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Conor O'Donovan 51 posts 0 comments

Conor writes and interviews people about books and storytelling. He grew up in Cork where a piece on the view from his bathroom window made it into his school yearbook. He studied English at Trinity and now works as Literature Editor for Headstuff. Spin him a yarn at [email protected]

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The Lit Review |78| Spooky Happenings in Enniscorthy

Conor O'Donovan Aug 24, 2016 0

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone... Its Lit Review Time. Events The latest edition of the Gorse literary journal will be launched tomorrow evening (Thursday 25th) in the Liquor Rooms. There will be readings from Dominique…

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Lit Review |77| Poetry on the Move

Conor O'Donovan Aug 17, 2016 0

My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends- It's Lit Review time! Events The lastest edition of Gorse will be launched in the Liquor Rooms next Thursday. Dominique Cleary, Julie…

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Review| The Cursed Child by JK Rowling, Jack Thorne & John Tiffany

Conor O'Donovan Aug 2, 2016 0

"The eighth story. Nineteen years later." reads the back cover of the play script, in lieu of a more detailed blurb. Nor are there endorsing quotations from other acclaimed authors and playwrights. Such is the hype surrounding the release…

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The Lit Review |74| Wales Book of the Year

Conor O'Donovan Jul 27, 2016 0

For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured my life out in coffee spoons; But what about Lit Reviews?! Events The Druid Theatre Company's production of Waiting…

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Review | The Blocks by Karl Parkinson

Conor O'Donovan Jul 24, 2016 0

In a video on the Brownbread mixtapes Youtube channel, Karl Parkinson reads his "Positivity Manifesto." In a torrent of words and imagery he moves from Walt Whitman to weight loss hypnotist Paul McKenna, to Nintendo Wii, referencing William…

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The Lit Review |73| Supernatural Espionage

Conor O'Donovan Jul 20, 2016 0

I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox. Oh well, have some Lit Review instead. Events This Thursday, the Irish Writer's Centre are hosting the launch of White Sorrow by Andrea Aviet. The event will begin at 6:30…

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The Lit Review |72| The West Cork Literary Festival

Conor O'Donovan Jul 13, 2016 0

This dry night, nothing unusual About the clip,clop, casual Iron of his shoes as he stamps death Like a mint on the innocent coinage of the earth. It must be Lit Review time again. Events This Sunday marks the beginning of the…

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The Lit Review |71| Brexit Erotica

Conor O'Donovan Jul 6, 2016 0

Something wicked this way comes... It's the Lit Review. Events This Friday, Professor Mary MacAleese will launch Poems of Reposession, the first critical anthology of twentieth century poetry in Irish (with English translations.) The…

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Review | The Girls by Emma Cline

Conor O'Donovan Jul 4, 2016 0

Do the people we love feel the same way? Do they even notice us? Either way, The Girls begins as narrator Evie is disturbed by intruders in the middle of the night. The house she is staying is not her own and the episode stirs up vivid…

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The Lit Review |70| Facebook Novel

Conor O'Donovan Jun 29, 2016 0

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day... And the Lit Review come outs every Wednesday! Events Tomorrow evening at 8:30, The Kitchen @ The Museum in Galway (not the beloved circa 2011 Dublin…