Martina Devlin
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Dr Martina Devlin. Writer @lilliputpress latest novel Charlotte about Charlotte Brontë in Ireland. Weekly columnist @independent_ie. Omagh born Dublin based
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined January 2012
Thanks to @MiriamOCal and #SundaywithMiriam for letting me talk all things Irish, #Charlotte and #Bronte @LilliputPress. Listen here
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Chat with the author about her new novel ‘Charlotte: A Novel’ (about Charlotte Brontë, told from the perspective of Mary Bell, the Irish woman who met Charlotte when she and her husband - and Mary's...
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RT @CauveryMadhavan: @DevlinMartina: ‘Our former president is a role model, not just for women, but people. She is also a poster child agai….
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Mary Robinson is a headline act. In a landmark address at the United Nations delivered with passion and precision, she spoke truth to power – her call to a...
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Ireland has benefited hugely from #EU membership but the bloc’s inability to take meaningful sanctions against Israel over #Gaza shows the drawbacks of its unanimity principle. My column
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Mary Robinson is a headline act. In a landmark address at the United Nations delivered with passion and precision, she spoke truth to power - her call to action over Gaza flagged the need to suspend...
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RT @AFP: 🇩🇪 VIDEO: Berliners dance to iconic Kate Bush song on Wuthering Heights Day. Dozens of Kate Bush fans dressed in red dresses gathe….
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‘Writers are thieves,’ said Edna O’Brien. Great way to spend a Sunday listening to Carlo + Sasha Gébler on film for @NLIreland archive talking about their mother + her work to @sinead_mccoole. With me are fellow #writers Marita Conlon-McKenna and @PatriciaDublin
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Just walked past this - a #wedding car. Made me think of hope and happiness and I wished this couple well, whoever they are.
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‘Edna O'Brien took Mother Ireland and shook her by the scruff’ - Eimear McBride tells why Edna O’Brien is her literary hero in this new series from RTÉ radio produced by @clinianluain #writers #readers
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Eimear McBride on Edna O'Brien.
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Waiting for my Dart - learning all sorts here on the platform. Especially like the 1837 gold rush story (none found) @IrishRail
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How my impromptu decision to go and hear Jeremy Corbyn speak reveals much about free speech in the UK and tensions over its support for #Israel. My column on #disarmament #Gaza #Ukraine
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What to do in Bradford with a free afternoon? It coincided with an annual literary festival, so various alternatives existed, but curiosity sent me to hear Jeremy Corbyn speak. The former UK Labour...
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Fascinating chat from @LisaSHarding about her pivot from acting to writing #TheWildelings and other books at Anam Tralee. Anne O’Neill (left) interviewed her. #books #writers #arts
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I’m here and it’s great - they’ve switched the weather on especially for it and everyone talks to you! #Kerry #Anam #Tralee.
🎭✨ ANAM is BACK! Tralee’s Arts & Cultural Festival lights up the town July 11–13! 🎨🎶. Cycle the Greenway 🚴♀️, then dive into gigs, poetry, art & more. Mary Coughlan, Lisa Harding, Carlo Gébler & open mics await!. Park the bike, soak up the culture & tag your arty adventures:
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