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 […]
David Gilmour leads impressive line up at Borris Festival of Ideas – June 5th – 7th
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 […]
Things To Do In Dublin (24-11-14 – 30-11-14)
The French Film Festival runs at the IFI until the 30th of November. There’s more than a few gems in the line up, so check it out. The Stanley Kubrick Season is […]
Sally Heathcote: Suffragette – Mary Talbot – Book Review
Sally Heathcote – Suffragette – Mary Talbot , Kate Charlesworth , Bryan Talbot This is the second collaboration between Mary and Bryan Talbot, the first was Dotter of her Father’s Eyes, the […]
The New World – Andrew Motion – Book Review
The New World – Andrew Motion – Book Review – By Helen O’Leary Andrew Motion is a former British Poet Laureate so it is with interest I read his foray into fiction […]
Dublin Book Festival Preview – 13th – 16th Nov
The Dublin Book Festival starts in just two days time, and we thought we’d delve into the programme to give you some of our highlights. First up, we have old friend Donal […]
Things To Do In Dublin (10-11-14 – 16-11-14)
Welcome back people. Another week dawns and so to does a variety of odd ball events around the city. Science Week 2014 – 9th – 16th November continues with events far and […]
70×70 – Unlicensed Preaching – Iain Sinclair – Book Review
Iain Sinclair – 70×70 – Unlicensed Preaching: A Life Unpacked in 70 Films Reviewed by David Turpin Labelled by its author as a “novel of delicious fragments” and a “cubist self-portrait assembled […]
The Last Foundling – Tom H. Mackenzie – Book Review
The Last Foundling – A little boy left behind, The mother who wanted him back – Tom H. Mackenzie – Review by Frances Winston Published by Pan and MacMillan This book could […]
The Axeman’s Jazz – Ray Celestin – Book Review
The Axeman’s Jazz by Ray Celestin – Review by Frances Winston Published by Panmacmillan The Axeman was a real serial killer who murdered six people in New Orleans between 1918 and 1919 […]
ISLA Literary Festival – Oct 17th – 19th
Possibly the best free literary festival of the year, and it’s only two days away! With John Banville, Donal Ryan (above), Claire Keegan, Hugo Hamilton and John Kelly there is some great […]
Polina – Bastien Vivès – Book Review
Polina by Bastien Vivès is publised by Random House. Polina was written and illustrated by Bastien Vivès in 2011 and published in France by Casterman. It was recently published by Jonathan Cape […]
No More Workhorse 