R.F. Foster's 'On Seamus Heaney'
Roy Foster’s overview of the life and career of Seamus Heaney is careful, balanced, and skilful, covering a lot of ground in a relatively short book.
Read MoreTyrant: Shakespeare on Power, by Stephen Greenblatt
Stephen Greenblatt’s analysis of 7 of Shakespeare’s plays which depict tyranny has become all the more dismayingly relevant since its first publication in 2018.
Read MoreresearchED Dublin presentations
A preview of the presentations at researchED Dublin on Saturday 24th September at St Columba’s College. After the keynotes, they are in alphabetical order; the timetable will be released closer to the time.
Read MoreOn Claire Keegan and Fintan O'Toole
Claire Keegan and Fintan O’Toole have written two superb books, which approach the same idea from utterly different angles.
Read MoreRecommendation Round-Up
Some brief book-recommendations: these were in The Fortnightly in the first six months of 2022, but I didn’t get around comment on them extensively for my main book page.
Read MoreOn Reading More
Thoughts on reading, and on reading more, occasioned by Ian Leslie’s Ruffian Substack: Nine Ways to Read: ideas for reading more and better books.
Read MoreCBI Pride Reading Guide
Children’s Books Ireland have produced a handy and helpful selection of ‘100 great reads for ages 0-18’ to mark Pride Month 2022.
Read MoreEnglish teaching vacancy
Details of English teaching vacancies for 2022-23.
Read MoreAlex Quigley's 'Closing the Writing Gap'
Alex Quigley’s Closing the Writing Gap joins its predecessors on vocabulary and writing to form one of the very best resources around for teachers of all disciplines.
Read MoreLeaving Certificate English 2022, Paper 2
Observations on English Paper 2 of the 2022 Leaving Certificate
Read MoreLeaving Certificate English 2022, Paper 1
A review of the first English paper in the 2022 Leaving Certificate.
Read MoreOn Professional Development for Teachers in Irish Schools
Some considerations on CPD in post-primary schools in Ireland.
Read MoreLeaving Cert Exam Tips
A fuller version of some ‘tips’ from today’s Irish Times.
Read MoreZoe Enser's 'Bringing Forth the Bard'
Zoe Enser’s Bringing Forth the Bard is a valuable guide for both novice and experienced teachers of Shakespeare.
Read MoreBernardine Evaristo's 'Manifesto'
Bernardine Evaristo’s autobiographical account traces her personal, sexual and creative journeys on the way to her recent artistic success and her ‘established and unswayable’ character.
Read MoreAn Cailín Ciúin | The Quiet Girl
Colm Bairéad’s superb version of Claire Keegan’s ‘Foster’ is beautifully done.
Read MoreresearchED Dublin: the return
researchED Dublin returns on Saturday 24th September. Grab your ticket while you can from the evening of Thursday 12th May.
Read MoreAn English Meet, 2022
An account of the English Meet on Thursday 5th May 2022 at St Columba’s College, with the presentation and relevant links.
Read MoreEnglish Teaching vacancy
We’re hiring: English teaching vacancy for 2022-23 and perhaps beyond.
Read MoreNeil Sentance: 'Water and Sky' & 'Ridge &Furrow'
Neil Sentance has written two marvellous short collections, imagining the lives of his family over many decades on the border of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
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