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Faye Caldwell
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This one hit me in the feels today
June 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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We keep things interesting in this household.
June 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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"Other people teach us who we are. Their attitudes to us are the mirror in which we learn to see ourselves, but the mirror is distorted. We are, perhaps, rather dimly aware of the immense power of our social environment."

Alan Watts, The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are.
June 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Mr. Cohen, Cigarette and his Casio PT-30 keyboard.
May 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is the way
May 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Right?
May 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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We're only open for one more month! Make sure you submit to us soon...
May 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Which novel probably has more exclamation marks than all his others put together? Which is a bleak little jewel where the author never flinches? Which packs in so much you may suspect the presence of hidden trapdoors?

I wrote about Ian McEwan's best novels for @thebookerprizes.bsky.social website:
Where to start with Ian McEwan: a guide to his best books | The Booker Prizes
As a Booker Prize winner with multiple shortlistings, Ian McEwan stands among the most celebrated authors in modern literary history. As he marks 50 years in print, we select some of his best works
thebookerprizes.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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When more than five poodles gather, it’s called an Oodle of Poodle
March 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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“One writer, one story, one in-depth masterclass”: on Weds 9 April at 7pm online I’ll be taking a Word Factory masterclass talking you through the writing of my short story “Hamlet, a love story” (which you’ll get to read in advance). More info & tix here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/small-like...
SMALL LIKE A BULLET (1): LUCY CALDWELL
One writer, one story, one in-depth masterclass
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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I wrote a small piece for the @irishtimes.com tribute to Jennifer Johnston. Forever grateful!
February 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Everyone has their fave bookshops and if Waterstones is yours, there’s 25% off The Benefactors pre-orders over the weekend with PREORDER25. Obvs this doesn’t just apply to my own book. If you don’t like the sound of Bennyz what about other novel debuts @cmgleeson.bsky.social or John Patrick McHugh?
February 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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“Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment.”
― Edna O'Brien, In the Forest
February 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Including Wendy Erskine @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social

Five debut female authors to read in 2025

www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/c...
Five debut female authors to discover in 2025
Discover the best new voices emerging in fiction
www.harpersbazaar.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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The annual Mairtín Crawford Awards for emerging writers held by the Belfast Book Festival are open for entry! Details here, and details also of the *free* online workshop @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social & I will be running on Sat 15 Feb!

belfastbookfestival.com/workshops
belfast book festival workshops
The Belfast Book Festival features a unique, diverse and highly creative programme.
belfastbookfestival.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Every year I’ve looked forward toThe Observer’s list of ‘most exciting debut novels’. It is so wonderful that The Benefactors is there for 2025, in such great company, and described as ‘riveting.’Thank you @theguardian.com and @sceptrebooks.com.Such a big deal. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
January 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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No, the Southport killer’s motive is not ‘difficult to comprehend’. It’s called misogyny
No, the Southport killer’s motive is not ‘difficult to comprehend’. It’s called misogyny
Axel Rudakubana didn’t target boy scouts. He targeted women and girls because they were vulnerable and easy prey Twenty-six happy girls were making friendship bracelets after a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport on 29 July last year when Axel…
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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It’s official! THESE DAYS will be out in the US on 8 April with Sarah Jessica Parker’s imprint at Zando, SJPLit. I love the ethos of the imprint and I LOVE the US cover - a detail from a painting by Scottish artist Alberto Morocco.
January 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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This is one of those poems that taught me everything. We are all the lesser for the loss of Michael Longley yesterday. I’m grateful to have known his kindness and benevolence and to have been able to learn from him.
January 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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flicking through an anthology of schoolchildren’s poetry from 1966 and came across this
January 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM