As part of our ongoing support for our supporters and Ireland’s thriving SFF scene, we’ve been interviewing the people who are right behind us with a Bid to host the Worldcon in Dublin, 2019. Paul is one of our steadfast supporters – and he’s currently got an Indigogo up for the third part of his […]READ MORE
Hello all, Irish Fiction Friday here with something cheerful for you. Song of the Sea (Amhrán na Mara) is the second feature-length film from Cartoon Saloon. It won the 2014 Academy Award for best animated feature and scored a massive 99% on Rotten Tomatoes. It had fantastic reviews and really captures a sense of wonder. It sounds like […]READ MORE
This week our subject for Irish Fiction Friday is the webisode series History Respawned, which is co-hosted by Cork born John J Harney and Bob Whitaker. Each episode, they and special guests examine a videogame and the ways it represents history. The series transitions between games with direct historical links, as well as fantasy worlds which draw […]READ MORE
Welcome to Irish Fiction Friday. We really hope you’ve been enjoying nearly 18 months of free fiction and work from Irish writers and creatives. Our team is always adding more ideas and people to our files, and it’s really amazing to constantly be hearing from people about what they are writing or doing within Ireland. […]READ MORE
It’s Friday, so it must be time for some Irish Fiction! Except we’re not taking you to a work of fiction today. Instead, we’re showcasing Blogging Woolf’s journey to Ireland to follow in the footsteps of Virginia and Leonard Woolf. The Woolfs made their visit in 1934 and fell in love with the country, so much […]READ MORE
And so we reach the end of Rob Hansen’s retelling of Irish fandom until the mid 1960s, with the final part of Then. We’d like to thank Rob for allowing us to serialise this edited version of Then, which focuses specifically on Irish fandom, and have very much enjoyed recalling our heritage; both rocky and […]READ MORE
Welcome to Irish Fiction Friday, where we showcase some of the best SFF that Ireland has to offer, to encourage you to support our bid for Worldcon in 2019. Today’s spooky entry for Friday the 13th highlights a lesser known work by one of the fathers of the horror genre: Bram Stoker. He was born […]READ MORE
Dublin’s Secret Garden Nina Sheil If there is an alternative Dublin somewhere out there, populated by faerie and other magical beings, and the odd human who manage to make their way there, an entrance to it surely lies hidden in Iveagh Gardens. This small, quiet park is situated behind the National Concert Hall, with access to it from […]READ MORE
It’s time for another Irish Fiction Friday, where we share some of the best SFF Ireland has to offer, showcasing the background that a bid for Worldcon in Dublin is built on. This week, we’re featuring a children’s book, Darkmouth by Shane Hegarty. Children’s fiction is where the imagination can really go wild, and Darkmouth […]READ MORE
Kim for Dublin 2019! Many of our US supporters can trace their roots to, or have relatives and family members who are of Irish descent. The connection is so prevalent that the Dublin 2019 Bid have contacted a genealogist who can help supporters do this. (You can read more about doing this here). Kim Burkhardt […]READ MORE
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