The Dublin 2019 Worldcon Bid team love getting out and about, so this week on Irish Fiction Friday we’re pleased to bring you an upcoming event that takes place across Northern Ireland next week. Women Aloud 2016 is a project which aims to raise the profile of the women’s writing scene in Northern Ireland. So […]
It’s Irish Fiction Friday once again, where we showcase some of the best SFF fiction that Ireland has to offer in the hope of encouraging you to support our amazing Bid for a Worldcon in Ireland in 2019. With so many authors and creatives, you’d be a rash fool not to! This week we’re showcasing […]
Merry Marvel Fanzine was the first comic fanzine in UK and Ireland. Edited and created by Tony Roche from Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, the first issue came out in 1966. The fanzine for 3 issues, when Tony then announced that he was changing it to Heroes Unlimited so that he could capture more comics, while […]
Okay, we’ve cheated again. This week’s Irish ‘Fiction’ Friday is ART! (Artish Fiction Friday?) But goodness me, we need to break the rules sometimes! Francis Danby (1793-1861) was raised in Dublin, where he learned to paint. He traveled around Europe during this life and is a Romantic Era artist famous for his enormous romantic scenes, […]
Irish Fiction Friday! This week you may have already read our continuing serialisation of Rob Hansen’s Then, which traces the roots of Irish Fandom. As part of that, Rob mentioned The Enchanted Duplicator. It’s a 26-page parable of fandom by Bob Shaw and Walt Willis, which struck a deep chord in the fannish consciousness and […]
Last year, we featured Lord Dunsany’s Book of Wonder, and mentioned what a huge influence it was on many other contemporary writers at the time. You can read that entry here, and discover more about one of Ireland’s most prominent figures in SFF writing. This year, we want to revisit this entry for IFF by […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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