Author Archives: Lia Mills

Another Alice: Interview with Shauna Gilligan

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Lia Mills

Thanks to Shauna Gilligan for this generous, thoughtful interview about the new Arlen House Classic Literature edition of Another Alice. There’s a Foreword by Paula McGrath and an Afterword by Lia. Cover image by Carmel Benson. This is #53 in … Continue reading →

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Old Notes on New Presentations

Posted on July 21, 2022 by Lia Mills

Today, going through old notes, I came across this advice to myself and thought it was worth sharing to anyone who’s getting ready to promote a book or speak on a panel or make any kind of presentation, really. I … Continue reading →

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Edith: A Novel (Interview with Martina Devlin)

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Lia Mills

1921. While Treaty negotiations are being conducted in London, Ireland is a restless, uncertain, dangerous place. Edith Somerville is in her family home, Drishane House in Castle Townshend. The Somervilles, an Ascendancy family, have been there for centuries but their … Continue reading →

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Link to Catherine Dunne’s interview about the Arlen Classic Literature Series edition of Another Alice

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Lia Mills

(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 →

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Interview with Catherine Dunne (3rd May 2022)

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Lia Mills

This interview marks the publication of a new edition of Catherine Dunne’s second novel, A Name for Himself (first published in 1998) as part of the Arlen Classic Literature series. The new edition features a Foreword by Mia Gallagher. Because … Continue reading →

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Interview: Marian Therèse Keyes on Anna Maria Hall (1800-1881)

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Lia Mills

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 →

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Read for Ukraine

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Lia Mills

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 →

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The Flowering

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Lia Mills

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 →

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New Theatre New Writing Development Week

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Lia Mills

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 →

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Brexit Diary

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Lia Mills

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

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