'Small Things Like These' webinar
Notes and links from a webinar on teaching Claire Keegan's novel Small Things Like These, September 2024.
Read MoreBook Club Guide to 'Small Things Like These'
A free book club guide to Claire Keegan’s novel Small Things Like These, with teaching notes.
Read MoreTeaching Notes on 'Small Things Like These'
A summary of teaching notes on Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These, including a free 26-page downloadable guide.
Read More'Small Things Like These': comparative modes
A summary of notes on the four comparative modes in the Leaving Certificate as they might apply to Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These.
Read MoreGeorge Saunders & Claire Keegan
A look at Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These through the lens of George Saunders’s A Swim in the Pond in the Rain.
Read More'Small Things Like These': teaching notes 5
Teaching notes on the final section of Small Things Like These.
Read More'Small Things Like These': teaching notes 4
Teaching notes on Section 6 of Claire Keegan’s novel Small Things Like These.
Read More'Small Things Like These': teaching notes 3
Teaching notes on Sections 4 and 5 of Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These.
Read More'Small Things Like These': teaching notes 2
Second series of teaching notes on Small Things Like These, covering Section 3.
Read MoreWebinar on teaching 'Small Things Like These'
A free webinar via Tralee Education Support Service for teachers of Claire Keegan’s novel Small Things Like These.
Read More'Small Things Like These': teaching notes 1
Post 1 of Teaching Notes on Claire Keegan’s novel 'Small Things Like These.
Read More'Small Things Like These': resources and links
A summary of useful resources and links on Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These. Notes follow in other posts.
Read MoreClaire Keegan's 'So Late in the Day'
Claire Keegan’s 2022 short story ‘So Late in the Day’ is further evidence of her excellence, and George Saunders talks about it brilliantly.
Read MoreBruegel and the cover of 'Small Things Like These'
The beautiful jacket of Claire Keegan’s novel Small Things Like These is fashioned from Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s ‘Hunters in the Snow’. A significant detail is excluded from the selection.
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 MoreAn Cailín Ciúin | The Quiet Girl
Colm Bairéad’s superb version of Claire Keegan’s ‘Foster’ is beautifully done.
Read MoreClaire Keegan's 'Small Things Like These'
Claire Keegan’s marvellous Small Things Like Us is a deeply moving portrait of a man’s life in mid-1980s Ireland, a superb follow-up to her masterpiece of a long short story, Foster.
Read MoreClaire Keegan on 'Foster'
Claire Keegan’s novella Foster is one of the outstanding pieces of writing by an Irish author in recent years (and a fine option for class study). Some years ago she came to my school, read from the work, and was asked questions by the pupils.
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