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Colm Tóibín to publish sequel to Brooklyn next year
Colm Tóibín introduces Boland: Journey of a Poet, a new online production from Druid Theatre exploring the life of poet Eavan Boland through her own poetry and autobiographica
Colm Tóibín is working on a new novel about a writer in exile while living in exile himself. Tóibín was in New York in March, teaching a semester at Columbia University, when the city was hit with one
What is better than being on holiday or a mini-break in a beautiful city, than having a perfect classic book that relates to that place to read?
Colm Toibín lectures on “The Myth of Paternity: James Joyce and his father”
Enjoy this charming video of the great Irish writer Colm Tóibín reading a humorous passage from his praised novel ‘Nora Webster’, in which the recently widowed protagonist, who lives in the conservative town of Enniscorthy, Ireland, gets a “very fashionable” haircut.
Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know by Colm Tóibín. 'A father...is a necessary evil.' Stephen Dedalus in Ulysses In Mad, Bad, Dangerous t
Note: The acclaimed Irish writer Colm Tóibín is the winner of the 2017 Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement. Tóibín spoke with Collegian reporters…
There are certain single volumes of American poetry, some of them first books or early books, which carry with them a special and spiritual power; they seem to arise from a mysterious impulse and to have been written from an enormous private or artistic need. The poems are full of a primal sense of voice, …
THE OPENING paragraph of Colm Tóibín’s new novel House Of Names is a surprise: “I have been acquainted with the smell of death...So much has slipped away, but the smell of death lingers. Maybe the smell has entered my body and been welcomed there like an old friend come to visit. The smell of fear and panic.
Irish novelist, journalist and essayist Colm Toibin is this year's winner of a US lifetime achievement award that celebrates the power of literature to foster peace, social justice and
Hay Festival's first weekend has kicked off with a host of events featuring writers including Colm Tóibín, Helen Fielding and Stephen Fry who discussed issues such as using flashbacks in writing, criticisms of anti-feminism and "aggregating news agencies" such as Facebook.
Tóibín’s 11th novel retells the ancient Greek tale of Clytemnestra, who kills her husband Agamemnon to avenge the death of their daughter Iphigenia, and her son Orestes, who kills her in turn to aveng
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In advance of his appearance at West Cork Literary Festival, the Co Wexford-born writer selects some of his touchstone references in literature, film and music
In this article the paper says novels by Sally Rooney and Colm Tóibín will transport you here
Colm Toibin speaks to The Pat Kenny show.Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Appl
The novelist finds in Natalia Ginzburg’s tales an enviable gift for reflecting memory in all its flickering uncertainty a huge toll on her own family
While the fathers left behind letters or diaries, the women in their lives often became the elusive, mysterious ones
Colm Tóibín talks about his Enniscorthy childhood, the inspiration behind Brooklyn – and why Boris Johnson is right about the Irish border
The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative pairs distinguished cultural figures with emerging artists in their fields.
Colm Tóibín joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss Mary Lavin’s “In the Middle of the Fields,” from a 1961 issue of the magazine.
The 15th annual IMMRAMA Festival of Travel Writing in Lismore burst into life last Thursday night with a captivating talk by renowned novelist Colm Tóibín in the Courthouse Theatre. Despite the rather somber theme of the 2017 edition of IMMRAMA – Emigration, Exile and Slavery – Tóibín kept the audience laughing from start to finish in his own
Enniscorthy novelist, journalist and essayist Colm Toibin is this year's winner of a US lifetime achievement award. The Dayton Literary Peace Award
Headline Irish writer Colm Tóibín wins literary peace award
After murdering Agamemnon, Clytemnestra struggles to maintain her rule.
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