Annette J Dunlea Irish Author's Literary Blog

Books in the Media : List1. The Twilight Journals by Stephenie Meyer2. The Cruelest Month: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Armand Gamache Mysteries) by Louise Penny3. The Eleventh Victim by Nancy Grace 4. Ford County by John Grisham5. Sweet Seduction by Maya Banks6. Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography By Richard Stirling 7. Hetty Feather by Jacqueline Wils […]

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704595.htmlPW Top 10Cheever: A LifeBlake Bailey (Knopf)Bailey, who was given access to the journals Cheever kept throughout his life, shines a new light on Cheever's literary output, making possible a fresh reappraisal of his achievement. In addition, Bailey offers up juicy, appalling, hilarious and moving anec […]

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http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkBrown/authors.htmlAuthors & Illustrators on the Web A-Z By SurnameAuthors A - ZJonathan Allen - British illustrator (The Great White Man-Eating Shark) and author/illustrator (Mucky Moose). Caroline Arnold - US author of a wide range of nonfiction (African Animals, El Nino). Tedd Arnold - The picture book author/illustrator (No J […]

http://people.virginia.edu/~jbh/author.htmlAUTHORS ON THE WEB A-Z By SurnameA Collection of Biographical SketchesThis page is an attempt to bring together literary author biographies available on the World Wide Web. The biographies vary in quality, timeliness, length, and authority. If you don't find a biography here and know of one, please send it alon […]

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List:1. The Vampire Diaries 1 & 2 by L J Smith2. The Vampire Diaries 3 & 4 by L J Smith3. Dead and Gone Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris4. Tempt Me At Twilight by Lisa Kleypas5. Manhunting by J Crusie6. A Diamond In The Desert by Jo Titchell7. Work Your Wardrobe by Gok Wan8. The Making of Modern Britian by Andrew Marr9. First Term at Mallory Tow […]

http://www.fishpublishing.com/Fish Publishing - writing contests -Short Story, Poetry and Flash Fiction Competitions- Fish Blog - Fish Twitter - Welcome to Fish Publishing, home of the best international writing competitions, and publisher of over 300 emerging authors and poets since 1994 in the Annual Fish Anthology. The Fish Short Story Prize is an open do […]

http://www.publishingireland.com/links.shtmlFreelancersThe Irish Association of Freelance Editors, Proofreaders and Indexers provides a Directory of Members including their skills, qualifications, areas of expertise, special interests and any other relevant information.www.afepi.ieNational Library of Irelandonline cataloguenli.ieKenny's Bookshop kennys. […]

List1. Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer2. Day is Done by Peter Yarrow3. True Blue by David Baldacci4. The Ghost King by R.A. Salvatore 5. A Gift To Last : Can this Be Christmas by Debbie Macomber6. Inside the Kingdom by Robert Lacey7. Its Not What You Think by Chris Evans8. Get Her Off The Pitch: How Sport Took Over My Life by Lynne Truss 9. Who's Who 2 […]

http://www.sarahwebb.info/Sarah Webb has written seven bestselling novels including, ‘When the Boys Are Away’, ‘Take a Chance’, and ‘Always the Bridesmaid’. Her books have been published in many different countries including the U.S. and Indonesia. She has also written four children’s books, has contributed short stories to many collections including ‘Moment […]

http://www.obrien.ie/author.cfm?authorID=36Gordon Snell has written many books for children as well as comedy for adults. He lives in Dublin with his wife, best-selling author, Maeve Binchy. Gordon Snell is a well-known scriptwriter and author of books for children and adults. Some of his most popular titles include The Phantom Horseman, Dangerous Treasure, […]

List:1. The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson2. Spook Country by William Gibson3. Sharp Teeth by T Barlow4. The Given Day by Dennis Lehane5. The Human Stain by Philip Roth6. Bel Canto by Ann Prachett7. The Caprices by Sabina Murray8. Family Britian 1951-57 by D Kynaston9. Hells Heroes by Darren Shan10. Driven To Distraction by Jeremy ClarksonProduct Descripti […]

http://www.poolbeg.com/authors/shortland_gaye.htmGaye Shortland, Author of Rough Rides in Dry Places Born in Cork, Ireland, Gaye Shortland has taught English literature at University College Cork, the University of Leeds, Ahmadu Bello University Nigeria and the Universite de Niamey in Niger. She lived for fifteen years in Africa, spending much of that time w […]

http://www.poolbeg.com/Romantic-Fiction/Anne-Marie-Scanlon/p-33-238/Anne Marie Scanlon has been dispensing love advice from New York in the Evening Herald – now she is bringing her depth of research and wisdom to single ...An Irish girls guide to dating! Anne Marie Scanlon has been dispensing love advice from New York in the Evening Herald – now she is bring […]

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List1. Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi http://astore.amazon.com/annduniriwri-20/detail/03072681952. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships by Leil Lowndes http://astore.amazon.com/annduniriwri-20/detail/007141858X3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days By Jeff Kinney http://astore.amazon.com/annduniriwri-20/detail/081098391 […]

List: 1. Supermarket by Satoshi Azuchihttp://astore.amazon.com/annduniriwri-20/detail/03123829442. Hush Hush by Becca FitzPatrickhttp://astore.amazon.com/annduniriwri-20/detail/14169894123. Preserves River Cottage Handbook No.2 by Pam Corbinhttp://astore.amazon.com/annduniriwri-20/detail/07475953214. D-Day The Battle of Normandy by Anthony Beevorhttp://astor […]

List1. Lustrum by Robert Harrishttp://astore.amazon.com/annduniriwri-20/detail/00918010012. Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brownhttp://astore.amazon.com/annduniriwri-20/detail/19050263823. Flash Forward by Robert J Sawyerhttp://astore.amazon.com/annduniriwri-20/detail/B000OTNVG24. Family Planning by Karen Mahajanhttp://astore.amazon.com/annduniriwri-20/detail/ […]

http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2009.html2009 Winner Irish Author Colum Mc Cann - Let The Great World SpinFICTION Winner: Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin (Random House) - InterviewFinalists: Bonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage (Wayne State University Press) - InterviewDaniyal Mueenuddin, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (W. W. Norton & Co.)Jayne Anne […]

Marisa Acocella Marchetto, author of Cancer Vixen, responded to last week's United States Preventive Services Task Force guideline that women should start regular breast cancer screening at age 50, not 40. In a provocative piece published by the Huffington Post, which includes a revealing original cartoon sketch, Marchetto discusses her opinions on the […]

Selected as one of the New York Times' best gift books of the yearIn 1957, Eugene Smith, a thirty-eight-year-old magazine photographer, walked out of his comfortable settled world—his longtime well-paying job at Life and the home he shared with his wife and four children in Croton-on-Hudson, New York—to move into a dilapidated, five-story loft building […]

The A.V. Club has named its top 25 comic books of the millenium's first decade, with four Pantheon titles represented: The Acme Novelty Library, by Chris Ware; Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzucchelli; Black Hole, by Charles Burns; and Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi.

National Book Award–winning Ha Jin presents A Good Fall, an "artfully turned out" (Elle) collection of short stories delving into the experience of Chinese immigrants in America, now on sale from Pantheon Books. Ha Jin will be appearing at Boston bookstores during the first week of December.

Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Jules Feiffer’s recognizable and subversive comic strips, which ran in the Village Voice as well as one hundred other papers, won him legions of fans. In his forthcoming memoir, Backing Into Forward, Feiffer delivers the same unique wit, self-deprecating humor and tight narration to tell the story of his own life, beginning wi […]

Margaret Atwood turned 70 this week, prompting the Guardian to reflect on her “remarkably productive career, arguably without peer in terms of scope, length, range and quality.” The author of the recent bestseller The Year of the Flood is “a novelist of rare lyricism, profundity, inventiveness and humour; an acclaimed poet; an essayist, critic and playwright […]

Calling all book clubs! Don't miss the chance to chat with bestselling author Barbara Delinsky about her latest paperback, While My Sister Sleeps. This moving story about the bonds of family and the pain of letting go is perfect for discussion, so read it with your group and then sign up for a 30-minute phone call so you can pose all your questions dire […]

On Saturday, November 21, Jason Epstein, author of Eating: A Memoir, will be signing copies of his new book at the wonderful Di Palo’s Fine Foods in New York City's Little Italy.

The Times [UK] have released their "100 Best Books of the Decade" list, and we're pleased to see how many Knopf titles have made the list, including the number one spot (click through to find out what it is!).

The Times of London just announced their Best Books of the Decade with Pantheon titles in abundance: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi coming in at #2, The Accidental by Ali Smith at #29, and Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware at #79.

Hungry for a Tolstoy fix? Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, the dynamic duo of Russian translation, are back with a new rendering of "The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories," in bookstores this week.

This stop-motion advertisement from the New Zealand Book Council is a delight for ink-on-paper fetishists everywhere. Check it out.

Dean Bakopoulos is the author of two novels, "Please Don't Come Back From the Moon" and the forthcoming "My American Unhappiness." "I write while listening to music, mostly because the world beyond my headphones is too chaotic. I have a 4-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old son, and a good chunk of my forthcoming novel was writte […]

The buzz is building for McSweeney's Issue 33 - or, as they're calling it, The San Francisco Panorama, a Sunday-edition-sized newspaper with reporting from William Vollmann and Nicholson Baker, comics from Chris Ware and Dan Clowes, and a book review section to make us advertising-based life forms jealous.

The novelist Roberto Bolaño died in 2003. What follows is an excerpt from his last interview, published in Playboy Mexico the month of his death and now appearing in English in "Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview & Other Conversations" (Melville House Publishing), which goes on sale tomorrow.

This week: Andre Agassi on his memoir, "Open"; Stephen King on a new biography of the short story writer Raymond Carver; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

Jennifer Gilmore is the author of a novel, "Golden Country."

An exchange of letters between Malcolm Gladwell and Steven Pinker on the subject of Pinker's recent review of Malcolm Gladwell's "What the Dog Saw."

Bill Cotter is the author of a novel, "Fever Chart."

Language may change, but pedantry is forever. And as Jan Freeman demonstrates in "Ambrose Bierce's 'Write It Right': The Celebrated Cynic's Language Peeves Deciphered, Appraised, and Annotated for 21st-Century Readers," so too is the tradition of modern-day pedants' picking apart the outmoded irritants of the quibblers who […]

This week, Susan Cheever discusses Mary Karr's new memoir, "Lit"; Motoko Rich has notes from the field; David Carr tells us about the life and times of British journalist, Harry Evans; and Jennifer Schuessler has best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.

NYRB Classics celebrates its 10th anniversary, and 250th book, tonight at Greenlight Books in Fort Greene.

Over at Right Wing Watch, the progressive watchdog group affiliated with People for the American Way, Josh Glasstetter has blogged about what he's calling the "Worst. Book Burning. Ever."

Kevin Brockmeier is the author of the novels "The Truth About Celia" and "The Brief History of the Dead." His most recent book is a story collection, "The View From the Seventh Layer."

How a lost Edward Gorey book got found.