emotional and inspiring and hopeful, and I think everyone should read it. I truly cannot recommend it enough.
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Celina @bookscuppatea.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Krimis generell wirklich sehr viele, aber bei "feministische Krimis" fällt mir zunächst "The Five" von Hallie Rubenhold ein, das die Opfer von Jack the Ripper porträtiert. Und "Reader, I Murdered Him" von Betsy Cornwell über female rage und queere Liebe.

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Ellen Schwartz @formerrunner.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

@betsycornwell.bsky.social I just this moment finished reading “Ring of Salt”. What a wonderful, heartbreaking book. As a retired domestic violence advocate, it touched me deeply. I’m very much looking forward to next month’s webinar through Finding Our Voices, when we can hear from you directly.

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Dara Kaye @darakaye.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

"Extraordinarily moving, exquisitely written, and socially revolutionary...RING OF SALT glows with what we need." Thrilled to see this rave review in the Irish Times for @betsycornwell.bsky.social's new memoir RING OF SALT!

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k. marcus writes #kidlit @kmarcuswrites.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Went to #scbwimetrony ‘s first in-person event since the pandemic! @betsycornwell.bsky.social is a fantastic teacher and gave us so fun ways to get more deeply into our characters. #TBR alert - Betsy has a #memoir out now called Ring of Salt. www.betsycornwell.com/ringofsalt @lisaanchin.bsky.social

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Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

This October Geraldine Walsh guides to through the art of Self-Editing, Mark Hennigan teaches the tools of structure, Betsy Cornwell tends to your first draft & Nandi Jola inspires new voices, not only to literature, but also to Ireland. Explore our courses here irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/

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BookPage @readbookpage.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

After fleeing an abusive marriage with her child, Betsy Cornwell transformed a historic knitting factory on the rugged coast of Ireland into a residency for writer-mothers like herself. @simonandschuster.bsky.social

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Dara Kaye @darakaye.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

NYC folks--Want to write a children's book with characters that leap off the page? Join this workshop at 92Y on Saturday, 10/11 Taught by NYT bestselling YA author Betsy Cornwell and multi-award-winning picture book author-illustrator Lisa Anchin www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...

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SCBWI NY Metro Character-Based Writing Workshop

Stories Like Friends: Character-Based Writing Join New York Times bestselling author Betsy Cornwell and Crystal Kite Award-winning author and illustrator Lisa Anchin for a workshop on creating unforg...

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Happy happy publication day to @betsycornwell.bsky.social on "Ring of Salt"! Just got the email that my copy is in! Worcester and central Mass, come to hear Betsy talk about her amazing new book at Tidepool Bookstore on October 8 at 6 PM! (still can't believe she's coming to Massachusetts!!)

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Betsy Cornwell @betsycornwell.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I have been full of exhausting anxiety about my trip to the US but today it occurred to me that it’s going to be worth it because I can eat a corn dog

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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Preordering books is both free and an absolute good. Not free in terms of money, probably — economists are divided on that point. But if you can do it, you should.

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Miss Marjorie Regrets @coffinsneeze.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

got this interesting 1970s children’s book of Halloween symbols and it whips so much ass

a very interesting excerpt positing that the Halloween witch “is a distortion of history and perhaps a disservice to women in their struggle for equality.”

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John Herreid @herreidjohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

5. Make food for friends and not just yourself. It will make the experience more joyful and will push you to try to perfect your recipe and processes 6. Make what you like, not what you think you should like.

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Pause a while, and read... • Elizabeth Jennings •

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schleiermocker @schleiermocker.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities

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OGOM Project @ogomproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

A big OGOM thank you to @betsycornwell.bsky.social for her insight into the Selkie myth and how it can be adapted into fiction and memoir #SeaChanges. A beautiful and memorable reading for everyone attending the online day. So glad you could stay for days 2 & 3 Betsy!

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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 26/08/2025

If I found my child dead by suicide and this Chat GPT response on his computer, Sam Altman would have to worry about a lot more than a lawsuit.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 26/08/2025

"dark academia" do you mean middle school

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Betsy Cornwell @betsycornwell.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I just read Lolly Willowes and fell totally in love.

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Maya Rodale @mayarodale.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

"That the universal doctrine of the inferiority of woman has ever caused her to distrust her own powers, and paralyzed her energies, and placed her in that degraded position from which the most strenuous and unremitting effort can alone redeem her." --19th c. Suffs calling out imposter syndrome

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Betsy Cornwell @betsycornwell.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Preorders are pretty much the best thing you can do for an author, and I am grateful for every one. waterstones.com/campaign/jul...

An image with a pale yellow background reading "25% off RRP On Upcoming Books, Pre-order now with code: SUMMER25 28-31 July / Online Only" and the book cover image for Ring of Salt: A Memoir of Finding Home and Hope on the Wild Coast of Ireland" by Betsy Cornwell

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Be gentle. They haven't grown up facing the the constant criticism, failure and persistent mental recovery involved in actually making an effort to develop artistic skills over a lifetime, so the precious flowers don't have the thick skin that naturally comes with the skills they've bypassed.

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

The Brazilian government should penalize the entire Baptist church, because the church itself condones this, and going after individual preachers won't stop the problem.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

😆 Isabella Rossellini www.watermillcenter.org

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

he is a pivotal archvillain in every Maligned Women of the Nineties narrative the misogyny he normalized poisoned entire generations. he made Monica Lewinsky, Anita Hill, the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit, Lorena Bobbitt, Tonya Harding, and so many more into punchlines they never shook off

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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 27/07/2025

nobody is scarier than a longtime reply guy who’s had you up on a pedestal after you fail a secret purity test he was running in his mind

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Betsy Cornwell @betsycornwell.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

There are so many things to love about Brigadoon.

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Caro @librarypatroncaro.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Well done to @betsycornwell.bsky.social talking on Galway Bay FM this morning about @copegalway.bsky.social & her experience with the amazing work they do helping women affected by domestic abuse. Maith thú, Betsy!

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Abby @arobertswrites.com · 23/07/2025

Edgy writers: when I portray [historical period] as being full of [awful shit] I’m just being honest. History: in the 6th century the Roman Empire went to war against a whale.

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Betsy Cornwell @betsycornwell.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

My friend Mary McGraw came to the knitting factory to take some photos for me. Teapot makes me look a little like Dr. Evil but I love him for it.

A photo of a white woman with bleached hair in a blue dress and tan sandals, sitting on a white wicker chair by a window and holding a black cat

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Dingus Fingus @dingusfingus.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Anyone who wants one of these should be forced to live next to an ai data center

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Betsy Cornwell @betsycornwell.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I got some quality book mail from @avidreaderpress.bsky.social — my car is very sandy but please read that as a badge of living near the ocean and not personal slovenliness (it’s both). I can’t get over the company I’m in with Ring of Salt.

Advance reader copies of Joyride: A Memoir by Susan Orlean and Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First Century Life by Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita, on top of two tote bags on a very sandy car seat

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/07/2025

Live your life so you do not have to fear being on the Jumbotron

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 17/07/2025

Two Native American nations have gifted a handwoven rug to the people of Ireland to recognise the "kindness" shown to them during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Native American nations gift rug for support during Covid

Two Native American nations have gifted a handwoven rug to the people of Ireland to recognise the "kindness" shown to them during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The witch walks for practicalities – field edge and hedge are pharmacy, a calendar telling the slow turn of the year in what may be seen and plucked. The witch walks for magic – treading paths as ritual conversation with the land. There are no dull navigations. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

"Teacher departures are fundamentally reshaping how kids learn, they say. As educators relocate across state lines or even abroad to find professional environments free from political persecution, it’s the students who suffer the most." newrepublic.com/article/1967...

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American Teachers in Red States Are Walking Away for Good

The predictable consequences of the right wing’s war on public schools are being felt as educators leave their communities—and their profession.

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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

"Lady Peel and I are here quite alone—in the loveliest weather—feasting on solitude and repose, and I have every disposition to forgive my enemies for having conferred on me the blessing of the loss of power." Sir Robert Peel

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Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Burnout is clinically understood as a combo of 6 factors—work overload, lack of control, insufficient rewards, breakdown in community, absence of fairness, & value conflicts—and only a fraction of it is under your control. Burnout is a systemic problem, so be kind to yourself and hard on the system.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Morning. 🖼️ Vanessa Cooper

Tree of Life by Vanessa Cooper is an oil painting depicting a terrarium filled with an abundance of nature. The central feature is a lush tree, adorned with various birds; pheasant, owl, goldfinches, pigeon, dove, blackbird, crow, fruits like pears and apples, and foliage. Beneath the glass dome, a squirrel and a rabbit are also visible among the detailed flora and fauna.

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