A short story collection can, in certain respects, be seen as similar to a poetry collection. If the individual stories, like the individual poems, are well conceived... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell celebrates Joyce‘s Ulysses, on the centenary of its publication On James Joyce’s 40th birthday, Sylvia Beach in Paris published his now most famous work, Ulysses,... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell reviews Colm Tóibín’s latest novel There are many books, including biographies, of Thomas Mann as well as about other members of the Mann family. There... Continue reading
30-year-old Irish author Sally Rooney has been in the headlines following her refusal to grant the translation rights of her new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You... Continue reading
Paul Simon reviews the latest novel from Dennis Broe, A Hello to Arms Fresh from exposing the murderous and duplicitous Hollywood of the immediate post-war period, Harry... Continue reading
On 10 December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, Abdulrazak Gurnah will receive the Nobel Prize for Literature on behalf of black Africa. Wole Soyinka was the... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell reviews Provenance, by Kate Thompson As Elliot Fielding struggles in an Australian hospital to piece together his fragmented memory following serious head injury, the reader... Continue reading
As Ireland observes the centenary of its incomplete independence – the setting up of the ‘Free State’ with dominion status and the partition of the country –... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell review Douglas Stuart’s new novel Douglas Stuart won the 2020 Booker prize for his debut novel Shuggie Bain, set in his home town of Glasgow... Continue reading