Happy authors after our event at Harvard University Next stop: the Consulate General of Ireland Irish Consulate Boston L to R: Katherine Horgan, Patricia Forde, Deirdre Sullivan, Siobhán Parkinson, Sam Thompson, @L_I_Editor, Kevin Stevens, Dan Donoghue. #LittleIslandUSAtour made possible by Culture_Ireland

What a delight to hear Irish Consulate Boston inspiring reflections of #LittleIslandUSAtour Little Island Books Culture_Ireland: Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @L_I_Editor, Siobhán Parkinson, Sam Thompson, Patricia Forde Patricia Forde, Deirdre Sullivan Deirdre Sullivan, chair Kevin Stevens Kevin Stevens

Day 2 of #LittleIslandUSAtour🇺🇸 ended with a wonderful roundtable event at the Consilate General of Ireland in Boston. Authors and publishes pictured here with Vice Consul, Paul Rooney. #LittleIslandUSAtour made possible by Culture_Ireland

Wishing a very happy publication day to Leon Diop, @BriFitzsimons, & Jessica Louis! BLACK & IRISH: LEGENDS, TRAILBLAZERS & EVERYDAY HEROES is out today. We could not be prouder to have published this ground-breaking book together with Black and Irish. littleisland.ie/products/black…

Phenomenal coverage for #BlackAndIrishBook in today’s The Irish Times — front pages of the main paper AND the magazine! And 5 pages inside the magazine!! This book is on 🔥🔥🔥 Link: irishtimes.com/life-style/peo… Leon Diop @BriFitzsimons

“It’s hard for me to believe that 50 years later this record is still so widely celebrated. I really appreciate that the younger generation has discovered and embraced so much of my music, that was recorded and released so long ago.

We were hugely honoured to be named as the YLG Committee Publisher of the Year this evening! It means SO MUCH to be recognised by the very best people in the books world – librarians! 2023 has been very good to us and this just means the world. Huge thanks to all involved 💚

nytimes.com/2024/02/07/art… Nice selection from the NYT panel. No surprise - Dave Liebman loves Crescent!

The Trump Enigma - DRB drb.ie/articles/the-t… My take on Trump and MAGA.

Why does Trump, who is cunning, dangerous and nasty, get so much support in the US?  Kevin Stevens, who has studied his country’s politics for 50 years, answers: A long established isolationist and paranoid core with new negative developments. drb.ie/articles/the-t…

Roy Haynes is 99 years old today. Imagine being able to say, in 2024, that you played drums behind Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Miles, and Eric Dolphy. #jazz #RoyHaynes #Drums

“Saying that you admire Trump for his policies . . . recalls the way men used to say that they read Playboy for the articles.” - David Kirkpatrick in #NEWYORKER

I admit I think BLUE HOUR is a perfect Blue Note album

youtube.com/watch?v=BjYDKZ… JB, 1974. Everything is right - the musicians, the dancers...the clothes!

"When you finish a Munro story, more often than not you are arrested. You sit there, reluctant to begin the next piece in the volume, overcome by the narrative force and emotional impact, certainly, but mostly struck by the magic of the achievement. How does she do it?"

drb.ie/articles/the-n… #alicemunro

Thank you to Richard Boyd Barrett & #peoplebeforeprofit for highlighting the closure of Newpark Academy of Music. Please Share this Clip and Highlight this serious issue regarding Music Education & Employment Rights in Ireland. Full Video Here: youtube.com/watch?v=CgNpR9…

Case closed, she likes Mingus. The other lad probably likes The Corrs or some shite.

My take on Huckleberry Finn and Percival Everett's retelling: My Name Is James … - DRB drb.ie/articles/my-na…

Aufmerksamkeit I'm not sure how many followers I have in Germany, but the documentary I wrote and co-produced, The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit, is screening at the 51st Wuerzburg Film Weekend (festival) on Feb. 1 and 2. Details posted here soon: filmwochenende.de/language/en/