Bernadette Kearns │Fiction editor
@booknannyeditor.bsky.social
Developmental editing, line & copy-editing for indie authors & publishers of historical and literary fiction. Love cats. Speak German. Wish I spoke better Irish. She/her.
Full member AFEPI Ireland.
Website: www.booknannyfictioneditor.com
Full member AFEPI Ireland.
Website: www.booknannyfictioneditor.com
Delighted to see this fabulous review for The Planter's Daughter in the Irish Examiner. Congratulations, Susan! 🥳🎉susanlanigan.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Delighted to see this fabulous review for The Planter's Daughter in the Irish Examiner. Congratulations, Susan! 🥳🎉susanlanigan.bsky.social
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📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm
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I've no strong opinion about it, but if they decided to rename my suggestion would be Tomi Reichental who survived Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, moved to Ireland in 1959, and dedicated his later years to educating young Irish people about the Holocaust
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomi_Re...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomi_Re...
Plans to remove name of former Israeli president from Dublin park suspended
Plans to remove name of former Israeli president from Dublin park suspended
City council executive ‘completely messed up’ allowing recommendation to rename park on meeting agenda, says Lord Mayor
www.irishtimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I've no strong opinion about it, but if they decided to rename my suggestion would be Tomi Reichental who survived Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, moved to Ireland in 1959, and dedicated his later years to educating young Irish people about the Holocaust
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomi_Re...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomi_Re...
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I’ll make sure of it 💪
Ah, you're very good. And thanks so much for the copy of the book - I've been showing it to everyone! I really hope The Planter's Daughter gets the success it deserves.
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll make sure of it 💪
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Launch of The Planter's Daughter
Alt of all 4: Susan in various positions, standing and reading, sitting and answering questions from @deshocks.bsky.social, by a large, three-panelled window in the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh.
Alt of all 4: Susan in various positions, standing and reading, sitting and answering questions from @deshocks.bsky.social, by a large, three-panelled window in the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh.
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Launch of The Planter's Daughter
Alt of all 4: Susan in various positions, standing and reading, sitting and answering questions from @deshocks.bsky.social, by a large, three-panelled window in the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh.
Alt of all 4: Susan in various positions, standing and reading, sitting and answering questions from @deshocks.bsky.social, by a large, three-panelled window in the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh.
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I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.
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"When history judges us, it won’t ask how “agile” we were.
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
November 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"When history judges us, it won’t ask how “agile” we were.
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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The FT has a column on Catherine Connolly winning, which is poor.
Instead of the holes where its ideas ought to be, I will link to my 2022 column, written just before Russia invaded Ukraine, which includes my best-effort thoughts on Irish neutrality.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-war...
Instead of the holes where its ideas ought to be, I will link to my 2022 column, written just before Russia invaded Ukraine, which includes my best-effort thoughts on Irish neutrality.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-war...
The Gist: War Talkers
Events around the border between Ukraine and Russia meant that War Talk loomed large in international discussion. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
November 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The FT has a column on Catherine Connolly winning, which is poor.
Instead of the holes where its ideas ought to be, I will link to my 2022 column, written just before Russia invaded Ukraine, which includes my best-effort thoughts on Irish neutrality.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-war...
Instead of the holes where its ideas ought to be, I will link to my 2022 column, written just before Russia invaded Ukraine, which includes my best-effort thoughts on Irish neutrality.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-war...
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"We may cry for the environment, the vulnerable, the homeless, but those tears fall in equity-shaped droplets."
Buladh bos do Colin Sheridan, this piece is exquisite 👏
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
#Speirgorm #IrishPol
Buladh bos do Colin Sheridan, this piece is exquisite 👏
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
#Speirgorm #IrishPol
Colin Sheridan: Ireland is moving so fast, it's forgotten its people
We are a rich country masquerading as a poor one, run by people terrified of annoying people even richer
www.irishexaminer.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"We may cry for the environment, the vulnerable, the homeless, but those tears fall in equity-shaped droplets."
Buladh bos do Colin Sheridan, this piece is exquisite 👏
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
#Speirgorm #IrishPol
Buladh bos do Colin Sheridan, this piece is exquisite 👏
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
#Speirgorm #IrishPol
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Fair dues to John Collison who obviously loves his country too, but …
“You cannot measure the soul of a nation in capital flows. It breathes in the child warmed by a public health nurse, the pensioner safe on a winter night, the worker who does not fear tomorrow. Not in airports and equity markets”
“You cannot measure the soul of a nation in capital flows. It breathes in the child warmed by a public health nurse, the pensioner safe on a winter night, the worker who does not fear tomorrow. Not in airports and equity markets”
Colin Sheridan: Ireland is moving so fast, it's forgotten its people
We are a rich country masquerading as a poor one, run by people terrified of annoying people even richer
www.irishexaminer.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Fair dues to John Collison who obviously loves his country too, but …
“You cannot measure the soul of a nation in capital flows. It breathes in the child warmed by a public health nurse, the pensioner safe on a winter night, the worker who does not fear tomorrow. Not in airports and equity markets”
“You cannot measure the soul of a nation in capital flows. It breathes in the child warmed by a public health nurse, the pensioner safe on a winter night, the worker who does not fear tomorrow. Not in airports and equity markets”
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"...as a matter of law, the house is haunted"
This by a Canadian lawyer is the best thing on ghosts and the law: www.fasken.com/en/commonlaw...
Enjoy.
This by a Canadian lawyer is the best thing on ghosts and the law: www.fasken.com/en/commonlaw...
Enjoy.
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"...as a matter of law, the house is haunted"
This by a Canadian lawyer is the best thing on ghosts and the law: www.fasken.com/en/commonlaw...
Enjoy.
This by a Canadian lawyer is the best thing on ghosts and the law: www.fasken.com/en/commonlaw...
Enjoy.
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Rather than reflecting on why they got things wrong during the election campaign, a distressingly significant section of Ireland's commentariat instead have gone into an active denial of reality, publishing "analysis" with zero relationship with the real world. This is a self-made crisis for media!
October 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Rather than reflecting on why they got things wrong during the election campaign, a distressingly significant section of Ireland's commentariat instead have gone into an active denial of reality, publishing "analysis" with zero relationship with the real world. This is a self-made crisis for media!
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New Gist, In which I explain exactly what kind of idiot I have recently been.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-no-...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-no-...
October 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New Gist, In which I explain exactly what kind of idiot I have recently been.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-no-...
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-no-...
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Connolly’s landslide buries political myths about Ireland’s presidential process - how the establishment's attempts to explain #Aras25 are fatally flawed from the outset, and who really matters in the aftermath.
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
October 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Connolly’s landslide buries political myths about Ireland’s presidential process - how the establishment's attempts to explain #Aras25 are fatally flawed from the outset, and who really matters in the aftermath.
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
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AAAARRRGGGHHH!
Turned off the radio again because they’re STILL going on about spilled votes
THERE WAS A CONCERTED CAMPAIGN BY BAD ACTORS TO GET PEOPLE TO SPOIL THEIR VOTES SO *UNSURPRISINGLY* SOME IDIOTS DID AND NOW MEDIA IDIOTS ARE GIVING THOSE BAD ACTORS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED
Turned off the radio again because they’re STILL going on about spilled votes
THERE WAS A CONCERTED CAMPAIGN BY BAD ACTORS TO GET PEOPLE TO SPOIL THEIR VOTES SO *UNSURPRISINGLY* SOME IDIOTS DID AND NOW MEDIA IDIOTS ARE GIVING THOSE BAD ACTORS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED
October 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
AAAARRRGGGHHH!
Turned off the radio again because they’re STILL going on about spilled votes
THERE WAS A CONCERTED CAMPAIGN BY BAD ACTORS TO GET PEOPLE TO SPOIL THEIR VOTES SO *UNSURPRISINGLY* SOME IDIOTS DID AND NOW MEDIA IDIOTS ARE GIVING THOSE BAD ACTORS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED
Turned off the radio again because they’re STILL going on about spilled votes
THERE WAS A CONCERTED CAMPAIGN BY BAD ACTORS TO GET PEOPLE TO SPOIL THEIR VOTES SO *UNSURPRISINGLY* SOME IDIOTS DID AND NOW MEDIA IDIOTS ARE GIVING THOSE BAD ACTORS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED
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Yes, the people have spoken, but they have said the wrong thing, so we need to rewrite the constitution to make it easier for far-right grifters to reach the presidency without ever running for so much as a council seat
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Oireachtas may have to look at changing the process by which a person gets on the ballot in presidential elections, which he described as "restrictive".
jrnl.ie/6856687
jrnl.ie/6856687
Taoiseach suggests referendum on changing 'restrictive' process for getting on presidential ballot
One in eighter people spoiled their votes.
jrnl.ie
October 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Yes, the people have spoken, but they have said the wrong thing, so we need to rewrite the constitution to make it easier for far-right grifters to reach the presidency without ever running for so much as a council seat
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As I've poimted out numerous times recently, the Irish political establishment has no idea how to deal with the nascent threat of the far right, instinctively taking the wrong option every single time.
Connelly was an independent who did the work, got on the ballot, and won.
The far right did not.
Connelly was an independent who did the work, got on the ballot, and won.
The far right did not.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Oireachtas may have to look at changing the process by which a person gets on the ballot in presidential elections, which he described as "restrictive".
jrnl.ie/6856687
jrnl.ie/6856687
Taoiseach suggests referendum on changing 'restrictive' process for getting on presidential ballot
One in eighter people spoiled their votes.
jrnl.ie
October 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
As I've poimted out numerous times recently, the Irish political establishment has no idea how to deal with the nascent threat of the far right, instinctively taking the wrong option every single time.
Connelly was an independent who did the work, got on the ballot, and won.
The far right did not.
Connelly was an independent who did the work, got on the ballot, and won.
The far right did not.
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Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
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Wegen Corona hat Irland als Pilotprojekt ausgewählten Kunstschaffenden (aktuell 2000) ein Grundeinkommen gezahlt. Es ist so erfolgreich, dass es dauerhaft etabliert werden soll.
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Es gibt zu viele negative News, deswegen poste ich jeden Tag eine #guteNewsdesTages.
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Es gibt zu viele negative News, deswegen poste ich jeden Tag eine #guteNewsdesTages.
October 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Wegen Corona hat Irland als Pilotprojekt ausgewählten Kunstschaffenden (aktuell 2000) ein Grundeinkommen gezahlt. Es ist so erfolgreich, dass es dauerhaft etabliert werden soll.
🎨🎨🎨
Es gibt zu viele negative News, deswegen poste ich jeden Tag eine #guteNewsdesTages.
🎨🎨🎨
Es gibt zu viele negative News, deswegen poste ich jeden Tag eine #guteNewsdesTages.
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I wrote this book because I wanted to do a deep dive into why we Irish are so unforgivably crap at looking after our natural environment and why we resist attempts to mitigate climate change. But in a way that is entertaining and a page-turner. I hope it sparks discussions.
October 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I wrote this book because I wanted to do a deep dive into why we Irish are so unforgivably crap at looking after our natural environment and why we resist attempts to mitigate climate change. But in a way that is entertaining and a page-turner. I hope it sparks discussions.
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On @maireadhearne.bsky.social
#BookReview of #ThePlantersDaughter by Susan Lanigan | @susanlanigan.bsky.social www.swirlandthread.com/the-planters...
#BookReview of #ThePlantersDaughter by Susan Lanigan | @susanlanigan.bsky.social www.swirlandthread.com/the-planters...
The Planter's Daughter by Susan Lanigan | Review
The Planter's Daughter by Susan Lanigan publishes October 19th and is described as 'an eco-crime murder mystery with a century-old feud'
www.swirlandthread.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Thank you for everything you have put into this Bernadette and in the acknowledgements I am very specific that having Sergeant Connolly wear his mask below his nose was 100 per cent your idea :)
October 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Thank you for everything you have put into this Bernadette and in the acknowledgements I am very specific that having Sergeant Connolly wear his mask below his nose was 100 per cent your idea :)
What a lovely review from @maireadhearne.bsky.social for @susanlanigan.bsky.social's wonderful The Planter's Daughter. I had the pleasure of working on this book with Susan and it's a great read.
#BookReview
#ThePlantersDaughter by @susanlanigan.bsky.social
Book 1 in a new series feat. 2 Cork based detectives, Keane & Xiao
Dual timeline (today & Ireland's War of Independence)
Relevant societal themes
Intriguing & emotionally potent
www.swirlandthread.com/the-planters...
#booksky
#ThePlantersDaughter by @susanlanigan.bsky.social
Book 1 in a new series feat. 2 Cork based detectives, Keane & Xiao
Dual timeline (today & Ireland's War of Independence)
Relevant societal themes
Intriguing & emotionally potent
www.swirlandthread.com/the-planters...
#booksky
October 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
What a lovely review from @maireadhearne.bsky.social for @susanlanigan.bsky.social's wonderful The Planter's Daughter. I had the pleasure of working on this book with Susan and it's a great read.
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#BookReview
#ThePlantersDaughter by @susanlanigan.bsky.social
Book 1 in a new series feat. 2 Cork based detectives, Keane & Xiao
Dual timeline (today & Ireland's War of Independence)
Relevant societal themes
Intriguing & emotionally potent
www.swirlandthread.com/the-planters...
#booksky
#ThePlantersDaughter by @susanlanigan.bsky.social
Book 1 in a new series feat. 2 Cork based detectives, Keane & Xiao
Dual timeline (today & Ireland's War of Independence)
Relevant societal themes
Intriguing & emotionally potent
www.swirlandthread.com/the-planters...
#booksky
October 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
#BookReview
#ThePlantersDaughter by @susanlanigan.bsky.social
Book 1 in a new series feat. 2 Cork based detectives, Keane & Xiao
Dual timeline (today & Ireland's War of Independence)
Relevant societal themes
Intriguing & emotionally potent
www.swirlandthread.com/the-planters...
#booksky
#ThePlantersDaughter by @susanlanigan.bsky.social
Book 1 in a new series feat. 2 Cork based detectives, Keane & Xiao
Dual timeline (today & Ireland's War of Independence)
Relevant societal themes
Intriguing & emotionally potent
www.swirlandthread.com/the-planters...
#booksky