Louise O’Neill: ‘I try and constantly cut back on the excess in my writing’
What was the first book to make an impression on you? The first book that I remember making an indelible impression on me was The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. I’m a voracious reader so it takes...
View ArticleUCD academic Áine Mahon on Eggshells by Caitriona Lally: ‘a delightful debut’
In Caitriona Lally’s Eggshells we meet Vivian – nine tenths fictional creation and one tenth our own personality. Vivian is independent, creative, brave. She lives alone in Dublin in what was once her...
View ArticleMaria Duffy Q&A: ‘I can get a week’s work done between 1am and 7am’
Maria Duffy is a bestselling Irish author and her latest novel, One Wish (Hachette Ireland) is out now in paperback. mariaduffy.ie What was the first book to make an impression on you? Other than Enid...
View Article‘I’m glad I didn’t know Eggshells would be published: not knowing was...
Caitriona Lally was a finalist in the 2014 Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair. Her first book, Eggshells, was published by Liberties Press in May. She has been shortlisted for Sunday Independent Newcomer...
View ArticleAgnes Ravatn: ‘Research is synonymous with procrastination, so I try to avoid...
What was the first book to make an impression on you? Boy by Roald Dahl certainly made an impression. I read it as a child and actually literally fainted and woke up on the floor after reading the...
View ArticleCaitriona Lally on writing Eggshells: from the dole to a debut novel
In the summer of 2014, I got word that Liberties Press was interested in publishing my first novel, Eggshells. Three years previously, I had kept notebooks to record conversations I’d overheard on...
View Article‘A lot of Eggshells is from conversations I overheard. People just have no...
Meeting debut author Caitriona Lally in the Book Upstairs Café on D’Olier Street, I was extremely relieved to discover that, unlike her novel’s main character, her hair wasn’t brittle and her hygiene...
View ArticleEggshells by Caitriona Lally is new Irish Times Book Club choice
Eggshells by Caitriona Lally, described by Declan Kiberd as “a fairy tale of contemporary Dublin, edgy and eloquent, a remarkable debut”, is the new Irish Times Book Club choice. Over the next four...
View ArticleMadame Bovary: A tale of romantic obsession
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View ArticleToronto Film Festival: Superstar Fan Bingbing Fights for Her Honor in I Am...
A A Facebook- Twitter - More shares recommend reddit email - - According to Forbes, Fan Bingbing made $17 million last year — more than any actress on the planet not named Jennifer Lawrence, Melissa...
View ArticleReview: Emma Bovary proves elusive on screen, once again
Share PhotoReddit✉ This photo provided by Alchemy shows, Logan Marshall-Green, left, as Marquis Andervilliers, and Mia Wasikowska as Emma Bovary, in Alchemy’s "Madame Bovary." The film opens in U.S....
View Article'Gemma Bovery' review: A modern French-Anglo mash-up of 'Madam Bovary'
There is a certain charm to Anne Fontaine’s “Gemma Bovery,” mostly due to its stars Fabrice Luchini, Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, and the Normandy countryside. The film is adapted from the pop...
View ArticleFrom Anna Karenina to Fatal Attraction: Ashley Madison’s new twist on a very...
The data breach at the Ashley Madison website for people pursuing extramarital affairs is just a new twist on a very old tale. Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary and Lady Chatterley’s Lover may be among the...
View ArticleA fun list of books
Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. If this is true, the BBC really underestimates many of us!!!!! Instructions:...
View ArticleMovie review: Latest 'Madame Bovary' is sumptuous, but a bit sterile
Handsomely mounted, period-perfect and starring the empathetic Mia Wasikowska in the title role, the new "Madame Bovary" narrows the scope and finds a different focus within Gustave Flaubert's novel....
View ArticleAn evening for book lovers; Irish author listed for $100,000 award; Cork stories
Charity evening for book lovers Irish authors will host a charity event next month in association with Eason Book Club to raise funds for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin. Cecelia Ahern, Donal...
View ArticleGemma Arterton on her French cinema debut in Madame Bovary update
By Emma Jones Entertainment reporter, BBC News 20 August 2015 From the section Entertainment & Arts Arterton says her near-namesake Gemma Bovery is "just not ready to settle down" The daydream of...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Sophie Barthes’ ‘Madame Bovary’ starring Mia Wasikowska
Author Rating: 2.0 Stars - I Didn't Like It Although notoriously difficult to capture on film, Gustave Flaubert’s famed 1856 novel Madame Bovary has still attracted filmmakers. The story of a...
View ArticleBarthes shows ‘Bovary’ from a new perspective
Does the world need another adaptation of Gustave Flaubert’s groundbreaking 1856 classic “Madame Bovary,” of which the author famously said, “Emma Bovary, c’est moi”? I say, “Pourquoi pas?” Sophie...
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