Aoife Barry

Ireland

Social Capital out now with @HarperCollinsire. Writer. Freelance journalist, broadcaster. Formerly @TheJournal_ie,@theexplainerpod

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Articles

Catherine Ryan Howard on her new book and her dreams of living in East Cork

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Aoife Barry

“I think especially over the last couple of years, I’ve really reasserted my stance: that the only thing I can do, the only thing I’ve control over, is what I write,” says Cork crime and thriller writer Catherine Ryan Howard, as we chat over a cappuccino in a Dublin hotel bar. “I need to keep writing the kind of books that I want to read. And so even if everything goes to pot, at least you can say ‘I wrote the book I wanted’.
California dreaming: Road-tripping in the Bay Area and beyond on a Joni Mitchell-inspired jaunt

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Aoife Barry

Sitting in dappled light shading myself from the midday sun, with rolling vineyards spread out for miles in front of me, I could be on holiday in rural Italy or France. It’s only the cowboy boots on the man pouring me a crisp glass of wine that give my location away: I’m in California. Or to be more exact, in Demetria Estate and Vineyards, high on a hill in Los Olivos in the Santa Ynez Valley, located in Santa Barbara County.
Why Irish libraries offer so much more than books

2 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Aoife Barry
How retirement home residents are recording Ireland's fairy folklore

2 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Aoife Barry
Cork author Louise Hegarty on writing her first novel: ‘I’ve been training for this for 25 years’

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Aoife Barry

Living in Ireland, we get used to great books being produced by debut authors. But every now and then a debut comes along that stands out from the pack. This year that book is , the first novel by Cork author Louise Hegarty. Anyone who’s been following Hegarty’s writing in the various journals she’s been published in over the last few years, such as and the , will know that there’s something singular about her work.
Six Conversations We’re Scared to Have by Deborah Frances-White: agree to disagree

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Aoife Barry

Yet I swiftly realised that’s exactly what Frances-White – the co-creator of the long-running UK podcast The Guilty Feminist and author of a previous book of the same name – would have wanted. As she writes, she is sure people will disagree with her, and she might even change some of her own opinions in the future.
Author Aoife Barry on having her book stolen by AI

3 weeks ago | bnsglobalnews.com | Aoife Barry

Artificial intelligence doesn’t just pop into the world fully formed. In many instances, work from flesh and blood authors is pirated by large language models and used in the training of AI. Author Aoife Barry said she found her book available on one such language model called Library Genesis, otherwise known as LibGen.
Forget New York, Connecticut unexpectedly charmed me on my four-day trip

3 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Aoife Barry

When it comes to America’s East Coast, it can be tempting to go to the same places. Who doesn’t love the bright lights of New York City, or the history-soaked streets of Boston? But might I suggest we’ve been ignoring a gem on the east: Step forward Connecticut, a state which unexpectedly charmed me over a four-day trip. A seven-hour Aer Lingus flight from Dublin gets me to Bradley International Airport, a location which belies its large size by having a local feel.
'I wasn't part of the RTE payments scandal, but I got dragged into it'

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Aoife Barry
The Irish film festival reframing transgender roles on screen

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Aoife Barry

One group that has become more visible in Irish society in recent decades is the transgender community. Yet in that most visual of media, film, we don't tend to see a huge amount of trans lives depicted on screen here.