Note: There is a spoiler for a Location used in the new Star Wars movies: The Force Awakens, in this post. Irish Fiction Friday is here. And as you know, we’re tricksy about it sometimes. It’s not all free books and reading, no! Sometimes we showcase the huge wealth of Irish Science Fiction and […]READ MORE
We love Russell Smith! Our ‘An Comhrá’ interview asks people to ask a minimum of one question per section, but Russell went for AS MANY AS POSSIBLE! Whoop! We’re delighted to add him to the ranks of SFF authors and creatives who support the Dublin 2019 Worldcon Bid. Take it away, Russell! Russell got eaten by […]READ MORE
THIS. IS. AMAZING. One of our subscribers is a huge Lego builds fan and he put us in touch with David Fennell, who has built a Lego version of our venue, the CCD! Check out the auditorium, where nearly 300 stormtroopers are taking part in a debate over ‘Sith vs Jedi’, hosted by none other […]READ MORE
Welcome to a new year of Irish Fiction Friday! We’ve temporarily said goodbye to Erin, who has been writing the entries for you for the last couple of months, as she’s off to help with Boskone (where of course, we will be having a Dublin 2019 table!). But it’s also her birthday today, so we […]READ MORE
by Lynn O’Reilly, So, you’ve come to Dublin’s fair city, perhaps as a tourist, or to pay your Dublin friends a visit. Maybe you’re attending a convention, but want to extend the fun beyond the convention itself. You’re looking a suitable place to socialize with old friends, or the new friends you made at a […]READ MORE
Today’s Irish Fiction Friday brings you Beginning Operations by Irish author James White. Additionally, we also have a fantastic a bio-bibliography of James White by Graham Andrews, which is included below. We hope you enjoy this dashing bit of science fiction by James White. From the TOR Books website: Sector General: A massive deep-space hospital […]READ MORE
Today’s Irish Fiction Friday brings a little magic into your life with the critically acclaimed novel The Hounds of the Morrigan by Irish author Pat O’Shea. Taking 13 years to write, The Hounds of the Morrigan was “Hailed as a classic by reviewers, the book is still admired by new readers of all ages more […]READ MORE
Irish Fiction Friday has featured authors, artists, and editors. Today, we bring you an Irish musician, Padraigín Ní Uallacháin from County Louth, who writes and performs Celtic music that also features strong speculative themes. This hauntingly beautiful YouTube video, “Suantraí Sí” (Fairy Lullaby), is sung in Gaelic and put to music by Padraigín Ní Uallacháin. It’s […]READ MORE
We’ve got a new author and a new feature on the blog. Lynn O’Reilly is going to be taking us on a tour of Dublin with her Nerdy Dublin guides. As time goes on, we’re also going to be adding all the sites, images and links that she and our other authors create – how […]READ MORE
Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan is another congoer and enthusiastic supporter of Dublin 2019. He’s an RPG writer, and has recently finished the gigantic Dracula Dossier project, which he wrote about here for us. Gareth is published by Pelgrane Press, another one of the small presses with a strong Irish connection that works to make the SFF universe […]READ MORE
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