Jane Casey
@janecasey.bsky.social
Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and The Killing Kind (now on TV!). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
An enthusiastic discussion of a celebrity's crime novel on Facebook, highly recommended, lots of enthusiasm from people planning to buy it immediately. 'I hope [x] writes another!' The urge to reply, 'well, [x] didn't write this one, so...'
January 26, 2026 at 9:17 AM
An enthusiastic discussion of a celebrity's crime novel on Facebook, highly recommended, lots of enthusiasm from people planning to buy it immediately. 'I hope [x] writes another!' The urge to reply, 'well, [x] didn't write this one, so...'
There was a no-biscuits-no-chair meeting about this near miss.
January 24, 2026 at 2:26 PM
There was a no-biscuits-no-chair meeting about this near miss.
I've done so much work today simply because I was avoiding the ironing.
January 23, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I've done so much work today simply because I was avoiding the ironing.
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ME: so is lizard short for elizabethard or elizardbeth
ZOOKEEPER: no flirting with the lizard sir
ZOOKEEPER: no flirting with the lizard sir
January 22, 2026 at 3:59 PM
ME: so is lizard short for elizabethard or elizardbeth
ZOOKEEPER: no flirting with the lizard sir
ZOOKEEPER: no flirting with the lizard sir
We are back from the dog walk and he is sad even though he’s had half of my lunch (why is he fat? Is it the brie?)
January 21, 2026 at 1:10 PM
We are back from the dog walk and he is sad even though he’s had half of my lunch (why is he fat? Is it the brie?)
The privilege of being a writer: getting Hooked by Asako Yusuki in this stunning proof. It’s out in March.
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 AM
The privilege of being a writer: getting Hooked by Asako Yusuki in this stunning proof. It’s out in March.
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Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.
January 20, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.
People didn't think Brooklyn Beckham had a useful function in the world but look how much he has improved today for all of us.
January 19, 2026 at 10:44 PM
People didn't think Brooklyn Beckham had a useful function in the world but look how much he has improved today for all of us.
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What they really want to do is direct.
Sharks are famous for their fearsome teeth. That could change
Sharks are famous for their fearsome teeth. That could change
Sharks are famous for their fearsome teeth. That could change
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM
What they really want to do is direct.
I feel like someone needs to mansplain mansplaining to James Jeffrey.
Maybe it's just me but it feels like the propaganda factory's running at maximum speed but is shifting into Charlie Chaplain in Modern Times/Lucille Ball working at the chocolate factory territory
January 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I feel like someone needs to mansplain mansplaining to James Jeffrey.
My UK PLR statement has arrived. Always a pleasure to see the record of loans and imagine people who could read anything at all deciding to read your books. Thank you, librarians and staff!
January 19, 2026 at 10:13 AM
My UK PLR statement has arrived. Always a pleasure to see the record of loans and imagine people who could read anything at all deciding to read your books. Thank you, librarians and staff!
People have started using AI to write Facebook posts and it’s such an unholy cocktail of bad opinions portentously expressed.
January 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM
People have started using AI to write Facebook posts and it’s such an unholy cocktail of bad opinions portentously expressed.
Delighted to see these little guys today on the dog walk (and they were NOT trampled by either the fat spaniel or the shortsighted writer).
January 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Delighted to see these little guys today on the dog walk (and they were NOT trampled by either the fat spaniel or the shortsighted writer).
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John Boorman is 93.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
January 18, 2026 at 12:14 PM
John Boorman is 93.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
I’m reading two really excellent books at the moment and can feel myself looking at the world slightly differently every day. Book one: The Night Stairs by @mserinkelly.bsky.social which is out in July. Book two: How to End a Story by Helen Garner, diaries, available now.
January 17, 2026 at 11:13 AM
I’m reading two really excellent books at the moment and can feel myself looking at the world slightly differently every day. Book one: The Night Stairs by @mserinkelly.bsky.social which is out in July. Book two: How to End a Story by Helen Garner, diaries, available now.
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Tough ol' time for art sales of late and I depend solely on it for a living, so if you like anything I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for friends or family. If you hate what I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for enemies or nemeses.
If, like me, you did NOT get the ONE thing you wanted from Santy (a 95-year-old bachelor farmer with plenty land and a bad cough), treat yourself to a print from an Irish doodler instead - big discounts across the shop, including on bundles, so go on. Go on go on go ON.
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
January 17, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Tough ol' time for art sales of late and I depend solely on it for a living, so if you like anything I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for friends or family. If you hate what I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for enemies or nemeses.
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Louvre worthy
January 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Louvre worthy
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Seahan Passage Tombs • Dublin
The exposed chamber of a Neolithic passage tomb, with a second cairn topped by an OS pillar in the background.
These are two of the 11 recorded passage tombs in the Dublin Mountains. The uplands south of the capital are a significant Neolithic landscape.
#Ireland
The exposed chamber of a Neolithic passage tomb, with a second cairn topped by an OS pillar in the background.
These are two of the 11 recorded passage tombs in the Dublin Mountains. The uplands south of the capital are a significant Neolithic landscape.
#Ireland
January 17, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Seahan Passage Tombs • Dublin
The exposed chamber of a Neolithic passage tomb, with a second cairn topped by an OS pillar in the background.
These are two of the 11 recorded passage tombs in the Dublin Mountains. The uplands south of the capital are a significant Neolithic landscape.
#Ireland
The exposed chamber of a Neolithic passage tomb, with a second cairn topped by an OS pillar in the background.
These are two of the 11 recorded passage tombs in the Dublin Mountains. The uplands south of the capital are a significant Neolithic landscape.
#Ireland
I have a sample of perfume that smells, to me, like a sexy ashtray, and at first I was appalled but now I quite like it?
January 16, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I have a sample of perfume that smells, to me, like a sexy ashtray, and at first I was appalled but now I quite like it?
People may recall I got a cat tracker some months ago and Felix was low on the local cats leaderboard for activity. Well! (He was number two this morning but has been in bed for five hours. Snooze: lose etc.)
January 16, 2026 at 10:55 AM
People may recall I got a cat tracker some months ago and Felix was low on the local cats leaderboard for activity. Well! (He was number two this morning but has been in bed for five hours. Snooze: lose etc.)
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Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
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hey Mom can you come pick me up. yeah everyone on the niche microblogging website is arguing about who has the correct emotional posture to the unknowable future again
January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
hey Mom can you come pick me up. yeah everyone on the niche microblogging website is arguing about who has the correct emotional posture to the unknowable future again
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✂️ Yesterday I finally responded to @agakowalska.bsky.social’s challenge to make a collage from a single piece of packaging. I present to you a green (tea) woodpecker, made from a big Yorkshire Tea box. It was fun and I’ll be rooting through our recycling bin for more materials later on ♻️
January 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM
✂️ Yesterday I finally responded to @agakowalska.bsky.social’s challenge to make a collage from a single piece of packaging. I present to you a green (tea) woodpecker, made from a big Yorkshire Tea box. It was fun and I’ll be rooting through our recycling bin for more materials later on ♻️
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For only £1.99 you can have the ENTIRE #DarkIcelandSeries on either KOBO or APPLE.
That is SIX books for £1.99!😱
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#DEALS #IcelandicSeries #DarkIceland #Iceland #NordicNoir #ebookdeals #SnowBlind
January 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
🚨DEAL ALERT🚨
For only £1.99 you can have the ENTIRE #DarkIcelandSeries on either KOBO or APPLE.
That is SIX books for £1.99!😱
KOBO: 🔗https://geni.us/N8iU
APPLE: 🔗https://geni.us/jxugFC
#DEALS #IcelandicSeries #DarkIceland #Iceland #NordicNoir #ebookdeals #SnowBlind
For only £1.99 you can have the ENTIRE #DarkIcelandSeries on either KOBO or APPLE.
That is SIX books for £1.99!😱
KOBO: 🔗https://geni.us/N8iU
APPLE: 🔗https://geni.us/jxugFC
#DEALS #IcelandicSeries #DarkIceland #Iceland #NordicNoir #ebookdeals #SnowBlind
@fliceverett.bsky.social this made me think of you! ❤️
“There,” said Toad. “Now I feel better. I am not in the dumps anymore.”
“Why?” asked Frog.
“Because I have done all that work,” said Toad.
“Why?” asked Frog.
“Because I have done all that work,” said Toad.
January 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
@fliceverett.bsky.social this made me think of you! ❤️