Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Doh! I thought that was a book. I don't deserve to win. I'll just buy myself some of that chocolate. Sea salt, of course. 110
Reposted by Bill TinleyJamie Guiney @jamesgwriter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026GIVEAWAY! 🥳 This glorious prize bundle includes a signed copy of The Lightning, £25 National Book Token, Moleskin Notebook & Pen, Seagull Keyring, Lighthouse Pin and some lovely chocolate! To be in with a chance of winning: ⚡️ follow me ⚡️ like this post ⚡️ repost or reshare ⚡️ tag a friend 1/2 101411
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I seem to recall that in the TV series of Kane and Abel there's a ritzy function at which the band is playing a Beatles song that hadn't yet been composed at the time of said function. 000
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026And the right will have an opportunity in Spain on 29 November. The water is rising. 030
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Our UK-based son receives all such communications on our behalf. It was a tad peevish of The Beeb to block BBC Sounds for ex-UK folk. 010
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026So the LRB can receive subs from beyond the Mainland but can't do the old stamp, address, evelope routine for foreigners? 110
Reposted by Bill TinleyOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026a short poem name like when we meet a bovine and we say 'hi coo' #NationalPoetryDay #Haiku 1644194
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Condolences, Tristan. But that was a fine way to celebrate your grandmother's final hours. 010
Reposted by Bill TinleyDavid Wheatley @nemoloris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Friends, come and talk to me about Irish poetry in Aberdeen and we can catch up over a single malt or two. www.abdn.ac.uk/riiss/news-e...abdn.ac.ukCall for Papers: Alas Yes: Irish Poetry After Heaney, 20-21 February 2027 054
Reposted by Bill TinleyDavid Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Today is International Translation Day - this poem is about language, inheritance, & the emotional labour of a poet writing in English for a mother whose language is Spanish Translation is not a technical exercise but a metaphor for a child’s role to interpret for the parent #poetry #poemoftheday 3356
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You're on a roll, Ian! I'll be nicking this one. It's not her catchiest title you'd have to say. 010
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It seems she did a few of these. The lighting is extraordinary. 010
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Am I missing something? None of the reports I've read asks what seems an obvious question - why did one of the men phone the police? 021
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Caravaggio's faces are better IMHO, but the energy and drama in Artemesia's are way stronger. 110
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026That's an impressive loaf. Mine taste good but don't look like traditional sourdough loaves. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. 😀 010
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I accept being stung if I've been out of line. But I was innocent. 010
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I reckon I went 40 years without being stung until last year and again this year. Completely unprovoked, I might add. 110
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminds me of that joke. Tom Petty: I won't back down. Tom Reasonable: I'll consider backing down. 020
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Perhaps the concept of human rights ought to be reconsidered. 001
Reposted by Bill TinleyLiam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Léiriú haiku amuigh faoin aer i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla agus rannpháirtíocht an phobail ann. Join us for a haiku reading in Irish and English with Liam Carson – featuring a gingko, or haiku walk, in which the audience will be invited to compose their own haiku.dublinbookfestival.comTrí Mhionlíne / Three Little Lines - Dublin Book FestivalJoin a bilingual Irish and English haiku walking tour with Liam Carson 083
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026But two lines have two questions. So maybe the count is good. 110
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Depending on where you live, they might need to invest in a bigger table. 080
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Or perhaps her publisher thinks so. It's a godawful choice. Admittedly, I have a ridiculous dislike of sans serif, especially on signage. 000
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026That's good to know. I've only ever seen the ss ones. What's with that, do you know? 100
Bill Tinley @btin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I have to confess I can't get past the sans serif. Why would you want your novel to look like a washing-machine instruction manual? I'm curious about Cusk but this piece wouldn't encourage me to bump her up the TBR list. @john-self.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...theguardian.comCelebrity, sex and motherhood misery: the 10 best books by Rachel Cusk … ranked!From an abstract portrait of an actor who might be Natalie Portman to a groundbreaking work of autofiction, we rate the best from the coolly controversial author 100
