March 17th, 2010
Dúnmharú sa Daingean…nó an bhfuil sé Dingle/Daingean Uí Chúis anois?
Bunaithe i gCorca Dhuibhne, meascann ‘Dúnmharú sa Daingean’ ealaín an iarthair l’anord an oirthir. Scríobhta l’Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, tugann an leabhar dea scríofa seo, seans dúinn chun filleadh ar an nGaeilge le scéal atá fíor-shuimiúil agus taitneamhúil ag an am céanna. Insítear scéal faoin príomhcharachtair, [...]
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March 4th, 2010
Something different for this instalment of Broken Spine. As you may have read, today is World Book Day, a celebration of reading. A lot of us are avid readers, and make our way through many books each month. However, with so many books out there, it’s hard to find the right ones. Previous editions of [...]
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February 24th, 2010
Great news game geeks. Sid Meier’s Civilization is back this autumn with the fifth instalment of the multi-million selling PC franchise. Firaxis is currently developing the game, due for release “Fall 2010″. No definite date yet, but there are plenty of interesting pieces of information, as well as some gorgeous screenshots.
For those of you who [...]
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February 5th, 2010
That’s right ladies and gentlemen, a new Sonic the Hedgehog game is on the way. And none of this Rush, Adventure, Rivals, Olympics, or Black Knight/Secret Rings nonsense either. It’s the proper sequel to the Mega Drive (Genesis) series. It’s an old-school 2D side-scrolling platformer, just like Sonic 1-3 and the criminally underrated Sonic & [...]
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January 15th, 2010
Yes, I know I’ve been harping on about The Pacific for a while now (it’s the new show from the Hanks-Spielberg Band of Brothers camp), but now I can bombard you with news of another television show that’s months away! Boardwalk Empire is the new drama from Sopranos writer and producer Terry Winter. Better still, [...]
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December 22nd, 2009
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without book vouchers! But if you plan on buying a book this week to read while you’re waiting for the turkey and spouts to cook on December 25th, Broken Spine is here to help you get in the festive mood. At least between the sheets… Of paper that is.
Recommended Reading #20 [...]
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December 11th, 2009
RTE are renowned for turkeys. Their most famous turkey, Dustin, has a new DVD (just in time for Chrsitmas) chronicling his own twenty years on Irish telly. However, some of the turkeys on Irish television weren’t planned that way. So now I present to you the Ten Worst Irish TV Programs of the 00s. It’s [...]
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December 1st, 2009
Another load of BS, another competition. This week we have one copy of 2fm DJ Jenny Huston’s new musical tome In Bloom – Irish Bands Now to give away. Thanks to Emma over at Entertainment Architects for the prize. It’s marvellous!
Recommended Reading #18 – In Bloom – Irish Bands Now
In Bloom – Irish Bands Now [...]
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November 19th, 2009
Last night, Darren sent out an email to all us culchies to see if anyone had any interest in covering the match. There was an unprecedented response, so expect to see about thirty-seven posts about it here complaining of injustice and such. No, actually, Anto is going to do a post later and that’ll be [...]
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November 9th, 2009
*** Competition Closed ***
*** Thank you to everyone who entered ***
This week’s Broken Spine looks at Ox-Tales, a charity collection of short stories from Oxfam, as well as providing two lucky readers the chance to win the books!
Recommended Reading #17
Ox-Tales are four brilliant collections of short stories from Oxfam with all the proceeds going to [...]
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November 6th, 2009
For those of you who don’t know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. Originally launched as a US only online endeavour where budding authors would attempt to write a 50,000 word novel over the course of one single month. It has proved incredibly succesful and soon people from all over the world started [...]
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October 29th, 2009
With just a few days to go til NaNaWriMo, this week’s recommended reading advises you on the don’ts and don’ts of novel writing.
Recommended Reading #15
In case you don’t know, every November budding authors around the world attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in just thirty days. It’s not just about moustache growing you know? [...]
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October 13th, 2009
Recommended reading is back this week with the complete Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Actually no, but I must say I was tempted. Instead it’s a book about stories.
Recommended Reading #15: The Seven Basic Plots
The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories is a non-fiction book about storytelling. Wait, don’t leave. It’s far more interesting than it sounds. [...]
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October 11th, 2009
June 18th 2010 is going to be a fantastic day for kids of all ages. And judging by the shenanigans that went on at the Web Awards last night, we’re more kid-like than most infants! To coincide with the worldwide releases of Up and Toy Story 3D, Pixar have released the first full trailer for [...]
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October 6th, 2009
Today, there’s no Recommended Reading. Instead this week’s Broken Spine is all a big countdown to the announcement of the Man Booker Prize winner.
Man Booker Prize 2009
Shortlist
AS Byatt – The Children’s Book
JM Coetzee – Summertime
Adam Foulds – The Quickening Maze
Hilary Mantel – Wolf Hall
Simon Mawer [...]
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September 24th, 2009
*** Competition Closed ***
This week’s Broken Spine has a give away of an entertaining new Irish autobiography, from someone other than a GAA hero or former politician.
Ronan Smith – Lord of the Rams
Lord of the Rams is the autobiography/ memoir / autohagiography of a Munterconnaught, Co. Cavan native named Ronan Smith. He’s known to his [...]
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September 16th, 2009
I know I usually only post about books, but this is too big not to be shared. It’s the new trailer for Steven Speilberg-Tom Hanks production The Pacific, which may as well be the follow-up to the awesome Band of Brothers.
The budget was allegedly $100 million and is based on the memoirs of two former [...]
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September 15th, 2009
Save yourself hours or days reading the new Dan Brown, or else avoid it altogether by reading something far better with this week’s Broken Spine!
Recommended Reading #14: Roberto Bolaño – 2666
If you were in a bookshop today, there was no way you could have missed the furore over the new Dan Brown tome The Lost [...]
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September 14th, 2009
*** Competition Closed ***
*** Congratulations to Gillian ***
*** Thank you to everyone who entered ***
Bell x1 guitarist David Geraghty will be promoting his excellent new album The Victory Dance at the Button factory on Wednesday, the 16th of September, and I have two tickets to give away.
All you have to do is tell me what [...]
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September 9th, 2009
Guess what this week’s recommended reading is all about? I picked four books in the end. And they’re all fab!
Recommended Reading #13: Books about…The Beatles
Two main reasons caused this week’s Broken Spine to appear today, on Wednesday (it’s actually usually meant to be here on a Tuesda). The first was that today (09.09.09) is Beatles [...]
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