This festival is the local celebration of Halloween and is well named. The word ‘Spleodar’ is the Irish word for explosion or outburst of energy and this festival is not in short supply of it. There is no time better for the community to express its creative nature than with the riot of colours and sounds that will be on
On Friday morning October 26th we will be holding a coffee morning in aid of People in Need. All monies collected will go to local…
On Tuesday October 16th at 7pm, Nenagh Library will host a talk and presentation by Birdwatch Ireland.
This was the August choice for Nenagh Book Club and was discussed at the last meeting on September 13th. This is author Jeffrey Eugenides’ second offering following the critically acclaimed 1993 novel The Virgin Suicides which was later adapted for the silver screen in 1999. A firm favourite with book clubs worldwide, it won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003. Eugenides spent nine years writing the book which was, on publication, hailed by many critics as a masterpiece.
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Tao of Warren Buffett Saving Grace One unknown Time to talk : a programme to develop oral and socal interaction skills Teaching primary mathematics Askew…
In search of Adam / Caroline Smailes Thousand splendid suns / Khaled Hosseini 6th target / James Patterson with Maxine Paetro Absolute Beginners / O’Driscoll,…
At the August meeting, the book club discussed Paulo Coelho’s most recent title The Witch of Portobello. Brazilian born Coelho is an international best-selling author having sold over 85 million copies of his work to date and been translated into 65 different languages. With an impressive collection of titles, his spiritual allegories appeal to readers all around the globe. His universal appeal can be attributed to the spiritual themes he explores as well as his insightful understanding of the human condition.
Paulo Coelho’s ‘The witch of Portobello’
Reviewed by M..R.B.The main character in this book is Athena, born in Romania, placed in an orphanage and later adopted by a businessman and his wife Samira from Beirut. The family moves to London where Athena grows up, attends university and loves music and particularly dance. She drops out of university, is married briefly to Lucas and has a son Viorel and is divorced by the age of 22. Her background as a gypsy, and her search for her natural mother brings her to Romania where in Bucharest she meets two people important in this story, Heron, a journalist, and Edda (Deidre) a doctor.
Robert B. Parker began writing in 1971 while teaching at Boston's Northeastern University. Now as the author of nearly 50 books, he is acknowledged as…