It took me a long time to come around to reading science fiction. I’ve always been a big fan of fantasy literature, and I’ve followed Star Trek on screen from the original series all the way to Discovery. But futuristic tech could not win me over. Then I came across Becky Chambers’s first novel, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. The title alone was enough to catch my eye. As soon as I started reading it, I understood. …
Month: October 2019
The incomparable Patti Smith celebrates the passing of another decade in her life with The Year of the Monkey. In her seventieth year, this prolific punk-rock poet sets out on …
The tables at the front of our shops hold a dazzling array of brand new books to tempt the avid reader. But don’t forget to occasionally wend your way further …
It’s really daunting to educate yourself on a subject. It’s very difficult to know where to start, because you don’t know what you don’t know, so you don’t know what …
It is a truth universally acknowledged that there are never enough books in the world to fulfil the avid reader. It is equally true that there are also far too many books out there …
Mike penned hit singles ‘Beautiful Affair’ and ‘Walk Away’ for Stockton’s Wing, and has made music and cooked with Ronnie Drew, Finbar Furey, Maura O’Connell and Sharon Shannon. He left …
Eithne Shortall studied journalism at Dublin City University and has lived in London, France and America. Now based in Dublin, she is chief arts writer for the Sunday Times Ireland. …
Meadhbh McHugh is an Irish playwright and writer living in New York. Meadhbh’s debut play, Helen and I, was staged by Druid Theatre Company in 2016 at the Mick Lally Theatre …
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