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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
© Jed Niezgoda 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 …