Tag Archives: Kevin Holohan

VCU Cabell First Novel award

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

   Delighted to find out that The Brothers Lot is a semifinalist for the 2012 Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell first Novel Award.  I had the pleasure of reading with Justin Torres at the Brooklyn Book Festival last year so I … Continue reading →

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Badness in Boston presents Trouble In Dublin

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Thursday April 19, 8pm, Fornino Park slope, 256 5th Ave (Bet Carroll/Garfield) Brooklyn NY 11215. Join Kevin Holohan and Honor Molloy for an evening of Irish Black Comedy. Holohan reads from The Brothers’ Lot, a satirical and hilarious novel that explores … Continue reading →

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The Brothers’ Lot: Watchung Booksellers, Montclair NJ, March 29

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

In case you have managed to miss all the billboards, the Brothers’ Lot blimp and the unrelenting media barrage: On Thursday March 29th I will be reading from The Brothers’ Lot at 7pm at Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, New Jersey. … Continue reading →

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Kevin Holohan & Honor Molloy, Brooklyn Central Library March 18

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Sunday March 18, 1:30 pm Honor Molloy and Kevin Holohan will read from Smarty Girl and The Brothers’ Lot respectively and then concurrently, coordinatedly, contemporaneously  and cooperatively they will read  together excerpts from both books in a hitherto unseen  feat … Continue reading →

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So, all the snakes are gone, the parade is over, then what?

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

When the shamrockery is all done, the green tinted beer has gone flat and the strains of puzzling bagpipe music have died away, you can get a taste of an Ireland that is a little more riverrun than Riverdance, more … Continue reading →

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Farewell to Russell Hoban

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

So grateful to the nice people at writing.ie for giving this essay a home on the whorled wide web.  You can see it in it’s fully formatted glory here http://writing.ie/meet-the-authors/special-guests/speculative-fiction/480-a-remembrance-of-russell-hoban-1925-2011.html or read below in lo-rez While I lived in Spain … Continue reading →

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New York Irish Arts Reviews The Brothers’ Lot

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

Delighted with this review by Michelle Woods on New York Irish Arts.  Full review at link below.  Excerpts below that. http://newyorkirisharts.blogspot.com/2011/11/kevin-holohans-brothers-lot-michelle.html Set in the Brothers of Godly Coercion for Young Boys of Meager Means, where Father Boland is convinced that … Continue reading →

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Reading at the PEN Literary Tasting November 17

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

Curiously enough the third Thursday of November is Venerable Saorseach O’Rahilly Day so I will have to dust off a piece of the Biography in honor of the day that is in it.  Like this bit maybe  http://youtu.be/tEqDLuWuFvc Anyway here … Continue reading →

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Radio Interview with Sean Rocks, Arena RTE Radio 1

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

It has taken me a while to get used to the sound of my own voice on “the wireless” but have finally got to the point where I am happy to put this out here.  Thanks to Sean Rocks for … Continue reading →

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The Brothers Reviewed at Staged Reaction

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

Thanks to Barry Houlihan (no relation) for this thoughtful review at Staged Reaction http://stagedreaction.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/the-brothers-lot-a-novel-by-kevin-holohan/ “The Brothers’ Lot” – a novel by Kevin Holohan 07 Oct “For all the kids who never got a chance to answer back” reads the dedication in … Continue reading →

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