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Huge thanks to Shauna Gilligan for her invitation to take part in her series of interviews with writers called WRITERS CHAT. In April 2022, Arlen House – Literature from Ireland for the [...]

This interview marks the publication of a new edition of Lia Mills’ first novel, Another Alice (first published in 1996), as part of the Arlen Classic Literature series. The new edition features [...]

I love lists.

Twenty years ago, I travelled back and forth to Kilburn and Cricklewood, in order to meet the Irish who had settled there during the economically dark decade of the 1950s.

Early in 2021, I received a lovely – and most unexpected – piece of correspondence. It came from His Excellency, the Italian Ambassador to Ireland, Paolo Serpi. He wanted to tell me that I had [...]

I had the pleasure of interviewing Evelyn Conlon on the publication of her latest collection of short stories, MOVING ABOUT THE PLACE, published by The Blackstaff Press.

On the 28th March last, Imagine Belfast hosted an event curated by Viviana Fiorentino of Letters With Wings. The evening was dedicated to the women artists Chimengul Awut and Nûdem Durak. [...]

In 2018, the San Patrizio Livorno Festival had its modest debut in the Ex-Cinema Aurora during St Patrick’s weekend. Since then, it has grown in stature to be a significant event in Italy’s [...]

‘August Is a Wicked Month’ according to Edna O’Brien. And September, which has just begun, should be called the Busy Month. Before the Julian Calendar in 45 BC, September used to be the seventh [...]

Well, what a month February has been – and it’s not quite over yet.It started with a significant birthday: the one that means I’ve only one more year to go before the bus pass… Thank you to [...]