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UK - 2007 Edinburgh International Book Festival

Book review: Biography of a biography is an onerous read

An author using an introduction to try to justify a book’s very existence is an uninspiring start to proceedings, writes Sean Kelly

Sun, 01 Jun, 2025

Arts Council cuts funding to children’s books yet still supports animal circuses

Suzanne Harrington asks whose genius idea was it to cut children’s books while still funding animal suffering?

Mon, 02 Feb, 2015

Finnegans Wake: Joyce’s other work of quirky genius

The apparent impenetrability of Finnegans Wake ensures it is ignored by most readers. Alan O’Riordan meets a number of people hoping to address this neglect.

Fri, 02 May, 2014

In Joyce’s world all flesh became word

New biography of James Joyce shows he was ready to sacrifice everything for his art, down to the last supportive woman, writes Thomas McCarthy

Sat, 09 Jul, 2011