Book Review: Nora Webster by Colm T?ib
Colm T?ib?n returns to his native Wexford for the setting of Nora Webster
The book opens shortly after Nora?s husband, Maurice, dies. Unable to work as [...]
First Anniversary and It’s A Good One!
It’s a year ago today (it was a Friday lunchtime) when 1000 copies of Would You Marry A Farmer? arrived to my hallway and piled up there in brown boxes. The smell of new paper filled the hall and landing for the first few days until we got used to it. ?I wasn’t too worried about selling the first thousand, I knew that 235 were going to my crowdfunding pledgers and I hoped to sell 500 in total by Christmas, [...]
Book Review: Irish Farming Life
I was delighted to be asked to review Irish Farming Life by Jonathan Bell and Mervyn Watson. The book is the result of 30 years of curation and work in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. It deals with the history and heritage of farming:
“By history, we mean the past as described and interpreted by scholars. We use the term heritage, on the other hand, to describe how the past is presented in art, folklore, drama, music, poetry, [...]
Book Review: So, You’re An Orphan Now
Do you know many orphans?
The one that comes to mind for me is the fictional Harry Potter, losing both his parents when he was a baby, both of them mercilessly killed by the evil Voldemort.
The line that comes to mind is the one uttered by Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest:
Lady Bracknell: To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose both looks like carelessness.
It seems strange to think that there are [...]
Book Review: The Hill Farmer by Gareth Wyn Jones
I had planned to buy The Hill Farmer