I guess it’s officially summer? This week is packed with festivals and events. This week there’s the Foo Fighters at Slaine and Forbidden Fruit, along with the Life Festival in Belvedere House. […]
Things To Do In Dublin (25-05-15 – 31-05-15)
Things To Do In Dublin (18-04-15 – 24-05-15)
The most important thing you can do this week is vote! It will be one of the biggest changes that this generation can make and something to be really proud of. The […]
Things To Do In Dublin (11-04-15 – 17-05-15)
ILFD starts on the 16th of May, which is the International Literature Festival Dublin. There’s a mass of events around the city, with some big names including Peter Carey, Jon Ronson and […]
Fables Vol 19 – Snow White – Comic Review
Fables Vol 19. Snow White – Comprises Fables 114-129 This series of Fables starts with the adventures of Bufkin, who is trapped in Oz and determined to set the people free! This […]
Dublin Book Doctor – ILFD – 16th & 23rd May 2015
Dublin Book Doctor – International Literature Festival Dublin Date: Sat May 16 / 2pm – 6pm, Sat May 23 / 2pm – 6pm – Venue: Various – Price: €5 When was the […]
Love on the Road – Book Review
Love on the Road – Review by Dan O’Neill – On the Love Book Authors – Tendai Huchu, Marlene Olin, Shirley Fergenson, Nod Ghosh, Catherine McNamara, Stanley Kenani, Barry Reddin, Tendayi Bloom, […]
Brian Eno at Hay Kells, Meath – June 25th – 28th 2015
Another literary festival in small town Ireland that is punching above its weight is the Hay Kells festival, Co. Meath. They’ve somehow managed to get producer/ musician Brian Eno to appear at […]
Things To Do In Dublin (20-04-15 – 26-04-15)
Musictown is sadly gone! It was fun while it lasted, and will hopefully visit again next year. This week we have Sharon Von Etten, Le Galaxie, Will Butler, UFO and the Avant […]
Sugar Skull – Charles Burns – Book Review
Sugar Skull – Charles Burns – Review When I read Black Hole, it was a shock to the system. It clawed at a teenagers fear of sex and also the unknown world […]
Julian Cope – One Three One – Book Review
One Three One – Julian Cope – Book Review When I first heard that Julian Cope had written a novel, the mind boggled. Julian is at the tender age of 57 and […]
David Gilmour leads impressive line up at Borris Festival of Ideas – June 5th – 7th
Yes, you read that right, Rock n’Roll royalty will be talking at Borris house on the weekend of Jun 5th to 7th. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd will be on stage with […]
Sinker – Jason Johnson- Book Review
Sinker – Jason Johnson – Book Review by Dan O’Neill Hook, Line and Sinker Imagine a circuit that goes round Europe with glamorous women, sponsorship, television rights and where the stars are […]
Silicon Docks – The Rise of Dublin as a Global Tech Hub – Book Review
Silicon Docks – The Rise of Dublin as a Global Tech Hub – Book Review by Dan O’Neill Fish and (Computer) Chips – The Rise of Silicon Docks ‘Silicon Docks’ has become […]
Marked Off – Book Review
Marked Off – Don Cameron – Review by J Stuart Cross New Island, €13.99 Don Cameron’s Marked Off is a well-paced, debut thriller. Set in and around Dublin and the suburbia that […]
Interview with Don Cameron – Marked Off
Interview with Don Cameron – Author of Marked Off – Interview by J Stuart Cross Find out more about Don Cameron and Marked Off here. Marked off is published by New Island. […]
So, Anyway… – John Cleese – Book Review
So, Anyway… – John Cleese – Review by Dan O’Neill Faulty but Funny If anyone’s lived a life in full, it has to be John Cleese. The brain behind two of the […]
Eyrie – Tim Winton – Book Review
Eyrie by Tim Winton – Review by Helen O’Leary Let me first advise you not to launch into this book when feeling a tad under the weather for the beginning is bleak. […]
Buiding Stories – Chris Ware – Review
Welcome to the wonderful world of Chris Ware, a world quite unlike any other you have visited previously. Chris Ware is clearly a unique voice, he is someone working on an unusual […]
Us – David Nicholls – Audible Book Review
Audio book review from Audible – Review by Helen O’Leary Us By David Nicholls (narrated by Justin Salinger) This is the first book by David Nicholls since the huge success of his […]
Interview – Tom O’Rahilly – Storytelling @ National Leprechaun Museum
We interviewed Tom O’Rahilly about the art of Storytelling ahead of the course on Storytelling in the National Leprechaun Museum, which start on January 20th this year. You can see the results […]
Black Science – Issues 1 – 8 – Review
Black Science is a new ongoing series from Image Comics by writer Rick Remender and artist Matteo Scalera. As the name would suggest it is a science fiction series, that delves into […]
The Great War – Joe Sacco – Book Review
Joe Sacco – The Great War – Book Review This book is something of a departure for Joe Sacco, known for his graphic novels based on his time as a journalist in […]
Books : Christmas Gift Ideas for the Under 5’s
Another one of our favourite lists from last year… In no particular order, here are my top ten books that me and the little ones have read together throughout the year! Oh […]
Books: Gift Ideas for Teenagers/ Young Adults
Christmas is a time for repeats, so here is one of our best gift idea lists from last year… If you are planning to buy a book for the teenager in your […]
First Fortnight Festival 2015 – Preview
First Fortnight is a festival that runs for the first couple of weeks of the year (the clue was in the title). It is a multi-disciplinary festival that features Music, Art, Theatre […]
NYF Dublin – Spoken Word Festival
One of the more unusual events in the New Year’s Festival is the Spoken Word Festival which will include a variety of events of a literary nature. The Christmas period isn’t exactly […]
Romping Through Dracula – At It Again – Book Review
Find out more about ‘At it again’ here. At it again have been… at it again! This is the second in the series of handy pocket sized books on the literary classics […]
More Fool Me – Stephen Fry – Audible Review
Audible review: “More Fool Me” Stephen Fry Written and Narrated by: Stephen Fry Mr Stephen Fry brings his third autobiography after “Moab is my Washpot” and “The Fry Chronicles” to the audio […]
Breakfast with the Borgias – DBC Pierre – Book Review
Breakfast with the Borgias by DBC Pierre Review by Conor O’Carroll The story starts with Ariel, a computer scientist, and Zeva, his student, who have arranged an illicit meeting at an international […]
No More Workhorse 