Josephine Corcoran
@andotheritems.bsky.social
Writer. Mostly poetry but also plays & prose & I dabble with VisPo. Liberation theology inclined Catholic. Wife & Mum. she/her
Website/Blog https://josephinecorcoran.org/
Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/andothernotes?r=36enk&utm_medium=ios
Website/Blog https://josephinecorcoran.org/
Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/andothernotes?r=36enk&utm_medium=ios
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It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It’s already started - the BBC allows Newsmax boss to opine about bias, suggest some of the Jan 6 mob were merely innocent tourists visiting Congress, without pushback
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Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
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I read the Booker Prize shortlist (again). Rum do, this year - but not uninterestingly.
On the bourgeois novel:
On the bourgeois novel:
The Booker Prize 2025
Many awards shortlists make a statement. Whether by accident or design, the clutch of books from which a given work is granted a particular gong are to one extent clear about – or at least re…
thestoryandthetruth.wordpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I read the Booker Prize shortlist (again). Rum do, this year - but not uninterestingly.
On the bourgeois novel:
On the bourgeois novel:
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Blake Friedmann Open Week is back from 10th to 14th November. 📚🥳 Gain insight into the agenting and publishing world through Q&As, blogs, and giveaways across our social media.
Follow #BFLAOpenWeek for more updates and check out our news story!
blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/bfla-op...
Follow #BFLAOpenWeek for more updates and check out our news story!
blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/bfla-op...
October 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Blake Friedmann Open Week is back from 10th to 14th November. 📚🥳 Gain insight into the agenting and publishing world through Q&As, blogs, and giveaways across our social media.
Follow #BFLAOpenWeek for more updates and check out our news story!
blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/bfla-op...
Follow #BFLAOpenWeek for more updates and check out our news story!
blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/bfla-op...
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Pope Leo: “The growing use of the internet, computers, and smartphones is associated not only with clear benefits, but also with excessive use, which often results in addictions with negative consequences for health." www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo: 'We must commit to preventing addiction' - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV sends a video message to Italy's 7th National Conference on Addictions, and proposes a path to concretely combat the phenomenon of ...
www.vaticannews.va
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Pope Leo: “The growing use of the internet, computers, and smartphones is associated not only with clear benefits, but also with excessive use, which often results in addictions with negative consequences for health." www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
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🇯🇲 Poets Read for Hurricane Melissa Relief Fundraiser:
November 19th. Organised by @outspokenpress.bsky.social hosted by Leone Ross with an introduction from Akala, such an amazing line up, please show solidarity, donate and share and repost! Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...
November 19th. Organised by @outspokenpress.bsky.social hosted by Leone Ross with an introduction from Akala, such an amazing line up, please show solidarity, donate and share and repost! Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🇯🇲 Poets Read for Hurricane Melissa Relief Fundraiser:
November 19th. Organised by @outspokenpress.bsky.social hosted by Leone Ross with an introduction from Akala, such an amazing line up, please show solidarity, donate and share and repost! Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...
November 19th. Organised by @outspokenpress.bsky.social hosted by Leone Ross with an introduction from Akala, such an amazing line up, please show solidarity, donate and share and repost! Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...
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I’ve been saying!!
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I’ve been saying!!
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Palestinian children in Gaza City are returning to schools reopened during the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. At least 20,000 Palestinian children have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza.
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Palestinian children in Gaza City are returning to schools reopened during the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. At least 20,000 Palestinian children have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza.
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After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...
ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees
More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration offici...
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November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...
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A poem in answer to Charles Causley’s poem On All Souls Night – and also to celebrate the birth of my daughter on All Souls Day. From ‘Red House’ @carcanet.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A poem in answer to Charles Causley’s poem On All Souls Night – and also to celebrate the birth of my daughter on All Souls Day. From ‘Red House’ @carcanet.bsky.social
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The first poem in PERVERSE 9B is 'I recommend a career at United Biscuits' by Mo Jashprek. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9b
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The first poem in PERVERSE 9B is 'I recommend a career at United Biscuits' by Mo Jashprek. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9b
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The incredible @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social on why we owe children this 💕
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
The Children’s Booker prize will tell kids that they matter
As the number of children reading for pleasure hits a record low, the new award highlights its importance for wellbeing, and will give away thousands of books
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The incredible @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social on why we owe children this 💕
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Top notch postal delivery day. I’m now the owner of the very first issue of The Visual Poetry Times 🗞️ Thanks @thepoetrykiosk.bsky.social and I love your branding! Very pleased to be a subscriber #newpoetryjournal #VisPo #VisualPoetry #FirstIssue
October 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Top notch postal delivery day. I’m now the owner of the very first issue of The Visual Poetry Times 🗞️ Thanks @thepoetrykiosk.bsky.social and I love your branding! Very pleased to be a subscriber #newpoetryjournal #VisPo #VisualPoetry #FirstIssue
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so this is what old age feels like
October 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
so this is what old age feels like
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‘Keep going’ poem by my sweet peas
October 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
‘Keep going’ poem by my sweet peas
‘Keep going’ poem by my sweet peas
October 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
‘Keep going’ poem by my sweet peas
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Pope Leo's first papal document, Dilexi te is out now. 📖
What does it say?
What's an Apostolic Exhortation?
How does it link back to Pope Francis?
What is the preferential option for the poor?
The answers to these questions and more. ⤵️
https://cafod.org.uk/pray/dilexi-te-explained
What does it say?
What's an Apostolic Exhortation?
How does it link back to Pope Francis?
What is the preferential option for the poor?
The answers to these questions and more. ⤵️
https://cafod.org.uk/pray/dilexi-te-explained
Dilexi te explained: What is Pope Leo's Apostolic Exhortation?
CAFOD answers your questions on Pope Leo's apostolic exhortation Dilexi te and the important messages it contains for the world today.
cafod.org.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Pope Leo's first papal document, Dilexi te is out now. 📖
What does it say?
What's an Apostolic Exhortation?
How does it link back to Pope Francis?
What is the preferential option for the poor?
The answers to these questions and more. ⤵️
https://cafod.org.uk/pray/dilexi-te-explained
What does it say?
What's an Apostolic Exhortation?
How does it link back to Pope Francis?
What is the preferential option for the poor?
The answers to these questions and more. ⤵️
https://cafod.org.uk/pray/dilexi-te-explained
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"Where the world sees threats, [the Church] sees children; where walls are built, she builds bridges"
October 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"Where the world sees threats, [the Church] sees children; where walls are built, she builds bridges"
I had the beautiful experience of hearing Pope Leo say Mass on Sunday morning. I was with my family for the Jubilee of Hope, specifically last weekend the Jubilee of Migrants and for Missionaries.
October 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I had the beautiful experience of hearing Pope Leo say Mass on Sunday morning. I was with my family for the Jubilee of Hope, specifically last weekend the Jubilee of Migrants and for Missionaries.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims
Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims
Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims
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This year, #NationalPoetryDay coincides with #YomKippur, so here is a poem that touches on my Jewish heritage, originally published in the wonderful @poetrywales.bsky.social magazine #BookSky
October 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This year, #NationalPoetryDay coincides with #YomKippur, so here is a poem that touches on my Jewish heritage, originally published in the wonderful @poetrywales.bsky.social magazine #BookSky
I find *reading* prose written in dialect difficult but this story works so well in audio. Its amazing. I’m not surprised it won this year’s BBC National Short Story Award #shortstory #audiobooks #bbcsounds #bbcshortstoryawards #colwillbrown
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BBC National Short Story Award - BBC National Short Story Award 2025 - You Cannot Thread a Moving Needle by Colwill Brown - BBC Sounds
Colwill Brown's powerful story is a contender for the BBC National Short Story Award.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I find *reading* prose written in dialect difficult but this story works so well in audio. Its amazing. I’m not surprised it won this year’s BBC National Short Story Award #shortstory #audiobooks #bbcsounds #bbcshortstoryawards #colwillbrown
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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And sometimes it happens that you are loved and then you are not loved
Brian Patten
Brian Patten
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
And sometimes it happens that you are loved and then you are not loved
Brian Patten
Brian Patten
Very good serialisation/adaption of Philip Roth’s novel ‘The Plot Against America’ (2004) on BBC R4 at the moment. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
BBC Sounds - The Plot Against America by Philip Roth - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of The Plot Against America by Philip Roth on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Very good serialisation/adaption of Philip Roth’s novel ‘The Plot Against America’ (2004) on BBC R4 at the moment. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...