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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Dates for your Diary
1. A new play – Down in History, by Jack Harte – gets a rehearsed reading in the New Theatre, 43 East Essex Street, Dublin, on Thursday, 6th November at 7.30 pm. A two-hander, presented by actors Gerard Lee and Lesley Conroy, it takes a … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Uncategorized
Tagged Aisling Prior, Dublin Book Festival, Evelyn O'Rourke, Gerard Lee, historical fiction, Irish Writers' Centre, Jack Harte, Lesley Conroy, Lia Mills, Manchán Magan, Martina Devlin, National Novel Writing Month, NEUTRAL, New Theatre, Patricia O'Reilly, rehearsed readings, Smock Alley Theatre, The Office for Art, TULCA Festival Gallery
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Is there a book that changed your life?
On Saturday, I was at a ‘Literary Lunch’ in the Royal St George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire (http://bit.ly/1tEfICz). This was an event organized by Vanessa O’Loughlin from writing.ie and Sarah Webb, in association with Dubray Books. Several other writers were there, … Continue reading
Posted in Reading, Writing
Tagged Dubray Books, George Plimpton, Jennifer Johnston, Lesley College, Literary Lunch, Margaret Atwood, Martina Devlin, Paris Review Interviews, Penguin Books, Philip Gourevich, Royal St. George Yacht Club, Sarah Webb, VAnessa O'Loughlin, WordsWorth Books (Boston), writing.ie
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Nessa O’Mahony on Historical Material & Irish Writing (An Interview)
LM: Can you describe your experience of working with historical material? NOM: I first began exploring history through the lens of family history. I’d studied history at university – my degree was English and History – and absolutely loved … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Poetry
Tagged Arnold Toynbee, Civil War, Colette O'Flaherty, Creative Writing PhD (Bangor), Donal McCartney, Family history, First World War, Free State Army, Her Father's Daughter, Historical Material, In Sight of Home, Irish history, Margaret Butler, Michael Laffan, National Library, Nessa O'Mahony, Ronan Fanning, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Salmon Poetry, Trapping a Ghost, War of Independence
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On historical fiction
Last Tuesday in the Central Library in the Ilac Centre, I took part in a very enjoyable Dublin Festival of History event – “Of guns and drums and wounds” – with Audrey Magee (The Undertaking). Tara Doyle talked to us about … Continue reading
Events and Submissions
Apologies for the long silence – I was overtaken by events of my own, as it happens. Here’s a quick posting of some upcoming events & openings for submissions. I’ll be back soon with some thoughts on historical fiction in … Continue reading
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