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I first read this seventeen years ago and still remembered being impressed. Now, with a Netflix adaptation filming in Co. Wicklow — and a chance encounter with the crew — it felt like exactly the right time to return to Claire Keegan's Walk the Blue Fields.
A father and his three children are the sole caretakers of Shearwater, a remote island north of Antarctica housing the world's largest seed depository. When a woman named Rowan washes ashore during a storm, the question is whether to trust her. Charlotte McConaghy's Wild Dark Shore is atmospheric, bleak, and quietly devastating.
A review of Good People, Patmeena Sabit's debut novel about an Afghan immigrant family whose American dream unravels in the court of public opinion. Gripping and thought-provoking.
Long hikes in Wicklow, Korean cop and period films, another favourite bench and Velvets in the Sun in a March April Spring round up.
I’ve been using a morning journal for a number of years. Here are some morning journal prompts to get your creative juices flowing.
The TBR pile continues to expand, no matter how many books I manage to read. Time to develop a new approach for dealing with this first world bibliophilic crisis…..
Bookclubs continue to grow in popularity, and in this blog post I share some of the things I’ve learned in ten years of being a book club member.
From cosy reading chairs to e-readers and bookish stationery — the best gifts for the reader in your life, tried and tested.
Every Mickey Haller book in order, from The Lincoln Lawyer to The Proving Ground. Includes the Netflix series and all Harry Bosch crossovers.
Every Harry Bosch book in order, from The Black Echo to The Waiting. Includes the Titus Welliver TV series and all Connelly crossovers.
Japan is shrinking. On a visit last year I noticed older people everywhere still working — in the konbinis late at night, directing traffic in Kyoto. It sent me down a rabbit hole, and eventually to Alone in Japan by Tom Feiling, a compelling look at a country facing a demographic crisis unlike anything the world has seen before.