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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Rooted in memory, place, and music, the essays move between childhood, family, loss, the changing seasons, and growing up in Northern Ireland by Tom Shiels @itstomshiels.bsky.social storiessongsseasons.substack.com/p/stories-so...

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Stories. Songs. Seasons.

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Thank you Stu! That’s really helpful and will do!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Thank you so much, that’s so good to know! X

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Hello! It’s so lovely to see you too! Xx

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Hello David, it’s so lovely to see you too! I hope you and yours are ok, and hope you have a wonderful weekend x

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Hello Shirley! It’s lovely to see you too - that looks like a really interesting read too!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Hello you! It’s so lovely to see you here. I really miss how it used to be over there, so am hoping this will be a much more interactive place! All well here - still reading, still talking about books! Hope all is well with you too xx

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Thank you - I’ll add it to the list!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Hello Rose! It’s lovely to see you too - I really miss chatting, and thought I would try here! Xx

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Well hello Janet! Fancy meeting you here! Xxx

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Don’t be embarrassed - there’s no expiry date for books! I haven’t read that one, but loved The Secret History.

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Oh I haven’t read The Namesake, but loved Self-Portrait of a Boy!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Hello Rachel! That sounds like a lovely way to spend some time after all the business of the Book Fair!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Oh that’s good to know Sarah! It’s lovely to be able to actually talk to bookish people again! Xx

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Oh thank you - could you tell me more about it?

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Hooray! I miss having conversations with people about books, so am hoping here is much more chatty! X

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Hello Jane, lovely to see you too! Xx

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Hello! I am currently reading Absence by Issa Quincy - how about you?

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I think that’s very good advice, thank you!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

It’s been a while since I posted here - am trying to decide the best place to post about books (posting about books on Twitter (refuse to call it x) is like shouting into the void now!). So hello, and hope you are reading something brilliant!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

So did I! All fine here, how are you? X

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I haven’t actually, but will add it to my list!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

It’s a brilliant novel - I really hope you love it too!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I have just started it and am loving it!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Weekend Reading - picture taken with help from Youngest Years of Reading and I realised that’s a lot of blue! Am currently reading #Sleep by #HonorJones and chose #ThreeDaysInJune by #AnneTyler plus #ThisIsWhyWeCantHaveNiceThings by #NaomiWood I hope you are reading something fabulous today too!

This is a picture of a stack of three blue books taken against a very blue sky yesterday afternoon outside in my garden!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I completely loved #MySalingerYear by @joannarakoff.bsky.social If you read the book, you’ll see why I chose these others too! It’s a book about life, growing up, and loving books and reading with all your heart. If you love books as much as me, #MySalingerYear should be on your reading list.

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Isn’t it just! Oh you are in for such a treat with Hold Still too - absolutely incredible!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Not sure what day it is, but I do know that #SelfPortraitWithBoy by Rachel Lyon has me hooked, and is the perfect read after #HoldStill by Sally Mann. Photographer Lu accidentally captures her neighbour’s son falling to his death, and is faced with a moral dilemma as to what to do with the picture.

The picture shows a copy of Self Portrait with Boy by Rachel Lyon on top of a pale blue duvet with branches of white and yellow blossom on it. Next to the book, Jasper, my three year old fox red Labrador is fast asleep!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Sneaking in some of my Christmas reading before the chaos starts! FYI #InJudgementofOthers by @eanstruther.bsky.social is out in February, and it’s so so good - I know lots of you would love this one!

This is a picture of a copy of In Judgement of others by Eleanor Anstruther on my duvet, with my dog Jasper who is a fox red Labrador lying next to it.

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Oh thank you Cathy, I will have a look.

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Hey you! It’s so lovely to see you here xx

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Nothing like realising your library book is due back on Saturday and you can’t renew it! Fortunately #TheEchoes by #EvieWyld is a brilliant read so I won’t be getting a fine this time! (I also feel like I am cheating on the other book I’m reading to finish this one…)

The photo is of a copy of The Echoes by Evie Wyld on top of a pale blue duvet cover which has brown branches yellow and white blossom on it

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I’m so sorry Laura. I know how incredibly hard it is, and am sending you and your family much love, and am here if you need a chat xxx

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Brat summer is a distant memory, its battleaxe winter: season of boilers, dragons & fearsome maiden aunts. Get in girls, we’re wearing our most moth eaten fur coats & rocking up in a fug of Embassy & Yardley with a box of York Fruits & a bottle of Harvey’s Bristol Cream & shit’s about to get real

Character from 1970s coronation street toasting small glasses of sherry by a Christmas tree while wearing party hats

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I hope your Mum has a lovely time Linda, and that you have a lovely day too xx

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

No, I’ve no idea why I woke up with back ache this morning…

A picture of Jasper, my fox red Labrador who fell asleep on my bed and took up most of it so I couldn’t get my legs in!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Yes please Sam if I’m not too late!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Oh I am so pleased! Now you have two more to enjoy too!

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Weekend reading has arrived! Thank you to @matineegirl1.bsky.social and @mslisahighton.bsky.social for keeping me informed about its publication, and now I have my copy of #TheCliffs by #JCourtneySullivan to lose myself in! It’s out now from Abacus if you fancy adding it to your reading list..

This is a copy of The Cliffs by J Courtney Sullivan on a wooden tabletop

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Beloved readers and writers of all things, I present a tv show all about reading and writing. Guests Inc Elif Shafak, Jackie Kay, @colsonwhitehead.com @naomialderman.bsky.social & shelves more. It’s on BBC. It’s called the Big Scottish Book Club. Enjoy! 📖 📺 ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Scotland - The Big Scottish Book Club

Damian Barr interviews some of the biggest names in fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

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Years Of Reading @yearsofreading.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Oh I’m so pleased! Isn’t it good!

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