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Bedbound by Enda Walsh starring Colm Meaney and Brenda Meaney

Bedbound by Enda Walsh starring Colm Meaney and Brenda Meaney | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it

Bedbound by Enda Walsh starring Colm Meaney and Brenda Meaney - on stage in Galway and Dublin July - August 2023.

 

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Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan review – lyrical tale of a family accused | Fiction | The Guardian

Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan review – lyrical tale of a family accused | Fiction | The Guardian | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
An Irish family in early 90s London become tabloid scapegoats in this politically astute novel of lives foreclosed...
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Bewley's Cafe Theatre STUMPED  | Dublin, Ireland

Bewley's Cafe Theatre STUMPED  | Dublin, Ireland | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Before Samuel Beckett became the playwright universally known for Waiting for Godot, he was a cricketer. He is still the only Nobel prize-winner to feature in the pages of Wisden as a first-class player. His friend and fellow Nobel prize-winner, Harold Pinter, whose best-known works include The Birthday Party and Betrayal, described cricket as ‘the greatest thing that God created on earth’.
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Hot Press: Nicole Flattery on new novel Nothing Special: "Andy Warhol was so intensely aware of his own image, which he created from scratch"

Hot Press: Nicole Flattery on new novel Nothing Special: "Andy Warhol was so intensely aware of his own image, which he created from scratch" | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Award-winning Irish author Nicole Flattery discusses her debut novel Nothing Special, which brilliantly explores the fascinating world of Andy Warhol’
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Cillian Murphy is set to star in the film adaptation of Irish novel 'Small Things Like These'

Cillian Murphy is set to star in the film adaptation of Irish novel 'Small Things Like These' | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Irish author Claire Keegan has already enjoyed enormous success with the film adaptation of her novel 'Foster', in the form of 'An Cailín Ciúin'.
Now,
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The Times: Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan review — a gripping second novel

The Times: Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan review — a gripping second novel | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
This tale of a family caught up in a 1990s tabloid scandal is a modest triumph
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Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan review – a page-turning tale of scandal and misery | Fiction | The Guardian

Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan review – a page-turning tale of scandal and misery | Fiction | The Guardian | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Tabloid journalism and a mother whose daughter is suspected of murder are the catalyst for this compelling, compassionate follow-up to Acts of Desperation
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What We Learned From Annie Ernaux and Sally Rooney’s Head-to-Head

What We Learned From Annie Ernaux and Sally Rooney’s Head-to-Head | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
At Charleston Festival, two of the most acclaimed authors of the century spoke about writing, womanhood and the Nobel Prize. Here are five takeaways from their conversation
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Mia Farrow Praises The Quiet Girl As ‘Heartbreaking Little Masterpiece’

Mia Farrow Praises The Quiet Girl As ‘Heartbreaking Little Masterpiece’ | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Hollywood starlet Mia Farrow has praised the critically acclaimed Irish film, 'The Quiet Girl' branding it a ‘heartbreaking little masterpiece.'
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Book Interview: Paul Murray - ‘I avoid feedback on my books. It’s not good for me’

Book Interview: Paul Murray - ‘I avoid feedback on my books. It’s not good for me’ | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
"When my son was born, it gave me a new perspective on my own parents, and maybe it’s just getting older as well, you start to realise that everybody is sort of improvising their way through this"
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Walking Ghosts: a short story by Mary O’Donnell –

Walking Ghosts: a short story by Mary O’Donnell – | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
A land transaction takes an awkward turn when a chance reference creates an embarrassing association
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Nicole Flattery is Writing Novels for the Losers and Freaks

Nicole Flattery is Writing Novels for the Losers and Freaks | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Nicole Flattery is Writing
Novels for the Losers and Freaks
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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week ‹

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week ‹ | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Tessa Hadley’s After the Funeral, David Lipsky’s The Parrot and the Igloo, Nicole Flattery’s Nothing Special, and Laura Cumming’s Thunderclap all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week.…...
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Nicole Flattery's "Nothing Special" is Another Story of Disaffected Young Women

Nicole Flattery's "Nothing Special" is Another Story of Disaffected Young Women | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Nicole Flattery's Nothing Special is a story of a lost girl, washed up in Warhol's Factory, which could, for all its peculiarities, be pretty much anywhere.
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Wall Street Journal Fiction: ‘Nothing Special’ by Nicole Flattery

Wall Street Journal Fiction: ‘Nothing Special’ by Nicole Flattery | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Fiction: ‘Nothing Special’ by Nicole Flattery
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Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan: dark and masterful

Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan: dark and masterful | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Ordinary Human Failings, the second novel by Megan Nolan, offers a brilliantly crafted tale of strife passed down the generations
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Megan Nolan: ‘A lot went wrong for me as a teen. Thank God that changed’

Megan Nolan: ‘A lot went wrong for me as a teen. Thank God that changed’ | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
The writer talks to Alex O’Connell about her dark new novel, Ordinary Human Failings
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Culture That Made Me: Cork-born philosopher Richard Kearney 

Culture That Made Me: Cork-born philosopher Richard Kearney  | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
In advance of his reading at West Cork Literary Festival, Richard Kearney reveals touchstones such as Máirtín Ó Direáin, Simone de Beauvoir and Phil Lynott 
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Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux opens up to Sally Rooney

Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux opens up to Sally Rooney | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
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Cecelia Ahern on perimenopause: ‘This hot angry woman was coming out’ –

Cecelia Ahern on perimenopause: ‘This hot angry woman was coming out’ – | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle
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Rights - Canongate scoops Costello's stories uncovering the 'underlying disquiet of modern life'

Rights - Canongate scoops Costello's stories uncovering the 'underlying disquiet of modern life' | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Canongate has scooped Barcelona, Mary Costello’s new book of stories uncovering the "underlying disquiet of modern life and the sometimes brutal nature of humanity".
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Watch: Dublin, Your Face - a cinematic ode to the capital- It dramatizes a poem by Majella Kelly

Watch: Dublin, Your Face - a cinematic ode to the capital- It dramatizes a poem by Majella Kelly | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
It dramatizes a poem by Majella Kelly
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Poem of the week: Bloomsday, Sandycove, 2022 –Thomas McCarthy

Poem of the week: Bloomsday, Sandycove, 2022 –Thomas McCarthy | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
A new work by Thomas McCarthy
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