Fantastic Fridays: Lady Jane Wilde
Swan River Press tell us about the life and works of Lady Jane Wilde.
Irish Fiction Fridays
Fantastic Fridays: Charles Maturin
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “I have traversed the world in the search, and no one, to gain that world, would lose his own soul!” – Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) […]
Fantastic Fridays: Anna Maria Hall
Swan River Press tell us about the life and works of Anna Maria Hall.
Doctor Who in Ireland
Our Hugo Administrator, Nicholas Whyte, marks the occasion of the 55th anniversary of Dr Who by exploring the series’ Irish connections.
Irish Fiction Fridays: Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Welcome to another edition of Irish Fiction Fridays! Today’s offering likely needs little introduction, but in case you aren’t familiar with either Oscar Wilde or The Picture of Dorian Gray, read on! Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin on the October 16, 1854. Wilde came from a very literary family and lived […]
Irish Fiction Fridays: Ruth Francis Long: The Treachery of Beautiful Things
Welcome to another edition of Irish Fiction Fridays! This week we feature the work of Ruth Francis Long, a young-adult fantasy writer who lives in Ireland. In 2015 she was the winner of The European Science Fiction Society Spirit of Dedication Award For Best Author of Children’s Science Fiction and Fantasy for A Crack in Everything. […]
Irish Fiction Fridays: Queen Maeve: Tales From Celtic Ireland
Today on Irish Fiction Friday, we feature something a little different. Queen Meave is the twitter account of Meave of Connaught. The bio tells us: “Oldest stories in the newest medium- Tales from Celtic Ireland; Iron Age Warrior Queen; likes: cattle raiding; dislikes: Cuchulainn types.” This is the gift that will keep on giving! If […]
Irish Fiction Fridays: Horslips: Dearg Doom
Happy Irish Fiction Friday! This week we feature a musical interlude. This version of Dearg Doom is sung by The Horslips in 1974 on The Old Grey Whistle Test. It is from the album The Táin (1973), based on the mythological cycle. The annotated lyrics are here. The Horslips originated in Dublin and are widely […]
Irish Fiction Fridays: Rosa Mulholland: The Late Miss Hollingford
Welcome to another edition of Irish Fiction Friday! This week we feature Rosa Mulholland – also known as Lady Gilbert, and she wrote under the name of Ruth Murray as well. This Irish poet, playwright and novelist was born in Belfast in 1841. She was encouraged in her writing by Charles Dickens. In 1891, she […]
Irish Fiction Fridays: L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace: A Master of Mysteries
Welcome to another edition of Irish Fiction Fridays! Today we feature A Master of Mysteries by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace. L.T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith who was born in 1844 in Bandon, County Cork. Meade collaborated with others too but wrote 11 books with Eustace, whose real name was […]