Month: March 2017

April ROSBC Books Of The Month

Posted Rick O'Shea

I’m glad so many of you guessed one of these and pretty much no-one guessed the other! Our two reads for April are very, very different but both *very* worthwhile. CIarán McMenamin’s Skintown is a debut novels set in the 90s in Enniskillen where a couple of young lads get caught in a huge drug deal on the rave scene between provisionals of both stripes just after the IRA ceasefire. I read the first page of this and was immediately hooked. It’s rattlingly written, hugely immersive, funny too. Adored it. Our second choice is the non-fiction Raqqua Diaries written by […]

Tracy Chevalier, Alan Cumming And More…

Posted Rick O'Shea

It’s been one of those days… Two announcements to make – one ROSBC and one not, but a brilliant, brilliant couple of nights to be had. Firstly, our next Book Club event is May 9th with Tracy Chevalier in Dubray Books, Grafton Street. I’ll be interviewing her and she’ll be signing. We may even have drinks afterwards 🙂 The FB event is here – mark yourself as “going” to get any updates. The second one is a monster. I’m genuinely thrilled to announce that I’ll be interviewing Alan Cumming at this year’s Listowel Writers’ Festival on the June Bank Holiday […]

Cuirt 2017 – Galway

Posted Rick O'Shea

I’m being interviewed at this year’s Cuirt International Festival of Literature. Weird to be on the other side of the equation, but fun 🙂 Come along if you can: http://www.cuirt.ie/event/rick-oshea-kerrie-obrien/

#ReadWomen – International Women’s Day 2017

Posted Rick O'Shea

A thought after something was mentioned in the ROSBC (you can join my book club HERE) and as a result of it a one-stop shop of brilliant books written by women that I’ve read in the last 3 years or so that you might not have stumbled on from every possible genre. All have full reviews if you click on the title. Shirley Jackson – We Have Always Lived In The Castle Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid’s Tale Naomi Klein – This Changes Everything Susan Cain – Quiet – The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can’t Stop Talking Emily St. […]