Blog: September 2011
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are you sitting comfortably? then i'll begin
Posted 24 September 2011 I've been wanting to blog for a while about some of my favourite podcasts, and now seems a good moment because another thing I've also been wanting to write about... Read 'are you sitting comfortably? then i'll...' -
Clare interviews Edna O'Brien
Posted 21 September 2011 This year, the Irish author Edna O'Brien has won the country's €35,000 Frank O'Connor prize for her short-story collection Saints and Sinners. Read 'Clare interviews Edna O'Brien ' -
and the winner is...
Posted 19 September 2011 So, last night saw history being made. For the first time ever, an Irish author has been awarded the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award . Edna O'Brien held off... Read 'and the winner is... ' -
from the cork frank o'connor festival
Posted 18 September 2011 As the first literary festival to have ever invited me to read, the Cork International Short Story Festival (or the Frank O'Connor Festival as it was previously called) will always... Read 'from the cork frank o'connor festival' -
a berlin summer night
Posted 6 September 2011 I think I'd almost forgotten what summer felt like. Summer in Edinburgh has been, well, damp. Tonight I'm writing from the balcony of a Berlin friend. The sky is dark... Read 'a berlin summer night ' -
that's not a mouse, it's a miniature mexican canine!
Posted 6 September 2011 I received something very exciting in the post on my return from Berlin... Read 'that's not a mouse, it's a...' -
dispatch from the edinburgh book festival
Posted 6 September 2011 Goodness, where to begin? I've never before experienced a city literally awash in culture as Edinburgh is at the moment. It accosts you as soon as you step outside -... Read 'dispatch from the edinburgh book festival' -
animals, children, oil rigs, and a man in a...
Posted 6 September 2011 When we arrived in Edinburgh last year, after five days driving across Europe with our baby in her car seat behind us and our dog curled in the tiny footwell... Read 'animals, children, oil rigs, and a...'
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