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Link to Catherine Dunne’s interview about the Arlen Classic Literature Series edition of Another Alice
(We have exchanged interviews because Catherine’s second novel, A Name for Himself, is also part of the Arlen Classic Literature series. Other titles include Marian Thérèse Keyes (Ed) A Life of No Light Toil:An Anna Maria Hall Reader; Carmen Cavanagh … Continue reading
Interview: Marian Therèse Keyes on Anna Maria Hall (1800-1881)
This interview marks the publication of A Life of No Light Toil: The Anna Maria Fielding Hall Reader Edited and Introduced by Marian Thérèse Keyes, one of the 2022 Arlen Classic Literature Series. Is this your first book, Marian? This … Continue reading
Posted in Interview, Irish Women's Writing, Publishing, Writing Ireland
Tagged Anna Maria Hall, Anne Makower, Annie Smithson, Arlen Classic Literature, Arlen House, Áine McGillicuddy, Betty stenson, Catherine Dunne, Christopher Fitz-Simon, Concepta Lynch, David Gunning, Dun Laoghaire LexIcon, Jennifer Johnston, Kate O'Brien, Lia Mills, Limerick School of Art & Design, Marian Thérèse Keyes, Nigel Curtin, Victoria & Albert Museum
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Read for Ukraine
At a recent “Dialogues on War” event organised by PEN International, in a conversation between Andreiy Kurkov and Philippe Sands, Kurkov was asked what people could do to support Ukrainian writers. “Read their books”, was his reply. Sands’ own brilliant … Continue reading
The Flowering
Look! It’s a Woman Writer!: Irish Literary Feminisms 1970-2020, edited by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and published by Arlen House is an anthology of essays by 21 Irish women writers who were born in the 1950s. Ní Dhuibhne gave contributors (full … Continue reading
New Theatre New Writing Development Week
The New Theatre are running their New Writing Development Week again. The event, a series of performed readings on the New Theatre stage, will take place in November or December 2021, actual dates tbc. This opportunity is open to writers … Continue reading
Brexit Diary
We were in London 2018-2019 for much of the drama surrounding the Brexit debate. The good people at EFACIS (Thank you Hedwig Schwall, Anne Fogarty, Joachim Fischer) have published these extracts from a diary I kept at that time: http://kaleidoscope2.efacis.eu/publications/brexit-diary-october-2018-december-2019-1
Posted in Art, Brexit, Essays, Exhibitions, The Arts
Tagged Anne Fogarty, Brexit, EFACIS, Joachim Fischer, Professor Hedwig Schwall
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SEASPIRACY
The documentary Seaspiracy is harrowing to watch but you must watch it. Everyone on the planet should see it, urgently, because one of its major impacts is to break the news of how far advanced we are in our reckless … Continue reading
Posted in animal cruelty, Documentaries, Uncategorized
Tagged Ali Tabrizi, George Monbiot, Lucy Tabrizi, Netflix, Seaspiracy
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Letters With Wings: When Art Meets Activism (Imagine! Belfast Festival)
This event, organised by Letters With Wings, was dedicated to the women artists Chimengul Awut (award-winning Uyghur poet) and Nûdem Durak (a folk-musician of Kurdish origin who is a political prisoner in Turkey). Participants included: Lia Mills (Chair of Irish … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Write
Tagged Ahmet Altan, Antje Stehn, Broken Glory, Burma, Caroline Stockford, Catherine Dunne, Celia de Fréine, Chimengul Awut, Constance Markievicz, Csilla Toldy, Eva Gore Booth, Evgeny Shtorn, Free the Poet, Freedom of Speech, Gianluca Costantini, I Will Never See the World Again, Ilhan Sami Çomak, Imagine Belfast Festival, Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann, Kate Ennals, Letters With Wings, Lia Mills, Moyra Donaldson, Myanmar, Nandi Jola, Nûdem Durak, Norsk PEN/PEN Norway, PEN International, PENWrites, Simone Theiss, Viviana Fiorentino
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School Stuff
I can’t quite believe I’m saying this but: I’m going to a school reunion (on Zoom) tomorrow. I’m surprised by how rattled I am, at the thought of it. And how I’ve been living knee-deep in the past, good and … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Events, Memoir
Tagged Boarders, Boarding School, School Reunion, The Dublin Review
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