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November 7, 2015
Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2015!!
THE GAME CHANGER has been shortlisted in the Ireland AM Crime Novel of the Year category in the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2015.
I am absolutely thrilled, and it is really terrific that all four novels have been nominated since the publication of Red Ribbons in 2012.
If you'd like to give The Game Changer, or any of the other books a vote, you can do so at this link here.... http://www.irishbookawards.ie/vote2015
November 2, 2015
October 31, 2015
Man Booker Prize and so much more......
This is not a picture of Bob Johnson!A frighteningly good new episode of Bookish podcast, featuring Bob Johnston,Shane Breslin and myself.....
Put on the kettle and have a listen folks...I promise you, if you're a book lover, you won't regret it....LISTEN IN HERE
On This Month's Bookish Podcast...
Reflections on the biggest literary award of the year, the Man Booker Prize, which went to Marlon James for A Brief History of Seven Killings; literary innovation in the form of short story vending machines; and a nearly middle aged white man complaining about middle aged white men complaining.
Book club discussion is on four-decade 720-page epic A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara – a book which invariably elicits strong opinions from anyone who reads it.
Psychological crime writer Louise Phillips, whose fourth thriller “The Game Changer” is published by Hachette Books Ireland, joins us for our guest slot Trilogy, picking three books that mean a lot to her – including a 20th century classic, a little known book by Virginia Andrews and a relatively recent book from an Irish author.
‘Second Look’ this month is Julius Winsome by Irish writer Gerard Donovan, and new books to catch our eye include The Boy Who Fell Off The Mayflower and Irelandopedia and the November events roundup looks at the Dublin Books Festival, the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards and two public interviews by Banter.
October 29, 2015
Trilogy - Top 3 Books...chatting with Bookish!
I'm so looking forward to chatting with Bob Johnston of The Gutter Bookshop and Shane Breslin of Blackbird Books tomorrow, as part of their monthly podcasts under the 'BOOKISH' series.
Trilogy is the slot where a guest talks about three books that played a big part in their life, and this month, I’ll be chatting about my top three books….it made for a lot of soul searching……and of course, The Game Changer...
Anyhow, I’ll keep you posted as to when the podcast is available, but if you want to check out previous podcasts, visit here http://castaway.media/bookish/categor...
October 28, 2015
The Book Club - DUBLIN CITY FM......
My interview with the lovely Grainne Brookfield of Dublin City FM will be broadcast this Friday at 11 a.m....tune into 103.2 FM if you can....
I'll post pics from the Cill Rialaig Residency shortly....
I'll post pics from the Cill Rialaig Residency shortly....
October 16, 2015
The Wild Atlantic Way!!
I will be gone from any internet activity for the next 10 days, but the even better news is that I will be writing in Cill Rialaig on the Wild Atlantic Way!!
Looking forward to sharing some time with fellow writers Catherine Dunne, Lia Mills, Sean Hardie, Andrea Carter, Anthony Glavin and Maria Mc Manus...
See you all on the other side!
October 14, 2015
Meeting friends, old and new!
A really lovely evening last night in RUA RED Arts Centre. It was terrific to catch up with so many old and new friends for a night of Circle & Square (Fiery Arrow Press) edited by Eileen Casey.
A packed house with fantastic readings from Kevin and Joan Power...(Photos by ROCSHOT)
A packed house with fantastic readings from Kevin and Joan Power...(Photos by ROCSHOT)
October 12, 2015
Soon to be revealed...
So what have these women writers with varying styles and drawn from different genres have in common??? Soon to be revealed, but I can tell you it was great fun working with them.....
From left, Martina Devlin, E R Murray, Hazel Gaynor, Jax Miller, Claudia Carroll and Louise Phillips
From left, Martina Devlin, E R Murray, Hazel Gaynor, Jax Miller, Claudia Carroll and Louise Phillips
Alison Wells of Writing.ie on 'Circle & Square' Edited by Eileen Casey
When is a shopping centre not like a shopping centre? Easy! When it’s the site for fiction, prose, poetry, drama and art photography. But not as frequently as you might think, surprisingly enough. Ewan Morrison (writing in The Guardian) makes the point that there are few works of fiction set in shopping malls. This state of affairs Morrison regards as ‘a disturbing omission in literary history, given we live in a world that is rapidly homogenized by these structures.
Circle & Square, a new publication hot off the press, can now be added to the canon of shopping centre literature. Brim filled with prose, fiction, drama, poetry and photography...
"Louise Phillips, one of Circle & Square’s guest writers, uses flash fiction to bring her main character (‘Layla’) into the car park of a shopping centre, having fled from an abusive husband. It’s early morning and the vast empty space further heightens that sense of isolation and alienation. Phillips uses the setting eerily well, as one would expect from a best-selling crime novelist..."
Dermot Bolger says of Circle & Square... “To open Circle & Square is like entering the sort of fascinating café which every shopping centre should ideally possess: a cornucopia of engaging voices and fascinating stories that any reader would happily eavesdrop on. This is an anthology where a shopping expedition or a Luas journey can also bring you on a succession of intriguing and inventive voyages into the past and future. Prepare to be entertained.”
READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
