Anne Doyle tells us about her new new read, Tales of the Otherworld. Ghosts have always been a part of my life. This isn’t something I acknowledge easily, nor is it something by which I’m best pleased. I believe in ghosts, and they sometimes frighten me. But, I suppose, a shiver or a scary thrill now and then is no harm – maybe it helps keep you young at heart. When I was a child, ghosts were a part of …
Category: Irish Myths
In Tim Krabbé novel’s The Vanishing, Rex cannot move on after his partner, Saskia, disappears. He plays a mental game. What if he were offered two choices? One: he finds …
This week is Irish Book Week, celebrating Irish authors, illustrators, publishers, and bookshops, so we thought we’d celebrate by asking some of the Irish Book Week Ambassadors a couple of …
Manchán Magan’s 2020 bestseller, “Thirty-Two Words for Field”, is a treasure trove of almost-forgotten Irish words, place names, and traditions. His new book, Listen to the Land Speak, will be …
Recent Comments