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fromIndependent
6 months ago
Television

Seven exciting Irish novels being adapted for TV and film, from 'The Walsh Sisters' to 'Trespasses' and 'The Rachel Incident'

fromIndependent
6 months ago
Television

Seven exciting Irish novels being adapted for TV and film, from 'The Walsh Sisters' to 'Trespasses' and 'The Rachel Incident'

Books
fromIrish Independent
3 months ago

'Galway has lost one of its quiet pillars' - Kennys Bookshop lead tributes to 'outstanding bookseller' Dessy following his death

Dessy Kenny, lifelong bookseller at Kennys Bookshop in Galway, died December 2; renowned storyteller, book recommender, author, community reader, husband, father and grandfather.
Books
fromIndependent
7 months ago

My money: 'My car is 18 years old and my clothes are so old they're back in fashion'

Dermot Bolger is a prominent novelist, playwright, and poet from Dublin, known for his connection to the local literary scene.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

A new Irish writer is getting rave reviews but nobody knows who they are. That gives me hope | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Liadan Ni Chuinn published their first collection, Every One Still Here, under a pen name to protect their privacy.
Writing
fromIndependent
8 months ago

My Money: 'I spent a quarter of my pension lump sum on a Waldorf Astoria suite and a 1988 Lafite Rothschild'

Thomas McCarthy is a significant Irish poet shaped by his university experience and literary revival in the 1970s.
fromwww.theguardian.com
11 months ago

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story review richly bittersweet portrait of an Irish literary great

Her raw, sexually and emotionally frank prose made her a sensation and got the Irish Catholic church hot under the cassock.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
11 months ago

Fun and Games by John Patrick McHugh review teenage dreams

The awkward longing, the spots, the insecurity: it's enough to cringe yourself into oblivion. For John Patrick McHugh, however, it is a rich seam to squeeze not only for humour, but for a nuanced examination of burgeoning masculinity.
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