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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Reading literature enables you to enter the depths of another human being." Han Kang recd. the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024 for her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." 1st Asian woman to win this prestigious literary award. #books

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

However, Cleverly will bring London back to the good old days

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

When is it due for publication?

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I've been using the Sionnach app

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

He was born in Ireland, spent his early childhood here

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

...and he's another Irish export...

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

When is this to be published?

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I supervise & examine student teachers. I tell them from the outset I don't want to see them using PowerPoint in lessons. It kills learning.

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

#booksky Colm Tóibín and Doireann Ní Ghríofa at Borris @writingandideas.bsky.social Photo by me

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Excellent summary of what is happening

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Han Kang will be @writingandideas.bsky.social on Saturday. Another to consider.

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I think Rooney is more of a cultural than a literary phenomenon, but I'll probably be proven wrong

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Donna Tartt, definitely. I agree on Fosse.

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Mine, with some cheating Ulysses,Joyce 100 Years of Solitude, Marquez Karla/George Smiley trilogy, le Carre Septology, Fosse Amongst Women, McGahern The Secret History,Tartt A Long Long Way, Barry Cloud Atlas, Mitchell The Sportswriter, Ford American Pastoral, Roth +Rites of Passage, Golding

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Picking 10 fav books, is hard but here's a list, not in order, I can live with at the moment.(Some cheating) Ulysses 100 Years of Solitude George Smiley trilogy Septology Amongst Women The Secret History A Long Long Way Cloud Atlas The Sportswriter American Pastoral #booksky #theguardian

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The Secret History William Golding Philip Roth Jon Fosse

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Listen as you read Wonderfully read in Dublin accent Episode 18 - Penelope - Ulysses (Podcast) share.google/5pKJ6bIpXcJp...

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Episode 18 - Penelope

Molly Bloom recalls her day.

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

You're just starting into one of the best chapters

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Great sequel too " A Thousand Moons"

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The Power of Light What a great event in @thedockarts for the 20th anniversary of the death of John McGahern With @sineadgleeson.bsky.social @mylesdungan.bsky.social ,wonderful reading by Jane Brennan ,chaired by Vincent Woods,presented by the Iron Mountain Literature Festival #booksky

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

@hollycairns.bsky.social and @paulmurphy.pbp.ie again doing their best to convince me why they should never be in government. "Opposition unimpressed by Taoiseach’s failure to ‘call out’ US president" www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

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Opposition unimpressed by Taoiseach’s failure to ‘call out’ US president

Irish reaction: A ‘missed opportunity’ to confront Trump over ‘bellicose’ foreign policy

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Butcher's Crossing is excellent. TTSS is brilliant, and you'll have to complete the trilogy Klara definitely unsettling

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Frank Smith @franksmith56.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The great Irish writers, John McGahern, died on March 31st 2006. I showed some stuff I had boxed away to our local librarian in Portarlington, County Laois, and she decided to make a display, and track down all his books. #booksky

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