Edmund de Waal wrote the surprise hit ‘The Hare with Amber Eyes’ last year, and it is still in the top ten non fiction books in England. It tells the tale of his […]
Mindfield
Mindfield is a ‘festival of ideas’ which runs from this weekend in Merrion Square, dealing with four main areas of Culture, Technology, Politics and Inspiration. The list of international names involved is […]
Dublin Writers Festival
Dublin Writers Festival runs from the 23rd to the 29th of May, and as usual brings together some well known Irish and International writers, for talks and signings. Some of the better […]
Dublin Book Festival
The Dublin Book Fesitval starts tomorrow, the 2nd of March and runs on until Sunday the 6th. It is a mix of readings and discussion on various topics around the city. From […]
Kristin Hersh – Paradoxical Undressing Book Tour
Kristin Hersh is playing in Waterstone’s on Friday night! How annoying is it that I don’t have tickets for it. It is part of a book tour for Paradoxical Undressing, where she […]
Ben Folds
Ben Folds has just announced a gig in Vicar street for the 18th of Feb with tickets on sale on Friday for a mere 33.60, which isn’t too bad. He’ll be playing […]
Rat Girl
Ok, a few of you possibly knew about it for a long time, but no one told me! Kristin Hersh has written a biography, somehow finding the time between touring, being a […]
Ranelagh Arts Festival
The Ranelagh arts festival is something worth keeping an eye on. Over the last few years I’ve seen Martin Parr give a talk on his work and Neil Hannon play in a […]
Mountains to the Sea Festival
The Mountains to the Sea festival returns to Dun Laoghaire on the 7th to the 12th of Sept. While it lacks the star attractions of last year where Paul Auster and his […]
Imperial Bedrooms
Verisimilitude, with the meaning ˝of being true or real˝ is a likeness or resemblance of the truth, reality or a fact’s probability. It comes from Latin verum meaning truth and similismeaning similar Bret Easton […]
How I found God.
I was at a party in a flat above Hogans a few years ago, discussing with one of my friends what he was reading in the last few months. He recommended the […]
