Please enjoy Oisin McGann‘s interview with Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick this month. Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick is one of Ireland’s most accomplished writer-illustrators. Among her many accolades, she has won Ireland’s most prestigious children’s book prize, the Bisto Book of the Year Award, three times for her picture books, then after it was renamed the CBI Book of the […]
This week on Irish Fiction Friday, we are featuring a dystopian fairy tale. “The Last Reel” is presented here as a podcast on Pseudopod, but originally appeared in Supernatural Tales #10, in 2006 and was reprinted in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR #18 (2007). Lynda E Rucker was born in the American south […]
Today’s edition of Irish Fiction Fridays brings you the science fiction tale “Recording Angel” by Ian McDonald. “Recording Angel,” which was originally published in 1996, was later expanded into Chaga. There’s a terrific interview with McDonald (Author Spotlight) that gives some background to the story. Ian McDonald was born in Manchester in 1960 (to a […]
This week for Irish Fiction Friday, we feature The Dolocher, the first adult novel by author Caroline Barry, who currently lives in the midlands of Ireland. Her first two novels are Young Adult novels: The Rocket Girl and Isadora Elzbeth. According to an interview, which you can read here, her current work in progress is […]
Today’s Irish Fiction Friday offering could almost have been a feature on our Touring Tuesdays feature. The High Man is a documentary on Ireland’s myths and monuments, so it might give you some ideas of places you’d like to visit – before or after Dublin2019!
Today on Irish Fiction Friday, we have a bit of a treat. We are featuring not one but four Irish authors who have just been honored at the 27th Children’s Books Ireland awards. You can read the full write up in The Irish Times. Chris Haughton won the 27th Children’s Books Ireland Book of the […]
Today we feature another terrific interview from Oisin McGann. Colin Lorimer: An Unwavering Desire I first encountered Colin Lorimer at Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design and then later when we both worked in pre-production in Fred Wolf Films in Dublin. Even back then in the nineties, Colin had an obvious passion for comics […]
Welcome to another entry of Irish Fiction Fridays. This week we have a detailed essay by Luke McInerney followed by a sixteenth century bardic poem composed for Seán Mac Conmara in both original Gaelic and translation with extensive notation. You will find the poem after the essay. According to Academia.edu, Luke McInerney is an independent […]
Welcome to another edition of Irish Fiction Fridays! This week we feature Shoes Ducks and Maids of the Sea which is a collection of thirteen short stories retelling the classic tales of Hans Christian Anderson with an Irish eye. There are stories from Paula Leyden, Oisín McGann, David Rudden, Sheena Wilkinson, Deirdre Sullivan, Claire Hennessy, Paul Timoney, […]
After a brief hiatus, we’re happy to be back with our intrepid traveler and photographer, James Shields! Newgrange One of the most famous heritage sites in Ireland, I’ve been going to Newgrange since I was a small boy, and it’s always been an inspiration for me. At almost 5,000 years old, the site is older […]
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