Happy Irish Fiction Friday! Today we feature Belfast author and journalist Robert Cromie, who was born in Clough in 1855 and died in Belfast in 1907. We have featured Cromie on IFF before, but today we turn to his first science fiction novel, A Plunge Into Space. The novel is dedicated to Jules Vernes. There […]READ MORE
Happy Irish Fiction Friday! Today we feature one of Ireland’s best known playwrights – George Bernard Shaw. Born in Dublin on July 26, 1856, he moved to London in 1876 and died in Hertfordshire, UK in 1950 at age 94. Hating school, Shaw left formal education to become a clerk to a land agent in […]READ MORE
Welcome to another edition of Irish Fiction Fridays! With the fall weather almost upon us, I thought a nice supernatural thriller would be just the thing to curl up with beside the fire. This week you can enjoy another novel from Charlotte Riddell who we last featured in February on the series. Riddell was born […]READ MORE
Welcome to another edition of Irish Fiction Fridays! This week we look at some Irish Fairy and Folktales. T Crofton Croker was born in Cork in 1798. He held a position in the Admiralty, but considered it his life work to collect ancient Irish poetry and folklore. The stories featured here today are from an […]READ MORE
This month Oisin McGann is joined by Lily Bernard. Back in 2013, Children’s Books Ireland put together an exhibition of the work of Irish children’s book illustrators entitled Pictiúr, which ended up touring parts of Europe before returning to be displayed in the Irish Museum of Modern Art, among other venues. I was familiar with […]READ MORE
I thought it only appropriate to feature one of our Guests of Honor this week after winning the Bid vote to become the seated 2019 Worldcon 77! This week we spotlight Diane Duane, Ian McDonald has already been the subject of a post. Diane Duane was born in New York, but currently resides in County […]READ MORE
Words to that Effect is a new Podcast by Dublin based Conor Reid. In Episode 3, he chats with Jack Fennell, author of Irish Science Fiction, about Irish Science Fiction. I thought this was a perfect time to refresh everyone’s minds about the depth and breadth of the subject. As you pour over the program […]READ MORE
A note from the Chair’s desk. You have just under a week to upgrade to friend or Super friend, or pre-support Dublin 2019. In less than a week’s time, we will close down the online facility to upgrade, from pre-supporter or backer to friend or super friend. We will also be closing down our registration […]READ MORE
Greetings from the Chair’s Desk! Is it wrong for a potential Worldcon Chair to already be thinking past the Worldcon they hope to help bring together? In this case, I hope not. I was very pleased to hear the European Science Fiction Society announcement that TitanCon 2019, the Belfast based bid, won the right to […]READ MORE
This month Oisin McGann interviews Matt Griffin. With a client list that includes Warner Bros, Disney, Amblin Entertainment, Wired and Penguin among others, Matt Griffin has established himself as one of Ireland’s leading – and busiest – commercial artists, with a distinctive blend of dynamic illustration and graphic design. Though he lives in Ennis, County […]READ MORE
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