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Author: James Lawless

Irish novelist, poet and short story writer.
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Memorial: Book Review

  • Posted on April 6, 2021
  • by James Lawless

Memorial Bryan Washington Atlantic Books €15.55 Bryan Washington’s debut collection of short stories Lot won the 2020 Dylan Thomas Prize and was hailed by Barrack Obama as one of his favourite books. So the author’s first novel Memorial was awaited…

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Reading in Skibbereen

  • Posted on March 30, 2021March 30, 2021
  • by James Lawless

I was invited to read at the Speakeasy in Skibbereen. Unfortunately it had to be through video. I read from my forthcoming novel American Doll (a new version) which will be published in the USA later in the year. A…

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WE ARE NOT IN THE WORLD: BOOK REVIEW

  • Posted on February 22, 2021
  • by James Lawless

We Are Not In the World Conor O’Callaghan Doubleday €15.99 Guilt-ridden for having abandoned his daughter when his marriage broke up, middle-aged Irishman Paddy embarks on a haulage truck journey through France. The purpose of the journey, ostensibly to deliver…

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READ A BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY FOR VALENTINE’S DAY

  • Posted on February 12, 2021
  • by James Lawless

Read a love story for Valentine. Is love stronger than ideology? How does Derek Foley’s love for the supreme ideologue Sinéad pan out in Peeling Oranges? What was the tragic ending in the love affair between Guido and the beautiful…

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THE AVENUE NOW ON AUDIO

  • Posted on January 29, 2021February 2, 2021
  • by James Lawless

I am delighted to announce that my well-received novel The Avenue is now on audio narrated by Isaac P Miller, available on Audible and itunes. Listen to a free sample or purchase at https://adbl.co/3osIMdP Book description: A scantily-dressed girl dancing…

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Christmas Eve

  • Posted on December 24, 2020
  • by James Lawless

Christmas Eve The birds make fake bird songs that I heard in the Christmas shops, the fake moon is spotted before dark, the navyblue sky is waiting for its absence to be filled, houses stand like sentries, men in windows…

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Book Review: Dominicana

  • Posted on November 30, 2020November 30, 2020
  • by James Lawless

Dominicana Angie Cruz John Murray Publishers €19.35 This novel is based on the experiences of Angie Cruz’s mother when she immigrated to New York from the Dominican Republic as a young girl in the nineteen sixties. The fictionalised protagonist Ana…

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Acclaimed Dublin Story: The Corpseman of the Liberties

  • Posted on November 24, 2020
  • by James Lawless

I am delighted to announce that my story The Corpseman of the Liberties has just been published in Portuguese as O Livreiro do Liberties, translated beautifully by Rafael Matias. A young boy in the Liberties of Dublin learns about growing…

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Read the story of Halloween in The Avenue

  • Posted on October 31, 2020
  • by James Lawless

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THE WEIGHT OF LOVE: BOOK REVIEW

  • Posted on September 14, 2020September 14, 2020
  • by James Lawless

The Weight of Love Hilary Fannin Doubleday €15.99 When Robin Wolfe, an Irishman teaching in a comprehensive school in Clerkenwell in London in 1995, meets Special Needs Assistant Ruth Lennon, he becomes immediately infatuated with her. Ruth however is more…

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  • THE AVENUE NOW ON AUDIO January 29, 2021

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