Archive for October, 2005

Breakfast with brontosaurus

October 31, 2005
Books

Break­fast with bron­tosaurus An inter­view with Harold Bloom Ieva Lesin­ska via Arts & Letters Daily

The Ferns Enquiry

The Ferns Enquiry
October 28, 2005
General

The Enquiry into the cler­i­cal sex­ual abuse of chil­dren in the dio­cese of Ferns, Co Wex­ford, is now pub­lished and …Read the Rest

Sorry No Reply

Sorry No Reply
October 25, 2005
My News

To all my back­logged email cor­re­spon­dents, in case you’re won­der­ing why I haven’t replied, I’ve RSI — too much typ­ing. …Read the Rest

John Banville as hero

John Banville as hero
October 14, 2005
Fiction

The Sea, says Banville, “is not the nor­mal kind of Booker book”, and he hopes its suc­cess will send a …Read the Rest

Harold Pinter wins Nobel Prize

Harold Pinter wins Nobel Prize
October 14, 2005
General

They said you’ve a call from the Nobel com­mit­tee. I said, why?‘ Harold Pin­ter has won the Nobel Prize, cap­ping …Read the Rest

Banville wins the Man Booker

Banville wins the Man Booker
October 11, 2005
Fiction

John Banville wins the Man Booker Prize, for his 14th novel, The Sea (Pic­a­dor), with his sec­ond nom­i­na­tion for the …Read the Rest

The Stinging Fly

The Stinging Fly
October 4, 2005
Fiction

The new The Sting­ing Fly, issue 2, vol­ume 2, is now on sale. Con­trib­u­tors include Simon Armitage, Siob­han Camp­bell, Philip …Read the Rest

Lark’s Eggs

Lark’s Eggs
October 4, 2005
Fiction

Larks’ Eggs, Desmond Hogan’s New and Selected Sto­ries, will be launched this evening in the Irish Writ­ers’ Cen­tre, 19 Par­nell …Read the Rest

Annular Solar Eclipse

Annular Solar Eclipse
October 4, 2005
Science & Techno

The Irish Times (and no doubt many other news­pa­pers) has a beau­ti­ful com­pos­ite photo of yes­ter­days Annunar Solar Eclipse. What …Read the Rest