Delighted to represent writers in Arlen House anthology Fire - Brigid and the Sacred Feminine today in Books Upstairs. Compered by Shauna Gilligan,with an illustrious spectrum of Arlen House authors: Rosemary Jenkinson,Ger Reidy& Celia de Fréine

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Eminently relevant St. Brigid’s weekend reading for a future world writing project. Two Lives of St. Brigid, The Book of St. Brigid, Female Monasticism in Medieval Ireland and Sacred Whore (Sheela Goddess of the Celts). All borrowed from the (public) library.

Patrick Kavanagh’s Self-Portrait published by Dolmen Press was recently returned to Deansgrange library after 47 years! Publishedin 1964 and last issued in 1977 it contains the text of an autobiographical discourse on Telifis Eireann in 1962.

Happy Christmas Eve. Working in the library till lunchtime.

The meeting of the waters Avoca through a lichen speckled bench.

#EverydayBeauty Bray, Co. Wicklow.

In my library job we work alternate Fridays and Saturdays each week. I had all sorts of plans for my day off today but mainly paired a lot of socks. Here are some of them 🤦‍♀️

Library colleague created a replica of my short story collection Random Acts of Optimism. ❤️❤️❤️ Cover art by Beatrice Mecking.

Secret peek inside the old Dun Laoghaire Carnegie Library which is to be part of an extended IADT campus.

When you find an old photo of your now 22 and 24 year old boys driving their Thomas trains on the garden bench.

The moon at Dun Laoghaire Harbour 3 years ago tonight.

If you are a little battered and bruised by life, you will love this book - ostensibly for children but full of warmth and love for all the weird stuff and mixed up people in the world - Flora & Ulysses by Kate diCamillo

Seaweed hills on Bray beach after the storm.