Angus Laverty
@gusclaw.bsky.social
Working in Public Affairs. Media and politics junkie but really lovin' literature, tunes…..and rugby! ‘Fail we may, Sail we must’.
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
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Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
The €10,000 prize, awarded annually since 1976, celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40
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November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
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Some beautiful interchange between #RoyalMail and #AnPost to land this beauty in my hallway Cannot wait for evening to get stuck in @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social Salut!
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Some beautiful interchange between #RoyalMail and #AnPost to land this beauty in my hallway Cannot wait for evening to get stuck in @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social Salut!
Dylan gets my vote everytime
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Dylan gets my vote everytime
I dont mean to gush @ronanhession.bsky.social Loved the book but the tv version #LeonardandHungryPaul is just, just lovely I just sit here watching with a great stupid grin on my face Chapeau to you Sir
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I dont mean to gush @ronanhession.bsky.social Loved the book but the tv version #LeonardandHungryPaul is just, just lovely I just sit here watching with a great stupid grin on my face Chapeau to you Sir
It's a sad indictment when one's happiness is the based on the arrival of the 151 bus #Dublincanbeheaven #Ornot
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
It's a sad indictment when one's happiness is the based on the arrival of the 151 bus #Dublincanbeheaven #Ornot
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"[Philip] Marlowe is one of the immortals, up there with Don Quixote, Emma Bovary and Leopold Bloom."
John Banville
John Banville
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"[Philip] Marlowe is one of the immortals, up there with Don Quixote, Emma Bovary and Leopold Bloom."
John Banville
John Banville
Saying goodbye to some newish pals off to new homes Always find this bookshelf easing process cathartic but with a touch of melancholy Hoping to use the new #AnPost @oxfamireland.bsky.social service to send them on their way
October 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Saying goodbye to some newish pals off to new homes Always find this bookshelf easing process cathartic but with a touch of melancholy Hoping to use the new #AnPost @oxfamireland.bsky.social service to send them on their way
“I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, downthrow and upheaval, and my effort is their self-expression.” Happy birthday Dylan Thomas BOTD 1914
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, downthrow and upheaval, and my effort is their self-expression.” Happy birthday Dylan Thomas BOTD 1914
Maybe the tie wasn't the biggest problem with this guy @bbclaurak.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Maybe the tie wasn't the biggest problem with this guy @bbclaurak.bsky.social
Nooooooo the tiiiiiiiiiieeeee Could no one have a word @bbclaurak.bsky.social #BBCLauraK
October 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Nooooooo the tiiiiiiiiiieeeee Could no one have a word @bbclaurak.bsky.social #BBCLauraK
Very sad to hear this, proud son of North Wexford parents, had a blast covering his trip to the homeland as PM www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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October 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Very sad to hear this, proud son of North Wexford parents, had a blast covering his trip to the homeland as PM www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Soundtrack for the weekend Joe Webb's 'Hamstrings and Hurricanes' Brilliant album He wowed #MercuryAward2025 prize night and he's currently wowing my eardrums
October 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Soundtrack for the weekend Joe Webb's 'Hamstrings and Hurricanes' Brilliant album He wowed #MercuryAward2025 prize night and he's currently wowing my eardrums
Well the start looks promising What a backing group #Pulp #mercuryprize2025 #Newcastle But actually I'm here for Martin Carty
October 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Well the start looks promising What a backing group #Pulp #mercuryprize2025 #Newcastle But actually I'm here for Martin Carty
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The British Library has honoured late Irish writer Oscar Wilde by reissuing a reader's card in his name, 130 years after his original was revoked following his conviction for "gross indecency".
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Oscar Wilde's British Library card reissued 130 years after being revoked over gay conviction
The celebrated Irish writer had his pass revoked in 1895 after being imprisoned for a gay relationship.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The British Library has honoured late Irish writer Oscar Wilde by reissuing a reader's card in his name, 130 years after his original was revoked following his conviction for "gross indecency".
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Just me, the author and Bob Dylan At the launch of Anne Ireton's 'Bohemian Whirlpools' this evening Anne summons the spirit of Bob Dylan 'he not busy being born is busy dying' to kick off the evening
October 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Just me, the author and Bob Dylan At the launch of Anne Ireton's 'Bohemian Whirlpools' this evening Anne summons the spirit of Bob Dylan 'he not busy being born is busy dying' to kick off the evening
Spending this evening in the library Gorey Library that is and attending the launch of Anne Ireton's latest book 'Bohemian Whirlpools' #Literarypursuits
October 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Spending this evening in the library Gorey Library that is and attending the launch of Anne Ireton's latest book 'Bohemian Whirlpools' #Literarypursuits
Reposted by Angus Laverty
Muireann Bradley is California dreamin’ after landing dream gig with Neil Young and Lana Del Rey www.donegaldaily.com/2025/10/09/m...
Muireann Bradley is California dreamin’ after landing dream gig with Neil Young and Lana Del Rey - Donegal Daily
FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint Ballybofey blues star Muireann Bradley will share the stage with Neil Young, Beck and Lana Del Ray at a…
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October 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Muireann Bradley is California dreamin’ after landing dream gig with Neil Young and Lana Del Rey www.donegaldaily.com/2025/10/09/m...
Reposted by Angus Laverty
Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: For those familiar with Heaney’s work, the new poems will keep them going well beyond Christmas. But soon, the core of the book will matter more – the 12 volumes Heaney published in his lifetime placed in sequence.
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Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: ‘A process of finding echoes and associations’
This book contains Heaney’s unpublished poems plus all those from his single books of poetry published
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October 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: For those familiar with Heaney’s work, the new poems will keep them going well beyond Christmas. But soon, the core of the book will matter more – the 12 volumes Heaney published in his lifetime placed in sequence.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Another cracker from the One True crew including the wonderful Valerie Hemingway podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/o...
J. Gerald Kennedy and Valerie Hemingway on the 1957-1961 Letters
Podcast Episode · One True Podcast · 09/10/2025 · 1h 11m
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October 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Another cracker from the One True crew including the wonderful Valerie Hemingway podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/o...
Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins
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Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins
The prize, considered the most prestigious literary prize in the world, is worth almost €1 million and has had four Irish winners in the past
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October 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Nobel Prize in Literature 2025: Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins
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Met this guy in Corsica and he insisted on coming home with me He has now taken up residence on my bookshelves with Socrates, Lenin, and a few others, quite the chatter going on
October 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Met this guy in Corsica and he insisted on coming home with me He has now taken up residence on my bookshelves with Socrates, Lenin, and a few others, quite the chatter going on
My view for the last few days Lovely Santa Teresa Gallura in Sardinia, looking out towards Corsica and also the sea cliffs and the magnificent guarding the citadel at Bonifacio
October 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My view for the last few days Lovely Santa Teresa Gallura in Sardinia, looking out towards Corsica and also the sea cliffs and the magnificent guarding the citadel at Bonifacio
Boyhood box ticked with a short visit to the magnificent citadel of Bonifacio and a chance encounter with this monument to fallen members of the French Foreign Legion #Corsica Wonderful time explaining empires and pirates and some fine drinking and dining too
October 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Boyhood box ticked with a short visit to the magnificent citadel of Bonifacio and a chance encounter with this monument to fallen members of the French Foreign Legion #Corsica Wonderful time explaining empires and pirates and some fine drinking and dining too
Bit of 'me time' ahead and next bit of reading just sorted My companions for the next few days will be the great Lyse Doucet and Robert Winder I will most be all about Afghanistan, and the three sisters Rhine, Rhône and Po
September 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Bit of 'me time' ahead and next bit of reading just sorted My companions for the next few days will be the great Lyse Doucet and Robert Winder I will most be all about Afghanistan, and the three sisters Rhine, Rhône and Po
Spending evenings of Greek rapture thanks to @theresthistory.bsky.social wonderful four part series on Gods and Myths as only Holland and Sandbrook can deliver Worth rushing home every evening for this treat @holland-tom.bsky.social
The Rest Is History (@theresthistory.bsky.social)
History + bad accents, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Spending evenings of Greek rapture thanks to @theresthistory.bsky.social wonderful four part series on Gods and Myths as only Holland and Sandbrook can deliver Worth rushing home every evening for this treat @holland-tom.bsky.social