Tag Archives: Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood at the Royal Marine Hotel Dun Laoghaire (DLR Library Voices series)

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Lia Mills

Margaret Atwood was in Dun Laoghaire on Wednesday (30th September) to talk to Paula Shields about her new novel The Heart Goes Last. Introducing The Heart Goes Last, Paula Shields said that the characters don’t know they’re living in a … Continue reading →

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About Sisterland: An Interview with Martina Devlin

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Lia Mills

Sisterland is a 22nd century world run by women, as imagined by Martina Devlin. After a cataclysmic war in which the male population was decimated, women took over.  Men in Sisterland are controlled through the administration of testosterone-reducing drugs ‘for their … Continue reading →

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Review Essay (Dublin Review of Books)

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Lia Mills

How to be both, Ali Smith, Hamish Hamilton, 372pp, €14.99, ISBN: 978-0241146828 Reading Ali Smith can be a bit like jumping onto a moving train: it might take a page or two to find your feet. Her savvy, smart characters … Continue reading →

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Is there a book that changed your life?

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Lia Mills

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 →

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