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Mothers and SonsEach of the nine stories in this beautifully written, intensely intimate collection centers on a transformative moment that alters the delicate...Read More
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The Story of the NightA daring and deeply moving novel set in Argentina in the time of the Generals--a time when the streets are empty at night, and people have trained...Read More
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The MasterLike Michael Cunningham in The Hours, Colm Tóibín captures the extraordinary mind and heart of a great writer. Beautiful and profoundly...Read More
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Love in a Dark TimeColm Tóibín knows the languages of the outsider, the secret keeper, the gay man or woman. He knows the covert and overt language of...Read More
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The Blackwater LightshipIt is Ireland in the early 1990s. Helen, her mother, Lily, and her grandmother, Dora have come together to tend to Helen's brother, Declan, who is...Read More
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Los Angeles Times, August 4, 2010
...-- a story of a transvestite's death, from the collection "Last Exit to Brooklyn" "The Master" by Colm Toibin -- an imagining of the life of Henry James "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" by Jeanette Winterson -- a young woman’s sexual awakening that...
Brisbane Times, August 2, 2010
...continuation of the Melbourne novelist's remarkable success with the book, but also a success for Irish novelist Colm Toibin's publishing nous. Toibin and his friend, literary agent Peter Straus, run the imprint Tuskar Rock under the aegis of Atlantic in...
Irish Independent, July 31, 2010
...sale: baby shoes. Never worn." ***** Asked by the Guardian to suggest a book for the holidays, Colm Toibin adopts a somewhat novel approach, recommending William Shawcross's biography of the Queen Mother, not just for its "sheer barking insanity" but...
Melbourne Age, July 28, 2010
...then, the rights had been bought by Tuskar Rock Press, a small imprint started by the Irish writer Colm Toibin - a friend of Tsiolkas - and the publisher-agent Peter Straus. The Daily Telegraph in London said The Slap concentrated ''on the very soul of...
Irish Independent, July 23, 2010
...among the star attractions for this year's Yeats festival Also in Arts POET Seamus Heaney and writer Colm Toibin will be the star attractions for this year's Yeats Summer School in Sligo. Organisers said this year's festival, at the Hawks Well Theatre in...
Guardian.co.uk, July 17, 2010
...O'Keeffe also highlighted new titles from Will Self, Patrick McCabe and a new short story collection from Colm Toibin. In non-fiction, there will be autobiographies from people who actually have stories to tell. An eclectic mix, including Tony Blair,...
North Adams Transcript, July 15, 2010
...at www.reformer.com. Here are the entries for NEW YORK, CURRENT EVENTS and HISTORY. NEW YORK * Colm, Toibin. "Brooklyn." Scribner, 2009. Young Irish immigrant, alone and uneasy in Brooklyn, struggles to find her own way in the 1950s. SG * Flint, Anthony....
Yahoo! India, July 12, 2010
...Hong Kong March 2011. The previous jury included the former governor general of Canada Adrienne Clarkson, Irish novelist Colm Toibin, Indian writer Pankaj Mishra, Chinese American novelist Gish Gen, Australian novelist Nicholas Jose and New York-based...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 4, 2010
...slums of Rio de Janeiro. Opening the Internet discussion at noon with a post will be Irish novelist Colm Toibin. The site: www.pen.org/penreads. • Thriller novelists Tess Gerritsen and Lisa Gardner team up July 16 to promote their current books at...
Charleston Post and Courier, July 4, 2010
...a larger dialogue with the discussion's contributors and with each other. The inaugural post, by award-winning novelist Colm Toibin, appears at noon Tuesday. PEN American Center is the largest of the 141 centers of International PEN, founded in 1921 to...
Jamestown Press, June 24, 2010
...The group’s final book of this series will be “Brooklyn” by Colm Toibin. At these meetings, the next six books for the following months will be chosen. Some titles being considered for discussion are: • “The Space Between Us” by Thrity Umrigar...
NOLA Live, June 18, 2010
...s Own Country' by Ross Raisin (Viking). The prize was first awarded in 1996. Previous winners have included Colm Toibin, who received it in 2006 for 'The Master.' The contest is managed by Dublin City Libraries and draws on nominations from librarians...
Irish Independent, June 4, 2010
...Brien and John McGahern. Thus, we've had wonderful stories in the last few years by Anne Enright, Colm Toibin, Claire Keegan, Kevin Barry and others. Indeed, while I'd be hard put to name 20 truly great Irish novels, I'd easily come up with 20 great story...
Time Out New York, June 2, 2010
...others carefully guard their privacy, leaving incomplete stories for future writers to embellish with their own imaginations. As Colm Toibin proved in his inspired and celebrated The Master—where he riffed on the sentence style and sex life of Henry...
Bookseller, June 1, 2010
...Amazon.com Apple Arts Council Authors Books Bookselling Bookshops Business Colm Toibin Colum McCann David Maybury Digital Change Dublin Airport Eason ebooks Features Gill & MacMillan Hughes & Hughes iPad Ireland Irish Irish Authors Irish Books Irish...
Irish Independent, May 28, 2010
...Scripture Sebastian Barry 3 This Charming Man Marian Keyes 4 PS, I Love You Cecilia Ahern 5 Brooklyn Colm Toibin 6 Netherland Joseph ONeill 7 The Sea John Banville 8 Heart and Soul Maeve Binchy 9 The Gathering Anne Enright 10 Back from the Brink Paul...
Enhance TV, May 22, 2010
...releases to much loved classics. The first guest on the panel is the multi-award winning novelist and critic Colm Toibin (Mothers and Sons, Long Winter and The Master). The Club's second guest is US novelist Lionel Shriver, author of the highly acclaimed...
ABC Online, May 20, 2010
...on and it's attracting some of the world's best to our shores. Included among them is Colm Toibin. One of Ireland's greatest living writers and one of the main international authors gracing the festival program, Colm lives in New York where he teaches...
Melbourne Age, May 20, 2010
...Wessel and Paul Keating on the world economy, 4pm, City Recital Hall. PEN readings from imprisoned writers, with Colm Toibin, Tom Keneally, Peter Carey and others, 6pm, City Recital Hall. Bill McKibben, Ross Garnaut, Clive Hamilton and Tim Flannery on...
ABC Online, May 19, 2010
...on and it's attracting some of the world's best to our shores. Included amongst them is Colm Toibin. One of Ireland's greatest living writers and one of the main international authors gracing the festival program. Colm is from Ireland but currently lives...
Time Out Sydney, May 19, 2010
...Museum of Sydney Activist Journalism: Where Do We Draw the Line? - Sydney Dance Company An Evening with Colm Toibin - City Recital Hall Artefact H10515 - Powerhouse Museum...
Time Out Sydney, May 13, 2010
...- Q Bar Activist Journalism: Where Do We Draw the Line? - Sydney Dance Company An Evening with Colm Toibin - City Recital Hall Burdekin Fridays - The Burdekin Cargo Fridays - Cargo Bar...
Lovereading, April 21, 2010
...The best-selling Irish author Colm Toibin has stated that hard copies of books will remain popular, despite new technology. Despite the recent emergence of the internet and electronic reading devices, the old-fashioned book will remain...
Reuters India, April 20, 2010
...NEW YORK (Reuters) - Award-winning Irish writer Colm Toibin firmly believes the novel will remain fundamentally unchanged by the Internet or other high-tech innovations, a realm in which he admits he is nearly illiterate...
West Australian, April 20, 2010
...NEW YORK (Reuters) - Award-winning Irish writer Colm Toibin firmly believes the novel will remain fundamentally unchanged by the Internet or other high-tech innovations, a realm in which he admits he is nearly illiterate...
The Bookseller, April 15, 2010
...Love You - Cecelia Ahern (HarperCollins, 2004)Tatty - Christine Dwyer Hickey (New Island, 2004)The Master - Colm Toibin (Picador, 2004)The New Policeman - Kate Thompson (Red Fox, 2005)A Long Long Way - Sebastian Barry (Faber, 2005)Memoir - John McGahern...
The Bookseller, April 15, 2010
...Alice Sebold Amazon.com Apple Arts Council Authors Books Bookselling Bookshops Business Colm Toibin Colum McCann David Maybury Digital Change Dublin Airport Eason ebooks Emerging Writer Features Gill & MacMillan Hughes & Hughes iPad iPhone Apps Ireland...
Times Online, April 1, 2010
...by the finest authors writing in English today including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Julian Barnes, Zo Heller, Hilary Mantel, Colm Toibin and William Trevor. Recent short stories published in The Sunday Times Magazine: The Award is an annual competition...
Evening Herald, March 24, 2010
...as commercial, success clearly irked the hardcore literary clique Gough described, who slavishly adhere to the dictum of Colm Toibin -- whose latest novel, Brooklyn, is largely set in Enniscorthy in the 50s (plus ca change) -- that Irish writers should...
Huffington Post, March 17, 2010
...we wanted to take a moment to pay them tribute on this festive day! From James Joyce to Colm Toibin, these are some of the greatest Irish authors for you to consider this St. Patrick's Day. More on Authors...
The Bookseller, March 15, 2010
...books, picked by Eason based on book sales. Other books by Irish authors in the top 50 were Colm Toibin's Brooklyn (20); Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture (21); Colum McCann's Let The Great World Spin (27); Joseph O'Connor's Star of the Sea (28);...
Irish Independent, March 15, 2010
...the basis of sales over the past 10 years. The other Irish books in the Top 50 were: Colm Toibin's 'Brooklyn' (20); Sebastian Barry's 'The Secret Scripture' (21); Colum McCann's 'Let The Great World Spin' (27); Joseph O'Connor's 'Star of the Sea' (28);...
America Magazine, March 6, 2010
...rabid fiction fan, has just been posted to our site. Last summer, the book club took up Brooklyn, Colm Toibin's story of a young Irish woman's journey to adulthood in an unfamiliar country. And the first edition of the book club centered on up Andrew...
Chicago Reader, March 3, 2010
...Colm Toibin The Chicago Public Library has just announced the selection for this spring's citywide book club: Brooklyn , by Irish novelist Colm Toibin . Toibin is scheduled to visit the Harold...
Huffington Post, March 3, 2010
...Early this afternoon, the mayor's office will announce that "Brooklyn," Colm Toibin's 2009 novel about an Irish immigrant's journey to 1950s Brooklyn, is the 18th pick for the One Book, One Chicago citywide reading program...
Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2010
...Early this afternoon, the mayor’s office will announce that 'Brooklyn,' Colm Toibin’s 2009 novel about an Irish immigrant’s journey to 1950s Brooklyn, is the 18th pick for the One Book, One Chicago citywide reading program. It’s an elegant...
Huffington Post, March 2, 2010
...FINALISTS Book of the Year -- Adult Fiction "Border Songs," by Jim Lynch (Knopf) "Brooklyn," by Colm Toibin (Scribner) "The Children's Book," by A.S. Byatt (Knopf) "Cutting for Stone," by Abraham Verghese (Knopf) "Generosity: An...
The Independent, February 4, 2010
...a lorry carrying kitchen equipment in front of me. What are you currently reading? Mothers and Sons by Colm Toibin, which I decided to read after Brooklyn, which was absolutely brilliant. I'm going to read Good to a Fault, by Marina Endicott. Choose a...
OpEdNews.com, February 3, 2010
...by Jeremy Scahill $16.95 Lowest New Price $3.46 Number of pages: 560 Publisher: Nation Books by Colm Toibin $15.00 Lowest New Price $3.69 Number of pages: 288 Publisher: Scribner by Suzanne Simons $27.99 Lowest New Price $11.86 Number of pages: 288...
Huffington Post, January 27, 2010
...judges as a "master work". The Hong Kong-born poet's collection "A Scattering" beat the frontrunner, Irish author Colm Toibin, to pick up the prestigious £30,000 award. More on Literary Prizes...
National Post, January 27, 2010
...Year award yesterday for a work of poetry about his wife's death. A Scattering beat the favourite, Colm Toibin's Brooklyn, leaving the Irish novelist disappointed once again after he failed to win the Booker Prize after being shortlisted twice. Josep...
Metro.co.uk, January 27, 2010
...still grieving. I won’t ever forget this wonderful woman.’ He beat bookies’ favourite Brooklyn, by Irish author Colm Toibin, who has a history of being pipped for major literary awards. It is the sixth time the £30,000 award has been won by a...
The Independent, January 27, 2010
...judges as a 'master work'. The Hong Kong-born poet's collection 'A Scattering' beat the frontrunner, Irish author Colm Toibin, to pick up the prestigious 30,000-pound (34,400-euro, 48,400-dollar) Costa Book of the Year award. It will come as a shock to...
Yahoo! News, January 26, 2010
...judges as a 'master work'. The Hong Kong-born poet's collection 'A Scattering' beat the frontrunner, Irish author Colm Toibin, to pick up the prestigious 30,000-pound Costa Book of the Year award. It will come as a shock to the literary world and a blow...
Belfast Telegraph, January 26, 2010
...Irish author Colm Toibin's bestselling book Brooklyn last night was pipped at the post for the Costa Book of the Year Award, one of Britain’s most prestigious literary prizes...
Sun FM, January 26, 2010
...favourite, "Brooklyn," a novel about a young Irishwoman emigrating to America in the 1950s by Irish author Colm Toibin. Graham Farmelo won the biography prize for "The Strangest Man," a life of physicist Paul Dirac. Raphael Selbourne won the first novel...
Reuters Canada, January 26, 2010
...award on Tuesday for a work of poetry about his wife's death. 'A Scattering' beat the favorite, Colm Toibin's 'Brooklyn,' leaving the Irish novelist disappointed once again after he failed to win the Booker Prize after being shortlisted twice. Josephine...
BBC, January 26, 2010
...with the £30,000 award at a central London ceremony on Tuesday evening. He beat bookmaker's favourite Colm Toibin, who won the novel award earlier this month with Brooklyn, to take the prize. The award's individual categories are split into novel, first...
InSing.com, January 26, 2010
...LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Irish writer Colm Toibin is favourite to win the Costa Book of the Year award on Tuesday for "Brooklyn", the story of Irish woman Eilis Lacey who travels to New York in the...
Yahoo! News Australia, January 26, 2010
...LONDON (Reuters) - Irish writer Colm Toibin is favourite to win the Costa Book of the Year award on Tuesday for "Brooklyn," the story of Irish woman Eilis Lacey who travels to New York in...
Kerryman, January 26, 2010
...Irish author Colm Toibin is favourite to land the Costa Book of the Year award with his sixth novel Brooklyn. The work is the story of a young Irish girl who travels to...
Drogheda Independent, January 25, 2010
...Irish author Colm Toibin is favourite to land the Costa Book of the Year award with his sixth novel Brooklyn. The work is the story of a young Irish girl who travels to...
Yahoo! News Australia, January 10, 2010
...We are convinced that this is a major achievement in the making." The Novel Award went to Colm Toibin for his novel Brooklyn, the First Novel Award to Raphael Selbourne for Beauty, the Biography Award to Graham Farmelo for The Strangest Man and the...
Irish Independent, January 9, 2010
...Colm Toibin this week won the 2009 Costa Novel Award, yet another victory by an Irish writer to add to all the other recent triumphs which appear to confirm the arrival...
Yahoo! News Australia, January 7, 2010
...Irish author Colm Toibin is favourite to win the 30,000-pound Costa Book of the Year award after Monday clinching the best novel category for his work Brooklyn, observers said.The winner of...
Telegraph, January 5, 2010
...once. Does anyone know if Faulks is going to be invited to the Costa final this year? Tags: Colm Toibin, Costa Prize, Sebastian Faulks, Wolf Hall...
M2, January 5, 2010
...The Costa Book of the Year novel category has been won by Irish novelist Colm Toibin for his saga Brooklyn, which features a young Irish girl who emigrates to the US in the 1950s. Toibin is now said to be the favourite to win the...
Los Angeles Times, January 5, 2010
...Costas aim to promote contemporary British and Irish writing since their creation in 1971. -- Liesl Bradner Photo: Colm Toibin in 1997. Credit: Graham Barclay/ For The Times...
CBC, January 5, 2010
...Irish writer Colm Toibin won high praise from the Costa judges for his sixth novel, Brooklyn. (Reuters)Irish writer Colm Toibin and British poet Christopher Reid are among the latest winners of the...
BBC, January 5, 2010
...Irish novelist Colm Toibin has been shortlisted for the Costa Book of the Year for his 'poised, quiet and shattering' emigrant saga Brooklyn. He is favourite to win the £30,000 prize after...
BBC, January 5, 2010
...Irish novelist Colm Toibin has been shortlisted for the Costa Book of the Year for his "poised, quiet and shattering" emigrant saga Brooklyn. He is favourite to win the £30,000 prize after...
Tonight South Africa, January 5, 2010
...London - Irish author Colm Toibin is favourite to win the 30 000 (about R360 000) Costa Book of the Year award after clinching the best novel category for his work Brooklyn, observers said. The...
Belfast Telegraph, January 5, 2010
...Colm Toibin has been hailed as the frontrunner to scoop the Costa Book of the Year award after clinching the prize's Novel Award category last night for his work titled...
Irish Independent, January 5, 2010
...COLM Toibin's bestselling book 'Brooklyn' yesterday won the 2009 Costa Novel Award, one of the most prestigious annual literary prizes in Britain. The author is now hot favourite to take...
BBC, January 4, 2010
...Irish novelist Colm Toibin has been shortlisted for the Costa Book of the Year for his "poised, quiet and shattering" emigrant saga Brooklyn. He is favourite to win the £30,000 prize after...
Brisbane Courier-Mail, January 4, 2010
...written more than 30 books, including verse, autobiography, literary and TV criticism, travel tales and novels.Irish writer Colm Toibin was named Costa novelist of the year for his emigrant saga Brooklyn.The judges praised Toibin's "poised, quiet and...
Yahoo! News, January 4, 2010
...LONDON (AFP) Irish author Colm Toibin is favourite to win the 30,000-pound Costa Book of the Year award after Monday clinching the best novel category for his work "Brooklyn," observers said. The winner...
AFP via Yahoo!, January 4, 2010
... LONDON (AFP) Irish author Colm Toibin is favourite to win the 30,000-pound Costa Book of the Year award after Monday clinching the best novel category for his work 'Brooklyn,' observers said. The winner of...
Yahoo! News Australia, January 4, 2010
...LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Irish writer Colm Toibin won the Costa Book Awards best novel category on Monday for "Brooklyn," beating Man Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel's acclaimed "Wolf Hall."In "Brooklyn", Toibin tells the...
Yahoo! News Australia, January 4, 2010
...Irish writer Colm Toibin was named novelist of the year on Monday in Britain's lucrative Costa Book Awards for his emigrant saga Brooklyn.The judges praised Toibin's "poised, quiet and incrementally...
Kerryman, January 4, 2010
...Novelist Colm Toibin has been hailed as the frontrunner to scoop the Costa Book of the Year award after clinching the prize's Novel Award category for his work titled Brooklyn. The...
InSing.com, January 4, 2010
...LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Irish writer Colm Toibin won the Costa Book Awards best novel category on Monday for "Brooklyn", beating Man Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel's acclaimed "Wolf Hall". In Brooklyn, Booker-nominated Toibin tells the...
ABC News, January 4, 2010
...Irish writer Colm Toibin was named novelist of the year Monday in Britain's lucrative Costa Book Awards for his emigrant saga 'Brooklyn.' The judges praised Toibin's 'poised, quiet and incrementally shattering...
Bradenton Herald, December 31, 2009
...and the surprising answer of who's to blame in a story of autonomy and atonement. 'Brooklyn,' by Colm Toibin (Scribner). The literary legacy of Henry James again inspires Toibin ('The Master'), whose newest brief and atmospheric creation delivers...
NPR, December 23, 2009
...Lorrie Moore's seductive tale A Gate at the Stairs, her first novel in 15 years; Brooklyn by Colm Toibin, about a young Irish woman who immigrates to New York in the 1950s and works at a department store; and The Man in the Wooden Hat by British master...
Sun2Surf, December 19, 2009
...of the tumultuous Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 70s. The panel of judges, which included Irish novelist Colm Toibin, described Suâs work as a 'picaresque novel of immense charm'. 'It is a story about obsessive love, the story of the...
Click Lancashire, December 18, 2009
...with Corvus, an imprint of Grove Atlantic. Other previous winners and shortlisted authors include Neil Gaiman, Rob Shearman, Colm Toibin and Claire Keegan. Sponsored by Blackwell, the 2010 prize will have three categories: 1. The main literary award of...
Manila Bulletin, November 28, 2009
...and the dry land of our achievement,” the judges said in the statement. The judges were Ireland’s Colm Toibin, the Chinese-American author Gish Jen and India’s Pankaj Mishra. Su is best known in the West for his short novel “Wives and...
RTE Online, November 25, 2009
...RTÉ.ie Extra Video Previous Programmes Fergus Murphy interview Tobin/Murphy interview Aerial view of flooding Ireland v France Govt urged to act on climate change Walsh Interview Now: 10:30 Wednesday 25 November Now: 12:30 Wednesday 25 November Next:...
Nine MSN, November 24, 2009
...Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall heads the 2009 novels shortlist, which also includes The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson, Colm Toibin's Brooklyn and Family Album by Penelope Lively...
Yahoo! News Australia, November 24, 2009
...the novel award. The others are Penelope Lively for "Family Album," Christopher Nicholson ("The Elephant Keeper") and Colm Toibin ("Brooklyn").The Costa awards, known as the Whitbread awards until sponsorship changed in 2006, give prizes in five...
BBC, November 24, 2009
...has made the shortlist for the Costa Book Awards with Wolf Hall. She is pitted against Penelope Lively, Colm Toibin and Christopher Nicholson in the best novel category. Broadcaster Clive James has gained a nomination for his poetry based on memories of...
InSing.com, November 24, 2009
...for the novel award. The others are Penelope Lively for "Family Album", Christopher Nicholson ("The Elephant Keeper") and Colm Toibin ("Brooklyn"). The Costa awards, known as the Whitbread awards until sponsorship changed in 2006, give prizes in five...
The Saudi Gazette, November 18, 2009
...of the Man Booker prize. The panel of three judges, including Indian writer Pankaj Mishra and Irish writer Colm Toibin, described Su’s novel as a picaresque, political fable as well as “a parable about the journeys we take in our lives, the distance...
Yahoo! News Australia, November 17, 2009
...the dry land of our achievement," the judges said in the statement. The judges were Ireland's Colm Toibin, the Chinese-American author Gish Jen and India's Pankaj Mishra. Su is best known in the West for his short novel Wives and Concubines, the basis of...
Yahoo! News Australia, November 17, 2009
...at odds with the authorities.The panel of three judges, including Indian writer Pankaj Mishra and Irish writer Colm Toibin, described Su's novel as a picaresque, political fable as well as "a parable about the journeys we take in our lives, the distance...
Kyrgyzstan News, November 17, 2009
...the end of the tumultuous Cultural Revolution in the 1960s-70s. The panel of judges, which included Irish novelist Colm Toibin, described Su's work as a "picaresque novel of immense charm". "It is a story about obsessive love, the story of the...
CBC, November 17, 2009
...and the dry land of our achievement,' the judges said in the statement. The judges were Ireland's Colm Toibin, the Chinese-American author Gish Jen and India's Pankaj Mishra. Su is best known in the West for his short novel Wives and Concubines, the...
BBC, November 17, 2009
...of the 1991 film Raise the Red Lantern. The three writers on the jury, which included Ireland's Colm Toibin, said the winning book had 'immense charm.' Chinese-American author Gish Jen and India's Pankaj Mishra were also on the judging panel. Third year...
Straits Times, November 17, 2009
...and the dry land of our achievement,' the judges said in the statement. The judges were Ireland's Colm Toibin, the Chinese-American author Gish Jen and India's Pankaj Mishra. Su is best known in the West for his short novel 'Wives and Concubines,' the...
Macleans Online, November 17, 2009
...the dry land of our achievement," the judges said in the statement. The judges were Ireland's Colm Toibin, the Chinese-American author Gish Jen and India's Pankaj Mishra. Su is best known in the West for his short novel "Wives and Concubines," the basis...
ABC News, November 17, 2009
...at odds with the authorities. The panel of three judges, including Indian writer Pankaj Mishra and Irish writer Colm Toibin, described Su's novel as a picaresque, political fable as well as "a parable about the journeys we take in our lives, the distance...
Yahoo! India, November 17, 2009
...at odds with the authorities. The panel of three judges, including Indian writer Pankaj Mishra and Irish writer Colm Toibin, described Su's novel as a picaresque, political fable as well as 'a parable about the journeys we take in our lives, the distance...
Seattle Times, November 17, 2009
...the dry land of our achievement," the judges said in the statement. The judges were Ireland's Colm Toibin, the Chinese-American author Gish Jen and India's Pankaj Mishra. Su is best known in the West for his short novel "Wives and Concubines," the basis...
Irish Independent, November 7, 2009
...whose 1985 poem 'From The Republic of Conscience' the title was borrowed. Others included Enright, Doyle, Neil Jordan, Colm Toibin, Eugene McCabe, Dermot Bolger, Eoin Colfer, Maeve Binchy, John Connolly, Kevin Barrry, John Boyne and Irvine Welsh. The...
Deccan Herald, November 4, 2009
...Niro's "Game by Rawi Hage" (2008), "Out Stealing Horses" by Per Petterson (2007) and "The Master" by Colm Toibin (2006). After winning the 2008 Man Booker Prize for his debut novel, "The White Tiger", Indian-born author Aravind Adiga will publish his...
Times of India, November 4, 2009
...Niro's 'Game by Rawi Hage' (2008), 'Out Stealing Horses' by Per Petterson (2007) and 'The Master' by Colm Toibin (2006...
Examiner.com, November 3, 2009
...following: 2. Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder 3. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 4. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin 5. Beautiful Creatures by Margaret Stohl Other notables on the list include #12, A Gate At the Stairs by Lorrie Moore, #52 The Magicians by...
Hoganstand.com, October 31, 2009
...Best-selling author Colm Toibin has co-written a poem in tribute to Cork hurling goalkeeper Donal Og Cusack after his recent decision to 'come out'. Cusack is the first high-profile Irish sports star to...
Belfast Telegraph, October 22, 2009
...Hand-in-hand with Colm Toibin’s status as a literary heavyweight, it was an unassuming and extremely witty individual who entertained a packed auditorium at the Baby Grand last night. Toibin explained the genesis...
New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, October 8, 2009
...Random House) 3. Fall by Colin McAdam (Hamish Hamilton) 4. Galore by Michael Crummey (Doubleday) 5. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (McClelland & Stewart) Paperback, fiction 1. Asking Questions Indoors and Out by Anne Compton (Fitzhenry & Whiteside) 2. The Time...
RTE Online, October 5, 2009
...who is constantly moody and totally frustrated with himself. At the same court sitting a statement from writer Colm Toibin was read out in court in which he described Hogan as a writer of immense power and importance who dealt with human isolation. In...
Sydney Morning Herald, September 8, 2009
...historical fiction, the favourite, Hilary Mantel, also made the final six, alongside Sarah Waters, but perennial Booker bridesmaids Colm Toibin (who has been shortlisted twice before) and acclaimed Irish novelist William Trevor (shortlisted four times)...
Telegraph, September 8, 2009
...is included with her novel The Little Stranger. There was no place on the shortlist for Irish author Colm Toibin, who has also twice made the shortlist without success. The Man Booker Prize is worth 50,000 to the winner, but inevitably leads to a huge...
Kerryman, September 8, 2009
...Irish authors have missed out on a place in the shortlist for this year's Man Booker Prize. Colm Toibin, William Trevor and Ed O'Loughlin were all on the long-list of nominations for the prestigious prize. However, none of their novels made it on to the...
Enniscorthy Guardian, September 8, 2009
...Irish authors have missed out on a place in the shortlist for this year's Man Booker Prize. Colm Toibin, William Trevor and Ed O'Loughlin were all on the long-list of nominations for the prestigious prize. However, none of their novels made it on to the...
The Independent, September 8, 2009
...she has been shortlisted twice before without winning. There was no place on the shortlist for Irish author Colm Toibin, who has also twice made the shortlist without success. The Man Booker Prize is worth 50,000 to the winner, but inevitably leads to a...
Evening Echo, September 8, 2009
...Irish authors have missed out on a place in the shortlist for this year's Man Booker Prize. Colm Toibin, William Trevor and Ed O'Loughlin were all on the long-list of nominations for the prestigious prize. However, none of their novels made it on to the...
Open a Bookshop, what could possibly go wrong?, August 11, 2010
...to lead to a criminal record than a lasting relationship. In the past we have read; Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (excellent,) The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (also very good,) and Day by A.L. Kennedy (well I liked it, but everyone else......
STEELE ON ENTERTAINMENT, July 30, 2010
...Valenti Talking to Girls About Duran Duran by Rob Sheffield Fall Asleep Forgetting by Georgeann Packard Brooklyn by Colm Toibin The Island by Elin Hilderbrand French Ways and Their Meaning by Edith Wharton Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer...
Eric The Blue, July 28, 2010
...Jim Shepard (2) Homer (2) Bruno Schulz (2) Peter Carey (2) Kazuo Ishiguro (2) V.S. Naipaul (2) Colm Toibin (2) George Saunders (2) Saul Bellow (2) Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2...
morsie reads, July 27, 2010
...June selection for the library book club) The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke The Master by Colm Toibin Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber, which I got free from Audible (see post Labels: currently-reading...
Books Worth Reading, July 25, 2010
...Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E.M. Forster by Wendy Moffat. The review was written by Colm Toibin and revealed a lot of interesting details about Forster, who is one of my favorite authors. The biography attempts to explain why Forster...
Latest Open Salon Blog, June 24, 2010
...of nostalgia: Bradbury’s for his childhood, and mine, for reconnecting with an old beloved book. Brooklyn , by Colm Toibin. Love this simple, rich story of a young woman’s maturation-through-immigration. Caution: there is one section that will make...
Psychology Today, June 11, 2010
...Dexter Filkins' "the Forever War," David Finkel's "The Good Soldiers," Zoe Heller's "The Believers," Colm Toibin's "Brooklyn," Colum McCann's "Let the Great World Spin," Lorrie Moore's "A Gate at the Stairs," Rebecca Skloot's "The Immortal Life of...
Elisa - My reviews and Ramblings, June 4, 2010
...Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (2004) Amazon: The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst The Master by Colm Toibin (2004) Amazon: The Master by Colm Toibin Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling (2008) Amazon: Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling Melusine...
Entertainment, March 5, 2010
...cliques, gangs, groups. The presence of a crowd won't make your writing any better than it is"; Colm Toibin: "Stay in your mental pyjamas all day"; Sarah Waters: "Don't overcrowd the narrative. Characters should be individualised but functional -- like...
Chicago on HuffingtonPost.com, March 3, 2010
...Chicago Tribune : Early this afternoon, the mayor's office will announce that "Brooklyn," Colm Toibin's 2009 novel about an Irish immigrant's journey to 1950s Brooklyn, is the 18th pick for the One Book, One Chicago citywide reading program. Read the...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com, March 3, 2010
...Chicago Tribune : Early this afternoon, the mayor's office will announce that "Brooklyn," Colm Toibin's 2009 novel about an Irish immigrant's journey to 1950s Brooklyn, is the 18th pick for the One Book, One Chicago citywide reading program. Read the...
Annette J Dunlea Irish Author's Literary Blog, March 3, 2010
...s Book Award in 2006. Buy Online: http://astore.amazon.com/annduniriwri-20/detail/1423101472 Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) My Favourite Colm Toibin Book: 2 – The Heather Blazing Annette The Author’s Book Recommendation – The...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com, March 2, 2010
...FINALISTS Book of the Year -- Adult Fiction "Border Songs," by Jim Lynch (Knopf) "Brooklyn," by Colm Toibin (Scribner) "The Children's Book," by A.S. Byatt (Knopf) "Cutting for Stone," by Abraham Verghese (Knopf) Story continues below "Generosity: An...
Annette J Dunlea Irish Author's Literary Blog, March 1, 2010
...Evil is her first book. Buy Online: http://astore.amazon.com/annduniriwri-20/detail/0755319095 Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) My Favourite Colm Toibin Book: 2 – The Heather Blazing My Book Recommendation : The Last 10 Seconds Author...
BOOK CLUB CLASSICS!, March 1, 2010
...the Great World Spin by Colum McCann A Mercy by Toni Morrison Generosity by Richard Powers Brooklyn by Colm Toibin So, what would end up on YOUR notable list? Another great post from: BOOK CLUB CLASSICS! Thanks for visiting... RUSA Picks for Notable...
BookMagic, February 28, 2010
...didn't always know the point of it. It had a lot of potential that was unrealized. But Colm Toibin seems to be a well-respected writer and his books are loved by the critics. So maybe it was just me, or maybe it was just this book. I'd...
bensozia, February 26, 2010
...Oscar Wilde: "A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal." Colm Toibin: 2 Get on with it...
Baby Got Books, February 23, 2010
...main rule is to say no to things like this, which tempt me away from my proper work.” Colm Toibin – “Stay in your mental pyjamas all day” and “No going to London.” Roddy Doyle – “Do not place a photograph of your favourite author on...
Stephen Dedman, February 23, 2010
...I've tried to abide by most of them, at least some of the time - except, arguably, Colm Toibin's First, Ninth and Tenth Rules (keeping the Fourth is also extremely difficult). I broke Roddy Doyle's First Rule by having pictures of Poe, Oscar Wilde and...
The Kill Zone, February 22, 2010
...Zadie Smith) If you have to read, to cheer yourself up read biographies of writers who went insane. (Colm Toibin) Do not place a photograph of your favorite author on your desk, especially if the author is one of the famous ones who committed suicide....
>>>>>Killing Time<<<<<, February 21, 2010
...best rule: 1 Write . Meanwhile, Ian Rankin expands on that with 2 Write lots . And I will allow Colm Toibin to have the final rule with his 2 Get on with it . Now, where are those Doritos? Ten Rules For Writing Fiction at The Guardian...
SPLALit - Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American L, February 4, 2010
...tone from the old macho poseur. The Picador paperback edition quotes enthusiastic reviews by John Banville, Susan Sontag, Colm Toibin and Edmund White, among others. The word "masterpiece" is used frequently. On YouTube, I have accessed Spanish and...
Annette J Dunlea Irish Author's Literary Blog, February 4, 2010
...Munster, Ireland Top 10 Bestsellers 1. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin 2. Stolen by Lesley Pearce 3. The Choice by Susan Lewis 4. O’Hara Affair by Kate Thompson 5. Girl With Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larrson 6. Eat, Pray...
Book Case, January 7, 2010
...Irish novelist Colm Toibin is the year’s first big lit prize winner after winning the Costa Award Novel of the YearAward on Monday for his novel Brooklyn.Toibin who lost out in...
Gowanus Lounge, January 6, 2010
...Colm Toibin Takes Costa Book Awards Fiction Prize – NYTimes.com Irish writer Colm Toibin was named novelist of the year Monday in Britain’s lucrative Costa Book Awards for his...
Bibliobibuli, January 5, 2010
...Paul Dirac; while Patrick Ness won the children's book award for The Ask and the Answer . Labels: colm toibin , costa/whitbread , literary awards , rachel selbourne...
Trashionista, January 5, 2010
...my World | Main | Jessica Ruston in The Lady » January 5, 2010 11:32 PM NEWS: Colm Toibin wins Costa Novel of the Year award Irish author Colm Toibin has scooped the Costa novel of the year award. His novel Brooklyn, 'a sparely written account of a...
Annette J Dunlea Irish Author's Literary Blog, January 5, 2010
...Title: Brooklyn Author: Colm Toibin Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Viking (7 May 2009) Language English ISBN-10: 067091813X ISBN-13: 978-0670918133 Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm Product Description Hauntingly beautiful and...
Jacket Copy, January 5, 2010
...Costas aim to promote contemporary British and Irish writing since their creation in 1971. -- Liesl Bradner Photo: Colm Toibin in 1997. Credit: Graham Barclay/ For The Times...
Peter Scott's Library Blog, January 5, 2010
...5,000. This year's Costa Book Awards 2009 category award winners are: 2009 Costa Novel Award Winner Colm Toibin - Brooklyn 2009 Costa First Novel Award Winner Raphael Selbourne - Beauty 2009 Costa Biography Award Winner Graham Farmelo - The Strangest Man...
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed, January 4, 2010
...LONDON — Irish writer Colm Toibin was named novelist of the year Monday in Britain's lucrative Costa Book Awards for his emigrant saga "Brooklyn." The judges praised Toibin's "poised, quiet and incrementally...
The Places You Will Go, January 4, 2010
...the Answer (Chaos Walking, Book Two) The winners in the other categories are ... 2009 Costa Novel Award Winner Colm Toibin for Brooklyn 2009 Costa First Novel Award Winner Raphael Selbourne for Beauty 2009 Costa Biography Award Winner Graham Farmelo for...
Wikio - Home, January 4, 2010
...Irish writer Colm Toibin was named novelist of the year Monday in Britain's lucrative Costa Book Awards for his emigrant saga "Brooklyn."Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Fine Arts, World...
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and, January 4, 2010
...Colm Toibin takes Costa Book Awards fiction prize LONDON — Irish writer Colm Toibin was named novelist of the year Monday in Britain’s lucrative Costa Book Awards for his emigrant...
Frontier Blog - No one ahead, no one behind, January 2, 2010
...2009 that should not be missed! ‘Little Bee’ by Chris Cleave’Little Bee’ by Chris Cleave ‘Brooklyn’ by Colm Toibin’Brooklyn’ by Colm Tóibín ‘Cutting for Stone’ by Abraham Verghese’Cutting for Stone’ by Abraham Verghese ‘The...
Lakeside Musing, December 30, 2009
...Bennett - review here Honorable Mention: Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple - review here Brooklyn by Colm Toibin - review here The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - review here That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo - review here The Hour I First...
CHROMA, December 29, 2009
...were published in 2009 - too many for us to cover in the blog. Best-selling queer authors like Colm Toibin (Brooklyn) and Sarah Waters (The Little Stranger) published impressive novels without any overt queer themes. Bright new talent like Vestal...
Maurice on Books, December 22, 2009
...Lisa See THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett GRATITUDE by Joseph Kertes THE RETURN by Victoria Hislop BROOKLYN by Colm Toibin LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN by Colum McCann...
cross reference: a book review blog, December 20, 2009
...Scribner May, 2009 A review copy was provided free by the Amazon Vine program. I have not read Colm Toibin's other books–– Blackwater Lightship or The Master ––both of which were apparently shortlisted for the Booker Prize, but...
Bookdwarf, December 15, 2009
...Salon asked authors like Judy Blume, Junot Diaz, Colm Toibin, and Chimamanda Ngozi Aidichie pick their favorite book of the year. I really enjoyed Cory Doctorow’s article on audiobooks in PW last week. I’m not a big...
Peter Scott's Library Blog, November 25, 2009
...Penelope Lively * Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel * The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson * Brooklyn by Colm Toibin Costa Biography Award * The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius by Graham Farmelo * The Music Room by William...
Bibliobibuli, November 25, 2009
...Family Album by Penelope Lively Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson Brooklyn by Colm Toibin Costa Biography Award The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius by Graham Farmelo The Music Room by...
PlanoReads, November 23, 2009
...Tracy Kidder – Nonfiction Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel –Fiction – Booker Prize winner for 2009 Brooklyn by Colm Toibin – Fiction Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia – Young adult fiction Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestead –...
POC Main RSS, November 23, 2009
...awarded to Chinese writer Su Tong for the novel "The Boat to Redemption." The judges— Ireland's Colm Toibin, Chinese-American author Gish Jen and India's Pankaj Mishra—described it as "a picaresque novel of immense charm." Su Tong was awarded USD...
Talk Vietnam, November 21, 2009
...at odds with the authorities. The panel of three judges, including Indian writer Pankaj Mishra and Irish writer Colm Toibin, described Su's novel as a picaresque, political fable as well as "a parable about the journeys we take in our lives, the distance...
Book bandit on the run, November 17, 2009
...the dry land of our achievement," the judges said in the statement. The judges were Ireland's Colm Toibin, the Chinese-American author Gish Jen and India's Pankaj Mishra. Su is best known in the West for his short novel "Wives and Concubines," the basis...
Herald de Paris, November 17, 2009
...of the 1991 film Raise the Red Lantern. The three writers on the jury, which included Ireland’s Colm Toibin, said the winning book had "immense charm." Chinese-American author Gish Jen and India’s Pankaj Mishra were also on the judging panel. ...
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and, November 17, 2009
...and the dry land of our achievement,” the judges said in the statement. The judges were Ireland’s Colm Toibin, the Chinese-American author Gish Jen and India’s Pankaj Mishra. Su is best known in the West for his short novel “Wives and...
the Literary Saloon, November 17, 2009
...or they) could have used a bit more of ?) And Chitralekha Basu writes about M'A'LP-judge Colm Toibin, in Following in the footsteps of The Master -- noting:His favorite Chinese writer is the relatively obscure two-book-old Li Yiyun....
So Many Books, November 11, 2009
...was still waffling between choosing Persuasion or Mansfield Park when I began watching the video and it was Colm Toibin who helped me decide. At one point he suggests that taking Mansfield Park to bed is more satisfying in many ways than taking a person...
Reading Matters, November 11, 2009
...as part of their 100 Best Books of 2009 , but I've only read one off the list: Colm Toibin's Brooklyn , which comes in at No. 4. Note that the British version of Amazon breaks their 100 best books list into 12 different catagories . Hilary Mantel's Wolf...
3quarksdaily, November 7, 2009
...in which contemporary figures speak about Austen’s importance — though little that Cornel West , Fran Lebowitz or Colm Toibin have to say comes close to what the communicate on their own. More here. Posted by Azra Raza at 11:24 AM | Permalink...
Collection Developments @ Sno-Isle, November 4, 2009
...World Spin: A Novel” by Colum McCann “Wolf Hall: A Novel” by Hilary Mantel “Brooklyn: A Novel” by Colm Toibin “This is Where I Leave You” by Jonathan Tropper “A Gate at the Stairs” by Lorrie Moore “Tinkers” by Paul Harding ...
The Spy in the Sandwich Eats the Sun, October 18, 2009
...here), Nitasha Kaul's Residue, and Su Tong's The Boat to Redemption.Chair of the judging panel Colm Toibin, comments: “Reading these books was a fascinating experience because of the range of styles and subjects. The variety of ways in which voice and...
Reading Matters, October 5, 2009
...There's an interesting interview with Colm Toibin on bookgroup.info . When asked how he sees Eilis in his latest novel Brooklyn , a character many readers (but not me!) have regarded as meek and passive, he responds...
Band of Thebes, September 26, 2009
...for her entirely heterosexual book, The Little Stranger , which is also shortlisted for the Booker, yet favorite gay Colm Toibin is not nominated for his all straight Brooklyn , which coincidentally is also not shortlisted for the Booker. Three of the...
Reading Matters, September 25, 2009
...few weeks, to add to the ever-growing, never-shrinking, TBR pile! From the top down: Stefan Zweig's Chess Colm Toibin's The South Neville Shute's A Town Like Alice Julian Barnes' Talking it Over Nam Le's The Boat Hilary Mantel's A Change of Climate...
an adventure in reading, September 21, 2009
...Brooklyn by Colm Toibin, 340 pages (Large Print) Man Booker Longlist 2009 Eilis is the youngest daughter in a small village in Ireland. Her sister Rose has a job and looks after their...
1morechapter.com, September 9, 2009
...her. It was false, empty… Longlisted for The Man Booker Prize (though it did not make the shortlist), Colm Toibin’s book is about young Eislis Lacey’s journey from Ireland to Brooklyn and from girlhood to womanhood. I did enjoy reading about...
Band of Thebes, September 8, 2009
...straight novel of a haunted house amid the class shifts of post-War Warwickshire. Absent from the list are Colm Toibin's marvelous Brooklyn and William Trevor's forthcoming Love and Summer . Instead, Adam Foulds and Simon Mawer made the cut. Their novels...
Band of Thebes, September 8, 2009
...straight novel of a haunted house amid the class shifts of post-War Britain. Absent from the list are Colm Toibin's marvelous Brooklyn and William Trevor's forthcoming Love and Summer . Instead, Adam Foulds and Simon Mawer made the cut. Their novels have...
