Friday! Friday! This week we’re pleased to present another author who fell in love with Ireland and gained citizenship here in his latter years. Harry Harrison was an author that many science fiction readers grew up with, and has had a lasting influence on the SF landscape. During his lifetime he was known for his […]
Welcome to this week’s Irish Fiction Friday! We’re getting mythical and fantastic this week with some Irish fanfiction. and don’t forget, we’re also gearing up for our Outreach project at Dublin Comicon, now less than three weeks away. Come and meet the Committee and Bid Team, grab some free fiction, and have a chat about […]
Sail away sail away sail away… Enya is singer, songwriter and musician, all rolled into one, and her music has featured heavily in Fantasy film and television since she first joined Clannad in the 1980s and provided much of the vocals and music for the TV series Robin of Sherwood (and we’d just like to interject […]
Book Launch, BOOK LAUNCH! Today’s Irish Fiction Friday showcases a brand spanking new publication from Irish author Paul Anthony Shortt; his fifth novel and the second in his Lady Raven series. Red Skies is a superb fantasy adventure full of pirates and peril, and was released this Wednesday. We’re delighted to be able to support […]
Welcome to this week’s Irish Fiction Friday! We hope you’re enjoying these forays into the landscape of Irish Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror writing. And don’t forget to support us! Even following us on Twitter or liking our posts helps (it makes us feel special and we love you for it; win-win!), and we’re always […]
It’s been a busy week for the Dublin 2019 Worldcon Bid! We’ve been working on some special blog entries, taking delivery of our Outreach books, writing thank-you letters and working hard on our plans for Sasquan. We’re also starting to correspond with authors and other writers about two new blog series. The first part of […]
Since January 2015, for every Friday, we have featured an Irish author or resident, or a piece of science fiction, fantasy or horror fiction relating to Ireland, providing a free extract for you to read. We’ve had exclusives, supported new authors, reintroduced some classics, and had an eclipse! We’ve featured fans, videos, lectures, curios, and […]
Hello everyone! Can you believe that it’s been SIX MONTHS since we sat down with James Bacon, our Bid Chair, and he had a brilliant idea. Why not showcase a science fiction, fantasy or horror author from Ireland every week, until the voting for a Worldcon in 2019 happens (and, if we win, onwards to the […]
OH! MY! It’s Irish Fiction Friday, complete with George Takei. No really. It is. Today the Dublin 2019 Worldcon Bid Team are showcasing the best of Irish SF/F/H talent by bringing you the amazing short animation; ‘The Missing Scarf‘, directed and written by Eoin Duffy, and produced by Jamie Hogan. It’s a black comedy about planets […]
This week’s IFF is a haunting supernatural story…with a plaster cast! Fitz James O’Brien (also spelt Fitz-James) was an Irish immigrant who was born in County Cork in 1828 and moved to America, where he devoted his life to writing short fiction and articles. His writing contained both weird fiction and horror, and he is […]
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