The Mars Room – Rachel Kushner – Audible Book Review We meet our main protagonist, Romy Hall, on a bus, but this is no daily commute or even a journey cross country. […]
The Mars Room – Rachel Kushner – Audible Book Review
Killing Commendatore – Haruki Murakami – Audible Book Review
Killing Commendatore – Haruki Murakami – Audible Book Review Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne Length: 28 hrs and 27 mins The main protagonist of this book is a 36 year old unnamed portrait […]
Viv Albertine – Words+Ideas – National Concert Hall – 9-3-19
Viv Albertine – NCH – 9-3-19 Part of the Words+Ideas series at the NCH Viv Albertine has lived a fascinating life. Born in Sydney, Australia in 1954 she later moved to London […]
Milkman – Audible Book Review
Milkman – Audible Book Review By: Anna Burns Narrated by: Bríd Brennan Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins The Milkman is Anna Burns’ third novel and won the Man Booker prize last […]
Dr Hibernica Finch’s Compelling Compendium of Irish Animals – Book Review
Dr Hibernica Finch’s Compelling Compendium of Irish Animals – Book Review Author: Rob Maguire Illustrator: Aga Grandowicz This is a book aimed at the smarter child in your life. As the name […]
West Cork Podcast – Audible – Review
West Cork Podcast – Audible – Review The West Cork podcast on audible has captured the imagination of many people worldwide, not just those in Ireland. The success of true crime documentaries […]
The Trouble Boys – E.R. Fallon – Book Review
The Trouble Boys – E.R. Fallon – Book Review by Pat Viale Set mainly in the Bowery, New York, a district described by President Teddy Roosevelt as “a highway of seething life, […]
Notes To Self – Emilie Pine – Book Launch
Notes To Self – Emilie Pine – Book Launch Emilie Pine is an Associate Professor of modern drama at UCD and all round good egg! She has just published a book containing […]
All Together Now – All Curious Minds – Spoken Word Area
All Together Now – All Curious Minds – Spoken Word Area August Bank Holiday Weekend / 3rd, 4th, 5th Aug 2018 Details have just dropped of the Spoken Word events at the […]
Cúirt International Festival of Literature – Win Tickets for Sally Rooney & Danny Denton
Cúirt International Festival of Literature – Win Tickets for Sally Rooney & Danny Denton Cúirt International Festival of Literature runs from the 23rd to the 29th of April in Galway. To celebrate […]
Hennessy Literary Awards 2018 – Winners Announced
Hennessy Literary Awards 2018 – Winners Last night in the imposing setting of Kings Inns, the 47th edition of the Hennessy Literary Awards was celebrated. The prize aims to encourage new writing […]
Sour Heart – Jenny Zhang – Audible Book Review
Sour Heart – Jenny Zhang – Audible Book Review Jenny Zhang’s original collection of seven interlinked stories tell of the experiences of struggling Chinese immigrants trying to find a place to settle […]
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2017 – 11- 20 August 2017
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2017 – Starts this Friday, 11 August “Ten days of extraordinary artistic adventures from 11- 20 August 2017” Our personal favourites the Architects of Air return with their weird […]
Dublin Event Guide (19-6-17 – 25-6-17)
Probably my favourite festival of the summer, Body&Soul has Lambchop, Bonobo and more. It sounds fairly fab! There’s also the Sea Sessions with Primal Scream, among others. The Hinterland Literature festival in […]
Dublin Event Guide (12-6-17 – 18-6-17)
Lots of festivals this week, which is always the way mid summer. There’s the Bloomsday Festival (11 June – 16 June) for those that have read the big book! If you haven’t […]
Dublin Event Guide (5-6-17 – 11-6-17)
Another summer week filled with festivals and other exciting odds and ends! Outside of Dublin, there’s the Carlow Arts Festival 2017 (7 – 13th June) which includes the Festival of Writing and […]
The Ghost Who Bled – Gregory Norminton – Book Review
The Ghost Who Bled – Gregory Norminton – Book Review by P. Viale. Gregory Norminton’s second collection of short stories takes the reader on a journey from Malaysia to East Anglia, Cambodia […]
The Space Between – Meg Grehan – Review
The Space Between – Meg Grehan – Review by Emily Elphinstone It’s difficult to pin down The Space Between; the first book by writer Meg Grehan. Its free-verse form may seem initially […]
Dublin Event Guide (22-5-17 – 28-5-17)
The Dublin Dance Festival is off to a great start and runs until the 28th of May. The International Literature Festival Dublin 2017 runs until 28th May 2017. Our musical tips include […]
Dublin Event Guide (15-5-17 – 21-5-17)
The Dublin Dance Festival kicks off this week and runs from the 18th to the 28th of May. This should be a whole lot of fun, so make sure you check out […]
NOD – Adrian Barnes – Audible Book Review
NOD – Adrian Barnes – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Visions of a post-apocalyptic world have fascinated authors and readers alike for centuries. Whether caused by external forces or some self-destructive […]
In Another Country – David Constantine – Audible Book Review
In Another Country – David Constantine – Audible Book Review In Another Country is a collection of short stories by the under-rated English writer, David Constantine, who won the 2013 Frank O’Connor […]
Birdcage Walk – Helen Dunmore – Audible Book Review
Birdcage Walk – Helen Dunmore – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Helen Dunmore’s latest novel is a subtle and elegiac work set in a world in flux. It is 1792 and […]
A Dangerous Crossing – Book Review
A Dangerous Crossing – Book Review by Emily Elphinstone With no end in sight to the war in Syria, and the apparently endless stream of refugees displaced by the violence, it becomes […]
The Tsar of Love and Techno – Anthony Marra – Audible Book Review
The Tsar of Love and Techno – Anthony Marra – Audible Book Review by Pat V. American writer Anthony Marra’s second book is a collection of interlinked short stories following the turbulent […]
Is that Fat Foreigner Rich? – Graeme Allen – Book Review
Is that Fat Foreigner Rich? – Graeme Allen – Book Review by Emily Elphinstone In today’s global village where the internet, and affordable travel, makes almost anywhere in the world feel reachable; […]
Cast Iron – Peter May – Audible Book Review
Cast Iron – Peter May – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Cast Iron is the sixth and final novel by Scottish crime writer, Peter May, featuring his forensic scientist sleuth, Enzo […]
Devour – L.A. Larkin – Book Review
Devour – L.A. Larkin – Book Review by Pat V. Half way though this book, Olivia Wolfe, the kick-ass investigative journalist who is the main protagonist of L A Larkin’s fast-moving thriller […]
Montpelier Parade – Karl Geary – Audible Book Review
Montpelier Parade – Karl Geary – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Karl Geary’s début novel is set in south county Dublin in the early 1980s, sometimes among the leafy Georgian terraces […]
No More Workhorse 