𝔻𝕖𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕟 𝕆'𝔻𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕝
@jacqbetula.bsky.social
Woods. Words. Birds. Birch. Beech. Bach.
Reviewer of translated fiction for
@irishtimes.bsky.social
Also contributes reviews to The TLS.
Co-curator of the poetry festival Circling The Square.
https://circlingthesquare.weebly.com/
Reviewer of translated fiction for
@irishtimes.bsky.social
Also contributes reviews to The TLS.
Co-curator of the poetry festival Circling The Square.
https://circlingthesquare.weebly.com/
They could just rerun old clips of Barney Johnson doing all the same things.
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
They could just rerun old clips of Barney Johnson doing all the same things.
I got this recently. What a great approach all of the musicians had to exploring tonal ranges, space, broken rhythms, etc.
Amazing.
Do you know it @jazzsnob99.bsky.social?
Amazing.
Do you know it @jazzsnob99.bsky.social?
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I got this recently. What a great approach all of the musicians had to exploring tonal ranges, space, broken rhythms, etc.
Amazing.
Do you know it @jazzsnob99.bsky.social?
Amazing.
Do you know it @jazzsnob99.bsky.social?
A very appreciative review from Roy Foster of The Poems of Seamus Heaney in this new @thetls.bsky.social
It was a privilege to speak to two of the editors, Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue, at Circling The Square two weeks ago.
www.the-tls.com/literature/p...
It was a privilege to speak to two of the editors, Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue, at Circling The Square two weeks ago.
www.the-tls.com/literature/p...
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A very appreciative review from Roy Foster of The Poems of Seamus Heaney in this new @thetls.bsky.social
It was a privilege to speak to two of the editors, Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue, at Circling The Square two weeks ago.
www.the-tls.com/literature/p...
It was a privilege to speak to two of the editors, Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue, at Circling The Square two weeks ago.
www.the-tls.com/literature/p...
On to the next book, 'Against Identity: The Wisdom of Escaping the Self' by Alexander Douglas.
November 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
On to the next book, 'Against Identity: The Wisdom of Escaping the Self' by Alexander Douglas.
If I were anywhere close to the shop you donated to, I'd be on my way there now.
I can't walk past a charity shop even though I already have far too many books. My most recent find only made matters worse.
I can't walk past a charity shop even though I already have far too many books. My most recent find only made matters worse.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If I were anywhere close to the shop you donated to, I'd be on my way there now.
I can't walk past a charity shop even though I already have far too many books. My most recent find only made matters worse.
I can't walk past a charity shop even though I already have far too many books. My most recent find only made matters worse.
Claire-Louise Bennett is a good writer, but the material in 'Big Kiss, Bye-Bye' is spread very thinly and the secondary subject becomes quite tedious.
I don't know if it is entirely auto-fictional, but it has many of the faults of that form in which self-obsession replaces invention and connection.
I don't know if it is entirely auto-fictional, but it has many of the faults of that form in which self-obsession replaces invention and connection.
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Claire-Louise Bennett is a good writer, but the material in 'Big Kiss, Bye-Bye' is spread very thinly and the secondary subject becomes quite tedious.
I don't know if it is entirely auto-fictional, but it has many of the faults of that form in which self-obsession replaces invention and connection.
I don't know if it is entirely auto-fictional, but it has many of the faults of that form in which self-obsession replaces invention and connection.
I liked Ariana Harwicz's book, 'Die My Love', very much, and the film adaptation, directed by Lynne Ramsay, which I watched last night, did not disappoint.
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I liked Ariana Harwicz's book, 'Die My Love', very much, and the film adaptation, directed by Lynne Ramsay, which I watched last night, did not disappoint.
This looks like a particularly compelling issue of @thetls.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This looks like a particularly compelling issue of @thetls.bsky.social
'Lud Heat' has just been reissued by @swedenborghouse.bsky.social to mark it's 50th anniversary.
The video I watched is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvxE...
The video I watched is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvxE...
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
'Lud Heat' has just been reissued by @swedenborghouse.bsky.social to mark it's 50th anniversary.
The video I watched is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvxE...
The video I watched is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvxE...
Watching Iain Sinclair walk the 'Lud Heat' alignment last night reminded me of my own Brick Lane to Whitechapel walk to see Hawksmoor's St. George-in-the-East, Spitalfields. Further on, I met a Dubliner who told me he was on the poster for Colin McPherson's The Weir, which had just opened.
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Watching Iain Sinclair walk the 'Lud Heat' alignment last night reminded me of my own Brick Lane to Whitechapel walk to see Hawksmoor's St. George-in-the-East, Spitalfields. Further on, I met a Dubliner who told me he was on the poster for Colin McPherson's The Weir, which had just opened.
A record cover with a car?
Is there a beter one?
Is there a beter one?
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
A record cover with a car?
Is there a beter one?
Is there a beter one?
More photos from last weekend's Circling The Square, including the discussion I had with Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue; the committee with Amy Barry, Grace Wilentz, Mark Roper, Eleanor Hooker, Jane Clarke and Bernard O'Donoghue; @laoighseach.bsky.social and Charlotte Buckley.
@Poetry Ireland
@Poetry Ireland
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
More photos from last weekend's Circling The Square, including the discussion I had with Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue; the committee with Amy Barry, Grace Wilentz, Mark Roper, Eleanor Hooker, Jane Clarke and Bernard O'Donoghue; @laoighseach.bsky.social and Charlotte Buckley.
@Poetry Ireland
@Poetry Ireland
Some photos from this year's Circling The Square.
Amy Barry, Polina Cosgrave and Mary O'Donnell.
Amy Barry, Polina Cosgrave and Mary O'Donnell.
November 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Some photos from this year's Circling The Square.
Amy Barry, Polina Cosgrave and Mary O'Donnell.
Amy Barry, Polina Cosgrave and Mary O'Donnell.
Ten Thousand Bamboos in the Mist and Rain
Zhai Dakun
Zhai Dakun
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Ten Thousand Bamboos in the Mist and Rain
Zhai Dakun
Zhai Dakun
One of my favourite writers in Ireland is Erica Van Horn. I'm delighted to be quoted on the reprint of her book 'We Still Have the Telephone', published by @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
One of my favourite writers in Ireland is Erica Van Horn. I'm delighted to be quoted on the reprint of her book 'We Still Have the Telephone', published by @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social
Book now or regret it forever!
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
October 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Book now or regret it forever!
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
The corrected version!
October 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The corrected version!
The friendship between Seamus Heaney and Dennis O'Driscoll will be remembered and celebrated at next weekend's Circling The Square.
Details of events and booking here:
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
Details of events and booking here:
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
October 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The friendship between Seamus Heaney and Dennis O'Driscoll will be remembered and celebrated at next weekend's Circling The Square.
Details of events and booking here:
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
Details of events and booking here:
www.thesourceartscentre.ie/whats-on/eve...
Another of the all-time great musicians has died. I couldn't count how many recordings I have with Jack De Johnette drumming on them. I particularly liked his group Special Edition.
But there are so many outstanding recordings.
But there are so many outstanding recordings.
October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Another of the all-time great musicians has died. I couldn't count how many recordings I have with Jack De Johnette drumming on them. I particularly liked his group Special Edition.
But there are so many outstanding recordings.
But there are so many outstanding recordings.
I will be speaking with the editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney next Saturday.
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I will be speaking with the editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney next Saturday.
She's the first, apart from the other two.
October 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
She's the first, apart from the other two.
The editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney @faberbooks.bsky.social in conversation on November 1st, at @sourcearts.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney @faberbooks.bsky.social in conversation on November 1st, at @sourcearts.bsky.social
Another beautiful cover by Jon McNaught on the new @lrb.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Another beautiful cover by Jon McNaught on the new @lrb.co.uk
It's a great day to remember how important a translator like @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social is for those of us who can only read in English.
Without her superb translations, we would have missed so much of the great work of László Krasznahorkai.
Without her superb translations, we would have missed so much of the great work of László Krasznahorkai.
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It's a great day to remember how important a translator like @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social is for those of us who can only read in English.
Without her superb translations, we would have missed so much of the great work of László Krasznahorkai.
Without her superb translations, we would have missed so much of the great work of László Krasznahorkai.