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Lit Review | 114 | Bord Gáis International Recognition Award & Dublin Book Festival
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
- Ray Bradbury
The Lit Review is here to help you stay drunk on good writing!
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Bord Gáis International Recognition Award
It has been announced that David Walliams,…
Lit Review | 113 | Leonard Cohen’s New Book, Waterford Writers Weekend & Novel Fair
The Lit Review – your round up of all things literati.
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Leonard Cohen's New Book of Poetry
The Flame - a book of Leonard Cohen’s unpublished work and final poems is to be published next year by Canongate. According to Canongate,…
Lit Review | 112 | Dublin One City One Book & the Rooney Prize for Literature
"There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one."
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Lit Review has been off living its life but now it's back with all your literary news and truths...
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Dublin One City One Book
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Lit Review |111| Interactive, International Storytelling & Bookshop Weddings
"Kublai Kahn does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions..."
He'd be better off reading the Lit Review...
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Welcome aboard The Irish Writer's Centre
Until…
The Lit Review |110| Lough Beg & Literary Soap
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
With that in mind, welcome the newly revivified Lit Review!
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Save Heaney Country
A Crowdfunder campaign seeks to defend a site featured in several Seamus Heaney…
The Lit Review |109| ILFD and Africa Day
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International Literature Festival Dublin
This year's ILFD wrapped up on the 29th May. This year's event had some huge names, such as Ruby Wax, Paula Meehan, Colm Tóibín, Richard Ford and Werner Herzog, as well as our very own…
The Lit Review |108| Firhouse, Doulgas Firs and the Bookhouse Boys
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Dublin's Influence on Nigerian Writer
Poet and playwright Inua Ellams, who moved to the Dublin suburb Firhouse with his family at 15, has revealed that his time in Ireland was significant and formative. "When I started school in…
The Lit Review | 107| Dead in Dún Laoghaire
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Crime Writing Festival to Launch in Dún Laoghaire
Penguin Random House Ireland have partnered with the Irish Times to launch a new crime writing festival, Dead in Dún Laoghaire. The festival will take place on Saturday July 22nd in…
The Lit Review | 106 | Cities of Literature
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Kentucky City Petitions to Become City of Literature
The city of Lexington in Kentucky is petitioning to become one of The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Cities of Literature. The city wants to join Edinburgh,…
The Lit Review |105| Dublin Literary Award & the Ovid of Rock
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Shortlist for the International Dublin Literary Award Announced
The short list for the International Dublin Literary Award was announced this week. The award is in its 23rd year, and is awarded to novels written in, or translated…