Make your choice, adventurous Stranger Strike the bell and bide the danger Or wonder, till it drives you mad What would have followed if you had Hello! It’s Irish Fiction Friday. C S Lewis is one of our most famous science fiction and fantasy authors, and we’re delighted to feature him today. His books are […]
This week there’s a distinct nip in the air on our shores, and Irish Fiction Friday comes to you with a warm cup of coffee and a biscuit, although did someone mention cake…? *mysterious foreshadowing smile*. Anyway! We’ve been ploughing through our Irish authors, although every time we turn around, we seem to find even […]
This week in Ireland we can smell autumn coming on the wind, so it’s time to curl up with another free SFF extract from Irish Fiction Friday. We like to feature horror and the Gothic alongside our usual SFF settings, and this week Irish Fiction Friday brings you a tale of the Irish beyond Ireland. […]
Friday rolls around again, and we’re here once more with a free extract of SFF literature. Today however, we’re also delighted to showcase our new IFF logo, made by Bid Team member Shevaun Frazier (who has also done a lot of our vector work, including the main Dublin 2019 t-shirt logos. It depicts the Children […]
It’s Friday again, and once more the Dublin 2019 Worldcon bid bring you a free extract of Irish Fiction from one of our wonderful authors. It must be the season for it, because over the next few weeks we have a series of book launches, new courses and other exciting writerly things to bring you. […]
Hello! To those of you new to Irish Fiction Friday (IFF), welcome, and for you die hards, Slainte! Every week we feature a free extract from a piece of Irish SFF fiction. Sometimes it’s a native author, sometimes someone who moved to our emerald shores, and sometimes, as with today, it’s a piece that uses Ireland […]
This week it’s Worldcon, hurrah! Of course, Worldcon also means The Hugo Awards Ceremony, and here on Irish Fiction Friday we have a nominee in the running! James Bacon is our fantastic Bid Chair, and he’s been driving the Dublin 2019 bid right from the start. However, there is more than one string upon James’ bow. Alongside Chris […]
‘The brain had conceived and the body had executed some of the most malignant designs against mankind that the world has ever known’ What trickery is this?!!! L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1854-1914), and was born in Bandon, County Cork. She was a prolific writer of girls stories in […]
‘Colorists are the unknown amazing backup singer that makes every track awesome’. We’re at Dublin Comicon this weekend, handing out free science fiction and fantasy books as part of our Outreach project. We aim to spread the word about local fandom and conventions around Ireland and the UK. The more fans we have, the merrier […]
Do you remember when we featured Peadar Ó Guilín‘s The Drowner, back in May? It was a spooky story of drowning and the deep. Well, today on Irish Fiction Friday, we’re bringing you a different extract about the deeps by an equally exciting author: Celine Kiernan. Her work includes the award winning Moorehawke Trilogy, a YA fantasy […]
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