The Book Blog

Reading Parallax by Sinead Morrissey- Here's an interview from RTE youtube.com/watch?v=OAb63i…

In another life, I was a bookseller in Hodges Figgis, and it was a good thing to be.

Late to the game, I've just discovered @DailyPoemPod which is absolutely wonderful. Check out shows.acast.com/the-daily-poem…

just stumbled upon Frank Skinner's #Poetry podcast. What an unexpected delight. An intelligent and enthusiastic introduction to @hadfield_jen Brilliant! planetradio.co.uk/podcasts/frank…

For the day that's in it: 50 Writers talk about James Joyce threemonkeysonline.com/50-writers-tal… #JamesJoyce #Ulysses100

Roger Doyle has made an album of extracts of Finnegans Wake, spoken by Irish actors such as Aidan Gillen, Olwen Fouéré, Barry McGovern … rogerdoyle1.bandcamp.com/album/finnegan…

Austrian Stefan Zweig was once among the most popular and most translated writers in the world. His time in London provides an entry point for a discussion on the role of the intellectual, Brexit, and the meaning of Europe. #brexit #European #humanism threemonkeysonline.com/unseasonably-s…

Read "Stefan Zweig und #Dante Alighieri" by Arturo Larcati from the Deutsches Dante-Jahrbuch—free access until September 30! 🔗degruyter.com/document/doi/1… #DanteReaders #StefanZweig #DANTE2021 #dante700

Sylvia Plath's letters provide a heartbreaking portrait of one of the great poetic minds of the 20th century. nyer.cm/TPOXbv6

They’re here! ‘The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working Class Voices’ available to pre-order now & in shops from July 8th. Sister of #commonpeople brainchild of @KitdeWaal 16 new writers alongside 16 of the great & the good sharing stories of working class life! #acnisupported

HAPPY DYLAN DAY EVERYONE ! open.spotify.com/track/37ofcQbY…. . #DylanThomasDay #DylanDay

The shortlist for this year's @DublinLitAward have been revealed, promising "powerful and timely stories set in both familiar and unfamiliar countries and cultures"! See the six authors in the running here: bit.ly/2P5OQNQ

Did you know that over at our education program, WWB Campus, we just launched a new collection of Iranian literature? You’ll find poems, graphic lit, fiction, and essays picked especially for high school and college students, plus contextualizing videos, articles, and playlists!

Happy #StPatricksDay ! We’re so proud to publish a veritable feast of Irish talent. Here are some recent & upcoming titles we’re celebrating, from spectacular love stories to haunting dystopias, from the thrill of the city to the wonder of open country, there is everything here.

The Samuel Beckett Paddy's Day Special. swench.net/2021/03/16/the…

I have a piece about James Joyce & Nora Barnacle's intimate letters @parisreview theparisreview.org/blog/2021/03/1… @HarperPerennial

Series 6 has landed! What an absolute pleasure it was to sit down and chat with this incredible bunch! Featuring: @TyroneLewis22 @ceciliaknapp @holliepoetry @scarlettwith2ts @fit_as_fuc @sleafordmods @CurlyWordy @SingletonPoet @purlpower @peckishism @PoetThirsty

Member of @PENIreland , writer, poet and former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Liz McManus has written a most lovely poem for imprisoned Kurdish journalist @ilhan_comak . Thanks to PEN na hÉireann for their support PEN Norway's project to #freethepoet ilhancomak.com/2021/01/21/for…

Two poems for İlhan Sami Çomak, the Kurdish poet and Turkey’s longest-serving student prisoner #freethepoet wordswithoutborders.org/dispatches/art…

✨We’re so excited to bring our programme to the world. Between 21-25 April 2021, Cúirt will host over 30 events, all broadcast into the homes of our audiences, stakeholders and writers. We hope you’ll enjoy browsing: cuirt.ie #Cuirt2021