Thursday 10 March 2011 TV3 Book Reviewer Bob Johnson of the fabulous Gutter Book Shop, will be joined by Patricia Deevy, Editorial Director of Penguin Ireland and Ciaran Carty of the Sunday Tribune for a PEN debate exploring the key question ‘What Makes a Good Book?’ Margaret McCann of the Wise Owl Book Club in Navan [...]

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DUBLIN PREPARES FOR FIVE-DAY LITERARY SPECTACLE Over 80 of the country’s leading authors, poets and journalists will be descending on the capital from tomorrow to participate in the fourth Dublin Book Festival. The five-day festival is Ireland’s largest literary gathering, featuring over 40 readings, debates, launches, workshops and performances in Dublin City Hall and other [...]

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Thursday 10 March TV3 Book Reviewer Bob Johnson of the fabulous Gutter Book Shop, will be joined by Patricia Deevy, Editorial Director of Penguin Ireland and Ciaran Carty of the Sunday Tribune for a PEN debate exploring the key question ‘What Makes a Good Book?’ Margaret McCann of the Wise Owl Book Club in Navan [...]

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With London based Irish super agent Sheila Crowley (Curtis Brown Ltd) who represents stars such as Melissa Hill, Declan Hughes, Ruth Gilligan, and the Sunday World True Crime Editor Niamh O’Connor;  Publishing Ireland’s President Jean Harrington, and Transworld Ireland’s Editor Brian Langan, this is an ideal opportunity for new and aspiring writers to discover how [...]

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Irish PEN was delighted to host a reading by Hugo Hamilton last month. The renowned author read from his new book Hand in the Fire. He spoke of the challenges of fictionalising and noted the theme of the outsider and acceptance within a culture recurs in his work. We learned too that the wonderful photo [...]

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