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March 2011
The Archives
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03.24.11Sunday Business Post-ApocalypseThe Blacklight Ballroom got the nod in the Sunday Business Post's review of The News From Dublin. "But some of the strongest pieces are suffused with an ethereal placelessness that mimics the disorientation of modern Ireland without seeking to faithfully reconstruct it in realist prose. Crisis and confusion resonate throughout 'The Blacklight Ballroom', Peter Murphy’s powerful, dystopian vision of the future, set in a cashless society ‘nearly a year into the civil war that no one cared to declare a civil war’." See full review here: http://www.sbpost.ie/agenda/old-certainties-gone-for-new-writers-55099.html
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03.18.11Waterford Writers’ FestivalThe Rev Murphy will be appearing at the Waterford Writers' Festival this Saturday (19th) alongside Ed O'Loughlin and Brian Leyden in the Central Library, Waterford City, 3pm. Readings, Q&A and book signings galore. Come on down. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/DGxUi641VLw" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
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03.17.11The News From DublinThe News From Dublin, new Irish short stories edited by Joseph O'Connor, is published by Faber & Faber today. The Rev Murphy's contribution is a wee sci-fi dustbowl allegory called the Blacklight Ballroom. Here's the blurb: "Edited by Joseph O'Connor (author of "Star of the Sea" and "Ghost Light"), The News From Dublin is a stunning collection from a fascinating variety of writers, both new and established. Featuring, among many others, William Trevor and Roddy Doyle, Rebecca Miller and Richard Ford, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Colm Toibin, it shows the short story to be a vibrant, thriving form and one that should ...
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03.17.11A Motorcycle for a HorsePlease excuse intermittent posting. The Rev Murphy has been in the bunker for a few weeks, and will be there for a few more. Meanwhile, take a look at this. Willy Vlautin's Lean On Pete was our favourite novel of last year. Here's a short story featuring many of the same dramatis personae. http://www.thethoughtfox.co.uk/?p=4167 And here's the trailer for Lean On Pete. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/hHPxzyVo8N8" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]