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Barbara Leahy
@barbleahy.bsky.social
Cork writer represented by Ger Nichol of The Book Bureau.
Debut novel REMBRANDT’S PROMISE out now! https://geni.us/rembrandtspromise
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Delighted with today’s review of Rembrandt’s Promise in the Irish Times, “a powerful picture of dire revenge” ☺️❤️🌷
#rembrandtspromise
@irishtimes.com @gillhessassociates.bsky.social @martindoyle.bsky.social @rte.ie
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Want to up your POV game? Uncover the mysteries of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and use of multiple POVs to deepen your reader experience. Come join my 4-week online course in November through @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/flas...
Flash Fiction Point-of-View Deep Dive with Marie Gethins - Irish Writers Centre
The most distilled prose form, flash fiction relies on suggestion—layered meaning that is off the page.
irishwriterscentre.ie
September 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Visiting old friends at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ❤️ @rijksmuseum.bsky.social #rembrandtspromise #dutchart #rembrandt #amsterdam
August 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Árbol de la Vida [Tree of Life], 1976 by Ana Mendieta
July 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Corkonians!
There's a Cork launch for *Menagerie* in stunning Glenville Park - 12th July, 2.30pm. Join us for a reading, & tea, coffee, and cake 💚

RSVP:
enquiries AT glenvillepark dot com
June 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Tickets for Barbara Leahy's WCLF event are almost sold out. Listen to @barbleahy.bsky.social's recent piece @rteradio1.bsky.social Sunday Miscellany & grab a ticket whilst you can for our 10am Coffee & Chat, Bantry House Friday 18 July
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Barbara Leahy: Rembrandt’s Promise - West Cork Music
Barbara Leahy’s Rembrandt’s Promise opens in 1642. The Dutch Golden Age is underway, with rapidly expanding Amsterdam at the height of its powers.
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June 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Post-war wanderings, a pair of Rembrandt portraits, and pilgrimages of the heart: Sunday Miscellany is on now
@rteradio1.bsky.social
Tune in! Denis Tuohy Clare O'Dea
@barbleahy.bsky.social Kerry Neville Alan Cook Lani O'Hanlon
Listen in/listen back at rte.ie/radio/radio1/sunday-miscellany
May 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I’ll be talking about Oopjen and Marten, the Posh & Becks of the 17th century on RTE Radio 1 tomorrow morning from 09:10 👠🪭@gillhessassociates.bsky.social @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social @rte.ie @wcorklitfest.bsky.social #sundaymiscellany #rembrandtspromise
May 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Delighted with today’s review of Rembrandt’s Promise in the Irish Times, “a powerful picture of dire revenge” ☺️❤️🌷
#rembrandtspromise
@irishtimes.com @gillhessassociates.bsky.social @martindoyle.bsky.social @rte.ie
May 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Thank you @irishexaminer.bsky.social for today’s review “solidly constructed” “spare and elegant prose” “This is Barbara Leahy’s first novel: it’s a fine one” ☺️🌷#rembrandtspromise
@gillhessassociates.bsky.social @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Delighted to see this piece by Donal O’Donoghue in current RTÉ Guide! ☺️🌷#rembrandtspromise
@rte.ie @gillhessassociates.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Thanks to John Breen and all at Waterstones Cork for a brilliant launch night for #rembrandtspromise ☺️🌷 @waterstones.bsky.social @gillhessassociates.bsky.social
@lyndamarron.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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#BookReview

1642. ­The Dutch Golden Age is underway

#RembrandtsPromise by @barbleahy.bsky.social

Eloquent and meticulously researched debut inspired by the relationship between Geertje Dircx & Rembrandt

OUT now w/ Eriu Books

#TuesdayBookBlog 💙📚
#Books

www.swirlandthread.com/rembrandts-p...
April 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Launch night for #rembrandtspromise Tues 8th April @waterstones.bsky.social #cork All welcome!🌷
April 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Rembrandt’s Promise launching Tues 8th April 18:30 at Waterstones, Cork. All welcome!!🌷 #rembrandtspromise @waterstones @gillhessassociates.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Congratulations @barbleahy.bsky.social on the publication of your debut novel! 👏
March 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It’s publication day for my debut novel #rembrandtspromise! Thank you @eriu_books for helping me to tell Geertje’s story
March 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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📗📗BOOK REVIEW📗📗
Rembrandt’s Promise by Barbara Leahy
Published 27 March

Full review ➡️ t.ly/EIuMV

“A dark and emotional historical novel and one I very much enjoyed.”

@barbleahy.bsky.social #bonnierbooks
March 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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The scent that came from the dress was very faint at first, then it grew stronger. The smell of vetiver and frangipani, of cinnamon and dust and lime trees when they are flowering. The smell of the sun and the smell of the rain.
February 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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I just finished reading REMBRANDT'S PROMISE, Barbara Leahy's @barbleahy.bsky.social debut novel, and it's a TRIUMPH! With her vivid depiction of the Low Countries during the Dutch Golden Age, and with such rich characters, I can only guess that Barbara has a time machine!

Get it on March 27!
February 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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There's a sign out in front of Kerouac House where I'm in residence. At least once a day, someone pulls up in their car or on foot to read it. Three people from England just stopped by. The man, a huge Kerouac fan. I let them in and gave them a tour. It was so lovely to chat with them! 💙
February 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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The Irish saint and goddess entwined, Brigid is associated with blacksmiths, spring, and cattle, among others, and stories like blinding herself to repel men's unwanted attention. The three-armed cross here represents both the triple goddess and the trinity. Lá Fhéile Bríde shona daoibh 🌸
February 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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I'm delighted to have a short story forthcoming in Issue 6 of Raw Lit, and to be in such esteemed company!
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January 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM