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Maria Farrell
@mariafarrell.bsky.social
Irish writer and speaker: let's rewild the internet!
Dog lady. Forest bather. She/her
http://www.mariafarrell.com
Rep: https://greeneheaton.co.uk/agents/antony-topping/
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A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys is about exactly that! (and also first contact, and also de-familiarising today's bizarro internet by depicting life in another kind.). Watersheds as political units make a lot of sense.
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
That's a glorious picture.
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Oh wow... Back in the olden days of Chelsea being ... not what it is now. It's such a great bookshop.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Aaah! It's such a gem of a place.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thank you! ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
ha! do watch out for those lawless Lamborghinis. they drive like absolute mofos around there. (and thank you!) and apologies in advance for all the books you'll end up buying there - it's a truly great bookshop.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I would ghost. (though first I would energetically resent it!) The lack of commonsense or respect indicates they don't even deserve the courtesy of a reply.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
oh it's sooo brilliant. great news and truly well deserved!

also nice to see an Irish writer rewarded for the unusual step of moving away from pure contemporary realism which seems so often to be the gold standard of literary value.
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Not for you they're not..
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Thank you, Robin!
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
bloody hell! (tbf I am EVER grateful for my two youngest siblings, but..)
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Reposted by Maria Farrell
I’m old enough to remember when the BBC used old footage of Johnson at the cenotaph, to cover the fact that he was hung over and looked like a burst mattress on a tip.
The DG didn’t resign though
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Same! I had no idea. But I suppose it makes sense in retrospect given how often that method fails. (says someone who grew up in an entire country for which that was all we had into the 1990s)
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Yes!! tk u. xx
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
but with delightful jars of honey to dip one's paws in
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Thank you, Susan!
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Thank you!
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
oh bearish bear! thank you. ❤️

and milo can attest to the welcome that wolves and, I'm sure, ursines receive up there, north of the river.
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM