Jane Carkill

I'm delighted to have a short article 'Bees & Beekeeping in Irish Folklore' in this month's @irelandsown1902 Magazine; their #Halloween edition, packed with wickedly good ghost stories! #IrishBookWeek #Folklore #Books #Literature #Ireland #TheKeeperOfTheBees 🐝

A big thanks to @irishexaminer for featuring an extract from my book that describes the tradition of #TellingTheBees 🐝🐝 #TheKeeperOfTheBees @OBrienPress @IELifestyle_ #Folklore #Ireland

#StGobnait, patroness of bees, was visited by an apparition & told to travel until she reached her place of ‘resurrection’ where 9 white deer would be sleeping. Here, she was to erect her 1st church & devote herself to a pious way of life #LegendaryWednesday #31DaysOfHaunting

I received hardcopies of my book from @OBrienPress in the post & I think (hope) the bees might approve 🐝 Launching 6pm, 22nd Oct '24 @Hodges_Figgis, Dublin. All will bee welcome 🐝 #WritingCommunity #Published #books #Folklore #SaveTheBees #Beekeeping

Lovely new @OBrienPress coming out in October! Would love a copy! Written by Eimear @BeeFolklore! She has just set up her twitter/X account, and has written some nice interesting #bee tweets. How about you bee friendly and give her a bee-autiful follow! #FollowFriday #FF 🐝🍯🐝

Coming very soon - poetry, prose and illustrations -@newislandbooks instagram.com/p/DLj-RcIiFLT/…

Illustrations @lamblittle_ prose @pocketforestsn photos @Burrenbeo & my poetry in this gorgeous new book from @NewIslandBooks & @Burrenbeo

Coming Soon; The Hare’s Corner. Available for preorder now 💛 I am so excited to reveal the cover for this special book, created In collaboration with @BurrenbeoTrust @jane_janeclarke @pocketforests & @NewIslandBooks 🌿 Publishing September 26th ❤️

Ireland represented for first time at Luxembourg Poetry Festival by Wicklow poet independent.ie/regionals/wick… @BloodaxeBooks @poetryireland @IrlinLuxembourg @artscouncil_ie

i finally met them ❤️‍🩹

Bought Windfall: Irish Nature Poems to Inspire and Connect! By @jane_janeclarke @lamblittle_. Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, Michael Longley, Paul Muldoon, Yeats, Winifred M. Letts, John Montague, Derek Mahon, John Hewitt, Louis MacNeice, Eva Gore-Booth & more! @HachetteIre 10/10✨

From @lamblittle_ illustrator of 'Windfall, Irish Nature Poems to Inspire & Connect' @HachetteIre - a practical & beautiful guide libristo.ie/en/book/waterc…

Ron Charles recommends Windfall @HachetteIre in today's Washington Post Book Club. He also publishes 'Recipe for a Bog' first published in A Change in the Air Bloodaxe Books.

Michael Longley's The Leveret was one of the first poems chosen & illustrated for Windfall: Irish Nature Poems to Inspire & Connect @HachetteIre @poetryireland

Coming Soon; The Hare’s Corner. Available for preorder now 💛 I am so excited to reveal the cover for this special book, created In collaboration with @BurrenbeoTrust @jane_janeclarke @pocketforests & @NewIslandBooks 🌿 Publishing September 26th ❤️

Pumpkins & Squash 🍂 Happy Halloween!

Happy publication day to ‘The Keeper of the Bees’ by Eimear Chaomhánach, Illustarted by Jane Carkill 🐝 Available in bookshops now! @BeeFolklore #thekeeperofthebees #new #irishpublishing #obrienpress

Surround yourself with good friends 💖

Napoleon Bonaparte's imperial symbol was the #honeybee. He had 300 golden bees embroidered onto is coronation #costume to represent 300 gold bees with garnet wings found inside the tomb of 5th century French King, Childeric @MythologyMonday

St. Gobnait; Patroness of the bees ❤️ Illustration for Chapter 4 : The keeper of the Bees, by Eimear Chaomhánach. @BeeFolklore , publishing in October 🐝