BELFAST “From Begrudgery to Hyperbole: On Recent Irish Fiction” Launch of “Criticism” (Vol 10, No 1) Belfast Book Festival Saturday 16 June at 6.30 pm Crescent Arts Centre 2-4 University Road Belfast BT7 1NH With readings and discussion from Patricia Craig, David Park, Kerry Hardie and Chris Agee From “Irish Fiction in Three Acts” by […]

The Editors of Irish Pages/Duillí Éireann – Chris Agee, Cathal Ó Searcaigh and Kathleen Jamie (the new permanent Scottish Editor) – are currently assembling the above issue. In addition to literary criticism of the traditional variety, there will be a particular focus on the critical spirit in all genres, whether non-fiction essays, literary journalism, memoir, […]

New and Necessary This is an auspicious moment for the formal establishment of a high-profile literary press firmly rooted in Belfast and Ireland. With the recent closure or decline of several Northern presses, Irish Pages Ltd (the non-profit publisher of Irish Pages and The Irish Pages Press) is uniquely qualified for this important cultural endeavour. […]

“The world has turned into a big Ulster …” Seamus Heaney, in a letter to John Montague (circa 2012) The Editors of Irish Pages/Duillí Éireann, Chris Agee and Cathal Ó Searcaigh, are currently assembling the above issue. There will be a particular focus on Israel-Palestine, the wider Middle East, the Muslim world, and the pattern […]