Tag Archives: Catherine Dunne

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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Letters With Wings: When Art Meets Activism (Imagine! Belfast Festival)

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Lia Mills

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 →

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Launch of Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Lia Mills

On Sunday, 15th November 2020, the new Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann held an event to mark the Day of the Imprisoned Writer and to launch our new organisation. Strange to say of an online event but: there was a really … Continue reading →

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Imprisoned Voices: A Hearing

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Lia Mills

Today is PEN International’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer. Last night, the Freedom to Write Campaign held a poetry reading in the brilliant Parnell Square premises of Poetry Ireland, who were supporting the event, as was Irish PEN. The format … Continue reading →

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No Small Talk (Brexit: the Use and Abuse of Language)

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Lia Mills

Are you concerned about the divisive rhetoric used during prolonged Brexit debates?  Irish people living in Britain report noticing a change in atmosphere and attitudes when the Backstop was a live issue. Friends in the North are understandably sickened by … Continue reading →

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Found in Translation (Workshops)

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Lia Mills

Two weeks ago, I co-facilitated a residential writing weekend with Catherine Dunne at the fabulous Brewery Lane Theatre in Carrick on Suir, organised by the tireless Margaret O’Brien who also runs The Story House, based on the Arvon model of residential … Continue reading →

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The Story House: Residential Workshops in Ireland

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Lia Mills

Six weeks ago I took a leave of unspecified duration from this blog – but weeks before that I began an interview with Margaret O’Brien and Nollaig Brennan of The Story House, now completed – So here it is. NB: … Continue reading →

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Interview with CATHERINE DUNNE

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Lia Mills

  Catherine Dunne is the author of ten novels and one work of non-fiction: An Unconsidered People, a social history of Irish immigrants in London. Her first novel was published in 1997. Her ninth, The Things We Know Now, won the … Continue reading →

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