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The Fabulists :: Free Download :: Creative Commons 

Posted on April 22, 2006 by Philip Casey

It’s taken me almost a year since I first mentioned it to my agent, Lisa, and publisher Antony Farrell, but at last I’ve got around to putting my first novel The Fabulists, online for free downloaded under a Creative Commons Licence (or License, if you are American). Initially I’ve posted it in WordPress, one chapter [...]

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John McGahern dies suddenly 

Posted on April 2, 2006 by Philip Casey

Image source John McGahern.com This is old news by now, but in case you haven’t heard, John McGahern died suddenly on Thursday, March 30th. I was on the road when his death was announced, en route to read with the delightful Scaldy Detail contributors in The Potato Market in Crescent Quay in Wexford town, so [...]

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The Scaldy Detail of the Wexford Book Festival 

Posted on March 28, 2006 by Philip Casey

I’m off to Wexford town on Thursday to read as a guest in Readings from The Scaldy Detail, at 8.00pm in The Potato Market on the Quays, as part of the Wexford Book Festival. The Scaldy Detail, as I’ve mentioned before, is the Enniscorthy literary magazine edited by Eamonn Wall and published by LaunchPad. Featured [...]

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Hill of Tara / M3 Motorway 

Posted on March 21, 2006 by Philip Casey

It isn’t often I attend an event to read just one poem, but that’s what I’ll be doing on Friday night, in support of the M3 Motorway and the Hill of Tara Litigation Fund. The venue is Drimnagh Castle, Dublin, on Friday March 24, 6pm to midnight. A lot of money needs to be raised, [...]

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