Annette J. Dunlea's Blog, page 731

Sound Eye Poetry

http://indigo.ie/~tjac/sound_eye_hme.htm
Sound Eye. . . Irish Poetry & the Universe of Writing
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This is a site given over to poetry, in the broad sense. The focus is on Irish poetry in the English language, and on work which seems to me to extend in interesting and surprising ways the possibilities for poetry anywhere, anytime, anyhow. Much material [...:]

Celtic Poetry

http://www.ucc.ie/celt/bardic.html
Irish Bardic Poetry
"By Bardic Poetry I mean the writings of poets trained in the Bardic Schools as they existed in Ireland and the Gaelic parts of Scotland, down to about the middle of the seventeenth century. In Scotland, indeed, they lingered on till the eighteenth century. At what time they were founded we don't know, [...:]

Irish Poetry

http://www.poetseers.org/the_great_po...









Irish Poets


James Joyce


Patrick Kavanagh


Patrick Kavanagh poetry


Gabriel Rosenstock


  

 

The Cellist of Srajevo (Book Review)

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway (Book Review)
The Cellist of Sarajevo is a fictional account of the Siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s. It is beautifully written by Steven Galloway and published by Atlantic Books. Its ISBN is 1843547414. The book's theme is the destruction and carnage of war and the fragility of life. [...:]

Top 10 Munster July 2009

TOP 10 BESTSELLERS JULY 2009
1. COAST OF CORK BY JOLEEN CRONIN
2.D-DAY BY ANTONY BEEVOR
3.THE SORCERESS BY MICHAEL SCOTT
4.MY SISTERS KEEPER BY JODI PICOULT
5.GONE TOMORROW BY LEE CHILD
6.LOVERS BY JOHN CONNOLLY
7.MILES TO GO BY MILEY CYRUS
8.WE USED TO TALK ABOUT ROSS BY PAUL HOWARD
9.HELLO HEARTBREAK BY AMY HUBERMAN
10.THE HOST BY STEPHENIE MEYER
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Kinsale Arts Week

http://www.kinsaleartsweek.com/
Every year the historic beauty spot of Kinsale is electrified by the best in art, music, spectacle, theatre, literature and family entertainment for nine sunny days in July. This year's festival will mark Kinsale Arts Week's fifth birthday and everyone is invited to the party. Whether you live in or around Kinsale or like to holiday [...:]

Coming Soon West Cork Literary Festival

http://www.westcorkliteraryfestival.ie/


 
 
West Cork Literary Festival 2009 – Programme
Leading the fantastic festival line-up of more than fifty writers will be Annie Proulx, Jennifer Johnston, Roger McGough, Martina Cole and Louis de Bernieres.
Eleven Workshops will be facilitated by novelist Martina Devlin, screenwriter Ferdia Mac Anna, short story writer Vanessa Gebbie, playwright Billy Roche, travel writer Manchán Magan and [...:]

Home by Marilynne Robinson (Book Review)

The novel Home by Marilynne Robinson won the Orange Prize 2009. Its ISBN is 1844085503 and it is published by Virago Press. It is  sad and slow moving book but rich in characterisation and in human understanding. It is set in the 1950s in Gilead and a brother and sister return to the family home. [...:]

New York Post

New York Post Summer Reads http://www.nypost.com/seven/05252008/...
1. The Condition
by Jennifer Haigh
(Harper, July 1)
In the summer of 1976, scientist Frank McKotch makes a dramatic discovery – his only daughter, 13-year-old Gwen, has Turner's syndrome, which traps her in the body of a child, even as she matures into adulthood. Haigh , a PEN award winner for "Mrs. [...:]

Richard and Judy's Summer Reads

Richard & Judy Summer Reads 2009 http://www.argosybooks.ie/richard-jud... Past Imperfect Julian Fellows  9780753825419 €8.9920/05 Guernica David Boling 9780330460668 €9.9927/05 Palace Council Stephen L Carter 9780099527022 €9.9903/06 Mr. Toppit Charles Elton 9780141038001 €8.9910/06 The Great Lover Jill Dawson 9780340935668 €8.9917/06 Mystery Man Bateman 9780755346752 €9.9924/06 The Senator's Wife Sue Miller 9780747596400 €8.9901/07 The Piano Teacher Janice Y.K Lee 978000728