Irish Stew PodcastEight banned books in early 20th century #Ireland is likely an indication of a talented writer touching on truthful and sensitive matters that they state preferred to ignore.
Norah Hoult (1894 - 1984) who passed 40 years ago #OnThisDay
With thanks to Sinéad Gleason for a lovely retrospective
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On the 40th anniversary of the death of Norah Hoult
Today is the 40th anniversary of the death of Norah Hoult, an Irish writer who, despite a massive output – 25 novels and three short story collections – is not mentioned with any regularity in conversations about Irish writing. Born in 1898 to an Irish Catholic mother and Protestant father (who had eloped), Hoult was an outsider from an early age. After both parents died when she was nine, she and her brother were sent to England, pinballing between relatives and boarding schools. After school, she found work with newspapers and magazines, and wrote many book reviews over the course of her life, notably for the