Jim Loughran
@jiminwalkinstown.bsky.social
After 30 years working in human rights have turned to writing historical fiction. First novel, 'The Bratinsky Affair' out on Amazon with Sharpe Books Second book 'Syracuse Must Burn' at first cut. Love all things French (and Spanish) and ancient history.
At 97, the Bard of Albany Still Spins Tales of Gangsters and Politicians www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a... #WilliamKennedy Sometimes I'm shocked at my own ignorance - Thank God for serious reviews @nytimes.com
At 97, the Bard of Albany Still Spins Tales of Gangsters and Politicians
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November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
At 97, the Bard of Albany Still Spins Tales of Gangsters and Politicians www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a... #WilliamKennedy Sometimes I'm shocked at my own ignorance - Thank God for serious reviews @nytimes.com
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b... #BookerPrize
David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ Wins 2025 Booker Prize
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November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b... #BookerPrize
Which Novel Should Win Monday’s Booker Prize? Have Your Say. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b... @bookshelfie.bsky.social
Which Novel Should Win Monday’s Booker Prize? Have Your Say.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Which Novel Should Win Monday’s Booker Prize? Have Your Say. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b... @bookshelfie.bsky.social
lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/11/04/sebastien-maillard-political-scientist-belgrade-must-be-compelled-to-play-by-the-eu-s-rules_6747100_23.html What to expect from a politician who started his career as a football hooligan and a corrupt political elite. Vucic is no upholder of European values!
Sébastien Maillard, political scientist: 'Belgrade must be compelled to play by the EU's rules'
OP-ED. In an op-ed for Le Monde, Sébastien Maillard, special adviser at the Institut Jacques Delors, highlights EU countries' indulgence toward Serbia, which, despite seeking membership, 'tramples on ...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2025/11/04/sebastien-maillard-political-scientist-belgrade-must-be-compelled-to-play-by-the-eu-s-rules_6747100_23.html What to expect from a politician who started his career as a football hooligan and a corrupt political elite. Vucic is no upholder of European values!
lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/11/04/prix-femina-honors-nathacha-appanah-for-exploring-origins-violence-and-confinement_6747102_30.html @bookshelfie.bsky.social a story that has 'explored questions of origins, social and intimate violence and confinement.' la Nuit au Coeur' - a great title !
Prix Femina honors Nathacha Appanah for exploring origins, violence and confinement
The Mauritian writer, born in 1973, was recognized for 'La Nuit au cœur' ('Night in the heart'), a moving investigation into domestic violence.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/11/04/prix-femina-honors-nathacha-appanah-for-exploring-origins-violence-and-confinement_6747102_30.html @bookshelfie.bsky.social a story that has 'explored questions of origins, social and intimate violence and confinement.' la Nuit au Coeur' - a great title !
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Discover treasure with Francis Drake, queen-sanctioned plunderer, Tudor Corsair:
🇺🇸https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCTYQF4
🇬🇧https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FCTYQF4
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
🇺🇸https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCTYQF4
🇬🇧https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FCTYQF4
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Discover treasure with Francis Drake, queen-sanctioned plunderer, Tudor Corsair:
🇺🇸https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCTYQF4
🇬🇧https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FCTYQF4
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
🇺🇸https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCTYQF4
🇬🇧https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FCTYQF4
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
#WomenofTroy by @PatBarkerbooks
brings the legend of Troy to life through its women. It documents the futility of war and the loss of humanity in greed for power . A book to treasure and add to add to the bookshelf under the heading, 'ToBeReread!'. @bookshelfie.bsky.social #books
brings the legend of Troy to life through its women. It documents the futility of war and the loss of humanity in greed for power . A book to treasure and add to add to the bookshelf under the heading, 'ToBeReread!'. @bookshelfie.bsky.social #books
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
#WomenofTroy by @PatBarkerbooks
brings the legend of Troy to life through its women. It documents the futility of war and the loss of humanity in greed for power . A book to treasure and add to add to the bookshelf under the heading, 'ToBeReread!'. @bookshelfie.bsky.social #books
brings the legend of Troy to life through its women. It documents the futility of war and the loss of humanity in greed for power . A book to treasure and add to add to the bookshelf under the heading, 'ToBeReread!'. @bookshelfie.bsky.social #books
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#Türkiye: We urge authorities to release PEN member Merdan Yanardağ, held on ludicrous espionage charges, and to halt their pervasive assault on press freedom.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Read our statement ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Read our statement ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
Türkiye: PEN member Merdan Yanardağ held on espionage charges — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
‘By arresting PEN member Merdan Yanardağ on ludicrous espionage charges and appointing a trustee to TELE 1, the authorities clearly intend to wipe out what is left of critical journalism in Türkiye. W...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
#Türkiye: We urge authorities to release PEN member Merdan Yanardağ, held on ludicrous espionage charges, and to halt their pervasive assault on press freedom.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Read our statement ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Read our statement ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
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#BookReview by @booksteacupreviews.bsky.social
12 Years : My Messed-up Love Story by Chetan Bhagat #booksky
12 Years : My Messed-up Love Story by Chetan Bhagat #booksky
12 Years : My Messed-up Love Story by Chetan Bhagat / Books Teacup and Reviews
12 Years : My Messed-up Love Story is a bold, messy, and entertaining and dramatic age gap Indian romance that dives deep into love, guilt, and the stranglehold of Indian societal expectations.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#BookReview by @booksteacupreviews.bsky.social
12 Years : My Messed-up Love Story by Chetan Bhagat #booksky
12 Years : My Messed-up Love Story by Chetan Bhagat #booksky
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Our #WalterScottPrize winner THE LAND IN WINTER is now available to US readers from @europaeditions.bsky.social This magnificent novel is also shortlisted for @thebookerprizes.com. Have you read it yet?
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Our #WalterScottPrize winner THE LAND IN WINTER is now available to US readers from @europaeditions.bsky.social This magnificent novel is also shortlisted for @thebookerprizes.com. Have you read it yet?
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3n1 S'évader de l'Anglosahonia vers d'autres horizons littéraires avec Pat Barker #WomenofTroy Alice Zeniter #LArtdePerdre & Francisco Umbral #LaNocheQueLeguealCafeGijon Sélection a m'inspirer #3n1 @XBooks #EULit #Livres
@EditionsFayard @Ed_Flammarion @Planeta @bibliobs.bsky.social
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November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
3n1 S'évader de l'Anglosahonia vers d'autres horizons littéraires avec Pat Barker #WomenofTroy Alice Zeniter #LArtdePerdre & Francisco Umbral #LaNocheQueLeguealCafeGijon Sélection a m'inspirer #3n1 @XBooks #EULit #Livres
@EditionsFayard @Ed_Flammarion @Planeta @bibliobs.bsky.social
@EditionsFayard @Ed_Flammarion @Planeta @bibliobs.bsky.social
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Booker Prize Shortlist 2025 clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/03/b... via @clairewords.bsky.social
Booker Prize Shortlist 2025
The winner of the Booker Prize 2005 will be announced on Monday November 10. I only read one novel from the longlist, Love Forms by Trinidad and Tobagan author Claire Adam (my review here). Initial…
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November 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Daily Peanuts!
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Daily Peanuts!
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Welsh servant Owen Tudor secretly marries the widowed Queen Catherine of Valois - and against impossible odds they change history with a new dynasty: the Tudors
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#HistoricalFiction #Tudors #KindleUnlimited
mybook.to/Owen
#HistoricalFiction #Tudors #KindleUnlimited
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Welsh servant Owen Tudor secretly marries the widowed Queen Catherine of Valois - and against impossible odds they change history with a new dynasty: the Tudors
mybook.to/Owen
#HistoricalFiction #Tudors #KindleUnlimited
mybook.to/Owen
#HistoricalFiction #Tudors #KindleUnlimited
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The story of the Louvre heist could have been ripped from a movie—so The Atlantic’s writers and editors have recommended seven heist films that won’t swindle you out of a good time.
Seven Heist Movies for Your Weekend
These films won’t swindle you out of a good time.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The story of the Louvre heist could have been ripped from a movie—so The Atlantic’s writers and editors have recommended seven heist films that won’t swindle you out of a good time.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
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Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist 2025 clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/04/w... via @clairewords.bsky.social
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist 2025
Fourteen titles have been longlisted for the 8th annual award of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. The 2025 competition received a total of 145 eligible entries from 34 languages. The lon…
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November 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist 2025 clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/04/w... via @clairewords.bsky.social
Nice to see my novel #TheBratinskyAffair figure in this rogues gallery of murder and espionage from @aspectsofcrime @bookshelfie.bsky.social #Books #crime
You can read #TheBratinskyAffair here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Bratinsky-Af...
You can read #TheBratinskyAffair here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Bratinsky-Af...
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Nice to see my novel #TheBratinskyAffair figure in this rogues gallery of murder and espionage from @aspectsofcrime @bookshelfie.bsky.social #Books #crime
You can read #TheBratinskyAffair here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Bratinsky-Af...
You can read #TheBratinskyAffair here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Bratinsky-Af...
observer.co.uk/style/beauty... A sense of place, the feel of the sun and the smell of Jasmine - this article suggests an emerging Observer style - white space and elegant font and beautiful writing as noted in several articles - a pleasure to read.
The man who grows Chanel No 5 | The Observer
‘I was born into this world of perfume’, says Joseph Mul, who cultivates plants used in fragrances on his family farm along the Côte d’Azur
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November 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
observer.co.uk/style/beauty... A sense of place, the feel of the sun and the smell of Jasmine - this article suggests an emerging Observer style - white space and elegant font and beautiful writing as noted in several articles - a pleasure to read.
3n1 Escapando de la Anglosahonia hacia nuevos horizontes literarios con- Pat Barker #WomenofTroy Alice Zeniter #LArtdePerdre & Francisco Umbral #LaNocheQueLeguealCafeGijon Mi selección aleatoria en busca de inspiración @XBooks @babelia.bsky.social
@elcultural.bsky.social @lavanguardia.com
@elcultural.bsky.social @lavanguardia.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
3n1 Escapando de la Anglosahonia hacia nuevos horizontes literarios con- Pat Barker #WomenofTroy Alice Zeniter #LArtdePerdre & Francisco Umbral #LaNocheQueLeguealCafeGijon Mi selección aleatoria en busca de inspiración @XBooks @babelia.bsky.social
@elcultural.bsky.social @lavanguardia.com
@elcultural.bsky.social @lavanguardia.com
3n1 S'évader de l'Anglosahonia vers d'autres horizons littéraires avec Pat Barker #WomenofTroy Alice Zeniter #LArtdePerdre & Francisco Umbral #LaNocheQueLeguealCafeGijon Sélection a m'inspirer #3n1 @XBooks #EULit #Livres
@EditionsFayard @Ed_Flammarion @Planeta @bibliobs.bsky.social
@EditionsFayard @Ed_Flammarion @Planeta @bibliobs.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
3n1 S'évader de l'Anglosahonia vers d'autres horizons littéraires avec Pat Barker #WomenofTroy Alice Zeniter #LArtdePerdre & Francisco Umbral #LaNocheQueLeguealCafeGijon Sélection a m'inspirer #3n1 @XBooks #EULit #Livres
@EditionsFayard @Ed_Flammarion @Planeta @bibliobs.bsky.social
@EditionsFayard @Ed_Flammarion @Planeta @bibliobs.bsky.social