The Empathy Problem – Gavin Extence – Audible Book Review In an impressive article for The Guardian newspaper of 4th March 2015 (available here), Gavin Extence spoke of the diagnosis a few […]
Death and the Seaside – Alison Moore – Audible Book Review by Pat V. From its title, Death and the Seaside, you would be forgiven for thinking that Alison Moore’s latest novel […]
I See You – Clare Mackintosh – Audible Book Review by Pat V. In recent years there has been a renaissance of intriguing psychological crime novels by women authors, the most notable, […]
Dublin Comic Con 2016 – Review by Fran Winston Convention Centre Dublin 6&7 August You could be forgiven for thinking that some great evil had been unleashed on Dublin, given the amount […]
So Say The Fallen – Stuart Neville – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Post-Troubles Northern Ireland has given birth to a number of hugely talented crime writers, the most notable being […]
It Can’t Happen Here – Sinclair Lewis – Audible Book Review by Pat V. A brash demagogue, promising economic and social reform while promoting a return to patriotism and a curb on […]
This is another big week with Longitude in Marlay park. The Sunday line-up is quite divine, with the National headlining the day. There’s also Palfest – “Arts festival demonstrating solidarity with the […]
Black Water Lilies – Michel Bussi – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Michel Bussi may not be a household name in the English-speaking world yet but ever since the publication of […]
The Best Medicine by Christine Hamill – Book Review by Emily Elphinstone It’s often said that ‘laughter is the best medicine’, but few feel so much pressure to prove this theory as […]
Paradise Lodge – Nina Stibbe – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Unlike many audiobooks, once you have listened to ten minutes of “Paradise Lodge”, Nina Stibbe’s latest novel, it is hard […]
The Gustav Sonata – Rose Tremain – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Rose Tremain’s latest novel, starting in the 1940s in Switzerland and covering almost 60 years, follows the life of […]
The Pier Falls – Mark Haddon – Audible Book Review The opening lines of The Pier Falls, the title piece in this début collection of short stories by Mark Haddon, describing a […]
Dalkey Book Festival Review – by Conor MacNamara In its seventh year the Dalkey Book Festival ran from the 16th to the 19th of June, with this year’s theme being “migration, […]
At It Again – Romping Through Dubliners With today being Bloomsday, we thought it was as good a day as any to mention another lovely pocket book from the good people at […]
Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas 2016 – Review June 10th to 12th 2016. Another year and another trip to Borris House. This year it started with a bang, with Simon Callow […]
COYBIG! If Euro fever hasn’t taken over, here’s a list of things to do around Dublin. There is a huge amount of new theatre this week, with Boyz of Harcourt Street and […]
We had the chance to interview Ger Gaughran, one of the organisers of the Hay Festival Kells. We quizzed her on the festival itself and some of the highlights. You can see […]
A Country Road, A Tree – Jo Baker – Audible Book Review by Pat V. The title of Jo Baker’s novel recalls the opening stage directions of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot […]
Cathy Rentzenbrink & Decca Aitkenhead – Smock Alley Theatre – 22-05-16 – Review The International Lifterature Festival, Dublin continues until May 29th. These two writers have very different stories to tell but […]
The dancing continues at Dublin Dance Festival. Their feet must really be sore by this stage, but they have another week of it as it runs until the 28th. There’s also the […]
The International Literature Festival Dublin kicks off tomorrow, with lots of events around the city for you to check out. Here are some of the highlights, but it’s worth having a good […]
Dance, Dance, Dance… yes, it’s that time of year again when the dancers descend on Dublin, en masse. The Dublin Dance Festival runs from the 17th to the 28th. If you’re feeling […]
Reader, I Married Him – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Edited by Tracy Chevalier “Reader, I married him” at the conclusion of Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre, must rank among the […]
It can’t be May, sure it was snowing last week. Something must be wrong! Thankfully, there are lots of warm spaces inside to entertain you… A couple of new plays, with Inhabitance […]
Hitman Anders and the Meaning of it All – Jonas Jonasson – Book Review by Pat V. If you have read either of Jonasson’s other two novels, The Girl who saved the […]
The Little Red Chairs – Edna O’Brien – Review by Pat V. A book that begins with a middle-aged man from the Balkans arriving in a small, rural Irish town and setting […]
No Heroes by Anna Seidl, translated by Siobhan Parkinson. Book Review by Emily Elphinstone It’s not often that openly weeping by chapter three can be classed as an entirely good thing; but […]
Quicksand – Henning Mankell – Audible Book Review by Pat V. In 2011 Henning Mankell’s last novel featuring Inspector Kurt Wallander “The Troubled Man” was published in English. It is much darker […]
The Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas continues to punch above its weight, with a new list of artists announced which includes Michael Chabon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures […]
