Garvan Grant

Fur will fly.

The perfect Christmas gift for anyone who cherishes the power of the written word . . . 'One of the finest writers this country has ever produced.' - Miriam- O'Callaghan 'Frankly, it’s a masterpiece.' - Maia Dunphy Available at dubraybooks.ie/product/still-… #ChristmasGiftIdeas

'A beautiful book, at once sombre and radiant.' - JOHN BANVILLE Good luck to @juliaellenkelly in @IrishBookAward! ‘STILL’ is shortlisted in the Biography category. It published by @NewIslandBooks and can be bought nationwide and on @DubrayBooks at dubraybooks.ie

Such a great Irish family business - and a pleasure to work with! If you want to support #local this #Christmas - and give lots of great #ChristmasGifts - look no further than #ShinesSeafood - #Killybeg's finest! Check them out at shinesseafood.ie #giftrange #Christmas

This gives me about seven different headaches. 🙃

Voting closes on Sunday in the @AnPostIBAS! The exquisite 'STILL' by @juliaellenkelly is in the Biography category - up against stiff competition. Please give your vote to 'STILL' at irishbookawards.ie/vote/ 'STILL' is published by @NewIslandBooks Thank you #APIBA #IrishBookAwards

'I’m happiest when I complete a body of work or a commission or an exhibition.' Lovely piece with artist Corban Walker in @IrishTimesCultr: irishtimes.com/life-style/peo… Do go see his show at @SolomonFineArt: solomonfineart.ie/exhibitions/11… Interview: @TonyClaytonLea #Resist #art

BREAKING: Almost €150m spent on preparations for new National Maternity Hospital. Well, at least it’s built now … oh wait! 😐

We are delighted to see our client @ClgSpade Enterprise Centre making the finals of this year’s prestigious #GoldenWhisk Awards for Innovative Marketing! We love working with them on their marketing campaigns and social media so it is wonderful to see them recognised like this.

BREAKING: Fine Gael denies ‘smear campaign’ tactics against Connolly in election. In other news, scummy bunch of lowlifes deny being … eh … scummy bunch of lowlifes. At least they haven’t been running the country for … oh wait. 😐

Great interview! @dionfanning talks to @juliaellenkelly on the @freestateirl podcast about her extraordinary memoir 'Still' - a moving conversation to her mother, built around the cold language of the post mortem. Listen to #FreeState wherever you get your podcasts. 1/2

‘I’d never endorse anyone but I can tell you this: I wouldn’t vote for your one Humphreys in a blue moon, on a month of Sundays, for love nor money, for all the tea in China or even in a million years!’ - Milo

Such a landmark in the heart of the city! The food at La Maison has stayed so consistently brilliant for so many years. The blend of #FrenchFlair with #IrishProduce is a magical combination! A joy to work with the chefs in there! Do check it out: lamaisondublin.com

BREAKING: Security tight ahead of Dáil return. Yeah but they’ll still fleece us. 😐

Wow! Really special reviews of @juliaellenkelly's STILL from Éilís Ní Dhuibhne in @IrishTimesCultr, Estelle Birdy in @Independent_ie and @edelcoffey in @TheGlossMag Great to see this beautiful book getting such recognition! Still is published by @newislandbooks.

Still by Julia Kelly: tempering grief by giving it words irishtimes.com/culture/books/… via @IrishTimesCultr

Lovely promo by Brunna for @juliaellenkelly's new book 'Still'. Published by @NewIslandBooks, John Banville writes of it: 'In Still, the dead are brought back to life through the working of words, the only means by which this miracle may be effected. A beautiful book.' Out now.

BREAKING: Flesh-eating screwworm strikes US. Jaysus! First Trump, now a flesh-eating screwworm. How many parasites can one country endure?

So bike lanes are for bikes and motorised bikes. 👍 But not for motorbikes. As motorbikes are different to motorised bikes as motorbikes have engines, not motors. 🤔 So why the hell am I not allowed to drive my cool new double-decker four-wheeled electric bike in a bike lane? 😡

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BREAKING: Cocaine users are now older, better educated and more likely to be working. Wait! So if we use coke, we’ll live longer, maybe do a degree and probably get a job? I’ll do it! 🤔