“I cannot imagine anyone with as open and tactful an intelligence as Sue Leonard.”
— Man Booker Prize Winner and Ireland’s inaugural Laureate for Irish fiction, Anne Enright, at the launch of An Act of Love.
When Lilliput Press were preparing to publish The Spirit of the River, they were so impressed with Declan Murphy’s lyrical prose, that they suggested a literary prize winner should write the foreword. But Murphy wouldn’t agree….
As a teenager, Pauline wanted to be a journalist. She had an article published, and at 16, blagged her way into an interview with U2. But a careers meeting with local journalists put her off. …
I was so saddened to hear of Máire’s death at the weekend. Back in 2003, I was lucky enough to interview her about her memoir, The Same Age as the State. I spent a glorious afternoon…