Sad news this morning of the death of Muhammad Ali. The sports icon was 74 and had been suffering from Parkinson’s Disease for many years. Ali, formerly Cassius Clay (aka ‘The Louisville Lip’) was considered the greatest boxer of all time, as well as a flamboyant and controversial figure. Here is a review I wrote […]
Read more "RIP Muhammad Ali"At the International Literature Festival Dublin last week, Lucy Caldwell and Anakana Schofield read from and discussed their work. Click on the link to read my report. Source: Niall McArdle on Anakana Schofield and Lucy Caldwell You can listen to my brief interview with Anakana Schofield following the event:
Read more "Niall McArdle on Anakana Schofield and Lucy Caldwell"Q is for Quirke An old post about Benjamin Black, John Banville‘s crime-writing alter-ego.
Read more "Q is for Quirke"It was hard to believe that creatures with feet large enough to be suitable for these containers actually walked the earth
Read more "D is for DeLillo"Every Tuesday Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea hosts First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where you can share the first paragraph, or a few, of a book you are reading or thinking about reading soon. #begorrathon16
Read more "First Chapter, First Paragraph, First Lightship"Barry Laverty, M.B., can barely find the Northern Ireland village of Ballybucklebo on a map when he first sets out to seek gainful employment there. But Barry jumps at the chance to secure a position as an assistant in a small rural practice.
Read more "An Irish Country Teaser Tuesday"Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books And A Beat. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too […]
Read more "A Transatlantic Teaser Tuesday"Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too […]
Read more "The Night Manager"From the Willesden Herald
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The Omagh Literary Festival: Honouring Benedict Kiely
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"I wanted to read or hear the narrative of someone else – a woman and a poet – who has gone here and been there." (Eavan Boland 1944-2020) 🚫 #VAWG
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