So sad to hear of the recent death of the talented actor Tom Hickey. My sincere sympathy to his family and legion of fans and friends. Tom was famous for his role as Benjy in RTÉ’s TV series The Riordans,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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