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The In-Laws By Sinéad Moriarty Amanda, Katie and Melanie are the daughters-in-law of the domineering…
Time and Tide
A novel by Edna O’Brien One warm summer evening last year, I picked up a…
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Where They Lie By Claire Coughlan This atmospheric thriller is slightly reminiscent of John Banville’s…
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Bloomsday 2022
Celebrating the Centenary Celebration of the Release of James Joyce Bloomsday is celebrated on June 16th each year, the day depicted in James Joyce’s Ulysses. The day is named after […]
Summer Reading
Snowflake By Louise Nealon There’s been a huge buzz about Louise Nealon ever since word of her debut novel was announced, with many reviewers and critics calling her the next […]
The President’s Beloved Irish housekeeperand Washington’s Kindness
Elizabeth Thompson is one of the most intriguing Irish characters who traveled alongside George Washington during and after the Revolutionary War. She was the elderly head of his household and […]
Irish Women Writers Celebrated in New York
I’m not going to tell you too much about, Look! It’s A Woman Writer!: Irish Literary Feminisms 1970 – 2020 edited by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. Because, as Frank McCourt once said, […]
The 10th Annual Tom Quinlan Poetry Lecture Featuring Paul Muldoon
Poet Paul Muldoon is even busier than usual. Earlier this month he was in London to help launch Paul McCartney’s memoir, “The Lyrics”… an instant bestseller on both sides of […]
Peter Quinn’s Novel Redux
“Quinn has a way of making ordinary things, the ordinary or wise or inadequate thoughts of many persons in many circumstances not only convincing but merely actual: an ability that […]