The international aspect of the Cuirt International Festival of Literature in Galway is a less pronounced this year than in the past. Poet Ingrid De Kok is here from South Africa; her most recent book is Seasonal Fires: New and Selected Poems, available in the U.S. I heard good comments about her reading. Poets Thomas [...]
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Congratulations to Samantha Hunt for having her novel The Invention of Everything Else shortlisted with the work of five other fiction writers for the 2009 Orange Prize. The prize is awarded annually for the best work of fiction by a woman writer from anywhere in the world. The author is the sister of singer-songwriter Amy [...]
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The Cuirt International Festival of Literature opened Tuesday evening with a launch at the bright, modern City Museum overlooking the Corrib River where it flows into Galway Harbor. Welcoming speeches, wine and canapes were the features pointing the gathered literature lovers toward a week of engaging readings and other events, and maybe took Irish minds [...]
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In Dublin last week I walked up to the Unitarian Church by Stephen’s Green for the launch of Chris Agee’s book of poems, Next to Nothing. This is his third book of poems and it deals with the time following the death of his daughter Miriam at age four in 2001. The poems, some of [...]
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If you’re ever in Ireland the latter half of April, you ought to visit Galway and the Cuirt International Festival of Literature.The festival, which begins on the 21st this year, is six days of events, mostly readings by poets and writers, but also some interviews, panel discussions, a lecture or two, book and magazine launches, a [...]
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We just have to share the coolest web book ad we’ve come across. With the perfect cover for somebody’s Easter basket and the perfect topic for spring (birds!), this book is sure to be a winner. Click here for a quick cool dittybop of an ad for Olivia Gentile’s “Life List” If that piqued your interest as [...]
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There was a great article in the Boston Globe on Thursday titled “Unchained Success”, featuring independent booksellers in the Boston area defying the odds and beating their larger competitors. We have a copy taped to the wall at the store for inspiration, and I must say us Bookworkers have been buoyed by the encouraging message, [...]
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