“It was like writing an historical novel, but the history I was working with was one I had created”: Part two of our conversation with Michael Crummey
There’s a terrific storm in The Adversary – is this based on a real storm? It’s based on some real storms that I’ve experienced. It’s based to a certain extent…
Michael Crummey: I’m waiting for an idea that has enough gravitational pull
When you were writing The Innocents, did you know that you would write The Adversary as well? No, I had no idea. When did you know that you were going…
Old Christmas Day
It’s been called one of the greatest short stories ever written: James Joyce‘s The Dead, set on The Feast of the Epiphany, opening as Gabriel Conroy and his wife, Gretta,…
All the Joys of the Season
Enjoy your Holidays, and visit us again in the New Year (NQ already has some great posts lined up!).
Winter issue on the stands!
The theme is Travel, and we’ll take you from Bulgaria to Belleoram, from the cherry blossoms in Tokyo to a bull ride in Mexico, to childhood and back. With writing from…