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BookerTalk October 18, 2023October 18, 2023 36 Comments John Banville, Maggie O'Farrell, Nancy Mitford, Niall Williams, Tim Winton

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Weather-Related Book Titles

Visitors to Britain are often bemused by the amount of time people here spend talking about the weather. If you

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BookerTalk March 30, 2022 28 Comments Irish authors, John Banville

Snow by John Banville — On the Trail Of A Murderer

Snow by John Banville is an atmosphere-laden locked-room mystery that pays homage to the Golden Age detective novel while simultaneously breaking with its conventions.

Reading Ireland

BookerTalk March 14, 2022March 15, 2022 41 Comments Donal Ryan, Edna O'Brien, Irish authors, John Banville, Maggie O'Farrell, Molly Keane

5 Of My Favourite Irish Authors

We’re almost half way through Reading Ireland Month and I’m having to race to catch up with the weekly prompts devised

Reading plans

BookerTalk March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 30 Comments Irish authors, John Banville, Rhys Davies, Welsh authors Zora Neale Hurston

February 2022 Reading Wrap Up

I should have known not to start the celebrations too soon. After what I called “a cracking start” in January,

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BookerTalk March 19, 2017March 14, 2022 15 Comments Irish writers, John Banville

Ancient Light by John Banville — the lies we tell ourselves

In Ancient Light, John Banville returns to themes explored in his earlier Booker prize winning novel The Sea: the remembered past

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