Reading Brokeback Mountain, a short story collection by Annie Proux. Finished The mud below last night. Annie is a pro at story structure and making the reader almost cry at the rawness of her characters’ lives. This story is about a young rodeo in Wyoming. A journey story where the protagonist searches for meaning in […]
Picked up Grief is the thing with feathers at the Festival of Writing and Ideas last weekend. After the talk with author Max Porter and Enda Walsh and Cillian Murphy, I wanted to get the feel of the book that’s been on my to read list for a while! It’s a short book which is […]
Books are gorgeous but this book is just divine. The illustrations, the cover, the inset, the feel.. Oh and the writing! I attended the talk on #griefisthethingwithfeathers with Max Porter, Cillian Murphy and Enda Walsh at Borris 2018. A cosy, creative chat was had. All the lads seemed to connect within their work on the […]
Stinging Fly Magazine celebrating their first 20 years from 1998-2018 with this super thick volume of short stories. First up is the big vocab kinda guy, Colin Barrett and his story “Let’s go kill ourselves”. This is a treat for me, and could be for you too. Oh, readers of short and good fiction. . […]
Autumn Royal by the Kevin Barry tours again! This time I’ll be there. I’ve booked tickets to see this play in Newbridge and I’m ultra excited! #autumnRoyalPlay #kevinBarryWriter #theatre #drama #irishtheatre #rozzie #plays #riverrbankNewbridge #soExcited
Reading the future, new writing from Ireland. Published to celebrate 250 years of the brilliant Bookshop, Hodges Figges. Simon Lewis, my modest poet has a gorgeous, gorgeous poem about one of the best days of our lives in it too! Inside we have all sorts of writing from short stories, poetry, crime, children’s writing, Irish […]
Jesus’ son, short fiction collection by Denis Johnson. Let’s do this. Everyone tells me that I need to get this book read so I’m doing it! Hope it’s not too full of drugs. Not keen on this, for some reason! . . #whatiamreading #shortstory #denisjohnson #grantaBooks #rozzie
It’s love. New bookshelf. After months of our poor books being trapped in boxes and stored in closed door cupboards… #alphabetised #booksHelf #reading #books #shelfie #fiction #writing #rozzie
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. This book is made up of various seemingly disjointed stories of characters all connected by Olive! Enjoyed first story very much. Requires switch to move from story to story but Elizabeth writes do nicely, it’s made easier. . . #elizabethStrout #oliveKitteridge #fiction #whatiamreading #reading #novel #strout #rozzie
Writers’ Forum Magazine. I really enjoy the articles in this and had forgotten how useful a tool it is for writing. Whether you’re an emerging, beginning or super established writer, there is something in this for you! Some lovely pick up and go writing prompts for creative writing or teaching writing to children or adults. […]