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“A grain of knowledge with the dawning of the day is a breakfast of the mind.”
Flann O'Brien, At Swim-Two-Birds, 1939.
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MoLI BULLETIN 2 APRIL 2021
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DIGITAL
Explore our new
resource for readers
MoLI, in partnership with the UCD School of English, Drama and Film, is pleased to launch a new digital platform for contemporary Irish writing. The online platform – at ContemporaryIrishWriting.ie – features a selection of 100 titles from the the last decade of Irish literature. The website is a must-use resource for readers, book club members, teachers and enthusiasts! Dive in at the link below.
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EVENTS
Book to hear Nick Laird,
Megan Nolan and Nuala O'Connor
We're looking forward to a busy week at MoLI with a lineup of unmissable online events!
On Wednesday, 7 April, we host the next edition of Ireland's Generation X? featuring Rooney Prize-winning writer and poet Nick Laird. Laird will be in conversation with Professor Barry McCrea about his work and his experience growing up in Northern Ireland as part of Generation X – the group of people born between 1965 and 1985, a generation caught between Baby Boomers and Millennials.
Our Director's Book Club is on Thursday, 8 April. This month, MoLI's Director, Simon O'Connor, will be chatting to author Megan Nolan about her brand new novel, Acts of Desperation – described by Marian Keyes as 'brilliant writing about female desire'. The Director's Book Club is open to all MoLI members. To become a MoLI member, you can sign up here.
Then on Friday, 9 April, we are delighted to be hosting the launch of Nuala O'Connor's new book, Nora, based on the life of Nora Barnacle. The book follows Barnacle from her early years in Dublin to a life lived across Europe, as she raises her family and navigates new environments with her husband, James Joyce. To celebrate the launch, Nuala O'Connor will be in conversation with Katherine McSharry, Deputy Director of the National Library of Ireland.
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THE MoLI SHOP
Buy a signed copy of Nora
To mark the launch of Nuala O'Connor's Nora, we have a number of signed copies available. Click the link below to buy your copy of this wonderful new book, which Edna O'Brien has called 'a lively and loving paean to the indomitable Nora Barnacle'.
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