First published in the 2020 Summer Issue It’s been a year since Nicole Flattery’s debut collection of short stories, Show Them A Good Time, was reviewed in this magazine. This review was one of the few that didn’t compare Flattery … Continue reading Is Nicole Flattery the Next Lorrie Moore?
“Everybody has to decide on the way they want to tell their own story from their own perspective,” insists Emilie Pine, talking about her debut collection of essays, Notes to Self, which offers a probing and unflinching personal account of … Continue reading Duly Noted: Emilie Pine Interviewed Ciara Forristal sits down with Emilie Pine, author of bestselling essay collection Notes to Self.
The inaugural Dead in Dun Laoghaire Crime Writing Festival took place in the Pavilion Theatre on Saturday the 22nd of July. Attendees had a list of thoroughly impressive guests to choose from, including Paula Hawkins (bestselling author of The Girl … Continue reading Dead in Dun Laoghaire Crime Writing Festival
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen I first arrived in Listowel, in June 2016, I knew instantly I had returned to my roots. Listowel Writers’ Week has a special significance to me. My father, a Kerryman himself, has many close relations in the vibrant town … Continue reading A Journey to Listowel Writers’ Week 2017
‘I’m a lot tamer than Jack Kerouac – he did loads of drugs,’ replied author Sally Rooney when asked about her hours spent toiling at the writer’s desk. At Belvedere House for the Dublin International Literature Festival to promote her … Continue reading ILF Dublin Highlights: Sally Rooney in Conversation
Michael Mullooly talks to Dublin author Frankie Gaffney, whose novel Dublin Seven was published in September 2015 by the Liberties Press Q1) W.B. Yeats said: “There is no great literature without nationality, and no great nationality without literature.” Do … Continue reading 5 Questions with an Author: Frankie Gaffney