

The Read Irish Women Giveaway!
For my final giveaway for Reading Ireland Month, I’m focusing on the work of two very different female writers and will be offering copies of The House by Leland Bardwell and The Closet of Savage Mementos by Nuala Ni Chonchuir, both of whose work I have reviewed this week. The Closet of Savage Mementos by…

No 682 You by Nuala Ní Chonchúir
Some strange things happened when I started reading You by Nuala Ní Chonchúir. Firstly, my childhood home, where I lived from birth to the age of 15 went on the market. I had a look at it online; the occupants who bought it from my parents had changed very little, so looking at the rooms…

Putting Irish Women Writers back in the picture
Growing up in Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s, anyone interested in reading would be familiar with the Irish Writers poster. My Dad had the poster framed in his study and I had one on my bedroom wall, along with a set of Irish writers coasters. For several years I even had an Irish Writers…
