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Category Archives: Arts in general
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
DWF Venue #3: Axis Arts & Community Resource Centre, Ballymun
Interview with Mark O’Brien (Arts Centre Director) What (and where) is Axis? Axis is an Arts and Community Resource centre, situated on the main street of Ballymun What happens there? Axis houses a 211 seat theatre, dance studio, music rehearsal and … Continue reading
News & Links
Well. Fallen, my new novel, has finally left the building. It’s due out from Penguin Ireland in June 2014. Here’s a link to the catalogue listing: http://www.penguincatalogue.co.uk/hi/general/title.html?titleId=19349&imprintId=1158&catalogueId=256 On the subject of links, the online journal Spolia has posted an abridged version of … Continue reading
Arts for change
At least two events this weekend demonstrated that the arts can be effective in bringing about change. The first Dalkey Book Festival was blessed with the most glorious weather a weekend has seen in these parts for a good long … Continue reading
Posted in Arts in general, Readings
Tagged Ómós reading (One in Four), Dalkey Book Festival
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Irish Writers’ Centre
The IWC held a meeting for members last night. Jack Harte talked about the progress that has been made in salvaging the Centre over the last year or so, largely due to staggering levels of committment from himself (he didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Dalkey Book Festival, Irish Writers' Centre, One in Four
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Who needs an audience? (2)
Of course there were other issues raised during the Irish PEN debate that interested me. Here are a few of them: Declan Kiberd: How many artists in Ireland manage to support themselves without doing other kinds of paid work? Impossible … Continue reading
Who needs an audience?
At a debate on “The Arts and the Economy” last Thursday evening (15th April), hosted by Irish PEN, one of the speakers suggested that artists need to think about their audience. There was some bristling at this. A woman stood … Continue reading
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Tagged arts & the economy, Irish Pen, John Gardiner, Virginia Woolf
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On Censorship, Iranian Film & Saudi Blogging
(A version of this piece was broadcast on Arena on 18th Feb): http://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=9%3A20731200%3A1526%3A18%2D02%2D2015%3A Recently I saw an Iranian film by Mohammad Rasoulof: Manuscripts Don’t Burn. It tells a creepy, absorbing story about censorship and corruption impinging on the lives of dissident writers in … Continue reading →