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  1. One Irishman's journey from addict to literary star
    October 28, 09

    After years of drink, drugs and debauchery in New York and San Francisco’s well-known Irish haunts, author Colin Broderick finally cleaned up his act and wrote a searing new book about his life. Then, as though by magic, came Barack Obama’s literary agent and a major book deal.

  2. The battle over the U.S. publication of "Ulysses"
    August 15, 09

    Did you know "Ulysses," the literary masterpiece by James Joyce, might never have appeared on American bookshelves. The court case to get the book published in the U.S. involved one passionate Irishman, challenged the censorship of perhaps the greatest novel ever written, and changed the way Americans read.

  3. Roundup of the latest and greatest Irish books
    July 30, 09

    Tom Deignan reviews a selection of recently published books of Irish and Irish-American interest.

  4. Civilization On Trial: An Interview with Thomas Cahill
    July 27, 09

    Thomas Cahill’s most recent book, A Saint on Death Row: The Story of Dominique Green (March 2009), is a departure from the Hinges of History series. Or is it?

  5. The World Trade Center - then and now
    July 09, 09

    ON August 7, 1974 a man stepped out on a thin high wire tied between Manhattan’s famous Twin Towers. Phillipe Petit, a skinny French tightrope walker, cast a rope between the two buildings of the World Trade Center with a bow and arrow in the night, and his illegal, crazy but ultimately successful walk between the two iconic buildings would eventually come to be called the art crime of the century. For Dublin-born writer Colum McCann, 44, Petit’s daring 1974 tightrope walk was a jumping off point, irony intended, a way to talk about New York, the Twin Towers and the people of the city and what they mean to him, without instantly conjuring up images of sirens and dust and devastation.

  6. Review of the latest Irish non-fiction books
    May 28, 09

    Tom Deignan reviews a selection of recently published non-fiction books of Irish and Irish-American interest.

  7. Former international drug smuggler gets high on life
    May 14, 09

    How does a middle-class Irish-Canadian become a multimillion dollar drug smuggler? IrishCentral asks Brian O'Dea, author of "High", to explain himself.

  8. 'Oprah'-fame Irishwoman Lorna Byrne 'talks to angels'
    April 22, 09

    Irishwoman Lorna Byrne says she talks to angels. Her startling memoir went for a six-figure sum, but she doubts the money will change her.

  9. Death Row in All Its Horror
    March 10, 09

    In 1970, at the age of 30, celebrated Irish American author Thomas Cahill visited Ireland for the first time on a trip that changed his life. "I went to what turned out to be what I'd call a prehistoric fertility festival called Puck Fair in Co. Kerry," Cahill tells the Irish Voice.

  10. A Farther Shore Irelands Long Road to Peace
    March 10, 09

    Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is credited with moving Irish Republicanism from the bullet to the ballot. Along the way he's been jailed, shot at, and even now he remains a controversial figure. Yet few doubt that he is both a fascinating and important figure.

  11. Pomegranate Soup
    March 10, 09

    "Pomegranate Soup" by Marsha Mehran was already a best-selling sensation in Europe, and seems very topical in its look at multicultural Ireland. "Pomegranate Soup" follows the Iranian Aminpour sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla. They escaped their revolution-wracked native land for the safety of London, and then Ballinacroagh, Mayo.

  12. Dream When Youre Feeling Blue
    March 10, 09

    "Dream When You're Feeling Blue" by Elizabeth Berg explores life on the homefront during World War II, as seen through the eyes of the three Irish-American Heaney sisters from Chicago. Kitty, Louise, and Tish each have differing conflicts, and Berg masterfully divides time between each character. Kitty, for example, does not merely sit home and weep about her lad off at war.

  13. Tunney Boxings Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey
    March 10, 09

    A book about Irish boxing giants has recently been released. "Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey" by Jack Cavanaugh outlines Gene Tunney's two famous victories over fellow Irish pugilist Jack Dempsey in the 1920s. Tunney's second victory was the famous "long count," which some felt gave Tunney an unfair advantage, and even turned boxing fans against this brainy champ, who loved to quote Shakespeare.

  14. City of Time
    March 10, 09

    Eoin McNamee brings his cast of characters from "The Navigator" back for "City of Time." Cati, Owen and Dr. Diamond return and they have a daunting task: to stop what appears to be the world's inevitable end.

  15. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
    March 10, 09

    John Boyne's first novel for young adults, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas," is a fine read for adults also. At the book's start, the main character Bruno makes a discovery. He has come home from school to find the family's maid standing in his bedroom, pulling all his belongings out of the wardrobe and packing them in four large wooden crates, even the things he'd hidden at the back and were nobody else's business.

  16. To Bless the Space Between Us A Book of Blessings by John ODonohue
    March 10, 09

    A somewhat traditional, but no less reverent take on the powerful role of spirituality in daily life is "To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings by John O'Donohue," which offers touching prayers for the most wonderful as well as most painful events we all must eventually confront. ($25.

  17. Intelligencer
    March 09, 09

    Wheeler to Be Obama Link

    THE Obama campaign has appointed Carol Wheeler as its liaison to the Irish American community.

    The Washington, D.C.

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