Literature

The best thing about the Prozac was that it made her not want to drink. The worst thing about the Prozac was that it made her not want to drink. Priscilla would’ve called her situation a catch-22 if she didn’t fucking hate Joseph Heller.…

Irish women have many stories to tell, about ourselves, our mothers, our grandmothers. We stayed silent for a long time. An involuntary, imposed, shame driven silence. But that silence has been  broken, we are finding our voices, we are…

If There Are Heavens, My Mother Will (after e.e. cummings) By Andrea Potos still have her lush supply of paper, those long yellow legal pads she loved to use for reminders and lists and commentaries about life and soul, what I bought for…

Fur Drop What worlds we build to keep the wild beauty we killed. What lives we lead so we can guard the treats we need. What beasts we are to wrap such fear around our fur. What would we give to let us save the warmth we love? Who would we…

The Executor is Blake Morrison’s fourth novel, and his first since 2010’s excellent Othello-inspired The Last Weekend. Like that previous novel, The Executor has a first-person narrator, 40-something Matt Holmes, telling us his version of…

This fortnight's Lit Review sees Literature Editor Aileen cover upcoming events such as Poetry Day Ireland and A Poet's Rising, as well as the Bristol Short Story Prize and more. News Novel Fair 2019 The Irish Writers Centre launches Novel…

Tender Cuts Of Vegan at the Limerick Strand Hotel, 29th March, 2018 By Edward O'Dwyer When there are Vegan-friendly restaurants, it must be fair to wonder if Vegan-unfriendly restaurants exist, or even Vegan-indifferent restaurants.…

I am fascinated by student-teacher relationships in fiction the way some people are by murder. I would never, but. But what’s that dysfunctional bit of someone that makes them think this action is in any way good, or logical, or acceptable,…

Directed by Romana Testasecca Written by Tom Moran Starring Danielle Galligan and Tom Moran In my reviews I enjoy building a good preamble, opening with a story or an anecdote from my own experience, trying to add what I suppose is an…

Niall Bourke  is originally from Kilkenny, in Ireland, but now lives in London. In 2015 he completed an MA (with distinction) in creative writing at Goldsmiths University of London. He writes both poetry and prose and has been published in…