Bowen board member @farahanada.bsky.social has reviewed the new book from #DianaHirst in Literature Cambridge: www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/news/review-...
Nuala O'Connor
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Writer. Irish. Autistic. Latest book: Menagerie (poetry). https://nualaoconnor.com/
Save the date, join our Reading Group on 30th Sep to discuss *The Last September*, Bowen’s novel about life in Danielstown, a Big House in County Cork, during the Irish War of Independence. #thelastseptember #bowenreadinggroup
Issue 15 of The Lonely Crowd will be published on September 7th. Featuring new work from Vona Groarke, Alison Moore, Jacob Polley, Richard Milward @nualaoconnor.bsky.social @sarahdavywrites.bsky.social @janefraserwriter.bsky.social @ruthmckee.bsky.social @naomikruger.bsky.social & more
The Lonely Crowd / Issue 15 – Online Shop – The Lonely Crowd
Issue 15 will be published on September 7th. UK customers can pre-order now and receive free shipping. A Page of Knots – Vona Groarke / Local Colour – Tim MacGabhann / Three Poems – P. C. Evans / A Qu...
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In Woman's World, Ann Patchett shared, re. Bowen, “Louise Erdrich said, ‘The book that I reread every year is Elizabeth Bowen’s The Death of the Heart.’ So I thought the universe is telling me to read it...It’s beautiful. It should be up there with those books that everybody reads.”
Have you always wanted to visit Elizabeth Bowen’s grave? You can, while also enjoying Choral Evensong in her memory on 13th Sep. 2026 at St Colman’s Church, Farahy, Co. Cork. 3.30pm. The guest speaker will be Bowen Society Board member Ian d’Alton.
www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...: Link for our July Reading Group. We're discussing The Hotel: 29th July, 7pm BST, online. Bowen's sharp, lovely début novel set in Italy. Link in bio 🙌
Although I’ve always loved this portrait, #ElizabethBowen had a violent hatred for it. I’ve written on this in the context of Bowen and the visual arts for a special issue of @irishunireview.bsky.social. www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/... @bowensociety.bsky.social
‘The wish to paint’: Bowen and the Visual Arts | Irish University Review
Throughout her life, Elizabeth Bowen maintained a rich network of artist friends and acquaintances. She often attended exhibitions and was an astute, sometimes caustic critic in letters as well as rev...
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Richard Morris@ahistoryinart.bsky.social · last mo.How well André Durand's picture (1969) shows Elizabeth Bowen: novelist, short story writer, an acute observer both of the natural world and of human emotions. She published ten novels including 'The Heat of the Day' (1949), a portrayal of life in London during WW2.
Reminder: Link now live for our July Reading Group. We're discussing The Hotel: 29th July, 7pm BST, online. Bowen's excellent début novel set in Italy. www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
Times Now features The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen in '10 Books To Read When You Feel Like Giving Up'. 'Bowen captures heartbreak, betrayal, and vulnerability with extraordinary psychological insight, but she also reveals the resilience hidden beneath innocence.'
Bowen's short fiction collection *Ann Lee’s* was published in 1926. Here's part of a contemporary NYT review: 'The eleven stories of Elizabeth Bowen, in "Ann Lee's," recall the crisp, allusive wit of Viola Meynell, the talent for implying minor antagonisms of Katherine Mansfield.' More @ our insta.
Link now live for our July Reading Group. We're discussing The Hotel: 29th July, 7pm BST, online. All welcome! Bowen's excellent début novel set in Italy. www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
New hardback forthcoming of Bowen's novels The Last September & The Death of the Heart. Intro by #tessahadley Published 30 July 2026 | Everyman’s Library | £17.99 | Hardback '...depths of private tragedy with a subtle ferocity and psychological complexity reminiscent of Henry James.'
Bushi on Bowen at The Haughty Culturist: '... Bowen’s novel is slow-burn social horror, full of leering creatures, and heroines who insist on walking down dark alleys …' Full review google-able!
I am once again thinking about how, aged 11, Courtney Love failed to get into the Mickey Mouse Club after choosing to recite Sylvia Plath's 'Daddy' at her audition.
Competition to win a Bowen print & card, with At It Again. See @bowensociety.bsky.social instagram page for more. www.instagram.com/p/DZVTaGLiBE...
Remembering Elizabeth Bowen born #otd, 7th June 1899, in Dublin #elizabethbowen #ElizabethBowenSociety #otdshe
Applications for a new, 2 year postdoctoral position are now open! Please share widely. The Eamon Cleary Postdoctoral Fellowship in Irish Studies, based at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, the University of Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand, is open to Ph.D. graduates in any area of Irish studies.
Eamon Cleary Postdoctoral Fellow in Irish Studies
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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A glorious day celebrating Elizabeth Bowen in Dublin today @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. Thanks #DanielleMcLaughlin #JohnBanville #DianaHirst #NicolaDarwood, Mags, Niamh, & IWC team Shelbourne Hotel after to raise a glass to Bowen. Thanks to all who joined online & in person.
Two new recommendations for anyone interested in contemporary Irish poetry. Nuala O’Connor & Rita Ann Higgins write in a lyrical accessible way allowing you to see the world again, in wonder. Get your local library to order them & learn what real poetry is like. A puff of Oxygen to the mind.
Last chance for tix, online & in person options. www.eventbrite.ie/e/why-bowen-...
Why Bowen Matters: A Conference Celebrating Elizabeth Bowen (Online)
Join us for this special hybrid event celebrating legendary Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen. Featuring John Banville, Nuala O'Connor & more!
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The Elizabeth Bowen Society@bowensociety.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhy Bowen Matters: A Conference Celebrating Elizabeth Bowen June 6, 2026 11.00am - 3.00pm Location: Irish Writers Centre & Online €15/€13.50 Irish Writers Centre Members (Afternoon Lecture free) @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
Bowen (born in Herbert Place) features in Brendan Lynch's comprehensive Visitors' Guide to Dublin's Latin Quarter – based in the city's south Georgian enclave. Biographies and details of the homes and haunts of Ireland's most famous writers, artists and musicians. www.dublinslatinquarter.ie
Join us @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social for a Bowen birthday bash, Sat. 6th June 🙌
The Elizabeth Bowen Society@bowensociety.bsky.social · 2mo agoWHY BOWEN MATTERS Join us online or in person this Sat 6th June, we're celebrating Elizabeth Bowen in her hometown, Dublin. irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/why...
"Reach high with language – excite the reader. Choose words for their musicality as much as their aptness." ~ @nualaoconnor.bsky.social
Save the date! Next Reading Group: 29th July, 7pm BST, online. We're reading *The Hotel* by Elizabeth Bowen, her excellent début novel set in Italy. Link soon 🙌 #thehotel #Bowensociety #ElizabethBowen
FINAL REMINDER! Reading Group tomorrow, Weds. Book choice: *The Shelbourne*, Bowen’s chaming social history & biog of the Dublin hotel. Online at 7pm BST, 27th May. All welcome! @bowensociety.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
Reading Group next Weds! We're discussing *The Shelbourne*, Bowen’s charming social history & biog of the Dublin hotel. Online 7pm BST, 27th May. All welcome! www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
'An arts festival is not a tourism activation with cultural sprinkles on top.' #NaoiseNunn being excellent in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social on a disturbing cut to arts fest funding. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Naoise Nunn: I'm an arts festival organiser — our funding has been gutted in the name of tourism
A policy to defund arts festivals arrived with little fanfare as funding for tourism-led initiatives moved to a different government department
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Please join us to celebrate Dublin-born writer Elizabeth Bowen on her birthday weekend, in Dublin 💗
The Elizabeth Bowen Society@bowensociety.bsky.social · 3mo agoBooking now open for WHY BOWEN MATTERS, a hybrid mini conf celebrating Elizabeth Bowen, 6th June, IWC. Link #1 - in person in Dublin Link #2 - online www.eventbrite.ie/e/why-bowen-...
Reading Group reminder! We are reading *The Shelbourne*, Bowen’s biog of the Dublin hotel's provenance and progress. Online at 7pm BST, 27th May. All welcome! www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...
