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Cover Feature

Pulp Fiction

J. P. O’Malley talks to the acclaimed author of The Wasp Factory about Sci-fi and champagne socialism…

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Interview

John Wray

Darran Anderson quizzes John Wray about how it feels to be straddling the literary mainstream and underground,

New Writing

"Distraction"

A tale of depression and desperation, by Tony Bailie…

Opinion

The Arts in 2050

Stephen Kinsella, discusses his vision of the future of the Arts in Ireland…

Reviews

Enchanted Glass

Diana Wynne Jones reviewed by Verbal Arts Centre

Under His Roof

Malachi O’Doherty reviewed by VI Whitehead

Square Peg: The Life and Times of a…

Dennis Kennedy reviewed by Sean McMahon

Mná na hÉireann: Women Who…

Nicola Depuis reviewed by Sean McMahon

The Poetry of Birds

Simon Armitage & Tim Dee (eds) reviewed by Sean McMahon

The Most Famous Irish People You’ve…

Colin Murphy reviewed by Cathal Coyle

Shelf Life

Shelf-Life Questions

Miriam Gamble was born in 1980 in Brussels, but grew up in Belfast

Younger Readers

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All the latest books for, and reviewed by, younger readers...

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Which classic children’s book is our illustration based on?

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