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‘Bachelard didn’t abandon science but he did embark on a journey into the imagination and never came back for long.’

Michael Wood on the philosophy of Gaston Bachelard:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Michael Wood · Spellbound Gloaming: Bachelard’s Dreamwork
Gaston Bachelard is inviting us to go beyond what we think we know. That is, how to counter boring intuitions with...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
While you're on holiday, the EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/adv...
Hands Off Nature - BirdWatch Ireland
Tell politicians how important nature is to you and stop the EU from tearing up the laws that protect birds and nature.
birdwatchireland.ie
September 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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“Archives are not confined to buildings. They are places, streets, hillsides as much as card indexes.”

Edmund de Waal, the writer and potter, gathers what’s scattered across time and terrain, new today in TYR. yalereview.org/article/edmu...
Edmund de Waal: “The Ragpicker's Way”
The writer and potter on archives as places of memory, instability, and trespass—from porcelain shards to a derelict house in London.
yalereview.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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32 iconic villains await your judgement! Cast your vote to help your favorite advance in the second round of our bracket–you might help crown them the Best Villain in Literature.
The Best Villains in Literature Bracket: Round of 32 Assholes
Welcome to the second round of Literary Hub’s inaugural Ides of March Madness bracket: The Best Villains in Literature. After a vigorous first round of voting, 32 villains advance and 32 have…
lithub.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
delighted my photo archive/research project is now live on Wexford County Archive website wexfordcountyarchive.com/the-gus-hand...
March 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Oh, Joy! My pamphlet "Two Level Crossings Past Kilcaven" has been shortlisted in the wonderful Emma Press 2024 Open Call. Shout-out to @poetrysiobhan.bsky.social, the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social National Mentoring Programme and DLR Arts/Lexicon for assistance completing these poems. Woohooooo!
⭐ Announcing the Longlisted & Shortlisted Proposals from our August 2024 Call for Submissions ⭐

@bradleytaylorpoet.bsky.social
@catherineredford.bsky.social
@milenawilliamson.bsky.social
@monicadebhailis.bsky.social

🔗 READ MORE: https://buff.ly/3QeZYDU
February 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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This is fabulous 📚💙
Also don’t forget the Bridport Prize also has the Never Too Late Award for Writers Over 60.

Please share :)
NEW! Never Too Late 60+ award - Bridport Prize
bridportprize.org.uk
February 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Fiona O'Rourke writes brilliantly about the Northern Ireland "troubles" and she is also a really engaging communicator. This looks like a very worthwhile course...
February 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER!

#litmags #writer #writingcommunity

go.bsky.app/7cWNC2j
November 17, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Borrowed this from the library and can hardly bear to return it...
December 4, 2024 at 12:20 PM