Literature

When Louis Aragon died, the New York Times obituary ended with the line: “Even those who disagreed with his politics admired his talents as a poet and as a novelist.” Separating an artist from their beliefs is difficult at best and woefully…

Can a graphic novel be more expansive than a traditional novel? Is it possible for a book that probably has one word for every fifty that a conventional novel has, to be able to express more discursively than the latter? Fun Home proves…

First performed three years ago, The Belly Button Girl returns to the Dublin stage at the New Theatre. This is one of the most personal and enjoyable theatre experiences in Dublin. (Contains some spoilers) The play is written and performed…

Over the next few weeks HeadStuff is partnering with the Irish Writers Centre for their Online Writer-in-Residence (WIR). If anyone is interested in the residency please do get in touch with the Writers Centre directly on …

I like big literary books and I cannot lie that they’ve always been devoid of any illustrations and speech bubbles. Give me some Orhan Pamuk, speckle my collection with Ishiguro and throw in a Sally Rooney novel for good measure, and hey, …

Jess Green is a poet, playwright and workshop facilitator. Jess was the BBC Edinburgh Slam Champion 2018, and hosts Find the Right Words a Spoken Word open mic night in Leicester. Her new play ‘A Self Help Guide To Being In Love With…

It is important to state at the outset that the Arachnophilia is perfectly safe for any Arachnophobes. Contains spoilers. It is difficult to do justice to Arachnophilia. At times, It is laugh out loud funny, it has a serious spine running…

Poetry as therapy usually produces dull work. It’s function is to aid a person in their recovery or to help them through a difficulty. Insofar as it helps the person writing it, it has value. For the reader though, it can be turgid. Aaron…

Rob appeared on Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Central With Rob Delaney in November 2018, adding to broadcast credits including performing on Sky One’s The Russell Howard Hour, Sky Arts’ Festival No. 6 and Channel 4’s Random Acts. In 2017, Rob…

Jennifer is the author of four books of poems. The New York Times Book Review said her latest, Days of Shame and Failure, "hits, with deceptive ease, all the poetic marks a reader could want: intellectual curiosity, emotional…