Barbara's bleeuugh! (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
It's always nice when you can get work and your own interests together in the same room, and it didn't come any better than this afternoon, when the long-awaited 'One Author, One Community' initiative finally came to fruition in Navan, and Roddy Doyle sailed into our midst for a totally spellbound two-hour visit. We had chosen to read and work on one of his lesser known novels, 'Mad Weekend,'...
COOL HUNTING (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
... over five months with contributions from Stephen King, William T. Vollmann, Daniel Clowes and Roddy Doyle—over 150 writers, artists and...
yewknee.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... as we can get in there. Expect journalism from Andrew Sean Greer, fiction from George Saunders and Roddy Doyle, dispatches from Afghanistan, and much, much more. You can see some samples from the issue here . It's a bit expensive ($16) and probably has had way too much preplanning involved to be an actual viable roadmap for day-to-day print outlets but the idea behind it is undeniable....
Flavorwire (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... as we can get in there. Expect journalism from Andrew Sean Greer, fiction from George Saunders and Roddy Doyle, dispatches from Afghanistan, and much, much more." Related posts: To-Do List: Flavorpill Events in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago Pic of the Day: San Francisco Plays Candyland Newspaper Bailout Plan
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
November WorldCat List here. Here are the Top 5: 1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 2. Push by Sapphire 3. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer 4. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer 5. Nursing Theorists and Their Work edited by Ann Marriner-Tomey and Martha Raile Alligood Gone from the list: A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle Musicophilia by Oliver W. Sacks Where the Wild Things Are [...]
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... (based on the novel by Mario Puzo). With that being said however, the brilliant Irish author Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown trilogy is another dazzling series of stories that at first seem incredibly sophisticated to pin down into films. For starters, all three novels are virtually dialogue only. Humorous and colorful, Doyle’s writing and specific prose capture the ethics and environments...
