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First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

James Fallows

Getting to know Liz, and other helpful new books

Detail from the cover of "Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch," by Sally Bedell Smith The Man Who Planted Trees Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet By Jim Robbins, Spiegel & Grau, 216 pages, $29.95 David Milarch, ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Globe and Mail ]

Entities: Sally Bedell Smith, James Fallows, Monarch, Species

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Reader reviews roundup

In this week's roundup, we concentrate on the pick of the reviews of debut novels nominated for the Guardian First Book Award This week, a slight left-turn. On the blog last Friday, Claire Armitstead opened up nominations for the 10th spot on the first ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Belfast (United Kingdom), Roddy Doyle, Allan Karlsson

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Thomas Mann

Book Review: New Ways To Kill Your Mother

In March last year an essay by Colm Toibin appeared in the London Review of Books. It was called "The Importance of Aunts" and, in a slightly modified version, is included as a kind of prologue to this new collection of essays. The aunts are creations ... [ Published May 23 2012 by New Zealand Herald ]

Entities: Henry James, Thomas Mann, Jane Austen, Borges S A, Ireland

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Roddy Doyle

Review of A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle

Family has meaning to everyone, although that meaning varies according to each person. Some know their families intimately, while others only know them at a distance. In some cases, a person can have both, especially when dealing with family... ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Examiner.com ]

Entities: Roddy Doyle, Greyhound

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 20 2012 - 1 Documents

Review: Fiction: The Soldier’s Farewell by Alan Monaghan

At 900 pages, Alan Monaghan's trilogy about love and conflict -- completed by The Soldier's Farewell -- is almost as long as War and Peace, and though the prospective reader may be advised not to expect either the supreme narrative command or the profound ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Irish Independent ]

Entities: Monaghan (Ireland), Sebastian Barry, World War I

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

VIDEO Irish novelist Roddy Doyle joins Lateline

Email Irish novelist Roddy Doyle joins Lateline Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle is in Australia for the Sydney Writers' Festival and joins Lateline to discuss his successful career.Source: Lateline | Duration: 19min 53secTopics: author, carnivals-and-festivals, ... [ Published May 18 2012 by ABC Online ]

Entities: Roddy Doyle, Sydney (Australia), Australia

First Reported May 14 2012 - Updated May 14 2012 - 1 Documents

Love/Hate Writer Stuart Carolan Wins At Zebbies

’Love/Hate’ writer Stuart Carolan picked up the Best Television Script award for a second year in a row at the annual ZeBBie Awards last Thursday. The awards celebrate the best in Irish scriptwriting, and are run by the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters ... [ Published May 14 2012 by Ireland Film and Television Net News ]

Entities: Roddy Doyle, Screenwriter, Mark O'Halloran, Dublin, David Norris

First Reported May 13 2012 - Updated May 13 2012 - 1 Documents

Tóibín bucks trend with movie deal

News that Colm Tibn's Brooklyn is to be made into a movie leads to the reflection that few Irish works of fiction have been adapted for film -- and even fewer with any artistic success.Perhaps our writers are too "literary" and too ruminative for their ... [ Published May 13 2012 by Irish Independent ]

Entities: Elizabeth Bowen, Colum McCann, Sebastian Barry

First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

Roddy Doyle's commitment to writing

He was called slow in school, and eventually learnt to read using comic books, but Roddy Doyle grew up to become the writer behind the novel The Commitments - which later became an award winning film. ... [ Published May 11 2012 by 3 News ]

Entities: Roddy Doyle

First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 10 2012 - 1 Documents

Five must-see sessions

Writers and Readers FestivalThe Auckland Writers & Readers Festival opens today, with a three-day programme featuring some of the best writers from around the world, and a first-rate lineup of New Zealand authors. Books editor Linda Herrick picks five ... [ Published May 10 2012 by New Zealand Herald ]

Entities: Roddy Doyle, Maurice Gee, Chandran Nair, Michael KING

First Reported Apr 30 2012 - Updated Apr 30 2012 - 1 Documents

What to expect at the Sydney Writers' Festival

Festival Director Chip Rolley Photo: Peter RaeThe Sydney Writers' Festival is upon us again, featuring a huge variety of talented and inspirational authors ready to share their knowledge and skill with the world.Writers, rejoice! The time has come for ... [ Published Apr 30 2012 by Arts Hub ]

Entities: Sydney (Australia), Hisham Matar, Dava Sobel, Sebastian Barry

First Reported Apr 30 2012 - Updated Apr 30 2012 - 1 Documents

Keeping up with current affairs

The written word has the power to inspire humanity to be better, and expose those that abuse their power. From non-fiction books to journalism, even fiction, writing has proven time and time again that the pen really is mightier than the sword. At Sydney ... [ Published Apr 30 2012 by Arts Hub ]

Entities: Masha Gessen, Sebastian Barry, Roddy Doyle, Stanley McChrystal, Vladimir Putin

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Getting to know Liz, and other helpful new books [ Published May 25 2012 by Globe and Mail ]
Reader reviews roundup [ Published May 25 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Book Review: New Ways To Kill Your Mother [ Published May 23 2012 by New Zealand Herald ]
Review of A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle [ Published May 22 2012 by Examiner.com ]
Competing with Kathy [ Published May 22 2012 by Scoop ]
Review: Fiction: The Soldier’s Farewell by Alan... [ Published May 20 2012 by Irish Independent ]
VIDEO Irish novelist Roddy Doyle joins Lateline [ Published May 18 2012 by ABC Online ]
Stephen Frears Joins Lineup To Honour Ford at S... [ Published May 17 2012 by Ireland Film and Television Net News ]
Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre: Sjón Sigurdsson [ Published May 15 2012 by World News Australia ]
Love/Hate Writer Stuart Carolan Wins At Zebbies [ Published May 14 2012 by Ireland Film and Television Net News ]
Record Sales for 2012 Auckland Writers & Reader... [ Published May 13 2012 by Scoop ]
Tóibín bucks trend with movie deal [ Published May 13 2012 by Irish Independent ]
Roddy Doyle's commitment to writing [ Published May 11 2012 by 3 News ]
Five must-see sessions [ Published May 10 2012 by New Zealand Herald ]
The Arts Week May 6 - 13 [ Published May 04 2012 by National Business Review ]
Auckland Writers and Readers Festival [ Published May 04 2012 by Concrete Playground ]
Huston School Announce Pat Sheeran MA in Film S... [ Published May 03 2012 by Film Ireland Magazine ]
New Seats on Sale for 2012 Writers & Readers Fe... [ Published May 01 2012 by Scoop ]
What to expect at the Sydney Writers' Festival [ Published Apr 30 2012 by Arts Hub ]
Keeping up with current affairs [ Published Apr 30 2012 by Arts Hub ]
Whole Lotta Sole: Tribeca Review [ Published Apr 29 2012 by Hollywood Reporter ]
Roddy refuses to dance to Cowell's auto-tune [ Published Apr 22 2012 by Irish Independent ]
Book Review: New Ways to Kill Your Mother (The ... [ Published Apr 17 2012 by West Australian ]
Book Review: New Ways to Kill Your Mother [ Published Apr 17 2012 by West Australian ]
Writers' real-life relationships revealed [ Published Apr 13 2012 by Otago Daily Times ]
Stars set to return for Laugharne Weekend [ Published Apr 09 2012 by This Is South Wales ]
Review: Short Stories: Dark Lies the Island by ... [ Published Apr 08 2012 by Irish Independent ]
Books: The deeper mysteries of life and science... [ Published Apr 05 2012 by Irish Catholic ]
International line-up for Sydney Write... [ Published Apr 03 2012 by Arts Hub ]
Talk the talk: Sydney Writer's Festival 2012 [ Published Apr 03 2012 by Qantas Travel Insider ]