Barbara Leahy

Thank you @brigidodea for this lovely review in today’s Irish Times. The “sumptuous sensory world” of #rembrandtspromise ☺️❤️🌷

Ya en librerías La promesa de Rembrandt, de Barbara Leahy. Un viaje por el Amsterdam de la época dorada de los Países Bajos, la vida en la casa del gran maestro Rembrandt y una promesa incumplida. Encuentra tu librería aquí: todostuslibros.com/libros/la-prom…

@librosdeseda @Lit_Ireland @udllibros Delighted to see the first translation of Rembrandt’s Promise out today ❤️

¡"La promesa de Rembrandt", el nuevo libro de @barbleahy ! musicaentodosuesplendor.es/2026/01/la-pro…

@wcorklitfest @westcorkpeople @leonaforde1 @Gill_Books @blastabooks @MikeMoynihanEx @MercierBooks @GillHessLtd @aocdotme @BantryBookshop Thank you Eimear for including me!#rembrandtspromise

@jimxcomet “… that old bloodshot moon in that burgundy sky” ❤️ #tomwaits

Number 7 When we started doing this particular poll this was the first record that sprung to mind. I assumed it would be my number 1 but I can't even fit it into the final 5. #5debutalbums7074

Me performing and acting as MC, one of three, at our Open Mic night at the @UL Creative Writing Winter School in Doolin this week! What an incredible experience!

Hear ye, Hear ye! I'll be speaking at the amazing #Armagh Georgian Festival this year (Nov 30th). Only a few seats left so do come along & celebrate #JaneAusten's 250th birthday! armagh-navancentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh… @NITouristBoard @visit_armagh

✨ It’s Festival Week! ✨ We can’t wait to welcome you to events all across the city this week and there’s still time to join us. Browse our programme and book your spot at #DBF25 🎟️ bit.ly/46ixJu1

Highly recommend the wonderful Marie Gethins who is teaching #flashfiction starting 4th Nov @IrishWritersCtr . Inspiration and insight await! irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/flash-…

✨ 2 weeks to go and we’re excited to be celebrating Ireland’s writers, illustrators and publishers! We can’t wait to welcome audiences back to venues all around Dublin. Have you booked your tickets yet? ✨ bit.ly/46ixJu1

Let yourself be swept away at an evening of conversation around three transportive and absorbing novels, with Oisín Fagan, Barbara Leahy and Ferdia Lennon in conversation with Emily Hourican about their latest books 🎟️bit.ly/4nxUiE1

📚 Dolly Parton Imagination Library is expanding in Cork! Since 2020, 66,000+ books gifted to 2,888 children in areas like Knocknaheeny, Hollyhill & more. Register at birth to receive 60 books by age 5! Thanks to @anpostofficial, now in Mayfield too. Join us! #ReadToLead #Cork

Introducing… SAOIRSE. Saoirse is the stunning novel by @charleen_hurtubise, which explores the fine line between dishonesty and reinvention. Pre-order this unforgettable story now: loom.ly/IwGYHOs @curtisbrowncreative @gillhessltd #saoirsenovel

I could not be happier to have won the @frazzledlitmag Short Story Award with a story I love! Thanks to the judge, Nuala O'Connor, and the Frazzled editors

Back in Amsterdam where it all began ❤️@Rembrandthuis #rembrandtspromise #rembrandt #amsterdam

It was in the Jane Austen Fest Newsletter so it must be true. Online tickets (live only) now available for some of the talks at #JaneAusten festival Bath (incl mine about The Watsons). A great way to attend the festival in September if you can't make it! janeausten.co.uk/pages/jane-aus…

Delighted to chat to Sue Leonard for todays’s Irish Examiner! #rembrandtspromise

What a beautiful morning spent listening to the brilliant @barbleahy talk about the incredible woman written out of Rembrandt's bio, Geertje, who's tale is captured in her debut novel #rembrandtspromise. Fabulous event @BantryHouse . Well done @wcorklitfest #histfic