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Cutting the Night in Two
An important anthology which brings together thirty four short stories by Irish women writers. Some of them are well known, others less widely read. The collection is a powerful voice…
Read MoreTelling
Conlon is a wise, witty and sensual writer and her earlier work has stood the test of time. She tackles all sorts of themes… All of this is done with such skill – a caustic aside here, a sharp witted observation there – that the effect is thoroughly entertaining. -Sunday Tribune
Read MoreA Glassful of Letters
Quietly passionate, the novel is romantic but no stock romance. Rather, Conlon unfolds the seemingly simple psyche of an ordinary married woman to display a rich and complex intellectual and emotional life.
Read MoreAn Cloigeann is a Luach
What Worth the Head County Limerick Anthology A collection of short stories and poetry from Limerick (1998). This was compiled over the course of a Writer in Residence term with Limerick…
Read MoreTaking Scarlet as a Real Colour
‘Love, sex, betrayal, emptiness, fullness and pleasure’ are the themes of this outstanding new collection of short stories from Irish writer Evelyn Conlon. Taut, bold and raw, they tackle the nature of power and control in personal relationships, confronting the tensions of today’s Ireland through a combination of canny observation and wry, pointed humour.
Read MoreStars in the Daytime
Conlon writes with humour and style. She is a writer who understands people, half of whom are men. She has all the sharpened up story telling skills of a latter day Edna O’Brien, yet she succeeds in remaining quite unique.” The Scotsman
Read MoreMy Head is Opening
This fine collection of short stories is the first published work by a new Irish writer, and reflects the tensions of life in a state in which women are still very much second-class citizens, hemmed in by punitive divorce laws and repressive attitudes to contraception and abortion. – Tribune Magazine
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