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The Irish Read: A short story from Philip Ó Ceallaigh's new collection, Trouble Enjoy a section from a new work by an Irish author this Sunday morning. By Aoife Barry Sunday 6 Jun 2021, 10:00 AM 1 hour ago 1,058 Views 0 Comments THE IRISH LITERARY scene has long been a source of national pride, but it’s in particularly rude health at the moment. Yet with so many books to catch up on, it can be easy to lose track of what’s out there. Ent...
Romania-based short story writer on Trouble, translation, novels and brevity
Tara McEvoy, editor the Belfast-based literary journal, The Tangerine. Picture: Stephen Davson For Declan Meade and his peers in the literary journal sector, the past year has been one of contrasts. On the positive side, the budget of the Arts Council, which supports a number of journals through grants, rose from €75 million in 2020 to €130 million this year. But at the same time, the extended closure of bookshops cut off one of the main routes to market for literary journals. Meade, who co-founded the Stinging Fly... Subscribe from just €1 for the first month! €-E...
Lisa McInerneyâs debut The Glorious Heresies won two major prizes and her follow-up The Blood Miracles another, so you might think her biggest concern ahead of the publication of The Rules of Revelation, the third and last of the set, would be making space on the mantelpiece. But no â she might live near Lady Gregoryâs estate but she is not the Queen of Coole. âThe nerves are at me big-time,â she says, âIâm a real hoor for attention. It has to be good attention, though. Youâre not supposed to read your bad reviews but I got one and it gutted me, and ...