Dubliners 100

Combining one of Ireland's newest and most innovative publishing houses, Tramp Press, with the bright spark editor of literary magazine The Stinging Fly, Thomas Morris, and adding fifteen of Ireland's most exciting literary voices to each take on one of James Joyce's seminal pieces of literature, Dubliners 100 is a masterpiece of talent and ideas and such treat for anyone who is looking for a new standard in Irish literature and publishing.

Edited by Thomas Morris

Published by Tramp Press

Featuring Patrick McCabe, Mary Morrissey, John Boyne, Donal Ryan, Andrew Fox, Evelyn Conlon, Oona Frawley, John Kelly, Belinda McKeon, Michèle Forbes, Paul Murray, Eimer McBride, Elske Rahill, Sam Coll, and Peter Murphy.

The Wind that Shakes the Barleywater

I spoke to author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne on the eve of the release of his novel Noah Barleywater Runs Away about his success so far, his inspiration for his latest novel and the joys of writing.

Photo: Clara Madden

When I met John Boyne in The Morrison Hotel in Dublin the day before his novel Noah Barleywater Runs Away was being launched in the Gutter Bookshop in Temple Bar, he was notably nervous. This was his first novel for young adults since the overwhelming success of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas which was translated into over 40 languages; was at the top of the Irish Book Charts for 80 weeks; made it to the top of the New York Times Bestseller list and was adapted into a high budget movie by Miramax. He apologised for the potential nerves at the start of our interview and I understood perfectly: there’s quite a lot to live up to.