The Guardian has a great collection of authors’ annotations on hard copies of some of their books, revealing roads not taken, regrets, and the motivations behind some creative choices. Here are the Irish writers:
Seamus Heaney on Death of a Naturalist…
Sebastian Barry on A Long Way Home…
Anne Enright on The Gathering…
Colm Tóibín on The Heather Blazing…
And one foreign writer who’s apparently taken to life in Leitrim so well that we may as well adopt him as honorary Irish:
DBC Pierre on Vernon God Little…
And J.K. Rowling, who’s just awesome:
J.K. Rowling on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone…
Annotations on first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Notes
You may also be interested in these future award-winning Irish authors:
Review of Solace by Belinda McKeon…
Review of The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan…
Review of City of Bohane by Kevin Barry…
Review of You by Nuala Ní Chonchúir…
Tags: book awards, Books, literature, writing
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A treasure, thanks!
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So glad to found this blog. The Banville novel, THE SEA cover, caught my eye (Loved that book. He’s a sour puss sometimes, but what a writer, what insight he has. He is worth the effort.). Love the Guardian too.
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