Eavan Boland News Today

An Appreciation

Ethna Viney, who has died at the age of 95, was a feminist, scientist, economist, socialist and long-time environmental writer for The Irish Times.

When Michael Viney’s second column An Eye on Nature answering readers queries began, Ethna ran it for years under his name until she was finally acknowledged as the author

Writer talks about her new poetry collection, Galway roots and upcoming projects

Journalist, teacher, and playwright Tess Taylor is the author of five poetry collections and the editor of Leaning Toward Light (Storey, 2023). She’s been drawn to Ireland’s literary contributions and green landscapes since she was in college, reading the works of such writers as Eavan Boland, Seamus Heaney, and Brian Friel.

Author was a feminist, economist and environmentalist who wrote the weekly Eye on Nature column for 33 years

Gradually, with more life experience, I have gained perspective and poetic nerve.

Ger Reidy and Geraldine Mitchell’s new poetry books will both be launched in Matt Molloy’s this Sunday

This has ‘album of the year’ stamped all over it, with every track packing a punch

Izzy Wasserstein, author of the noir techno-thriller These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart, shares which book in the Chronicles of Narnia series fueled her obsession with role-playing games, which author did more than any other to open her up to new ways of thinking, which book she thinks hasnt found as wide an audience as it deserves, and what she desperately wants to see more of in literature