Alan McMonagle

News Kentucky City Petitions to Become City of Literature The city of Lexington in Kentucky is petitioning to become one of The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Cities of Literature. The city wants to join Edinburgh,…

News Alan McMonagle Launches Debut Novel The launch of Alan McMonagle's debut novel was held in Hodges Figgis on Tuesday evening. Donal Ryan spoke at the event, with both writers reading excerpts from McMonagle's novel Ithaca. The …

2015 was indeed a bumper year for books, so when asked to compile a list of the best books of 2015 I went with the lovely tradition we started last year on HeadStuff and asked a broad selection of Ireland's top writers and ‘bookish folk’…

I was travelling home for Christmas, dithering, and just made the last train. As usual, I had two choices. I could get off more or less halfway and spend the weekend with my exhaustively predictable father or go much further, a long way…