kerraway.bsky.social
@kerraway.bsky.social
Reader, writer, runner. No longer flying for work. Son of Portstewart, Co Derry, citizen of the world. Editor of deskboundtraveller.com.
My travel books of the year, including work from @monisharajesh.bsky.social, Lyse Doucet, Norman Lewis, @joannapocock.bsky.social, @adamweymouth.bsky.social & @peteralanross.bsky.social:
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November 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My travel books of the year, including work from @monisharajesh.bsky.social, Lyse Doucet, Norman Lewis, @joannapocock.bsky.social, @adamweymouth.bsky.social & @peteralanross.bsky.social:
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Feathering the moon…
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Feathering the moon…
Back to regular runs after injury, including two five-milers in a week. Thanks again to the Boss -- and the dead poets...
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Back to regular runs after injury, including two five-milers in a week. Thanks again to the Boss -- and the dead poets...
Shocked to hear of the death at only 56 of Rachel Cooke, a huge loss to journalism, as @timadamswrites.bsky.social makes clear in a moving piece for The Observer:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa....
observer.co.uk/news/nationa....
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
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November 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Shocked to hear of the death at only 56 of Rachel Cooke, a huge loss to journalism, as @timadamswrites.bsky.social makes clear in a moving piece for The Observer:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa....
observer.co.uk/news/nationa....
Looking forward to 'Travels Through the Spanish Civil War' by Nick Lloyd (@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social), coming later this month (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social):
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November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Looking forward to 'Travels Through the Spanish Civil War' by Nick Lloyd (@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social), coming later this month (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social):
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A ‘stolen friend’ from Easter Island, ghost towns in the Atacama, the ‘Jewel of the Pacific’ and the southernmost city on Earth…
In the new issue of National Geographic Traveller, I trace some of the unexpected British links in Chile featured in #SmallEarthquakes.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
In the new issue of National Geographic Traveller, I trace some of the unexpected British links in Chile featured in #SmallEarthquakes.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A ‘stolen friend’ from Easter Island, ghost towns in the Atacama, the ‘Jewel of the Pacific’ and the southernmost city on Earth…
In the new issue of National Geographic Traveller, I trace some of the unexpected British links in Chile featured in #SmallEarthquakes.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
In the new issue of National Geographic Traveller, I trace some of the unexpected British links in Chile featured in #SmallEarthquakes.
📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
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‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.
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DON'T MISS THIS! 🎺
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I believe there are about 3 more days before the paywall comes down on this new issue. Meaning you can read a lot, if not the whole issue, online, for FREE! ( without ANY pre-conditions ) such as being a subscriber! Etc
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##WritingCommmunity
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I believe there are about 3 more days before the paywall comes down on this new issue. Meaning you can read a lot, if not the whole issue, online, for FREE! ( without ANY pre-conditions ) such as being a subscriber! Etc
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
DON'T MISS THIS! 🎺
FREE GRANTA ACCESS
##WritingCommmunity
#poetrycommunity
I believe there are about 3 more days before the paywall comes down on this new issue. Meaning you can read a lot, if not the whole issue, online, for FREE! ( without ANY pre-conditions ) such as being a subscriber! Etc
FREE GRANTA ACCESS
##WritingCommmunity
#poetrycommunity
I believe there are about 3 more days before the paywall comes down on this new issue. Meaning you can read a lot, if not the whole issue, online, for FREE! ( without ANY pre-conditions ) such as being a subscriber! Etc
'Catchfart': a 17th-century word that deserves a revival in the 21st century...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
'Catchfart': a 17th-century word that deserves a revival in the 21st century...
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An Extremely Un-Get-Atable Place
‘It’s an extremely un-get-atable place, but it’s a nice house and I think I can make it quite comfortable with a little trouble.’—George Orwell An Extremely Un-get-atable Place is a lyrical reimaginin...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Every Sunday I’ll be contributing a paperback column to the Observer’s New Review. Kicking things off is Driver by Mattia Filice (@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social), who’s poured his experience of 2 decades working on the French rail network into an extraordinary verse novel. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
November 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Every Sunday I’ll be contributing a paperback column to the Observer’s New Review. Kicking things off is Driver by Mattia Filice (@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social), who’s poured his experience of 2 decades working on the French rail network into an extraordinary verse novel. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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Thank you! Sorry it's taken ages to get it up.
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Thank you! Sorry it's taken ages to get it up.
Previously unpublished works in 'The Poems of Seamus Heaney' (@faberbooks.bsky.social) 'deepen our understanding of a poet we thought we already knew,' says @ruthpadel.bsky.social in @ftweekend.com.
www.ft.com/content/d562...
www.ft.com/content/d562...
Seamus Heaney: a new glimpse of his life and poetry
With previously uncollected or unpublished works, a definitive edition deepens our understanding of the Nobel laureate’s creative process
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November 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Previously unpublished works in 'The Poems of Seamus Heaney' (@faberbooks.bsky.social) 'deepen our understanding of a poet we thought we already knew,' says @ruthpadel.bsky.social in @ftweekend.com.
www.ft.com/content/d562...
www.ft.com/content/d562...
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.. and then follow him to the Spanish Civil War...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
.. and then follow him to the Spanish Civil War...
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...and Litle Toller has a backlist well worth exploring even at full price: www.littletoller.co.uk/category/boo....
You know you want to.
A little autumn offer for this week! 15% off books bought on our website until 1st November. Use code LTB15G at the checkout. Maybe try Edward Thomas' Icknield Way, Caro Giles' Unschooled or Peter Hahn's memoir of life on a vineyard...
www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/
www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/
October 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
...and Litle Toller has a backlist well worth exploring even at full price: www.littletoller.co.uk/category/boo....
Lovely piece by Jean Sprackland in @theobserveruk.bsky.social, welcoming ‘this season of retreat and interiority’.
Little piece on darkness by Sprackland mère, ahead of the publication of her new book, Night Vision.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Lovely piece by Jean Sprackland in @theobserveruk.bsky.social, welcoming ‘this season of retreat and interiority’.
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Do you think your MP is aware of the full implications of the climate crisis, across health, national security, food security and our economy?
Ask them to attend the first National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov: www.nebriefing.org
Ask them to attend the first National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov: www.nebriefing.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Do you think your MP is aware of the full implications of the climate crisis, across health, national security, food security and our economy?
Ask them to attend the first National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov: www.nebriefing.org
Ask them to attend the first National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov: www.nebriefing.org
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If you're a writer or publisher with a book on travel or place coming out in 2026, please let me know via deskboundtraveller.com so I can include it in a roundup (like this one: deskboundtraveller.com/words-from-the-road-for-2025/). Reposts greatly appreciated.
October 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you're a writer or publisher with a book on travel or place coming out in 2026, please let me know via deskboundtraveller.com so I can include it in a roundup (like this one: deskboundtraveller.com/words-from-the-road-for-2025/). Reposts greatly appreciated.
If you're a writer or publisher with a book on travel or place coming out in 2026, please let me know via deskboundtraveller.com so I can include it in a roundup (like this one: deskboundtraveller.com/words-from-the-road-for-2025/). Reposts greatly appreciated.
October 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you're a writer or publisher with a book on travel or place coming out in 2026, please let me know via deskboundtraveller.com so I can include it in a roundup (like this one: deskboundtraveller.com/words-from-the-road-for-2025/). Reposts greatly appreciated.
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I spoke with Lance Richardson about his massive biography of Peter Matthiessen, "True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen." Listen to the pod on your favorite app or on the web using the link below. @lancerichardson.bsky.social
Lance Richardson on Peter Matthiessen & "The Snow Leopard"
Lance Richardson discusses "The Snow Leopard," Peter Matthiessen's complicated personal life, and the challenges of writing biography.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I spoke with Lance Richardson about his massive biography of Peter Matthiessen, "True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen." Listen to the pod on your favorite app or on the web using the link below. @lancerichardson.bsky.social
Looking forward to this, the Springsteen story through five gigs, presented by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m....
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m....
BBC Radio 4 - Legend, The Bruce Springsteen Story, 1. My Hometown
Bruce's story begins in the small factory town of Freehold, New Jersey.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Looking forward to this, the Springsteen story through five gigs, presented by @ladymissbarton.bsky.social:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m....
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m....
Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel remains 'a monument to Afghan resilience & to the bravery of its staff,' says @willdalrymple.bsky.social. In Lyse Doucet, '& her witty & sometimes heartbreaking book, they have found a worthy chronicler.'
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
October 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel remains 'a monument to Afghan resilience & to the bravery of its staff,' says @willdalrymple.bsky.social. In Lyse Doucet, '& her witty & sometimes heartbreaking book, they have found a worthy chronicler.'
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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A previously unpublished poem by Seamus Heaney, along with an essay by Rosie Lavan, giving the context for the poem.
I will be speaking to Rosie and Bernard O'Donoghue, co-editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney, at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, on Nov. 1st.
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
I will be speaking to Rosie and Bernard O'Donoghue, co-editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney, at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, on Nov. 1st.
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Seamus Heaney’s Ribbons: A beautiful poem about his sisters, published for the first time
The reader is transported by Heaney’s illuminating memory: we’re in a school, a photographer is visiting and the girls are having their picture taken
www.irishtimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:27 AM
A previously unpublished poem by Seamus Heaney, along with an essay by Rosie Lavan, giving the context for the poem.
I will be speaking to Rosie and Bernard O'Donoghue, co-editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney, at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, on Nov. 1st.
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
I will be speaking to Rosie and Bernard O'Donoghue, co-editors of The Poems of Seamus Heaney, at The Source Arts Centre, Thurles, on Nov. 1st.
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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The Anthropic settlement list is up. Authors, check here to see if your books are included: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
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October 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The Anthropic settlement list is up. Authors, check here to see if your books are included: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com