Ian O’Brien

Writer trapped in a teacher’s briefcase. Debut novel 'Slow The Road Shows' out October 2026 with @BlackBeeBooks

[Ian O’Brien @ianobrienwriter]

After several rejections and multiple redrafts, I can finally say my debut novel will be out later this year, thanks to @BlackBeeBooks #SlowTheRoadShows

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

And there is the reality.

All of the promises, all the rhetoric, all the empty, meaningless words.

Welsh Water at its finest.

[Ian O’Brien @ianobrienwriter]

Why are we violent? Wilde puts it down to the wallpaper. He has a point. Exploring that led to this story. Thanks to WestWord for publishing this week! https://t.co/oSh3oE0tih #shortstory #amwriting

[Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve]

MANCHESTER 👇👇👇
https://t.co/9xda5qXpue

[Wild at Heart @emmanu_elle_]

Dale Bissland

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

[Lee Brown @leebrown2]

Goosebumps! People often ask, is Shakespeare still relevant? Here is a great example, from the Steven Colbert Show, in which Sir Ian McKellen delivers an extraordinary speech. Shakespeare’s words are timeless, urgent and important.

#Shakespeare #ianmckellen #stevencolbert

[Ian O’Brien @ianobrienwriter]

@erin_simmer @BlackBeeBooks Hi - it's a dark coming of age story set here in the Cambrian mountains. More details to follow! :)

[Ian O’Brien @ianobrienwriter]

After several rejections and multiple redrafts, I can finally say my debut novel will be out later this year, thanks to @BlackBeeBooks #SlowTheRoadShows

[Literarium @Literarium12]

I Worried, Mary Oliver

[ᴍᴀɴᴄʜᴇꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ ꜰᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ™️ @MANCHESTERMUS10]

IT’S FRIDAY. It’s The Fall x

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

this

[Emily H @2emalha]

This poem has been running like a refrain in my mind over the past few days…

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

Brief, brief

—Louise Glück

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

W.S. Merwin with a beautiful
poem for the day that it is.

[Amnesty UK @AmnestyUK]

The arrest of Greta Thunberg for peacefully opposing genocide and supporting those on hunger strike is wrongful and disturbing.

This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.

Reports that Palestine Action activists on hunger strike have been hospitalised due to seriously deteriorating health send chills down the spine.

The Government should agree to meet their representatives whilst prosecutors must take steps to end this excessively lengthy pre-trial detention.

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“I don't know why people expect art to make sense. They accept the fact that life doesn't make sense.”

― David Lynch

[Ravilious @Ravilious1942]

Downs in Winter, Eric Ravilious, 1935. A classic view of the Southdowns in East #Sussex (now @sdnpa). The original artwork is in the collection of @TownerGallery.

[Sarah Evans @SarahjevsEvans]

Hyden Hill
acrylic on wood

[Marysia @marysia_cc]

'As the Crow Flies' by Jo Grundy