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FROM: Patricia Gibson <[removed]@tnrdlib.bc.ca>
REC'D: 5/2/02, 4:20 PM

Hi Everyone,
A patron today was asking for fiction written specifically by Northern
Irish writers. She said that the writers could be Protestant or
Catholic. Apparently, Ulster writers have a different slant and tone to
their work than writers from the Republic. She's a fan of Brian Moore
but wants to read more contemporary authors. Any leads?
Thanks for your help!

Patricia Gibson
Kamloops Public Library
Kamloops, B.C.

FROM: [removed]@mln.lib.ma.us
REC'D: 5/3/02, 8:20 AM

How about Bernard MacLaverty?

Megan Flynn
Wellesley Free Library
Wellesley, MA

FROM: Mary Van Dyke <[removed]@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 5/6/02, 3:08 PM

Try Brian Moore or Seamus Dean's READING IN THE DARK. Not sure if
Dermot Healy who wrote A GOAT'S SONG is from the North. Does
Seamus Heaney's translation of BEOWULF count?

Mary Van Dyke
Glenview (IL) Public Library

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 5/6/02, 6:00 PM

At 01:07 PM 5/2/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>A patron today was asking for fiction written specifically by Northern
>Irish writers. She said that the writers could be Protestant or
>Catholic. Apparently, Ulster writers have a different slant and tone to
>their work than writers from the Republic. She's a fan of Brian Moore
>but wants to read more contemporary authors. Any leads?
>Thanks for your help!
>
>Patricia Gibson
>Kamloops Public Library
>Kamloops, B.C.

We have online access to CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS, which lists 148 names
under "Northern Ireland" as a nationality. In most cases, there is
no indication (in the short citations) as to what sort of material
they write. Some where various forms of nonfiction are specified
have been deleted by me from the list below, but I have left in
those described as authors of plays as perhaps "close enough."

So: here's a hundred-plus names of authors whom CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS
says are "Northern Irish." (That may just mean they were born there
and left soon after, of course.) Some are more contemporary than
others; some are more "Northern Irish" than others I presume; some
we know write fiction and others we don't know about. But it's
some names to start working with at least...

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

Variant Name: Elmer Andrews
Genre(s): Plays, Screenplays, Literary criticism and history

Variant Name: J(ames) S(ydney) Andrews, J. S(ydney) Andrews, James
Sydney Andrews, Jim Andrews
Genre(s): Children's fiction

Variant Name: Edward Allworthy Armstrong

Variant Name: William Christopher Atkinson

Variant Name: James Johnston Auchmuty

Variant Name: Denis P. Barritt, Denis Phillips Barritt, Denis
P(hillips) Barritt

Variant Name: Mary Beckett

Variant Name: Ernest Best

Variant Name: David George Boyce

Variant Name: Robert Harbinson Bryans, Robin Bryans, Donald Cameron,
Robert Harbinson

Variant Name: George (Henry Perrott) Buchanan, George Buchanan,
George Henry Perrott Buchanan
Genre(s): Plays

Variant Name: Denis (Parsons) Burkitt, Denis Burkitt, Denis Parsons
Burkitt

Variant Name: Aidan Burns

Variant Name: Thomas F. Campbell

Variant Name: Malachy Francis Caulfield, Max Caulfield, Max Halstock
Malachy McCoy

Variant Name: Eric Clark

Variant Name: Glynn Cochrane

Variant Name: John (William) Coulter, John Coulter, John William
Coulter
Genre(s): Plays

Variant Name: George Courtauld

Variant Name: William Sebron Cox, William Huff Cox, (William) Harvey
Cox, Harvey Cox, William Harvey Cox

Variant Name: John H(erbert) Craig, John H. Craig, John Herbert
Craig

Variant Name: G(eorge) Ronald Crockett, G. Ronald Crockett, George
Ronald Crockett

Variant Name: Sir Samuel Crowe Curran, Samuel (Crowe) Curran, Samuel
Curran, Samuel Crowe Curran

Variant Name: (Chartres) Gerald Dawe, Gerald Dawe, Chartres Gerald
Dawe, Gerald Chartres Dawe

Variant Name: Robert J(ames) Dickson, Robert J. Dickson, Robert
James Dickson

Variant Name: Martin Dillon

Variant Name: E(ric) R(obertson) Dodds, E. R(obertson) Dodds, Eric
Robertson Dodds

Variant Name: Charles (St. Lawrence) Duff, Charles Duff, Charles St.
Lawrence Duff, Cathal O Dubh
Genre(s): Plays

Variant Name: Michael Farrell

Variant Name: Elizabeth Fee

Variant Name: Camilla Fegan

Variant Name: Ruth Hilary Finnegan, Ruth H(ilary) Finnegan, Ruth H.
Finnegan

Variant Name: Christopher Fitz-Simon, Christopher Fitz Simon
Genre(s): Plays, Area studies, Nonfiction

Variant Name: Gerald (Patrick) Foley, Gerald Foley, Gerald Patrick
Foley

Variant Name: Richard Kyle Fox

Variant Name: Frederick (John) Gamble, Frederick Gamble, Frederick
John Gamble

Variant Name: Stephen Gilbert

Variant Name: Patrick Glasheen

Variant Name: Nigel Gray

Variant Name: Wilson John Haire
Genre(s): Plays, Screenplays

Variant Name: Michael (Pollock) Hamilton, Michael Hamilton, Michael
Pollock Hamilton

Variant Name: W(illiam) A(llen) Harbinson, W. A. Harbinson, William
Allen Harbinson, Allen Harbinson
Genre(s): Novels

Variant Name: (Thomas) Ross Harrison, Ross Harrison, Thomas Ross
Harrison

Variant Name: Richard Hayward

Variant Name: Arthur (George) Hearnden, Arthur Hearnden, Arthur
George Hearnden

Variant Name: Walter Hegarty

Variant Name: David Hempton

Variant Name: Shaun Herron
Genre(s): Novels, Novels

Author Name: Holland, Jack
Variant Name: Jack Holland

Variant Name: H(arford) Montgomery Hyde, H. Montgomery Hyde, Harford
Montgomery Hyde

Variant Name: Cecil Jenkins
Genre(s): Plays

Variant Name: H(ugh) A(nthony) S(tephen) Johnston, H. A(nthony)
S(tephen) Johnston, Hugh Anthony Stephen Johnston, A Fighter Pilot,
Hugh Sturton

Variant Name: Thomas Johnston

Variant Name: Robert Johnstone

Variant Name: Desmond (Joseph) Keenan, Desmond Keenan, Desmond
Joseph Keenan

Variant Name: Lilian Gilmore Keogh, Lilian Patrick

Variant Name: Benedict Kiely
Genre(s): Novels, Short Stories, History, Literary criticism and
history, Nonfiction, Fiction

Variant Name: Miles (Beresford) Kington, Miles Kington, Miles
Beresford Kington
Genre(s): Humor/Satire

Author Name: Kydd, Sam(uel)

Variant Name: Maurice Leitch
Genre(s): Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Screenplays

Variant Name: Linda J. Leith, Linda Leith, Linda Jane Leith
Genre(s): Novels, Short Stories

Variant Name: Robert Lynd

Variant Name: F(rancis) S(tewart) L(eland) Lyons, F. S(tewart)
L(eland) Lyons, Francis Stewart Leland Lyons

Variant Name: G(erald) R(oland) Lyttle, G. R(oland) Lyttle, Gerald
Roland Lyttle

Variant Name: Deirdre Madden
Genre(s): Novels

Variant Name: Derek Mahon
Genre(s): Plays, Poetry, Translations

Variant Name: Kenneth Mahood

Variant Name: Penelope Malins, Penelope Hobhouse

Variant Name: J(ohn) L(eslie) McCracken, J. L(eslie) McCracken, John
Leslie McCracken

Variant Name: Alf(red) McCreary, Alf McCreary, Alfred McCreary

Variant Name: (Duncan) Peter McDonald, Peter McDonald, Duncan Peter
McDonald

Variant Name: Thomas McKeown

Author Name: MCKISACK, May

Variant Name: David McKittrick, David J. McKittrick

Variant Name: Michael McLaverty

Variant Name: George McWhirter
Genre(s): Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Translations

Variant Name: T(heodore) W(illiam) Moody, Theodore William Moody, T.
W(illiam) Moody

Variant Name: James Morwood

Variant Name: Ronald C(harles) Nairn, Ronald C. Nairn, Ronald
Charles Nairn

Variant Name: Brian O Nuallain, Myles na gCopaleen, Myles na
Gopaleen, Brian Nolan, Flann O'Brien, Brian O'Nolan
Genre(s): Novels

Variant Name: Frank Ormsby

Author Name: ORR, J(ames) Edwin

Variant Name: Herbert William Parke

Variant Name: (James) Stewart Parker, Stewart Parker, James Stewart
Parker
Genre(s): Plays

Variant Name: Thomas J. Plunkett

Variant Name: Nesca A(deline) Robb, Nesca A. Robb, Nesca Adeline
Robb

Variant Name: Brian Rodgers

Variant Name: (Thomas) Jim Samson, Jim Samson, Thomas Jim Samson

Variant Name: William McConnell Scammell

Author Name: SEALE, Patrick

Variant Name: Bob Shaw
Genre(s): Science fiction, Fantasy fiction, Novels, Short
Stories, Nonfiction

Author Name: SHEARMAN, Hugh (Francis)

Variant Name: James (Stewart Alexander) Simmons, James Simmons,
James Stewart Alexander Simmons

Variant Name: R(obert) L(eslie) Smyth, R. L(eslie) Smyth, Robert
Leslie Smyth

Variant Name: A(nthony) T(erence) Q(uincey) Stewart, A. T(erence)
Q(uincey) Stewart, Anthony Terence Quincey Stewart

Author Name: SZANTO, George H.

Author Name: THOMPSON, Noel W.

Variant Name: (Robert) Norman (Colbert) Vance, Norman Vance, Robert
Norman Colbert Vance
Genre(s): Fiction

Variant Name: Martin Waddell, Catherine Sefton
Genre(s): Novels, Short Stories, Children's fiction

Variant Name: James White
Genre(s): Science fiction, Fantasy fiction, Novels

Author Name: WILSON, Jack
Genre(s): Novels

Variant Name: G(eorge) W(illiam) O(tway) Woodward, G. W(illiam)
O(tway) Woodward, George William Otway Woodward

Author Name: WRENCH, (John) Evelyn (Leslie)

Author Name: Brady, Ann
Variant Name: Ann Brady, Frances Molloy

Variant Name: Michael Stewart

Variant Name: Brian (David) Boyd, Brian Boyd, Brian David Boyd

Variant Name: Tom McCaughren
Genre(s): Children's fiction

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