Recently I was asked by an MA research student to give some background about Irish Writers Online. A most gratifying request, of course, and so I set about looking up its history and stats. I was pleasantly surprised to see that in 2009, visitors from 170 countries had made use of it. I knew it had been above the 120 countries mark, but this was nice news. I was even …Read the Rest
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The Book-Thief’s Heartbeat
Photo owned by Dan Strange (cc) Yeats’ writings are now in the public domain, it now being seventy years from …Read the Rest
Alliouagana Festival of the Word
I’ve never been to Alliouagana, but it has a special place in my heart, and indeed, in Irish history. Alliouagana …Read the Rest
James Joyce Reading from Anna Livia Plurabelle FW
click to enlarge James Joyce reading from Anna Livia Plurabelle FW. “Ireland sober is Ireland stiff. Is that the Poolebeg …Read the Rest
Towards a Poetics of Anger
How should we describe the extraordinary consensus that existed in this country — a consensus that united us all around …Read the Rest
The Toughest, Bravest Man Who Ever Lived
IT ALL begins with words. Words that teem and toss about, they stream and eddy. They’re torrential and pressing and …Read the Rest
James Liddy RIP
The sad, baffling news of James Liddy’s death, the mentor of my youthful verse and friend of almost 40 years. …Read the Rest
Sydney Bernard Smyth 1936–2008
This sad news from Poetry ireland: Sydney Bernard Smith Poetry Ireland was saddened to hear of the passing of poet …Read the Rest
50 outstanding translations from the last 50 years
Browsing through best-seller lists these days can be quite depressing. I don’t know any of the authors, either in the …Read the Rest
Chumann scríbhneoirí Óga/Úra na Gaeilge
Being the one-man band behind Irish Writers Online, I get a lot of requests for links, and of course I …Read the Rest
Brian Lynch reading
Brian Lynch will talk about and read from his novel ‘The Winner of Sorrow’ in Pearse Street Library next Wednesday …Read the Rest
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