The Man Booker Prize Longlist 2014: Where Are the Women?

The Writes of Womxn

In 1996, Kate Mosse established what is now the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction in response to the 1991 Booker Prize all-male shortlist (this was prior to the release of longlisted titles) in a year when 60% of novels published were written by females. Since then, the prize has been subjected to criticism over the decision to make it a women only award, criticism that has only increased in recent years as Hilary Mantel and Eleanor Catton have gone on to win the Booker from shortlists which had gender parity. Unfortunately today’s longlist has demonstrated exactly why the Women’s Fiction Prize is so important.

Let’s start with a positive and offer huge congratulations to Karen Joy Fowler for the wonderful We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (a novel overlooked – in my opinion – by the Bailey’s Prize earlier this year); Siri Hustvedt (one of the first Americans to be…

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You’ll never be Irish to some people…

In Recognition for Contributions to Irish Culture in Korea…

If I had a minute to spare...

On Thursday night I was invited over to the Embassy of Ireland in Seoul for a special event. It had been a while since I’d been there, having been in on occasion helping promote Irish Association of Korea events, and for other reasons. I brought the family with me this time, and remembered to take a shave and a shower beforehand. The visit was worth the effort.

Myself and five other individuals were to be awarded for our contributions to the promotion of Irish culture in Korea. While I was undoubtedly the shortest tenured recipient of the award, the company I kept held no qualms about my presence at the ceremony.

With ambassador O’Donoghue and IAK chair, Shauna Browne

Among those were Tom Coyner, who chaired the organisation for seven years and has his share of stories from over the years, Byung Guen Chun, a Korean gentleman who was encouraged into participating…

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Marcus Byrne: CENTRE FOR IRISH STUDIES, NUI Galway Undergrads Award Winner 2013 for ‘Brehon Laws Through Archaeological Enquiry’ thesis

Marcus Byrne

Marcus returned to education as a mature student in 2009, undertaking the BA Connect in Irish Studies, with joint honours in History and Archaeology at NUI Galway. While there, he was awarded a certificate of merit for excellence for his first year results. The final year of the Irish Studies course involved a three-month term of study on Erasmus abroad, which he spent in Leuven University, Belgium. His Irish Studies thesis was titled ‘Sculpture and Commemoration: Bronze Representations of Famine Memory’ which focused on commemoration of the Irish famine through various bronze sculptures in Ireland and abroad. He was awarded a distinction for this paper.

His final year history thesis entitled ‘Recovering Evidence of the Brehon Laws Through Archaeological Enquiry’ dealt with how early Irish Brehon laws could be recovered through archaeological evidence as discovered in recent excavations. Marcus is currently studying for a Masters in Landscape Archaeology at NUI Galway

Best Specialist The Rage: 6B Fade Street, Dublin 2,

Best Specialist
The Rage 

A specialist games and vinyl shop whose customers are in the 18-30 age bracket, the Best Shops award led to an influx of older customers whose main interest is its music and vinyl offer and accounted for a “jump in record player sales for the month of September”, owner Nicholas Di Maio explains. “Just watching someone come across a particular record and you know that the album means something to them and takes them back to a beautiful moment in their lives. It’s those moments that I feel make the shop a bit magical.” The Rage, 16B Fade Street, Dublin 2, tel: 01-6779564, therage.ie

Best Bookshop, Charlie Byrne’s Galway in today Irish Times

Best Bookshop
Charlie Byrne’s

Charlie Byrne’s bookshop is an ode to the written word. In fiction, hard-boiled crime writer Ken Bruen’s character Jack Taylor drops into the landmark shop to talk to the namesake owner and his manager, Vinny Browne. In real life, writers Pat McCabe and Kevin Barry were among the many fans who congratulated the pair on winning their Best Shops award, which Browne says has increased their business by 10 per cent. “It allowed us to expand our online presence and we now have customers from all over the world connecting with us,” Browne says. Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Cornstore Mall, Middle St, Galway. tel: 091-561766

Mrs Doubtfire sequel to be made

A sequel to the hit 1990’s movie Mrs Doubtfire, is set to be made, according to U.S website The Hollywood Reporter.

According to the website, Robin Williams is set to re-assume the role of Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire, which he first played in the original film in 1993. The writer of ‘Elf’, David Berenbaum, is set to write the script while Chris Columbus has been tipped to direct.

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Model and Diorama Show to support Children’s Cancer Charity

All About The Exposure

Hobbyists from all over the country will meet to display, admire and discuss a huge selection of diecast model vehicles on Sunday 29 December in aid of Hand in Hand, the West of Ireland’s Children’s Cancer Charity.

The Diecast Model and Diorama Show will give traders, displayers, customers and hobbyists of all fraternities an opportunity to gather under the same roof and observe various dioramas and diecast collections.

Dioramas that will be on display will feature such outlays as factories, farms and towns. There will also be a selection of diecast model cars, trucks, trains and other vehicles.

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