Daily Links 08/02/2010
Events at The Gutter Bookshop You know, I didn’t get the Gutter reference until this post! Read more… Penny the Pencil illustrator nominated for an Oscar! The illustrator of Penny The Pencil has been nominated for an oscar! Read more……
Arts Council Literature Fund Down 13.48%
The Arts Council has announced funding for the Literature Sector of some €1.9 million. That figure is down 13.48% in 2009 because of overall budget cuts. In an accompanying statement the Council said: Faced with a particularly difficult budgetary environment…
Irish Top Ten Week Ending 30/01/2010
We have the somewhat odd situation at the end of February where Alice Sebold occupies two slots with one book (in different editions), a product of the motion picture hype and the impressive performance of Irish actress Saoirse Ronan. Colum…
RIA's The Dictionary of Irish Biography Wins US Award
The Royal Irish Academy‘s Dictionary of Irish Biography has won the prestigious PROSE* award from the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division is part of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) in the Multivolume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences category. The Irish Times is…
The Irish Times Launches An Online Book Club
The Irish Times has launched an online book club. The club features a weekly column, a blog and interaction with the club host, Rosita Boland via Twitter. The first book was Brooklyn by Colm Toibin. The first post on the…
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