Turnpike Books
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Publisher of, mainly, classic Northern Irish writers and also of Barbara Comyns, Douglas Dunn, J.B. Priestley among others.
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This @fotoole.bsky.social piece is one of the best things I have ever read in a newspaper.
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Seamus Heaney’s poems for a darkening age | The Observer
Collected in a landmark new edition, the late Irish writer’s work is attuned to wonder, replete with humanity and rooted in the tragedies of history
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October 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This @fotoole.bsky.social piece is one of the best things I have ever read in a newspaper.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Cahal Dallat reviews 'A Benedict Kiely Reader' here: 'brims with wit, philosophy and anecdote, with Joycean recall of detail and with a historical sensitivity to place and people that is central to his enduring appeal.'
April 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Cahal Dallat reviews 'A Benedict Kiely Reader' here: 'brims with wit, philosophy and anecdote, with Joycean recall of detail and with a historical sensitivity to place and people that is central to his enduring appeal.'
It's always good to see a new edition of a Brian Moore novel.
His novels often have an element of fantasy, including 'Cold Heaven', where Marie's husband disappears on holiday. But is it a disappearance or a miracle?
His novels often have an element of fantasy, including 'Cold Heaven', where Marie's husband disappears on holiday. But is it a disappearance or a miracle?
February 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It's always good to see a new edition of a Brian Moore novel.
His novels often have an element of fantasy, including 'Cold Heaven', where Marie's husband disappears on holiday. But is it a disappearance or a miracle?
His novels often have an element of fantasy, including 'Cold Heaven', where Marie's husband disappears on holiday. But is it a disappearance or a miracle?
Very sad news. Generations of students benefited from his kindness.
He was not only a wonderful poet (especially of the Irish landscape) but he also worked for many years for the Arts Council, supporting and promoting other writers.
He was not only a wonderful poet (especially of the Irish landscape) but he also worked for many years for the Arts Council, supporting and promoting other writers.
Award-winning poet Michael Longley dies aged 85. RIP. He was a great poet and a kind and generous man. I was very grateful for his permission to quote his beautiful
poem The Linen Industry in full in Dirty Linen. Thinking of his wife Edna and his three children
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
poem The Linen Industry in full in Dirty Linen. Thinking of his wife Edna and his three children
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Award-winning poet Michael Longley dies aged 85
Longley, from Belfast, received several awards for his 13 collections, including the Feltrinelli Prize
www.irishtimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Very sad news. Generations of students benefited from his kindness.
He was not only a wonderful poet (especially of the Irish landscape) but he also worked for many years for the Arts Council, supporting and promoting other writers.
He was not only a wonderful poet (especially of the Irish landscape) but he also worked for many years for the Arts Council, supporting and promoting other writers.
A Benedict Kiely Reader has an extract from his biography of William Carleton exploring Carleton's youth:
'He was born into an unfortunate country at a terrible chaotic time, and on that wintry night he had came up against one of the things that made the country unfortunate: bigotry, bitterness.'
'He was born into an unfortunate country at a terrible chaotic time, and on that wintry night he had came up against one of the things that made the country unfortunate: bigotry, bitterness.'
November 21, 2024 at 8:37 AM
A Benedict Kiely Reader has an extract from his biography of William Carleton exploring Carleton's youth:
'He was born into an unfortunate country at a terrible chaotic time, and on that wintry night he had came up against one of the things that made the country unfortunate: bigotry, bitterness.'
'He was born into an unfortunate country at a terrible chaotic time, and on that wintry night he had came up against one of the things that made the country unfortunate: bigotry, bitterness.'
Well, this is worth reading. Some titles that were shortlisted for the Booker Prize and should be better known.
Including my favourite Brian Moore novel, 'The Doctor's Wife'. A dreadful warning of what might happen if you are from Northern Ireland and come to realise that sex can be enjoyable.
Including my favourite Brian Moore novel, 'The Doctor's Wife'. A dreadful warning of what might happen if you are from Northern Ireland and come to realise that sex can be enjoyable.
November 19, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Well, this is worth reading. Some titles that were shortlisted for the Booker Prize and should be better known.
Including my favourite Brian Moore novel, 'The Doctor's Wife'. A dreadful warning of what might happen if you are from Northern Ireland and come to realise that sex can be enjoyable.
Including my favourite Brian Moore novel, 'The Doctor's Wife'. A dreadful warning of what might happen if you are from Northern Ireland and come to realise that sex can be enjoyable.
@neilhegarty.bsky.social reviews 'A Benedict Kiely Reader' in today's Irish Times: 'There is generosity here, knowledge, historical and political insight, bubbling wit... this is Benedict Kiely's legacy, sounding through this excellent collection in bell-clear tones.'
'Bell-clear': I reviewed the new @turnpikebooks.bsky.social Benedict Kiely Reader for @irishtimes.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 9:32 AM
@neilhegarty.bsky.social reviews 'A Benedict Kiely Reader' in today's Irish Times: 'There is generosity here, knowledge, historical and political insight, bubbling wit... this is Benedict Kiely's legacy, sounding through this excellent collection in bell-clear tones.'
Hello, just joined. Publisher of, mainly Northern Irish writers. Latest book is 'A Benedict Kiely Reader' containing Kiely's acclaimed memoir 'Drink to the Bird' and a selection of his literary essays on William Carleton and W.B. Yeats to Brendan Behan, Patrick Kavanagh and Seamus Heaney.
November 9, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Hello, just joined. Publisher of, mainly Northern Irish writers. Latest book is 'A Benedict Kiely Reader' containing Kiely's acclaimed memoir 'Drink to the Bird' and a selection of his literary essays on William Carleton and W.B. Yeats to Brendan Behan, Patrick Kavanagh and Seamus Heaney.