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Kinsale Arts: Alannah Hopkin recalls the humble beginnings of the festival back in 1987

Kinsale Arts: Alannah Hopkin recalls the humble beginnings of the festival back in 1987
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New biography published of Kildare writer Aidan Higgins


New biography published of Kildare writer Aidan Higgins
Reporter:
A biography of a Kildare born writer, Aidan Higgins, has just been published.
At the Cork World Book Festival on Saturday, April 24, the book, A Very Strange Man A Memoir of Aidan Higgins, written by his long time partner and wife, Alannah Hopkin, was launched.
Partnership
The book is mostly a memoir of Aidan Higgins, but much more besides.
The pair were introduced in 1986 by poet Derek Mahon in Kinsale. She was 36 and he was 59. They lived together in Kinsale.
The recent book Zoom launch, comprising a discussion with Ms Hopkin and Thomas McCarthy, aided by questions from the audience, was recorded and will be available on the Festival You Tube in May. ....

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Looking for a great read? Here are 10 new books we loved in April


Looking for a great read? Here are 10 new books we loved in April
Must-read titles from Louise Kennedy, Kevin Power, Emma Dabiri, John Cameron and more
about 9 hours ago
By Louise Kennedy
Bloomsbury, £14.99
Louise Kennedy’s outstanding debut collection, The End of the World is a Cul de Sac, contains 15 stories, each a scrupulously worked dark gem. She is a storyteller of stunning gifts and immense authority. This is writing that makes Francis Bacon at his bleakest seem like Mary Poppins. I am haunted by these unforgettable short stories and believed every single line of every one of them. Louise Kennedy is a very major talent. ....

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10 new books we loved in April: Louise Kennedy, Emma Dabiri, John Cameron and more


10 new books we loved in April: Louise Kennedy, Emma Dabiri, John Cameron and more
Books Editor Martin Doyle selects five fiction and five nonfiction titles our critics adored
about 4 hours ago
By Louise Kennedy
Bloomsbury, £14.99
Louise Kennedy’s outstanding debut collection, The End of the World is a Cul de Sac, contains 15 stories, each a scrupulously worked dark gem. She is a storyteller of stunning gifts and immense authority. This is writing that makes Francis Bacon at his bleakest seem like Mary Poppins. I am haunted by these unforgettable short stories and believed every single line of every one of them. Louise Kennedy is a very major talent. ....

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Cork-based author shares ups and downs of her relationship in a new book


Cork-based author shares ups and downs of her relationship in a new book
Cork author Alannah Hopkin tells CHRIS DUNNE about her intensely personal book about the ups and downs of life with the love of her life
Alannah Hopkin and Aidan Higgins with Best Man Derek Mahon in Buswell s Hotel, Dublin after their wedding on 20 November, 1997.
Chris Dunne
‘A THUNDERBOLT’ is how writer and journalist Alannah Hopkin describes her first encounter with ‘a very strange man’, her husband Aidan Higgins; who was also brilliant, amusing, witty and challenging.
“He took my hand and it felt like velvet,” says Alannah, author of nine books including Eating Scenery: West Cork the People and the Place. ....

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