From Colm Tóibín, “one of the world’s best living literary writers” (The Boston Globe), comes a brilliant collection of nine short stories, many never-before-published, set across Ireland, Spain, and America—about the complexities of family, longing, loss, and love. Celebrated as “his generation’s most gifted writer of love’s complicated, contradictory power” (Los Angeles Times), Colm Tóibín […]
The Author Events Series presents Colm Tóibín | The News from Dublin: Stories Montgomery Auditorium is now sold out, but tickets are still available for a live simulcast screening in a separate room at the Parkway Central Library. Standby seating will be available in the overflow room for guests who wish to wait for an opportunity […]
Join us for an evening with Colm Tóibín, the award-winning author of Brooklyn and Long Island, as he visits The Center to regale us with stories written by himself and the late, under-recognized Irish American author, Mary Lavin. Tóibín has earned international acclaim for his precise, compassionate prose and his ability to illuminate the private edges of history. A regular […]
New Canaan Library is pleased to present author Colm Tóibín for a special evening celebrating his latest work. Hailed as one of the world’s best living literary writers” (The Boston Globe), Tóibín’s new work, The News from Dublin, is a collection of nine short stories, many never-before-published, set across Ireland, Spain, and America—about the complexities of […]
Join us for an evening with author Colm Tóibín and Consul General of Ireland, Sarah Kavanagh, as we discuss Tóibín’s newest novel, The News From Dublin (Scribner, $29). This new collection of short stories highlights the brilliant compassion, majesty, and complexities of Tóibín’s storytelling abilities as he tackles themes of family dynamics, haunted pasts, love, desire, the aftermath of war, and the quiet struggle […]
Parnassus Books is thrilled to present an evening with Colm Tóibín, to celebrate his new book, The News From Dublin: Stories. This ticketed event will take place at Parnassus Books (3900 Hilllsboro Pike, Suite 14, Nashville, TN 37215) on Thursday, April 30th, at 6:30 PM. Tickets: $32.00 – includes one general admission seat and one signed […]
What makes short stories so compelling? In this conversation, authors Colm Tóibín and Ruth Ozeki come together to reflect on their new collections and on what draws them to short form at this stage in their writing lives. Tóibín’s ‘The News from Dublin’ returns to themes of memory, place and inner life with his characteristic […]
The News from Dublin comes to Dublin… A master of understated emotions, the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island returns to ILFD with a beautiful new collection of short stories. “A subtle, intelligent and deeply felt writer.” Guardian A woman in Galway hears of the death of her son in the First World War. An Irishman seeks anonymity in […]
Award-winning Irish writer Colm Tóibín will be at Kennys Bookshop on May 25th, joining Tomás Kenny in conversation about The News From Dublin. Tickets for this event are free but are limited, and you can book below. Colm Tóibín, one of Ireland’s most celebrated writers, is the author of 11 novels, including The Master, Brooklyn and The Magician. A three-time […]
The News from Dublin: The Acclaimed Author’s New Stories An unmissable opportunity for literature lovers to hear from one of this generation’s most celebrated writers. Colm Tóibín talks about his new short story collection, The News from Dublin, with the Times Literary Supplement’s politics and fiction editor Toby Lichtig. Transporting us across continents and eras, the collection […]
In The News from Dublin, Colm Tóibín delves into the days and nights of those living far from home: lives of great longing, at a great distance from past lives and past selves. A woman in Galway hears of the death of her son in the First World War. An Irishman seeks anonymity in Barcelona, haunted […]
Colm Tóibín is widely acclaimed for the emotional restraint and quiet power of his prose. His writing explores exile, abandonment, loss and denial, the things that go unspoken and the feelings not acted upon. His novels include Nora Webster; Brooklyn, which was turned into a film starring Saoirse Ronan; and its sequel, Long Island, both telling the story of a […]