Literature

Reading can often have a serendipitous, almost conspiratorial feel to it - just as you begin reading about a topic, suddenly you notice it everywhere. It was there all along, of course, but you hadn’t yet thought to look for it - nor for…

After a sell-out run with positive reviews at the Dublin Fringe Festival last year, Beat. got a reprieve this May in Trinity College Dublin’s Samuel Beckett Theatre to packed crowds. Larney's exploration of toxic masculinity has now been…

The O'Reilly's Corner Shop on Misery Hill might be struggling but they're not going down without a fight.

David Toms lives and works in Norway. His new poetry collection is Northly from Turas Press. Which poets/writers most influenced you in your new collection, Northly? You know, it's hard to say whether such a poet…

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…