Jane Casey
@janecasey.bsky.social
Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and The Killing Kind (now on TV!). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
Tidying over the weekend I came across the article where the photographer insisted I sit in a ditch. This would never have happened to Joan Didion.
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Tidying over the weekend I came across the article where the photographer insisted I sit in a ditch. This would never have happened to Joan Didion.
I've never wanted to read Rachel Cusk - her books didn't seem my kind of thing - but this discussion of her trilogy has totally changed my mind. I am IN.
New episode up now. Transit by Rachel Cusk, and the Outline trilogy as a whole, discussed by Andy, Una and Nicky. @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @birchos.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1c43...
Transit and the Outline Trilogy by Rachel Cusk
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November 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I've never wanted to read Rachel Cusk - her books didn't seem my kind of thing - but this discussion of her trilogy has totally changed my mind. I am IN.
I just loved listening to this, not just because Philippa and Frankie are a delight, but to get the inside track on what it's like to have a busy books podcast. Spoiler: you don't want to start a podcast, guys. But you DO want to listen to the good ones!
NEW EPISODE! Frankie is at podcasters anonymous with Philippa Hall, host of @quickbookreviews.bsky.social, to discuss her phenomenal success, the highs and lows of podcasting, editing & admin anxiety and, of course, biscuits.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. linktr.ee/readandburie...
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. linktr.ee/readandburie...
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I just loved listening to this, not just because Philippa and Frankie are a delight, but to get the inside track on what it's like to have a busy books podcast. Spoiler: you don't want to start a podcast, guys. But you DO want to listen to the good ones!
It’s actually chic to board in Group 3.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It’s actually chic to board in Group 3.
Now I’m at the airport listening to an English man having a very ‘TELL CHARLES I’M ON MY WAY’ conversation. Other people’s jobs are fascinating.
November 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Now I’m at the airport listening to an English man having a very ‘TELL CHARLES I’M ON MY WAY’ conversation. Other people’s jobs are fascinating.
I have been having a tidy of my childhood bedroom and found this, the ultimate 90s goth accessory. I wore it with Very Vamp Chanel lipstick. (Pic for reference but that was a different one.)
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I have been having a tidy of my childhood bedroom and found this, the ultimate 90s goth accessory. I wore it with Very Vamp Chanel lipstick. (Pic for reference but that was a different one.)
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November 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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A proud moment this summer: bagging a stone that isn't already on the @megalithic.bsky.social (very rare occurrence!). On the Beara peninsula east of Adrigole, a little way north of the Drumlave row. It involved crawling under barbed wire but then we saw there was a gate. #StandingStoneSunday
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A proud moment this summer: bagging a stone that isn't already on the @megalithic.bsky.social (very rare occurrence!). On the Beara peninsula east of Adrigole, a little way north of the Drumlave row. It involved crawling under barbed wire but then we saw there was a gate. #StandingStoneSunday
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A beautiful tribute to Observer journalist Rachel Cooke, whose writing I loved. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
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November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A beautiful tribute to Observer journalist Rachel Cooke, whose writing I loved. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I hate this. Knowing table manners depends on so many things that are out of your control. I was nagged by my mother (‘does your fork have legs? Are you afraid it will run away?’) but what if you never sat down to eat with people who had good manners? What if you don’t know there’s a right way?
Just ghosted my date because he was holding his knife and fork in the wrong hands. He has a PhD, so there's no excuse for that.
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I hate this. Knowing table manners depends on so many things that are out of your control. I was nagged by my mother (‘does your fork have legs? Are you afraid it will run away?’) but what if you never sat down to eat with people who had good manners? What if you don’t know there’s a right way?
It rained on the dog walk and the dog just… went home. He turned around, looked at me to make sure I was following, and bounced. He is not an all-weather hound. (I didn’t film him because it was raining A LOT but here he is on a normal walk.)
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It rained on the dog walk and the dog just… went home. He turned around, looked at me to make sure I was following, and bounced. He is not an all-weather hound. (I didn’t film him because it was raining A LOT but here he is on a normal walk.)
Zero odd encounters and a sunny walk. You just never know!
I had three (3) odd encounters with men while walking the dog yesterday and it’s putting me off walking him today. One was distinctly off, one was awkward and slightly odd, one was funny. If my husband walks the dog he has zero odd experiences, as a rule.
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Zero odd encounters and a sunny walk. You just never know!
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November 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Still gold.
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Still gold.
I had three (3) odd encounters with men while walking the dog yesterday and it’s putting me off walking him today. One was distinctly off, one was awkward and slightly odd, one was funny. If my husband walks the dog he has zero odd experiences, as a rule.
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I had three (3) odd encounters with men while walking the dog yesterday and it’s putting me off walking him today. One was distinctly off, one was awkward and slightly odd, one was funny. If my husband walks the dog he has zero odd experiences, as a rule.
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⭐Well, she's arrived—the 2026 Irish Writers Handbook⭐
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November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
⭐Well, she's arrived—the 2026 Irish Writers Handbook⭐
Find yours here ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️ and in all good bookshops imminently!
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Oof. She’s not wrong. There’s a big gulf between how culture is seen and experienced in the UK and Ireland, I’ve noticed.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Oof. She’s not wrong. There’s a big gulf between how culture is seen and experienced in the UK and Ireland, I’ve noticed.
There was a bincident on the dog walk. I didn’t want to touch the rotting carrot so I was reduced to begging him to drop it. Even the foxes turned this one down.
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
There was a bincident on the dog walk. I didn’t want to touch the rotting carrot so I was reduced to begging him to drop it. Even the foxes turned this one down.
Off to read a book so Joyce Carol Oates doesn’t judge me.
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Off to read a book so Joyce Carol Oates doesn’t judge me.
I had a revelation on the dog walk last night that means I need to revise 20,000 words to change something fundamental about it and writing is truly for people who hate themselves, isn’t it.
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I had a revelation on the dog walk last night that means I need to revise 20,000 words to change something fundamental about it and writing is truly for people who hate themselves, isn’t it.
Beloved husband: you look nice.
Me, wary: thanks
BH: you look like one of the Manson family.
Me, wary: thanks
BH: you look like one of the Manson family.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Beloved husband: you look nice.
Me, wary: thanks
BH: you look like one of the Manson family.
Me, wary: thanks
BH: you look like one of the Manson family.
Anyone there for an oul vote… anyone at all… (seriously a great line-up of Irish writing talent here so you could do worse than use it as a guide for your Christmas gifts. Kenny’s in Galway ships worldwide.)
www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
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AN POST IRISH BOOk AWARDS Public Vote 2025 Vote for your favourite books of the year here and win €100 of National Book Tokens Scroll down and vote for your favourite books and be in with a chance of ...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Anyone there for an oul vote… anyone at all… (seriously a great line-up of Irish writing talent here so you could do worse than use it as a guide for your Christmas gifts. Kenny’s in Galway ships worldwide.)
www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
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November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New author photograph
The dog woke me up in the middle of the night, the cat woke me up an hour before the alarm this morning and this week was excessively high in nope-amine. Also I saw who won the Traitors before I'd watched the last two episodes.
a little girl is hanging upside down on a swing in a park
ALT: a little girl is hanging upside down on a swing in a park
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November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The dog woke me up in the middle of the night, the cat woke me up an hour before the alarm this morning and this week was excessively high in nope-amine. Also I saw who won the Traitors before I'd watched the last two episodes.
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My god…it worked…every ride is coming back to me now…in a flood of memories…overwhelming my senses…some going up, some going down…some smelling like piss, some smelling less like piss…
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My god…it worked…every ride is coming back to me now…in a flood of memories…overwhelming my senses…some going up, some going down…some smelling like piss, some smelling less like piss…