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August 17, 2016
Shortlisted…
Thrilled to be shortlisted in the ‘Personal Blog’ category of the Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards 2016!
The public vote opens at the Shortlist stage, and accounts for 20% of marks (80% comes from peer judging). If you have enjoyed your visit here, and are so inclined to vote for me, I will be eternally grateful!
The public vote will run from Wednesday 17th until Tuesday 23rd August.
August 11, 2016
The Librarian’s Cellar: The Blocks by Karl Parkinson
August 6, 2016
The Librarian’s Cellar: VIVA
Viva has just won the ‘Spirit of Gaze Award’ at the GAZE International Film Festival 2016. No surprise there, an incredible film, go see it when it hits a cinema near you!
This film should come with a warning: make sure to wear waterproof mascara!
Seriously though – no surprise at all thatitwas put forward for nomination for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.With Benicio Del Toro on board as executive producer, the filmwas written by Irish Screenwriter, ...
August 3, 2016
The Spellery Magazine…
August 2, 2016
The Librarian’s Cellar: Dermot Healy’s ‘The Collected Short Stories: Fighting with Shadows’ reviewed by Eoin McNamee
A series of guest reviews on inspiring work, old and new.
Dalkey Archive Press has republished Dermot Healy’s first novel, Fighting with Shadows, and issued his Collected Short Stories. These books provide an insight into the most extraordinary Irish literary consciousness of the last 50 years.
The majority of the stories were written between 1975 and 1999. In the early stories Healy absorbs and discards styles and influences with bewildering speed, working towards the language which would be...
July 27, 2016
Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards: The Longlist…
Very, very happy to be on the longlist for the Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards 2016
(Books and Literature)
And congratulations to all the other superb blogs that made the cut!
A good day!!
Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards 2016
The Librarian’s Cellar: spill simmer falter wither
Mistakenly assuming that it would be heavy-going, I was savingSara Baume’s debutfor a time when I felt I could give it the attention that such a thoughtful book deserves. However, having found that time, it turned out to be the fastest read I’ve enjoyed in a while. Sara’s visceral prose, alive and relentless, hooked me in throughthis heartfeltjourney of a motherless man; a grieving man, and a one-eyed dog. If you are a reader, you’ll be a better reader for having read it. If you are a writer,...
July 22, 2016
Characters from Arkyne: Coco – An Introduction
COCO De Rais strode purposefully through the grounds of her home, a seventeenth century château overlooking the French village of Tiffauges. It was late in the evening, the end of summer, and the château, perched high and austere amidst the borderlands of the Vendee, was bathed in the golden hue of sand stone.
Breathing through her irritation, and with a flashlight shining low and discreet on the path before her, her pace quickened, and she didn’t even stop to admire, as was her habit, the ma...
July 20, 2016
The Librarian’s Cellar: Orla McAlinden Reviews ‘After the Lockout’ by Darran McCann
A series of guest reviews on inspiring work, old and new: Orla McAlinden reviews After the Lockout by Darran McCann
Most debut authors could only dream of having a cover quote on their first novel from Hilary Mantel, and here’s what she has to say about After the Lockout: “A wonderful novel…deeply intelligent and self-aware…entertaining…” I’d have to agree with her, it’s all of those things.
The early chapters are set in the Montgomery Street brothel district of Dublin in 1917, in a city that...
July 13, 2016
The Librarian’s Cellar: Caroline Finnerty Reviews ‘The Fallout’ by Margaret Scott
A series of guest reviews on inspiring work, old and new. In thesecond of the series, Caroline Finnerty reviews The Fallout by Margaret Scott.
We usually hear the term ‘The Fallout’ in reference to the aftermath of the economic crash, however the clever title of Margaret Scott’s second novel, deals with the fallout amongst a group of colleagues in fictional bank DKB during the early years of the global financial meltdown.
The story opens with the arrival of two registered letters: one is ad...
