The last time I was in an Irish bookshop was Dubray in Grafton Street in March 2020. I was looking at a ‘New and Bestselling’ display that included my new novel A Famished Heart. I’ll admit pride was involved. I was about to do a radio interview with Pat Kenny’s Newstalk about the book. The interview had already been delayed twice because of unfolding news about a ‘novel’ virus. I walked around the corner and did the interview, full of …
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Christmas 2020 promises to be one like no other. Most of us will be at home. There’ll be less visiting but more home fires; less cocktails in bars but more …
Imagine yourself in a warehouse of books, a vast Borgesian warehouse that stretches on indefinitely in all directions. There are no lights in the warehouse; all you have is a …
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