Martina Devlin
@martinadevlinbooks.bsky.social
Book lover, novelist, reader, newspaper columnist, occasional lecturer in literature, Irish www.martinadevlin.ie
Just popped into @ravenbooks.bsky.social for a chat with owner Louisa who always gives great #book recommendations
October 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Just popped into @ravenbooks.bsky.social for a chat with owner Louisa who always gives great #book recommendations
Magnificent Picasso exhibition @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Magnificent Picasso exhibition @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social
New paperback edition of my novel Charlotte about Charlotte Bronte has just landed in bookshops. I popped into Gutter Bookshop for a gloat. As you do.
October 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New paperback edition of my novel Charlotte about Charlotte Bronte has just landed in bookshops. I popped into Gutter Bookshop for a gloat. As you do.
My heartbeat’s going pitter-patter with excitement #SeamusHeaney
September 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My heartbeat’s going pitter-patter with excitement #SeamusHeaney
A must: exhibition in London on the great Jean Rhys, author of Jane Eyre prequel The Wide Sargasso Sea. Her voice was "lyrical, laconic+knowing, describing what it meant to be a woman in exile at whim of powerful men". #postcolonialism #Brontes www.michaelwerner.com/exhibitions/...
September 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A must: exhibition in London on the great Jean Rhys, author of Jane Eyre prequel The Wide Sargasso Sea. Her voice was "lyrical, laconic+knowing, describing what it meant to be a woman in exile at whim of powerful men". #postcolonialism #Brontes www.michaelwerner.com/exhibitions/...
Emily Dickinson recognised the pleasure given by a handwritten letter.
September 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Emily Dickinson recognised the pleasure given by a handwritten letter.
Labour leader Ivana Bacik kindly tells the Irish Times she read my Bronte novel Charlotte on hols.
September 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Labour leader Ivana Bacik kindly tells the Irish Times she read my Bronte novel Charlotte on hols.
Listen back to my @rteradio1.bsky.social essay on #writer Edith Somerville #IrishRM #SomervilleandRoss here www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
August 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Listen back to my @rteradio1.bsky.social essay on #writer Edith Somerville #IrishRM #SomervilleandRoss here www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Jennifer Johnston readers’ day DLR LexIcon Dún Laoghaire 10-4pm Sat Sep 6 admission free but book on eventbrite
August 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Jennifer Johnston readers’ day DLR LexIcon Dún Laoghaire 10-4pm Sat Sep 6 admission free but book on eventbrite
A clearly hungry 6am visitor today. Tried him on cat food. He made short work of it. #urbanfoxes
August 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A clearly hungry 6am visitor today. Tried him on cat food. He made short work of it. #urbanfoxes
Nothing says summer like sunflowers
July 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Nothing says summer like sunflowers
Full house for Edna O’Brien at the National Library of Ireland today
July 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Full house for Edna O’Brien at the National Library of Ireland today
Edna O’Brien died this day last year but her stories live on. #Irishwriters
July 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Edna O’Brien died this day last year but her stories live on. #Irishwriters
Just walked past this - a wedding car. Made me think of hope and happiness and I wished this couple well, whoever they are.
July 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Just walked past this - a wedding car. Made me think of hope and happiness and I wished this couple well, whoever they are.
Servicing the buoys at the Forty Foot in Dublin
July 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Servicing the buoys at the Forty Foot in Dublin
July 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Honeybee in our garden today. Makes your heart sing.
July 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Honeybee in our garden today. Makes your heart sing.
Whirling Dervishes from Turkey at Bradford Literary Festival- utterly mesmerising
July 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Whirling Dervishes from Turkey at Bradford Literary Festival- utterly mesmerising
I’m in Bradford for the lit fest. Yes they really do say yes mush for hallo here! Love it! #CityofCulture2025 #Bradford2025
July 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’m in Bradford for the lit fest. Yes they really do say yes mush for hallo here! Love it! #CityofCulture2025 #Bradford2025
