For film fans of a certain generation, today is a sad day. Barry Norman, legendary film critic, has passed away. For almost 25 years he presented Film [insert year here] on BBC One, and arguably as one of the most influential British film critics, known to movie fans for his witty, insightful reviews of the […]
Read more "RIP Barry Norman"Being a crime novel set in Dublin, it is inevitable that drugs and gangland criminals make an appearance, as well as the IRA, and while those elements play a part in the plot, Parsons is more interested in psychological wounds and how those wounds motivate.
Read more "The Therapy House"When you’ve been at this business as long as me you’ll learn not to be surprised by anything. One day you’re arresting people. Next day you’re protecting the same people. The day after, who knows? They’re shooting you, or you’re saluting them. Echoland by Joe Joyce has been selected as the 2017 Dublin One City […]
Read more "Twenty Books of Summer: Echoland"Summer is here, which means once again I am going to try to complete Cathy’s 20 Books of Summer Challenge. You wouldn’t think it would be that difficult to read and review twenty books over three months … and yet. I think a couple of years ago I just about managed five. Hey, man, I’ve […]
Read more "20 Books of Summer: Reservoir 13"The great Roger Moore, the suavest 007 there ever was, has passed away. It seems apt to repost this fluffcast that I made about his first Bond film, the glorious Live and Let Die. You can read my appreciation of the film here.
Read more "Live & Let Die (ROGER MOORE RIP)"Now this is how to do a trailer. Just the other day, I was watching this very interesting video about how to make a good movie trailer. Woodshock stars Kirsten Dunst and appears to be about her character wandering around the woods, standing by the water’s edge, and preparing medicinal joints. It’s filled with odd, woozy […]
Read more "Woodshock"I haven’t been blogging much recently because I’ve been trying to stay away from the Internet and do some serious writing. Not that the Internet isn’t home to some serious writing … of course it is. It’s just also home to nonsense like this and this and this, all of which are ludicrously addictive. But […]
Read more "Windy Writing"For all its incredible production design, the scenery is just that: scenery, a backdrop for the film’s characters that seems disconnected to the action in the foreground or the film’s plot.
Read more "Ghost in the Shell"Banshee – /ˈbænʃiː/ BAN-shee, Modern Irish bean sí, from Old Irish: ban síde: Female spirit who heralds the death of a family member by shrieking or keening. Banshee – /ˈbænʃiː/ BAN-shee: Irish literary journal, softcover, 113 pages, containing poetry, fiction and non-fiction by a wide range of writers … including me. For sale in all good bookshops and […]
Read more "Shrieking Words"And just like that … the Begorrathon is over for another year Thank you to all the bloggers who took part. Cathy and I had a grand old time reading all the wonderful posts. With over 100 posts on everything from James Joyce to Glenn Patterson, Elizabeth Bowen to Molly Keane, and Ireland’s patron saint, […]
Read more "Begorrathon 2017: Go Raibh Maith Agaibh agus Slán!"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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Those Who Say "You Only Live Once" Have Never Read a Book. ~John Hughes
The Fluff Is Raging 