Louise Phillips's Blog, page 73
December 8, 2013
Irish Crime Fiction Books of the Year 2009 -2013
Irish Crime Fiction Award 2009: Blood Runs Cold by Alex Barclay
Irish Crime Fiction Award 2010: Dark Times by Gene Kerrigan
Irish Crime Fiction Award 2011: Bloodland by Alan Glynn
Irish Crime Fiction Award 2012: Broken Harbour by Tana French
Irish Crime Fiction Award 2012: The Doll's House by Louise Phillips
December 6, 2013
Ireland AM Children's Christmas Short Story Competiion
Word Count - 500Closing Date - 6th DecemberEmail to tv3.ieClick on image below
December 3, 2013
Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2013
To view RTE coverage of the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards 2013 - click the image below.
Photograph by Patrick Bolger
Photograph by Patrick BolgerNovember 30, 2013
Voting is now open for Overall Irish Book of the Year in the Irish Book Awards!
If you fancy giving THE DOLL'S HOUSE a vote in the Overall Book Award of the Year - you can do so by clicking the pic below...Voting closes in 4 DAYS!!!
November 28, 2013
Irish Book Awards 2013
For anyone who missed the Ireland AM coverage of the Irish Book Awards 2013 - Click on the link below!
November 27, 2013
Most Wanted!
"Irish crime fiction is enjoying something of a golden age, and this year’s most wanted is Louise Phillips for her second book, The Doll’s House. The award was presented by the State pathologist Marie Cassidy." The Irish Times
I was utterly thrilled to receive the award for the Best Irish Crime Novel 2013, sponsored by Ireland AM, in the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards on Tuesday evening.
I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to everyone who helped make this happen, and in particular everyone who has visited and supported this blog.
If there was even more icing to be found on the cake, it was the fact that the award was presented by the wonderful Marie Cassidy, a women whom I greatly admire.
Thank You
I was utterly thrilled to receive the award for the Best Irish Crime Novel 2013, sponsored by Ireland AM, in the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards on Tuesday evening.
I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to everyone who helped make this happen, and in particular everyone who has visited and supported this blog.
If there was even more icing to be found on the cake, it was the fact that the award was presented by the wonderful Marie Cassidy, a women whom I greatly admire.
Thank You
November 25, 2013
Cinderella will go to the ball!
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who cast their vote in the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards!!
The Award Ceremony is tomorrow evening the 26th November and Cinderella is going to the ball - My ticket arrived today - YAY
I'll try to remember to take lots of pics!!!
The Award Ceremony is tomorrow evening the 26th November and Cinderella is going to the ball - My ticket arrived today - YAY
I'll try to remember to take lots of pics!!!
November 24, 2013
Quasimodo by Mia Gallagher
Curled up in front of the fire this evening I set about catching up on my reading material, delighted to be one of 100 lucky folks who acquired a copy of Quasimodo by Mia Gallagher, a limited edition chapbook from Spolia, with full color illustrations by Kirsetn Stolle.
“Quasimodo” begins with two sisters doing something they've done a hundred times before: entering their parents’ house. But something is different. The lighting is wrong. The normally soft hues and gentle lamp-lit shadows have been washed out by hard fluorescent overhead bulbs. Carpet stains– once hidden– are exposed and the wallpaper is peeling. It isn’t pretty but it’s the truth. What is light after all, if not revealing? Their father has been left in charge after their mother’s stroke. He does not share her knack for ambiance.Ann, one of the daughters, knows about strokes. Her husband suffered three of them. The story takes its title from the way they left his face partially paralyzed, half-melted like that of Notre Dame’s famous hunchback. It’s a bitter association that Ann keeps to herself. And yet, the phrasequasi modo means ‘almost the standard measure,’ which connotes the skewed shape of relationships in crisis. Everything is almost how it’s supposed to be. The pieces are there but nothing looks quite the way you need it to.The light in Ann’s parents’ house is without magic, like when the auditorium lights pop on after a play. The story itself points a flashlight into the mouth of a cave and asks how deep people will go for the sake of their loved ones. When is it selfish to distance yourself from a situation? When is it foolish to keep getting closer? “Quasimodo” offers no certain answer to those questions, except to say there is a time and place for everything.To get your hands on a copy, you can order HERE This book is an absolute delight, limited to 100 copies, is a treasure to have.
November 22, 2013
Tune into Sunshine 106.8 tomorrow after the 12'o'clock Ne...
Tune into Sunshine 106.8 tomorrow after the 12'o'clock News - I'll be chatting with the lovely Andrea Hayes!!! And don't forget Crime Fiction the festival is also on tomorrow at Trinity College!!
November 21, 2013
Midday TV3 Interview at Fire Restaurant - Mansion House, Dublin
One of the most pleasant mornings in the city this week, chatting with Andrea Hayes of the TV3 Midday team, along with novelist Claudia Carroll about the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards Nominations 2013, 'The Doll's House', and 'Me & You'...
Click on image below to view (it's about 30 minutes in)
Click on image below to view (it's about 30 minutes in)
