In an age where the collective attention span is ruled by TikTok and its clones (Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, et cetera), it is easy to forget about reading, the once-favourite pastime which, in olden times, captured and enriched both mind … Continue reading What are people reading on campus? September 2023 edition
Are you wondering what to read this Pride Month? Have you already read every trending BookTok recommendation from The Song of Achilles to Call Me By Your Name? Are you looking for something to fill the void these novels have … Continue reading Maurice: Forster’s Trailblazing Portrait of Homosexuality Ciara breaks down the iconic Original Gay Novel
Originally published in print November 2022. Illustration by Linde Vergeylen For me, autumn is the season for reading. The academic year has started. I’m feeling motivated, maybe I’ve even bought a bullet journal. I’m attending all my lectures, wearing sweaters, … Continue reading Books That Encapsulate Autumn From Frankenstein to Normal People
Originally published in print December 2021 Art by Emily Stevenson. I’ve never completely understood my obsession with second hand books. There were the obvious appeals of course, of being able to build a personal library on a budget, or of … Continue reading Ode to Pre-owned Books As Dublin’s beloved Chapters closes its doors, Emma Lueders pens her appreciation for secondhand books
Whether you are an avid or reluctant reader, it is easy to recognise trends in book popularity. In the past, the majority of narratives readily available in households and school libraries delineated the trials and tribulations of white middle-class individuals. … Continue reading Prizes, Popularity, and Perspective What’s the reality behind a bestselling book
A masterpiece need only be 150 pages long, and the most exciting contemporary literature is being published by independent presses. These two opinions are perhaps the only semi-controversial views that I hold and, by recommending four short independently published books … Continue reading Four Great Independently Published Books from 2020
The Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe Poe is a master of gothic fiction and the first notable American to write in the genre. This collection of short fiction is dominated by its sensationalist style of … Continue reading 6 Literary Horrors for Spooky Season
●●○○○ André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name is known mostly for its 2017 film adaptation directed by Luca Guadagnino, however, before the release of the smash art-house hit, fans of Aciman’s original novel were relatively few, only funding enough … Continue reading ‘Find Me’ // Review A Budding, then Abandoned Romance.
Published just before the turn of the millennium, Between Silk and Cyanide is the wartime memoir of Special Operations Executive agent Leo Marks. It details the three and a half years he spent collaborating with field agents in Nazi-occupied countries … Continue reading Stranger Than Fiction: Between Silk and Cyanide
The Glass Shore Various Authors, Ed. Sinéad Gleeson The Glass Shore is undoubtedly one of the finest books published this year. A collection of short stories by women writers from Northern Ireland, expertly edited by Sinead Gleeson, … Continue reading Books that Made Waves in 2016
Signs Preceding the End of the World is a book like no other you will read this year. At a modest one hundred or so pages, it’s easily devoured in one sitting, but it will take up more … Continue reading Jumble: Books from around the world – Signs Preceding the End of the World
tn2 interviews first-time author Aiden O’Reilly on his debut collection Greetings, Hero. Continue reading Greetings, Hermit: Interview with Aiden O’Reilly