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New Author Spotlight

Shane Tivenan

Shane Tivenan's stunning debut collection marks the arrival of a remarkable new talent in the Irish literary scene. To Avenge a Dead Glacier is a sharp, hilarious and devastating exploration of what it means to be an outsider, to exist in the 'in-between'.

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  • Oona Frawley on the Free State podcast with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning

    'A wonderful, really beautiful book.'

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  • This Interim Time review in the Irish Examiner

    ‘A raw exploration of the past … A beautiful, delicate, skilfully-meandering
    book.’

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  • Swift Blaze of Fire review in the Irish Examiner

    'A beautifully written biography that offers us a complete and compassionate
    portrait of the man himself … [Lin] writes the women back into history.'

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New Author Spotlight

Lin Rose Clark

Robert Hilliard was only 33 when he died in the Spanish Civil War, after a brief life filled with adventure. In Swift Blaze of Fire, his granddaughter Lin untangles his contradictory history and offers a deeply personal account of the shadow he left on her family, as well as an engrossing look into the Irish roles involved in the historical fight against fascism.

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Classic Author Spotlight

John Broderick

The novelist John Broderick was born in Connaught Street, Athlone in 1924. Among his 12 published novels, his best known is The Pilgrimage (1961). His bestseller, An Apology for Roses (1973), sold 30,000 copies in the first week of its publication in 1973.

 He died in Bath, England where he had lived for eight years. Following his death, he bequeathed his estate to the Arts Council of Ireland for ‘the benefit and enhancement of the Arts in Athlone’.

 His writer in residency series, supported by this fund and based in Athlone, is run in partnership with Westmeath County Council. This 2024 publication of The Waking of Willie Ryan, celebrating the centenary of John Broderick's birth, has been funded through the John Broderick Bequest.

Portrait of John Broderick by Harry Kernoff

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