As host of the seminar, Philip Harvey saw his task as to ask questions, some pre-worded others impromptu; to figure out what several people were saying at once; and to direct the dialogue so it didn’t fall off a bridge into the Liffey. Continue reading
Poems in Irish by Colin Ryan. Continue reading
A sneak peek into Bloomsday rehearsals on Zoom under strict social distancing measures. Continue reading
Eavan Boland wrote of the wounds carried in the Irish psyche through the death of its heroes. Continue reading
Women writers in Australian in the first half of the twentieth century were flying blind in the face of a culture that didn’t really expect them to be successful as writers Continue reading
Ceo Bruithne agus scéalta eile (Heat Haze and other stories) Book Review by Dymphna Lonergan Colin Ryan Ceo Bruithne agus scéalta eile. Cló Iar-Chonnacht 2019. 100 pp. ISBN: 978 1 7844 203 3 RRP: €10 A heat haze, according to Wikipedia, is ‘a shimmering of the air near the ground that distorts distant views’. ‘Ceo Bruithne’ is … Continue reading
Two newish Irish fiction writers making waves globally. Continue reading
Bloomsday in the Year of Plague. A metempsychosis. Continue reading
Jaki McCarrick talks about the writing, at ‘white heat’, of her play, ‘Belfast Girls’. Continue reading
Poetry and Paul Kelly’s preferences provide insight into the singer/songwriter’s mind. Continue reading
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