This week, we are celebrating the glory of the short story with a list of ten Irish collections that will remind you just how great they can be. Join us as we invite you to re-read some of your favourites, and discover some new collections too. Modern Times by Cathy […]
Book Reviews
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Sarah Webb and Alan Nolan Animal Crackers The O’Brien Press, August 2020 Paperback, 176PP, €11.99 ISBN: 9781788490658 Review by Joanna Geoghegan Did you know that dolphins only shut down half their brain when they sleep? Or that polar bears’ fur isn’t white – it’s actually translucent to allow light to hit […]
Graham Norton Home Stretch Hodder & Stoughton, October 2020 Paperback, 362PP, €12.99 ISBN: 978 1 473 66517 0 Review by Joanna Geoghegan. It is 1987, and the town of Mullinmore, County Cork, is in high glee as they prepare for a wedding. The afternoon before the big day, however, the […]
After The SilenceBy Louise O’Neill Riverrun, September 2020 Review by: Joyce Dignam Ten years ago, at Keelin Kinsella’s birthday party, a young girl, Nessa Crowley was murdered. That night, a storm prevented anyone from leaving or entering the island of Inisrún. The killer was an islander and still, ten years […]
Caoimhe from the DBF team not only got the chance to review Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s award-winning prose debut, ‘A Ghost in the Throat’, but also to interview Doireann – a treat! We hope you enjoy.
Thank you to Bebe Ashley for taking part in this project, and to Banshee Press for their generosity in helping it along. You can buy a copy of Gold Light Shining here, and you can watch our event with Banshee back here.
2020 has been an unusual year for book publishing, with many new releases not having the launch that they would have expected and with many being delayed or rescheduled. In fact, September and October turned out to be some of the busiest ever months for publishing with 355 new books […]
