Valerie O’Riordan

She/her. Senior lecturer @CWatUB. O.Henry Prize '19. Senior editor @forge_litmag. Be excellent to each other.

[Valerie O’Riordan @somefiasco]

Screw this place, I’m on threads now at valerieoriordan. Musk, Zuck, frying pan, fire, fuck it.

[New Writing North @NewWritingNorth]

@NickAhad @sansawicka @HiveSouthYorks @panmacmillan @AMcMillanPoet @NzeluWrites @BenMyers1 @PretiTaneja @paulsmithmusic The Finchale Award for Short Fiction award goes to Manchester writer Valerie O'Riordan.

"I'm beyond thrilled to have won! It's such an honour. This is going to make a really massive difference to my writing practice over the next twelve months, and I can't wait to get started!"

[Valerie O’Riordan @somefiasco]

Anyone want 2 x tickets to see Sprints at New Century Hall (Mcr) on Fri (29th)? Selling at face value, £35.20 for the pair.

[John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP]

The key lesson of the Trump victory for us is that Labour has to deliver the significant improvement in quality of life that people can feel or we face the rise of right wing populism that has swept America. Half measures won’t be enough.

[Valerie O’Riordan @somefiasco]

@access4everyone hi, fyi, your website says Ogden reservoir (near Rawtenstall, near Blackburn) is wheelchair accessible but I think you got it mixed up with one in Yorkshire called Ogden reservoir; that might be accessible but the one in the northwest really isn’t at all.

[Just Some Fella 🍉 @EddyRhead]

European Capital of Cycling

[Alexa Kuenstler @alexakuenstler]

In honor of Nobel Prize Week, please enjoy my favorite tweet of all time

[The Irish For @theirishfor]

The Irish for peacekeeping is síochánaíocht, or coimeád na síochána. 🇺🇳🇮🇪

[Sian Harries @sianharries_]

I had to lie on the floor to do my English A level. I was eventually diagnosed with endometriosis - a condition where my internal organs bleed every month.

The only ‘proof’ is them cutting you open and I had to wait 20 years for the NHS to do this.

[Valerie O’Riordan @somefiasco]

This is all too real and all too common - students, it will absolutely be affecting your lecturing team, no matter what university you attend - and senior management teams have very little interest in addressing it.

[Dr David Yates @DavidYatesPhD]

This is the unseen side of what happens when you are constantly reminded that you are behind with administration and teaching activities.

I'm 37 with depression, anxiety and stress, all linked to work.

I thought about whether everything was worth it last week.

[Mark O’Connell @mrkocnnll]

It can’t be said often enough that referring to nation states as “her” is the custom of fools, creeps, and shitheads

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

This is an absolutely devastating resignation letter.

It is absolutely correct - it’s a searing, damning indictment of the soulless, toxic Starmer project.

It is, however, unfortunate that these points aren’t being made by someone else.

[Plashing Vole Now On Bluesky @PlashingVole]

‘We VCs are here to show solidarity with Keir Starmer. Like him, we understand that a massive salary needs to come with free accommodation and the little extras that compensate for having to make “difficult decisions”.’

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

So Huw Edwards gets a suspended sentence for buying and making pornographic images of children, while peaceful environmental defenders seeking to prevent social catastrophe get 3, 4 and 5 years. Some justice, this.

[Valerie O’Riordan @somefiasco]

@PlashingVole 82 jobs to go in my place and the 'consultation' period drags on; start teaching in a week and over half my dept (English Studies) don't know if they'll have jobs by then.

[USSbriefs @USSbriefs]

“2 UK unis are proposing to close their chemistry courses and senior academics are warning that department closures could become commonplace if the financial challenges facing the country’s HE sector are not addressed” https://t.co/oIun7w2bO1

[The Irish For @theirishfor]

2 Cailín 2 Ciúin

[Valerie O’Riordan @somefiasco]

Delighted that a story of mine has been shortlisted for the @MastersReview Emerging Writers Anthology - thanks to the readers and good luck to all on the list!

https://t.co/XQ2ZbdexFv

[BlackwellsManchester @BlackwellsMcr]

TONIGHT!

Heather McCalden will be here talking to @somefiasco about THE OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE - her incredible genre-defying memoir which explores grief, loss and the entwined histories of AIDS and the Internet.

Doors: 6.30, starts: 6.45

Tickets online below and on the door.

[BlackwellsManchester @BlackwellsMcr]

TOMORROW NIGHT!

We're delighted to be welcoming Heather McCalden to the shop to discuss THE OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE - her incedible genre-defying memoir which explores grief, loss and the entwined histories of AIDS and the Internet. Heather will be chatting with @somefiasco

🎫👇🏻