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    Roisín O'Donnell is one of the contributors to Female Lines. A short story writer, currently based in Dublin, her family roots are in Derry. She grew up in Sheffield.

    Female Lines: New Writing by Women from NI

    Eileen Dunne has been dipping in and out of Female Lines: New Writing by Women from Northern Ireland, continuing a strand first explored in The Female Line: Northern Irish Women Writers, which was published in 1985.

    Books • 09 Nov 17
    Hazel Gaynor, author of The Cottingley Secret, a story of deception and photos of fairies from 100 years ago.

    Reviewed: The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor

    Eileen Dunne enjoyed The Cottingley Secret, which in the course of its narrative investigates a true story based on alleged true photographs of fairies.

    Books • 28 Sep 17
    Jamie O'Neill: his novel re-issued to mark the 50th anniversary of decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.

    Reviewed: At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill

    At Swim Two Boys deserves to be read, and maybe re-read, 16 years on, says Eileen Dunne of this Irish classic, reissued by Scribner.

    Books • 15 Aug 17
    Ruth Fitzmaurice: member of The Tragic Wives Club who 'swap pain silently, like illegal contraband.'

    Reviewed: I Found My Tribe by Ruth Fitzmaurice

    I Found My Tribe is Ruth Fitzmaurice's story of family life with her husband Simon who was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2008. It is truly wonderful, says Eileen Dunne.

    Books • 10 Jul 17
    Alison Jameson, whose previous novel This Man and Me was nominated for the IMPAC Literary Award. Her new novel is This Family of Things.

    Reviewed: This Family of Things by Alison Jameson

    Loneliness seeps out of almost every page of this book, and haunts all of the main characters in This Family of Things, Alison Jameson's new novel, which Eileen Dunne found engrossing and accurately faithful to the Irish response to trouble.

    Books • 27 Jun 17
    Patricia Scanlan: intrigue in a holiday complex in the South of Spain in Orange Blossom Days

    Eileen Dunne reviews Patricia Scanlan's new novel

    Reading about the shenanigans at a holiday complex in the South of Spain kept Eileen Dunne engrossed over the Easter weekend in Patricia Scanlan's novel, Orange Blossom Days. It was like re-discovering a dear, old friend, writes the RTÉ newsreader.

    Books • 01 May 17
    Michael McCaughan: reckoning up and revamping his valuable Gaeilge heritage.

    Eileen Dunne reviews Michael McCaughan's Coming Home

    Eileen Dunne has been reading Michael McCaughan's Coming Home - One Man's Return to the Irish Language. Is he trying to bring us with him on that journey, becoming an evangelist himself, she muses?

    Books • 24 Apr 17
    Sinéad Moriarty's 'The Good Mother' reviewed by Eileen Dunne

    Sinéad Moriarty's 'The Good Mother' reviewed by Eileen Dunne

    RTÉ's Eileen Dunne is wowed by the latest novel from the bestselling author of The Secrets Sisters Keep, Whose Life Is It Anyway? and The Way We Were.

    Culture • 10 Jul 17
    The Wonder: Emma Donoghue's compelling tale of a so-called Fasting Girl in 19th century Ireland.

    Eileen Dunne reviews Emma Donoghue's The Wonder

    Eileen Dunne approached The Wonder with some trepidation, having disliked Emma Donoghue's earlier novel, Room. In the event, she was absorbed by `a wondrous tale' about a Fasting Girl in the Ireland of 1859.

    Book Review • 28 Sep 16

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