An interview with Rosemary Jenkinson (with added giveaway!)
Today on the blog, I am delighted to welcome the very talented Rosemary Jenkinson to chat about her work. Rosemary is an accomplished short story writer and playwright, who has just finished her year as Artist-in-Residence at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. Born in Belfast in 1967, Rosemary has published two collections of short stories, including…
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The Uninvited by Dorothy McArdle
The Uninvited by Dorothy McArdle was first published in 1942 and was recently reissued as part of Tramp Press’s Recovered Voices series. It was a good choice for that female-led publisher, as what starts out as an easily recognizable gothic haunted house tale, morphs into a fascinating exploration of the dangers inherent in labelling women…
Silver’s City by Maurice Leitch
Reading Ireland Week Two Round up!
No 575 The Maiden Dinosaur by Janet McNeill – a review and a giveaway!
No 576 The Light of Amsterdam by David Park
She liked the trams, the way they surreptitiously pushed you up against the mystery of other people’s lives. David Park’s subtle and thoughtful eighth novel surreptitiously pushes the reader up against the mystery of other people’s lives, in this case the lives of three middle-aged people – Karen, Alan and Marion – who are…
Favourite Irish Novels for World Book Day!
It’s Reading Ireland Month 2018!
Announcing Reading Ireland Month 2018
It’s that time again! March is coming, my favourite month in my blogging calendar, because it’s Reading Ireland Month – will you be joining us? Ah, gwan, ya will! By now you’ll know that we never stop banging on about Ireland and its hefty cultural punch. Four Nobel Prize winners; five Booker Prize winners; some…
