O’Flaherty Summer School

The newly-inaugurated  Liam & Tom O’Flaherty Society’s first Summer School has just been announced to take place on Aran between 23 and 25 August. It is open to members and non-members alike and booking details can be got by emailing Jenny Farrell –...

‘Fantastic read’ – Irish News

Last week I was interviewed by journalist Brian Campbell. The interview is published in The Irish News today (25th July) under the heading ‘Morrison Looks Back in Time for his New Novel’. Here is the feature in full: Little did Danny Morrison know when he first heard...

The Black Count

Finished The Black Count by Tom Reiss, a brilliant and absorbing biography about the author Alexandre Dumas’ father, Alex, son of a black slave and aristocratic fugitive in Saint-Domingue [Haiti]. He rose to become a hero of the French Revolution, a general in charge...

Féile 25 Programme launched

Faithless [pic] playing this August at Féile 25. The programme was launched last Monday. Speakers included Caral Ni Chuilin [Minister for Arts and Culture], Mairtin O Muilleoir [Mayor of Belfast] and festival founder Gerry Adams TD. Good crowd at Conway Mill and great...

Mike Philpott on Rudi

Mike Philpott, the writer, commentator and presenter, has written a review of Rudi – In The Shadow of Knulp which has been published on Eamonn Mallie’s popular website and can be seen here. This is the text of Mike’s review: Sentences in novels don’t come more...