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Reviewed: Seven Signs Of Life by Aoife Abbey

Aoife Abbey's Seven Signs Of Life is an honest, compelling and compassionate insight from an intensive care doctor from Dublin and the book is worthy of a place on the medical school curriculum, writes RTÉ's Health Correspondent Fergal Bowers.
Books • 04 Feb 19

Reviewed: The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem

Seamus Heaney, Charles Baudelaire, Pablo Neruda, Margaret Atwood, Allen Ginsberg, TS Eliot and Elizabeth Bishop are among the poets featured in this selection of prose poems - English and poems in translation - from the past 175 years.
Books • 24 Jan 19

Reviewed: The Destiny Thief by Richard Russo

In The Destiny Thief – Essays on Writing, Writers and Life, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Sprinsgsteen fan Richard Russo recalls his desire to be in a rock band before he became a successful author of fiction and screenwriter.
Books • 30 Jan 19

Reviewed: My Coney Island Baby by Billy O'Callaghan

Billy O'Callaghan's My Coney Island Baby takes place over the course of one wintry day as a clandestine affair approaches a critical point - should we stay or should we go, the protagonists seem to ask.
Book Review • 18 Jan 19

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