So THIS happened (Experts in a Dying Field is in shops from Thursday)
Happy launch day to @patrickfreyne.bsky.social's Experts in a Dying Field. If you like music you’ll adore it, but it’s not really about bands or music, but weaves through friendship, people who matter, paths not taken, fate, getting older. Moving and very funny. “Bastard Deodorant. For Bastards!”
Got round to watching the first two episodes of Widow’s Bay, and I’m delighted to report that 1) it’s ace, and 2) it seems to be the live action reboot of Gravity Falls.
Author Patrick Freyne: ‘I’m comfortable talking about it but women can be made to feel life is a failure if you don’t have kids’
You're going to get so sick of me soon. I'M sick of me. Here's an essay I did for the Guardian about being the hip young gunslinger of Irish literature:
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
If you’re in Belfast please stay safe. Word is there’s going to be riots in Dublin tonight too. Stay inside.
Publication day for @patrickfreyne.bsky.social
Can’t wait to get my hands on this book.
Patrick Freyne: The true and wonderful weirdness of Dubliners always surfaces
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
If you walk up to a nurse, hold out your hand, and say "scalpel," they have to give you one.
Early train to #Dublin for a few days of writing & 'book'ing. Hoping to make @patrickfreyne.bsky.social's debut novel launch in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social tomorrow, then the wonderful #MaggieOFarrell talking about new novel #Land in @gatetheatredublin.bsky.social on Mon w/ @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
They started using ‘compute’ as a noun, and we let them. We just let them.