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Anne O'Leary
@anneoleary.bsky.social
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#Writer from Cork, eejit, loves a quiet book

The artist formerly known as @wordherding on Twitter

Blog, often with competition listings: https://anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/
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Team Oyin #TraitorsIRL
The Traitors Ireland contestant Oyin figuring out yet another Traitor
September 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only
Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, wearing a hat and dramatic cape
March 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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A lightning trip to Dublin for the launches of two wonderful books - Fíona Scarlett's #MayAllYourSkiesBeBlue and Elaine Garvey's #TheWardrobeDepartment. Both deserve to fly off the shelves!
Author Fíona Scarlett at the launch of her second novel May All Your Skies Be Blue, standing at the microphone in front of the book shelves at Hodges Figgis in Dublin. Red dress, black shoes Author Elaine Garvey at the launch of her debut novel The Wardrobe Department. She is holding a microphone and reading from her speech, standing in front of the book shelves in Dubray Grafton Street, Dublin. Black top
February 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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My new Fitbit has just congratulated me for taking a 20 min swim. Thing is I can't swim, haven't been in a pool since I was about eight, and I was watching The Great Pottery Throwdown at the recorded time 🤔
Fitbit stats for a swim I didn't go for
January 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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"You'll be visited by three spirits."

The three spirits:
The cast of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Lisa Kudrow, Janeane Garofalo and Mira Sorvino. One of them might have invented the Post-it
December 24, 2024 at 11:47 AM
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Not sure I would actually describe #Orbital as a novel, but I thought it was a stunner
Front cover of 2024 Booker Prize winner Orbital by Samantha Harvey A short passage from Orbital by Samantha Harvey, which captures the evolution of man in one long breathless, beautiful sentence
December 20, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie
Clay sculpture located in a forest of a woman running, arms and legs extended as she runs towards another figure, out of shot. The picture has a frantic energy that could be joy or panic
November 27, 2024 at 11:01 AM
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Very much enjoying the warmth and dry humour of #Fisk on Netflix. I love Helen and her brown suits
A picture of actress/comedian Kitty Flanagan as solicitor Helen Tudor-Fisk in the Netflix comedy series Fisk. She is sitting at her desk looking through court documents and looking perplexed. Everything is coloured brown or beige
November 23, 2024 at 10:56 AM
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Hurray! Very glad to see brilliant @weekathy.bsky.social (Becoming Marvellous) here. Do please give her a follow
Poster for Cathy Carson one-woman play 'Becoming Marvellous'
November 17, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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Raspberries growing in October seems bonkers. Strawberries too
Raspberry bushes
October 9, 2023 at 8:38 AM