Thin Places by Kerri ní Dochartaigh #readingirelandmonth21
Walking with Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne #readingirelandmonth21
Non-fiction books to look out for from Irish writers in 2021 #readingirelandmonth21
Reading Ireland Month: Week 3 Round up!
Short Story Collections from Irish writers to look out for in 2021! #readingirelandmonth21
No 425 The China Factory by Mary Costello #readingirelandmonth21
I have all Mary Costello’s books but up until now I hadn’t read any of her work. If the quality of the writing in The China Factory is anything to go by, I am in for a treat with her novels. This is a stunning and affecting collection of twelve perfectly crafted stories, all exploring…
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No 426 Dark Lies the Island by Kevin Barry #readingirelandmonth21
Kevin Barry’s Dark Lies the Island is a sharp collection of thirteen tales about the unheroic, the little people for whom success is a far away dream. The best of these stories turn dramatically with a well-placed phrase, causing the reader to stumble and re-evaluate what has gone before. All are written with a vividness,…
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A Poem by Eavan Boland for St Patrick’s Day
No 427 Standard Time by Keith Ridgway #readingirelandmonth21
Keith Ridgway’s most recent novel, Hawthorn & Child had a fragmented, unnerving quality which made it feel as much like a collection of linked short stories as a novel. It was, the Guardian review noted, ‘a story about stories in a novel that isn’t a novel’. You can see the hints of this same atmosphere…
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