Winter Papers 4

by Kevin Barry (Editor), Olivia Smith (Editor)

Vol 4 of Winter Papers, Ireland’s annual anthology for the arts. It is published, edited, designed and printed in Ireland. It offers fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography, visual arts, along with craft interviews and in-conversation pieces on writing, film, theatre, dance, photography and music. Edited by Kevin Barry and Olivia Smith.

Volume 4 contributors and interviewees include: Stephen Brandes, Dylan Brennan, Liliana P. Brennan, Jan Carson, Jill Crawford, Danny Denton, Wendy Erskine, Leontia Flynn, John Gallagher, Róise Goan, Selina Guinness, Lisa Harding, Siobhán Kane, Oonagh Kearney, Ben Kidd, Anna Leask, Dónal Lunny, Ian Maleney, Mike McCormack, Eoin McNamee, Yvette Monahan, Bush Moukarzel, Peter Murphy, mynameisjOhn, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Mark O’Connell, Aiden O’Reilly, Rosie O’Reilly, Elske Rahill, Cathy Sweeney and Maria Nilsson Waller.

179 pages, Hardcover

Published October 25, 2018

About the author

Kevin Barry is an Irish writer. He is the author of two collections of short stories, and the novel City of Bohane, which was the winner of the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Reviews

[T P Kennedy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this the weakest instalment of this series yet. It's beautifully produced and looks great on the bookshelf. As it's a collection of writings on a diverse range of arts, it's something of a lucky dip. As there's a few entries on popular and traditional music, I didn't get lucky with this. There were a few essays that held my interest but I was indifferent to most of the writing.