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Raymond Briggs | The Snowman   Graphic novelist Raymond Briggs has been explaining how he created his story of Father Christmas. First of all, he imagined his characters by taking something fantastical and picturing it as completely…

Collaboration Last weekend a collaboration of artists entered exploratory new heights with their latest project Behind the Dark. This aerial, visual performance took place amongst the trees in the depths of the Phoenix Park. The still…

The Little Prince I can barely express the joy I felt when I saw the trailer for The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint- Exupéry’s magical tale of a boy, a pilot, a rose and an asteroid. The movie will premiere in France in February 2015…

What Should I Read Next? Random House have come up with a fantastic way to encourage reluctant readers out there by creating downloadable posters for young people who finish a book but don’t quite know what to pick up next. …

Smock Alley Theatre The Turn of the Screw, originally a novella by Henry James, has been interpreted for the stage by Silent Chuckler Promotions and was performed last week in Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre. The play opens with a…

Library Love Letters A love note to a library? How often do we take the time to sit down and spill our hearts and feelings onto a page? If you are reading this and thinking ‘never’ then shame on you. Book Week Scotland has chosen a…

Books are not dead The publishing industry is still alive according to CEO of Faber, Sean Page *resists opportunity to make pun*. Page was amongst other representatives from the world of publishing and the arts who came together as part of…

Haruki Murakami Let it be known that Japanese writer Haruki Murakami does more than write about cats. While accepting the ‘Welt Literature Prize’ in Berlin last week, he acknowledged the pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong and made a…

Stella and Anna are 16, they meet and fall in love, for Stella their love is destined. She is captivated. But Anna has a decision to make; she needs to choose between Stella and Mr Sorensen, the English Teacher. …

Dublin Book Festival I wouldn’t be doing a very good job as a lit reviewer if I didn’t mention the upcoming Dublin Book Festival which begins on Thursday 13th of November and will entertain literature lovers over the course of the weekend.…