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Gareth Conway @thegarethconway.bsky.social · 22h

🎄Greg's newest Christmas adventure is out TODAY!🎄

Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My father bought me this series when I was a child and I loved it. Looking back, it really fit with his pattern of introducing me to media that wasn’t really suitable for my age.

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John Connolly @jconnollybooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's #BannedBooksWeek in the US, and look what we saw on a list of challenged titles . . . if you haven't already read THE BOOK OF LOST THINGS, it's the perfect time to do that.

Recently Challenged Books:
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The idea that reading a book in public is considered 'performative' says everything you need to know about the dramatic decline in the intelligence of society.

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John Connolly @jconnollybooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

¡Hola Buenos Aires! Nos vemos mañana en El Ateneo Grand Splendid.

JOHN CONNOLLY
EN BUENOS AIRES
el autor conversará con Horacio Convertini
Martes 29 de Septiembre
18:30H
La entrega de receptores para la traducción simultanea se hará
a partir de las 18:00H
ATENEO GRAND SPLENDID, Av. Sta. Fe 1860
Entrada libre y gratuita hasta Colmar Sala

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Scuzzy Mortspider 🕷️ 🎃 @jussienorthside.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Janice Turner has no background or training in medicine, neuroscience, psychology or psychiatry.

Janice Turner: Is your ADHD diagnosis really helping you?
A huge increase in those claiming the condition as well as receiving Pip to cope with it risks creating a lost generation

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EveryHeron 𓅣 @everyheron.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

My kid is going to know what a Heron is by Matt Clegg. #HeronPoem

Watchers
What do you think you're doing? my wife asks
Each time I bundle our kid in a sling
And take her out, early, before the trucks
Hammer the roads. We leave the estate, walk along
The dual carriageway for a mile or so
Then cross the central reservation. Once
We surprised a brace of rabbits where weeds grow
Behind a bill-board, but never again since.
We're heading for the spot where the road cuts
Over the river. We can wait a long time
And often go un-rewarded, but it's
Worth it for the off-chance of seeing him
Slow-step the ebb and flow with such grace.
My kid is going to know what a heron is.
Matt Clegg

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John Connolly @jconnollybooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ABC to XTC is next at the top of the hour on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from U2, Bryan Ferry, Siouxsie & the Banshees and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m also old enough to have been taught cursive in school. Over the years my writing declined as I was always in a rush to take notes in lectures and that stuck. So now it’s lovely to take my time, without pressure and just practice. Sometimes the old ways really are the best.

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I have recently found this out! I’m just happy that it helps me and tbh, I really enjoy doing it too and seeing my handwriting improve. It’s a little ‘me’ time in the mornings. Forcing myself to slow down is very difficult so I concentrate on getting the letters formed properly and that helps.

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thank you! It’s something that works for me but I generally find doing something with my hands helps me focus better than staring at screens.

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just as an fyi, it took me about a week or two to notice a consistent difference. So give a few weeks to see if there’s any improvement.

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Are you’re very welcome! I really hope it works for you. Tbh, I tried this because I’m trying to complete a PhD & found concentrating for long times so difficult. However, on days where I’m in archives & have to write by hand my concentration was much better. Good luck with it!

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is true, ghouls can’t help what they are tbf. Whereas the Tories…

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Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Such sad news of the passing of Dr Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social who brought light, humour, horses in archaeology and simple humanity to us. She faced her short illness with dignity and courage #FuckCancer #SpeirGorm

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m so very sorry to hear this news. Rena was so kind and an absolute fount of knowledge. She will be sorely missed and I’m very sorry for your loss.

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Screens have zapped my attention span so much that the remedy is to now spend 30-60mins each morning practicing my cursive by copying sections from textbooks. This has helped enormously with areas like focus, concentration and information retention. Plus, my handwriting has improved to no end!

An open notebook sits on top of a William Morris desk mat. In the notebook is a section copied from a textbook, written in cursive, with the green Kaweco fountain pen used to write, laying on top of the page.
It reads: “…kept ‘in garrets among the rich and in outhouses among the poor’. This feeling was now almost gone, with the result that more people sought admission to public and private asylums fourthly, emigration, which had so seriously depleted the population…”
This has been copied from the book “Grangegorman: Psychiatric Care in Dublin since 1815” by Joseph Reynolds.

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John Connolly @jconnollybooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

El nuevo boletín informativo tiene una versión en español, para nuestros lectores en esa idioma. La nueva boletín será disponible aquí pronto: www.johnconnollybooks.com/news-letter/...

johnconnollybooks.com

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John Connolly @jconnollybooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A newsletter's going out tonight with information about upcoming events in Chile, Argentina, and Spain. If you're not already subscribing, you can sign up at www.johnconnollybooks.com

johnconnollybooks.com

Home | John Connolly Books

John Connolly is a bestselling author of mystery and supernatural fiction. With over 30 published works, including the popular Charlie Parker series, his books have captivated readers around the worl...

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John Connolly @jconnollybooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A RIVER RED WITH BLOOD "reminded me exactly why I enjoy [the Charlie Parker novels] so much." Kind words from Featz Reviews: featzreviews.com/a-river-red-...

The cover of A RIVER RED WITH BLOOD: A Charlie Parker Thriller by John Connolly.
"No killing close to home. No killing outside the Game."
"One of the best thriller writers we have." — Harlan Coben

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Christopher Ramsay 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦🌻🇬🇱 @iotechris.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This has appeared elsewhere; crypto boss multi-million £ donations to Fartage are not going down well, so people are getting creative.

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Isn’t there always a perfect David gif? He’s so amazing 🤩

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Shout out to all the people in the arts and creative sector in NI who, facing sustained underinvestment and a crippling lack of public funding, have to put up with a ministerial response as jaw dropping as "why don't you own a farm and daub some paint in your spare time?" ...

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Life as a Schitt’s Creek ep no.7572. Explaining to my OH that the soap is not in fact, something else bathroom related… H: is that poop? M: what?!? No it’s soap! H: why does it look like poop? M: omg it’s made of coffee grinds & peppermint oils! H: but it looks like poop! M: you’re so uncultured!

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David Rose in Polka Dot Sweater and Towel Turban

Alt: David Rose in polka dot jumper and towel turban walks dramatically into the bathroom while judging you.

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John Connolly @jconnollybooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I reviewed the new biography of M.R. James by @profdarryljones.bsky.social for @irishtimes.com today…

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We got the Irish episodes of Murder She Wrote in part, due to the Manson Family, after Angela Lansbury’s daughter started to get caught up with them and the drug scene. Lansbury moved her family to Ireland and in a roundabout way, episodes of MSW set in Ireland happened because of her base there.

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My heart dropped reading this…😬

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

These are the things I do now, in between the writing & the searching of archives, both digital & paper. Clawing back the years between patient, drawing, hospital & now. In amongst the stress are days like this, where you find you’re walking *with* the patient, not preaching from behind a keyboard.

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Spent the day hunting the spot of a landscape drawn 125 yrs ago, the hospital building both old & new, the trees now tall & dense. Is that the gate? What about that line of trees? Did she sit here & draw this place, in the sun, the the wind in her hair & the birds singing? Is she here with me still?

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“How will we ever replace them?” FUND. THE. ARTS.

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

One of my absolute favourite pieces of art is by the amazing @davegaskin.bsky.social and it’s Tim curry as Frank n’ Furter. This week has really sucked

A small portrait of Tim Curry as Dr Frank n’ Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture Show in a black, ornate frame.

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Derry Sketcher @derrysketcher.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Congratulations and very well deserved! 👏

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

imaginationlibrary.com

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Brad Meltzer @bradmeltzer.com · 25/08/2026

Writer. Philanthropist. Businesswoman. Kindest around. Her Imagination Library has gifted over 300 million books, and that number grows by 2 million every month! The first book she started with? The Little Engine that Could. She will forever amaze me. RIP Dolly Parton #dollyparton

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Mountbatten preyed on vulnerable children www.irishacademicpress.ie/product/kinc...

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Gareth Conway @thegarethconway.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Cover reveal! Publishing in the U.S of A next year! A funny and bright board book by Kirsti Call and me 😁 @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

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Ethel Crimble @ethelcrimble.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A terrific mensch.

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Paul Harrison-Davies @paulmhd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

So much to worry about here.

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Jen @jenillustrates.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Day 7 #DrawingAugust & I’m camping out in the coffee shop this morning for a couple of hours of me time.

On a table is yet another stylised illustrated bookmark & it’s of a Mari Lwyd with a mouse, fungi, seedheads & grasses as part of its cloak. Also on the table is my pencil, fineliner & tombow mono eraser. Part of my pencil case & coffee cup are also a tiny bit in the photo

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Marc (with a Sea) Diamond @marcwithasea.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Bit of shameless self promotion! Sunday, 11am. Greystones. Me. A wee workshop on creativity and play. Fun! Do come along! Tickets on sale now. ☺️ Greystones book festival!

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