Pam Lecky on the challenges and virtues of writing historical fiction
For anyone
contemplating writing a historical novel, the research required can be
off-putting. Fortunately, I love it and over the years...
David Ryan reveals the
remarkable story of Thomas ‘Buck’ Whaley’s adventures in Ottoman Turkey in 1788
Early in December 1788 an Anglo-Irish
gentleman named Thomas ‘Buck’ Whaley found himself in...
Mary Watson moved to Ireland from South Africa
and literally wrote herself into this country
There was a drunk man, one night in town, who...
The Royal Irish Academy podcast, featuring the best of current debate and research on issues of national importance in the arts, humanities and social science.
@RIAdawson
Tramp Press have announced their publishing programme for 2020. In a press release today, the press, now in its 7th year, have confirmed they will be publishing 2 new non-fiction titles, handiwork (Sarah Baume), A Ghost in...
A new audiobook collection of the complete tales of Beatrix Potter is to be released this coming August on Audible, to be read by Ireland’s own Andrew Scott. Mrs Tiggy Winkle, Jemima Puddle Duck, Peter Rabbit and...
Kevin Barry's Night Boat to Tangier has been long-listed for the newly-minted Booker Prize 2019. Barry joins a stellar cast of contenders including Margaret Atwood, Deborah Levy, Salman Rushdie, Max Porter and John Lancaster on the list...
The Bookseller's Association has just developed a NEW app which allows consumers in Ireland to search for bookshops local to them. https://www.booksellers.org.uk/bookshopsearch
• The app lists all BA bookshops in...
The 50th anniversary of IASIL (International Association for the Studies of Irish Literatures) takes place this year and is being marked by the conference being held once again in Dublin, in Trinity College, from 22 – 26...
The AGM of Publishing Ireland, the Irish Book Publishers’ Association, took place this week, and the newly formed board of directors will now be led by Mariel Deegan of New Island Books as President, with Joanna Smyth...
- Advertisement -