A pregnant woman makes the crossing from Ireland to England. A poignant story of the Irish diaspora, narrated by the innocence of her unborn child. Continue Reading ...
Sheila Armstrong’s debut short story collection, How to Gut a Fish, reviewed Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: HOW TO GUT A FISH
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Ruth Gilligan in conversation about her award-winning novel The Butchers Continue Reading RUTH GILLIGAN IN CONVERSATION
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Louise Kennedy’s collection The World Is a Cul de Sac reviewed. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: THE END OF THE WORLD IS A CUL DE SAC
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Seamus Heaney’s landscapes are as grim as they are liminal….. Continue Reading Digging the Barrows of ‘Antaeus’ and the ‘Bog Queen’: On Living, Dying and Something In ...
Jim Sheridan’s The Secret Scripture is like a sugary meringue: satisfying in the moment but ultimately insubstantial. Continue Reading London Film Festival: The Secret Scripture
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In Ireland, stout is far more than just a drink. Since the eighteenth century, the fortunes of its people have run hand-in-hand with that of its brewing industry. ...
“To the naked eye we were just four fellas sitting around a table, but the naked eye can play tricks. We were magicking ourselves out of this town through the ...
The literary history of Ireland is as varied as it is unique, but the short story has a specific resonance in the country’s history and culture. In this feature, Deirdre ...
When the Guardian recently ran a series of podcasts celebrating the short story, Chekov, Ballard, Hemingway, Carver all predictably featured. It was Eugene McCabe’s perfectly formed Music at Annuhullan that ...
