Argues that historical fiction for young people about Ireland presents concerns of the past as intimately connected with controversies of the present and often explores the possibility of friendship between characters from different traditions in Ireland. (SRT)...
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She has won many prizes for her short fiction including the Francis MacManus Award, theJames Joyce QuarterlyFiction Contest and the UK’s Short Fiction Journal Prize and been nominated for numerous prizes including the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award, ...
Fiction for children is not, however, isolated from other forms of cultural activity and there is in the wider culture of Ireland a very high interest in history. Arguments about history can be heard, for example, on popular chat shows on radio and television. The names of certain historians...
Many critics note that The House of Splendid Isolation., published in 1994, and the first of a trilogy of novels on modern Ireland, marked a departure in Edna O’Brien’s oeuvre, away from fiction about individual women’s problems with love and...
We read about this summer in a series of journal entries from the young Mary herself. Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein is a gorgeous piece of gothic historical fiction about a young woman dealing with loss, learning about herself, falling in love, and so much more, all before she ever ...
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Historical Fiction Writer from Dublin, IrelandRed Line Book Festival – 10th Oct 7pm – Ballyroan Library Published on September 29, 2019 Leave a comment Invitation: I’d like to invite you to the Red Line Book Festival on October 10th 2019 at 7pm in Ballyroan Library, Rathfarnham, Dublin...
In the latter case, the narrative centered on Northern Ireland and the violent battles between those seeking a united Ireland and the occupying British troops and their loyalist Irish supporters. The Republic and diaspora communities usually only showed up in the periphery from time to time, ...
Reading historical fiction can be a wonderful way to get kids interested in history and keep them reading. This book summarizes short stories that you can use to teach children about historical fiction. Reading Historical Fiction Are you a teacher or parent who is trying to get your children ...